From c86b5aeaba70df89d89bdeec1f77ebea5a9efe7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JohnKeeney Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 19:25:14 +0100 Subject: Update documentation for London & into Montreal Issue-ID: CCSDK-3823 Signed-off-by: JohnKeeney Change-Id: I638969a7ffecc74c6837e0311179eae4af4b0222 --- docs/architecture/architecture.rst | 16 +++++++--------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/architecture') diff --git a/docs/architecture/architecture.rst b/docs/architecture/architecture.rst index edb9d346..d1e770be 100755 --- a/docs/architecture/architecture.rst +++ b/docs/architecture/architecture.rst @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0 -.. Copyright 2022 Nordix Foundation +.. Copyright 2023 Nordix Foundation .. _architecture: @@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ Architecture Introduction ************ - The CCSDK ORAN components add support for handling "A1 Policies" as defined for the O-RAN A1-P interface. -The O-RAN A1-P interface is defined by the `O-RAN Alliance `_ +The O-RAN A1-P interface is defined and specified by the `O-RAN Alliance `_ ******************* @@ -26,14 +25,13 @@ integration with other components and API resource/operation provided. .. image:: ../media/ONAP-A1ControllerArchitecture.png :width: 500pt -The A1 Policy Management Service provides an API for accessing of A1 Policies. The PMS -configures these in the traffical elements (NearRT-RICS). It also keeps a backup of these in case of restart of PMS. -On regular basis, it will check that the configured A1 Policices are consistent with the actual ones in the NearRT-RICS (and take action if not). +The A1 Policy Management Service provides an API for accessing of A1 Policies. The A1-PMS +configures A1-Policies in RAN nodes (near-RT RICs). It also keeps a synchronized copy of these in case the A1-PMS needs to restart. +Periodically A1-PMS will check that the configured A1 Policies and A1 Policy Types are consistent with those in the managed near-RT RICs (and take action if not). -The access to the NearRT-RIC may be tunneled through an A1 adapter in the CCSDK/SDNC controller. +Communications to near-RT RIC can be tunneled through a CCSDK/SDNC controller, using our SDNC A1-Adapter plugin. -The A1 PMS provides support for fine granied access control, which is implemented by delegating the granting of access of A1 Policies to an external -authorization provider. +The A1-PMS now also supports fine-grained access control checks, whereby access requests can be forwarded to an external authorization provider. More details can be found in :ref:`developer_guide`. -- cgit 1.2.3-korg