# NBI ## Introduction NBI stands for NorthBound Interface. It brings to ONAP a set of API that can be used by external systems as BSS for example. These API are based on TMF API. Full description is on [ONAP Read the Doc](https://onap.readthedocs.io/en/latest/submodules/externalapi/nbi.git/docs/offeredapis/index.html). ## Requirements NBI needs the following ONAP projects to work: - AAI - SO - SDC - MSB