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- Unified REST API for managing A1 Policies in all near-RT-RICs.
- A DMaaP API for A1 Policy management.
- Synchronized view of A1 Policy instances for each R-APP
- Synchronized view of A1 Policy instances in each near-RT-RIC
- Synchronized view of A1 Policy types supported by each near-RT-RIC
- Lookup service to find the near-RT-RIC to control resources in the RAN as defined in O1 (e.g. which near-RT-RIC should be accessed to control a certain CU or DU, which in turn controls a certain cell).
- Monitors all near-RT-RICs and maintains data consistency – e.g. recovery from near-RT-RIC restarts
- Support for different Southbound APIs to the near-RT-RICs (different versions of the A1-P and other similar APIs).
- HTTPS can be configured to use a supplied certificate/private key and to validate peers towards a list of trusted CAs/certs.
- There is also support for tunneling HTTP/HTTPS through a HTTP Proxy.
ONAP A1 Adapter (part of ONAP CCSDK/SDNC):
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- Implemented as OSGI Feature/Bundles
- A1 Rest REST southbound
- NETCONF YANG Northbound
- RESTCONF > NETCONF adapter
- Mapping logic / Provider
- Can be included in an any SDNC/CCSDK persona
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