Ericsson, NSN, Huawei to support OSS interoperability

BANGALORE, INDIA: Networking majors Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for Operations Support System Interoperability Initiative (OSSii).

The OSSii aims to simplify interoperability between OSS systems in a multi-vendor environment. The initiative will provide easy access to interfaces that earlier were subject to restricted use, and will enable interoperability testing services to a wider community, says a release.

All the three have agreed to cross-license their OSS interfaces for multi-vendor network management, cross-licensing. Moreover, interoperability testing opportunities will also be offered for third-party OSS vendors and other network equipment providers.

Interoperability will reduce OSS integration costs, simplify overall network management, and enable shorter time-to-market for new services.

Reciprocal agreements between the three initiating vendors will cover fault, performance, configuration, and basic network event management for the northbound interfaces from radio access, circuit core and packet core network management systems.