EPC and 4G packet networks : driving the mobile broadband revolution
Title:
EPC and 4G packet networks : driving the mobile broadband revolution
Author:
Olsson, Magnus.
ISBN:
9780123945952
Personal Author:
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Oxford : Academic, 2013.
Physical Description:
xxxvi, 582 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Formerly CIP.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Introduction - Background and Vision of EPC -- ch. 1 Mobile Broadband and the Core Network Evolution -- 1.1.A Global Standard -- 1.2.Origins of the Evolved Packet Core -- 1.2.1.3GPP Radio Access Technologies -- 1.2.2.3GPP2 Radio Access Technologies -- 1.2.3.SAE - Building Bridges Between Different Networks -- 1.3.A Shifting Value Chain -- 1.4.Terminology Used in This Book -- pt. II Overview of EPS -- ch. 2 Architecture Overview -- 2.1.EPS Architecture -- 2.1.1.Basic IP Connectivity Over LTE Access -- 2.1.2.Adding More Advanced Functionality for LTE Access -- 2.1.3.Interworking Between LTE and GSM/GPRS or WCDMA/HSPA -- 2.1.4.Support for 3GPP Voice Services -- 2.1.5.Interworking Between LTE and CDMA Networks -- 2.1.6.Interworking Between 3GPP Access Technologies and Non-3GPP Access Technologies -- 2.1.7.Support for Broadcasting in Cellular Networks -- 2.1.8.Positioning Services -- 2.1.9.Optimizations for Small Cells and Local Access --
Contents note continued: 2.1.10.Miscellaneous Features -- 2.1.11.Summary of the Architecture Overview -- 2.2.Mobile Network Radio Technologies -- 2.2.1.Overview of Radio Networks for Mobile Services -- 2.2.2.Radio Network Functionality -- 2.2.3.GSM -- 2.2.4.WCDMA -- 2.2.5.LTE -- ch. 3 EPS Deployment Scenarios and Operator Cases -- 3.1.Scenario 1: Existing GSM/GPRS and/or WCDMA/HSPA Operators Deploying LTE/EPC -- 3.1.1.First Phase - Initial EPC Deployment -- 3.1.2.Second Phase - Integration with Existing Packet Core -- 3.1.3.Third Phase - Further Optimizations Towards the Common Core -- 3.2.Scenario 2: Existing CDMA Operators Deploying LTE/EPC -- 3.3.Scenario 3: New Operators Deploying LTE/EPC -- ch. 4 Data Services in EPS -- 4.1.Messaging Services -- 4.2.Machine Type Communication -- 4.2.1.Industrial and Corporate Uses -- 4.2.2.Societal - M2M and Sustainable Development -- ch. 5 Voice Services in EPS -- 5.1.Realization of Voice Over LTE --
Contents note continued: 5.2.Voice Services Using IMS Technology -- 5.3.Single-Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC) -- 5.4.Circuit-Switched Fallback -- 5.5.Comparing MMTel/SRVCC and CSFB -- 5.6.IMS Emergency Calls and Priority Services -- pt. III Key Concepts and Services -- ch. 6 Session Management and Mobility -- 6.1.IP Connectivity and Session Management -- 6.1.1.The IP Connection -- 6.2.Session Management, Bearers, and QoS Aspects -- 6.2.1.General -- 6.2.2.The EPS Bearer for E-UTRAN Access -- 6.2.3.Session Management for EPS and GERAN/UTRAN Accesses -- 6.2.4.Session Management for Other Accesses -- 6.3.Subscriber Identifiers and Corresponding Legacy Identities -- 6.3.1.Permanent Subscriber Identifiers -- 6.3.2.Temporary Subscriber Identifiers -- 6.3.3.Relation to Subscription Identifiers in 2G/3G -- 6.4.Mobility Principles -- 6.4.1.General -- 6.4.2.Mobility within 3GPP Family of Accesses -- 6.4.3.Idle-Mode Signaling Reduction (ISR) -- 6.4.4.Closed Subscriber Group --
Contents note continued: 6.4.5.Mobility Between E-UTRAN and HRPD -- 6.4.6.Generic Mobility Between 3GPP and Non-3GPP Accesses -- 6.4.7.Access Network Discovery and Selection -- 6.5.Interworking with Managed WLAN Networks -- 6.6.Pooling, Overload Protection, and Congestion Control -- ch. 7 Security -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Security Services -- 7.2.1.Security Domains -- 7.3.Network Access Security -- 7.3.1.Access Security in E-UTRAN -- 7.3.2.Interworking with GERAN/UTRAN -- 7.3.3.Special Consideration for IMS Emergency Calls -- 7.3.4.Trusted and Untrusted Non-3GPP Accesses -- 7.3.5.Access Security in Trusted Non-3GPP Accesses -- 7.3.6.Access Security in Untrusted Non-3GPP Access -- 7.3.7.Special Considerations for Host-Based Mobility DSMIPv6 -- 7.4.Network Domain Security -- 7.5.User Domain Security -- 7.6.Security Aspects of Home eNBs and Home NBs -- 7.6.1.H(e)NB Security Architecture -- 7.6.2.Closed Subscriber Groups -- 7.6.3.Device Authentication --
Contents note continued: 7.6.4.Hosting Party Authentication -- 7.6.5.Backhaul Link Security -- 7.6.6.Location Verification -- 7.7.Lawful Intercept -- ch. 8 Quality of Service, Charging, and Policy Control -- 8.1.Quality of Service -- 8.1.1.QoS in E-UTRAN -- 8.1.2.Interworking with GERAN/UTRAN -- 8.1.3.QoS Aspects When Interworking with Other Accesses -- 8.2.Policy and Charging Control -- 8.2.1.The PCC Architecture -- 8.2.2.Basic PCC Concepts -- 8.2.3.Network vs. Terminal-Initiated QoS Control -- 8.2.4.PCC and Roaming -- 8.2.5.Additional PCC Features Developed Since Release -- 8.2.6.PCC Support for Fixed Broadband Access -- 8.3.Charging -- ch. 9 Selection Functions -- 9.1.Architecture Overview for Selection Functions -- 9.2.Selection of MME, SGSN, Serving GW, and PDN GW -- 9.2.1.Selection Procedure at a Glance -- 9.2.2.Use of DNS Infrastructure -- 9.2.3.MME Selection -- 9.2.4.SGSN Selection Function for EPS -- 9.2.5.GW Selection Overview -- 9.2.6.PDN GW Selection Function --
Contents note continued: 9.2.7.Serving GW Selection Function -- 9.2.8.Handover (Non-3GPP Access) and PDN GW Selection -- 9.3.PCRF Selection -- ch. 10 Subscriber Data Management -- 10.1.Home Subscriber Server (HSS) -- 10.2.Subscriber Profile Repository (SPR) -- 10.3.User Data Convergence (UDC) -- 10.3.1.UDC Overall Description -- 10.3.2.Front-Ends and User Data Repository -- ch. 11 Voice and Emergency Services -- 11.1.Voice Services Based on Circuit-Switched Technology -- 11.2.Voice Services with IMS Technology -- 11.3.MMTel -- 11.3.1.MMTel Architecture -- 11.4.VoLTE -- 11.5.T-ADS -- 11.5.1.Ensuring Service Coverage -- 11.6.Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC) -- 11.6.1.Entities with Additional Functions to Support SRVCC -- 11.7.IMS Centralized Services (ICS) -- 11.7.1.Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server (SCC-AS) -- 11.7.2.SRVCC from E-UTRAN to GERAN or UTRAN -- 11.8.SRVCC from E-UTRAN to CDMA 1xRTT -- 11.9.Circuit-Switched Fallback --
Contents note continued: 11.10.Migration Paths and Coexistence of Circuit-Switched and VoLTE -- 11.11.EPS Emergency Bearer Service for IMS Emergency -- 11.12.Multimedia Priority Service (MPS) -- ch. 12 LTE Broadcasting -- 12.1.Background and Main Concepts -- 12.2.MBMS Solution Overview -- 12.3.MBMS User Services -- 12.3.1.Associated Delivery Procedures -- 12.4.Mobile Network Architecture for MBMS -- 12.4.1.Architecture Overview -- 12.4.2.Interfaces -- 12.5.MBMS Bearer Services -- 12.5.1.Session Start -- 12.5.2.Session Stop -- 12.5.3.Session Update -- ch. 13 Positioning -- 13.1.Positioning Solutions -- 13.2.Positioning Architecture and Protocols -- 13.3.Positioning Methods -- 13.4.Position-Reporting Formats -- 13.5.EPS Positioning Entities and Interfaces -- 13.5.1.GMLC -- 13.5.2.E-SMLC -- 13.5.3.SLP -- 13.5.4.Le Interface -- 13.5.5.SLg Interface -- 13.5.6.SLs Interface -- 13.5.7.LTE Positioning Protocol (LPP) -- 13.5.8.LTE Positioning Protocol Annex (LPPa) --
Contents note continued: 13.6.Positioning Procedure -- ch. 14 Offload Functions and Simultaneous Multi-Access -- 14.1.Introduction -- 14.2.Offloading the 3GPP RAN - Simultaneous Multi-Access -- 14.2.1.Multi-Access PDN Connectivity (MAPCON) -- 14.2.2.IP Flow Mobility (IFOM) -- 14.2.3.Non-Seamless WLAN Offloading (NSWO) -- 14.3.Offloading the Core and Transport Network - Selected IP Traffic Offload (SIPTO) -- 14.4.Access to Local Networks - Local IP Access (LIPA) -- pt. IV The Nuts and Bolts of EPC -- ch. 15 EPS Network Entities and Interfaces -- 15.1.Network Entities -- 15.1.1.eNodeB -- 15.1.2.Mobility Management Entity -- 15.1.3.Serving GW -- 15.1.4.PDN GW -- 15.1.5.Policy and Charging Rules Function -- 15.1.6.Home eNodeB Subsystem and Related Entities -- 15.2.Control Plane Between UE, eNodeB, and MME -- 15.2.1.S1-MME -- 15.3.GTP-Based Interfaces -- 15.3.1.Control Plane -- 15.3.2.MME [↔] MME (S10) -- 15.3.3.MME [↔] Serving GW (S11) --
Contents note continued: 15.3.4.Serving GW [↔] PDN GW (S5/S8) -- 15.3.5.SGSN [↔] MME (S3) -- 15.3.6.SGSN [↔] Serving GW (S4) -- 15.3.7.SGSN [↔] SGSN (S16) -- 15.3.8.Trusted WLAN Access Network [↔] PDN GW (S2a) -- 15.3.9.ePDG [↔] PDN GW (S2b) -- 15.3.10.User Plane -- 15.3.11.eNodeB [↔] Serving GW (S1-U) -- 15.3.12.UE [↔] eNodeB [↔] Serving GW [↔] PDN GW (GTP-U) -- 15.3.13.UE [↔] BSS [↔] SGSN [↔] Serving GW [↔] PDN GW (GTP-U) -- 15.3.14.UE [↔] UTRAN [↔] Serving GW [↔] PDN GW (GTP-U) -- 15.3.15.UE [↔] UTRAN [↔] SGSN [↔] Serving GW [↔] PDN GW (GTP-U) -- 15.3.16.UE [↔] Trusted WLAN Access Network [↔] PDN GW (GTP-U) -- 15.3.17.UE [↔] ePDG [↔] PDN GW (GTP-U) -- 15.4.PMIP-Based Interfaces -- 15.4.1.Serving GW-PDN GW (S5/S8) -- 15.4.2.Trusted Non-3GPP IP Access-PDN GW (S2a) -- 15.4.3.ePDG-PDN GW (S2b) --
Contents note continued: 15.5.DSMIPv6-Based Interfaces -- 15.5.1.UE-PDN GW (S2c) -- 15.6.HSS-Related Interfaces and Protocols -- 15.6.1.General -- 15.6.2.MME-HSS (S6a) and SGSN-HSS (S6d) -- 15.7.AAA-Related Interfaces -- 15.7.1.General -- 15.7.2.AAA Server-HSS (SWx) -- 15.7.3.Trusted Non-3GPP Access-3GPP AAA Server/Proxy (STa) -- 15.7.4.Untrusted Non-3GPP IP Access-3GPP AAA Server/Proxy (SWa) -- 15.7.5.ePDG-3GPP AAA Server/Proxy (SWm) -- 15.7.6.PDN GW-3GPP AAA Server/Proxy (S6b) -- 15.7.7.3GPP AAA Proxy-3GPP AAA Server/Proxy (SWd) -- 15.8.PCC-Related Interfaces -- 15.8.1.General -- 15.8.2.PCEF-PCRF (Gx) -- 15.8.3.BBERF-PCRF (Gxa/Gxc) -- 15.8.4.PCRF-AF (Rx) -- 15.8.5.TDF-PCRF (Sd) -- 15.8.6.OCS-PCRF (Sy) -- 15.8.7.PCRF-PCRF (S9) -- 15.8.8.BPCF-PCRF (S9a) -- 15.8.9.SPR-PCRF (Sp) -- 15.9.EIR-Related Interfaces -- 15.9.1.MME-EIR and SGSN-EIR Interfaces (S13 and S13') -- 15.10.I-WLAN-Related Interfaces -- 15.10.1.UE-ePDG (SWu) -- 15.11.ANDSF-Related Interfaces --
Contents note continued: 15.11.1.ISMP Policy Node -- 15.11.2.Discovery Information Node -- 15.11.3.UE Location Node -- 15.11.4.ISRP Node -- 15.11.5.Ext Node -- 15.12.HRPD IW-Related Interfaces -- 15.12.1.Optimized Handover and Related Interfaces (S 101 and S 103) -- 15.12.2.MME [↔] eHRPD Access Network (S 101) -- 15.12.3.Serving GW [↔] HSGW (S103) -- 15.13.Interface to External Networks -- 15.13.1.General -- 15.13.2.Functions -- 15.14.CSS Interface -- 15.14.1.MME-CSS Interface (S7a) -- ch. 16 Protocols -- 16.1.Introduction -- 16.2.GPRS Tunneling Protocol Overview -- 16.2.1.Protocol Structure -- 16.2.2.Control Plane (GTPv2-C) -- 16.2.3.User Plane (GTPv1-U) -- 16.2.4.Protocol Format -- 16.3.Mobile IP -- 16.3.1.General -- 16.3.2.Host-Based and Network-Based Mobility Mechanisms -- 16.3.3.Basic Principles of Mobile IP -- 16.3.4.Mobile IPv6 Security -- 16.3.5.Packet Format -- 16.3.6.Dual-Stack Operation -- 16.3.7.Additional MIPv6 Features - Route Optimization --
Contents note continued: 16.4.Proxy Mobile IPv6 -- 16.4.1.General -- 16.4.2.Basic Principles -- 16.4.3.PMIPv6 Security -- 16.4.4.PMIPv6 Packet Format -- 16.4.5.Dual-Stack Operation -- 16.5.Diameter -- 16.5.1.Background -- 16.5.2.Protocol Structure -- 16.5.3.Diameter Nodes -- 16.5.4.Diameter Sessions, Connections, and Transport -- 16.5.5.Diameter Request Routing -- 16.5.6.Peer Discovery -- 16.5.7.Diameter Message Format -- 16.6.Generic Routing Encapsulation -- 16.6.1.Background -- 16.6.2.Basic Protocol Aspects -- 16.6.3.GRE Packet Format -- 16.7.S1-AP -- 16.8.Non-Access Stratum (NAS) -- 16.8.1.EPS Mobility Management -- 16.8.2.EPS Session Management -- 16.8.3.Message Structure -- 16.8.4.Security-Protected NAS Messages -- 16.8.5.Message Transport -- 16.8.6.Future Extensions and Backward Compatibility -- 16.9.IP Security -- 16.9.1.Introduction -- 16.9.2.Encapsulated Security Payload and Authentication Header -- 16.9.3.Internet Key Exchange --
Contents note continued: 16.9.4.IKEv2 Mobility and Multi-Homing -- 16.10.Extensible Authentication Protocol -- 16.10.1.Overview -- 16.10.2.Protocol -- 16.11.Stream Control Transmission Protocol -- 16.11.1.Background -- 16.11.2.Basic Protocol Features -- 16.11.3.Multi-Streaming -- 16.11.4.Multi-Homing -- 16.11.5.Packet Structure -- ch. 17 Procedures -- 17.1.Attachment and Detachment for E-UTRAN -- 17.1.1.Attachment Procedure for E-UTRAN -- 17.1.2.Detachment Procedure for E-UTRAN -- 17.2.Tracking Area Update for E-UTRAN -- 17.2.1.Tracking Area Update Procedure -- 17.2.2.TA Update with MME Change -- 17.3.Service Request for E-UTRAN -- 17.3.1.UE Triggered Service Request -- 17.3.2.Network Triggered Service Request -- 17.4.Intra- and Inter-3GPP Access Handover -- 17.4.1.Phases of the Handover Procedures -- 17.4.2.Handover Cases in EPS for 3GPP Accesses -- 17.4.3.Handover within E-UTRAN Access -- 17.4.4.Handover between E-UTRAN and Other 3GPP Accesses (GERAN, UTRAN) with S4-SGSN --
Contents note continued: 17.4.5.Handover for Gn/Gp-Based SGSN -- 17.4.6.Handover between GERAN and UTRAN Access Using S4 SGSN and GTP/PMIP Protocol -- 17.5.Bearer and QoS-Related Procedures -- 17.5.1.Bearer Procedures for E-UTRAN -- 17.5.2.Bearer Procedures for GERAN/UTRAN -- 17.6.Attachment and Detachment for Non-3GPP Accesses -- 17.6.1.Attachment Procedure in Trusted WLAN Access Network (TWAN) Using GTPv2 on S2a -- 17.6.2.Detachment Procedure in Trusted WLAN Access Network (TWAN) Using GTPv2 on S2a -- 17.6.3.Attachment Procedure in Untrusted Non-3GPP Access Using PMIPv6 (S2b) -- 17.6.4.Detachment Procedure in Untrusted Non-3GPP Access Using PMIPv6 (S2b) -- 17.6.5.Attachment Procedure in Trusted Non-3GPP Access Using DSMIPv6 (S2c) -- 17.6.6.Detachment Procedure in Trusted Non-3GPP Access Using DSMIPv6 (S2c) -- 17.7.Intersystem Handover Between 3GPP and Non-3GPP Accesses -- 17.7.1.Overview -- 17.7.2.Details of Handover in EPS with Non-3GPP Accesses --
Contents note continued: 17.8.QoS-Related Procedures in Non-3GPP Accesses -- pt. V Conclusion and Future of EPS -- ch. 18 Conclusions and Looking Ahead.
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