Management of User Equipment Context as a Radio Access Network Service

摘要

Virtualization and softwarization are key concepts in fifth generation (5G) system design. 5G core network adopts service-oriented architecture which provides agile and flexible platform for diverse use cases. The paper presents an approach to design Radio Access Network (RAN) control plane functions as micro services. The approach improves the interoperability as core network service can interact with RAN services in uniform way The focus is on User Equipment Context Management procedures which are defined as a RESTful service.