NETMANIAS ONE-SHOT 5G Network Architecture – Service Based January 20, 2019

NG-RAN 5G Core

NSSF AUSF UDM NRF NEF

HTTP HTTP HTTP HTTP HTTP

(Nnssf) (Nausf) (Nudm) (Nnrf) (Nnef) Nxxx: SBI
- HTTP/2 with JSON

HTTP HTTP HTTP HTTP

(Namf) (Nsmf) (Npcf) (Naf)

AMF SMF PCF AF

Control plane
• Modularity of Network Fns
• Service Based Architecture
NAS XnAP NG-AP PFCP Control plane
(N1) gNB (Xn) (N2) (N4)
GTP-U GTP-U User plane User plane
• Distributed UPF
• Single PDU Session with
(NR-Uu) GTP-U IP multiple anchors
UE gNB UPF DN
(N3) (N6) • Selective traffic routing to
local DN (Edge)
GTP-U i) Area-based LADN
(N9) ii) AF-based routing

AF: Application Function
AMF: Access and Mobility Management Function
AUSF: AUthentication Server Function
DN*: Data Network
gNB**: Next generation NodeB
NEF: Network Exposure Function
NRF: Network Repository Function
NSSF: Network Slice Selection Function
PCF: Policy Control Function
SMF: Session Management Function
UDM: Unified Data Management
UE: User Equipment
UPF: User Plane Function
GTP-U: GPRS Tunneling Protocol User plane
NAS: Non-Access Stratum
NG-AP: Next Generation Application Protocol
PFCP: Packet Forwarding Control Protocol
SBI: Service Based Interfaces
XnAP: Xn Application Protocol

* DN – Operator services, Internet access or 3rd party services

** gNB – It is represented by RAN, which includes both 3GPP access and non-3GPP access in the 5G standard, but is represented here as gNB.

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NETMANIAS ONE-SHOT 5G Network Architecture – Reference Point Based January 20, 2019

NG-RAN 5G Core
Reference Point

NSSF AUSF N13 UDM N35 UDR CHF NEF N33 N1 : btw. UE and AMF
N2 : btw. gNB and AMF
N22 N12 N37 N3 : btw. gNB and UPF
N36 N28 N4 : btw. SMF and UPF
N40 N5 : btw. PCF and AF
N8 N29
N6 : btw. UPF and DN
N30
N7 : btw. SMF and PCF
N10 N8 : btw. AMF and UDM
N9 : btw. UPF and UPF
N10 : btw. SMF and UDM
AMF N11 SMF N7 PCF N5 AF N11 : btw. AMF and SMF
N12 : btw. AMF and AUSF
N14
N15 N13 : btw. AUSF and UDM
N14 : btw. AMF and AMF
NAS XnAP NG-AP PFCP Control plane
N15 : btw. AMF and PCF
(N1) gNB (Xn) (N2) (N4) N22 : btw. AMF and NSSF
GTP-U GTP-U User plane N28 : btw. PCF and CHF
N29 : btw. SMF and NEF
N30 : btw. PCF and NEF
(NR-Uu) GTP-U IP N33 : btw. NEF and AF
UE gNB UPF DN
(N3) (N6)
N35 : btw. UDM and UDR
N36 : btw. PCF and UDR
GTP-U N37 : btw. NEF and UDR
(N9) N40 : btw. SMF and NEF

AF: Application Function NSSF: Network Slice Selection Function GTP-U: GPRS Tunneling Protocol User plane
AMF: Access and Mobility Management Function PCF: Policy Control Function NAS: Non-Access Stratum
AUSF: AUthentication Server Function SMF: Session Management Function NG-AP: Next Generation Application Protocol
CHF: Charging Function UDM: Unified Data Management PFCP: Packet Forwarding Control Protocol
DN*: Data Network UDR: Unified Data Repository XnAP: Xn Application Protocol
gNB**: Next generation NodeB UE: User Equipment
NEF: Network Exposure Function UPF: User Plane Function

* DN – Operator services, Internet access or 3rd party services

** gNB – It is represented by RAN, which includes both 3GPP access and non-3GPP access in the 5G standard, but is represented here as gNB.

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