The present document is part of a TS-family covering the 3rd Generation Partnership Project Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects, Telecommunication management; as identified below:

• TS 32.501: Self-Configuration of Network Elements; Concepts and Integration Reference Point (IRP) Requirements;
• TS 32.502: Self-Configuration of Network Elements Integration Reference Point (IRP); Information Service (IS);
• TS 32.506: Self-Configuration of Network Elements Integration Reference Point (IRP); Solution Set (SS) definitions.

The present document describes the concepts how self-configuration works and what IRP requirements need to be met to support this functionality. The document also captures if a requirement shall be met via the Itf-N interface or via other protocols. This version of the TS is restricted to self-configuration of eNBs. The requirements in this document are not imposed on HNBs.