| Ajay Lotan Thakur | 05ce5ce | 2022-09-25 20:36:16 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | .. |
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| 3 | SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 |
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| 5 | .. _deployment_upf_guide: |
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| 7 | UPF Deployment Guide |
| 8 | ==================== |
| 9 | |
| 10 | - Each Site has one or more UPFs dedicated for use case |
| 11 | - UPFs can be added during runtime and UP/CP form PFCP association |
| 12 | - Edges can run on different versions of UPF. Changes are always backward compatible |
| 13 | - Option to Install only 4G or 5G or both |
| 14 | - Multiple UPF (user plane function) options available to meet the needs of different applications BESS-UPF, P4-UPF |
| 15 | - Many UPFs can connect to same control plane. Control Plane selects UPF based on |
| 16 | various criteria - DNN/Slice (5G), Apn, IMSI, ULI(4G), Slice IDs |
| 17 | - IP address allocation supported at Control plane and also at UPF |
| 18 | - UPF Attach/detach to SD-Core. UPF Pools created based on enterprise need. |