SMF Deployment

The 5G Mobility NFs deployment supports the following modes:

  • Standalone mode: In this mode, each NF together with the required microservices is deployed in a separate name space in Kubernetes.

  • Converged mode: In this mode, several NFs are deployed together in a single name space and micro-service common to NFs render the service to all the deployed NFs.

The following figure illustrates the SMF and SAEGW service that is deployed in the converged mode.

SMF and SAEGW Service Deployment in Converged Mode