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The UE initiates a PDU Session Establishment Request to the AMF.
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2
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The AMF selects an SMF.
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3a |
The AMF invokes the Nsmf_PDUSession_CreateSMContext Request and sends it to the vSMF.
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3b |
The vSMF sends a Nsmf_PDUSession_CreateSMContext Response to the AMF.
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4 |
The vSMF selects a UPF in VPLMN.
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5a |
The vSMF sends an N4 Session Establishment Request with dummy PDRs, FARs, QERs, or URRs to the vUPF. In this request, the
vSMF informs the vUPF to allocate the CN Tunnel information for the N3 and N9 interfaces.
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5b |
The vUPF creates the N3 and N9 CN tunnel information and acknowledges by sending this information in an N4 Session Establishment
Response.
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The vSMF sends an Nsmf_PDUSession_Create Request to the hSMF.
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The hSMF registers with the UDM for a given PDU session.
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8
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The SMF performs a secondary authorization or authentication during the establishment of the PDU session by a DN-AAA server.
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9a
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The hSMF selects the PCF.
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9b
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The SMF performs an SM Policy Association Establishment procedure to establish an SM Policy Association with the PCF and get
the default PCC rules for the PDU session.
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10
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The hSMF selects the UPF.
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11
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The hSMF initiates an SM Policy Association Modification procedure.
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12a
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The hSMF initiates an N4 Session Establishment procedure with the selected UPF. The N9 CN tunnel information from the vUPF
is transferred to hUPF in FAR.
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12b
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The UPF acknowledges by sending an N4 Session Establishment Response. The hUPF provides the N9 CN tunnel information to the
vUPF.
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12c
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The downlink path is established between the hUPF and vUPF and data packets are sent to the vUPF where it gets buffered.
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13
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The hSMF sends an Nsmf_PDUSession_Create Response message to the vSMF.
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14
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The vSMF sends an Namf_Communication_N1N2MessageTransfer message to the AMF.
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15
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The AMF sends the NAS message containing PDU Session ID and PDU Session Establishment Accept targeted to the UE and the N2
SM information received from the SMF within the N2 PDU Session Request to the RAN.
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16
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The RAN issues AN specific signalling exchange with the UE that is related with the information received from SMF.
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17
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The RAN sends an N2 PDU Session Response message to the AMF.
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18
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The AMF sends the Nsmf_PDUSession_UpdateSMContext Request message to the vSMF. The AMF forwards the N2 SM information received
from RAN to the vSMF.
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19a
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The vSMF initiates an N4 Session Modification procedure with the vUPF. The vSMF provides packet detection, enforcement, and
reporting rules to be installed on the vUPF for this PDU session, including AN Tunnel Information, H-CN Tunnel Information
and V-CN Tunnel Information.
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19b
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The vUPF provides an N4 Session Modification Response to the vSMF. After this step, the vUPF delivers any down-link packets
to the UE that might have been buffered for this PDU Session.
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20
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The vSMF sends an Nsmf_PDUSession_UpdateSMContext Response message to the AMF.
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21
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The vSMF sends an Nsmf_PDUSession_SMContextStatusNotify message to the AMF.
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22
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If it's a PDU session of type IPv6 or IPv4v6, the hSMF generates an IPv6 Router Advertisement and sends it to the UE through
the N4 interface, hUPF, and vUPF.
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23
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If the vSMF received in step 18 is an indication that the RAN has rejected some QFIs the vSMF notifies the hSMF through an
Nsmf_PDUSession_Update Request. The hSMF is responsible for updating the QoS rules and QoS Flow level QoS parameters for the
QoS Flow(s) associated with the QoS rule(s) in the UE accordingly.
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24
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If the PDU Session establishment failed after step 4, the hSMF performs the following steps:
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If the SMF is no more handling a PDU Session of the UE for this (DNN, S-NSSAI), the hSMF unsubscribes to the modifications
of Session Management Subscription data for the corresponding (SUPI, DNN, S-NSSAI), by using Nudm_SDM_Unsubscribe.
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The hSMF deregisters for the given PDU Session by using Nudm_UECM_Deregistration (SUPI, DNN, PDU Session ID).
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