Building Blocks – Cloud Native Infrastructure

In this chapter, we will learn about the infrastructure building blocks of 5G. We will cover the evolution of telecom infrastructure from legacy networks (3G–4G) to 5G networks. We will discuss in detail producer-consumer models, cloud-native infrastructures, REST principles, and service-based interfaces in 5G. Understanding these topics will help us understand the real transformation that 5G technology is about to bring to the world of telecom applications and infrastructure.

By the end of this chapter, we will be able to understand the fundamentals of telecom infrastructure and its evolution. We will also be delving into details about service-based infrastructure and how it applies to 5G Network Functions (NFs). In addition to this, we will cover the services offered by each network function and who consumes them. This will be more of an implementation view of the functions, roles, and responsibilities of the NFs we discussed...