Overall EPS Architecture

Basic EPS entities & interfaces

HSS/
AuC

EPS entities:
eNB: Evolved Node B
MME: Mobility Management
Entitiy
S-GW: Serving Gateway
P-GW: PDN Gateway

SPR

EPC

Sp
S6a

S1-C or
S1-MME

S10

Other
MMEs

MME

S5

eNode B

UE

Rx
Gx

S11

LTE-Uu

PCRF

Gx
c

S-GW

P-GW

SG
i

Operator's IP
Services
(e.g., Internet,
Intranet, IMS,
PSS)

S1-U
X2
Other
eNBs
Signaling
(Optional)

EUTRAN
80-W2691-1 Rev A

Data

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Other entities:
HSS: Home Subscriber Server
PCRF: Policy and Charging
Resource Function
IMS: IP Multimedia Subsystem
PSS: PS Streaming Service

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