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7.4.2 Network status reporting FE

The network status reporting FE receives requests from the S-NICE controller functions, and according to the
requests it reports network information to the S-NICE controller functions including modifications of network
nodes, resource utilization rate of each node, modifications of network links, physical or virtual capacity of
each link, and the real time traffic load of each link, etc. The network status reporting FE is applicable for
both physical networks and virtual networks.

8 Reference points of S-NICE

8.1 Internal reference points of S-NICE orchestration functions
Figure 8-1 and the following content provides the descriptions of the internal reference points of S-NICE
orchestration functions:

Figure 8-1 – Internal reference points of S-NICE orchestration functions

IAC-AD the reference point between the access control FE and the application development support FE.
After authentication and authorization, the developers can access the development environment
provided by S-NICE with this reference point.
IAD-SO the reference point between the application development support FE and the service orchestration
FE.
The application developer can store their application as resource in the service orchestration FE
through this reference point, also can achieve the resource kept in the service orchestration FE for
their own use.

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