Summary - Y.3216 (09/2024) - Fixed, mobile and satellite convergence – Distributed core network for IMT-2020 networks and beyond

Recommendation ITU-T Y.3216 specifies the general considerations, requirements, network function enhancements, procedures and security considerations of distributed core network in fixed, mobile and satellite convergence (FMSC) network, in the context of international mobile telecommunications for 2020 (IMT-2020) and beyond.
The distributed core network is a core network that is built on network functional units collaborating in a distributed manner to provide the network functions of control plane, user plane, and data plane. Fixed, mobile and satellite convergence (FMSC) refers to the capability of providing services and applications to end users regardless of the fixed, mobile or satellite access technologies being used.