What is the difference between in-band and out-of-band management?
Nodes located at the cell site are usually accessible only over the same path that is used to transport voice traffic. Collecting management information over this path is called in-band management and has an impact on backhaul utilization. The MWTM can reduce the amount and frequency of collecting management information when information is collected in-band. The MWTM does not create reports for in-band accessed nodes. Also, the MWTM relies on the information in traps received from an in-band node instead of scheduling a poll to get the updated node status.
