Acronyms
The following table lists the acronyms and the terminologies used in the document:
Table - Acronyms and Terminologies
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| 3GPP | 3rd Generation Partnership Project |
| AF | Application Function |
| AMF | Access and Mobility Management Function |
| ASM | Aspen Service Mesh |
| BSF | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Binding Support Function |
| CA | Certificate Authority |
| CCA | Client Credentials Assertion |
| CDS | Cache data Service. Caching Microservice which is responsible for syncing and caching the data |
| CHF | Charging Function |
| CM | Configuration Management |
| CMPv2 | Certificate Management Protocol Version 2 |
| CNC | Cloud Native Core |
| CNC Console | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Configuration Console |
| CNE | Oracle Communication Cloud Native Core, Cloud Native Environment |
| CNI | Multus Container Network Interface |
| CNLB | Cloud Native Load Balancer |
| CNPCRF | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Policy and Charging Rules Function |
| CUSTOMER_REPO | Docker registry address including the port number, if the docker registry has an associated port. |
| cnDBTier | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, cnDBTier |
| GUAMI | Globally Unique AMF Identifier |
| HTTPS | Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure |
| IMAGE_TAG |
Image tag from release tar file. You can use any tag number. However, make sure that you use that specific tag number while pushing docker image to the docker registry. |
| IMS | IP Multimedia Subsystem |
| JOSE | Javascript Object Signing and Encryption |
| JSON | JavaScript Object Notation |
| JWT | JSON Web Token |
| LBVM | Load Balancing of Virtual Machine |
| LCM | Life Cycle Management |
| MCC | Mobile Country Code |
| MCPTT | Mission-critical push-to-talk |
| METALLB_ADDRESS_POOL | Address pool configured on metallb to provide external IPs |
| MNC | Mobile Network Code |
| NAD | Network Attachment Definitions |
| NEF | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Network Exposure Function |
| NF | Network Function |
| NPLI | Network Provided Location Information |
| NRF | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Network Repository Function |
| NSI | Network Slice Instances |
| NWDAF | Oracle Communications Networks Data Analytics Function |
| OAM | Operations Administration and Maintenance |
| OCI | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure |
| OCCM | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Certificate Management |
| OCNADD | Oracle Communications Networks Analytics Data Director |
| PDB | Pod Disruption Budget |
| PCF | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Policy Control Function |
| PCRF | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Policy and Charging Rules Function |
| PCEF | Policy and Charging Enforcement Function |
| PDS | Policy Data Service |
| PRA | Presence Reporting Area |
| PRE | Policy Runtime Engine |
| PDU | Protocol Data Unit |
| PVC | Persistent Volume Chain |
| Policy | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Converged Policy |
| QoS | Quality of Service |
| RAN | Radio Access Network |
| SAN | Subject Alternate Name |
| SBI | Service Based Interface |
| SNSSAI | Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information |
| SMF | Session Management Function |
| SNAT | Source Network Address Translation |
| SRA | Successful Resource Allocation |
| STR | Session Termination Request (Rx) |
| UDR | Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Unified Data Repository |
| UE | User Equipment |
| UPF | User Plane Function |
| UPSI | UE Policy Section Identifier |
| URSP | UE Route Selection Policies |
| Local NRF set state data | NF instances and NF subscription data that is stored in the local cnDBTier of an NRF instance. It is the state data from the local cnDBTier and replicated state data from the georedundant NRF. |
| Remote NRF set state data | NF registrations and NF subscriptions data that is stored in remote NRF set instances within the same segment. It is the state data from peer NRF set in the same segment |
| Periodic syncing | It refreshes the local cache periodically. |
| State Data | The state data is the dynamic data that contains the NFInstances and NFSubscriptions of the NFs. |