Teaching on Testbeds

Exploring the 5G core network

Fraida Fund

Runs on: Wireless, POWDER

In this experiment, you will explore the 5G core network by bringing up an end-to-end 5G network on a single server. You will see:

  • how 5G core network functions can be deployed in containers
  • the HTTP2/TCP interfaces between network functions
  • the NGAP/SCTP interface between the 5G gNodeB and the 5G core network AMF
  • how traffic is exchanged between a UE and an external data network using GTP tunnels

Note that to run this experiment, you will need to have reserved access to compute resources in advance. Refer to the “reserve a server” instructions in order to complete this step several days before you plan to run the experiment.

We will run this experiment on the POWDER testbed.

Exploring the 5G core network

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2231984.

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.