Feature Description

In the SBA framework, the PCF exchanges data across the interconnected network functions and data repositories. The communication within this framework is established over a secure layer comprising of Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or HTTPS using Transport Layer Security (TLS). TLS offers a secure network layer transportation of data between the components. However, PCF also offers support for HTTPS without TLS.

In this release, TLS provides a transport layer encryption between the nodes for the security compliance purposes. This feature does not support the NF security requirements as per the 3GPP specifications of 5G.

The PCF provides HTTP or HTTPS support for the N7, N15, N28, N36, and NRF interface. The information transmission between the client and server happens through the HTTPS requests.