5G Policy Control and charging control

• Business leaders
• Managers
• R&D engineers
• Management teams
• Technical managers
• Technical members
• Leadership teams

Module 01: 5G Core Overview

• Introduction of the main 5G network elements: 5G-AN, AMF, SMF, UPF, UDR, UDM, AUSF,
• NEF, PCF, NSSF, NRF, SCP, SMSF, NWDF, CHF, SEPP
• NG-RAN with NR, Wi-Fi and fixed accesses
• Service Based Architecture model for the 5G Core including the definitions of Network Functions, NF Services, Service Producers and Service Consumers
• The 5G Reference Point model for non-roaming and roaming scenarios
• 5G protocol stacks
• Basic communication principles for the SBA
• UE identities in 5G: SUPI, SUCI, GPSI, PEI, 5G-GUTI

Module 02: 5G Policy Control Overview

• Definition of the 4G PCC
• 5G requirements on Policy Control
• Comparison of the 4G and the 5G Policy Control
• Npcf services
• PCF Network functions Service consumptions scenarios i.e. NF’s AF, NEF, UDR, SMF, AMF
• Roaming interworking in scenarios - vPCF -hPCF

Module 03: AMF and 5G PCF Interworking Scenarios

• Initial 5G Registration PCF Binding
• UE Registration Area
• Negotiation of service-specific features and capabilities at Registration: MICO mode, LADN, UE Reachability, Mobility Patterns, Mobility restrictions
• AM Policy Associations between the PCF and the AMF
• Policy-related parameters for AMF: AM Policy Info, AM Policy Control request Triggers, ANDSP, URSP

Module 04: 5G policy procedures for User Plane

• PDU Session, SDFs, QoS Flows and their relationships to PDU Sessions, Data Radio Bearers and N3 Tunnels
• PDU Session routing principles: PDU Sessions with Multiple PDU Session Anchors, UPF/PSA relocation, edge computing using ETSI MEC
• QoS parameters: 5QI, QoS Flow parameters

Module 05 : 5G Session Management procedures with PCF

• PDU Session Establishment flow
• PCF consuming services scenarios from : SMF, AMF, UPF, gNB, UE
• Definitions of QoS Rules, QoS Profiles, PCC Rules
• SM Policy Associations between the PCF and the SMF
• Packet Detection Rules, QoS Enforcement Rules, Forwarding Action Rules, Usage Reporting Rules, Session Reporting Rules
• SMF control of UPF over the CUPS Interface
• Packet handling in the UPF
• Session-related parameters provided to the gNB and the UE

Module 06: 5G AF Service

• N5 Interface - AFs control access, QoS, routing and charging of application data over 5GS
• Routing principles for service-specific traffic steering
• NEF interactions between 5GC and external NFs
• NEF capabilities: Provisioning, Monitoring, Policy/Charging, Analytics Reporting
• NWDAF functionalities and defined analytics
• BSF function

Module 07: 5G charging Overview

• 5G unified charging architecture
• 5G Network used for charging Functions: CHF, OCS, CDF, CTF, CGF, ABMF, RF
• Nchf services
• PCF and CHF interworking
• Converged Charging, Offline Only Charging, Spending Limit Control
• charging-related messages & parameters