UTRANProtocolModel

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ThegeneralprotocolmodelforUTRANInterfacesisshownbelow.Thestructureisbasedontheprinciple
thatthelayersandplanesarelogicallyindependentofeachother.Therefore,asandwhenrequired,the
standardisationbodycaneasilyalterprotocolstacksandplanestofitfuturerequirements.

GeneralProtocolModelforUTRANInterfaces

HorizontalLayers
TheProtocolStructureconsistsoftwomainlayers,RadioNetworkLayer,andTransportNetwork
Layer.AllUTRANrelatedissuesarevisibleonlyintheRadioNetworkLayer,andtheTransport

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NetworkLayerrepresentsstandardtransporttechnologythatisselectedtobeusedforUTRAN,but
withoutanyUTRANspecificrequirements.
VerticalPlanes
TheControlPlaneIncludestheApplicationProtocol,i.e.RANAP,RNSAPorNBAP,andtheSignalling
BearerfortransportingtheApplicationProtocolmessages.Amongotherthings,theApplicationProtocolis
usedforsettingupbearersfor(i.e.RadioAccessBearerorRadioLink)intheRadioNetworkLayer.
TheUserPlaneIncludestheDataStream(s)andtheDataBearer(s)fortheDataStream(s).TheData
Stream(s)is/arecharacterisedbyoneormoreframeprotocolsspecifiedforthatinterface.
TheTransportNetworkControlPlanedoesnotincludeanyRadioNetworkLayerinformation,andis
completelyintheTransportLayer.ItincludestheALCAPprotocol(s)thatis/areneededtosetupthe
transportbearers(DataBearer)fortheUserPlane.ItalsoincludestheappropriateSignallingBearer(s)
neededfortheALCAPprotocol(s).
TheTransportNetworkControlPlaneisaplanethatactsbetweentheControlPlaneandtheUser
Plane.TheintroductionofTransportNetworkControlPlaneisperformedinawaythattheApplication
ProtocolintheRadioNetworkControlPlaneiskeptcompletelyindependentofthetechnologyselected
forDataBearerintheUserPlane.Indeed,thedecisiontoactuallyuseanALCAPprotocoliscompletely
keptwithintheTransportNetworkLayer.

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FurtherReading:

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Morefurtherreading:3GPPTS25.401,25.420

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