描述如下:
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BML
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High-level planning, budgeting, goal setting, executive decisions, business level agreements (BLAs), etc.
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SML
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Uses information presented by NML to manage contracted service to existing and potential customers.
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This is the basic point of contact with customers for provisioning, accounts, quality of service, and fault management.
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The key point for interaction with service providers and with other administrative domains.
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NML
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NML has visibility of the entire network, based on the NE information presented by the EML OSs.
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The NML manages individual NEs and all NEs as a group.
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The NML coordinates all network activities and supports the demands of the SML.
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EML
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Manages each network element.
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EML element managers, or OSs, are responsible for the TMN-manageable information in certain network elements.
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NEL
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The NEL presents the TMN-manageable information in an individual NE.
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Both the Q-Adapter, which adapts between TMN and non-TMN information, and the NE are located in the NEL.