Acronyms

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Table - Acronyms

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
CNC Console	Oracle Communications Cloud Native Configuration Console
CNE	Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Cloud Native Environment
FQDN	Fully Qualified Domain Name
K8s	Kubernetes
MMI	Machine Machine Interface
MPS	Messages Per Second
NDB	Network Database
NF	Network Function
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. 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. Example: A PCF acts as a Producer NF that provides AMPolicy Services to the AMF.
NFV	Network Functions Virtualization
NRF	Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Network Repository Function
OHC	Oracle Help Center
OSDC	Oracle Software Delivery Cloud
OSO	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). Also called 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. Also called scaling vertically.
PCF	Policy Control Function
SEPP	Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Security Edge Protection Proxy
SCP	Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Service Communication Proxy
SLF	Subscriber Location Function
URI	Universal Resource Identifier