AMF
Access Management Function
Manages subscriber mobility.
UE to gNB N6 gNB AMF N1/N2 AMF SMF N11 AMF AUSF N12 AMF UDM N8 AMF PCF N7 AMF PCF N15
SMF
Session Management Function
Manages setup of user sessions to various data networks
AMF SMF N11
SMF UPF N4
SMF UDM N10
SMF PCF N7
AUSF
Authentication Server Function
Authenticates UE. Obtains authentication vectors from UDM.
N12 to AMF
UDM
Unified Data Management Function
Frontend for UDR
NEF
Network Exposure Function
NRF
Network Repository Function
PCF
Policy Control Function
NSSF
Network Slice Selection Function
UPF
User Plane Function
gNB
gNodeB
Next Generation eNodeB
RAN
5G Reference Points
N1: UE-AMF N2: gNB-AMF N3: gNB-UPF traffic only N4: SMF-UPF N5: PCF-AF N6: UPF-DN traffic only N7: PCF-SMF N8: UDM-AMF N9: UPF-UPF traffic only N10: UDM-SMF N1l: AMF-SMF N12: AMF-AUSF N13: UDM-AUSF N14: AMF-AMF N15: PCF-AMF N16: SMF-AMF N17: AMF-5G-EIR N22: AMF-NSSF N26: AMF-MME N33: NEF-AF NR: UE-gNB signaling & traffic Xn: gNB-gNB signaling & traffic X2: en-gNB-eNB signaling & traffic