3G IP Architecture

Dec 21, 2013

Muhamad Yopan, MBA, CCIE Ericsson Indonesia

GSM Node Definitions

MS: Mobile Subscriber The subscriber and the mobile device. BTS: Base Station Transceiver Mobile wireless transceiver used to aggregate discrete mobile systems in the BSS. BSC: Base Station Controller BTS aggregator and controller. Termination point for the Abis interface. BSS: Base Station Subsystem The MS, BTS and BSC. MSC: Mobile Switching Center Main call processing element in the mobile wireless network. Equivalent to a Class 5 switch. VLR: Visitor Location Register A database that stores information related to the MSs associated with the MSC to which it is attached. HLR: Home Location Register A central database that stores the subscriber information for all mobile subscribers authorized to use a given GSM network.

UMTS Node Definitions

UE User Equipment (the mobile device). NodeB Analogous to the BTS in the GSM/GPRS BSS, the NodeB is responsible for Ue aggregation. Uses W-CDMA for the air interface. Radio Access Controller (RNC) Analogous to the BSC in the GSM/GPRS BSS, the RNC aggregates Iub traffic from the NodeBs in a particular region of the RAN. Responsible for air encryption, mobility management (handover), and voice/data transmission to the circuit-switched and packet-switched core. Media Gateway (MGW) The element responsible for interworking voice traffic between and among formats (e.g. ATM AAL2 RTP/IP).

SGSN/GGSN
SGSN: Serving GPRS Support Node An interworking element responsible for providing packet access between the RAN and the Packet Switched Network (PSN). Encapsulates subscriber traffic in GTP for transmission across the Gn interface. GGSN: Gateway GPRS Support Node An IP element responsible for de-encapsulating GTP traffic from the Gn interface and interfacing with external networks (such as the Internet).

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