OverallArchitecture

AS
MTAS

IMS Control
layer

MGC
Broadband
Wired Access

S-CSCF

P-CSCF

PSTN

Service Layer

AS

Application Servers

I-CSCF

WLAN

AS

OSS-RC

DNS/
ENUM

MM

A-SBG

Internet

N-SBG

MGW

Userdata
RTP/UDPGTP/UDP

PCRF

SIP/UDPorSIP/TCP
GTP-C

S7/Gx

GWMSC

MSC

GPRS
Packet
Core

EPC

GGSN

Gxa
SGSN

S4

S6a
S2a

P-GW
S3
GERAN

ISUP
S1-AP,X2-AP

HSS

S6d

MME
S11

UTRAN

S101

S5/S8

PDSN

CDMA2000
HRPD
(EV-DO)

S1-CP

CPP/
RBS6000

E-UTRAN

Uu

X2-CP eNodeB

.Figure1- 1

Other

Platforms / Concepts

S103

S1-UP

X2-UP

H.248
Diameter

RNC

S-GW

eNodeB

EMA
DNS/ENUM

IMS Connectivity
layer

Rx+

CS Core

Network&Service
management

EPSArchitecture

TSP/NSPor
TSP/IS

Juniper/R
edback

SUN

WPP

IS

3GPPTSGRAN

.Figure1- 2

EPSArchitecture

LTESpecifications
36.201 Physical layer general description
36.211 Physical channels and modulation
36.212 Multiplexing and channel coding
36.213 Physical layer procedures
36.214 Physical layer measurements

36.300 E-UTRA overall description

36.302 Services provided by the physical layer
36.304 UE Functions related to idle mode
36.306 UE radio access capabilities
36.321 Medium Access Control (MAC)
Protocol Specification
36.322 Radio Link Control (RLC)
Protocol Specification
36.323 Packet Data convergence Protocol (PDCP)
Protocol Specification
36.331 Radio Resource Control (RRC)
Protocol Specification

36.401 E-UTRA Architecture Description

36.410 S1 interface general aspects & principle
36.411 S1 interface Layer 1
36.412 S1 interface signalling transport
36.413 S1 application protocol S1AP
36.414 S1 interface data transport
36.420 X2 interface general aspects and principles
36.421 X2 interface layer1
36.422 X2 interface signalling transport
36.423 X2 interface application part X2AP
36.442 UTRAN Implementation Specific O&M Transport
23.002 Network Architecture
23.003 Numbering, addressing and identification
23.009 Handover Procedures
23.048 Security mechanisms for USIM application
23.401 GPRS enhancements for eUTRA
23.907 QoS Concept

33.401 System Architecture Evolution (SAE);

Security Architecture
36.101 UE radio transmission and reception (FDD)
36.104 BTS radio transmission and reception (FDD)
36.113 Base station EMC
36.133 Requirements for support of Radio Resource
Management (FDD)
36.141 Base station conformance testing (FDD)

24.301 NAS Protocol for Evolved Packet System (EPS)

24.302 Access to the EPC via non 3GPP networks

All specifications can be found on the

web site www.3gpp.org

.Figure1- 3

EPSArchitecture

Channelmapping
Downlink

MTCH MCCH

PCCH

BCCH

Uplink

DTCH DCCH

CCCH

DTCH

CCCH

DCCH

type of information
(traffic/control)

MIBSIB

PCH

MCH

BCH

LogicalChannels

UL-SCH

DL-SCH

RACH

TransportChannels
how and with what
characteristics
(common/shared/mc/bc)

PDCCH
info

PMCH

PBCH

PDSCH PCFICH PDCCH

-measforDLsched
-measformobility
-coherentdemod

RS

-SchedTFDL
-SchedgrantUL
-PwrCtrlcmd
-HARQinfo ACK/NACK

-halfframesync
-cellid

PHICH

-framesync
-cellidgroup

P-SCH

.Figure1- 4

S-SCH

-CQI
-ACK/NACK
-Schedreq.

PUCCH

PhysicalChannels

PUSCH PRACH

-coherentdemod

-measurements
forULscheduling

RS

EPSArchitecture

SRS

bits, symbols,
modulation, radio
frames etc

PhysicalSignals
only L1 info

RadioLinkFailure
RRCCONNECTIONRE-ESTABLISHMENTREQUEST
RRCCONNECTIONRE-ESTABLISHMENT
RRCCONNECTIONRE-ESTABLISHMENTCOMPLETE

RRCCONNECTIONRE-ESTABLISHMENTREQUEST

RRCCONNECTIONRE-ESTABLISHMENTREJECT

.Figure1- 5

EPSArchitecture

MME
1.SystemInformation

RRC IDLE

Cell
Select*
2.RandomAccessPreamble
3.RandomAccessResponse
4.RRCCONNECTIONREQUEST
5.RRCCONNECTIONSETUP
6.RRCCONNECTIONSETUPCOMPLETE(AttachRequest)

7.INITIALUEMESSAGE(AttachRequest)

8.RRCDLINFORMATIONTRANSFER(UEIdentityRequest)

DLNASTRANSFER(UEIdentityReq)

9.RRCULINFORMATIONTRANSFER(UEIdentityResponse)

ULNASTRANSFER(UEidResponse)

10.RRCDLINFORMATIONTRANSFER(AuthenticationRequest)
11.RRCULINFORMATIONTRANSFER(AuthenticationResponse)

UEAttach

12.RRCDLINFORMATIONTRANSFER(SecurityModeCommand)
13.RRCULINFORMATIONTRANSFER(SecurityModeComplete)
15.RRCSECURITYMODECOMMAND

DLNASTRANSFER(Authentication)
ULNASTRANSFER(Auth.Response)
DLNASTRANSFER(NASSMC)
ULNASTRANSFER(NASSMC)
14.INITIALCONTEXTSETUPREQUEST
(EPSbearers,AttachAccept,Security)

16.RRCSECURITYMODECOMPLETE
17.RRCUECAPABILITYENQUIRY
18.RRCUECAPABILITYiNFORMATION
19.UECAPABILITYINFOINDICATION
(UERadioCapability)

20.RRCCONNECTIONRECONFIGURATION(BearerSetup)
21.RRCCONNECTIONRECONFIGURATIONCOMPLETE

23.RRCULINFORMATIONTRANSFER(AttachComplete))

22.INITIALCONTEXTSETUPRESPONSE
(EPSbearers)
ULNASTRANSFER(AttachComplete)
24.UECONTEXTRELEASECOMMAND

RRC IDLE

25.UECONTEXTRELEASECOMPLETE

26.RRCCONNECTIONRELEASE
.Figure1- 6

EPSArchitecture

SequenceNumbering
WHY:

*Reordering
*Duplicatedetection
*Integrityprotection
*Ciphering
eNB

UE
UE

SRB1_UL

COUNT

SRB1_UL

SRB1_DL

COUNT

SRB1_DL

DRB_UL

COUNT-C

DRB_UL

DRB_DL

COUNT-C

DRB_DL

UE
UE
Ctx
Ctx

HOW:
PDCP SN:
HFN

Next_PDCP_TX_SN

PDCPSN

TX_HFN
COUNT
.Figure1- 7

EPSArchitecture

HeaderCompression
WHY:
HOW:

Savingthebandwithby
*removingredundantinfo
*Encodingimportantinfo
*HopbyHop
*Unidirectional

8
V=4

TOS

Hlen
Identification

IPv
4

Packetlength
Flags

Protocol

TTL

Fragmentoffset
Checksum

Sourceaddress
Sourceport

Destinationport

Length
V P X CC M

RT
P

Checksum
PT

INFERRED
CHANGES
RARELY

Destinationaddress
UD
P

STATIC

Sequenceno

Timestamp
SSRCIdentifier

CHANGES
OFTEN
Appr. 30 of
40 octets are
static or easily
compressible!

UE/UEContext
Header

PDCPPDU

RB_UL

CRC
checksumcoveringtheheaderbefore
compressionisincludedinthecompressedheader

.Figure1- 8

PDCPPDU

RB_UL

PDCPPDU

CompressedHeader
Containsencodeddata

UE/UEContext

EPSArchitecture

Header

LogicalChannelPrioritzationUL
Priorityorder
B3

Bj

B2

B1

TTIn+3
TTIn+2

...

TTIn+1

MaxBucketsize=PBRxBSD
AteachTTI
Bucketsize=bucketsize+PBR

TTIn

DTCH

...

DTCH

DCCH

DCCH

PBRLCH4
PBRLCH3
PBRLCH2
PBRLCH1
UL-SCH

.Figure1- 9

EPSArchitecture

S-GW
Source eNB
RRC
CONNECTED

MME

Target eNB

1.RRCCONNECTIONRECONFIGURATION

(BearerSetup,Measurementconf))
2.RRCMeasurementReport

(EventA3)

3.HO
Decision
4.X2HANDOVERREQUEST

TRELOCprep

5.Admission
Control

X2Handover

6.X2HANDOVERREQUEST
ACKNOWLEDGE

8.StartData
forwarding

7.X2SNSTATUSTRANSFER

T304
9.Buffer
Forwarded
Data

10.RRCCONNECTIONRECONFIGURATION

(HandoverCommand,Measurementconf)
Regenerate
SecurityKeys

11MAC:CFRARandomAccessPreamble
12.MACRandomAccessResponse(ULallocation+TA)
13.RRCCONNECTIONRECONFIGURATIONCOMPLETE

(HandoverComplete)

14.DataTransferinTarget

17.DataTransferinTarget

RRC
CONNECTED

20.X2UECONTEXTRELEASE

21.Forwardifany
Dataintransition
andrelease
.Figure1- 10

EPSArchitecture

15.S1PATHSWITCHREQUEST
16.S5USERPLANE
UPDATEREQ
18.S5USERPLANE
UPDATERSPONSE
19.S1PATHSWITCHRESPONSE

DLDataForwarding
endmarker
S-GW

PDCPSNiscontinuous
throughHandover
X2APNext SN = 7
6

Transmitter State
6

Source eNB

Target eNB

5
4
Receiver State

Status:
ACK 4 & 5

6
5
4
Sourceforwardsoutstandingun-ACK:edSDUstotargetwiththeirSNattached.
SourcetellsTargetwhatPDCPSNtoallocatenext.
Non-outstandingSDUsareforwarded(inorder)without SN
TargetprioritizesforwardedSDUs.
UEre-ordersPDCPSDUsbasedontheSN.
UEmaysubmitaPDCPStatustoguideTargetre-Tx
NO DataforwardingforSRBs;PDCPSNandHFNarereset@target
.Figure1- 11

EPSArchitecture

ULDataForwarding
S-GW

PDCPSNiscontinuous
throughHandover

3
4

Receiver State

X2_AP:
ACK 4, NACK 5

6
5
4

Source eNB

3
Transmitter State
6

Target eNB

PDCPStatus report :
ACK4, NACK 5

5
4
3
SourceforwardsSDUsreceivedout-of-sequenceto
TargetwiththeirSNattached.
Targetre-ordersPDCPSDUs.
TargetmaysubmitaPDCPStatus
(or,aStatustunneledfromSource)
toUEtoguidere-transmissionstoTarget.
.Figure1- 12

EPSArchitecture

Source
Source eNB
eNB

S1Handover

RRC
CONNECTED

Target
Target eNB
eNB

S-GW

S-GW

MME

MME

Source

Target

Source

Target

1.RRCCONNECTIONRECONFIGURATION

(BearerSetup,Measurementconf))
2.RRCMeasurementReport

(EventA3)

3.HO
Decision

TS1RELOCprep

4.S1HANDOVERREQIRED
(Source to Target Transparent Container)

5.S10FORWARDRELOCATION
REQUEST
6.S11CREATEBEARERREQ/RES

7.S1HANDOVERREQUEST

8.Admission
Control

9.S1HANDOVERREQUESTACKNOWLEDGE
10.S10FORWARDRELOCATION
RESPONSE
11.S11CREATEBEARERREQ/RES

12.S1HANDOVERCOMMAND

T304

UPForwarding

12.RRCCONNECTIONRECONFIGURATION

(HandoverCommand,Measurementconf)
13MAC:CFRARandomAccessPreamble

Regenerate
SecurityKeys

14.MACRandomAccessResponse(ULallocation+TA)
15.RRCCONNECTIONRECONFIGURATIONCOMPLETE

(HandoverConfirm)

16.S1HANDOVERNOTIFY

17.DataTransferinTarget

RRC
CONNECTED

19.S1UECONTEXTRELEASECOMMAND
(Cause:SuccessfulHandover)
.Figure1- 13

EPSArchitecture

18.S10FORWARDRELOCATION
COMPLETE/ACK