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5G N17 Interface Emulation

MAPS™ 5G-N17 can emulate and test Equipment Identity Register (EIR) and Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) elements via the service-based N17 interface.

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MAPS™ 5G N17 Interface Simulation

Overview

GL's Message Automation & Protocol Simulation (MAPS™) 5G System as a service-based architecture, includes a set of Network Functions (NFs) providing services as defined in 3GPP standards (Release 17). The service-based interfaces use HTTP/2 protocol with JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) as the application layer serialization protocol.

MAPS™ 5G N17 interface can emulate Equipment Identity Register (EIR), within the 5G Core Network offering services to Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) via the service based N17 interface.

MAPS™ N17 Interface emulator supports N5g-eir_EquipmentIdentityCheck Services procedure.

GL has enhanced its MAPS™ protocol emulation tool to emulate multi-protocol and multi-interface offering a complete range of test solutions, covering the entire 5G, 4G, 3G and 2G networks.

By mimicking real-world customer behavior in lab environments, our solutions allow mobile operators and equipment manufacturers to verify their 5G networks before deployment.

GL also provides a GUI based Multi-Protocol Analyzer for on-line capture and decode of the signaling in real-time both during tests and as a stand-alone tracer for live systems.

Main Features

  • Emulates EIR and AMF network function
  • Supports Equipment Identity services via the N5g-eir service based N17 interface
  • Services use REST APIs based on HTTP and JSON data format
  • Supports TLS and TCP transports
  • Supports scripted call generation and automated call reception
  • Supports customization of call flow and message templates using Script Editor
  • Ready-to-use scripts for quick testing
  • Provides Call Statistics and Events Status
  • Emulates Multiple Subscribers using CSV Profiles

Supported Protocols Standards

Protocols Standards

Protocols Standards

Supported Protocols
Standard / Specification

N17 Interface (EIR)

3GPP TS 29.511 (Release 17)

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)

IETF RFC 8259

HTTP/2

IETF RFC 7231
IETF RFC 7540/RFC 7541

TLS

IETF RFC 8446

TCP

IETF RFC 793

IPv4

IETF RFC 791 [5]
IETF RFC 2460 [6]

Use Cases

MAPS™ N17 configured as AMF to test SMSF (DUT)

MAPS™ N17 configured as AMF to test EIR (DUT)

MAPS™ N17 configured as AMF (DUT) to test SMSF

MAPS™ N17 configured as EIR to test AMF (DUT)

5G N17 Interface Procedure

In 5G N17 interface, MAPS™ acts as either AMF to test EIR or EIR to test AMF emulating the procedure N5g-eir_EquipmentIdentityCheck Services.

N5g-eir_EquipmentIdentityCheck Services

N5g-eir_EquipmentIdentityCheck Services



The below figures depict the Call Generation and Reception of 5G N17 interface between EIR and AMF.

5G N17 interface Call Generation at AMF Node

5G N17 interface Call Generation at AMF Node

5G N17 interface Call Reception at EIR Node

5G N17 interface Call Reception at EIR Node

Resources

Please Note: The XX in the Item No. refers to the hardware platform, listed at the bottom of the Buyer's Guide, which the software will be running on. Therefore, XX can either be ETA or EEA (Octal/Quad Boards), PTA or PEA (tProbe Units), XUT or XUE (Dual PCIe Express) depending upon the hardware.