TMN AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC BONDING

This article discusses the experiences learned in the implementation a nd deployment of electronic bonding. Electronic bonding refers to the use of TMN-based protocols for the exchange of information between ser vice providers. This is one of the first major deployments of TMN in t he U.S. telecommunications network. As was learned during this process , the development of standards is only a starting point. Many addition al agreements and decisions must be made in order to achieve deploymen t of TMN-based interfaces.