BL0-100 Nokia Bell Labs 5G Foundation Questions and Answers

Using redundant NFV resources.

Centralizing packet switching.

Putting applications in a centralized data center.

Putting the application and user plane functions to the Edge or Far-Edge of the network.

Higher spectral efficiency

Multi-connectivity per User Equipment

Connectionless radio access

Lower Time Transmission Interval (TTI)

When it serves a given customer for a specific purpose, such as a national energy network.

When it cross all the network layers from the radio up to the core.

When it serves a given common purpose, for a use case with a defined QoS (eg a use case in transportation, in energy).

When it operates on the same layer of the ISO/OSI model.

This network function exposes 5G Core Network functionalities available to 3rd parties, so that 3rd party capabilities and events may be securely exposed by the Network Exposure Function (NEF).

This network function is part of data repositories in the Common Data Layer. It stores 3GPP standardized data.

This network function is part of data repositories in the Common Data Layer and in opposition to the UDR, it stores non-standardized – Unstructured – data.

This network function stores or retrieves subscriptions, profiles, and authentication data to or from the data repositories. It offers services to the AMF, SMF, NEF and AUSF using the Service Based Interface.

1,000 KM

5,000 KM

10,000 KM

300 KM

Low peak and end-user-experience throughput

Low reliability

High latency

Beamforming is not supported