NRF Supported Services

This section includes information about the services supported by NRF.

NRF supports the following services:

NRF Management Services

The NRF Management service is identified by the service operation name Nnrf_NFManagement.

NRF supports the following management services:

Note:

The respective service operation name is mentioned next to each service.

• Register NF instance (NFRegister): Allows an NF instance to register its NF profile in the NRF along with the list of services provided by the NF instance.
• Update NF instance (NFUpdate): Enables an NF instance to partially update or replace the parameters of its NF profile in the NRF. It also allows to add or delete services provided by the NF instance.
  This operation supports the following:

  • Complete Replacement of NF profile
  • Add, Remove, or Update attributes of NF Profile
  • Heart beat & Load info of NF
• De-register NF instance (NFDeregister): Enables an NF instance to de-register its NF profile and the services provided by the NF instance from the 5G network.
• Subscribe to Status (NFStatusSubscribe): Enables an NF instance to subscribe the status changes of other NF instances registered in the NRF.
• Unsubscribe to Status (NFStatusUnsubscribe): Enables an NF instance to unsubscribe the status changes of other NF instances.
• Receive Notifications of Status (NFStatusNotify): Enables the NRF to notify changes in status of NF instances to any subscriber of NF status. Changes also include information regarding newly registered and de-registered NFs.

Discovery Service

The NRF Discovery service is identified by the service operation name Nnrf_NFDiscovery Service.

NRF supports the following Discovery service:

Note:

The respective service operation name is mentioned next to the supported Discovery service.

Discover NF instance (NFDiscover): NRF supports discovery of the IP address/FQDN of the NF instances, or NF Services that match certain input criteria.