TABLE OF CONTENTS:
GENERAL PNF USE CASES OVERVIEW:
| TITLE | DESCRIPTION | CATEGORY | WIKI |
| PNF PRE-ONBOARDING & ONBOARDING Use Case | PNF Package delivery, Pre-onboarding and PNF Onboarding via SDC. In R5 El Alto focus will be on enhancements to the base functionality from R4 Dublin. | PNF Support Discovery | PNF PREONBOARDING / ONBOARDING in R5 |
| CONFIGURATION WITH NETCONF | Enhancement to NETCONF support in ONAP supporting 5G and other use cases. Protocol is generic driven from RFC and the PNF does not assume any type of PNF. | PNF Support Communications 5G FCAPS | CONFIGURATION WITH NETCONF in R5 |
| PNF PLUG AND PLAY | PNF Plug and Play support for PNF discovery, Dublin Carry-over items, support by PRH (PNF Registration Handler) | PNF Support (Carry Over) Discovery | PNF PLUG and PLAY in R5 |
| PNF S/W UPGRADE | PNF Software Upgrade to update the software on a PNF, Dublin Carry-over items. Goal 1: PNF S/W Upgrade Netconf support (PNF Generic) Goal 2: 3GPP southbound based interfaces (controller to xNF or External Controller). An example API using 3GPP interfaces. (5G Specific) | PNF Support 5G FCAPS | PNF SOFTWARE UPGRADE in R5 |
| MOBILE SERVICE CHAINING | Enhanced Management and Operation for Mobile Service Chaining | 5G Operational Optmization, 5G FCAPS | MOBILE SERVICE CHAINING |
5G SPECIFIC USE CASES:
| TITLE | DESCRIPTION | CATEGORY | WIKI |
| 5G SERVICE MODELING | Defining and Modeling a 5G Service for Design Time and use by other 5G Use Cases. Defining the Platform Data & Information model and PNF Resource for a 5G RAN. | 5G FCAPS Discovery 5G Operational | 5G RAN SERVICE MODELING & DEFINITION in R5 |
| PCI/SON ENHANCEMENTS | Optimization and PCI (SON) development. Dublin Carry-over items | 5G Operational Optimization | PCI (SON) in R5 |
| BULK PM | Performance Measurements 5G RAN Bulk Upload. Improvements will be made and carry - overs from R4 Dublin. Partially 5G Specific, and Partially "Generic". Can be evolved for use with generic PNFs (beyond 5G) | Data Collection 5G FCAPS | 5G BULK PM Management in R5 |
5G FM META DATA & 5G PM DICTIONARY | Support for handling FM Meta Data & support for PM Dictionary & PM Schema (from standards). Eventually other PNFs will support faults and measurements, but right now 3GPP specific formatting is used in the PM artifact. Can be evolved for use with generic PNFs (beyond 5G) | PNF Support Data Collection 5G FCAPS | FM META DATA & PM DICTIONARY in R5 |
| NETWORK SLICING | Advanced 5G functionality, for Network Slicing development and early steps in long-lead development. | 5G Operational Optimization | NETWORK SLICING in R5 |
5G USE CASE ASSESSMENT:
| TITLE | Requirement / Platform Enhancement vs E2E Use Case | 5G Specific | fx |
| 5G SERVICE MODELING | Requirement / Platform Enhancement | 5G Specific | |
| PNF PRE-ONBOARDING & ONBOARDING Use Case | Requirement / Platform Enhancement | General | |
| CONFIGURATION WITH NETCONF | Requirement / Platform Enhancement | General | |
| BULK PM | Requirement / Platform Enhancement * Could be evolved eventually to be PNF & domain generic. | 5G Specific * | |
| 5G FM META DATA & 5G PM DICTIONARY | Requirement / Platform Enhancement * Could be evolved eventually to be PNF & domain generic. | 5G Specific * | |
| PNF PLUG AND PLAY | E2E Use Case | General | |
| PNF S/W UPGRADE | Requirement / Platform Enhancement | General | |
| SON PCI ENHANCEMENTS | Requirement / Platform Enhancement | 5G Specific | |
| NETWORK SLICING | E2E Use Case | 5G Specific | |
| MOBILE SERVICE CHAINING | Requirement / Platform Enhancement | General |
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS:
| Document | File |
|---|---|
| R5 El Alto Proposals | |