Table of Contents

 1     Scope            
 2     References  
 3     Terms and definitions
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere              
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation      
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms    
 5     Conventions
 6     Introduction to the key features of the IMT-2020 network
        6.1     Distributed architecture based on softwarized network functions        
        6.2     Access network agnostic common core network      
        6.3     Network slicing 
 7     Design considerations for the IMT-2020 network architecture        
        7.1     Support of network slicing             
        7.2     Support of network capability exposure     
        7.3     Common interface to support access network agnostic common core network 
        7.4     Separation of control plane and user plane
        7.5     Efficient support of different mobility requirements
        7.6     Support of low latency requirements          
        7.7     Leveraging existing techniques     
 8     Framework of the IMT-2020 network    
        8.1     High-level description of IMT-2020 network functions            
        8.2     Basic IMT-2020 network service framework              
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