MDAF (Management Data Analytics Function)
Also known as: Management Data Analytics Function, MDA
MDAF is the 3GPP management-plane analytics function (TS 28.533 and TS 28.104) that collects performance, fault and configuration data across RAN, core and transport and produces analytics reports and predictions for use by orchestration, SON and slicing. It is the management-plane counterpart of NWDAF, which analyses control-plane and user-plane data.
Categories: Protocols and Standards
MDAF in context
Telecom security is written into standards from 3GPP, GSMA, ETSI, IETF and ITU-T. Understanding which body owns which specification, and how the specs interlock (for example 3GPP TS 33.501 with GSMA FS.34 for 5G SBA security), is essential for both design and audit work.
To place MDAF in the wider telecom-security picture, review PCF, MDF2, MDF3, Zeroconf, EES and ECS.
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