| elinuxhenrik | 3c2c02c | 2020-03-27 15:59:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | .. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |
| 2 | .. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0 |
| elinuxhenrik | 616ea8d | 2020-04-15 08:26:35 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | .. Copyright (C) 2020 Nordix |
| elinuxhenrik | 3c2c02c | 2020-03-27 15:59:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | |
| ychacon | af912b9 | 2021-04-27 14:43:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | Non-RT RIC Control Panel Overview |
| elinuxhenrik | e46bb69 | 2021-05-26 14:37:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | ================================= |
| elinuxhenrik | 3c2c02c | 2020-03-27 15:59:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | |
| elinuxhenrik | e46bb69 | 2021-05-26 14:37:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8 | Graphical user interface with the following capabilities: |
| ychacon | af912b9 | 2021-04-27 14:43:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | |
| elinuxhenrik | e46bb69 | 2021-05-26 14:37:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | * View and Manage A1 policies in the RAN (near-RT-RICs) |
| elinuxhenrik | e46bb69 | 2021-05-26 14:37:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | * Graphical A1 policy creation/editing is model-driven, based on policy type’s JSON schema |
| PatrikBuhr | 1408f85 | 2021-12-14 08:48:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | * View producers and jobs for the Information coordinator service |
| elinuxhenrik | 1aa2b7f | 2021-05-31 13:19:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 13 | * Configure A1 Policy Management Service (add/remove near-rt-rics) |
| elinuxhenrik | 3c2c02c | 2020-03-27 15:59:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | |
| PatrikBuhr | 1408f85 | 2021-12-14 08:48:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | The Control Panel frontend interacts with the A1 Policy Management Service and A1 Information Coordinator |
| elinuxhenrik | 1aa2b7f | 2021-05-31 13:19:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | (REST NBIs) via a service exposure gateway, the Nonrtric Gateway. The frontend is developed using the Angular framework. |
| ychacon | af912b9 | 2021-04-27 14:43:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | The Gateway is a Spring Cloud Gateway that provides an API Gateway for all the Non-RT-RIC Components. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | .. note:: |
| elinuxhenrik | e46bb69 | 2021-05-26 14:37:53 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | It is fully supported in Firefox and Chrome. Minor issues in Safari. |
| ychacon | af912b9 | 2021-04-27 14:43:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | Not supported in Microsoft Edge and IE. |
| elinuxhenrik | 3c2c02c | 2020-03-27 15:59:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | |
| elinuxhenrik | 22cfc3d | 2020-03-30 08:53:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | Control Panel architecture |
| 24 | -------------------------- |
| elinuxhenrik | 3c2c02c | 2020-03-27 15:59:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | |
| elinuxhenrik | 22cfc3d | 2020-03-30 08:53:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | The architecture of the Control Panel is as shown on the following picture: |
| elinuxhenrik | 3c2c02c | 2020-03-27 15:59:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | |
| ychacon | af912b9 | 2021-04-27 14:43:56 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | .. image:: ./images/ControlPanel_architecture.png |
| elinuxhenrik | 3c2c02c | 2020-03-27 15:59:32 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | :scale: 50 % |
| 30 | |
| elinuxhenrik | 1aa2b7f | 2021-05-31 13:19:09 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | The Control Panel can be deployed following the instructions in the Installation Guide. |