3 Definitions and abbreviations

28.5313GPPManagement and orchestrationProvisioningRelease 16TS

3.1 Definitions

For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in TR 21.905 [1], TS 28.530 [4] and the following apply. A term defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same term, if any, in TR 21.905 [1] and TS 28.530 [4].

3.2 Abbreviations

For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in TR 21.905 [1], TS 28.530 [4] and the following apply. An abbreviation defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same abbreviation, if any, in TR 21.905 [1].

5GAA 5G Automative Association

5G-ACIA 5G Association for Connected Industries and Automation

5GC 5G Core Network

AMF Access and Mobility Management Function

CSC Communication Service Customer

CSP Communication Service Provider

CP Control Plane

GST Generic Slice Template

IOC Information Object Class

MANO Management and Orchestration

MnS Management Service

NEST Network Slice Type

NF Network Function

NFV Network Functions Virtualisation

NRM Network Resource Model

NSaaS Network Slice as a Service

NSC Network Slice Customer

NSI Network Slice Instance

NSP Network Slice Provider

NSSI Network Slice Subnet Instance

P-NEST Private NEST

S-NEST Standardized NEST

TN Transport Network

VNF Virtualized Network Function

UP User Plane