Service Name | Description | Example Consumer |
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Nsmf_ | 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 establish, modify and delete the PDU sessions, and to send mobile originated data. | V-SMF, H-SMF, I-SMF, SMF, AMF |
Nsmf_ | See TS 29.508. | |
Nsmf_ | See TS 29.542. |
Service Name | Clause | Description | OpenAPI Specification File | apiName | Annex |
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Nsmf_ | 6.1 | SMF PDU Session Service | TS29502_Nsmf_ | nsmf-pdusession | A.2 |
Service Operations | Description | Operation Semantics | Example Consumer(s) |
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Create SM Context | Create an SM context in SMF, or in V-SMF in HR roaming scenarios, or in I-SMF during the I-SMF insertion and change scenarios, for a PDU session. | Request/ Response | AMF |
Update SM Context | Update the SM context of a PDU session and/or provide the SMF with N1 or N2 SM information received from the UE or from the AN. | Request/ Response | AMF, I-SMF |
Release SM Context | Release the SM context of a PDU session when the PDU session has been released. | Request/ Response | AMF |
Notify SM Context Status
(NOTE 1) | Notify the NF Service Consumer about the status of an SM Context of a PDU session (e.g. the SM Context is released within the SMF). | Subscribe/ Notify | AMF |
Retrieve SM Context
(NOTE 2) | Retrieve an SM context of a PDU session:
| Request/ Response | AMF, I-SMF, V-SMF, SMF |
Create | Create a PDU session in the H-SMF in HR roaming scenarios, or in the SMF for PDU sessions involving an I-SMF. | Request/ Response | V-SMF, I-SMF |
Update | Update a PDU session in the H-SMF or V-SMF in HR roaming scenarios, or in the I-SMF or SMF for PDU sessions involving an I-SMF. | Request/ Response | V-SMF, H-SMF, I-SMF, SMF |
Release | Release a PDU session in the H-SMF in HR roaming scenarios, or in the SMF for PDU sessions involving an I-SMF. | Request/ Response | V-SMF, I-SMF |
Notify Status
(NOTE 3) | Notify the NF Service Consumer about the status of a PDU session (e.g. the PDU session is released due to local reasons within the SMF). | Subscribe/ Notify | V-SMF, I-SMF |
Retrieve
(NOTE 2) | Retrieve information from a PDU session context from the H-SMF for a HR PDU session, or from the SMF for a PDU session with an I-SMF. | Request/ Response | V-SMF, I-SMF |
Send MO Data | Send mobile originated data received over NAS for a PDU session | Request/ Response | AMF |
Transfer MO Data
(NOTE 4) | Transfer NEF anchored mobile originated data received from AMF for a PDU session | Request/ Response | V-SMF, I-SMF |
Transfer MT Data
(NOTE 5) | Transfer NEF anchored mobile terminated data received from NEF for a PDU session | Request/ Response | H-SMF, SMF |
NOTE 1:
This corresponds to the SMContextStatusNotify service operation defined in TS 23.502.
NOTE 2:
This corresponds to the ContextRequest service operation defined in TS 23.502.
NOTE 3:
This corresponds to the StatusNotify service operation defined in TS 23.502.
NOTE 4:
This corresponds to the MessageTransfer service operation in clause 4.25.4 of TS 23.502.
NOTE 5:
This corresponds to the MessageTransfer service operation in clause 4.25.5 of TS 23.502.
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