5.2.20 NSSAAF services

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5.2.20.1 General

The following table illustrates the NSSAAF Services.

Table 5.2.20-1: List of NSSAAF Services

Service Name

Service Operations

Operation Semantics

Example Consumer(s)

Nnssaaf_NSSAA

Authenticate

Request/Response

AMF

Re-AuthenticationNotification

Notify

AMF

RevocationNotification

Notify

AMF

Nnssaaf_AIW

Authenticate

Request/Response

AUSF

5.2.20.2 Nnssaaf_NSSAA service

5.2.20.2.1 General

Service Description: The NSSAAF provides Network Slice- Specific Authentication and Authorization (NSSAA) service to the requester NF by relaying EAP messages towards a AAA-S or AAA-P and performing related protocol conversion as needed. It also provides notification to the current AMF where the UE is of the need to re-authenticate and re-authorize the UE or to revoke the UE authorization. The AMF to receive the notification is implicitly subscribed and it is found in the UDM by providing the UE GPSI.

5.2.20.2.2 Nnssaaf_NSSAA_Authenticate service operation

See TS 33.501 [15].

5.2.20.2.3 Nnssaaf_NSSAA_Re-AuthenticationNotification service operation

See TS 33.501 [15].

5.2.20.2.4 Nnssaaf_NSSAA_RevocationNotification service operation

See TS 33.501 [15].

5.2.20.3 Nnssaaf_AIW service

5.2.20.3.1 General

Service Description: The NSSAAF provides Authentication and Authorization service to the requester NF by relaying EAP messages towards a AAA-S or AAA-P and performing related protocol conversion as needed.

5.2.20.3.2 Nnssaaf_AIW_Authenticate service operation

See TS 33.501 [15].