uch as 5G, its capabilities, its strengths, its weaknesses, design and implementation considerations, and direct or indirect impacts it can bring about or enable. Gallery Quotes This book is just such a resource, one which will indeed hold you in good stead, as well as those around you, who will no doubt be affected by decisions you may soon need to make. I highly recommend you not only read this book but also take notes, share your learnings, and put what you glean from it into action." - Dez Blanchfield CEO, Sociaall Inc., @dez_blanchfield "Any complex system that a machine or society utilizes should include security principles at the beginning of the design life cycle, not as an afterthought. Such a system should then entail what I call Security, Privacy, and Safety (SPS) aspects within; and now, let's not forget to include best practices from reliability and resilience aspects as well. This book will uncover many nuggets of truth for any practitioner in this space for 5G technologies and use cases. It's up to you to apply such principles." - Mark Szewczul, MSEE, CISSP, product/cybersecurity strategist, Founder of allthingsquantum.com Table of Contents Preface Part 1: Introduction to 5G Introduction to 5G 5G concepts and drivers NG-RAN architecture Key drivers 5G RAN deployment options 5G (IMT-2020) performance synopsis NR and NG-RAN features 5G standardization Summary 5G NR and NG-RAN End-to-End Architecture Components, Concepts, Security, and Transport A typical 5G network The PCF High-level components The NEF The NRF The access network The UDM The packet core network The AUSF The transport network The N3IWF Data center design The AF 5G network concepts The UDR The AMF The SMSF The SMF The NSSF The UPF The SEPP Table of Contents The NWDAF 5G QoS The SCP Session and Service Continuity (SSC) The NSSAAF 5G identifiers 5G network concepts Summary PDU sessions Building Blocks - Cloud Native Infrastructure The evolution of telecom infrastructure 49 REST in 5G Cloud-native infrastructure and AMF services applicatio