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

OOF-SON: 5G Self-Organizing Network (SON) using ONAP Optimization Framework (OOF)

Executive Summary: SON (Self-Organizing Networks) functionality is an essential part of 4G networks, and will be even more critical for 5G. SON enables automation to improve network performance and efficiency, improve user experience, and reduce operational expenses and complexity. The objective of the OOF SON use cases is to develop an ONAP-based SON platform using the ONAP Optimization Framework (OOF). We have taken a phased approach since SON is complex, and SON for 5G is still evolving. We started with the Physical Cell Identity (PCI) optimization SON use case in Casablanca, and added centralized Automated Neighbor Relations (ANR) aspects in Dublin. In Frankfurt, we included adaptive SON functionality, took initial steps in O-RAN alignment and collaborated with Policy Control Loop Co-ordination (CLC). For Guilin, we will align with ORAN interfaces, be the early adopter of the new Runtime Config DB (e.g. generate DB schemas and APIs based on yang models), cover SON-related workflow for new cell addition, introduce another SON use case to add new platform capabilities, and collaborate on further extensions to  CLC. We will also pursue alignment with industry trends for open interfaces & open models for RAN interactions, in particular with O-RAN.

Business Impact: SON is an essential feature in mobile networks, and relevant to every operator. Any ONAP-based network deployment for 5G will benefit from an ONAP-based SON solution, which provides a disaggregation of SON functions into modules aligned with the ONAP architecture. Operators and vendors will both benefit from the ability of vendors to bring best-in-class solutions to each module, while leveraging the benefits of a community-supported open platform. This will enable faster development of innovative solutions. The approach taken could very well be evolved to address SON use cases whose scope extends beyond just the RAN.

Business Markets: SON for 5G is relevant to all 5G operators and markets.

Funding/Financial Impacts: SON functions reduce OPEX since the automated self-organizing functions are an efficient approach to continuously optimize network configurations to improve performance and respond to network conditions.

Organization Mgmt, Sales Strategies: There are no additional organizational management or sales strategies for this beyond whatever is required for ONAP deployment to support 5G.