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12A1 Simulator Overview
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JohnKeeney823707a2021-01-26 22:02:34 +000015The A1 Simulator terminates the A1 interface and provides a way to test Non-RT RIC services without the need to deploy Near |nbh| RT |nbsp| RICs.
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17Apart from providing the A1 API, the simulator also provides an administrative API to manage policy types and manipulate
elinuxhenrikdd7abb62020-04-17 16:26:09 +020018the simulator, see ":ref:`simulator-api`".
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JohnKeeney823707a2021-01-26 22:02:34 +000020The A1 Simulator supports running multiple simulations using different versions of the A1 Application protocol, and supports realistic stateful simulation of A1 Enrichment Information and A1 Policy behaviours.
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22For information on how to run the simulator, see the *README.md* file in the repository.