For the purposes of the present document, the terms given in
TR 21.905 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.
Policy management:
A function that governs the choices in behaviour of a system.
Intent:
A desire to reach a certain state/position for a specific entity for instance for a service assurance or network deployment task.
Intent driven MnS:
A management service that allows its consumer to express an Intent.
Void.
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in
TR 21.905 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.
CSC
Communication Service Customer
CSP
Communication Service Provider
Intent-CSC
Intent from Communication Service Customer
Intent-CSP
Intent from Communication Service Provider
Intent-NOP
Intent from Network Operator
MOI
Managed Object Instance
MnS
Management Service
NEP
Network Equipment Provider
NOP
Network Operator
NSI
Network Slice Instance
VISP
Virtualization Infrastructure Service Provider