NONRTRIC Controller Part
Scope 1: A1 Controller (Mediator, Endpoint)
- Southbound:
- Implement A1 spec. from O-RAN Alliance WG2
- Very restricted A1-like functions for Release A
- Base Controller: Release A: Selected SDNC
- Base Controller: Release B+: Studies ongoing, to be confirmed
- Northbound:
- Release A: Very similar to southbound
- Thin “shim” in SDNC to demonstrate the concept
- Release B+: Studies ongoing, to be confirmed
- Release A: Very similar to southbound
- O1 interfaces:
- Defined in OAM project with SDN-R, VES collectors, etc
- Release A: Out of scope
- Release B+: O1 Observability
- Coordinate with OAM project to leverage additional ONAP functions
e.g.: DMAAP, RuntimeDB (ConfigDB), A&AI, DCAE, Policy Framework, SDN-R, SDC, CLAMP, Portal, etc.
- Coordinate with OAM project to leverage additional ONAP functions
NONRTRIC Services Part
Scope 2: Coordinate/Host A1 Policy Management Services
- Intent Mapping:
- Release A: Out of scope
- Release B+: Studies ongoing, to be confirmed
- Domain-specific mappings could be performed by domain-specific R-APPs? (TBC)
- Policy Lifecycle Management
- Release A: Out of scope
- Release B+: Track & maintain multiple policy instances/types in multiple near-RealTimeRIC
- Multiple near-RealTimeRIC instances
- Release A: Out of scope / hard-coded
- Release B+: A&AI, RuntimeDB to keep track of multiple near-RealTimeRICs (TBC)
- Release C+: A&AI, RuntimeDB, DCAE, VES to map near-RealTimeRICs to mobile UEs (TBC)
- O1 Observability
- Release A: Out of scope
- Release B+: Coordinate with OAM project to leverage additional ONAP functions
- Release C+: Leverage DCAE & PM function coordination for custom O1 observability (TBC)
Scope 3: Coordinate ML/AI Models – In RAN (“E2 nodes” & near-RealTimeRICs) and NONRTRIC
- Release A: Out of scope
- Release B+: Studies initiated, to be confirmed
- Hope to leverage planned ONAP functionality
Scope 4: Enrichment Data Coordinator
- Release A: Out of scope
- Release B+: To be decided
Scope 5: R-APP Host & SMO Application Coordinator
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Please see the relevant discussions for the current release under the NONRTRIC Development Guide section.