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:alt: Image: O-RAN SC - NONRTRIC Overall Architecture
Summary
The primary goal of the Non-RealTime RIC is to support non-real-time radio resource management, higher layer procedure optimization, policy optimization in RAN, and providing guidance, parameters, policies and AI/ML models to support the operation of near-RealTime RIC functions in the RAN to achieve higher-level non-real-time objectives.
-Non-RealTime RIC functions include service and policy management, RAN analytics and model-training for the near-RealTime RICs.
+Non-RealTime RIC functions include service and policy management and RAN analytics for the RAN.
The Non-RealTime RIC platform hosts and coordinates rApps (Non-RT RIC applications) to perform Non-RealTime RIC tasks.
The Non-RealTime RIC also hosts the new R1 interface (between rApps and SMO/Non-RealTime-RIC services).
The O-RAN-SC (OSC) NONRTRIC project provides concepts, architecture and reference implementations as defined and described by the `O-RAN Alliance <https://www.o-ran.org>`_ architecture.
The OSC NONRTRIC implementation communicates with near-RealTime RIC elements in the RAN via the A1 interface. Using the A1 interface the NONRTRIC will facilitate the provision of policies for individual UEs or groups of UEs; monitor and provide basic feedback on policy state from near-RealTime RICs; provide enrichment information as required by near-RealTime RICs; and facilitate ML model training, distribution and inference in cooperation with the near-RealTime RICs.
+The OSC NONRTRIC hosts rApps, and coordinates all interactions between the rApp and underlying SMo by way of the R1 Interface.
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-Find detailed description of the NONRTRIC project see the `O-RAN SC NONRTRIC Project Wiki <https://wiki.o-ran-sc.org/display/RICNR/>`_.
+Find detailed description of the NONRTRIC project see the `O-RAN SC NONRTRIC Project Wiki <nonrtricwiki_>`_.
NONRTRIC components
-------------------
These are the components that make up the Non-RT-RIC:
-* `Non-RT-RIC Control Panel <#non-rt-ric-control-panel-nonrtric-dashboard>`_. :doc:`Documentation site <controlpanel:index>`.
-* `Information Coordinator Service <#information-coordination-service>`_. :doc:`Documentation site <informationcoordinatorservice:index>`.
-* `A1 Policy Management Service <#a1-policy-management-service-from-onap-ccsdk>`_. :doc:`Documentation site <a1policymanagementservice:index>`.
+* `Non-RT-RIC Control Panel <#non-rt-ric-control-panel-nonrtric-dashboard>`_. (:doc:`Documentation site <controlpanel:index>`).
+* `Information Coordinator Service <#information-coordination-service>`_. (:doc:`Documentation site <informationcoordinatorservice:index>`).
+* `A1 Policy Management Service <#a1-policy-management-service-from-onap-ccsdk>`_. (:doc:`Documentation site <a1policymanagementservice:index>`).
* `A1 Policy Controller / Adapter <#a1-sdnc-controller-a1-adapter-controller-plugin>`_.
-* `Near-RT RIC A1 Simulator <#a1-interface-near-rt-ric-simulator>`_. :doc:`Documentation site <simulator:index>`.
+* `Near-RT RIC A1 Simulator <#a1-interface-near-rt-ric-simulator>`_. (:doc:`Documentation site <simulator:index>`).
* `Non-RT-RIC (Spring Cloud) Service Gateway <#spring-cloud-service-gateway>`_.
-* `Non-RT-RIC Service Exposure Security Architecture Prototyping <#service-exposure-security-architecture-prototyping>`_. :doc:`Documentation site <service-exposure/se-overview/>`.
-* `DMaaP/Kafka Information Producer Adapters <#dmaap-information-producer-adapters-kafka>`_. :doc:`Documentation site adapter <dmaapadapter:index>`. :doc:`Documentation site mediator <dmaapmediatorproducer:index>`.
-* `Initial Non-RT-RIC App Catalogue <#initial-app-catalogue>`_. :doc:`Documentation site <rappcatalogue:index>`.
-* `Initial K8S Helm Chart LCM Manager <#initial-kubernetes-helm-chart-lcm-manager>`_. :doc:`Documentation site <helmmanager:index>`.
-* `Service Management & Exposure (SME) <#service-management-and-exposure>`_. :doc:`Documentation site <sme:index>`.
+* `Non-RT-RIC Service Exposure Security Architecture Prototyping <#service-exposure-security-architecture-prototyping>`_. (:doc:`Documentation site <service-exposure/se-overview/>`).
+* `DMaaP/Kafka Information Producer Adapters <#dmaap-information-producer-adapters-kafka>`_. (:doc:`Documentation site adapter <dmaapadapter:index>`), (:doc:`Documentation site mediator <dmaapmediatorproducer:index>`).
+* `Initial Non-RT-RIC App Catalogue <#initial-app-catalogue>`_. (:doc:`Documentation site <rappcatalogue:index>`).
+* `Initial K8S Helm Chart LCM Manager <#initial-kubernetes-helm-chart-lcm-manager>`_. (:doc:`Documentation site <helmmanager:index>`).
+* `Service Management & Exposure (SME) (CAPIF) <#service-management-and-exposure-capif>`_. (:doc:`Documentation site <sme:index>`).
* `Authentication Support <#authentication-support-keycloak>`_.
+* `RApp Manager Service <#rapp-manager-service>`__. (:doc:`Documentation site <rappmanager:index>`).
+* `RAN Performance Monitoring Functions (File-based PM) <#ran-performance-monitoring-functions-file-based-pm>`__ (:doc:`Documentation site <ranpm:index>`).
* `Test Framework <#non-rt-ric-test-framework>`_.
* `Use Cases: <#non-rt-ric-use-cases>`_
- * "Helloworld" O-RU Fronthaul Recovery use case. :doc:`Documentation site <orufhrecovery:index>`.
- * "Helloworld" O-DU Slice Assurance use case. :doc:`Documentation site <ransliceassurance:index>`.
+ * "Helloworld" O-RU Fronthaul Recovery use case. (:doc:`Documentation site <orufhrecovery:index>`).
+ * "Helloworld" O-DU Slice Assurance use case. (:doc:`Documentation site <ransliceassurance:index>`).
Non-RT-RIC Control Panel / NONRTRIC Dashboard
- Frontend: Angular framework
- Repo: *portal/nonrtric-controlpanel*
-- `Wiki <https://wiki.o-ran-sc.org/display/RICNR/>`_ to set up in your local environment.
- Documentation at the :doc:`NONRTRIC-Portal documentation site <controlpanel:index>`.
Information Coordination Service
A data consumer can have several active data subscriptions (Information Job). One Information Job consists of the type of data to produce and additional parameters, which may be different for different data types. These parameters are not defined or limited by this service.
Maintains a registry of:
+
- Information Types / schemas
- Information Producers
- Information Consumers
A1/SDNC Controller & A1 Adapter (Controller plugin)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
Mediation point for A1 interface termination in SMO/NONRTRIC.
- Implemented as CCSDK OSGI Feature/Bundles.
A building block for coming releases as the R1 Interface concept matures .
- Support dynamic registration and exposure of service interfaces to Non-RT-RIC applications (& NONRTRIC Control panel).
-- The architecture and componets are defined in :doc:`Non-RT RIC Security Architecture Prototyping (Documentation site) <service-exposure/se-overview/>`.
+- The architecture and components are defined in :doc:`Non-RT RIC Security Architecture Prototyping (Documentation site) <service-exposure/se-overview/>`.
+- Works with the CAPIF `Service Management & Exposure (SME) <#service-management-and-exposure>`_. :doc:`Documentation site <sme:index>` functions.
+
DMaaP Information Producer Adapters (Kafka)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Implementation:
-- Implemented as a Java Spring Boot application.
+- Implemented as a Java Spring Boot application and in Python.
- Repo: *nonrtric/plt/rappcatalogue*
- Documentation at the :doc:`rApp Catalogue documentation site <rappcatalogue:index>`.
Initial Kubernetes Helm Chart LCM Manager
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Onboard, start, stop, and modify Non-RT-RIC App µServices as Helm Charts.
+Onboard, start, stop, and modify Non-RT-RIC App µServices as Helm Charts.
*A building block for coming releases as the R-APP concept matures*.
-- Interfaces that accepts Non-RT-RIC App µServices Helm Charts.
+- Interfaces that accepts Non-RT-RIC App µServices Helm Charts.
- Support basic LCM operations.
- Onboard, Start, Stop, Modify, Monitor.
- Initial version co-developed with v. similar functions in ONAP.
- Repo: *nonrtric/plt/helmmanager*
- Documentation at the :doc:`Helm Manager documentation site <helmmanager:index>`.
-Service Management and Exposure
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Service Management and Exposure (CAPIF)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
An initial implementation of the CAPIF Core service. It implements the following CAPIF APIs:
* AUTH_SERVICE_URL - the URL to the authentication service (Keycloak)
* REFRESH_MARGIN_SECONDS - how long in advance before the authorization token expires it is refreshed
+RApp Manager Service
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Early version of a service to manage rApps and rApp instances.
+
+- Manages the entire lifecycle and state of rApp and thie instances
+- Integrated with NONRTRIC Data Management & Exposure functions (ICS)
+- Integrates with NONRTRIC Service registration and discovery functions (SME CAPIF)
+- Also add new ONAP ACM participants to handle rApp composition elements
+
+Implementation:
+
+- Implemented as a Java Spring Boot application.
+- Repo: *nonrtric/plt/rappmanager*
+- Documentation at the :doc:`Non-RT RIC rApp Manager documentation site <rappmanager:index>`.
+
+RAN Performance Monitoring Functions (File-based PM)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Functions to collect/parse/filter/store/forward file-based & event-based RAN PM data:
+
+- End-to-end tool-chain to collection, parsing, filtering and delivery of file-based RAN PM observability data
+- PM report data format defined by 3GPP (TS 32.432 and 3GPP TS 32.435)
+- High performance, fully scalable
+- Subscribers (e.g. rApps) can subscribe for chosen measurement types from specific resources in the network
+
+Implementation:
+
+- Implemented in Go, Java and Python
+- Repo: *nonrtric/plt/ranpm*
+- Documentation at the :doc:`Non-RT RIC RAN PM Usecase / Functions documentation site <ranpm:index>`.
+
Non-RT-RIC Test Framework
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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