ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010
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4G Wireless Systems 4GWirelessSystems LTETechnology Session4:NetworkArchitecture Speakers M.Lazhar BELHOUCHET M Hakim EBDELLI M.HakimEBDELLI Date 27 29January 2010 www.cert.nat.tn 1 NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 Agenda Introduction EvolvedPacketSystem(EPS)Architecture Subsystems NetworkArchitectureEvolution LTE/SAE N k El LTE/SAENetworkElements LTE/SAENetworkInterfaces / www.cert.nat.tn 2 NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 Introduction LTE/SAE architecture is driven by the goal to optimize the system for packet data transfer. No circuit switched components IMS/PDN New approach in the inter-connection between radio access network and core network TheEPSarchitectureismadeupofanEPC(Packet k l f d ) d EPC CoreNetwork,alsoreferredasSAE)andan eUTRANRadioAccessNetwork(alsoreferredas LTE) The CN provides access to external packet IP eUTRAN TheCNprovidesaccesstoexternalpacketIP networksandperformsanumberofCNrelated functions(e.g.QoS,security,mobilityandterminal contextmanagement)foridle(camped)andactive LTE-UE terminals TheRANperformsallradiointerfacerelated functions EPS www.cert.nat.tn 3 NetworkArchitecture EPS ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 Evolved Packet System (EPS) Architecture -Subsystems E-UTRAN SAE or EPC www.cert.nat.tn 4 NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 NetworkArchitectureEvolution Direct tunnel I-HSPA HSPA R7 HSPA R7 LTE R8 HSPA HSPA R6 LTE SAE GW GGSN SGSN GGSN SGSN MME/SGSN GGSN SGSN SGSN RNC SGSN MME/SGSN SGSN RNC Node B (NB) Node B + RNC Functionality Evolved Node B (eNB) Node B (NB) User plane Control Plane www.cert.nat.tn 5 Control Plane NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 NetworkArchitectureEvolution Cont. Internet 3GPP Rel 6 / HSPA Node B RNC SGSN GGSN Original 3G architecture User plane Original 3G architecture. 2 nodes in the RAN. 2 nodes in the PS Core Network. Control Plane Every Node introduces additional delay. Common path for User plane and Control plane data. Air interface based on WCDMA. Air interface based on WCDMA. RAN interfaces based on ATM. Option for Iu-PS interface to be based on IP. www.cert.nat.tn 6 NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 NetworkArchitectureEvolution Cont. 3GPP Rel 7 / Internet HSPA Internet SGSN GGSN Direct tunnel Internet Node B (RNC Funct.) User plane User plane Control Plane I-HSPA introduces the first true flat architecture to WCDMA. Standardized in 3GPP Release 7 as Direct Tunnel with collapsed RNC. M t t f th RNC f ti liti d t th N d B Most part of the RNC functionalities are moved to the Node B. Direct Tunnels runs now from the GGSN to the Node B. Solution for cost-efficient broadband wireless access. Improves the delay performance (less node in RAN). It can be deployable with existing WCDMA base stations. Transmission savings www.cert.nat.tn 7 Transmission savings NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 NetworkArchitectureEvolution Cont. 3GPP Rel 8 / LTE MME SAE GW Direct tunnel Internet Evolved Node B User plane LTE takes the same Flat architecture fromInternet HSPA User plane Control Plane LTE takes the same Flat architecture from Internet HSPA. Air interface based on OFDMA. All-IP network. New spectrum allocation (i.e 2600 MHz band) Possibility to reuse spectrum (i.e. 900 MHZ) www.cert.nat.tn 8 NetworkArchitecture y ( ) ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 LTE/SAENetworkElements Evolved UTRAN (E-UTRAN) Evolved Packet Core (EPC) HSS S10 S6a MME: Mobility Management Entity PCRF:Policy & Charging Rule Function LTE-UE MME S10 S11 S1-MME PCRF S7 Rx+ Evolved Node B (eNB) X2 Serving Gateway S1-U PDN Gateway PDN SGi S5/S8 cell LTE-Uu Main references to architecture in 3GPP specs.: TS23 401 TS23 402 TS36 300 Gateway Gateway SAE Gateway www.cert.nat.tn 9 TS23.401,TS23.402,TS36.300 NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 Evolved LTE U LTE-UE EvolvedNodeB(eNB) Inter-cell RRM: HO, load balancing between cells Radio Bearer Control:setup , modifications and release of Radio Resources eNB Functions Evolved Node B (eNB) cell LTE-Uu release of Radio Resources Connection Mgt. Control: UE State Mgmt. MME-UE Connection Radio Admission Control It is the only network element defined as part of EUTRAN. It replaces the old Node B / RNC combination eNode B Measurements Collection and evaluation Dynamic Resource Allocation (Scheduler) IP Header Compression/ de-compression It replaces the old Node B / RNC combination from 3G. It terminates the complete radio interface including physical layer. Access Layer Security: ciphering and integrity protection on the radio interface MME Selection at Attach of the UE It provides all radio management functions An eNB can handle several cells. To enable efficient inter-cell radio User Data Routing to the SAE GW. Transmission of Paging Message coming from MME Transmission of Broadcast Info(System info, MBMS) management for cells not attached to the same eNB, there is a inter-eNB interface X2 specified. It will allow to coordinate inter-eNB handovers without direct involvement of EPC www.cert.nat.tn 10 during this process. NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 MME Functions Control plane NE in EPC MobilityManagementEntity(MME) Evolved Node B (eNB) MME S1-MME HSS S6a Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) Security (Authentication, integrity Protection) Idle State Mobility Handling Serving Gateway S1-U S11 S6a Idle State Mobility Handling Tracking Area updates Subscriber attach/detach Radio Security Control Signalling coordination for SAE Bearer Setup/Release It is a pure signaling entity inside the EPC. SAE uses tracking areas to track the position of idle UEs. The basic principle is identical to location or routing areas from 2G/3G. Trigger and distribution of Paging Messages to eNB Roaming Control (S6a interface t HSS) MME handles attaches and detaches to the SAE system, as well as tracking area updates Therefore it possesses an interface towards the HSS (home subscriber server) which stores the subscription relevant information and the tl i dMME i it t d t b to HSS) Inter-CN Node Signaling (S10 interface), allows efficient inter-MME tracking area updates and attaches currently assigned MME in its permanent data base. A second functionality of the MME is the signaling coordination to setup transport bearers (SAE bearers) through the EPC for a UE. MMEs can be interconnected via the S10 interface www.cert.nat.tn 11 and attaches NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 Evolved Node B MME ServingSAEGateway (eNB) MME S1-U S1-MME S5/S8 S11 S6a ServingGateway Functions Serving SAE Gateway PDN Gateway Local mobility anchor point: Switching the user plane path to a new eNB in case of Handover Serving Gateway Functions The serving gateway is a network element that manages the user data path (SAE bearers) within EPC. It therefore connects via the S1-U interface towards eNB d i li k k t d t f h d t it Mobility anchoring for inter-3GPP mobility. This is sometimes referred to as the 3GPP Anchor function and receives uplink packet data from here and transmits downlink packet data on it. Thus the serving gateway is some kind of distribution and packet data anchoring function within EPC. Idle Mode Packet Buffering and notification to MME Packet Routing/Forwarding packet data anchoring function within EPC. It relays the packet data within EPC via the S5/S8 interface to or from the PDN gateway. A serving gateway is controlled by one or more MMEs via S11 i t f between eNB, PDN GW and SGSN Lawful Interception support www.cert.nat.tn 12 S11 interface. NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 PacketDataNetwork(PDN)SAEGateway MME PCRF S7 Rx+ S11 S6a PDN Gateway Functions Mobility anchor for mobility between 3GPP access systems and non-3GPP access systems This is sometimes Serving Gateway S5/S8 PDN SAE Gateway PDN SGi Policy Enforcement (PCEF) Per User based Packet Filtering (i e access systems. This is sometimes referred to as the SAE Anchor function The PDN gateway provides the connection between EPC and a number of external data networks Gateway Gateway Per User based Packet Filtering (i.e. deep packet inspection) Charging & Lawful Interception support EPC and a number of external data networks. Thus it is comparable to GGSN in 2G/3G networks. A major functionality provided by a PDN gateway is the QoS coordination between the external PDN and EPC. IP Address Allocation for UE Packet Routing/Forwarding between Serving GW and external Data Network Therefore the PDN gateway can be connected via S7 to a PCRF (Policy and Charging Rule Function). Se g G a d e te a ata et o Packet screening (firewall functionality) www.cert.nat.tn 13 NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 PolicyandChargingRuleFunction(PCRF) MME S5/S8 SGi PCRF S7 Rx+ S11 S6a PCRF: Policy & Charging Rule Function QoS policy negotiation with PDN Serving Gateway S5/S8 PDN SAE Gateway PDN SGi Charging Policy: determines how packets should be accounted Q p y g The PCRF major functionality is the Quality of Service (QoS) coordination between the external PDN and EPC. ( ) Therefore the PCRF is connected via Rx+ interface to the external Data network (PDN) This function can be used to check and modify the QoS i t d ith SAE b t f SAE t t associated with a SAE bearer setup from SAE or to request the setup of a SAE bearer from the PDN. This QoS management resembles the policy and charging control framework introduced for IMS with UMTS release 6. www.cert.nat.tn 14 co o a e o oduced o S U S eease 6 NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 HomeSubscriberServer(HSS) Permanent and central subscriber database HSS Functions MME HSS S6a The HSS is already introduced by UMTS release 5 Stores mobility and service data for every subscriber S6a Contains the Authentication Center release 5. With LTE/SAE the HSS will get additionally data per subscriber for SAE mobility and service handling Contains the Authentication Center (AuC) functionality. handling. Some changes in the database as well as in the HSS protocol (DIAMETER) will be necessary to enable HSS for LTE/SAE. to enable HSS for LTE/SAE. The HSS can be accessed by the MME via S6a interface. www.cert.nat.tn 15 NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 LTE/SAENetworkInterfaces Evolved UTRAN (E-UTRAN) Evolved Packet Core (EPC) HSS S6a MME: Mobility Management Entity LTE-UE MME S10 S1-MME PCRF S7 Rx+ Evolved Node B (eNB) X2 S i S1-U S11 PDN PDN SGi S5/S8 (eNB) cell LTE U SAE Serving Gateway PDN Gateway LTE-Uu SAE Gateway www.cert.nat.tn 16 User plane Control Plane Control Plane +User plane NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 LTERadioInterfaceandtheX2Interface LTE-Uu f f (E)-RRC User PDUs User PDUs .. Air interface of EUTRAN Based on OFDMA in downlink and SC-FDMA in uplink FDD and TDD duplex methods Scalable bandwidth1 4MHz to currently20 MHz (E) RRC User PDUs User PDUs PDCP (ROHC =RFC 3095) RLC MAC TS 36.300 Scalable bandwidth 1.4MHz to currently 20 MHz Data rates up to 100 Mbps in DL MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) is a major component although optional. L ) LTE-L1 (FDD/TDD-OFDMA/SC-FDMA) eNB LTE-Uu X2 Inter eNB interface Handover coordinationwithout involvingthe EPC User PDUs X2-UP (User Plane) X2-CP (Control Plane) Handover coordination without involving the EPC X2AP: special signalling protocol During HO, Source eNB can use the X2 interface to forward downlink packets still buffered or arriving from th i t t th t t NB X2 GTP-U UDP IP TS 36.424 X2-AP SCTP IP TS 36.422 TS 36.423 the serving gateway to the target eNB. This will avoid loss of a huge amount of packets during inter-eNB handover. eNB L1/L2 L1/L2 TS 36.421 TS 36.421 TS 36.420 [ tl l i TS 36 30020] www.cert.nat.tn 17 [currently also in TS 36.300 20] NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 S1MME&S1UInterfaces S1-MME C t l i t f b t NB dMME S1 MME Control interface between eNB and MME S1flex allows 1 eNB to connect to several MME MME and UE will exchange non-access stratum signaling via eNB through this interface. MME S1-MME (Control Plane) NAS Protocols S1-AP TS 36.413 g g g E.g.: if a UE performs a tracking area update the TRACKING AREA UPDATE REQUEST message will be sent from UE to eNB and the eNB will forward the message via S1-MME to the MME. SCTP IP L1/L2 TS 36.411 TS 36.412 S1AP:S1 Application Protocol S1-U User plane interface between eNB and serving S1-U (User Plane) User PDUs eNB gateway. It is a pure user data interface (U=User plane). S1flex-U also supported: a single eNB can connect to several Serving GWs. Serving Gateway GTP-U UDP IP TS 36.414 g Which Serving GW a users SAE bearer will have to use is signaled from the MME of this user. L1/L2 TS 36.411 TS 36.410 www.cert.nat.tn 18 [currently in TS 36.300 19] NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 EUTRAN&EPCconnectedwithS1flex Several cases 1 eNB 1 Single S1-MME Single S1-U 2 eNB 2 Single S1-MME Multiple S1-US1Flex-U 3 eNB 3 Multiple S1- p MMES1Flex Single S1-U www.cert.nat.tn 19 NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 S10&S6aInterfaces HSS S6a Candidate (Control Plane) S6a Appl. DIAMETER S10 Candidate (Control Plane) GTP-C MME HSS SCTP IP L1/L2 DIAMETER MME UDP IP L1/L2 L1/L2 TR 29.801 TR 29.801 S10 Interface between different MMEs S6a Interface between the MME and the HSS Used during inter-MME tracking area updates The new MME can contact the old MME the user had been registered before to retrieve data about identity (IMSI), security information (security context, The MME uses it to retrieve subscription information from HSS (handover/tracking area restrictions, external PDN allowed, QoS, etc.) during attaches and updates ( ), y ( y , authentication vectors) and active SAE bearers (PDN gateways to contact, QoS, etc.) Obviously S10 is a pure signaling interface, no user data runs on it. The HSS can during these procedures also store the users current MME address in its database. www.cert.nat.tn 20 NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 S11&S5/S8Interfaces S5/S8 Interface between Serving GW and PDN GW S5 If S i GW d PDN GWb l t th MME S11 Candidate S11 Interface between MME and a Serving GW A single MME can handle multiple Serving GW each one with its own S11 interface U dt di t th t bli h t f SAE S5: If Serving GW and PDN GW belong to the same network (non-roaming case) S8:If this is not the case (roaming case) S8 =S5 +inter-operator security functions Mainlyused to transfer user packet data between PDN GW S11 Candidate (Control Plane) UDP GTP-C Used to coordinate the establishment of SAE bearers within the EPC SAE bearer setup can be started by the MME (default SAE bearer) or by the PDN Gateway. Mainly used to transfer user packet data between PDN GW and Serving GW Signaling on S5/S8 is used to setup the associated bearer resources S5/S8 can be implemented either by reuse of the GTP S5/S8 GTP Candidates (Control and User Plane) IP L1/L2 S5/S8 IETF Candidates (Control and User Plane) p y protocol from 2G/3G or by using Mobile IPv6 with some IETF enhancements. Serving Gateway PDN Gateway Sgi (Control and User Plane) User PDUs GTP-U UDP GTP-C TR 29.801 (Control and User Plane) User PDUs MIPv6 Tunneling Layer PMIPv6 IPv6 PDN Sgi UDP IP L1/L2 y Layer IPv4/IPv6 L1/L2 IPv4 IPv6 www.cert.nat.tn 21 TS 23.401 / TR 29.801 TS 23.402 / TR 29.801 NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 S7&SGi Intefaces PCRF S7 (Control Plane) ?? S7 Interface between PDN GW and PCRF (Policy and Charging Rule Function) SGi (User Plane) ?? IP L1/L2 It allows: the PCRF to request the setup of a SAE bearer with appropriate QoS allows the PDN GWto ask for the QoS of PDN Gateway IMS/PDN Application UDP or TCP UDP or TCP IPv4/IPv6 TR 23.401 allows the PDN GW to ask for the QoS of an SAE bearer to setup to indicate EPC status changes to the PCRF to apply a new policy rule. SGi Interface usedby the PDN GWto sendandreceive data to Gateway L1/L2 Interface used by the PDN GW to send and receive data to and from the external data network It is typically either IPv4 or IPv6 based Downlink data coming from the external PDN must be assignedto the right SAE bearer of the right user by analysis assigned to the right SAE bearer of the right user by analysis of the incoming packets IP addresses, port numbers, etc. This interface corresponds to the Gi interface in 2G/3G networks www.cert.nat.tn 22 NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 Rx+Interface Rx+ (Control Plane) S7 ?? PCRF ?? IP L1/L2 SGi TR 23.203 R + PDN Gateway PDN Rx+ Interface between PCRF(Policy & Charging Rules Function) and the external PDN network/operators IMS Standardized in 3GPP TS 23 203 www.cert.nat.tn 23 Standardized in 3GPP TS 23.203. NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 SAE/LTEInterworkingwith2G/3GNetworks SGSN I PS GERAN Gb Gr GGSN Gn PDN Gi HSS S3 UTRAN Iu-PS S4 MME S6a S7 NB LTE-UE S1-U S11 S1-MME PDN PCRF S7 Rx+ SGi S5/S8 eNB cell Evolved UTRAN (E UTRAN) Serving Gateway PDN Gateway PDN cell LTE- Uu www.cert.nat.tn 24 Evolved UTRAN (E-UTRAN) Evolved Packet Core (EPC) NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 S4 (U Pl ) S3 S3&S4Interfaces (User Plane) S3 (Control Plane) UDP GTP-C GTP-U User PDUs SGSN UDP IP L1/L2 UDP IP L1/L2 MME Serving Gateway TR 29.801 / TS 23.401 TR 29.801 / TS 23.401 MME Gateway S3/S4 Interfaces between EPC and 2G/3G packet switched core network domain They would allow inter-system changes between SAE and 2G/3G ey oud a o te syste c a ges bet ee S a d G/3G The S3 is a pure signalling interface used to coordinate the inter-system change between MME and SGSN The S4 is the user plane interface and it is located between SGSN and Serving SAE GW. This would allow to either forward packet data from EUTRAN via Serving SAE GW to SGSN (and then to GGSN) f 2G/3G RAN t SGSN t S i SAE GWt PDN GW www.cert.nat.tn 25 GGSN) or from 2G/3G RAN to SGSN to Serving SAE GW to PDN GW. NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 SAE/LTEInterworkingwith3G Alternative SGSN GERAN Gb Gr GGSN Gn PDN Gi HSS S3 S4 UTRAN Iu-PS Gr Direct Tunnels from ServingGWto RNC MME S6a S12 Serving GW to RNC (User Plane) MME S1 U S11 S1-MME PCRF S7 Rx+ SGi S5/S8 eNB Serving Gateway S1-U PDN Gateway PDN SGi S5/S8 cell LTE-Uu www.cert.nat.tn 26 Evolved UTRAN (E-UTRAN) Evolved Packet Core (EPC) NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 S12Interface S12 GTP-U User PDUs S12 (User Plane) Serving Gateway UDP IP L1/L2 UTRAN S12 InterfacesbetweenEPCand3GRadioaccessnetwork It ld ll i t t h b t SAE d 3G TR 29.801 / TS 23.401 ItwouldallowintersystemchangesbetweenSAEand3G TheS12istheuserplaneinterfaceusedfortunnelinguserdatadirectlybetweentheServingSAEGW andtheUTRAN. This would allow to forward packet data from 3G RAN to Serving SAE GW to PDN GW Thiswouldallowtoforwardpacketdatafrom3GRANtoServingSAEGWtoPDNGW. ItisbasedontheGninterfacebetweentheSGSNandtheGGSNandsousestheGTPUprotocol. www.cert.nat.tn 27 NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 LTE/SAERoamingArchitecture Case1 PCRF Rx+ HSS Home PLMN PDN Gateway IMS/PDN PCRF S7 SGi Case 1: S8 S6a hPLMN Visited PLMN vPLMN Case 1: Home Routed Traffic By connecting Serving GW in vPLMN to PDN GW in MME S11 S1-MME eNB vPLMN hPLMN GTP tunnel and MIPv6 options over the S8 interface Serving Gateway S1-U cell LTE-Uu interface Also called Remote Breakout. EvolvedUTRAN (E-UTRAN) Evolved Packet Core (EPC) www.cert.nat.tn 28 NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 LTE/SAERoamingArchitecture Case2 Case 2: Local Breakout Case 2: Local Breakout UE can access the PDN network directly from the vPLMN rather than traffic being routed through the hPLMN. Breakout should depend on the service: i e :internet accesslocal breakout HSS Home PLMN i.e.:internet accesslocal breakout i.e.:access to corporate VPNremote breakout S9: PCRF-to-PCRF interface: roaming controlled by hPLMN policies Home PLMN hPLMN hPCRF S6a Visited PLMN vPLMN S9 MME S S11 S1-MME eNB vPCRF S7 Rx+ SGi S5 Serving Gateway S1-U cell LTE-Uu PDN Gateway IMS/PDN SGi S5 www.cert.nat.tn 29 EvolvedUTRAN (E-UTRAN) Evolved Packet Core (EPC) NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 S9Interface ?? S9 (Control Plane) ?? IP ?? hPCRF vPCRF IP L1/L2 TR 29 801/ TS 23 401??????? S9 InterfacesbetweenthehPCRFandthevPCRFusedinroamingcases. TR 29.801 / TS 23.401??????? ItisusedenforcementintheVPLMNofdynamiccontrolpolicesfromtheHPLMN. www.cert.nat.tn 30 NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 LTE/SAEInterworking with Non3GPPAccess EvolvedUTRAN (E-UTRAN) Evolved Packet Core (EPC) EvolvedUTRAN (E UTRAN) HSS eNB MME S6a S1 U S1-MME PCRF S7 Rx+ cell LTE-Uu Common GW for all accesses Generic support for any non-3GPP access Serving Gateway S1-U S11 PDN Gateway PDN SGi S5 SAE G t (e.g. WLAN, Fixed) Session Mobility using Mobile IP Policy control supported for non-3GPP accesses A th ti ti f 3GPP Gateway Gateway Gateway S2 Access authentication for non-3GPP accesses using Authentication, Authorization and accounting (AAA) mechanisms Security support for non-trusted accesses Non-3GPP Access: WiMAx, WLAN, Fixed,. www.cert.nat.tn 31 y pp NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 AccountingandCharginginSAE/LTENetworks ItwillbeanevolutionofthePSDomaincharging mechanismsforGPRSandUMTS Itwillfacilitateseamlessinterworkingwithlegacy chargingsystems. The charging filter rules are provided by the Policy ThechargingfilterrulesareprovidedbythePolicy andChargingRuleFunction(PCRF). TheIMSChargingFunctionprovidesinformation about the users session (e g call control abouttheuser ssession(e.g.callcontrol, multimedia,services). TheApplicationChargingFunctionprovides f b h f h ff informationaboutthecontentoftheuserstraffic (e.g.URL,fileormediastreamname). www.cert.nat.tn 32 NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 Factorsaffectingthepriceofausersession Usagetimeorduration. Transferreddatavolume Numberofevents(units) Destinationofsession Locationandtimezoneofsession origination QualityofService(QoS) Q y (Q ) RadioAccessTechnology(RAT,e.g.LTE and3G/2Ginthecaseofhandover, non 3GPP access) non3GPPaccess) TariffTime Useridentification www.cert.nat.tn 33 NetworkArchitecture ITU/BDT Arab Regional Workshop on 4G Wireless Systems -Tunisia 2010 Thanks for your Attention Thanks foryour Attention www.cert.nat.tn 34 NetworkArchitecture