Acronyms TE Terminal AN Access Network ANI Access Network Identifier NA Node of Attachment (e.g. AP) NAI Network Access Identifier SS Subscription Service SSI Subscription Service Identifier CNS Core Network Service CNSI Core Network Service Identifier EUI48 48-bit Extended Unique Identifier Roles and identifiers User User represents the unique identity of a subscription. A user may have subscriptions with one or more subscription services. Unique subscription identifiers are created by an user name amended by the identity of the subscription service. ID of User: Subscription Identifier {NAI} + Subscription Name {String} Terminal Terminal represents the physical device communicating with the core network service making use of an access network to establish the link. An unique identifiers is assigned to each of the terminals. ID of Terminal: {EUI48} or {EUI64} Node of Attachment Node of attachment is the physical device at the edge of the access network creating the communication link to the terminal. Different NAs may have different capabilities. ID of Node of Attachment: {EUI48} or {EUI64} Access Network Access network denotes the infrastructure consisting of one or more of Attachment and the related backhaul for providing the communication links between the nodes of attachment and one or more interfaces to connected core network services. ID of Access Network: ANI {EUI-48} + AN Name {String} Subscription Service The subscription service is the entity establishing and maintaining user specific configuration and usage data. For security reasons the subscriptions service performs authentication of the corresponding terminal to ensure that usage and modification of user specific information is really caused by that user. Subscription service is commonly known as termination point of AAA. ID of Subscription Service: SSI {FQDN} + SS Name {String} Core Network Service Core network service denotes the termination point of the user plane of a terminals. Multiple terminals may connect to the same core network service, but there may be several core network services available by an access network. Selection of the corresponding core network service may happen through authorization by the subscription service eventually amended by signaling from the terminal.
Acronyms TE Terminal AN Access Network ANI Access Network Identifier NA Node of Attachment (e.g. AP) NAI Network Access Identifier SS Subscription Service SSI Subscription Service Identifier CNS Core Network Service CNSI Core Network Service Identifier EUI48 48-bit Extended Unique Identifier Roles and identifiers User User represents the unique identity of a subscription. A user may have subscriptions with one or more subscription services. Unique subscription identifiers are created by an user name amended by the identity of the subscription service. ID of User: Subscription Identifier {NAI} + Subscription Name {String} Terminal Terminal represents the physical device communicating with the core network service making use of an access network to establish the link. An unique identifiers is assigned to each of the terminals. ID of Terminal: {EUI48} or {EUI64} Node of Attachment Node of attachment is the physical device at the edge of the access network creating the communication link to the terminal. Different NAs may have different capabilities. ID of Node of Attachment: {EUI48} or {EUI64} Access Network Access network denotes the infrastructure consisting of one or more of Attachment and the related backhaul for providing the communication links between the nodes of attachment and one or more interfaces to connected core network services. ID of Access Network: ANI {EUI-48} + AN Name {String} Subscription Service The subscription service is the entity establishing and maintaining user specific configuration and usage data. For security reasons the subscriptions service performs authentication of the corresponding terminal to ensure that usage and modification of user specific information is really caused by that user. Subscription service is commonly known as termination point of AAA. ID of Subscription Service: SSI {FQDN} + SS Name {String} Core Network Service Core network service denotes the termination point of the user plane of a terminals. Multiple terminals may connect to the same core network service, but there may be several core network services available by an access network. Selection of the corresponding core network service may happen through authorization by the subscription service eventually amended by signaling from the terminal.
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