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3.2 Terms defined in this Recommendation

This Recommendation defines the following term:
3.2.1 SDN orchestration: A process that oversees and directs a set of software-defined networking
activities and interactions with the objective of carrying out certain work in an automated manner.
NOTE – In SDN, orchestration can be used to arrange, configure and coordinate a set of operations in multi-domain, multi-
layer or end-to-end heterogeneous networking environments in order to execute a specific task.

4 Abbreviations and acronyms

This Recommendation uses the following abbreviations and acronyms:
ACI Application Control Interface
AL Application Layer
ALM Application Layer Management
AL-MSO Application Layer Management Support and Orchestration

BSS Business Support System
CL Control Layer
CL-AS Control Layer Application Support
CL-MSO Control Layer Management Support and Orchestration
CL-RA Control Layer Resource Abstraction

CLM Control Layer Management
DevOps Development Operations
ERM External Relationship Management
FCAPS Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance and Security
KPI Key Performance Indicator
MMF Multi-layer Management Functions

MMFA Multi-layer Management Functions Application layer
MMFC Multi-layer Management Functions Control layer
MMFO Multi-layer Management Functions OSS/BSS
MMFR Multi-layer Management Functions Resource layer
MMO Multi-Layer Management Orchestration

OSS Operations Support System
RCI Resource Control Interfaces
RL Resource Layer
RL-CS Resource Layer Control Support
RL-DP Resource Layer Data Processing
RL-DT Resource Layer Data Transport

RL-MS Resource Layer Management Support
RLM Resource Layer Management
SDN Software-Defined Networking
SDN-AL SDN Application Layer
SDN-CL SDN Control Layer

SDN-RL SDN Resource Layer

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