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3.4 Key Terms and Review Questions

Key Terms

3GPP

5G Americas

access and mobility management function (AMF)

cellular company

cloud-edge computing

critical communications

edge computing

enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB)

gNB

ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R)

massive Internet of Things (MIoT)

mobile network operator

network functions virtualization (NFV)

network slicing

Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance

ng-eNB

over the top (OTT)

radio access network (RAN)

radio bearer

reference point

reference point representation

roaming

service-based architecture

session management function (SMF)

software-defined networking (SDN)

softwarization

ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC)

use case

user equipment (UE)

user plane function (UPF)

vertical

wireless carrier

wireless service provider

Review Questions

  1. List the emerging 5G use cases defined by ITU-R.

  2. Explain the use of two dimensions in characterizing 5G uses cases by 5G Americas.

  3. Explain the concepts of families and categories used by NGMN to classify 5G use cases.

  4. What is softwarization?

  5. What are the main approaches to softwarization?

  6. Describe the three layers of the NGMN architecture framework.

  7. Define the three types of nodes that are used in the NGMN core network model.

  8. In the NGMN model, who are the key 5G users?

  9. What is the relationship between network slicing and the types of nodes in the core network?

  10. Explain the concept of roaming.

  11. What is the difference between a service-based representation and a reference point representation?

  12. Summarize the major functions encompassed by the user plane function.

  13. What are the two primary types of nodes in a radio access network?

  14. List and briefly define the RAN functional areas.

  15. Which core network functions interact directly with the RAN?

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