Study of IRP for UMTS network management
Chang Qian, Feng Bin, Song Junde · 2002
A unified management strategy is required for the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) management system. IRP (Integrated Reference Point) is proposed by 3GPP (3/sup rd/ Generation Partnership Project) and TMF (Telecommunication Management Forum). In this article, we introduce the IRP concept and its development discussed in these forums. We also propose an IRP model for the GPRS network. A new NSM (Network Service Model) concept is introduced to IRP. The future research is discussed.