GSM Switching, Services and Protocols P10

For the ef®cient and successful operation of a modern communication network such as a GSM PLMN, a comprehensive Network Management (NM) is mandatory. Network management encompasses all functions and activities which control, monitor, and record usage and resource performance of a telecommunication network, with the objective of offering the subscribers telecommunication services of a certain objective level of quality. Various aspects of quality are either de®ned and prescribed in standards or laid down in operator-speci®c de®nitions. Special attention has to be paid to the gap between (mostly simple) measurable technical performance data of the network and the quality of service...