5G networks use a variety of interfaces to connect different components of the network. These interfaces allow for the exchange of data and control information, and they are essential for the smooth operation of the network.
𝐗𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞:
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 5𝐺 𝑅𝐴𝑁 𝑛𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑈𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟-𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 5𝐺 𝑅𝐴𝑁 𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑠.
𝐅𝟏 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞:
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 5𝐺 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 (𝐵𝐵𝑈) 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 5𝐺 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 (𝑅𝑈). 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 5𝐺 𝑅𝐴𝑁.
𝐄𝟏 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞:
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑁𝐵-𝐶𝑈-𝐶𝑃 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑁𝐵-𝐶𝑈-𝑈𝑃 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑁𝐺-𝑅𝐴𝑁. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔.
𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞:
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 5𝐺 𝑅𝐴𝑁 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 5𝐺 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝐴𝑁 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠.
𝐗𝟐 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞:
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 5𝐺 𝑅𝐴𝑁 𝑛𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝐿𝑇𝐸 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑜𝑛-𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 3, 3𝑎, & 3𝑥.