Enhanced 5G SBI traffic feed for 5G wireless network monitoring and analysis

1 . A method for capturing detail about 5G Service Based Interface (SBI) messages to enhance traffic monitoring and analysis, the method comprising:

receiving a 5G SBI message in a Service Communication Proxy (SCP);

extracting information from protocols used to transmit the 5G SBI message;

generating a mirror message with a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) payload including the information and a copy of a payload of the 5G SBI message; and

transmitting the mirror message to a monitoring system.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the 5G SBI message is received from a consumer network function and is directed to a producer network function.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the information identifies the consumer network function as a source of the 5G SBI message and the producer network function as a destination for the 5G SBI message.

4 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

receiving another 5G SBI message in the SCP;

extracting additional information from the protocols used to transmit the other 5G SBI message;

generating another mirror message including the additional information and a copy of a payload of the other 5G SBI message; and

transmitting the other mirror message to the monitoring system.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the monitoring system determines the 5G SBI message and the other 5G SBI message are associated with a same transaction based on the information and the additional information.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the 5G SBI message is a 5G SBI request and the other 5G SBI message is a 5G SBI response.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the information includes an HTTP/2 stream identifier.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the JSON payload includes message headers received by the SCP with the 5G SBI message.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the protocols include one or more from a protocol group including:

HTTP/2;

TLS;

TCP; and

IP.

10 . An apparatus of a Service Communication Proxy (SCP) to capture detail about 5G Service Based Interface (SBI) messages to enhance traffic monitoring and analysis, the apparatus comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media;

a processing system operatively coupled with the one or more computer readable storage media; and

program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when read and executed by the processing system, direct the apparatus to:

receive a 5G SBI message in the SCP;

extract information from protocols used to transmit the 5G SBI message;

generate a mirror message with a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) payload including the information in a mirror message and a copy of a payload of the 5G SBI message; and

transmit the mirror message to a monitoring system.

11 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the 5G SBI message is received from a consumer network function and is directed to a producer network function.

12 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the information identifies the consumer network function as a source of the 5G SBI message and the producer network function as a destination for the 5G SBI message.

13 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the program instructions direct the processing system to:

receive another 5G SBI message in the SCP;

extract additional information from the protocols used to transmit the other 5G SBI message;

generate another mirror message including the additional information and a copy of a payload of the other 5G SBI message; and

transmit the other mirror message to the monitoring system.

14 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the monitoring system determines the 5G SBI message and the other 5G SBI message are associated with a same transaction based on the information and the additional information.

15 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the 5G SBI message is a 5G SBI request and the other 5G SBI message is a 5G SBI response.

16 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the information includes a timestamp of when the 5G SBI is received.

17 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the JSON payload includes message headers received by the SCP with the 5G SBI message.

18 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the protocols include one or more from a protocol group including:

HTTP/2;

TLS;

TCP; and

IP.

19 . A method for capturing detail about 5G Service Based Interface (SBI) messages to enhance traffic monitoring and analysis, the method comprising:

in a monitoring system, receiving a mirror message from a Service Communication Proxy (SCP), wherein the mirror message comprises a JSON payload including information the SCP extracted from protocols used to transmit a 5G SBI message to the SCP and a copy of a payload of the 5G SBI message;

in the monitoring system, identifying a transaction identifier for the 5G SBI message from the information; and

in the monitoring system, associating the 5G SBI message with a transaction along with one or more other 5G SBI messages based on the transaction identifier.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the JSON payload includes message headers received by the SCP with the 5G SBI message.