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Figure 8 – Virtual Data Plane & Resource Management functional components

Virtual Data Plane & Resource Support
The IMT-2020 Virtual Data Plane & Resource Support (VDPR-S) functional element provides a standard
interface to the VDPR Management Support and Softwarization in the Data Plane & Resource Plane for
requesting and receiving management operations and associated information in ASP.
Virtual Data Plane & Resource Plane Resource Discovery and Bootstrapping

The Virtual Data Plane & Resource Discovery and Bootstrapping (VDPR-DB) functional element is responsible
for discovering and bootstrapping virtual data plane & resources and provides capabilities for:
• discovering technology specific virtual data plane & resources. The discovered data plane &
resources are stored in the PDPR resource repository. Note that control layer is responsible for
abstract data plane & resource discovery which is common across any underlying heterogeneous
technology specific virtual data plane & resources.
• bootstrapping of virtual data plane & resources to make them ready for operation based on the
bootstrapping policies.

Virtual Data Plane & Resource Repository
The Virtual Data Plane & Resource Repository (VDPR-R) functional element is responsible for storing the
contents discovered by the PDPR-DB and managing the lifecycle of the contents in the repository and
provides capabilities for:
• storing and providing APIs for query the contents discovered by the VDPR-DB

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