Reference 5G Network Architecture Macro Radio & Small Cell Antennas 5G Application Ecosystem Disaggregated Core 5G Base Stations UPF SMF UDM AUSF CU-CP-H Internet RU DU CU-UP CU-CP-L Centralized Cloud Back Haul External Content Front Haul Mid Haul Edge Cloud RU – Remote Radio Unit DU – Distributed Unit (5G Base Unit) CU-UP – Centralized User Plane CU-CP – Centralized Control Plane (low and high) UPF – User Plane Function SMF – Session Management Function UDM – Unified Data Management Function AUSF – Authentication Service Function UE/CPE UE Management out of scope for now
Standard Adaptation Layer Controller Scope SDN-C (and possibly 3rd party controller) will be used for transport configuration – Front Haul, Mid Haul, Back Haul, etc. App-C (now Generic VNF Controller) is responsible for various network application configuration (PNF / VNF) – DUs, CUs, Disaggregated core, etc. Also, use multi-cloud layer to configure overlay & underlay networks within a DC Config Database Standard Adaptation Layer SLI LCM Chef Netconf Ansible Generic VNF Controller (L4-L7) sVNFM/EMS Driver 5G Application Ecosystem SDN-C (L0-L3) Config/ Oper. DB SDN-C DB SLI Adaptation Layer Netconf Yang CLI 3rd Party Controller Driver Multi-Cloud layer for workload management, Data Center network fabric (overlay / Underlay) configuration done with coordination with SDN-C Macro Radio & Small Cell Antennas Disaggregated Core 5G Base Stations UE/CPE UPF SMF UDM AUSF CU-CP-H UE Management out of scope for now Internet RU DU CU-UP CU-CP-L Centralized Cloud External Content Edge Cloud
Standard Adaptation Layer Controller Scope SDN-C (and possibly 3rd party controller) will be used for transport configuration – Front Haul, Mid Haul, Back Haul, etc. App-C (now Generic VNF Controller) is responsible for various network application configuration (PNF / VNF) – DUs, CUs, Disaggregated core, etc. Config Database Standard Adaptation Layer SLI LCM Chef Netconf Ansible Generic VNF Controller (L4-L7) sVNFM/EMS Driver Adaptation Layer SLI Config/ Oper. DB Yang Netconf CLI SDN-C DB SDN-C (L0-L3) Controller Driver 5G Application Ecosystem Macro Radio & Small Cell Antennas Disaggregated Core 5G Base Stations UPF SMF UDM AUSF CU-CP-H Internet RU DU CU-UP CU-CP-L Centralized Cloud UE/CPE External Content UE Management out of scope for now Edge Cloud Multi-Cloud layer for workload management, Data Center network fabric (overlay / Underlay) configuration OLD SLIDE