PFCP Client Test Suite Data Sheet

Test Suite: PFCP Client Test Suite

Direction: Client

Defensics Packet Forwarding Control Protocol (PFCP) Test Suite tests the robustness of PFCP implementations. It attempts to discover bugs in tested implementations by sending invalid, incorrect and malformed data and data structures. The test suite is intended strictly for automated black-box negative testing in an isolated lab environment.

Used specifications

Specification Title Notes
3GPP TS 29.244 Interface between the Control Plane and the User Plane Nodes Supported releases: 19.3.0

Tool-specific information

Tested interfaces Notes
N4 SMF Test suite acts as UPF and delivers PFCP messages towards SMF.
N4 UPF Test suite acts as SMF and delivers PFCP messages towards UPF.
N4mb MB-SMF Test suite acts as UPF and delivers PFCP messages towards MB-SMF.
N4mb MB-UPF Test suite acts as SMF and delivers PFCP messages towards MB-UPF.
Sxa SGW-CP Test suite acts as SGW-UP and delivers PFCP messages towards SGW-CP.
Sxa SGW-UP Test suite acts as SGW-CP and delivers PFCP messages towards SGW-UP.
Sxb PGW-CP Test suite acts as PGW-UP and delivers PFCP messages towards PGW-CP.
Sxb PGW-UP Test suite acts as PGW-CP and delivers PFCP messages towards PGW-UP.
Sxc TDF-CP Test suite acts as TDF-UP and delivers PFCP messages towards TDF-CP.
Sxc TDF-UP Test suite acts as TDF-CP and delivers PFCP messages towards TDF-UP.
Tested messages Notes Specification
PFCP Heartbeat Response Node Related Message 3GPP TS 29.244
PFCP PFD Management Response Node Related Message 3GPP TS 29.244
PFCP Association Setup Response Node Related Message 3GPP TS 29.244
PFCP Association Update Request Node Related Message 3GPP TS 29.244
PFCP Association Release Request Node Related Message 3GPP TS 29.244
PFCP Association Release Response Node Related Message 3GPP TS 29.244
PFCP Version Not Supported Response Node Related Message 3GPP TS 29.244
PFCP Node Report Response Node Related Message 3GPP TS 29.244
PFCP Session Set Deletion Response Node Related Message 3GPP TS 29.244
PFCP Session Set Modification Response Node Related Message 3GPP TS 29.244
PFCP Session Establishment Response Session Related Message 3GPP TS 29.244
PFCP Session Modification Response Session Related Message 3GPP TS 29.244
PFCP Session Deletion Response Session Related Message 3GPP TS 29.244
PFCP Session Report Request Session Related Message 3GPP TS 29.244
PFCP Session Report Response Session Related Message 3GPP TS 29.244