Overall Architecture

AS AS MTAS AS
WLAN

Service Layer

Application Servers

Network & Service management

OSS-RC MM EMA DNS/ENUM

I-CSCF
MGC DNS/ ENUM

IMS Control layer

Broadband Wired Access

P-CSCF

S-CSCF

PSTN

A-SBG N-SBG
Rx+

IMS Connectivity layer

Internet

MGW PCRF
S7/Gx
CS Core GWMSC

User data RTP/UDP GTP/UDP SIP/UDP or SIP/TCP GTP-C ISUP Gxa S1-AP, X2-AP PDSN RNC
CDMA2000 HRPD (EV-DO)

GPRS Packet Core

EPC

GGSN SGSN

S6d S4 S3 S6a

HSS

MSC

S2a

H.248 Diameter Other

P-GW
MME S11 S5/S8
GERAN UTRAN

S101
S103

Platforms / Concepts
CPP / RBS6000 TSP/NSP or TSP/IS

S-GW
S1-CP
E-UTRAN

S1-UP

X2-UP eNodeB X2-CP eNodeB

Uu

Juniper/ Redback

SUN

WPP

IS

NAS

Session Mobility Management Management

UE Protocol Stack
NAS Security

Application
Connected Mode Mobility

System Info Aquisition

AS Security

Cell Selection
RRC Connection

Paging Reception

IP

RRC

RB Measurement Managementv Reporting

Control/Report SAPs

Integrity/ Ciphering PDCP

ROHC/ Ciphering

TM
RLC

AM

UM

RA Control L2 MAC

HARQ Control

Physical Layer

Protocol interacti on
MAC
Payload selection

IP packet

IP packet

User #i

User #j

EPS bearers PDCP

#i

PDCP Header Compr. Header Compr.

Ciphering E-UTRA Radio Bearers

Deciphering

RLC
#i

RLC Concatenation, ARQ

Segmentation, ARQ Logical Channels

Priority handling, payload selection Retransmission control

MAC MAC multiplexing HybridARQ ARQ Hybrid Transport Channels PHY Coding + RM Coding PHY Coding + RM Decoding Data modulation Demodulation
Antenna and Antenna and resrouce mapping resource demapping

MAC demultiplexing HybridARQ ARQ Hybrid

MAC scheduler

Modulation scheme Antenna and resource assignment

Data modulation
Modulation
Antenna and Antenna and resrouce mapping resource mapping

Physical Channels

eNodeB

UE

Redundancy version

Downlink

Channel mapping
Uplink
DTCH DCCH

PCCH

MTCH MCCH

BCCH
MIB SIB

CCCH

DTCH

DCCH

CCCH

Logical Channels
type of information (traffic/control)

PCH

MCH

BCH

DL-SCH

UL-SCH

RACH

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

PDCCH info

-Sched TF DL -Sched grant UL -Pwr Ctrl cmd -HARQ info ACK/NACK

-CQI -ACK/NACK -Sched req.

Physical Channels
bits, symbols, modulation, radio frames etc

PMCH

PBCH

PDSCH PCFICH PDCCH

-half frame sync -cell id

PHICH

PUCCH

PUSCH PRACH

-meas for DL sched -meas for mobility -coherent demod

-frame sync -cell id group

-coherent demod

-measurements for UL scheduling

Physical Signals
only L1 info

RS

P-SCH

S-SCH

RS

SRS

QCI Characteristics
QCI Resour ce Typ e Priorit y Packet Delay Budg et 100 ms 150 ms 300 ms 50 ms 100 ms 100 ms Packet Error Loss Rate 10 10 10 10 10
-2 -3 -6

TS 23.203

Example Services

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 GBR

2 4 5 3 1 7

Conversational Voice Conversational Video (Live Streaming) Non-Conversational Video (Buffered Streaming) Real Time Gaming IMS Signalling Voice, Video (Live Streaming)

-3 -6

10-3

NonGBR

Interactive Gaming
6 8 9 300 ms 10-6 Video (Buffered Streaming) TCP-based (e.g., www, e-mail, chat, ftp, p2p file sharing, progressive video, etc.

CN Initiated Paging

The MME sends the PAGING message to each eNode B with cells belonging to the tracking area(s) in which the UE is registered. Each eNode B can contain cells belonging to different tracking areas, whereas each cell can only belong to one TA. UEs use DRx when in idle mode in order to wake at regular intervals to check for paging messages. The paging response back to the MME is initiated on NAS layer and is sent by the eNB based on NAS-level routing information.

MME

S1AP Paging message

TAC 2

TAC 1

RRC Paging message

MME
1. System Information Cell Select *
*

UE Attach

RRC IDLE

2. Random Access Preamble 3. Random Access Response 4. RRC CONNECTION REQUEST 5. RRC CONNECTION SETUP 6. RRC CONNECTION SETUP COMPLETE (Attach Request) 8.RRC DL INFORMATION TRANSFER (UE Identity Request) 9. RRC UL INFORMATION TRANSFER (UE Identity Response) 10.RRC DL INFORMATION TRANSFER (Authentication Request) 11. RRC UL INFORMATION TRANSFER (Authentication Response) 12. RRC DL INFORMATION TRANSFER (Security Mode Command) 13. RRC UL INFORMATION TRANSFER (Security Mode Complete) 15. RRC SECURITY MODE COMMAND 16.RRC SECURITY MODE COMPLETE 17. RRC UE CAPABILITY ENQUIRY 18. RRC UE CAPABILITY iNFORMATION 20. RRC CONNECTION RECONFIGURATION (Bearer Setup) 21. RRC CONNECTION RECONFIGURATION COMPLETE 22. INITIAL CONTEXT SETUP RESPONSE (EPS bearers) UL NAS TRANSFER (Attach Complete) 24. UE CONTEXT RELEASE COMMAND 26. RRC CONNECTION RELEASE 25. UE CONTEXT RELEASE COMPLETE 19. UE CAPABILITY INFO INDICATION (UE Radio Capability) 7. INITIAL UE MESSAGE (Attach Request) DL NAS TRANSFER (UE Identity Req) UL NAS TRANSFER (UEid Response) DL NAS TRANSFER (Authentication) UL NAS TRANSFER (Auth. Response) DL NAS TRANSFER (NAS SMC) UL NAS TRANSFER (NAS SMC) 14. INITIAL CONTEXT SETUP REQUEST (EPS bearers, Attach Accept, Security)

23. RRC UL INFORMATION TRANSFER (Attach Complete))

RRC IDLE

MME
1. System Information *

RRC IDLE

Cell Select * 2. Random Access Preamble 3. Random Access Response

Connection Reactivation

4. RRC CONNECTION REQUEST

5. RRC CONNECTION SETUP 6. RRC CONNECTION SETUP COMPLETE (Service Request) 7. INITIAL UE MESSAGE (Service Request)

Optional Optional

8.RRC DL INFORMATION TRANSFER (Authentication Request) 9. RRC UL INFORMATION TRANSFER (Authentication Response)

DL NAS TRANSFER (Authentication) UL NAS TRANSFER (Auth. Response) DL NAS TRANSFER (NAS SMC) UL NAS TRANSFER (NAS SMC)

10. RRC DL INFORMATION TRANSFER (Security Mode Command)

11. RRC UL INFORMATION TRANSFER (Security Mode Complete)

13. RRC SECURITY MODE COMMAND 14.RRC SECURITY MODE COMPLETE

12. INITIAL CONTEXT SETUP REQUEST (EPS bearers, Security, UECap Request)

Optional

15. RRC UE CAPABILITY ENQUIRY 16. RRC UE CAPABILITY iNFORMATION 18. RRC CONNECTION RECONFIGURATION 17. UE CAPABILITY INFO INDICATION (UE Radio Capability)

(Bearer Setup,Measurement conf)) RRC CONNECTED

19. RRC CONNECTION RECONFIGURATION COMPLETE 20. INITIAL CONTEXT SETUP RESPONSE (EPS bearers)

Data flow in DL
Higher Layer PDU Radio Bearer 1 Higher Layer PDU Radio Bearer 1 Higher Layer PDU Radio Bearer 2
header Higher Layer Payload header Higher Layer Payload header Higher Layer Payload

PDCP (Header Compression & Ciphering) PDCP header

PDCP SDU

PDCP header

PDCP SDU

PDCP header

PDCP SDU

RLC (segmentation & concatenation)

RLC SDU

RLC SDU

RLC SDU

RLC header
RLC PDU MAC (multiplexing) MAC header

RLC header RLC PDU

MAC header

RLC header RLC PDU

MAC SDU MAC PDU

MAC SDU MAC PDU

PHY

Transport Block

CRC

Transport Block

CRC

S-GW Source eNB

RRC CONNECTED
1. RRC CONNECTION RECONFIGURATION

MME

Target eNB

(Bearer Setup,Measurement conf))

2. RRC Measurement Report

X2 Handover

(Event A3) 3. HO Decision

4. X2 HANDOVER REQUEST

TRELOCprep

5.Admission Control

6. X2 HANDOVER REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE

8. Start Data forwarding

7. X2 SN STATUS TRANSFER

T304
10. RRC CONNECTION RECONFIGURATION

(Handover Command,Measurement conf) Regenerate Security Keys

11 MAC: CFRA Random Access Preamble 12. MAC Random Access Response (UL allocation + TA) 13. RRC CONNECTION RECONFIGURATION COMPLETE

9. Buffer Forwarded Data

(Handover Complete)

14.Data Transfer in Target

15. S1 PATH SWITCH REQUEST

17.Data Transfer in Target

16. S5 USER PLANE UPDATE REQ 18. S5 USER PLANE UPDATE RSPONSE 19. S1 PATH SWITCH RESPONSE

RRC CONNECTED

20. X2 UE CONTEXT RELEASE

21. Forward if any Data in transition and release

S-GW Source Source eNB eNB

RRC CONNECTED
1. RRC CONNECTION RECONFIGURATION

S-GW Target

MME Source

MME Target

Target Target eNB eNB

Source

(Bearer Setup,Measurement conf))

2. RRC Measurement Report

(Event A3)

S1 Handover

3. HO Decision
4. S1 HANDOVER REQIRED (Source to Target Transparent Container )

TS1RELOCprep 7. S1 HANDOVER REQUEST

5. S10 FORWARD RELOCATION REQUEST 6. S11 CREATE BEARER REQ/RES

8. Admission Control
9. S1 HANDOVER REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGE 10. S10 FORWARD RELOCATION RESPONSE 11. S11 CREATE BEARER REQ/RES 12. S1 HANDOVER COMMAND UP Forwarding

T304

12. RRC CONNECTION RECONFIGURATION

(Handover Command,Measurement conf)

13 MAC: CFRA Random Access Preamble

Regenerate Security Keys

14. MAC Random Access Response (UL allocation + TA) 15. RRC CONNECTION RECONFIGURATION COMPLETE

(Handover Confirm)
17.Data Transfer in Target

16. S1 HANDOVER NOTIFY

RRC CONNECTED

19. S1 UE CONTEXT RELEASE COMMAND (Cause: Successful Handover)

18.S10 FORWARD RELOCATION COMPLETE/ ACK

LTE to 3G Handover
PDN -GW
19 20

3
18

target S-GW
4 8 21 2 17

source S-GW
10

11

SGSN
5 6 15 16 9

MME

12

RNC

13 14

1. Handover Required 2. Forward Relocation Request 3. Create PDP Context Request 4. Create PDP Context Response 5. Relocation Request 6. Relocation Request Ack 7. Update PDP Context Request 8. Update PDP Context Response 9. Forward Relocation Response 10. Create Bearer Request 11. Create Bearer Response 12. HO Command 13. HO from E -UTRAN Command 14. HO to UTRAN Complete 15. Relocation Complete 16. Forward Relocation Complete 17. Forward Relocation Complete Ack 18. Update PDP Context Request 19. Update Bearer Request 20. Update Bearer Response 21. Update PDP Context Response

LTE to 3G Cell-reselection
PDN-GW
6 7

S-GW
5 8 2 4

SGSN
1b 3

MME

1a. Routing Area Update Request 1b. Routing Area Update Request 2. Context Request 3. Context Response 4. Context Acknowledge 5. Update Bearer Request 6. Update Bearer Request 7. Update Bearer Response 8. Update Bearer Response 9. Routing Area Update Accept 10. Routing Area Update Complete

RNC

10 9 1a