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The following table provides definitions for some of the terms in this document.
Term | Definition |
3GPP | Third Generation Partnership Project |
5G | Fifth Generation (NR) |
CI | Continuous Integration |
CD | Continuous Delivery |
CI/CD | Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery |
CNF | Containerized Network Function |
CSP | Communications Service Provider |
CU-CP | Centralized Unit - Control Plane |
CU-UP | Centralized Unit - User Plane |
CUPS | Control and User Plane Separation |
DU | Distributed Unit |
L1 | Layer 1, or Physical Layer (PHY) |
NF | Network Function |
NR | New Radio (5G) |
OAM | Operations, Administration, and Management |
O-RAN | Open Radio Access Network |
RAN | Radio Access Network |
RIC | RAN Intelligent Controller |
VM | Virtual Machine |
xApp | An application that runs on the near-real-time RIC and is likely to consist of one or more microservices. |