Wireless 5G Core Network

IP Network Simulation

5G N20 Interface Emulation

MAPS™ 5G-N20 can emulate and test Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) and Short Message Service Function (SMSF) entities in 5G Core Network (5GC) elements via the service-based N20 interface.

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MAPS™ 5G N20 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. The service-based interfaces use HTTP/2 protocol with JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) as the application layer serialization protocol.

MAPS™ 5G N20 interface can emulate Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), within the 5G Core Network offering services to Short Message Service Function (SMSF) via the service based N20 interface.

MAPS™ N20 Interface emulator supports Nudm_UEAuthentication Services : Get and ResultConfirmation operations.

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 network.

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 Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) and Short Message Service Function (SMSF) elements
  • Supports Nsmsf_SMService Procedure
  • 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
  • Automation, Remote access, and Schedulers to run tests 24/7

Supported Protocols Standards

Protocols Standards

Protocols Standards

Supported Protocols
Standard / Specification

N20 Interface (SMSF - AMF)

TS29.540 Release 16
TS29.518 Release 16

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™ N20 configured as AMF to test SMSF (DUT)

MAPS™ N20 configured as AMF to test SMSF (DUT)

MAPS™ N20 configured as AMF (DUT) to test SMSF

MAPS™ N20 configured as SMSF to test AMF (DUT)

5G N20 Interface Procedure

In 5G N20 interface, MAPS™ acts as either AMF to test SMSF or SMSF to test AMF emulating the procedure Nsmsf_SMService Operation.

Registration procedure using Activate service operation Services

Registration procedure using Activate service operation Services


The below figures depict the Call Generation and Reception of 5G N20 interface between AMF and SMSF.

5G N20 interface Call Generation at AMF Node

5G N20 interface Call Generation at AMF Node

5G N20 interface Call Reception at SMSF Node

5G N20 interface Call Reception at SMSF 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.