Acronyms and Terminologies
The following table lists the acronyms and the terminologies used in the document:
Table - Acronyms and Terminologies
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| 5G System | 3GPP system consisting of 5G Access Network (AN), 5G Core Network and UE |
| 5G-AN | 5G Access Network |
| 5GC | 5G Core Network |
| 5G-NF | 5G Network Function |
| AMF | Access and Mobility Management Function |
| API-Gateway | Application Program Interface Gateway |
| ASM | Aspen Service Mesh |
| CCA | Client Credentials Assertion |
| CDCS | Oracle Communications CD Control Server |
| CNC Console | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Configuration Console |
| CNE | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Cloud Native Environment |
| CSAR | Cloud Service ARchive |
| DNS | Domain Name System |
| FQDN | Fully Qualified Domain Name |
| K8s | Kubernetes |
| MMI | Machine Machine Interface |
| MPS | Messages Per Second |
| NDB | Network Database |
| NF | Network Function
A functional building block within a network infrastructure, which has well defined external interfaces and well defined functional behavior. In practical terms, a network function is often a network node or physical appliance. |
| Network Slice | A logical network that provides specific network capabilities and network characteristics. |
| Network Slice instance | A set of Network Function instances and the required resources (for example, compute, storage, and networking resources) which form a deployed Network Slice. |
| NF Consumer | A generic way to refer to an NF which consumes services provided by another NF. For example: An AMF acts as a Consumer NF that consumes AMPolicy services provided by the PCF. |
| NF Instance | A specific instance of a network function type |
| NF Producer or NF Provider | A generic way to refer to an NF which provides services that can be consumed by another NF. For example: A PCF acts as a Producer NF that provides AMPolicy Services to the AMF. |
| NFV | Network Function Virtualization |
| NRF | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Network Repository Function |
| OCCM | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Certificate Management |
| OHC | Oracle Help Center |
| OSDC | Oracle Software Delivery Cloud |
| OSO | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Operations Services Overlay |
| PLMN | Public Land Mobile Network |
| Resiliency | The ability of the NFV framework to limit disruption and return to normal or at a minimum acceptable service delivery level in the fame of a fault, failure, or an event that disrupts normal operation. |
| REST API | Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface |
| Scaling | The ability to dynamically extend or reduce resources granted to the Virtual Network Function (VNF) as needed. This includes scaling out and in or scaling up and down. |
| Scaling Out/In/ Horizontally | The ability to scale by adding or removing resource instances (for example, VMs). This is also called as scaling horizontally |
| Scaling Up/Down/ Vertically | The ability to scale by changing allocated resources, for example, increase or decrease memory, CPU capacity or storage size |
| SBA | Service Based Architecture |
| SEPP | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Security Edge Protection Proxy |
| SCP | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Service Communication Proxy |
| SLF | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Subscriber Location Function |
| UDR | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Unified Data Repository |
| URI | Universal Resource Identifier |
| XFCC | x-forwarded-client-cert |