Tag: What is 5G service based architecture?

Oracle Communications NRF is a critical component required to implement the new service-based architecture (SBA) in the 5G core .

The introduction of control and user plane separation in the 4G EPC is the first step towards the 5G architecture. The SGW and PGW functions were split into a control and data plane component. As shown in the above figure, the 4G EPC components have been reorganized into service-oriented functions .20 Eki 2018

The 3GPP defines a Service-Based Architecture (SBA), whereby the control plane functionality and common data repositories of a 5G network are delivered by way of a set of interconnected Network Functions (NFs), each with authorization to access each other’s services .