LTE Experience

LTE-EPC Trial Experience
LTE-EPC
LTE-EPC TRIAL EXPERIENCE
Hussien Mahmoud- PS Core/EPC Consultant

LTE Workshop
Introduction
This presentation is done to list the configuration parts for a simple LTE-EPC script done
with Cisco, the presentation assumes that u have a good LTE as well as Cisco Experience
Packet Core experience. For more information, Cisco Documentations are included in the
references part.
Author Information
Hussien Mahmoud
PS Core/ EPC Consultant
Packet Core Networks
Linkedin: https://eg.linkedin.com/in/hussienmahmoud

LTE Workshop
Introduction
IPPlan And Context Creation

MME Creation and related HSS, DNS configuration
Operator Policy and Topology Plan
SGW and PGW Creation
APN and CDR Configuration

LTE-EPC Trial
Experience
Introduction
We are using a simple design to include all Core

Nodes MME,SGW and PGW in one Node. All
types of traffic are included in only one interface
carrying S1-AP, S1-U ,S6a ,S5/S8 and SGi
interface.

Introduction

Introduction

IP Plan And Context Creation
Make ur IP plan and define Two types of LTE interfaces; Internal

interfaces which u r using in the network and external interfaces
which u will communicate with.
Define each interface and loop-back for each Node, In this

example I am using only one physical interface (EPC_Interface) that
carries all types of traffic, and then I am defining a loop-back for
each service. for example; MME DNS interface, u have to define
the source and Destination IPs MME "mme_dns" as a source and
DNS "idns_lo" as a destination. later in this post I will show at
which part u will configure this IP's.

##EPC-Script####################################
#Internal IP's #################################
# Physical EPC_Interface (MME,SGW,PGW) = X.X.X.X/24
# MME Loopback mme_dns = M.M.M.M
# MME Loopback mme_s1ap = Z.Z.Z.Z
# MME Loopback mme_s11 = K.K.K.K
# MME Loopback mme_s6a = L.L.L.L
# SGW Loopback sgw_s1U_s11 = N.N.N.N
# SGW Loopback sgw_s5_s8 = P.P.P.P
# PGW Loopback pgw_s5s8 = Q.Q.Q.Q
# External IP's ################################
# HSS Loopback hss_s6a = Y.Y.Y.Y
# DNS Loopback idns_lo = C.C.C.C
# EnodeB Loopback enodb_C = W.W.W.W
# EnodeB Loopback enodb_U = R.R.R.R
#IP Pool Subnet ################################
# IP Pool as a test subnet = V.V.V.V/24
After u finish ur IP plan, configure a context named EPC and place

all the interfaces under the required context as below, it is
recommended to name each interface with a meaningful acronyms.
I am also adding a simple static route for all the interfaces.

#########Define EPC Context for MME,SGW,PGW
config
context EPC
interface EPC_Interface
ip address X.X.X.X 255.255.255.0
exit
interface hss_s6a loopback
ip address Y.Y.Y.Y 255.255.255.255
exit
interface mme_dns loopback
ip address M.M.M.M 255.255.255.255
exit
interface mme_s1ap loopback
ip address Z.Z.Z.Z 255.255.255.255
exit

interface mme_s11 loopback

ip address K.K.K.K 255.255.255.255
exit
interface mme_s6a loopback
ip address L.L.L.L 255.255.255.255
exit
interface sgw_s1U_s11 loopback
ip address N.N.N.N 255.255.255.255
exit
interface sgw_s5_s8 loopback
ip address P.P.P.P 255.255.255.255
exit
interface pgw_s5s8 loopback
ip address Q.Q.Q.Q 255.255.255.255
exit
end

Create an HSS endpoint and HSS service, u must

have a mandatory information like endpoint host
name, realm and address. for example we are
using realm
"epc.mcc999.mnc99.3gppnetwork.org" as our
realm domain (MCC 999 and MNC 99 is just an
example).

#########HSS Configuration
#Create HSS Service and diameter endpoint
#MCC 999, MNC 99 is for testing
config
context EPC
hss-peer-service hss_service
diameter hss-endpoint MME-S6A
request timeout 1
exit
diameter endpoint MME-S6A
origin realm epc.mcc999.mnc99.3gppnetwork.org
origin host mme-s6a-endpoint.epc.mcc999.mnc99.3gppnetwork.org address L.L.L.L
peer hss-s6a-endpoint.epc.mcc999.mnc99.3gppnetwork.org realm
epc.mcc999.mnc99.3gppnetwork.org address Y.Y.Y.Y
exit
end

################DNS Configuration
config
context EPC
dns-client DNS
bind address M.M.M.M
exit
ip name-servers C.C.C.C
end
Create a simple DNS Service and bind it with

the related interface, in this example I am using
only one DNS server.

#############MME Configuration
config
context EPC MME has two standard interfaces S11 and
egtp-service mme_egtp S1AP. S11 is used for communication between
interface-type interface-mme MME and SGW (requires GTPv2 Protocol), and
gtpc bind ipv4-address K.K.K.K S1AP is the interface used for communication
exit between MME and EnodeB (S1AP protocol).
mme-service mme_service
s1-mme sctp port 25
mme-id group-id 40000 mme-code 1
plmn-id mcc 999 mnc 99
associate egtp-service mme_egtp context EPC
associate hss-peer-service hss_service context EPC
associate subscriber-map SM
bind s1-mme ipv4-address Z.Z.Z.Z
exit
exit
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In this step , u are creating a default action for ur MME

and enodeb information (TAI group), and also behavior
regarding the SGW and PGW selection.
APN profile is used for PGW selection and in this case
we are giving the DNS quires a higher priority. Call
Control Profile configures the Context information for
DNS selection in both SGW and PGW, As well as the
TAI database. both APN profile and Call control profile
are associated with Operator Policy, and the operator
policy is then used under the lte policy with TAI
identifications.

######################## Operator Policy and Topology

config
lte-policy
subscriber-map SM
precedence 1 match-criteria all operator-policy-name OP
exit
tai-mgmt-db tai_mgmt_db
tai-mgmt-obj tai_mgmt_table
zone-code 1234
tai mcc 999 mnc 99 tac 10
sgw-address N.N.N.N s5-s8-protocol gtp weight 1
exit
exit
exit
operator-policy name OP
associate call-control-profile CCP
apn default-apn-profile AP1 LTE-EPC Trial Experience
exit
######################## Operator Policy and Topology

call-control-profile CCP
dns-sgw context EPC
dns-pgw context EPC
gw-selection co-location
associate tai-mgmt-db tai_mgmt_db
exit
apn-profile AP1
address-resolution-mode fallback-for-dns
pgw-address Q.Q.Q.Q
accounting mode gtpp
exit
end

###########SGW Configuration Part

config
context EPC
gtpu-service sgw_gtpu_ingress
source-port standard
bind ipv4-address N.N.N.N bearer-type all
exit
egtp-service sgw_egtp_ingress SGW has a standard two interfaces;
interface-type interface-sgw-ingress Ingress interface (S11, S1U) and Egress
associate gtpu-service sgw_gtpu_ingress interface (S5/S8). Each of the two
gtpc bind ipv4-address N.N.N.N interfaces should include two protocols
exit GTPv2 as a control plane and GTPUv1
gtpu-service sgw_gtpu_egress as a user plane.
bind ipv4-address P.P.P.P bearer-type all
exit
###########SGW Configuration Part

egtp-service sgw_egtp_egress
interface-type interface-sgw-egress
associate gtpu-service sgw_gtpu_egress
gtpc bind ipv4-address P.P.P.P
exit
sgw-service sgw_service
associate ingress egtp-service sgw_egtp_ingress
associate egress-proto gtp egress-context EPC
plmn id mcc 999 mnc 99 primary
exit
end

######################## PGW Configuration Part

config
context EPC
gtpu-service pgw_gtpu
bind ipv4-address Q.Q.Q.Q bearer-type all
exit
egtp-service pgw_egtp
interface-type interface-pgw-ingress
associate gtpu-service pgw_gtpu
gtpc bind ipv4-address Q.Q.Q.Q
exit
PGW has only one interface as ingress (S5/S8),
this interface should support also GTPv2 as a
control plane and GTPUv1 as a user plane.

pgw-service pgw_service
plmn id mcc 602 mnc 02
associate qci-qos-mapping qci_test
associate egtp-service pgw_egtp
exit
end
# QCI Mapping ################################
Config
qci-qos-mapping qci_test
qci 128 downlink user-datagram dscp-marking 0x01
exit
end

######################## APN Configuration Part
config
context EPC
ip pool ltepool.0 V.V.V.V 255.255.255.0 private 0
apn lte.trial
bearer-control-mode mixed
selection-mode subscribed sent-by-ms
gtpp group pgwnode accounting-context EPC
ip context-name EPC
ip address pool name ltepool.0
exit
In this sample, I am creating a very simple APN
profile with Postpaid category, No Gx or Gy is
required as it is an illustrative.

gtpp group pgwnode
gtpp charging-agent address F.F.F.F
gtpp attribute local-record-sequence-number
gtpp dictionary XXXXXX
gtpp storage-server mode local
gtpp storage-server local file format XXXXXXX
gtpp storage-server local file rotation volume mb 2
gtpp storage-server local file rotation time-interval 300
gtpp storage-server local file name prefix pgwnode01
exit
exit
end
##################################end###############

References
supporting links:
http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/wirel
ess/asr_5000/14_0/OL-27215_MME_Admin.pdf
ess/asr_5000/14_0/OL-27245_SGW_Admin.pdf
ess/asr_5000/14_0/OL-27242_PGW_Admin.pdf
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LTE-EPC Trial Experience

Hussien Mahmoud- PS Core/EPC Consultant

LTE-EPC Trial Experience

IPPlan And Context Creation

Operator Policy and Topology Plan

SGW and PGW Creation

APN and CDR Configuration

LTE-EPC Trial Experience

We are using a simple design to include all Core

LTE-EPC Trial Experience

LTE-EPC Trial Experience

LTE-EPC Trial Experience

Make ur IP plan and define Two types of LTE interfaces; Internal

Define each interface and loop-back for each Node, In this

LTE-EPC Trial Experience

After u finish ur IP plan, configure a context named EPC and place

LTE-EPC Trial Experience

LTE-EPC Trial Experience

interface mme_s11 loopback

LTE-EPC Trial Experience

Create an HSS endpoint and HSS service, u must

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LTE-EPC Trial Experience

Create a simple DNS Service and bind it with

LTE-EPC Trial Experience

In this step , u are creating a default action for ur MME

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######################## Operator Policy and Topology

######################## Operator Policy and Topology

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###########SGW Configuration Part

###########SGW Configuration Part

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######################## PGW Configuration Part

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