5GC Network and MEC UPF Data Collection Scheme Research

A rapid development of 5G network has led to the explosive growth of 5G data, the growth of data makes operators face opportunities and challenges. In order not to make operators become pipeline providers, it is very important to understand the content of data in pipelines. DPI data collection has always been an important means for operators to understand network data operation, because 5G SA network is a regional network, compared with 4G and 5G NSA network, data collection methods have a great difference, while soft collection relative to traditional DPI collection also has the characteristics of flexibility, convenient and accurate correlation, so how to choose different collection methods based on different scenarios is very important content. This paper elaborates the scheme of data collection of 5G SA network and MEC UPF network, compares the characteristics and differences of hard and soft collection in detail according to the characteristics of different network structures combined with hard and soft collection, and gives some suggestions for the construction scheme of 5G SA network and MEC UPF network.