5G NR Architecture

5G NR Architecture

A) Access and Mobility Management function (AMF) supports:

1) Termination of NAS signaling
2) NAS ciphering & integrity protection
3) Registration management
4) Connection management
5) Mobility management
6) Access authentication and authorization
7) Security context management.
(AMF has part of the MME functionality from EPC world)
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B) Session Management function (SMF) supports:

1) Session management (session establishment, modification, release)
2) UE IP address allocation & management
3) DHCP functions
4) Termination of NAS signaling related to session management
5) DL data notification
6) Traffic steering configuration for UPF for proper traffic routing.
(SMF has part of the MME and PGW functionality from EPC world)
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C) User plane function (UPF) supports:

1) Packet routing & forwarding
2) Packet inspection
3) QoS handling
4) Acts as external PDU session point of interconnect to Data Network (DN), and
5) An anchor point for intra- & inter-RAT mobility.
(UPF has part of the SGW & PGW functionality from EPC world)
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D) Policy Control Function (PCF) supports:

1) Unified policy framework
2) Providing policy rules to CP functions
3) Access subscription information for policy decisions in UDR.
(PCF has part of the PCRF functionality from EPC world)
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E) Authentication Server Function (AUSF):

1) acts as an authentication server.
(Part of HSS from EPC world)

F) Unified Data Management (UDM) supports:

1) Generation of Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) credentials
2) User identification handling
3) Access authorization
4) Subscription management.
(part of HSS functionality from EPC world)
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G) Application Function (AF) supports:

1) Application influence on traffic routing
2) Accessing NEF
3) Interaction with policy framework for policy control.
(same as AF in EPC world)
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H) Network Exposure function (NEF) supports:

1) Exposure of capabilities and events
2) Secure provision of information from external application to 3GPP network
3) Translation of internal/external information.
(not present in EPC world)

I) NF Repository function (NRF) supports:

1) Service discovery function
2) Maintains NF profile and available NF instances.
(not present in EPC world)
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J) Network Slice Selection Function (NSSF) supports:

1) Selecting of the Network Slice instances to serve the UE
2) Determining the allowed NSSAI
3) Determining the AMF set to be used to serve the UE.
(not present in EPC world)