Acronyms

The following table provides information about the acronyms used in the document:

Table -1 Acronyms

Field	Description
3GPP	3rd Generation Partnership Project
5GC	5G Core Network
5GS	5G System
Subscribed S-NSSAI	5G uses this as a default when the UE does not send a Requested NSSAI
AMF	Access and Mobility Management Function
API	Application Programming Interface
ASM	Aspen Service Mesh
CA	Certificate Authority
CNC	Cloud Native Core
CLI	Command Line Interface
CN	Common Name
CSP	Communication Service Provider
OKE	Container Engine for Kubernetes
DNN	Data Network Name
DB	Database
EGW	Egress Gateway
EANAN	Empty Authorized NSSAI Availability Notification
eMBB	enhanced Mobile Broadband
EPC	Evolved Packet Core. It is a framework for providing converged voice and data on a 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network.
EPS	Evolved Packet System. It is a Mobility Management (EMM) protocol that provides procedures for the control of mobility when the User Equipment (UE) uses the Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN). EPS is a combination of E-UTRAN, EPC and UE.
FQDN	Fully Qualified Domain Name
GR	Georedundant
HNS	Hierarchical Namespace
H-NSSF	Home NSSF
HPLMN	Home Public Land Mobile Network
HTTPS	Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
IE	Information Element
KPI	Key Performance Indicator
MIoT	Massive Internet of Things
MPS	Messages Per Second
MOS	My Oracle Support
NWDAF	Network Data Analytics Function
NDB	Network Data Broker
NF	Network Function
NSI	Network Slice Instance
NSI ID	Network Slice Instance Identifier
NSSAI	Network Slice Selection Assistance Information
NS	Network Slice. A logical network that provides specific network capabilities and network characteristics.
NSS	Network Switching Subsystem
Allowed NSSAI	NSSAI provided by the serving PLMN during a registration procedure, indicating the S-NSSAIs values the UE could use in the serving PLMN for the current registration area.
Requested NSSAI	NSSAI provided by the UE to the serving PLMN during registration.
Configured NSSAI	NSSAI provisioned in the UE applicable to one or more PLMNs.
ONSSAI	Optimized NSSAI Availability Data Encoding feature
OCI	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
CNE	Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Cloud Native Environment
NRF	Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Network Repository Function
NSSF	Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Network Slice Selection Function
SEPP	Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Security Edge Protection Proxy
SCP	Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Service Communication Proxy
UDR	Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core, Unified Data Repository
OHC	Oracle Help Center
OSDC	Oracle Service Delivery Cloud
PEI	Permanent Equipment Identifier
PDU	Protocol Data Unit
PLMN	Public Land Mobile Network
RAN	Radio Access Network
SBA	Service Based Architecture
SBI	Service Based Interface
SVC	Services
SSC	Session and Service Continuity
SMF	Session Management Function
S-NSSAI	Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information
SD	Slice Differentiator
SST	Slice or Service type
SUMOD	Subscription Modification
SUPI	Subscription Permanent Identifier
Restricted S-NSSAI	This is an information element (IE) that contains restricted S-NSSAI(s) per PLMN for a Tracking Area(TA). If the restricted SNssai is not present, no restricted S-NSSAI is applicable to the TA. If present, this IE (restrictedSnssai) is included only by the NSSF.
TA	Tracking Area
TAC	Tracking Area Code
TAI	Tracking Area Identifier
TLS	Transport Layer Security
URLLC	Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communications
UDM	Unified Data Management
URI	Uniform Resource Identifier
UE	User Equipment
V-NSSF	Visited NSSF
VPLMN	Visited Public Land Mobile Network