Abstract: A telecommunication management system including management centers provides management services which communicate via management messages in both directions with telecommunication network elements of a telecommunication network and a management message transfer point which enables the management centers and the telecommunication network elements to communicate, each in its own specific way, carries out the necessary conversion in the transfer of management messages between management centers and telecommunication network elements and is responsible for routing messages and making multiple copies of them in the case of messages with more than one destination. The message transfer point includes a plurality of management message transfer devices each serving a set of management applications and each telecommunication network element associated with a set of management applications has an interface for communicating with the management message transfer device serving that set.

Abstract: A telecommunication network in which call control and connection control are separated comprises switching nodes each comprising a call and service control point implementing all signalling functions relating to call control and service control including: call set-up, supervision and clearing down and the same functions in respect of at least one service requested during a call. The network also comprises a bearer control point connected to the call and service control point and implementing only switching functions and signalling functions relating to connection control including: bearer set-up, supervision and clearing down.