Mobile WiMAX

Enabling Broadband Wireless Technology

Glossary
A AAA Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
AAA Server Computer system performing AAA services
(authentication, authorization, accounting)

Home NSP
AAA-V AAA proxy server located within the visited network
ASN Access Service Network
ASN-GW Access Service Network Gateway
DNS B BS Base Station
C CGW Charging Gateway
CSN Connectivity Service Network
D DNS Domain Name Service
OCS DHCP E EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol
R3 F FA Foreign Agent
Fixed WiMAX Fixed Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

b li c et CGW AAA 802.16d / 802.16-2004

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Server G GRE

Pu ter
Generic Routing Encapsulation
R3 GW Gateway

In
H HA Home Agent
NAT HAAA Home AAA Server
Firewall HO Handover
R3 HoA MS Home Address
HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol
I IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IID Interface Identifier
HA IMS IP Multimedia Subsystem
IPsec IP Security – A network-layer security standard providing
data privacy, integrity, and replay protection.
CGW IPv4 Internet Protocol Version 4
IPv6 Internet Protocol Version 6
IWF Internetworking Function
R3 IWG Interworking Gateway
L LR Location Register
OCS ASN-GW iM
AX M MAC Medium Access Control
W MBMS Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service
R5
MBS Multicast Broadcast Service
NAT MIP Mobile IP (Refers to both Mobile IPv4 and Mobile IPv6)
Firewall MMS Multimedia Messaging Service
HA MS Mobile Station
ASN-GW R4 R6 N NAI Network Access Identifier
AAA NAP Network Access Provider
Server NAS Network Access Server
NAT Network Address Translation
NMS Network Management System
R3 NSP Network Service Provider
R4 R6 O OCS Online Charging System
R3

Visited NSP
P PA Paging Agent
ASN-GW PC Paging Controller
PDG Packet Data Gateway
PMIP Proxy Mobile IP
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
R6 R1 Q QoS Quality of Service
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AX R RADIUS Remote Access Dial In User Service, a network protocol for AAA services
iM
W RRA Radio Resource Agent
RRC Radio Resource Controller
W
iM
W RSVP Resource Reservation Protocol
AX iM
/R S SFA Service Flow Authorization
6 R6 AX
SFM Service Flow Management
R8
SI Subscriber Identity
SII System Information Identity or Service Identity Information
SIM Subscriber Identity Module. Smart cards used by GSM operators.
SMTP Simple Mail Transport Protocol
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
T TCP Transmission Control Protocol
U UDP User Datagram Protocol
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
V VoIP Voice over IP
W VPN Virtual Private Network
iM
AX W WCDMA Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access
W /R
iM 1 Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity, refers to 802.11 standards, including 802.11b,
R6 AX
802.11a, and 802.11g
WiMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, refers to
802.16 standards
WLAN Wireless local area network based on IEEE 802.11 and related standards
WiMAX Protocols and Functions R8

Control Plane W
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R4 R1 R6 R3

W
iM
AX
DHCP Relay DHCP Relay DHCP Client DHCP DHCP Relay DHCP DHCP Server /R
1
TLS | AKA | ... EAP
Authenticator Authenticator 802.16e EAP Auth. Relay Auth. Relay Authenticator
EAP RADIUS

Key Distributor Key Distributor Key Receiver AK Transfer Key Distributor HAAA

SFA SFA SFM DP Control SFA RADIUS

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[PMIP] / FA [PMIP] / FA [CMIP] Mobile IP [PMIP] / FA Mobile IP HA
WLAN
HO Function HO Function HO Function HO Control HO Function

DP Function DP Function DP Function DP Control DP Function WiMAX

Context Function Context Function Context Function Context Del. Context Function

PC / LR PC / LR PA Paging Control PC / LR

RRC (A) RRC (A)

RRA RRC
RRC (A) WiMAX Base Station
RRM Relay (C) RRM Relay (C) RRM Relay (C)
IP
GRE IP UDP UDP WiMAX Micro Base Station
IP IP-CS IP IP
LINK Layer 802.16e MAC Link Layer Link Layer
ASN-GW PHY ASN-GW MSS 802.16e PHY BS PHY ASN-GW PHY CSN WiFi Access Point

Data Plane WiMAX Directional Antenna

R1 R6 R3

IP Application Protocol (e.g. SMTP, HTTP, …)

TCP / UDP / IP
GRE IP-in-IP [GRE]
IP-CS IP IP
802.16e MAC Link Layer Link Layer
MSS 802.16e PHY BS PHY ASN-GW PHY CSN

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Data subject to change. For full details and latest information, please refer to the relevant standards documents.