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- MNO supports CUPS (5G NSA) and/or UPF (5G SA).
- MNO can request UPF Location / Metro and 3PE/PCE Location / Metro via APIs (on P2)
- Bare Metal Orchestration Provider and Interconnect Provider expose Data Center Location / Metro to PCEI Enabler via APIs (on P3 and P4)
- 3PE and PCE providers expose Data Center Location / Metro to PCEI Enabler via APIs (on P5 and P8/P7)
- PCEI Enabler can request Bare Metal Orchestration for Distributed UPF via APIs (on P3)
- PCEI Enabler can request Interconnect for Distributed UPF (L2/L3) via APIs (on P4)
- PCEI Enabler may provision UPF connectivity and LBO configuration (based on the UPF provisioning model) over P2’ using appropriate protocols
- PCEI Enabler may request PCC/PCE and/or 3PE Controller to instantiate workload instances for LBO processing via APIs (on P8/P5)
UPF Location Selection
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