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Latest Architecture (Release I)

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NONRTRIC Components (Release I)

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• Non-RT-RIC Control Panel

• Non-RT-RIC (Spring Cloud) Service Gateway

• Non-RT-RIC (Kong) Service Exposure Prototyping

• A1 Policy Management Service

• rApp Manager

• Information Coordinator Service

• DMaaP/Kafka Information Producer Adapters

• NONRTRIC CAPIF Core (Service Registry)

• Initial Non-RT-RIC App Catalogue

• A1 Policy Controller / Adapter

• A1 Interface Simulator

• RAN PM functions

• Initial K8S Helm Chart LCM Manager

• Authentication Support (JWT Token Fetch)

• Test Framework

• "Helloworld" O-RU Fronthaul Recovery use case

• "Helloworld" O-DU Slice Assurance use case

• "Healthcheck" use case

NONRTRIC Control Panel (Release I)

Graphical user interface to interact with the Non-RT-RIC services.

With the OSC NONRTRIC Control Panel you can: 

• View and Manage A1 policies in the RAN (near-RT-RICs)
• Graphical A1 policy creation/editing is model-driven, based on policy type’s JSON schema
• View and manage producers and jobs for the Information Coordination Service
• Configure A1 Policy Management Service (add/remove near-rt-rics)
• Interacts with the A1-Policy Management Service & Information Coordination Service (REST NBIs) via Service Exposure gateway

 Implementation & Documentation:

• Front-end: Angular framework
• Repo: portal/nonrtric-controlpanel/web-frontend
• Developer Guide: https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-portal-nonrtric-controlpanel

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• /en/i-release/developer-guide.html
• Documentation: https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-

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Testing

• Function Tests

Release I - Studies

Release I - Demos:

• Release I - Technical Spikes

Release I - Container images

• Release I - Docker Images

Release I - Deployment Instructions

• Release I - Run in Docker
• Release I - Run in Kubernetes

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• portal-nonrtric-controlpanel/en/i-release

NONRTRIC (Spring Cloud) Service Gateway (Release I)

Enable Apps and the Control Panel to use A1 Services

• A basic API gateway using spring cloud gateway which then exposes two Non-RT-RIC functions: A1 Policy Management Service & Information Coordinator Service.
• Can add predicates through code or yaml (preferred) and in Non-RT-RIC.

Implementation & Documentation:

• https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/gitweb?p=portal/nonrtric-controlpanel.git;a=tree;f=nonrtric-gateway
• https://cloud.spring.io/spring-cloud-gateway/reference/html/#gateway-starter

NONRTRIC (Kong) Service API Gateway (Release I)

Support Apps to use NONRTRIC, SMO and other App interfaces through a gateway

• Support dynamic registration and exposure of service interfaces to Non-RT-RIC applications (& NONRTRIC Control panel)
• Extends a static gateway function specifically for NONRTRIC Control panel
• Initial version based on Kong gateway function
• Initial exposure candidates include A1 (NONRTRIC) services & O1 (OAM/SMO) services

A1 Policy Management Service (from ONAP CCSDK – Montreal)

A1 Policy Controller Service above A1 Adapter that provides:

• Unified REST API for managing A1 Policies in all near-RT-RICs
• Operations:
  • Query A1 Policy Types in near-RT-RICs
  • Create/Query/Update/Delete A1 Policy Instances in near-RT-RICs
  • Query Status for A1 Policy Instances
• Maintains (persistent) cache of RAN’s A1 Policy information
  • Support RAN-wide view of A1 Policy information
  • Streamline A1 traffic
  • Enable (optional) re-synchronization after inconsistencies / near-RT-RIC restarts
  • Added support for multiple near-RT-RICs (& multi-version support)
• Converged ONAP & O-RAN-SC A1 Adapter/Controller functions in ONAP SDNC/CCSDK
  • (Optionally deploy without A1 Adapter to connect direct to near-RT-RICs)
• Support for different Southbound connectors per near-RT-RIC - e.g. different A1 versions, different near-RT-RIC version, different A1 adapter/controllers supports different or proprietary A1 controllers/EMSs

Repository and documentation about the service can be found at:

• https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/nonrtric/plt/a1policymanagementservice
• https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-plt-a1policymanagementservice/en/i-release
• https://docs.onap.org/projects/onap-ccsdk-oran/en/montreal
• A1 Policy Management Service in ONAP

rApp Manager (Release I)

A service to support onboarding, instantiation and life-cycle management of composite rApps.

• Preliminary composite rApp package
• Demonstrate controlled LCM of composite rApps with & without µServices
  • ONAP ACM Models & Manager
  • Demonstrate extensible ACM ‘Participant’ approach as types of rApp constituents appear
• Integration with DME for managing Data Inputs & Outputs
  • incl.: registration, discovery, access control (in&out)
• Integration with SME for managing Service Inputs & Outputs
  • Incl.: gateway setup, registration, discovery, access control (in&out), service mesh config

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Release I -DRAFT

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1. Non-RT-RIC Control Panel

2. Non-RT-RIC (Spring Cloud) Service Gateway
3. Non-RT-RIC (Kong) Service Exposure Prototyping
4. A1 Policy Management Service
   
5. Information Coordinator Service
   
6. DMaaP/Kafka Information Producer Adapters
7. NONRTRIC CAPIF Core (Service Registry)
8. Initial Non-RT-RIC App Catalogue
9. A1 Policy Controller / Adapter
10. A1 Interface Simulator
11. RAN PM functions
12. Initial K8S Helm Chart LCM Manager
13. Authentication Support (JWT Token Fetch)
14. Test Framework
15. "Helloworld" O-RU Fronthaul Recovery use case
16. "Helloworld" O-DU Slice Assurance use case
17. "Healthcheck" use case

NONRTRIC Control Panel (Release I)

Graphical user interface to interact with the Non-RT-RIC services.

With the OSC NONRTRIC Control Panel you can: 

• View and Manage A1 policies in the RAN (near-RT-RICs)
• Graphical A1 policy creation/editing is model-driven, based on policy type’s JSON schema
• View and manage producers and jobs for the Information Coordination Service
• Configure A1 Policy Management Service (add/remove near-rt-rics)
• Interacts with the A1-Policy Management Service & Information Coordination Service (REST NBIs) via Service Exposure gateway
•  Implementation:
  • Front-end: Angular framework
  • Repo: portal/nonrtric-controlpanel/web-frontend
  • Developer Guide: https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-portal-nonrtric-controlpanel/en/h-release/developer-guide.html
  • Documentation: https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-portal-nonrtric-controlpanel/en/h-release

NONRTRIC (Spring Cloud) Service Gateway (Release I)

Enable Apps and the Control Panel to use A1 Services

• A basic API gateway using spring cloud gateway which then exposes two Non-RT-RIC functions: A1 Policy Management Service & Information Coordinator Service.
• Can add predicates through code or yaml (preferred) and in Non-RT-RIC.
• NONRTRIC gateway code can be found at:
  • https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/gitweb?p=portal/nonrtric-controlpanel.git;a=tree;f=nonrtric-gateway
• Documentation: https://cloud.spring.io/spring-cloud-gateway/reference/html/#gateway-starter

NONRTRIC (Kong) Service API Gateway (Release I)

Support Apps to use NONRTRIC, SMO and other App interfaces through a gateway

• Support dynamic registration and exposure of service interfaces to Non-RT-RIC applications (& NONRTRIC Control panel)
• Extends a static gateway function specifically for NONRTRIC Control panel
• Initial version based on Kong gateway function
• Initial exposure candidates include A1 (NONRTRIC) services & O1 (OAM/SMO) services

A1 Policy Management Service (from ONAP CCSDK – London)

A1 Policy Controller Service above A1 Adapter that provides:

• Unified REST & DMaaP APIs for managing A1 Policies in all near-RT-RICs
• Operations:
  • Query A1 Policy Types in near-RT-RICs
  • Create/Query/Update/Delete A1 Policy Instances in near-RT-RICs
  • Query Status for A1 Policy Instances
• Maintains (persistent) cache of RAN’s A1 Policy information
  • Support RAN-wide view of A1 Policy information
  • Streamline A1 traffic
  • Enable (optional) re-synchronization after inconsistencies / near-RT-RIC restarts
  • Added support for multiple near-RT-RICs (& multi-version support)
• Unified REST & DMaaP NBI
• Converged ONAP & O-RAN-SC A1 Adapter/Controller functions in ONAP SDNC/CCSDK
  • (Optionally deploy without A1 Adapter to connect direct to near-RT-RICs)
• Support for different Southbound connectors per near-RT-RIC - e.g. different A1 versions, different near-RT-RIC version, different A1 adapter/controllers supports different or proprietary A1 controllers/EMSs

Repository and documentation about the service can be found at:

• https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/nonrtric/plt/a1policymanagementservicerappmanager
• https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-plt-a1policymanagementservicerappmanager/en/hi-release
• https://docs.onap.org/projects/onap-ccsdk-oran/en/london
• A1 Policy Management Service in ONAPRelease I: rApp Manager

Information Coordinator Service (ICS) (Release I)

A service that coordinates Information Jobs, producers and consumers. Also acts as an A1 Enrichment Information Controller.

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• https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/nonrtric/plt/informationcoordinatorservice
• https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-plt-informationcoordinatorservice/en/h-release

DMaaP/Kafka Information Producer Adapters (Release I)

Configurable mediators to take information from DMaaP (& Kafka) and present it as a coordinated Information Producer

Two alternative implementations to allow Information Consumers to consume DMaaP or Kafka events as coordinated Information Jobs.
These configurable adapters/mediators act producers of Information Coordinator Service (ICS) jobs by polling topics in DMaaP Message Router (MR) or Kafka and pushing the messages to a consumerthe messages to a consumer.

Note: DMaaP is now deprecated in ONAP, but this function is intended a generic data job/stream → DME producer adapter function.

A version implemented in Java (Spring) - Supporting filtered DMaaP and Kafka mediation:

• https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/nonrtric/plt/dmaapadapter
• Release I - Run in Docker#RuntheDmaapAdaptorServiceDockerContainerDocker
• https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-plt-dmaapadapter/en/hi-release
• Includes additional support for PM data filtering/delivery

A version implemented in Go - Supporting DMaaP mediation:

• https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/nonrtric/plt/dmaapmediatorproducer
• Release I - Run in Docker#RuntheDmaapMediatorProducerDockerContainerDocker
• https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-plt-dmaapmediatorproducer/en/hi-release

CAPIF Service Registry (Release I)

Implementing a CAPIF service for Service registration, discovery, administration (SME)

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• https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/nonrtric/plt/sme
• https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-plt-sme/en/h-release
• https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/gitweb?p=nonrtric/plt/sme.git;a=blob;f=README.md 
• CAPIF Study

NONRTRIC rApp catalog (Release I)

Register for NONRTRIC APPs (rApps)

• rApps can be registered / queried
• This function will be merged into our new rApp Manager function in coming releases.

Repository and documentation about the service can be found at:

• https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/nonrtric/plt/rappcatalogue
• https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-plt-rappcatalogue/en/hi-release

A1 Policy Controller / Adapter (from ONAP CCSDK –

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Montreal)

Optional mediation point for A1 Policy interface termination in SMO/NONRTRIC

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Documentation about the adapter / controller can be found at:

• https://docs.onap.org/projects/onap-ccsdk-oran/en/londonmontreal
• CCSDK A1 Adapter for A1 Policies in ONAP

A1 Interface Simulator (Release I)

Stateful extensible A1 test stub

• Used to create multiple stateful A1 providers (simulated near-rt-rics)
• Supports A1-Policy (A1-P) and A1-Enrichment Information (A1-EI)
• Implemented as a Python application
• Swagger-based northbound interface, so easy to change the A1 profile exposed (e.g. A1 version, A1 Policy Types, A1-EI consumers, etc)
• All A1-AP versions supported

• Call-out feature to add applications-specific A1-Policy behaviors (REST & Kafka call-outs supported)

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• https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/sim/a1-interface
• https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-sim-a1-interface/en/hi-release

RAN Performance Monitoring Functions (File-based PM) (Release I)

Functions to collect/parse/filter/store/forward file-based & event-based RAN PM data

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• https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/nonrtric/plt/ranpm 
• https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-plt-ranpm/en/hi-release/ 

RAN PM: PM Data File Collector

• PM Data File Collector fetches the 3GPP-compliant (XML) PM files from the RAN.
• https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-plt-ranpm/en/hi-release/datafilecollector

RAN PM: PM File Converter 

• PM File Converter converts collected XML files into JSON format. The structure and the contents is the same as the XML format.
• https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-plt-ranpm/en/hi-release/pm-file-converter

RAN PM: PM Producer

• PM Producer instances act as Information Coordinator Service (ICS) Producers (see above).
• Subscribers can subscribe to the produced data as ICS Jobs, with additional filters and delivery parameters specified.
• https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-plt-ranpm/en/hi-release/pmproducer

RAN PM: InfluxDB PM Logger

•  InfluxDB PM Logger stores selected PM measurements into a time series database.
• https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-plt-ranpm/en/hi-release/influxlogger

Authentication Support (JWT Token Fetch) (Release I)

A side-car utility service to takes care of authentication token fetching from Keycloak

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• https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/gitweb?p=nonrtric.git;a=tree;f=auth-token-fetch
• https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric/en/hi-release/overview.html#authentication-support-keycloak

Initial K8S Helm Chart LCM Manager (Release I)

Onboard, start, stop, and modify Non-RT-RIC App µServices as Helm Charts

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• https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/nonrtric/plt/helmmanager
• https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-plt-helmmanager/en/hi-release

NONRTRIC Test Platform (Release I)

Information about the test platform can be found at:

• https://wiki.o-ran-sc.org/display/RICNR/Function+Test

Use Cases

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"Helloworld" O-RU Fronthaul Recovery use case

A very simplified closed-loop rApp use case to re-establish front-haul connections between  O-DUs and O-RUs if they fail. Not intended to to be 'real-world'

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• https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/nonrtric/rapp/orufhrecovery
• https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-rapp-orufhrecovery/en/g-releaselatest

"Helloworld" O-DU Slice Assurance use case

A very simplified closed-loop rApp use case to re-prioritize a RAN slice's radio resource allocation priority if sufficient throughput cannot be maintained. Not intended to to be 'real-world'

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• https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/nonrtric/rapp/ransliceassurance
• https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-rapp-ransliceassurance/en/g-releaselatest

"Healthcheck" use case

A very simplified rApp use case to check if A1 Policy connection to a near-rt-ric exists & is healthy. Not intended to to be 'real-world'

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