5G Core Overview

2

5G Core Vision: Key Enabler for 5G Business

Requirement

10X Efficiency

TTM: 6 Months -

>1 week

10X Experience40 1ms Latency

1G 15Gbps/User

5X Connections

8B 40B

User

Centric

Application

Driven

AI-based Autonomous

Vision

5G NGC

3

Standards Ready: Accelerate to Match Commercial Progress

2016 2018 2019 20202017

Rel-14 Rel-15 Rel-16

Phase 1.1

Phase1.2

Phase 2.0

NSA SA

Phase 0

EPC 5GC5G NSA Core

Stage 2 5G Phase 1

EPC support of NSA

Stage 3 5G Phase 1

5G System Security Architecture-Phase 1

Authentication and LI

OAM and Charging

Architecture & Procedure Frozen

Phase1 SA3 70%

Phase1 SA5 Slice Manager 50%

5G Stage 3 40%

Rel-15

NSA 100%

Global

Launch

4

5G NSA Core for Early Business, 5GC is the Target

2017 2018 2019 2020

System TrialCommercial

5G NSA Core/5GC

Others

Pre-commercial

5G NSA Core

Commercial

5GC

Commercial

5GC

Pre-commercialCommercial

5G NSA Core

Commercial

5GC

Commercial

5G NSA CorePre-commercial

Commercial

5G NSA Core/5GC

Creative 5G Mobile

5G manifesto

Annual Government

Work Report

Secure 5G

Olympics

@Tokyo 2020

Pre-commercial

5G NSA Core/5GC

Commercial

5GCIMT2020 5G Advance Group Test

5G Strategy

2018 will be the first year of 5G NSA commercialization

5G Plan

5

UPF

5GC New Experience: Variety of Use Cases

VR LBO Smart Campus

Seamless Handover (5ms)Inter-UPF Handover

UPF

UPF(V2X)

UPF(ULCL)

CDN

3rd App

UPF(LADN)

Application

Synergy5GC-CP

Dynamic Traffic Steering

Internet

Local

Server

V2X

ServerUPF

(V2X)

V2X

Server

WTTX

10ms 100% Private 20GbpsHigh Throughput Per User

UPF

Internet

IPTV Server

Autonomous Driving

6

5G Core Network Overview 23.501

NR

Network Function Repository Function(NRF)

Slice Selection

Function(SSF)

Access and Mobility

Management Function(AMF)

Authentication

Server

Function(AUSF)

Common CP

Session Management

Function(SMF)

Policy Charging

Function(PCF)

Unified Data

Management(UDM)

Application

Function(AF)

Converged Control

Plane Function(CCF)

User Plane

Function(UPF)

MEC

Network Exposure

Function(NEF)

User Plane

Function(UPF)

Service

Chain

eMBB Slice

Edge DC Local DC

Region DCNG4

NG3 NG4

NG6

NG8 NG7

NG11NG10

NG15

NG9UE NG1

NG2

NG12

Voice SliceUPF IMS

Local DC

SMFOr

Local DC

Voice Slice Function

Open & Standard

FunctionsBlack Box with

Open Interface

WiFi

ngPDG

(N3ASF) NG3

NG2

Y4

7

Distributed

Agile

Huawei NGC Architecture to Support 5G Business

Orch

estra

tor

1

2

3

Cloud Native

Enhanced SBA

4

5

Sliced

MicroService

Selection

ZeroTouch SliceMicroService

DevOps

6

7

Autonomous UP

High Performance

Converged

9 Converged 2/3/4/5

Programmable UP

8 Multiple UP HW

10D2D Enterprise TerminalMobile Fixed

Orch

estra

tor

UPFUPF

V2X Video ….

MECAUSF SMF AMF PCF

NEFUDM NRF

RESTful Service Interfaces

Service Based Control Plane

UPF

Voice

Data

Slice

Indirect….

8

Service Based Architecture: Improve Deployment Agility

Service Based Interfaces:

Simplified & Extensible

NRF

AMF SMF1 UPF

SMF2

IP1 IP2 IP3

IP4

1

2

• NF Service Registration/Deregistration

• NF Service Authorization

• NF Service Discovery

Service Based Deployment

NF automatic initiation

Function IP

AMF IP1

SMF1 IP2

UPF IP3

SMF2 IP4

AUSF SMF AMF PCF

NEFUDM

Service Based Interfaces

NRF

• Unified HTTP service based interface

and extensibility

4G Interfaces 5G Interfaces

• Legacy protocols

•Diameter

•SS7

•GTP

•…

• No Extensible

Capability

• Unified protocol

• HTTP

• Extensible

Interfaces to add

new features

4G NF Installation:

Deployment Takes Months

• Complex Interfaces between NFs, 1 MME

10+ static links

• Complex legacy protocols

• Manual Static link configurations

BSC

RNC

eNB

MME

SGSN

SGW

GGSN/PGW

OCS

PCRF

LIG

H

S

SGb

Iu

S1-C

S1-U

S4

S11

Gn/Gp

S5/S8

Gr

S6a

X1/2/3

Gx

Gy

S3

9

5G Core Evolution Summary

Standalone Core as Dual Mode UE Anchor

Converged Core for Smooth Migration

5G Ready ArchitecturevMME&CUPS GW Expansion

Dual mode UE4G Only UE

vGWC

Legacy

Core

LTE

vGWU

LTE NR

Legacy

Core vMME+

vGWC+

vGWU+

4G Only UE

LTE NR

4/5G

Converged CP

Dual mode4G UE

UPF UPF

xDSL

XDSL/WIFI

5G Phase1 NSA 5G Phase2 SA4G Expansion

Legacy

Core

vMME

10

Slice Mall

• Verify innovative 5G

slicing user cases

• Explore “Network as a

Service” new business

• Build ecosystem to

enable all industries

5G Slicing Joint Innovations for Enabling All Industries

• Smart grid slicing showcase

in PT Expo China 2017

Smart Grid

• Remote driving slicing

showcase in MWCS 2017

V2X

• Concert VR live slicing trial

at Beijing in 2017

VR Live

• Industrial control slicing

showcase in MWC2017

Intelligent Manufacturing

• Automatic driving slicing

showcase in MWC2017

Automatic Driving

• VR game slicing showcase

in MWC2018

VR Gaming

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