目录
N3IWF
Non-3GPP InterWorking Function
- UE IPSEC/IKE tunnel termination
- Termination of N2 and N3 interfaces to 5G Core Network for Control-Plane and user-plane respectively
- Relaying uplink and downlink control-plane NAS (N1) signaling between the UE and AMF
- Handling of N2 signaling from SMF (relayed by AMF) related to PDU sessions and QoS
- Establishment of IPsec Security Association (IPsec SA) to support PDU Session traffic
- Relaying uplink and downlink user-plane packets between the UE and UPF. (De-capsulation/Encapsulation of packets for IPSec and N