Feature Description
The 3GPP-defined architecture model for 5G systems provides data connectivity based on techniques such as network function virtualization, software defined networking, and service-based interfaces. Some of the key principles are:
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Separate the User Plane (UP) functions from the Control Plane (CP) functions allowing independent scalability, evolution, and flexible deployments, such as centralized location or distributed (remote) location.
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Support "stateless" NFs where the "compute" resource is decoupled from the "storage" resource.
This feature discovers the set of NF instances (and their associated NF service instances), represented by their NF profile, that are currently registered in Network Repository Function (NRF) and satisfy several input query parameters.