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4282015, LTE GoS SDF end EPS Bearer QoS | NETMANIAS. NETMANIAS TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS ust (topm Requres) LTE QoS: SDF and EPS Bearer QoS apeversion September 11, 2013 | By Netmanies [tech@netmanias.com) me Prerentaton version Coninevewer: HTML POF Vewer(paperfie] POF Viewer (opt le) «tke thie i] suMNARY ‘share this This document wil describe LTE QoS at service level and at bearer level. Fist, the concept of Service Tweet] Uke Data Flow (SOF) and E®S bearer, trafic flows at these two levels, will be explained, followed bY 9 | | as description of their relationship. Then, it will explain the concept of QoS at each level, end cover, diferent types and characteristics of SDF QoS parameters and EPS bearer QoS parameters. Finalh xe oe/a/2013 explanation on how QoS parameters are provisioned to Evolved Packet System (EPS) entities and Pages 16 applied to user traffic, and how they work in UL and DL traffic wil be given, Views 15685 Downloads 1a rable of Contents a ecatcos Korea Communication Review I, SDF and EPS Bearer senuary 2015 I. QoS Parameters of SDF and EPS Bearer IV. Q0S Provisioning and Enforcement An Example for SDF and EPS Bearer QoS VL Closing References I. Introduction ‘an LTE service provider should be able to make services with different QoS requirements availabe to Its Users with afferent subscription levels. S0, the service provider needs to be aware of subscription levels of each user (e.g. premium, best effort, etc.) and requested service types (2. Internet, voice, et.) in| Korean big 3 geting ready for crder to assign radio and network resources to the traffic of each user and manage them properly ‘56s 1827| For this reason, the LTE network first classifies user trafic (IP ows) into different SDFS having different Articles 05 classes based on the type of the service that is being provided through the SDFs, and then applies || (YEATEAconmarclzaonby Giferent QoS rules to each SOF. Since SOFs are delivered through EPS bearers in the LTE network, EPS | SguhKaretsg operas > bearer QoS has to be controlled In a way that SDF Qos Is maintained, 38 In this document, QoS mechanisms for SDFs ani sarers are explained as QoS mechanisms in LTE, ‘Now giga Inara service tnd rome on how ey werk se povided he acorert rane’ er folnar Cap || SAM Beeb . Soyeaba 913 defines an SOF and EPs bearer and chapter It describes Qos parameters for SO and EPs bearers Chapter Iv covers QoS provisioning ana Gas enforcement, describing By which ent Qos parameters. || Mom > are provisiones ana where they are erfrcee. n Chapter V, some examples showing Now the LTE Qo works are provided and explained based onthe concept of QoS discussed in Chapters I nd I. Il, SDF and EPS Bearer View All (116) rettetire (a Chereater refered to a "ers beter) An Sr refers oa grep ef IP Rowe assoc wha erice | Sb0#> wee al ses agrans Study and Research on GRAN & Fronthaul esearch Coverage: CRAN, D> AN, Frontaul, Backhaul, Small a Hetret, door, Outdoor, srdmore ted Contents LTE Policy and charging Contrel Fcc) Ee Procedure 108 13 Mowe to Anote yond cm Procedure 82, Handover and cel Reelection Mm Procedute 7c eselection without TAU ut raced 8 Handover Handover ut rocedure 8 Handover withoot TAU Port 2-2 EMM Procedute 6. 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QoS Parameters for SDF and EPS Bearer In chapter Ml, we have learned that user traffic is classified by using packet filters Into either SOFS or EPS bearers, and SDF QoS and EPS bearer QoS are respectively applied to the SDFS and the EPS bearers. n Chapter i, we will study QoS parameters for SDFs and for EFS bearers and explain their relationship In an LTE network, Qos parameters are defined at service level and at bearer level. SDF QoS parameters are service-level QoS parameters while EPS bearer QoS parameters are bearer-level QoS parameters. Service level ane bearer level are also calles ns SOF level and SDF aggregate level. An SOF ‘aggregate refers to a group of SOFS which have the same QCr (Qos Class Identifier) and ARP (Allocation and Retention Friorty) values and belong to one EFS session. Both QCI and ARP are the basic QoS parameters applied to all SOFS and EPS bearers. The Qct is particularly Important because It serves as 3 reference that indicates the performance characteristics of SDFS and EPS bearers. in addition to these two basic parameters, there are other Qos parameters, such as GBR, MBR and AMBR that specify the bandwith (or bit rate) characteristics of SDFS and EPS bearers, SOF and EFS bearer QoS parameters are a8 follows: + SDF Qos parameters: Qc, ARP, GAR and MER + EPS bearer Qos parameters: Qc, ARP, GBR, MAR, APN-AMBR and UE-ANBR SDF QoS Parameters (QCI and ARP are applied to all SDFS. The QCI, in an integer from 1 to 9, indicates nine differant Qos performance characteristics of each IP packet, such as resource type (GBR or Non-GBR), priority (1 ~ 9), packet delay budget (SO ms ~ 300 ms), and packet error loss rate (10°? » 108) [2 Maximum it Rate (MER) and Guararteed Bit Rate (GBR) are also the SOF Qos parameters, and they Indicate the bandwidths (or bitrates) of SOFS, MER specifies the maximum bitrate of an SDF. If the network traffic is not congested, user trafic travelling as SDF can be delivered at mast atthe specified MR. However, GBR Is the guaranteed bitrate of an SOF. This means the SDF Is guaranteed with 2 specified GBR no matter what. So, even when the network trafic is congested, user traffic traveling as SF is delivered at least atthe guaranteed GBR. ‘There are two types of SDFS: GBR SOF and nor-GBR SDF. In case of 3 GBR SOF, dedicated network Fesources are assigned according to the resource type specified by its Qcr. However, in case of a non- [GBR SOF, dedicated network resources are not assigned (See Table 3 for comparison between GBR and ‘on-GBR types). A GBR SDF is assigned @ GBR and an MER, whereas a non- GBR SDF is assigned an MER nly. Qos parameters fer these two SDFs are as follows: + GBR SDF Qos parameters: Qct, ARF, GBR (UL/DL) and mB (UL/DL) “+ Mon-GOR SDF Qos parameters: QCI, ARF 2nd NBR (UL/DL) |A SOF thot matches the packets filters of a TFT (OL TFT) is mapped to an EPS bearer ina P-GW, and jiew8id-techdoes8n0=5008 a tp www netmanias.comien 4282015, LTE GoS SDF end EPS Bearer QoS | NETMANIAS. Gelivered to 8 UE through its mapped EPS bearer. An aggregate of SDFS withthe same QCI and ARP is ‘mapped to one EDS bearer. EPS Bearer Qos Parameters {Qct and ARP are applied to all EPS bearers, An EPS bearer is classified as @ GBR bearer or a non-GBR: bearer depending on the resource type specified by its QcI (See Table 3 for comparison between GBR and non-GAR types). A default bearer must be non-GBR while a dedicated bearer can be either GBR or Cother than Qcr and ARP, there are ether Qos parameters for EPS bearers: MER and GBR indicating the bandwidth (or bit rate) of an EPS bearer, and AMBR (Aggregated Maximum Bit Rate) Indicating the total bandwleth of multiple EPS bearers. MER and GBR are the maximum and the quaranteed bandwidths of an [ES bearer respectively, and AMER Is the maximum total Bandiicth of multiple EPS bearers. | GBR EPS bearer is assigned a GBR and an MBR, which means dedicated network resources are allocated (Le. bandwidth in an amount of the specified GAR Is guaranteed and a bandwidth in an amount of the specified MBR Is available) tothe bearer. However, 2 non-GBR EPS bearer Is assigned an |AMBR, which means dedicated network resources are not allocated to the bearer, but a maximum bandath to share with other non-GOR bearers Is allocated, There are two types of AMER: APN-ANER, the maximum bandwidth that can be shared by all non-GBR bearers In @ PON, and UE-AMBR, the ‘maximum bandwicth that can be shared in @ UE. A UE can be connected to more than one PDN, n which case the total APN-AMBR of all PONS carmot exceed the UE-AMBR. QoS parameters forthe two types of EPS bearers are as follows: + GBR bearer QoS parameters: QCI, ARP, GBR{UL/DL) and MBR(UL/DL) + Mon-GBR bearer Qos parameters: QCI, ARP, APN-AMBR(UL/OL) and UE-AMBR(UL/OL) SDF and EPS Bearer Qos Parameters Figure 2 illustrates QoS parameters applied to SDFs and EPS bearers a Figure 2. Qos Parameters for SDF and EFS Bearer In Figure 2, the UE is connected to two PONS. The UE has two IP addresses: IP address 1 assigned by P- GW 1 for use n PON 2, and IP adaress 2 assigned by P-SW 2 for use In PDN 2, And it has one default bearer and two dedicated bearers established for each PDN. User traffic I fons are filtered into SDFS in the P-GW by using SDF templates, There are two groups of SDFs 1~S each received from PON 1 and PON 2. For these SDFS, network resources are allocated and packet forwarding is treated according to the 1005 rules set nthe PAGW, And the SDFS are then mapped to EPS bearers based on thelr spectied Qt {and ARP. In case of PON in the figure, SOTS 1 and 2 are mapped tothe default beater, SOFS 3 nd 4 ‘are mapped to the non-G2R dedicated bearer, and SDF Sis mapped to the GAR dedicated bearer, al heading tothe UE, their final destination. Such traffic mapped from SDF to EPS bearer is defined by Using Trafic Filter Template (TFT). All the user trafic is subject tothe EPS bearer Qos while being elivered trough the EPS bearers, {A non-GBR bearers associated with 2 PDN are controlled by the maximum APN-AMBR they share while the ones associated with @ UE are controlled by the maximum UE-AMBR they share. Table 2. Qos Parameters for SDF and EPS Bearer au 4282015, LTE GoS SDF end EPS Bearer GoS | NETMANIAS. se indicates diferent Qos performance characteristics. + Standardized Qos characteris values are defined as OC {s]tbie6.1.7. + QoS characteristics represented by QC vale: resource type (GBR or non-GBA, priority aa (1°), packet delay budget ($0!s~ 300s), and packet erroross rate (10°~ 10%) + Controls packet forwardingtreatment(eg scheduling weights, admission tvesholds, «queue management thresholds link layer protocol configuration, et.) at network nodes (ene, -Gwand?-cw, + Pre

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