e network. This allows introduction of new radio access technologies and mapping of multiple heteroge- neous RAN sessions to arbitrary core network slices based on service requirements. Non-IP PDU session support: A PDU session is defined as the logical connection between the UE and the data network. The PDU session establishment in 5GC supports both IP and non-IP PDUs (known as unstructured payloads), and this feature can poten- tially allow the support for ICN PDUs by extending or reusing the existing control functions. Service-centric design: 5GC service orchestration and control functions, such as naming, addressing, registration/authentication, and mobility, will utilize cloud-based service APIs. This enables open interfaces for authorized service function interaction and creat- ing service-level extensions to support new network architectures. These APIs include widely used approaches, while not precluding the use of procedural approach between functional units. Compared to LTE core network, where PDU session states in RAN and core were synchro- nized from session management perspective, 5GC decouples those states by allowing PDU Information-centric networking is an approach to evolve the Internet infrastructure away from a host-centric paradigm based on perpetual connectivity and the end-to-end principle, to a network architecture in which the focus is on content or data. In other words, information-centric networking is an approach to evolve the Internet infrastructure to directly support information distribution by introducing uniquely named data as a core Internet principle. Data becomes independent from location, application, storage, and means of transpor- tation, enabling or enhancing a number of desirable features, such as security, user mobility, multicast, and in-network caching. Mechanisms for realizing these benefits is the subject of ongoing research in Internet Engineering Task Force and elsewhere. Current research challenges in information-centric networking includes naming, security, routing