Editing Telecommunications Management Network (section)

== Logical layers ==

The framework identifies four logical layers of network management:

; [[Business management]] : Includes the functions related to business aspects, analyzes trends and quality issues, for example, or to provide a basis for billing and other financial reports.
; [[IT service management|Service management]] : Handles services in the network: definition, administration and charging of services.
; [[Network management]] : Distributes network resources, performs tasks of: configuration, control and supervision of the network.
; [[Element Management|Element management]] : Handles individual [[network element]]s including alarm management, handling of information, backup, logging, and maintenance of hardware and software.

A network element provides agent services, mapping the physical aspects of the equipment into the TMN framework.