free5GC-helm
May 11, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
free5gc-helm is an open-source project implemented to provide helm charts in order to deploy on one click a 5G system (RAN+SA 5G core) on top of Kubernetes. It currently relies on free5GC for the core network and free-ran-ue or UERANSIM to simulate Radio Access Network.
Documentation
The documentation is available on the free5GC official site.
Motivations
Please consult this link to see the motivations that have led to this project.
Contributing
Moving towards a Cloud native model for the 5G system is not a simple task. We welcome all new contributions making this project better!
Acknowledgement
Thanks to both Free5GC and UERANSIM teams for their great efforts.
License
free5gc-helm is under Apache 2.0 license.
Citation
Text format:
A. Khichane, I. Fajjari, N. Aitsaadi and M. Gueroui, "Cloud Native 5G: an Efficient Orchestration of Cloud Native 5G System," NOMS 2022-2022 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, Budapest, Hungary, 2022, pp. 1-9, doi: 10.1109/NOMS54207.2022.9789856.
BibTex:
@INPROCEEDINGS{9789856,
author={Khichane, Abderaouf and Fajjari, Ilhem and Aitsaadi, Nadjib and Gueroui, Mourad},
booktitle={NOMS 2022-2022 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium},
title={Cloud Native 5G: an Efficient Orchestration of Cloud Native 5G System},
year={2022},
volume={},
number={},
pages={1-9},
doi={10.1109/NOMS54207.2022.9789856}}