PNF resource IM proposal

 Resource IM (Design time) OPTION 1:

Name

Required

Cardinality

Content

Description

descriptor_id

M

1

string

Identifier   of this PNFD information element. It uniquely identifies the PNFD. The format   will be defined in the data model specification phase.

function_description

M

1

string

Describes the PNF function.

Provider

M

1

string

Identifies   the provider of the PNFD.

version

M

1

Version

Identifies   the version of the PNFD.

descriptor_invariant_id

M

1

string

Identifier   of this PNFD in a version independent manner. This attribute is invariant   across versions of PNFD.

Name

M

1

string

Name to   identify the PNFD.

geographical_location_info

M

0…1

Not   specified

It provides information about the   geographical location (e.g. geographic

coordinates or address of the building,

etc.) of the PNF.

 software_version_list

 M

 1

 Not specified

 Describes the software the PNF supported



Resource IM (Design time) OPTION 2?

Name

Required

Cardinality

Content

Description

descriptor_id

M

1

string

Identifier   of this PNFD information element. It uniquely identifies the PNFD. The format   will be defined in the data model specification phase.

pnfId

O

1

Not specified

Identifier of this   Pnfinformation element. CORRELATIONID (A&AI)

function_description

M

1

string

Describes the PNF function.

Provider

M

1

string

Identifies   the provider of the PNFD.

version

M

1

Version

Identifies   the version of the PNFD.

descriptor_invariant_id

M

1

string

Identifier   of this PNFD in a version independent manner. This attribute is invariant   across versions of PNFD.

Name

M

1

string

Name to   identify the PNFD.

geographical_location_info

M

0…1

Not   specified

It provides information about the   geographical location (e.g. geographic

coordinates or address of the building,

etc.) of the PNF.

NF_Controller

O

0…1

Not specified

Controller for PNF (APP-C, SDN-R, SDN-C, VF-C)   

software_version_list  

M

1

Not specified

Describes the   software the PNF supported