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ERM is also responsible for MMF to interact with an external DevOps system to enable efficient development
of IMT-2020 functionality by providing developer environment setup processes, build and test management,
and deployment.
External Management Interworking Support

The External Management Interworking Support (EMIS) functional element provides a standard interface to
an external OSS/BSS or a IMT-2020-MP in other IMT-2020 domain for requesting and receiving management
operations and associated information.

Management Information Abstraction
The Management Information Abstraction (MIA) functional element provides abstraction of IMT-2020
management information for the exchange with external management entities or IMT-2020-MP in other IMT-
2020 domains for inter-domain management information hiding purpose.
Request/Reply with External Management

The Request/Reply with External Management (RREM) functional element provides functionality associated
with request/reply management operations with external management entities.

External IMT-2020 Policy Management

The External IMT-2020 Policy Management (E5PM) functional element provides external IMT-2020 policy
exchanges involved between IMT-2020-MP and external management entities, data analytics, charging, and
interaction with an external DevOps system to enable efficient development of IMT-2020 functionality by
providing developer environment setup processes, build and test management, and deployment.

Multi-Plane Management Orchestration Support

The Multi-Plane Management Orchestration Support (ERM-MMOS) functional element provides an internal
interface to the Multi-Plane Orchestration Support functional element in the Multi-Plane Management
Orchestration functional component for the purpose of inter-domain orchestration between IMT-2020-MP
and external OSS/BSS and/or IMT-2020-MP in other IMT-2020 domains.

9 IMT-2020 Management Procedure and Implementation Scenarios
As stated in section 6 Overview, end-to-end network management principles are discussed in conventional
aspect and IMT-2020 specific aspect.

9.1 IMT-2020 Management Procedure
This sub-clause describes a Slice Lifecycle Management procedure which is illustrated in Figure 13.

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