1 Scope

28.3173GPPManagement and orchestrationRelease 18Self-configuration of Radio Access Network Entities (RAN NEs)TS

The present document describes the functionality for RAN NE self-configuration and ARCF data handling to enable RAN NE self-establishment, as well as requirements need to be met to support this functionality. The concepts, use cases, requirements, procedure and management service definition for RAN NE self-configuration management and ARCF data handling of RAN NEs are specified in this document.

The NE within virtualization is not in the scope of this document.