JPL 5G Session Management Function (SMF) Partner Validated

The 5G SMF is a fundamental element of the 5G Service-Based Architecture (SBA). The SMF is primarily responsible for interacting with the decoupled data plane, creating, updating, and removing Protocol Data Unit (PDU) sessions and managing session context with the User Plane Function (UPF). The SMF acts as the external point for all communication related to various services offered and enabled in the user plane. The solution also decides how the policy and charging treatment for these services is applied and controlled. It configures traffic steering at the UPF to route traffic to the corresponding Data Network (DN). The SMF manages the local enforcement to apply Quality of Service (QoS) SLAs (VPLMN), collects charging data, and supports the charging interfaces.