PFM

PFM is a prototype of gNB-CU-UP a network element in teh 5G Radio Access Network. It make use of DPDK for User-Plane Packet Processing and Includes a Platform software that can be used as a framework to build other network elements on, the platform software handles important features like ARP, Routing tables and multi-thread support.

PFM Features

• ARP support for DPDK interfaces.
• KNI Integration.
• Routing tables using Longest Prefix match.
• Multi thread support using rte_distributor.
• Communication between threads using rte_ring structures.
• GPRS Tunneling Protocol implementation.
• CLI interface to access ARP and Routing tables.

PFM Architecture