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Xn-U

5G Xn Interface Protocol Architecture

in 5G, Xn Interface, Xn-C, Xn-U
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The Xn User plane (Xn-U) interface is defined between two NG-RAN nodes.  The transport network layer is built on IP transport and GTP-U is used on top of UDP/IP to carry the user plane PDUs.