scope:

The present document specifies the overall requirements for the Trace Management Integration Reference Point (TraceIRP) as it applies to Itf-N.

The Trace IRP supports the operations that are required for the Subscriber and Equipment trace, the Service Level Trace , the Cell Traffic Trace, Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT) functionalities across UMTS networks or EPS networks and Radio Link Failure (RLF) reporting functionalities across EPS networks GSM Trace is outside of the scope of this specification..

All functions (trace, MDT etc.) specified in this specification supports Network Sharing, with the following condition:

1. It is accepted that the recorded information from the shared network can be sent to any of the operators sharing the network, taking user consent into account. Operators must also agree on sharing the information, but how that agreement is done is outside the scope of this specification. The mapping of TCE IP addresses and TCE addresses must be coordinated among the operators that shares the network. How that coordination is done is outside the scope of this specification..

2. For signalling based activation, the operators that share a network must coordinate the TCE IP addresses and the TCE address mapping must be coordinated. How that coordination is done, is outside the scope of this specification.

3. The 3GPP Managment reference model, 3GPP TS 32.101 [2] is followed.

Editor's note: The requirements for Service Level Tracing are FFS.