%% You should probably cite draft-zzhang-dmm-5g-distributed-upf-01 instead of this revision. @techreport{zzhang-dmm-5g-distributed-upf-00, number = {draft-zzhang-dmm-5g-distributed-upf-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-zzhang-dmm-5g-distributed-upf/00/}, author = {Zhaohui (Jeffrey) Zhang and Keyur Patel and Tianji Jiang}, title = {{5G Distributed UPFs}}, pagetotal = 9, year = 2022, month = mar, day = 7, abstract = {This document describes evolution of mobile user plane in 5G, including distributed UPFs and alternative user plane implementations that some vendors/operators are pushing without changing 3GPP architecture/signaling. This also sets the stage for discussions in a companion document about potentially integrating UPF and Acess Node (AN) in a future generation (xG) of mobile network.}, }