ONAP (Open Network Automation Platform)

Also known as: Open Network Automation Platform

ONAP is a Linux Foundation open-source project providing a policy-driven service orchestration and automation platform for physical and virtual network functions. It covers design, orchestration, closed-loop assurance and lifecycle management, and is used by several operators as the basis for 5G core orchestration, network slicing and edge automation, often mapped to ETSI NFV MANO and ZSM concepts.

Categories: Core Network

ONAP in context

The mobile core carries subscriber sessions, mobility and policy. In 4G it is the EPC (MME, HSS, S/PGW); in 5G it is the Service-Based Architecture with AMF, SMF, UPF, AUSF, UDM and the NRF.

To place ONAP in the wider telecom-security picture, review 5G, 5G SA, 5G NSA, 5G SBA, ACL and AES — each entry cross-references back to this page so you can walk the topic in either direction.

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