Integration Reference Point


An Integration Reference Point is a 3GPP standard and a concept for defining management interfaces. The purpose is to promote wider adoption of standardized management interfaces in telecommunications networks. The IRP concept provides for protocol and technology neutral modelling as well as protocol specific solution sets.
The three cornerstones of the IRP concept are:
When an IRP is technology-dependent it uses a solution set which can be, for example, SOAP, or CORBA.
There are three categories of IRP specifications: