+In the Jakarta release, the SON Use Case work was impacted by the fact RAN-Sim needed the following enhancements:
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+- Update of the yang model to the O1 yang models (similar to the models used by the Slicing Use Case)
+- Implementation of an A1 termination with an abstracted xApp and Near-RT RIC which would accept an A1 message and update the CU/DU configuration
+- Planning for a replacement of the Honeycomb netconf engine (project is archived)
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+The following are the enhancements in the Jakarta release:
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+- Update of SDN-R netconf code to use the new O1 yang models
+- Update of RAN-Sim to use the new O1 yang models
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+We have also made progress in the following areas in planning for the Kohn release.
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+- Convergence on the VES message formats to be used for FM/PM/CM
+- Inclusion of A1 based actions for the end-to-end SON Use Case
+- Enhancement of RAN-Sim to include abstraction of xApp and Near-RT RIC which would process an A1 message and update of a CU/DU