# Service Management and Orchestration

Canonical URL: https://servicemanagementandorchestration.com/

Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) is the O-RAN architectural management framework for managing and orchestrating O-RAN network functions and related lifecycle contexts.

Evidence A for O-RAN Service Management and Orchestration terminology; this domain is an independently managed LJP semantic identity, not an O-RAN Alliance property or affiliation.