Introduction to 5G

System Architecture
- Diwas Pande
Senior Engineer ,Technical Trainer, Technology Enthusiast
Purpose of 5G System architecture
Introduction-
• 5G will address Enhanced Mobile Broadband(eMBB),Ultra-Reliable Low Latency
communication(URLLLC) and Massive Machine Type Communication (mMTC) use
cases as defined by the ITU(International Telecommunication Union).
• Introduced to support minimum requirements of 5G i.e. the ITU-R IMT 2020
requirements which include :
- Peak data rate : 20/10 Gbps (DL/UL)
- User data rate : 100/50 Mbps (DL/UL)
- Average Traffic capacity : 10 Mbps/sqm
- User Plane latency : 1-4 ms
- Control Plane latency : 20 ms
- Connection density : 1 million devices /sqkm
- Mobile station speed : 0-500 km/hr
How these requirements are realized ?
• MM waves
• Beam Forming
• Massive MIMO
• NFV
• SDN
• SCMA (Sparse Code Multiple Access) used by Huawei
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The 5G System(5GS) comprises of :
• 5G Access Network (5G-AN)
• 5G Core (5GC)
The 5G Access Network
• Also known as NG – RAN (Next Generation RAN).
• It consists of UE and RAN
 5G Core(5GC) - General Concepts
• 5GC comprises of various Network Functions implemented using
technologies like NFV(Network Functions Virtualization) and
SDN(Software defined Networks) .
• Separate user plane and control plane function allowing independent
scalability, evolution and flexible deployment.
• Virtualization of Network Functions allows for the capability to
introduce Network Slicing.
• Supports a unified authentication framework.
• Supports Stateless NFs where compute resource is decoupled from the
storage resource.
5G System Architecture – Reference Point
Representation
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5G System Architecture – Service Based
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Network Functions and Entities
• AMF (Access and Mobility Management Function)
• SMF (Session Management Function)
• UPF (User Plane Function)
• PCF (Policy Control Function)
• NEF (Network Exposure Function)
• NRF (Network Repository Function)
• UDM (Unified Data Management )
• AUSF (Authentication Server Function)
• N3IWF (Non 3GPP Interworking Function)
• AF (Application Function)
• UDR (Unified Data Repository)
Network Functions and Entities Cont.…
• UDSF (Unstructured Data Storage Function)
• SMSF
• NSSF (Network Slice Selection Function)
• 5G – EIR
• LMF
• SEPP (Security Edge Protection Proxy)
• NWDAF (Network Data Analytics Function)
Interworking between 5GS and EPS
• Introduction of an inter-Core Network N26 interface between MME
and AMF.
• PGW-C + SMF and UPF + PGW-U are dedicated for interworking
between 5GS and EPC, which are optional and are based on UE MM
Core Network Capability and UE subscription.
• UEs that are not subject to 5GS and EPC interworking may be served
by entities not dedicated for interworking, i.e. by either by PGW or
SMF/UPF.
• There can be another UPF (not shown in the figure in the next slide)
between the NG-RAN and the UPF + PGW-U, i.e. the UPF + PGW-U
can support N9 towards an additional UPF, if needed.
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