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5 A1 Policy Management Service (from ONAP CCSDK)
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8 A1 Controller Service above A1 Controller/Adaptor that provides:
10 * Maintains (persistent) cache of RAN's A1 Policy information.
12 * Support RAN-wide view of A1 Policy information.
13 * Streamline A1 traffic.
14 * Enable (optional) re-synchronization after inconsistencies / near-RT-RIC restarts.
15 * Supports a large number of near-RT-RICs (& multi-version support).
17 * Converged ONAP & O-RAN-SC A1 Adapter/Controller functions in ONAP SDNC/CCSDK (Optionally deploy without A1 Adaptor to connect direct to near-RT-RICs).
18 * 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.
20 See also A1 Policy Management Service in ONAP: `Wiki <https://wiki.onap.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=84672221>`_, :doc:`Documentation<onapa1policymanagementservice:index>`.
24 * Implemented as a Java Spring Boot application.
26 This product is a part of :doc:`NONRTRIC <nonrtric:index>`.