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- MNO supports CUPS (5G NSA) and/or UPF (5G SA).
- MNO can may request UPF Location Placement / Metro, and 3PE/PCE Location Access / 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 may request Bare Metal Orchestration for Distributed UPF via APIs (on P3)
- PCEI Enabler may request Bare Metal Orchestration for 3PE via APIs (on P3)
- PCEI Enabler can may request Interconnect for Distributed UPF N3/S1 and N6/SGi traffic (L2/L3) via APIs (on P4)
- PCEI Enabler may expose UPF management access to MNO
- MNO may provision the Distributed UPF over management access
- 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
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Placement Call Flow Sketch
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Notes:
- Does not include interconnect to 3PE/PCE/PCC - to be added
- Does not include 3PE HW Orchestration - to be added
- Does not include UPF LBO Orchestration - to be added
- Does not include 3PE/PCE Workload Orchestration - to be added
UPF Placement Options
API Structure
To be added
UPF Interconnect
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Options
UPF Hardware Selection / Orchestration
UPF Configuration Orchestration - Local Break-Out Options
3PE/PCE Workload Instance Distribution
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