Converged Core Deployment
The converged core deployment is based on the converged control plane and unified user plane infrastructure for all use cases.
In the converged core deployment, all 4G and 5G-capable UEs are anchored on the 5G core (SMF) with SBA interfaces towards PCF.
The converged core deployment has a converged Ops Center that allows the configuration of cnSGW-C and SMF services along with other microservices. A single product helm chart is used to install components.
The following figure illustrates the Kubernetes deployment for the converged S-GW and SMF network function.

The protocol layer services are shared across SMF and S-GW. The GTP endpoint terminates the S11 interface and S5/S8 interface. Similarly, the PFCP (protocol) endpoint terminates the N4 and Sxa interfaces.
The SMF and S-GW services are deployed as distinct pods and the session processing is segregated. Both the service pods use CDL for storing subscriber sessions.