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# oai-ran-operators
-OAI RAN operator for Nephio
+This repository contains source code for k8s custom operator for OAI RAN functions (CU-CP, CU-UP, DU) which can be deployed in Nephio.
+The operator is currently common for all the RAN functions (CU-CP, CU-UP, DU).
+
+The operator listens to the NFDeployment CRD as shown here:
+https://github.com/nephio-project/api/blob/main/workload/v1alpha1/nf_deployment_types.go.
+The operator decides which Network function the CR is intented for based on the Provider field in the NFDeplymentSpec.
+The operator also retrieves the custom configuration required for the Network function from the NFConfig CR.
+The NFConfig CRD is available here:
+https://github.com/nephio-project/api/blob/main/workload/v1alpha1/nf_config_types.go
+
+An example for the NfDeployment CR for CU-CP is available here:
+https://github.com/nephio-project/catalog/blob/main/workloads/oai/pkg-example-cucp-bp/cucpdeployment.yaml
+The CR also contains the reference to custom configuraton NFConfig CR as part of the parametersRefs.
+Note that this CR is only the initial CR and it will get specialized by Nephio and more fields will added before the CR is applied in the cluster.
+
+
+The KPT package used for deploying the RAN operator is located in the nephio/catalog repository.
+ https://github.com/nephio-project/catalog/tree/main/workloads/oai/oai-ran-operator.
+
+The KPT packages for deploying the RAN Network functions (CU-CP, CU-UP, DU) are located here:
+ https://github.com/nephio-project/catalog/tree/main/workloads/oai
+
+Note that dynamic updates of the NFdeployment CR is currently not supported by the operator.
+
+The directory structure of this repository is as follows:
+
+```bash
+.
+├── Dockerfile
+├── LICENSE
+├── Makefile
+├── OWNERS
+├── README.md
+├── api
+│ └── v1alpha1
+│ ├── oai_ran_nf_types.go
+│ ├── plmn_types.go
+│ └── ranconfig_types.go
+├── cmd
+│ └── main.go
+├── go.mod
+├── go.sum
+└── internal
+ └── controller
+ ├── helper.go
+ ├── helper_test.go
+ ├── interface_configs.go
+ ├── mock_Client_test.go
+ ├── mock_NfResource_test.go
+ ├── network_attachment_defination_test.go
+ ├── network_attachment_definitions.go
+ ├── randeployment_controller.go
+ ├── randeployment_controller_test.go
+ ├── resources_cucp.go
+ ├── resources_cucp_test.go
+ ├── resources_cuup.go
+ ├── resources_cuup_test.go
+ ├── resources_du.go
+ ├── resources_du_test.go
+ └── templates.go
+
+```
+
+More details on how to deploy the controllers and the RAN Network functions using Nephio is described here: https://github.com/nephio-project/catalog/blob/main/workloads/oai/README.md
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