IMTAdvancedEvaluation December17 18,2009 Beijing,P.R.

China

LTERANarchitectureaspects
DinoFlore, QualcommInc. RANWG3Chairman

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Outline
EPSarchitecture EUTRANarchitecture FunctionalsplitbetweeneNB MME S/PDNGW EPSBerarerServiceArchitecture/QoSmodel Intercellinterferencecontrol HeNB/CSGoperation SON Interoperabilitywithlegacysystems Positioning EMBMSsupportinEUTRAN

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EPSarchitecture
UTRAN SGSN GERAN S3 S1-MME MME S11 LTE-Uu UE E-UTRAN S1-U
non-roaming architecture for 3GPP accesses

HSS S6a PCRF S12 S4 Serving Gateway S5 Gx PDN Gateway SGi Rx Operator's IP Services
(e.g. IMS, PSS etc.)

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TheEvolvedPacketSwitchedSystem(EPS)providesIPconnectivitybetweenaUEandanexternal packetdatanetworkusingtheEvolvedUniversalTerrestrialRadioAccessNetwork(EUTRAN) ConstistsofanEvolvedPacketCore(EPC)andEvolvedUTRAN(EUTRAN) ThefocusofthispresentationismostlyonEUTRANfunctions

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EUTRANarchitecture

EUTRANconsistsofeNBs,providingtheEUTRAuserplaneandcontrolplaneprotocolterminations towardstheUE
Fullydistributedradioaccessnetworkarchitecture

eNBsmaybeinterconnectedwitheachotherbymeansoftheX2interface
X2supportsenhancedmobility,intercellinterferencemanagement,andSONfunctionalities

eNBsareconnectedbymeansoftheS1interfacetotheEvolvedPacketCore(EPC)
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Functionalsplit
eNBhoststhefollowingfunctions:
RadioResourceManagementfunctions
RadioBearerControl,RadioAdmissionControl,ConnectionMobilityControl, DynamicallocationofresourcestoUEsinbothuplinkanddownlink(scheduling)

Measurementandmeasurementreportingconfigurationformobilityand scheduling ASsecurity IPheadercompressionandencryptionofuserdatastream SelectionofanMMEatUEattachmentwhennoroutingtoanMMEcan bedeterminedfromtheinformationprovidedbytheUE RoutingofUserPlanedatatowardsServingGateway Schedulingandtransmissionofpagingmessages(originatedfromthe MME) Schedulingandtransmissionofbroadcastinformation(originatedfrom theMMEorO&M) SchedulingandtransmissionofPWS(whichincludesETWSandCMAS) messages(originatedfromtheMME)
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Functionalsplit(contd)
MMEhostthefollowingfunctions:
NASsignalling NASsignallingsecurity ASsecuritycontrol InterCNnodesignallingformobilitybetween3GPPaccessnetworks TrackingArealistmanagement PDNGWandServingGWselection MMEselectionforhandoverswithMMEchange SGSNselectionforhandoversto2Gor3G3GPPaccessnetworks Roaming Authentication Bearermanagementfunctionsincludingdedicatedbearerestablishment SupportforPWS(whichincludesETWSandCMAS)messagetransmission UEreachabilityinidlestate(includingcontrolandexecutionofpaging retransmission)

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Functionalsplit(contd)
ServingGateway(SGW)hoststhefollowingfunctions:
ThelocalMobilityAnchorpointforintereNBhandover Mobilityanchoringforinter3GPPmobility EUTRANidlemodedownlinkpacketbufferingandinitiationofnetworktriggered servicerequestprocedure LawfulInterception Packetrouteingandforwarding Transportlevelpacketmarkingintheuplinkandthedownlink AccountingonuserandQCIgranularityforinteroperatorcharging ULandDLchargingperUE,PDN,andQCI

PDNGatewayhoststhefollowingfunctions:
Peruserbasedpacketfiltering(bye.g.deeppacketinspection) LawfulInterception UEIPaddressallocation Transportlevelpacketmarkinginthedownlink ULandDLservicelevelcharging,gatingandrateenforcement DLrateenforcementbasedonAPNAMBR Creditcontrolforonlinecharging
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EPSBearerServiceArchitecture
E-UTRAN EPC Internet

UE

eNB

S-GW

P-GW

Peer Entity

End-to-end Service

EPS Bearer

External Bearer

E-RAB Radio Bearer S1 Bearer

S5/S8 Bearer

Radio

S1

S5/S8

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There is a one-to-one mapping EPS Bearer E-RAB Radio Bearer over the radio interface
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QoShandlingattheeNB
QoSparamersperEPSbearer
QoSClassIdentifier(QCI)
Scalarvalueusedforscheduling/RRMdecisions Typicallyidentifiesaparticularserviceorclassofservices Fewvaluestobestandardized(otherswillbeproprietary)

AllocationandRetentionPriority(ARP)
Usedtoaccept/modify/dropbearersincaseofresourcelimitation

GuaranteedBitRate(GBR)
OnlyforGBRbearers

QoSparamerspergroupofEPSbearers
AggregateMaximumBitRate(AMBR)
Aggregatemaxbitratepergroupofbearers(ofasingleuser) OnlyfornonGBRbearers

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IntercellinterferencecontroloverX2
Dynamicintercellinterferencemanagementissupported inEUTRANbasedonmessagesexchangedbetween neighboureNBsoverX2
Uplinkinterference
OverloadIndicatormessage(reactivescheme)
IndicatestheinterferencelevelexperiencedbytheeNBincertainPRBs TypicallyusedtoindicatehighinterferencesituationsexperiencedbyeNBs

HighInterferenceIndicatormessage(proactivescheme)
IndicatesthattheeNBisgoingtoschedulesomecelledgeusersincertain PRBs

Downlinkinterference
RelativeNarrowbandTxPower message
Indicates,perPRB,whetherthedownlinkTxpowerislowerthanacertain threshold
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HeNB/CSGoperation

S1

S1

HomeeNB(HeNB)
Customerpremisesequipmentthatusestheoperatorslicencedspectrum Canbeusedtoenhancenetworkcoverage/capacity IncludesthefunctionsofaneNBaswellassomeadditionalHeNBspecificconfiguration/securityfunctions

HeNBGateway(HeNBGW)
OptionalandtransparentgatewaythroughwhichtheHeNBaccessesthecorenetwork AddressestheissueofsupportingalargenumberofS1interfacesinthecorenetwork
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HeNB/CSGoperation(contd)
ThreedifferentaccessmodesaredefinedforHeNBs
Closedaccessmode:HeNBprovidesservicesonlytoitsassociatedClosedSubscriberGroup(CSG)members Hybridaccessmode:HeNBprovidesservicestoitsassociatedCSGmembersandtononmembers(CSG membersareprioritizedovernonmembers) Openaccessmode:HeNBappearsasanormaleNB

TwocategoriesofparametersarebroadcastbyHeNBcellsoperatinginclosed/hybridaccesmode:
ParameterstosupporttheUEintheidentificationofclosed/hybridcells
CSGIndicator,CSGIdentity(CSGID),HNBName RangeofPhysicalCellIDs(PCIs)reservedforclosedcells

Parameterstosupportanefficientsearchofclosed/hybridcellsattheUE

CSGprovisioningfunctionsmanagehowtheCSGinformationisstoredintheUEandthenetwork
ProvisioningoftheCSGlistsontheUEtoavoidforbiddenclosedcells NetworkstorageoftheCSGsubscriptionforaccesscontrol,perCSGcharging,etc.

Mobilitymanagementsupportsdifferentaccessmodes
AccessControlproceduresfor establishingaconnectionandforhandover Differentiatingbetweenamemberandanonmemberatahybridcell Automatic(re)selectioninidlemodeiftheCSGIDbroadcastbytheclosedorhybirdcellisintheUECSGlists Manualuserselectionofaclosedorhybridcell

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SelfOrganizingNetworks(SON)
EUTRANsupportsmultipleSONfunctions
Allowtoautomatenetworkconfiguration/optimization processesandthusreducetheneedforcentralized planningandhumanintervention

SONfunctionsaremostlyenabledbytheexchange ofinformationbetweenneighboureNBs
SomefunctionsrelyalsoonUEassistance

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SONfunctionssupportedinthestandard
AutomaticNeighborRelationfunction
AllowstheeNBtobuildandmaintainitsneighbourrelationsbasedonUEreports(Function reliesonconnectedmodeUEsthatcanreadandreporttheCellGlobalIdentity(CGI)ofa neighborcell)

AutomaticPCIselection
AllowstheeNBtoselectitsownPCIbasedonUEreportsandinformationreceivedfrom neighboureNBs

DynamicconfigurationofX2/S1interfaces
AllowstheeNBtodynamicallyconfiguretheS1MMEinterfacewiththeservingMMEsand theX2interfacewithneighboureNBs

RACHparametersoptimization
AllowsneighboreNBstoexchangeinformationabouttheirusedPRACHresources(andthus avoidinterferenceandRACHcollisions)

Mobilityparametersoptimization
AllowstoadaptthemobilityrelatedparametersofaneNBtoenhancemobilityrobustnessor forloadbalancingreasons
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Interoperabilitywithlegacysystems
EUTRANinteroperateswithGERAN,UTRAN,1xRTTand eHRPD
InteroperabilitywithfurtherRadioAccessTechnologies(RATs)is possibleattheIPlevel.HoweveritisnotvisibletoEUTRANand itwillnotbementionedinthefollowing.

Differentinteroperabilitymechanismshavebeen standardizedtocaterfordifferentdeploymentoptions
InterRAThandover NetworkAssistedCellChange(NACC) SingleRadioVoiceCallContinuity(SRVCC) CircuitSwitched(CS)fallback

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Interoperabilitywithlegacysystems (contd)
InterRAThandover
Frameworkallowingoptimized(seamless/lossless)handoversofpacketdatasessionsfromE UTRANtoUTRAN/GERANandfromEUTRANtoeHRPD

NetworkAssistedCellChange(NACC)
FrameworkallowinghandoversofpacketdatasessionsfromEUTRANtoGERAN,forGERAN networksthatdonotsupportPShandover

SingleRadioVoiceCallContinuity(SRVCC)
FrameworkallowingthenetworktohandoveravoicecallfromtheIMCNSubsystem(PS domain)totheCSdomainofalegacysystem
ThefunctionallowstoperformaPStoCSdomaintransfertogetherwitharadiolinkhandover

SRVCChandoverssupportedfromEUTRANtoUTRAN/GERANandEUTRANto1xRTT

CSfallback
FrameworkallowingtheprovisioningofvoiceservicesbyreuseofCSinfrastructurewhenthe UEisservedbyEUTRAN
ThefunctionallowstoperformtunnelingofCSdomainpagingoverEUTRAN,andsubsequent handovertoanoverlappingCScapablelegacyRATtohandlethevoicecalloverCS

CSfallbacksupportedfromEUTRANtoGERAN/GERANandEUTRANto1xRTT
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UEpositioninginLTE

EPSsupportsbothaCplanebasedandUplanebasedpositioningmechanismtocaterfordifferent deploymentoptions
BothmechanismsoperateviaendtoendprotocolbetweenUEandapositioningserveri.e.ESMLC(C plane)/SPL(Uplane) Thesameendtoendprotocolisusedinbothmechanisms,LPP
Asupportingprotocol,LPPa,operatesbetweeneNodeBandESMLC

LPPactsasamethodagnosticsupportingprotocolforvariousUEpositioningmethods
OTDOA(downlinkpositioningmethodbasedonmeasuredtimedifferencesobservedbytheUEfrom differenteNodeBs) AGNSS(satellitepositioning:GPSandsimilarsystems) EnhancedCellIDmethods Extensiblebothinfuture3GPPreleasesandviaexternaldefinitionofadditionalpositioningmethods
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EMBMSsupportinEUTRAN
M3 MME M2 eNB M1 MCE Sm MBMS GW BM-SC SG(i-m)b

MultimediaBroadcastSingleFrequencyNetwork (MBSFN)modeofoperationissupportedbyEUTRAN toenableefficientmulticelltransmissionofEMBMSservices

Transmissionofidenticalwaveformsatthesametimefrommultiplecells(seenasasingletransmissionbyaUE) MCEcoordinatesmulticelltransmissionsincaseofMBSFNoperation
AllocatesradioresourcesusedbyalleNBstotransmtMBMSpacketsovertheair,includingtime/frequencyresources, modulation,codingetc

ContentsynchronizationisensuredviasynchprotocolrunningbetweeneNBandBroadcastMulticastService Centre(BSSC) Singletransmissionmode(i.e.noHARQorRLCrepetitions)

MBSFNmodeofoperationisprovidedonlyonafrequencylayersharedwithnonMBMSservices
CellssupportingbothunicastandMBMStransmissionsarecalled"MBMS/Unicastmixedcells

EMBMSreceptionispossibleforUEsinconnectedoridlestate
WhilereceivingEMBMSservices,aUEshallbenotifiedofanincomingcall;originatingcallsshallalsobe possible

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Thankyou

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