Capacity planning and load forecasting for 5GC

Capacity Planning Inputs

Capacity planning for a 5GC deployment starts from subscriber-level inputs: total subscribers, expected concurrent active sessions, peak session rate (registrations + PDU session establishments per second), peak throughput aggregate, traffic mix (downlink-heavy eMBB versus interactive URLLC, etc.). From these you derive per-NF capacity requirements. AMF capacity is gated by registration rate and concurrent active UEs. SMF capacity is gated by PDU session rate and concurrent sessions. UPF capacity is gated by aggregate throughput, packet rate, and concurrent sessions. NRF capacity is mostly…