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CONFIGURATION & PERSISTENCY SERVICE

R8 PRESENTATION: ConfigurationPersistencySvcR8_202008Ag17v9a.pdf

Executive Summary - The Configuration & Persistency Service (C&PS) is a real-time service that is designed to serve as a data repository for Run-time Network Element (configuration) data that needs to be persistent applicable to multiple domain (RAN, Transport, and Core). This was explored as a R7 PoC.  Focus on storing run-time DATA RELATED to NETWORK ELEMENT instances. In R8, this is being proposed as a stand-alone project.

Business Impact - The ability for service operators to visualize and manage network element data in a network (PNFs, VNFs, and logical constructs) with ONAP is a critical business function because they are key Life Cycle Management (LCM) and OA&M operations. The project has business impacts to enhance the operation of data-handling within ONAP by providing efficient data layer services.

Business Markets - This project applies to any domain (wireless, transport, optical, and wireline) that ONAP may manage. It is not a market or geographical specific capability. It is expected that scaled ONAP installations such as Edge & Core ONAP deployments will also deploy the database across each installation.

Funding/Financial Impacts - This project represents a large potential Operating Expense (OPEX) savings for operators because of the ability to configure networks saving time and expenses.

Organization Mgmt, Sales Strategies -There is no additional organizational management or sales strategies for this requirement outside of a service providers "normal" ONAP deployment and its attendant organizational resources from a service provider. 

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