Acronyms and Abbreviations7.1 Introduction7.2 Near‐RT RIC in the O‐RAN Architecture7.3 E2 General Aspects and Principles7.4 RIC Functional Procedures7.5 E2 Services7.6 Other E2 Service Models: E2SM‐CCC7.7 Example of CONNECTED State Mobility Solution with INSERT/CONTROL7.8 Near‐RT RIC Internal Architecture, xAppsReferences