TM Forum releases Core Network NFM AN solution package

TM Forum released the Core Network Fault Management (NFM) AN Solution Package at the Innovate Asia Autonomous Networks Masterclass, and Huawei core network solution expert Michael Wang attended the release as an invitee of TM Forum; the package was presented as the start of commercial replication for a high-stability core network solution package.

The announcement incorporated core network stability assurance into TM Forum's standard scenarios and described templates intended for reuse; the package was presented as providing a standardized technical implementation template and as supporting network evaluation monetization.

The solution package addressed seven dimensions of core network stability assurance: deployment architecture, control plane Disaster Recovery (DR), user plane DR, infrastructure DR, anti-signaling surge capability, risk prediction, and service degradation recovery, and it was based on the Management Data Analytics Function (MDAF) defined in 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) TS 28.104 while using digital twin technology to enable closed-loop management from risk prediction to automated optimization.

For signaling storms, the package used digital twin modeling to build a virtual network that collected traffic statistics, node connection data, and device timing configurations and then Radio Access Network (RAN) a simulation engine to produce impact models, evaluate capacity, and generate optimization recommendations; the package also adhered to TM Forum IG1500 standards, integrated via standardized APIs, and was demonstrated in the Catalyst project and in an operator infrastructure DR optimization that identified Verification IP (VIP) users, found recoverable paths, and reduced Verification IP (VIP) recovery time from 30 minutes to 1 minute while keeping common-user recovery at 30 minutes through differentiated service assurance policies.

Following the release, core network stability assurance was incorporated into TM Forum's standard scenarios, and Huawei outlined a replicable and scalable paradigm for high-stability network construction that included support for network evaluation monetization.