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5G Mobile Network Architecture and Network Integration. Álvaro Martín Heredia Universidad de Málaga. Table of Contents. 5G Objective Requirements Architecture PDU Session Control/User Plane Separation Service-Based Architecture Stateless NFs Exposure Capability Network Slicing
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5G Mobile Network Architecture and Network Integration Álvaro Martín Heredia Universidad de Málaga
Table of Contents • 5G Objective Requirements • Architecture • PDU Session • Control/User Plane Separation • Service-Based Architecture • Stateless NFs • Exposure Capability • Network Slicing • Non Standalone Deployment
5G forwhat? eMBB Gigabytes in a second 1000x capacity/km2 SystemCapacity 3D video, UHD screens Data Rate >10Gbps per connection Work and play in thecloud Smart Home/Building Latency <1ms Augmentedreality Industryautomation ConnectionDensity 1M connections/km2 Voice Missioncritical application BatteryLifeforIoT >10 years Smart City SelfDriving Car Deep Coverage Ultra Reliability/ <164 dBm MCL mMTC uRLLC Source: ITU-R Rec. M.2083
5G Foundations • Flexibility - Virtualization • Densification • Network Convergence
5G Architecture NRF AF NSSF NEF PCF UDM Nnef Naf Nudm Npcf Nnrf Nnssf PDU Session Nsmf Namf Nausf AUSF AMF SMF N2 N4 N1 UE (R)AN UPF DN N3 N6 Source: 3GPP TS 23.501
> PDU Session UE gNB UPF PDU Session N3 Tunnel DRBs APPs IP Flows QoS Flow 1 QoS Flow 2 QoS Flow 3 QoS Flow 4 Source: 3GPP TS 38.300
CUP Separation NRF AF NSSF NEF PCF UDM Nnef Naf Nudm Npcf Nnrf Nnssf Nsmf Namf Nausf AUSF AMF SMF Control Plane User Plane N2 N4 N1 UE (R)AN UPF DN N3 N6 Source: 3GPP TS 23.501
Service-BasedArchitecture(SBA) NRF AF NSSF NEF PCF UDM Nnef Naf Nudm Npcf Nnrf Nnssf Nsmf Namf Nausf AUSF AMF AMF SMF SMF N2 N4 N1 UE (R)AN UPF DN N3 N6 Source: 3GPP TS 23.501
Service-BasedArchitecture(SBA) • NFs offer services that other NFs consume. • NRF acts like a DNS server, facilitating service discovery. • Facilitates SDN and NFV concepts in 5G. • Server-Based Interface: • HTTP/2 Application Protocol • JSON Serialization Protocol • TCP Transport Protocol NRF Registration Discovery/Authorization Service Request/Authorization AMF SMF Source: 3GPP TS 29.500, TS 29.510
StatelessNFs AF NRF UDM NSSF NEF PCF Nnef Naf Nudm Npcf Nnrf Nnssf Nsmf Namf Nausf AUSF AMF SMF N2 N4 N1 UE (R)AN UPF DN N3 N6 Source: 3GPP TS 23.501
StatelessNFs Nudm UDM Npcf UDR UDSF Nudr Nudsf AMF PCF AMF Namf AMF Nnef NEF Source: 3GPP Summit in CEATEC2018 - Makuhari, Japan, October 17, 2018
ExposureCapability NRF AF NSSF NEF PCF UDM Nnef Naf Nudm Npcf Nnrf Nnssf Nsmf Namf Nausf AUSF AMF SMF N2 N4 N1 UE (R)AN UPF DN N3 N6 Source: 3GPP TS 23.501
ExposureCapability • AF - Application Function • App influence on traffic routing • Interacting with Policy framework for policy control • Accessing NEF • NEF - Network Exposure Function • Exposure of capabilities and events • Secure provision of information from external apps to 3GPP network. • Translation of internal-external information • Events related to users. • Information of Provision capability • Policy and charging capabilities • CN internal capabilities for analytics. Source: 3GPP TS 23.501, TS 23.502
ExposureCapability NRF NSSF NEF PCF UDM Nnef Nudm Npcf Nnrf Nnssf Naf Nsmf Namf Nausf AUSF AF AMF SMF N4 N2 N1 UE (R)AN UPF N3 MEC Host Source: MEC Deployments in 4G and Evolution Towards 5G, ETSI White Paper No. 24 Feb 2018
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) COTS HW AMF AMF AMF UDM UDM UDM SMF SMF SMF UPF UPF UPF
Network Slicing RAN CN eMBB Slice AMF UDM SMF RAN Slice eMBB UPF AUSF PCF V2X Slice AMF UDM SMF RAN Slice uRLLC MEC Host UPF UPF
Network Slice • A logical network that provides specific network capabilities and network characteristics. • Virtual network over a common shared physical infrastructure that can be created “on-demand” in order to meet specific needs of applications, devices, customers or operators. • Self-contained • Isolated • Configurable and Programmable • Multitenancy capability • Supports one or multiple type of services Source: 3GPP TS 23.501
Network Slicing Source: 3GPP TS 28.530
5G TIME LINE Source: 3GPP
Non-Standalone (NSA) Deployment 4G EPC Control Plane Data Plane 4G eNB 5G gNB
Thank you! Álvaro Martín Heredia Universidad de Málaga