Management capabilities

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

5.1 Self-configuration management

5.1.1 Use cases

Self-configuration management capability is performed by RANSC MnS producer. RANSC MnS producer monitors the self-configuration process and provides the RANSC MnS consumer with this information (e.g. progress information). In addition, RANSC MnS producer also allows the RANSC MnS consumer to control the execution of the self-configuration process.

The RANSC MnS consumer can request RANSC MnS producer to create and activate a self-configuration process for certain RAN NE in the case of the RANSC MnS consumer trigger the self-configuration process. Besides, RANSC MnS producer also can create and activate a self-configuration process triggered by itself based on the self-configuration management profile (representing the decision of RANSC MnS consumer) configured by RANSC MnS consumer.

As the self-configuration process is complex and time-consuming, the RANSC MnS consumer needs to obtain the progress of the self-configuration process. Self-configuration process includes several steps (each step can represent one or several of activities) according to the self-configuration capabilities. The authorized RANSC MnS consumer may want to be informed the important events for step transition (e.g. start to execute a new step) and abnormal events during the self-configuration process. The RANSC MnS consumer also wants to be informed the reasons when abnormal event (e.g. failure) occurred.

The RANSC MnS consumer may want to request to set the stop point(s) for certain step of the self-configuration process based on self-configuration capability. When a stop point is reached, the self-configuration process is paused and the RANSC MnS consumer is informed with the pause information (incl. corresponding step information). When the RANSC MnS consumer sends a resume request, the self-configuration process will continue to execute to the next step.

During the self-configuration, the RANSC MnS consumers can send request to RANSC MnS producer to query the list of ongoing self-configuration process or the progress for certain self-configuration process.

When the last step of the self-configuration process is completed, RANSC MnS producer needs to send the result of this process to the RANSC MnS consumers. The authorized RANSC MnS consumers can terminate an ongoing self-configuration process for failure analysis and solving. When the last step of the self-configuration process is completed successfully, the RANSC MnS producer can delete the self-configuration process automatically.

5.1.2 Requirements

Requirement label	Description	Related use case(s)/Motivation
REQ-RANSC_Mgmt-1	The RANSC MnS producer shall have the capability to allow the authorized MnS consumers to request to create and activate a self-configuration process.	Self-configuration management
REQ-RANSC_Mgmt-2	The RANSC MnS producer shall have the capability to allow the authorized MnS consumers to request to query the list of ongoing Self-configuration processes.	Self-configuration management
REQ-RANSC_Mgmt-3	The RANSC MnS producer shall have the capability to report the step information of a self-configuration process to the authorized MnS consumers.	Self-configuration management
REQ-RANSC_Mgmt-4	The RANSC MnS producer shall have the capability to report abnormal information to the authorized MnS consumers when detected.	Self-configuration management
REQ-RANSC_Mgmt-5	The RANSC MnS producer shall have the capability to inform the authorized MnS consumers the result (success or failure) of the self-configuration process when the process is finished.	Self-configuration management
REQ-RANSC_Mgmt-6	The RANSC MnS producer shall have the capability to allow the authorized MnS consumers to request to query the progress (e.g. step information) of the self-configuration process when needed.	Self-configuration management
REQ-RANSC_Mgmt-7	The RANSC MnS producer shall have the capability to allow the authorized MnS consumers to request to terminate an ongoing self-configuration process.	Self-configuration management
REQ-RANSC_Mgmt-8	The RANSC MnS producer shall have the capability to inform the authorized MnS consumers the information that it has deleted the self-configuration process automatically.	Self-configuration management

Editor’s Note: The term “RANSC MnS producer/consumer” need to be revisited later”