OCIWF Installation Overview
This sections provides overview information on IWF.
The Oracle Communications 5G InterWorking and Mediation Function (IWF) enables 5G Core NFs to communicate with EPC network elements. IWF is a Cloud-Native solution based on micro-services architecture that is deployed as an independent network function in the 5GC network or as an independent micro service within the 5GC NF, as a part of Oracle 5GC NFs like NRF, SEPP, SCP, and so on.
IWF includes the following features:
- Protocol Translation:
- IWF allows 5GC NF to interwork with the EPC network elements or vice versa.
- IWF supports protocol conversion capabilities from Diameter to HTTP/2 and vice versa.
- Message Mediation:
- This feature allows API transformation to resolve inter-NF inter operational issues.
- Allows users to create policy rules to execute mediation transformation.
- It supports mediation on HTTP 1.1 and 2 protocol.
- It supports Forward proxy, Reverse proxy and end-point.
