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UMTS Traffic Management
UMTS Traffic Management
Node B
3G
MSC
BSC
Node B
AXC
Internet
Fiber
Fiber
Node B
Gateway Plane
Contains temporary
information on
subscriber
Node B
3G
MSC
BSC
Node B
AXC
Internet
Fiber
Fiber
Node B
Node B
3G
MSC
BSC
Node B
AXC
Internet
Fiber
Fiber
Node B
3G
MSC
BSC
Node B
AXC
Internet
Fiber
Fiber
Node B
MGW
Mobile Phones
TypeYourNameHere TypeDateHere
Student Exercise:
Why do you think the RNC makes the decision on the type of bearer
that is allocated to a subscriber?
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Layers - Bearer services in UMTS
TE MT UTRAN CN Iu CN TE
EDGE Gateway
NODE
End-to-End Service
UTRA Physical
FDD/TDD Bearer Service
Service
UE RAN CN
Packet
RANAP Connection Network
re r
Bea
s s
Acce
dio
Ra
Packet Data Service
Speech Service
RRC Connection Radio Access Bearer RANAP Connection Circuit Switched
Video Service Radio Access Bearer Network
Student Exercise:
Can you think of an example where it may be necessary to
modify the radio resource connection?
Node B
3G
MSC
RNC
3G
SGSN
RNC
RNC
3G
MSC
RNC
3G
SGSN
RNC
RNC
3G
MSC
RNC
3G
SGSN
RNC
RNC
3G
MSC
RNC
3G
SGSN
RNC
RNC
3G
MSC
RNC
3G
SGSN
RNC
RNC
3G
MSC
RNC
3G
SGSN
RNC
RNC
Core Network
Radio Access
RNC HLR
AuC Service Information
Location Updating EIR
Supplementary Services
3G 3G
MSC SGSN GGSN
Cellular architecture
LA = Location Area (MSC)
RA = Routing Area (SGSN)
URA = UTRAN Registration Area (RNC)
CEL Cell = Cell (RNC)
L
ROUTING Position = Positioning
Service (UTRAN)
CEL
CEL
CEL AREA L
URA L
L (RA) CEL
L
CEL CEL
Location Area (LA)
L L
CEL ROUTING
L
URA AREA CEL
L
(RA)
CEL
L CEL
L
BTS
BTS
BTS
VLR
RNC
3G
SGSN
RNC
RNC-1
RA-1
M M S ta te s in U E : M M S ta te s in S G S N :
P a c k e t R e c e iv e d P a c k e t R e c e iv e d
R a d io L in k R e le a s e I u C o n n e c t io n R e le a s e
D e ta c h P acket D e ta c h P acket
A tta c h A tta c h
Paging Paging
BTS BTS
Mobile responds
to paging Paging
BTS
RNC
3G
MSC
3G
SGSN
RNC
3G
MSC
3G
SGSN BSC
1. User requests access (IMSI Attach)
Visitor Network
UE RAN CN
RNC
3G
Operator A (frequency 1) SGSN
Operator B (frequency 2)
Networks transmit
information about
themselves Operator C (frequency 3)
(MCC+MNC)
RNC
3G
SGSN
RNC
3G
SGSN
VLR SG SN AuC
IM S I
RAND K SQ N
XRES AUTN CK IK
R A N D , A U T N , X R E S , C K , IK
UE VLR SG SN
RAND ,AU TN
RAND K AUTN
RES SQ N CK IK
R ES
U E c h e c k s w h e th e r th e V L R /S G S N c h e c k s
S Q N is b ig e n o u g h w h e th e r R E S = X R E S
RNC
3G
SGSN
Ciphering is performed
in the RNC and the
mobile
4. PDP-Context Activation Request: Access Point Name (APN), QoS, IP Address GGSN selects the
Access Point and
5. Authentication assigns dynamic IP
6. GGSN address resolution Request (APN) Address
13. PDP Context Activation Accept: NSAPI, given dynamic IP-address, offered QoS
states
- P D P C o n te x t A c t iv a t io n - P D P C o n te x t D e a c t iv a tio n
(la s t)
- P a c k e t D a ta D e ta c h
- P D P C o n te x t A c t iv a t io n
- P D P C o n te x t M o d if ic a t io n
- P D P C o n te x t D e a c t iv a tio n
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GTP - GPRS Tunnelling Protocol
User User
t
packet User
Packet packe User
packet
User
packet
RNC
3G- GGSN
SGSN
The stream of
The stream of containers
containers
forming a tunnel.
form a 'tunnel'
UE BS RNC 3G-SGSN
1. PDP Context Deactivation Request
• Email
End user application • MO-MT SMS
• etc...
• Security
Network Application • Mobility
Intelligence • Charging information collection
Connection
3G
SGSN
GGSN
Billing Centre
RNC
Location Based Server
3G
SGSN GGSN
Review Questions
a. IMSI
b. IMEI
c. MCC
d. P-TMSI
e. TMSI
f. PIN
a. LA
b. RA
c. URA
d. 3G-MSC supply area
e. 3G-SGSN supply area
What other
information is kept?
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Cell ID
__________________
Positioning Service
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7. TRUE or FALSE
The URA (UTRAN Registration Area) is used by the core network to keep
track of subscribers in the network.
9
8. The operation of requesting a subscriber to contact the
network is called:
a. IMSI attach
b. Location update
c. Paging
d. Bearer allocation
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Review
109. Which of the following sentences best describes authentication:
a. Security of the user information on the air interface
b. IMSI and IMEI checking
c. Supplementary service status checking (by the subscriber)
d. A process used by the GGSN to determine firewall access