scope:

This European Telecommunication Standard (ETS) describes the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer management which applies to the European standard Metropolitan Area Network (MAN).

To this end it:

a) defines the reference architecture for MAC Layer Management (MLM);

b) defines services and protocols for MLM;

c) includes the specification of managed objects which permit the operation of the protocol elements to be remotely managed. The definition of the managed object classes for the Connection Oriented (CO) and Constant Bit Rate (CBR) services is not contained in this ETS.

Management information within the network is exchanged through systems management protocols and special purpose layer management protocols.