5G Mobile Core Network: Design, Deployment, Automation, and Testing Strategies

© Rajaneesh Sudhakar Shetty 2021

R. S. Shetty5G Mobile Core Network https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6473-7_3

3. 5G NSA Design and Deployment Strategy

Rajaneesh Sudhakar Shetty¹  

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Bangalore, Karnataka, India

 

The 5G core network framework is designed to make full use of the enhanced throughput and reduced latency that the new radio promises to provide.

3GPP provides two key solutions to realize the 5G networks:

1. 1.

   5G Non-Standalone (NSA):

   In the 5G non-standalone solution, the service provider can leverage the LTE infrastructure (i.e., radio access as well as the core network, the evolved packet core [EPC]) to anchor for all mobility management and control plane-related aspects for a session and integrate the same with new radio (5G NR) to provide ...