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5GC 20.x Overview: Focus on Delivery in the China Region and Build
a 2/3/4/5G Full Convergent Version.
5G Core 20.x is delivered to China Region. 21.x is recommended for large-scale delivery Globally

5GC 20.0.0 5GC 20.1.0 5GC 20.2.0 5GC 20.3.0

Release 1 Release 2 Release 3 Release 4
(2019.06.30 TR5) (2019.09.30 TR6) (2020.12.30 TR5) (2020.03.30 TR6)

2/3/4/5G convergent secure

4/5G convergent pre-commercial 4/5G convergent pre-commercial 2/3/4/5G convergent commercial
trusted version
(Restricted commercial) (Global commercial) (Global commercial )
(Restricted commercial)

• Service-oriented architecture • 2/3/4/5G converged pre- • Build secure and trusted basic • Large-scale commercial use of
commercial use, launched capabilities. 2/3/4/5G
• Network slicing
globally • UDG Hardware Acceleration • NRF+ autonomous network
• Microservice architecture
• NRF+ autonomous network (Commercial Use) (automatic topology management)
• Single user 5Gbps(with DPI) (hierarchical networking) • UPF One-station integrated user • Microservice gray upgrade
• CU-Full Mesh Networking • Full Mesh networking plane (TO/NAT/FW)

• 5G Convergent Billing (centralized service data • UPF Plug&Play and remote O&M
configuration)

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 5G Core 20.x Products & Logical NF Introduction
UNC UDM
(Unified Network Controller) (Unified Data Management)
2G&3G 4G&5G NSA 5G SA 2G&3G 4G&5G NSA 5G SA

SGSN MME AMF

SMF HLR HSS UDM

GGSN SGW-C
Gn/Gp-C NRF

PGW-C NSSF

UDG UPCF
(Unified Distributed Gateway) (Unified Policy Control Function)
2G&3G 4G&5G NSA 5G SA 2G&3G&4G&5G NSA 5G SA

GGSN SGW-U UPF

Gn/Gp-U PCRF UPCF

PGW-U

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 5G Core 20.x Product Version Mapping
UNC/UDG/UDM/UPCF 20.x
Professional
IMS Service-Fabric 20.x
service

RAN
OSS/BSS(U2020) 5G RAN V100R003C00
NFVO
5G Core CloudU2020-CN
V300R019C10
VNF
UNC UDG UDM UPCF CloudOpera Orchestrator NFV (NFVO)
V200R020C00SPC100
VNFM
Service Fabric FusionCloud NFVI 6.5.1
FusionSpere 6.5.1
NFVI PaaS (FusionStage) FusionStage 6.5.1
eSight V300R010C00SPC600
CloudOS (FusionSpere) eSight VIM
E9000/RH2288/Taishan200/... .. IMS
V500R019C10\V500R020C00

Professional service
PSS V100R012C00

RAN:2G/3G/4G/5G
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 5G Core Commercial Case

5G Core 20.x Value Overview: Build a “4-Full" Core Network to
Leading 5G Commercial

Differentiated and Deterministic SLA

1 Full-cloud & Full-stack 4 Fully Automatic

5G core network OAM
• Coud-based VNF 2/3/4/5G NSA/SA full • NRF autonomous network
convergence
• Full-stack telecom cloud • User-plane plug-and-play

• High-performance hardware

2 Full-convergent Evolution One-stop One-stop One-stop 3 Full Service Enabling

Edge MEC Edge MEC Edge MEC
• 2/3/4/5G NSA/SA full • Multi-dimensional slicing
convergence
• CU Full-Mesh leading commercial
• MEC Enabling ultimate edge
experience
Full-Cloud & Full-Stack Core Network Interpretation
The reliability of general IT hardware does not meet the requirements of the CT industry. Huawei takes the lead in introducing
the Cloud Native concept into the CT field, fully cloudifies the VNF, and provides all-cloud capabilities for all core network functions
to implement three-layer architecture and stateless design. In addition, advanced technologies such as service-oriented
architecture, micro-services, and containers are introduced to achieve elastic, robust, and agile all-cloud core networks.
Huawei's cloud-based core network is committed to building a secure and trusted full-stack telecom cloud, providing end-to-end
solutions from hardware to cloud OS to VNFs, and building an end-to-end secure and trusted core network.

New Values of 5GC 20.x

The service-oriented architecture implements independent
All-Cloud Core Network Service 1 NF expansion and evolution and on-demand deployment.
UDM/ PCF/
NEF NRF
HSS PCR Microservices are decoupled. The version release period is
F 2
Full-stack service capability

less than <=1 months.

SBA AMF/ SMF/ ... ..
MME
AUSF VNF security hardening and user & network data security and
GW-C
3 reliability

Container deployment is quickly introduced in the VM

4 container mode to implement containerization.
VM VM VM ... VM
Intel V6 CPU new board, high performance, low power
FusionShere / VMWare / Redhat 5 consumption

New E9000H hardware, Kunpeng architecture enabling

E9000 RH2288 E9000H 6 heterogeneous x86 + ARM computing
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5GC 20.x Service Base Architecture Implements Independent NF
Expansion and On-demand Deployment.
The 5GC service-based architecture is enhanced to The control plane is reconstructed based on the service-
Based architecture, and network functions are decoupled.
support service-oriented interfaces.
Modular • The NF is independent of life cycle, modularized,
Control plane NF and service-oriented, facilitating flexible assembly.
UDM PCF
NEF NRF
/HSS /PCRF
Service-
oriented • All network functions on the control plane use
interface service-oriented interfaces.
Nnef Nudm Npcf Nnrf
Namf Nsmf Nausf
Service Network
Based AMF/ SMF/ AUSF ... ..
self- • Self-discovery and self-registration of network
MME GW-C
Interface governance functions through the NRF

The network architecture is (CUPS), and the user plane

functions are unified.
Transfer • The user plane can be flexibly deployed and
control
separation deployed on demand.

User N1 N2 N4 • User-plane functions are unified and stateless

Function
plane unification user planes are implemented based on policies.
N3 N6
Ue gNB UPF DN • Traditional point-to-point interfaces are used on
User-plane
interface the user plane.
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5GC 20.x Micro-service Decoupling + Container Deployment, Agile
Version Release and Service delivery
5GC control plane Microservices are disassembled, and the version release period
is less than <=1 months.
UNC UDG UDM UPC
F Function • Huawei implements decoupling of 40+ microservices and
decoupling flexible function combination of control plane functions.
• Microprogrammable user plane, implementing automatic
Flexible
N orchestration orchestration
VM VM VM VM VM F
• Independent release, test, and upgrade based on a single
V Independent microservice
FusionShere O release
• Quick rollout of single microservices: One month. The single
X86/Kunpeng Fast rollout
microservice test is fast. 90+ Cases

Container deployment is quickly introduced in the VM container

mode to implement containerization.
Edge user plane
• The central and edge nodes use VM containers to deploy
Fully
U
(UNC, UDG, UDM, UPCF).
P
App App App containerized
F MEP platform
• The standard is the same as that in the previous version.
Quick Containers are quickly introduced in the virtual machine
integration container mode to facilitate multi-vendor integration.
FusionShere

X86/kunpeng Unified • FusionStage: Container cluster scheduling and application

orchestration orchestration based on mainstream K8S

Quick • Unified container engine and mirror, occupying less

deployment resources and deploying in seconds
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 5GC 20.x VNF Security Hardening, Ensuring User Data & Network
Data Security
Full-stack security and reliability, service layer SBI interface encryption ensures data transmission security between
security hardening NFS.
TLS encrypted • Encryption and integrity protection for transmitted data through
transmission TLS
Service layer security • TLS bidirectional authentication prevents forged NFS from
NF authentication
Authentication and access accessing the network.
Interface Security
authentication
Anti-attack and Personal privacy data protection, protecting users' & network data in
User data privacy
anti-tampering
an all-round way
Comprehensive
Virtual infrastructure security privacy • Comprehensive protection for user signaling and user data, logs,
Container protection CDRs, and configurations
Cloud OS Guest OS
Security. Security. security Encrypted • Use algorithms to encrypt data based on protocols, use HTTPS,
…………. packet and use SSL for transmission and access.
transmission
• The data retention period can be set, and expired data can be
Expired data
Infrastructure security deleted securely.
destruction

Hardware Virtualization Key security management ensures key storage security.

Physical
management computing
network security
security security
Triple key • Master key, root key, and working key triple key protection
protection

Automatic key • Automatic key management, automatic update, backup, and

management restoration
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The New CH121V5 Board Based on V6 CPU has High Performance
and Low Power Consumption.
ISU Forwarding
Computing Power/Core
19.4%
119,40% 43.3%
100% 100% 100%

V3 HV3 V5 V6
(E2658v3) (E2658v4) (6138T) (6230N) DPI SPI
V5(6138T) V6(6230N)
Configuration of the new CH121 V5 board
Board Type CPU Memory Hard disk NIC 1 NIC 2
The new CH121V5 uses the CH121V5(SAS/SSD) Classic 6230N (20Core) 8*32 G/ 2*600G/3.2T MZ710 MZ710
Cascade Lake (V6 CPU). The configuration 12*32G
processor uses 14 nanometer CH121V5(SAS/SSD) Classic 5218N (16Core) 8*32G 2*800G MZ710 MZ710
manufacturing technology for configuration

microarchitecture redesign.
According to Intel, the redesign Power consumption of the new CH121 V5 board
brings higher CPU and GPU Board Board power Power consumption of a single Supported FS Version
consumption subrack
performance and reduces power
CH121V5 (16C) 375 7360 FS 6.5.1(2019Q2)
consumption.
CH121V5 (20C) 405 7840 FS 6.5.1(2019Q2)
New Kunpeng Hardware:Huawei TaiShan 200 Server Specifications
Balanced computing, storage, and network capabilities, flexible scalability

Form 2U dual-socket rack balancing type

Product Name TaiShan 200
Processor Model 2* Kunpeng 920
DIMM slot 32 DDR4-2933 slots
A maximum of 16 3.5-inch or 27 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/SSD hard disks, or 16 2.5-
Local storage
inch NVMe SSD hard disks
PCIe expansion A maximum of eight PCIe 4.0 x8 or three PCIe 4.0 x16+2 PCIe x8 slots
Onboard Two onboard network cards, supporting a maximum of 8*GE electrical ports,
• The 2U rack supports two Kunpeng 916 or network 8*25GE/10GE optical ports, or 4*GE electrical ports +4*25GE/10GE optical ports
920 processors.
• Supports a maximum of 32 DDR4 memory Power supply Two hot-swappable 1500W or 2000W AC PSUs in 1+1 redundancy mode
slots. Power supply 100-240V AC and 240V DC (not suitable for telecommunication equipment rooms)
• Supports 16 3.5-inch or 27 2.5-inch hard
Fan Four hot-swappable fan modules in N+1 redundancy mode
disks. Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Ubuntu, CentOS, and Euler
• NVMe SSD* is supported. Operating
OS, won the bid for Kirin, Kirin, Kylin, Hunan Kirin, Red Flag, Coagulation, Taishan
• A maximum of eight PCIe slots are system National Center, and Puhua.
supported. Ambient
5°C~40°C
• GE/10GE/25GE onboard network temperature
Heat dissipation Air cooling
Dimensions
447 mm*790 mm*86.1 mm
Note: In the initial
(Wphase,
x D x only
H) 100-240V AC is supported in telecommunication equipment rooms. DC is not applicable.
All-Convergent Core Network Interpretation
The cloud core network 5G Core solution supports unified management of 2G/3G/4G/5G NSA/5G SA user data and status. Based on
the microservice and Cloud Native architecture, the cloud core network 5G Core solution integrates three planes (user plane, control
plane, and data plane) to meet all service requirements of the core network. The interoperability between different modes in the system
enables smooth evolution of the 5G SA version to one network. The seamless handover between different networks is seamless, and
services are not interrupted continuously. Microservice-based full-stack convergence simplifies network efficiency and saves 30% network
resources compared with competitors.
New Values of 5GC 20.x
Smooth user migration
• Native cloud microservice, ultra-high
Full convergence Converged reliability
• Unified subscription data
data plane
• Do not change the SIM card or change
2G/3G/4G/5G NSA/5G SA
the number.

Mme S/P-GW OAM DB AMF

UDM SMF AF1 AF2 NRF Smooth network upgrade
• Integrated control plane, eliminating the
Converged need for upgrade on the live network,
GB Charging LB AUSF PCF NEF
control plane • Ensuring service experience
• Convergent billing, unified interface,
shielding network differences

Distributed UP Distributed UP Distributed UP Smooth service continuity

• Unified handover of user plane
Convergent anchor points
user plane • No call drop or continuous data
connection
2G 3G 4G 5G NSA 5G SA
Convergent Data Plane: Smooth User Migration, Enabling millions
of Connections for 5G Industries
Provisioning
Provisioning
Converged data system
system Customer Benefits
plane
The subscriber is 2 3 4.a 4.b
registered in the Convergent billing Automatic
Global UDM country. The Registration of 5G
Global PCF
1 system
subscriber is HSS/ Subscribers
A single command is PCRF/
available in the UDM UPCF Do not change the
country. used to enable the SIM card or
OPEX 1 5.a 5.b change the
convergent service, Reduced by 2-4 times
23G 4G 5G
Global

IMS The policy is

34G 5G number.
2
enabled at one and the provisioning
UDM Instance PCF instance point and shared system implements 1. Insert the 5G terminal into the 4G card.
across the entire
rights- and domain-
network. 2. The UDM reports user information.
based management. 3. Obtain the subscriber's 4G subscription data.

Data convergence 4.a. Subscribe to the 5G service for the UDM.

Integration
Local

2C2B One User/policy data Improved by 30% 4.b. Subscribe to the 5G policy for the PCF.
3 Network, 5.a. The subscription is successful.
convergence
Industry
Local UDM Local PCF 5.b. The policy is delivered successfully,
Enablement Service convergence
OPEX 5G Service Provisioning
A single VM supports Reduced by 2-4 times
4/5G services.

• 2/3/4/5G converged data plane, Global-Local architecture, unified management of the entire office, unified authentication data, and 5G
thousands of connections
• 20.1 The version has implemented the small-scale commercial use of 4/5G convergence, and the 20.3 version supports 2/3/4/5G
convergence and large-scale commercial use.
Convergent data plane: Smooth evolution of data networks

EPC EPC+ GW-C+SMF GW-C+SMF GW-C+SMF

PCRF, PCRF+, PCRF+, PCRF+/PCF, PCRF+, PCRF+/PCF,

HSS HSS+ HSS+ HSS+/UDM HSS+ HSS+/UDM PCRF+/PCF
, HSS+/UDM
Pool
Pool

DB DB DB UDR SPR UDR

UDR

Provisioning Provisioning Provisioning Provisioning Provisioning

Upgrade to support Target Networking
Initial Networking NSA Supports SA in UDM: 20.1 Data and link migration UDM: 20.3
HSS: V9R19C10 hybrid networking. UPCF: 20.1 UPCF: 20.3
UPCC: V3R18C10

Hybrid Networking Protection Investment Smooth evolution of service migration

 The traditional platform is not at the end of the life cycle. At a large-  Services are smoothly evolved to 5G, which has little impact on
capacity site, it is costly to deploy new cloud devices at the initial peripheral NEs and reduces O M risks.
stage. Hybrid networking protects traditional platform investments
and balances cloud investment.
Converged Control Plane: Live network Upgrade-free and Ensure
Service Experience and Improve the Call Successful Rate by 20%.
IMS Convergent
AMF/MME

Mme N26 4/5G anchor

AMF

LTE EPS fallback NR

LTE EPS fallback NR

4G the live network needs to be upgraded on the entire network, and The convergence node is the 5G user anchor, and the live
the N26 interface must be supported. network does not have interoperability requirements.

The 4G cross-NE handover success rate on the live The N26 interface is changed to an internal interface to
network is generally low. improve service quality.

20% Success rate lower for Inter S1 Handover Handover Signal Handover Latency Handover Success
Reduce 30% reduce 35% Rate improve 20%
200,00%
99,06% 200% 200% 200,00%
78,88%
100,00%
100% 100% 100,00%
0,00%
0,00%
Intra S1 handover(%)
S1模式Intra S1切换成功率(%) Inter S1 handover(%)
S1模式Inter S1切换成功率(%)
0% 0%

AMF/MME is created, and cross-vendor interconnection AMF/MME convergence, switching to the signaling of
and route configuration are required for the switchover. NEs of the same vendor
Control Plane: The N26 Interface Between the 4G and 5G SA
Interoperation
 Standard native convergence
3GPP 4/5G interoperation • User data convergence: HSS+UDM convergence
ensures subscriber data consistency. 4G subscriber
EPC 5GC migration does not change the SIM card number.
UDM/HSS
N8
• Policy data convergence: PCRF+PCF convergence
N10
S6a PCF/PCRF ensures policy consistency and continuity.
N7 NSSF • User plane convergence: SMF+PGW-C convergence,
N15
SMF/PGW-C
S5-C
NRF UPF+PGW-U convergence, and mobile anchors ensure
N4
S5-U
SGW UPF/PGW-U N11
data continuity.

S11
 Equipment investment protection
N26
Mme AMF • This feature protects the existing investment of LTE operators,
S1-U maximizes the performance of two networks, and provides richer
S1-MME N3 N2
N1 service experience.
EUTRAN NR
 Smooth service evolution
• Smooth evolution from the LTE network to the 5G network.
Ue Ue
 Business continuity
• This feature ensures service continuity between LTE and 5G
networks.
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Converged Control Plane: Convergent Billing, Shielding 3/4/5G
Network Differences and Providing Unified Interfaces
Unified convergent billing interface Nchf Convergent billing, shielding network differences and
providing unified interfaces
Nchf
SMF+PGW-C CHF Ng CG
 The 5G user uses the N40 interface for charging (supported
• Combination of online charging and offline charging by the 5GC 20.x R1).
• The charging system needs to be reconstructed to
 The 4G/5G subscriber uses the Ga/Gy interface to perform
support service-oriented interfaces.
charging (supported by the 5GC 20.x R4).

Supports multiple CHF selection mechanisms.

The Ga/Gy interface is enhanced to
support the charging of 4/5G subscribers.
 Discovers CHF based on the URI provided by the PCF.
CG+
GA
 Select CHF based on the Charging Character configuration of
GY OCS+
SMF+PGW-C
NR.
Nchf
CHF Ng CG  CHF Service proactively discovered based on NRF
• The original charging system is small, and the
 Local configuration of the default CHF based on the SMF
5G charging function is enhanced.
Convergent User Plane: Gateway Convergence Ensures 4/5G
Service Continuity.
GW-C and 5G SMF are integrated, and GW-U and 5G
Internet UPF are integrated.

Internet
GW-U GW-U is not integrated. UPF
The IP address is discontinuous.

GW-C is not integrated. UPF/GW-U

GW-C SMF
Signaling failure

3 4G new access 5G access 1 SMF/GW-C

eNodeB NR

2 4/5G Handover Failure eNodeB NR

If the gateway is not integrated, the 4/5G switchover will Convergent user plane and unified handover of anchor
cause service failures. points
 45G The handover fails and the UE needs  Data service: The IP address is not changed, and
to attach to the network again. The data services such as video, game, and bank services are not
service fails. interrupted.
 Volte voice services fail if the 4/5G  Voice service: EPS Fallback the handover is successful
handover is performed. and the voice is continuous.
 All-Service Enabling Core Network Interpretation 5GaaS

Cloud-based networks have many uncertain service requirements in the 5G

industry market. The 5G network requires CU separation, and the Full Mesh
network architecture makes the network more reliable. From the perspective of
services, the concept of network slicing comes into being. Various vertical
industries are enabled by defining service parameters and orchestrating
Service innovation functional modules. As a supplement to the big network market, MEC is the first
platform step in leading the transformation of the telecom industry to the 2B market. The
edge services quickly get in the car and plug and play, meeting the
requirements of enterprise campus office, monitoring, and scheduling edge
Cloud OS
services.
Infrastructure
New Values of 5GC 20.x
Network slicing: On-demand network customization and
Forwarding plane
differentiated network deployment in 15 minutes
Forwarding plane
CU Full Mesh: Highly Efficient and Reliable Distributed
Network Solution
UPF AR/VR UPF LBO UPF V2X MEC: SSC Mode meets different service requirements and
Heterogeneous Heterogeneous Heterogeneous
computing computing computing enables ultimate edge experience.
Hot video Enterprise campus IOV 5G voice: Vo5G and EPS Fallback, providing 5G HD voice
Slice 1: Slice 2: Slice 3: experience
eMBB MEC enterprise MEC IOV High-speed access: Single-user 5 Gbit/s high-speed
campus
access, enabling UeMBB experience
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Network Slicing: Automatic Lifecycle Management of Slicing from
Business to Network.
Automatic slicing life cycle management

BES
Slice design and slice
CSMF
subscription

• Template-based slicing
U2020 design
• Customizing Slice
NSMF
Parameters for Tenants

One-click slicing
NFVO network deployment

AN NSSMF TN NSSMF CN NSSMF

ETSI SOL005 • Network Function/Microservice
Selection
• Automatic Batch Processing of
EMS VNFM preconfigured NE
Configurations

5GC
Intelligent slicing
network O&M
VNF Vim
• Slice topology visualization
• Slice indicator monitoring
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Network Slicing: NSSAI Based Slices Selection and Network Isolation
between Slices is Supported.
Supports flexible slice selection based on NSSAI.

NSSF

4 Send a slice query request

5 Return the query result. Flexible slicing
• Request NSSAI, • Allowed NSSAI NRF
• Subscribed NSSAI, • Target AMF Set, selection
• PLMN, • NSI ID,
• TAI.. • NRF ID 6 Querying the Target Select Parameter Flexible
AMF Configuration
1 No slice ID 2
Default AMF
(Requested-NSSAI)
(Requested-NSSAI)
3 Obtain the subscribed Initial AMF
Ran Initial AMF S-NSSAI. UDM
(Subscribed-NSSAI) Supported

7AMF reallocation The eMBB slice can be used as

8The slice ID is sent to the (Subscribed-NSSAI) the Initial AMF
terminal (Allowed-NSSAI).

Target
AMF

Slice 1 *NSSAI: Network Slice Selection Assistance Information

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CU Full Mesh: Highly Efficient and Reliable Distributed Networking
Solution
CU Full Mesh Networking Solution
High reliability

• Services always online

CGW CGW CGW When the CP/UP is faulty, services are taken over by
/SMF /SMF /SMF
other CP/UPs.

High resource utilization

DGW DGW DGW DGW DGW • Improves resource redundancy efficiency.

/UPF /UPF /UPF /UPF /UPF Compared with the CUPS1, the UP resource usage of
the N network increases.

① Full-mesh networking • The user plane supports the processing of • Flexible network planning and deployment
user services from multiple control planes. Independent planning and deployment of CP/UP to
② Multi-U Pool Management • Meet the requirements of different service reduce costs
areas and service types. 5G Target architecture
③ Load sharing in the pool • The user plane and control plane
work in active/standby mode.
• 5G Target Architecture
restrictions:
1. In the CU Full Mesh networking, the Sx interface involves the process Based on the CUPS architecture, the networking does
and private extension of cells. Therefore, the CP and UP must be not need to be changed, and smooth evolved to 5G.
Huawei devices.
CU Full Mesh: Ensures System Reliability.

The user plane is always online The entire network capacity is

and is not unreachable. not affected.

CGW/ CGW/
SMF SMF CGW/ CGW/
SMF SMF

DGW/ DGW/ DGW/ DGW/

UPF UPF UPF UPF

• The service configuration is successfully delivered. • The user goes online again.
• Service access and forwarding are normal. • Access to other DGWs

When a CGW/SMF is faulty, the associated When a DGW/UPF is faulty, other

DGW/UPF is taken over by other DGW/UPFs take over services.
CGW/SMFs.

Note:
The CU Full Mesh solution does not include user context backup, which is a change in the networking mode. When
the CP/UP is faulty, the user needs to go offline and re-activate.
CU Full Mesh: Improved Resource Utilization
Take the 20M PDP,1Tbps traffic network as an Up deployment
CP deployment instance
example. The capacity of a single CP is 100 configuration instance
15
Gbit/s. The NE deployment is as follows:
5 5 11
CUPS 1 Compared with N

CP CP CP CP CP

Before After Before After

DGW Up Up Up Up
Up Up Up Up Up
Up
Up Up Up Up In consideration of N:1 redundancy, In consideration of N:1 redundancy,
the CP needs to be deployed. UP needs to be deployed.
1 to N: 4 + 1 = 5 units 1 to N: (2 + 1) × 5 = 15 units
Full Mesh: 4 + 1 = 5 units Full Mesh: 10 + 1 = 11 units

Full Mesh Networking

Number of UP devices in
CP CP CP CP CP • In Full Mesh
the UP Pool networking, the
3 vs 11 DGW
DGW
DGW number of NE nodes is
Up DGW
DGW
Up DGW reduced by 20%.
Up DGW
Up Up Up Up Up DGW
DGW
DGW
DGW • The UP resource
Up Up Up Up Up Up usage increases from
66.7% to 90.9%.
2 ÷ 3 = 66.7% 10 ÷ 11 = 90.9%
MEC: SSC Mode Meets Service Continuity Requirements.

SSC Mode 1 SSC Mode 2 SSC Mode 3

Typical services: Voice Typical services: Video & Typical services: Autopilot
Internet access

UPF UPF1 UPF2 UPF2 UPF1

IP2 IP1 IP2 IP1 IP1

IP1 IP1
Strong IP continuity and no No IP continuity, avoiding Dual-connection ensures ultra-low
service interruption traffic bypass latency switching.

*SSC Mode3 20.X release4 Support

 MEC: Flexible User plane selection, Meeting Low-latency Service
Experience Requirements
Select the UPF that is close to the geographical
location based on the access information. High-quality
service
UPF DNN Location area
UPF1 dnn1, dnn2, and dnn3 0x0000-0x0006
UPF2 dnn1, dnn2, and dnn3 0x0007-0x00ff Meet differentiated deployment requirements
UPF3 dnn4, dnn5, and dnn6 0x00f0-0x00ff
in different service scenarios and provide
Configuration high-quality services.
Activation request
Activation request UNC
(DNN+ position) Close to user
(DNN+ position)
deployment
SMF

UPF is deployed close to users, shortening

service access paths and saving transmission
resources on the backbone network.
UPF1 UPF2
Low-latency
UPF3
service experience
UE1 and UE2 use different DNNs. Nearby distribution and processing, reducing
Access from different locations latency and meeting ultimate experience
UE1 UE2 requirements
(DNN=dnn1;TAC=0x0006) (DNN=dnn4;TAC=0x00f'f)

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 5G Voice: Completion of Voice Service Capabilities with Vo5G
and EPS Fallback
Early 5G: EPS Fallback 5G in the middle and later stages: VoNR
Data IMS
IMS
Voice

5GC 5GC EPC

EPC

NR (HF) LTE Data over HF

NR LTE

Deployment Insufficient NR coverage and low coverage requirements The NR coverage is good and the coverage requirements are
Scenario high.
Data service The experience is inconsistent, and data falls back to the 4G The experience is consistent. During a call in the 5G, the data
Experience during a call. service remains in the 5G state.
Voice 3-4 seconds, increasing the handover time when the UE falls 1.5-2 seconds
connection back to the LTE network
duration
Network NR and 5GC support voice-triggered 4G/5G handover. IMS Adaptation 5G Access
Requirements
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High-speed Access: 5G Ultra High Speed User Access, 5 Gbit/s per
Subscriber at Any Time and Anywhere

5 Gbit/s
1.6 Gbit/s
Category19
1 Gbit/s
600Mbps Category15/16
Category11/12

450Mbps 450Mbps
Category6 Category9/10

150Mbps
Category2/3/4

3G 4G 5G
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 Interpretation of Automatic Core Network
The 5G network enables 2B industry applications, introduces slicing and MEC to achieve agile and ultimate experience of services,
and challenges network operation and maintenance (O M). The HUAWEI CLOUD core network MAE-CN (Mobile Automation Engine
– Core Network) solution is dedicated to building the automatic driving capability of mobile networks. The NRF is enhanced to
integrate the management plane and control plane to implement network autonomy. Service requirements can be quickly closed in real
time. In addition, the 5G MEC increases the N times of the edge sites, which increases the O&M cost. The plug-and-play function of
the user plane enables fast one-stop deployment of edge sites, reducing operation and maintenance (O M) costs.
New Values of 5GC20.x
NRF Network Autonomy
NRF Network Autonomy, Implementing Fast Discovery
and Registration of NFS
Control plane
• NF self-registration and self-discovery: Automatic deployment
NEF NRF UDM AUSF
and agile network
Automatic registration/discovery
• Layered deployment and active/standby DR: Flattened

AMF SMF PCF network management, NRF high reliability

UP Plug-and-play, one time site visit, and quick

deployment in two hours
User-plane plug-
and-play • Simple and centralized network management: Simplified U plane
U NAT FW
P
F MEC Platform
and dimension-free edge
U NAT App

P • One-time site visit agile delivery: Remote management and

F MEC Platform MEC
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 NRF Based Network Autonomy, Implementing Fast Discovery and
Registration of NFs

NF dynamic NF dynamic

registration discovery NEF NRF UDM AUSF

NF NRF

NF independent life cycle management Request

Response
NEF NRF UDM AUSF
AMF SMF PCF
IP1
NF automatic registration/go-online
Dynamic notification
AMF SMF PCF
of NF status
NEF NRF UDM AUSF
NF NRF
Subscriber
Offline Go-live
Notification
AMF SMF1 PCF SMF2

IP1 IP2

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 NRF Highly Reliable Deployment, Implementing flattened Network
Management
Flexible and layered deployment of medium- and large-sized NRF high reliability: Active/standby DR + dual-node fault
networks and cross-DC flattened management verification

The primary NRF

H-NRF implements inter-area
Active/standby
L-NRF synchronizationL-NRF
roaming addressing.

 NF/Service active/standby dual registration

The regional NRF implements the  Failover after a fault occurs
registration management of the
NF/service in the domain.
DC1 DC2 DC..

L-NRF L-NRF L-NRF L-NRF

L-NRF L-NRF

After a dual-point fault

occurs, the NF/Service is
forced to register and
DC1 DC2 DC.. DC1 DC2 DC.. NF report data for
consistency check.

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 User Plane Plug-and-Play, One Site Visit and Quick Deployment in
Two Hours
Traditional UGW deployment mode: The onsite commissioning
Central site period is one week.
• Ne Service Configuration
• Site license 2 days 1 day 1 day 1 day
• Detailed network design Power on
the hard Switch NFVI NMS Ne Design Ne
U2020 installation Configuration Configuration Configuration deployment
Site Service Verification cable.
management O&M IP License
Configuration script
Local Installation and Commissioning

4. Automatic One-stop U: Site deployment requires only 2 hours.

detection of
3. Automatic 30 5 60 5 20
device status
license loading
2. Automatic minutes minutes minutes minutes minutes
configuration
delivery Hardware
1. The IP address of the installation Mobile phone NE Configuration Automatic Ne
OM interface is obtained
Edge site Automatic Automatic Automatic license loading Automatic
through DHCP, and the cable
configuration management delivery detection
NE is automatically Powering On
managed.
DGW/UDG One-time site visit, automatic
software commissioning
Site
FS eSight
• Pre-installation Agent
• Delivery to site E9000
 centralized network management: Simplified U plane and dimension-free edge
0. After the device arrives at the site, power on  One-time site visit : Remote management and automatic online
the device and connect it to the network
management center.
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Menu

 5G Core 20.x Overview

 5G Core 20.x Features & Benefits

 5G Core 20.x FAQ

 5G Core Commercial Case

2/3/4/5G Convergence FAQs
What is the implementation of 2/3/4/5G convergence in 5GC 20.x?

• Currently, 5G 20.x Release 2 supports 4/5G convergence, and 20.x Release 4 supports 2/3/4/5G NSA/SA full convergence.

• The UDM 20.1 version has implemented the small-scale commercial use of 4/5G convergence, and the 20.3 version supports the
large-scale commercial use of 2/3/4/5G.

• In UPCF 20.1, 5G has been put into small-scale commercial use, and 20.3 has been used for large-scale commercial use of 4/5G.

• CE 20.x supports 2/3/4/5G NSA convergence.

Does the 5GC Unistar CFG support convergent quotation?

• The 5GC 20.x R2 configurator supports 2/3/4/5G full convergence configuration and is used only for bidding quotation. The actual
delivery is subject to the version implementation pace.
 Container & Micro-service FAQs
What are the principles for splitting microservices? Which products have been split by micro-services?

• In addition to independent life cycle, independent resource scaling, independent optional components, and other microservice splitting
principles, Huawei microservices can be separated from each other based on experience in the CT field. In the future, only a single
atomic service or process service can be replaced to solve the end-to-end coupling problem of the 3GPP process.
• 5GC 20.x NE (UNC/UDG/UPCF/UDM) has been split into 40+ microservices.

What is the container ecosystem of 5GC 20.x? Indicates the mode in which a container is supported.

• Huawei supports the mainstream Docker container ecosystem. Huawei provides the container cluster scheduling and application
orchestration solution FusionStage. This solution is based on the open container cluster scheduling and application orchestration
solution Kubernetes(K8S).
• In 5GC 20.x, VM containers are introduced in the fastest way. The bare-metal container quickly supports multi-vendor integration before
being standardized.

What are the values of microservices and containers?

Service Fabric Microservice

Supports dynamic installation
• The values of microservices and containers are displayed in
SFFD-010033 and deletion of microservices. N
Service-Fabric. The same value packages are as follows: Independent microservice
SFFD-010034 upgrade N
Basic Microservice Capacity
SFFD-010035 Expansion N
SFFD-010036 Microservice Basic Scale-In N
CU Full Mesh FAQ
What are the sales units and strategies of CU Full Mesh?

• The CU Full Mesh license is built on the GW-C/SMF, and the CU Full Mesh solution software annual fee value-
added package is added.
• The software dimension is PDP/Bearer. The number of DGWs connected to the CGW is measured by the SSC.

CGW Annual Fee Software

Software Classification
Category dimension
Software annual fee base Basic software PDP/Bearer
package Number of SSC connections Per SSC
Cloud-based Features Per vCPU
PCC Solution
Networking Evolution Solution
Software annual fee value- Security Solution
added package MBB visualization solution PDP/Bearer
CUPS DR
CU Full Mesh Solution

What are the maximum networking specifications supported by the CU Full Mesh?

Number of DGWs connected to the CGW 64

Number of connections between the DGW and
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 Slice Selection NSSF Sales FAQ

UNC
Unified Network Controller NSSF software package
UAM USM NSSF NRF
Unify Access Unify Service Network Slice Network Repository NRF Annual
Management Management Selection Function Function
Software
Fee Software Classification
dimension
Classification
SGSN GGSN-C
2/3G
Software annual
Per NSSF
fee base NSSF Basic
package (N-1) per slice
SGW-C/
4G Mme
PGW-C

• NSSF logical NEs are sold separately.

AMF SMF NSSF NRF
5G SA NSSF logical NEs are sold based on the number of
configuration instances and the number of slices,
Independent quotation is required.
• Only one slice is deployed. You do not need to
deploy or purchase the NSSF.
The slice selection function is not required for only
one slice of the 5G SA.

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 NRF Sales Strategy
The NRF is sold as an independent UNC module. NRF software package
UNC
Unified Network Controller NRF Annual
Fee Software
UAM USM NSSF NRF Software Classification
Classificatio dimension
Unify Access Unify Service Network Slice Network Repository
Management Management Selection Function Function n

SGSN GGSN-C Basic software

2/3G Per NRF
Software annual
fee base Per KTPS
package Autonomous network basic
Mme
SGW-C/
package Per NF
4G PGW-C

Value-added package for

AMF SMF NSSF NRF Software annual cloud-based features
5G SA fee value-added Per NF
package Autonomous network value-
added package

• The NRF software basic package is quoted based on three • The NFR value-added package mainly
Quotation dimensions. The three dimensions must be quoted at the same time. includes the layered networking feature
• Basic functions of the NRF: Dimension: Per NRF of large-scale networks. It does not
Principles
• Signaling messages processed by the NRF per second: Per KTPS need to be purchased for small- and
• Number of NFS managed by the NRF: Per NFR medium-sized networks.
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 UDM Sales Strategy
UDM module sales UDM 5G SA software package
UDM UDM
Unified Data Management Annual
Software
HLR HSS IMS-HSS Fee Software Classification
UDM dimension
Home Home IP Multimedia Unified Classifi
Location Register Subscriber Server Subsystem-HSS Data Management cation
2G BE/FE 4G BE/FE IMS HSS mobile 5G NSA UDM BE/FE basic package
Basic voice package
BE/FE Software
package Per K users
annual Voice basic package
3G BE/FE NB-IoT IMS HSS 5G SA fee base
BE/FE Fixed BE/FE package
voice AUSF basic package Per TPS
package
2G BE/FE 4G BE/FE IMS HSS 5G SA User development value-added
roaming
Value-added package Be package
package package
3G BE/FE NB-IoT IMS HSS 5G SA Software Be network efficiency package
VoWiFi Fe annual
package fee value- Iot value-added package Per K users
2/3G 4G added
IMS 5G NSA/SA
package Fe network efficiency package
• The UDM integrated product supports the quotation of
HLR\HSS\IMS-HSS\UDM NEs. The main dimensions Fe service experience package
Quotation
are as follows: Per K users
• The basic package of the UDM SA is mandatory. The
Principles • Provide value-added package quotation based on live
basic voice package is configured according to the
network requirements.
planning of voice users on the live network.
• For details, see the 5GC configurator.
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 UPCF Sales Strategy
UPCF Annual fee Software
Unified Policy Controller Function Dimension Introduction
classification Classification
Per thousand Connects to the SMF through the N7
PCRF PCF Fe basic package
Policy and Charging
IP sessions interface to provide session policy control.
Policy Controller
Rules Function Function Per thousand Stores and manages user information and
Be basic package
users package subscription information.
Basic package
Mobile voice basic
package Per thousand This feature applies to volte scenarios.
Rx sessions
VoNR basic package Applies to the VoNR scenario.
User traffic activation Stimulate users to use more traffic and
package provide features such as shared packages
and add-on packages.
Network Efficiency This feature improves network usage
Improvement Package efficiency, including dynamic policy control
PCRF PCF based on service areas and time zones.
Per thousand
User experience Provides features such as VIP customer
IP sessions
assurance package experience assurance and network
Value-added
congestion control.
package
This feature applies to fixed network
• 20.1 The version supports small-scale commercial use. FBB scenario package
scenarios.
• Entire system: Maximum capacity of a single office Value-added package for
The cloud infrastructure has higher
cloud-based features
3M IP sessions availability and ensures service continuity.
• Single VM: VM capacity: (FE) 2000TPS and 1M IP Connects to the AMF through the N15
Terminal flexible access Per thousand
interface to provide access and mobility
sessions; VM capacity (BE) 3200TPS and 4M users network package SAUs
policies.
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Huawei 5G Core Market Progress
2019/5/22 Major Europe 5G launch is on Huawei 5G NSA Core
50+
UK 2019/3
Switzerland
Russia
5G commercial contract Japan
Spain Turkey
Korea
China
2019/6/15 Kuwait
Qatar
• BT/EE: 16 city HK
UAE
No.1
• Vodafone Spain: 15 cities
• DT Austria: 17 city Oman Philippines
IMT2020 5G Core Network Test • Sunrise: 150 city/suburb
Saudi Arabia
CMCC 5G SA Core Network Test
Indonesia

Best Mobile Consumer Business Award Best 5G Core Network Technology Award
South Africa 5G Summit, London, June, 2018
MWC, Sunrise, 2019, Switzerland

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