Configuring the Max Sessions

Based on various deployment scenarios, if you do not want to load UPF to its maximum capacity in terms of the count of sessions, especially, given that in 5G a single user-session can go up to 5 Gbps. To alter the max session supported in UPF, a CLI command is available under the User Plane Service configuration. It allows the operator to configure the required number of max-sessions that are supported on UPF so that the SMF can load balance the sessions across the UPF. The following is a sample configuration:


configure 
   context context_name 
      user-plane-service user_plane_service 
         load-control capacity session_value 
         end 

NOTES:

  • session_value must be an integer in the range of 1 through the maximum value that is allowed in the platform.

  • The use of this configuration is only for the LCI reporting to SMF, and not for any other purpose, such as congestion control, and so on.

The following is an example configuration:


configure 
   context ingress 
      user-plane-service ups1 
         load-control capacity 2500 
         end