In the context of this specification, an NF service is offering a capability to authorised consumers.
Network Functions may offer different capabilities and thus, different NF services to distinct consumers. Each of the NF services offered by a Network Function shall be self-contained, reusable and use management schemes independently of other NF services offered by the same Network Function (e.g. for scaling, healing, etc).
The discovery of the NF instance and NF service instance is specified in clause 6.3.1.
System procedures, as specified in TS 23.502 can be built by invocation of a number of NF services. The following Figure shows an illustrative example on how a procedure can be built; it is not expected that system procedures depict the details of the NF Services within each Network Function.
Enables an NF consumer to communicate with the UE and/or the AN through the AMF.
This service enables SMF to request EBI allocation to support interworking with EPS. This service also supports PWS functionality as described in TS 23.041.
This service manages the PDU Sessions and uses the policy and charging rules received from the PCF. The service operations exposed by this NF service allows the consumer NFs to handle the PDU Sessions.
Used for SMF determined information related to the members of the set of UEs identified by traffic correlation ID as defined in clause 6.2.3.2.7 of TS 23.548
This PCF service authorises an AF request and creates policies as requested by the authorised AF for the PDU Session to which the AF session is bound to. This service allows the NF consumer to subscribe/unsubscribe to the notification of Access Type and RAT type, PLMN identifier, access network information, usage report etc.
This PCF service provides negotiation for Planned Data Transfer with QoS requirements policy and optionally notification for the renegotiation to the NF consumers.
Provides support for register, deregister and update service to NF, NF services.
Provides NF service consumers and SCP with notifications of newly registered/updated/deregistered NF along with its NF services, SCP.
Also Provides SCP with notifications of newly registered/updated/deregistered SCP.
Enables one NF service consumer or SCP to discover a set of NF instances with specific NF service or a target NF type. Also enables one NF service consumer or SCP to discover a specific NF service. Also enables a SCP to discover a next hop SCP.
Lets NF Service Consumers of the NRF know about the services endpoints it supports, the NRF Instance ID and NRF Set ID if the NRF is part of an NRF set.
The AUSF provides UE authentication service to requester NF. For AKA based authentication, this operation can also be used to recover from security context synchronization failure situations.
Provides the ability to configure the UCMF with dictionary entries consisting of UE manufacturer-assigned UE Radio Capability IDs, the corresponding UE radio capabilities, the corresponding UE Radio Capability for Paging and the (list of) associated IMEI/TAC value(s) via the NEF. The UE radio capabilities the NEF provides for a UE radio Capability ID can be in TS 36.331 format, TS 38.331 format or both formats. Also used for deletion (e.g. as no longer used) or update (e.g. to add or remove a (list of) IMEI/TAC value(s) associated to an entry) of dictionary entries in the UCMF.
Provides one or more list(s) of candidate UE(s) (among the list of target member UE(s) provided by the AF) and additional information based on the parameters contained in the request from the AF.
This service is defined only for the support of HR-SBO. It allows AF to provide ECS Address Configuration Information for a group of UE or any UE to V-NEF. It allows V-SMF to subscribe and retrieve ECS Address Configuration Information.
This service allows AMF to authorize SMS and activate SMS for the served user on SMSF.
Additionally, this service allows downlink SMS message transmit from consumer NF to SMSF.
Allows NF consumers to retrieve, create, update, subscribe for change notifications, unsubscribe for change notifications and delete data stored in the UDR, based on the set of data applicable to the consumer.
This service may also be used to manage operator specific data.
This service enables the NF service consumers to subscribe/unsubscribe for different type of analytics from NWDAF or enables NWDAF to request transfer of analytics context from another NWDAF.
This service enables the consumer to receive a notification when an ML model matching the subscription parameters becomes available in NWDAF containing MTLF.
This service enables the consumer to subscribe/unsubscribe for ML model accuracy information monitored by an NWDAF (i.e. NWDAF containing AnLF). The service also enables the NWDAF containing AnLF registers the use and monitoring capability for an ML model into the model provider NWDAF, i.e. NWDAF containing MTLF.
This service enables the consumer to request for the information about ML model training based on the ML Model input parameter provided by the consumer.
There may be both, a PCF for the PDU Session and a PCF for the UE. Each of them may separately and independently register itself at the BSF. Each of them may separately and independently be discovered by a consumer of the BSF.
This service enables an NF to request location determination for a target UE for the Immediate Location Request and to subscribe / get notified of the location determination for a Deferred Location Request. It allow NFs to request or subscribe the current geodetic and optionally civic location of a target UE.
This service enables transfer of policy counter status information relating to subscriber spending limits from CHF to NF consumer and described in TS 23.503.
Allows the NF consumer to provision a dictionary entry in the UCMF consisting of a Manufacturer-assigned UE Radio Capability ID, the corresponding UE Radio Capability for Paging and the corresponding UE radio capabilities and the (list of) associated IMEI/TAC value(s). The UE radio capabilities the NEF provides for a UE radio Capability ID can be in TS 36.331 format, TS 38.331 format or both formats. Also used for deletion (e.g. as no longer used) or update (e.g. to add or remove a (list of) IMEI/TAC value(s) associated to an entry) of dictionary entries in the UCMF.
Allows the NF consumer to resolve UE Radio Capability ID (either Manufacturer-assigned or PLMN-assigned) into the corresponding UE radio capabilities and the corresponding UE Radio Capability for Paging. The consumer shall indicate whether it requests a TS 36.331 format or a TS 38.331 format to be provided.
Allows the NF consumer to obtain a PLMN-assigned UE Radio Capability ID for a specific UE radio capabilities. The consumer shall indicate whether the UE radio capabilities sent to UCMF are in TS 36.331 format, TS 38.331, or both.
Allows the NF consumer to subscribe or unsubscribe for notifications of UCMF dictionary entries.
Allows the NF consumer to be notified about creation and deletion of UCMF dictionary entries.
The NSSAAF provides NSSAA service to the requester NF by relaying EAP messages towards a AAA-S or AAA-P and performing related protocol conversion as needed. It also provides notification to the current AMF where the UE is of the need to re-authenticate and re-authorize the UE or to revoke the UE authorization.
The NSSAAF provides AIW (AAA interworking) service to the requester NF by relaying EAP messages towards a AAA-S or AAA-P and performing related protocol conversion as needed.
This service enables a Data Consumer to request data, and have it delivered via a messaging framework or via the DCCF, while avoiding redundant requests to data sources.
This service allows a DCCF to request a messaging framework to provide collected data to consumers or notification endpoints according to processing and formatting instructions.
This service allows a messaging framework to provide data to consumers or notification endpoints according to instructions received via the Nmfaf_3da_DataManagement service.
This service enables the consumer to create, update and delete DNS context in EASDF, or subscribe to DNS message reporting from EASDF and receives the DNS security information of EASDF.
DNS contexts in EASDF include rules on how EASDF is to handle DNS messages.
Provides support for time synchronization service based on (g)PTP or 5G access stratum time distribution method as described in clause 5.27.1.8. Allows the NF consumer to subscribe for the UE and 5GC capabilities for (g)PTP or 5G access stratum based time synchronization service or time synchronization status information updates. Allows the NF consumer to configure the UEs and the 5GC for the (g)PTP based time synchronization service.
Provides support for time synchronization service based on 5G access stratum time distribution method as described in clause 5.27.1.8. Allows the NF consumer to configure the 5GC and RAN for 5G access stratum based time synchronization service for the UEs and subscribe to time synchronization status information updates.
This service enables consumer NF to check the availability per network slice and update the number of UEs registered with a network slice, or the number of UEs with at least one PDU Session/PDN Connection established on a network slice in the case of EPC interworking, or the number of PDU Sessions established on a network slice.