Nokia Compact Mobility Unit

Release 21

The Nokia Compact Mobility Unit (CMU) delivers standards-compliant packet

core functionality in a compact form factor. The Nokia CMU serves as the
mobile packet core in both 4G/LTE and 5G private wireless networks for
enterprises and communications service providers (CSPs).

The CMU provides a comprehensive 3GPP packet
core network feature set by leveraging the same
Cloud Mobile Gateway (CMG), Cloud Mobility
Manager (CMM) and authentication policy control
(APC) software from the industry-leading Nokia
Core solution, with its field-proven deployment
in operator and enterprise networks globally.
Features
• All the essential 4G and 5G mobile packet
core network functions in a compact form
factor
• 4G/5G non-stand-alone (NSA) or 5G (SA)
stand-alone core deployments
• Support for centralized and distributed packet
core architectures
• CMU packet core software integrated on industry-
leading, high-performance servers
• Scalability, with support for:
– 100,000 simultaneous attached users (SAU)
– 250 eNodeBs/gNodeBs
– 30 Gb/s of combined uplink and downlink
throughput
– 256 access point names (APNs)/data network
names (DNNs)
Benefits
• Ideally suited for enterprise private wireless
networks
• Bandwidth capacity to support 4G or 5G mobile
broadband services
• Device scalability to support Internet of Things /
machine-type communication (IoT/MTC) 4G services
• Lower OPEX for power, cooling and floor space
Table 1 shows the 4G and 5G core functionality
that is provided by the CMU.

Table 1. Nokia CMU 4G and 5G core functionality

Nokia Core solution software 3GPP Evolved Packet Core (EPC) network function
CMG Serving Gateway (SGW)
Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW)
CMM Mobility Management Entity (MME)
APC Home Subscriber Server (HSS)
Policy Control Rules Function (PCRF)
3GPP 5GC network function
Session Management Function (SMF)
User Plane Function (UPF)
Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF)
Unified Data Management (UDM)
Authentication Server Function (AUSF)

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Mobile gateway
The CMU Cloud Mobile Gateway (CMG) software
supports the following mobile gateway network
functions: SGW, PGW, SMF and UPF.
The mobile gateway establishes, modifies and
releases user sessions to the mobile packet core,
provides user equipment (UE) IP address allocation,
and interfaces with the PCRF to provide the control
part of policy enforcement and QoS.
The mobile gateway is the anchor point for the
interconnect to the data network, performing
user plane forwarding and routing for the mobile
network as well as packet inspection and policy
enforcement. It also performs QoS, uplink/downlink
rate enforcement and marking at the transport level
as well as uplink classification.
In addition to the packet forwarding function, the
mobile gateway can perform, for each packet flow:
• Packet inspection (including optional deep packet
inspection up to Layer 7)
• Policy enforcement (both uplink and downlink QoS)
• Packet filtering
• Accounting records.
Mobility management
The CMU Cloud Mobility Manager (CMM) software
supports the following mobility management
network functions: MME and AMF.
Mobility management performs the 3GPP UE
mobility and packet core session management
functions, including management of:
• UE registration, authentication, mobility,
reachability and connection management
• UE bearer setup as well as data and Voice over
LTE (VoLTE) services
• UE Packet Data Protocol (PDP) context/bearer
setup as well as data services
Authentication policy control
The CMU authentication policy control (APC)
software is built with a Subscriber Policy Register
architecture that performs Home Subscriber Server
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(HSS), PCRF, UDM/UDR (Unified Data Repository)
and AUSF network functions.
The APC software supports the MILENAGE algorithm.
The Subscriber Profile Repository (SPR) or Unified
Data Management (UDR) is the central base for
subscriber and QoS information for a specific service.
The provisioned profiles and subscriptions are
stored in the persistent SPR or UDR storage. Any
changes are immediately propagated to the peer
sever to provide redundancy protection and failover.
The subscription contents are:
• UE profiles: One profile can be assigned to
several UEs.
• Universal Integrated Circuit Cards (UICCs): Each
record contains data flashed in the UICC, such
as IP Multimedia Services Identity Module (ISIM)
or UMTS Subscriber Identity Module (USIM)
information.
• Service profiles: IMS 4G configurations for UE
(initial filter criteria). One profile can be assigned
to several IMS Public User Identities (IMPUs) of
one or many different subscribers.
• Public Service Identity (PSI) users: PSI configuration
(4G) as defined in 3GPP TS 23.228 (IMS Stage 2).
• Subscribers: List of assigned UICCs, their user-
related configurations and IMS configuration (4G).
• Selected Subscriber Groups (SSGs): Description
of groups of subscriptions.
4G/5G mobile packet core
The CMU performs the packet core network functions
in combined 4G/LTE or 5G mobile networks.
The CMU’s small form factor and scalability are
ideally suited for both enterprises and mobile
network operators that are deploying private
wireless networks. The CMU enables an enterprise
to maintain control of its IP and business-critical
data by deploying and operating its own private
wireless network. The CMU gives CSPs a telecom
field-proven core network as part of a private
wireless-as-a-service solution to an enterprise,
with the CMU remaining on campus to maintain
data privacy.
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The CMU can be deployed as the packet core in either EPC/5G NSA networks (see Figure 1)
or 5GC SA networks (see Figure 2).
Figure 1. Nokia CMU as EPC/5G NSA packet core

Enterprise/operator
cloud
NSP EVC AF

CMU
(SGW/PGW/MME/PCRF/HSS)
4.9G/5G RAN Packet core

MBB/IoT/MTC devices

Figure 2. Nokia CMU as 5GC SA packet core

Enterprise/operator
cloud
NSP AF

CMU
(UPF/SMF/AMF/AUSF/UDM)
5G RAN Packet core

MBB/IoT/MTC devices

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Cellular IoT support
The CMU delivers an optimized 3GPP cellular IoT network solution by combining the CMM and CMG
functionality logically into a single function (see Figure 3).

Figure 3. Nokia CMU supporting cellular IoT services

Enterprise/operator
cloud
NSP SCEF AF

CMU

4G/5G RAN Packet core

IoT/MTC devices

The CMU supports cellular IoT features up to 3GPP • PDN Connectivity Status Event Reporting
Release 16 that: (MONTE)
• Reduce network signaling • Cache age-out of UE context
• Support both IP and non-IP addressable devices • Support for all LTE cellular IoT device types:
• Improve device battery life. – LTE CAT1
Key features include: – LTE M (MTC)
• Power Saving Mode (PSM) – LTE NB-IoT.
• extended Discontinuous Reception (eDRX)
• Bearer activation without service request
• Non-IP data delivery (NIDD)
• Low access priority
• Back-off timers
• Robust Header Compression (RoHC) for small
IP data
• Extended NAS timers for CAT M1 and CAT M2

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CMU management flexibility
The CMU provides management flexibility for
either an enterprise IT environment or a traditional
telecom operating environment.
For enterprise IT administrators, the CMU provides
a web-based GUI with access to standard IT tools
and applications for commissioning, equipment
status and alarms as well as performance
monitoring of critical operating functions. The HPE
ProLiant Gen10 Plus server ships with integrated
Lights-Out (iLO) as an embedded technology to
provide server visibility and health monitoring.
In a telecom operating environment, the CMU is
managed by the Nokia Networks Services Platform
(NSP), which is used in large-scale 4G and 5G networks.
For 4G private wireless networks, the NSP can manage
both the EPC and the radio access network (RAN).
NSP provides fault, configuration, accounting,
performance, security (FCAPS) management
support for the CMU. NSP also provides
management of Nokia IP/MPLS networks.
Stateful redundancy and high availability
The CMU provides redundancy within a single
server for PSUs, fans and storage as well as
stateful recovery in the event of total server
failure. The system architecture enables full
capacity operation for any single failure,
including complete server failure.
In redundant mode, two 25GE ports are
interconnected between the two servers.
Subscriber and session state are synchronized
from the active to the standby software
applications.
In addition to the high availability within a single
site, multiple sites can be used for disaster recovery
for situations such as complete power failure to
a particular site. Multisite redundancy is based
on stateless 3GGP pooling of MME, SGW and PGW
functions. Both sites are active with 50 percent
load sharing of eNodeBs/gNodeBs.

CMU hardware
For rapid deployment and operational integration,
the CMU is pre-integrated on a pair of 1 RU height
HPE ProLiant servers (see Figure 4).
The server runs on second-generation AMD® EPYC™
7002 Series processor that delivers an exceptional
balance of processor, memory and I/O for high-
performance at lower total-cost of ownership
(TCO) for telecom data applications.
The server supports redundant AC and DC power
supplies as well as redundant cooling fans. Each server
has four integrated 10/25 Gb/s SFP+/SFP28 ports.

Figure 4. HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen10 Plus server front view

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Technical specifications
Mobility management • TS 44.064
Standards and protocols • TS 44.065
3GPP standards • TS 48.016
• TS 23.003 • TS 48.018
• TS 23.007 IETF standards
• TS 23.060 • RFC 1034 (DNS)
• TS 23.216 • RFC 1035 (DNS)
• TS 23.246 • RFC 4960 (SCTP)
• TS 23.271 • RFC 6241 (NETCONF)
• TS 23.272 • RFC 6733 (Diameter)
• TS 23.401 Mobile gateway
• TS 23.501
Standards and protocols
• TS 23.502
3GPP standards
• TS 24.008
• TS 23.060
• TS 24.171
• TS 23.203
• TS 24.301
• TS 23.234
• TS 25.413
• TS 23.401
• TS 25.415
• TS 23.501
• TS 29.002
• TS 23.502
• TS 29.060
• TS 29.060
• TS 29.118
• TS 29.212
• TS 29.168
• TS 29.273
• TS 29.171
• TS 29.274
• TS 29.172
• TS 29.275
• TS 29.274
• TS 29.281
• TS 29.280
• TS 32.251
• TS 29.303
• TS 32.295
• TS 32.426
• TS 32.297
• TS 33.107
• TS 32.298
• TS 33.401
• TS 32.299
• TS 36.412
• TS 33.102
• TS 36.413
• TS 33.106
• TS 36.414
• TS 33.107
• TS 36.444
• TS 33.108

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Table 2. HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen10 Plus server
Specifications
Dimensions • Height: 43.2 mm (1.7 in)
• Width: 435 mm (17.1 in)
• Depth: 826 mm (32.5 in)
Weight (max. configuration) 19.3 kg (42.5 lb.)
CPU 1 x AMD EPYC2 7702 64c 2.0; GHz; 200W
Power supply Redundant HPE 800W AC or DC Flex Slot Power Supplies
System rating • 100-120 or 200-240V AC, 50/60 Hz, 7.5/4A or 240V DC, 3.7A (per PSU inlet)
• -40 to -72V DC, 22A max. (per PSU inlet)
• Energy Star 3.0
Cooling 8 high-performance fans
Input/output 4 x 10/25GE SFP ports (2 x 2p Mellanox ConectX-4 NICs)
Storage 2 x 960G SATA 3dwpd 2.5-inch SSDs
Peripheral interconnect PCIe Gen4
Server management IPMI v2.0 compliant, on-board Baseboard Management Controller
FCC compliance Part 15
Operating temperature • Operating temperature range: 10˚C to 35˚C (50˚F to 95˚F)
• Non-operating temperature range: -30˚C to +60˚C (-22˚F to 140˚F)
Operating relative humidity • Operating relative humidity: 8% to 90% non-condensing
• Non-operating relative humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing
European Union environmental ErP Lot9 Declarations (EU Regulation 2019/424)
RoHS compliance • EU RoHS2, applicable restrictions under Annex XVII of the EU REACH Regulation
• Management Methods for Restricted Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic
Products, China RoHS 2
BTU rating • For 800W power supply: 3207 BTU/hr. at 100 VAC; 3071 BTU/hr. at 200 VAC; 3112 BTU/hr.
at 240 VAC (for China only)

Ordering information
The Nokia CMU orderable items consist of the 1RU HPE ProLiant DL 325 Gen10+ Server hardware with
AC or DC power, the operating system software and a range of license options. For ordering questions,
please contact your Nokia sales representative.

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Learn more
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Mobility Unit web page.

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