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 OpenSSL, SBOM, Network Slice, IAMF, IN and NESAS: each entry cross-references back to this page so you can walk the topic in either direction.
Related terms
Related topic hubs
- SS7 Security SS7/MAP/CAP/SCCP attacks and defenses across 2G/3G interconnect.
- SS7 Firewall GSMA FS.11 category 1/2/3 SS7 message screening at the STP edge.
- SMS Firewall SMS spam, phishing, A2P bypass and MAP-layer SMS filtering.
- 5G Security 5G SBA, SEPP, SUCI, 5G-AKA, N32 and service-based interface security.
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