Data-centric service-based network architecture

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of an apparatus configured to provide functions in a new radio (NR) network, the one or more processors to configure the apparatus to, when the instructions are executed:

• provide data plane functions (DPFs), the DPFs configured to serve as a shared database for control functions, user functions and management functions for data plane resources in the NR network;
• and
• interact with other functions of the NR network via a service interface, the other functions comprising control plane functions (CPF), user plane functions (UPF), management plane functions (MPF), compute plane functions (COMPF), network exposure functions (NEF) and application functions (AF),
• wherein the DPFs are configured to:
• provide a unified metadata format across network services and devices,
• provide data sharing among communication and computation services, and across security domains,
• assist message exchange between communication and computation services, including inter-process communication for distributed computing,
• provide data coherence and conflict resolution maintenance,
• provide data integrity on at least user equipment (UE)-uploaded data,
• provide NEF interaction for network data exposure,
• provide data management functions including lifecycle management, access management, data clarification and identification, and data valuation management, and
• provide data management of different types of data that include private, public, restricted access, domain-specific, model generated, and measurement.

An apparatus configured to provide functions in a new radio (NR) network, the apparatus comprising:

• processing circuitry configured to:
• provide data plane functions (DPFs), the DPFs configured to serve as a shared database for control functions, user functions and management functions for data plane resources in the NR network;
• interact with other functions of the NR network via a service interface, the other functions comprising control plane functions (CPF), user plane functions (UPF),
• management plane functions (MPF), compute plane functions (COMPF), network exposure functions (NEF) and application functions (AF);
• receive, at at least one of the DPFs, a request from a first learning function for a learning data set;
• determine whether the first learning function has access permission to the learning data set;
• in response to a determination that the first learning function has access permission to the learning data set, provide the learning data set to the first learning function;
• in response to a determination that the first learning function does not has access permission to the learning data set, decline the request;
• and
• after the learning data set is provided to the first learning function receive, at the at least one of the DPFs, an updated model from the first learning function;
• and
• a memory configured to store data to be provided to the other functions.