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EPCfromwatchingthemobilepacketnetworkevolution:Approaching

2009-12-30Author:YangLin(ZTE)
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With the LTE / EPC (Evolved Packet Core) technology matured, LTE / EPC deployment will soon
2012
become a reality. With respect to the existing 3GPP mobile packet network, EPC network to achieve
year
the all-IP bearer control plane and user plane flat architecture, while supporting multiple
wireless access technologies. The evolution of the characteristics of EPC to meet the next 2011

generation mobile network operators access to high bandwidth, low latency, and low-cost sewing year
mobility needs. LTE / EPC network began maturing from the beginning of the end of 2004 3GPP
2010
LTE / EPC-related work, to March 2009 3GPP R8 standard freezing equipment manufacturers and
Year
operators to work together, after four years of hard work basically completed the LTE / EPC
standards work. Standards mature, so that work LTE / EPC prior to commercial deployment 2009

planned to expand: the major carriers will gradually start to laboratory testing LTE / EPC devices
(such as China Mobile has begun this year in August this year, LTE / EPC equipment test); IOT
testing industry LTE / EPC equipment is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2010 under the
MSF've driven; while the mainstream operators began to consider the construction of LTE / EPC pilot
network, such as Europe, T-Mobile, Telenor consider in early 2010 build your own LTE commercial
test network. Mobile network data traffic explosive growth has become the primary challenge
today's mobile operators face the operator to deploy the next generation of mobile broadband
networks desire even more urgent. Commercial deployment in 2011 LTE / EPC networks is no
longer out of reach. Evolution of the EPC network architecture mobile packet core network
with higher access bandwidth, faster access speeds, seamless mobility and lower cost operators a
necessary requirement for the next generation mobile networks. All-IP LTE / EPC network bearer
control plane and user plane architecture flat separated, and support a variety of network access
common features to meet the above requirements. Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of 3GPP EPC
architecture. Figure 1 3GPP EPC architecture all-IP trend can be carried from the GSM, UMTS
selection and development network packet core network and radio access network bearer technology
interface seen. The same bandwidth, IP bearer network construction costs from hardware (including
transmission resources, the core network hardware cost) to the maintenance costs are much better
than TDM bearer. This feature is under especially high-bandwidth scenarios. The LTE / EPC is such a
scene, so from the beginning of the EPC standards that is OK to All-IP bearer, not only on the
wireless side interfaces S1 interface between the eNodeB and the EPC, EPC internal MME and the HSS
also use IP bearer diameter protocol. Separation and user plane flat trend EPC network

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control plane and user plane, but also to deal with the inevitable choice of network traffic surge.
UMTS HSPA especially after the deployment, growth of bilateral single-user data traffic and high-
speed access to the number of users, leading mobile network data traffic reached 10 times or even a
hundred times more than GSM. User plane handling capacity gradually become a major bottleneck in
the mobile packet network equipment SGSN, GGSN, but also lead to investment in packet core network
of rapid growth. Packet core network control plane and user plane separation, so that the packet
core network only provides the user plane processing gateway node, not only significant savings in
other network nodes such as SGSN / MME investment user plane investments and bearer network, while
optimizing the user surface properties. EPC network to achieve a converged core network to
support a variety of common access 3GPP and non-3GPP access networks, and supports multi-mode end-
users seamless mobility. Trend LTE introduction and mobile operators all business operations, so
that a single operator began operating a variety of standard network. EPC supports a variety of
network access common network, to achieve the integration of the core network, making the network
structure is more simple, reducing network operating costs. Meanwhile EPC network support seamless
mobility between various access methods, and improve the user experience LTE partially covered in
the initial deployment of LTE. ZTE to EPC smooth evolution of the core network solutions
ZTE's industry-leading core network solutions experts, based on the development and construction of
mobile core network experience, and long-term study of pairs of LTE / EPC, and a profound
understanding of the mobile packet core network evolution trends and features of EPC network
architecture, and this achievement penetrate deep into the ZTE core network GSN products and
product development among the EPC, the EPC has made the smooth evolution of converged core network
solutions --ZEPS: ZTE unified control NE uMAC product support GSM, UMTS and LTE access, focused on
providing treatment access authentication, mobility management and other control surfaces for
mobile users; integrated gateway product xGW integrated GGSN, PDSN and SAE-GW and other gateway
functions responsible for user plane packet processing and forwarding. as shown in picture 2.
Figure 2 ZTE converged core network solutions ZEPS solution not only has the ability to
separate control plane and user plane and all-IP, integrated gateway tightly coupled feature
enables users face flatter, simpler network architecture. While ZTE converged core network
solutions more dynamic characteristics of resource sharing, saving and more network operators
carrier's TCO, and support for operators to LTE / EPC network smooth evolution.

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