BUSINESS DRIVER (Bulk PM, RT PM, PM Dictionary)

This section describes Business Drivers for this Use Case.

Executive Summary - Bulk A summary for the PM functions:

• BULK PM develops the capability for the PNF/VNF to send performance measurement data to ONAP. A file ready is sent via VES and the files are pulled via sftp. PNF/VNFs collects performance measurement data periodically (configurable). It also introduces the parsing of files (3GPP defined format) conversion to VES format.
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Business Impact - It provides a generic ability which ONAP service providers will find useful for the collection of PM information. Performance measurements is viewed as a fundamental capability for Network Elements, "P" in FCAPS. General PM capability most network functions will likely have measurements. The framework of file transfer can be used in future use cases as well.

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