5G Core

Build a cloud-native 5G Core that connects everyone and everything

Nokia is leading the journey to the 5G Core with cloud-native products and solutions that rapidly and cost-effectively deploy diverse services across a range of access technologies. Our comprehensive portfolio supports the 5G Core with expanded service capabilities, scalability, agility and new core network functions. It supports the full range of 3GPP Release 15 5G Core functions and eases migration to the Service-Based Architecture.

5G has demanding service and network requirements that will require a fundamental change to the core architecture. The 5G Core will be the heart of the network and acts as an anchor point for multi-access technologies. It needs to deliver a seamless service experience across fixed and wireless access technologies. 3GPP has defined a new 5G Core architecture that supports service delivery over wireless, fixed or converged networks. This new 5G Core uses a cloud-aligned Service-Based Architecture (SBA) that supports control plane function interaction, reusability, flexible connections and service discovery that spans all functions.

5G Core diagram

We know that cloud-native architecture is essential for the 5G Core. That’s why we’re building our cloud-native 5G core portfolio to support extreme mobile broadband and massive/critical machine communication services with expanded service capabilities, scalability, agility and new core network functions. Our portfolio supports the full range of 3GPP Release 15 5G Core functions and includes solutions that ease migration to the SBA. It can help you combine the best of 5G and the cloud to improve your business processes and bring new applications to more markets and sectors.