The present document is part of a TS-family covering the 3rd Generation Partnership Project Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects, Telecommunication Management; as identified below:
TS 28.525:
Telecommunication management; Life Cycle Management (LCM) for mobile networks that include virtualized network functions; Requirements.
TS 28.526:
Telecommunication management; Life Cycle Management (LCM) for mobile networks that include virtualized network functions; Procedures.
TS 28.527:
Telecommunication management; Life Cycle Management (LCM) for mobile networks that include virtualized network functions; Stage 2.
TS 28.528:
Telecommunication management; Life Cycle Management (LCM) for mobile networks that include virtualized network functions; Stage 3.
The present document specifies the Life Cycle Management (LCM) procedures for mobile networks that include virtualized network functions.
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present document.
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References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or non-specific.
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For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
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For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same Release as the present document.
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TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".
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TS 28.500: "Management concept, architecture and requirements for mobile networks that include virtualized network functions".
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TS 28.525: "Life Cycle Management (LCM) for mobile networks that include virtualized network functions; Requirements".
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ETSI GS NFV-IFA008 V3.7.1 (2022-11 Release 3): "Network Function Virtualization (NFV) Release 3; Management and Orchestration; Ve-Vnfm Reference Point - Interface and Information Model Specification".
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ETSI GS NFV-IFA013 V3.7.1 (2022-11): "Network Function Virtualization (NFV) Release 3; Management and Orchestration; Os-Ma-nfvo Reference Point - Interface and Information Model Specification".
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TS 32.508: "Telecommunication management; Procedure flows for multi-vendor plug-and-play eNode B connection to the network".
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TS 32.532: "Telecommunication management; Software management (SwM); Integration Reference Point (IRP); Information Service (IS)".
For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in
TR 21.905,
TS 28.500 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 or in
TS 28.500.
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in
TR 21.905,
TS 28.500 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 or in
TS 28.500.