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UMTS Protocols

UMTS Protocols
GSM, UMTS & LTE Fundamentals

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Module Objectives

Explain in briefly Transport Plane, Control Plane, and User


Plane signaling protocol.
Explain technologies used to provide services

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UMTS Network Summary (Rel. 99)

GSM BSS CS Domain


A PSTN
BTS T MSC /
B R VLR E
GMSC
Abis A IWF/ ISDN
S U TC C/D
Um BTS C Gb CAP F

CSE EIR HLR AuC


UTRAN
Gf
Node B R CAP Gr Gc X.25
Uu (n x BTS) Iu(CS)
Iub N
UE Iu(PS) Gn Gi
IP
Node B C SGSN GGSN
(n x BTS)
Iur PS Ga
CGF
Billing
R Domain System
Node B N
(n x BTS) Gd SMS-GMSC
C SMS-IWMSC
SM-SC

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ATM Protocol Layers

Convergence Sublayer (CS)


ATM Adaptation Layer
Segmentation And Reassembly (SAR)

ATM Layer ATM Layer

Transmission Convergence (TC)


Physical Layer
Physical Medium (PM)

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ATM Cell

53 bytes

Header Payload
5 bytes 48 bytes

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ATM Adaptation Layers and supporting traffics

Bitrate Constant Variable


Timing between
source and Synchronized Not Synchronized
destination
Connection Connection Oriented or
Mode Connection Oriented
Connectionless

Video, voice
Voice, circuit Data, Frame
Traffic Example with silence Data, SMDS
emulation Relay, IP
removed

AAL Type AAL1 AAL2 AAL3/4 AAL5

ATM Layer

Physical Layer

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AAL2 Cell Packing

Low bit rate voice

ch#4

ch#3
Silence

ch#2 ....

ch#1 ....

CID in the header

Short packet hh ch#1


ch#1 hh ch#2
ch#2 hh ch#3
ch#3 hh ch#4
ch#4 hh ch#2
ch#2 ....
Standard H
H H
H
ATM cell

Start field

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AAL5 Sublayers

Higher layers
AAL5 SSCS
SSCF
Maps Layer 3 to SSCOP

SSCOP SSCS
Reliable data transfer
AAL5
(SAAL) AAL5 CPS CS
CPCS
Transparent transport of
SDUs CPCS
AAL5 SAR
SDU segmentation and
Common part reassembly SAR
ATM layer

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AAL2 Signaling Protocol / ALCAP

RNSAP/RANAP AAL2 SIG (ALCAP)


NBAP
SCCP STC

MTP3b
SSCF-UNI
SSCF-NNI

SSCOP

AAL5

ATM

Physical

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Iub Transport Plane

Iub
BS RNC

Control Data User Data Control Data User Data

SAAL SAAL
SSCF-UNI SSCF-UNI

SSCOP SSCOP

AAL5 AAL2 AAL5 AAL2

ATM ATM

Physical Physical

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Iur Transport Plane

Iur
SRNC DRNC

Control Data User Data Control Data User Data

SAAL SAAL
SSCF-UNI SSCF-UNI

SSCOP SSCOP

AAL5 AAL2 AAL5 AAL2

ATM ATM

Physical Physical

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Iu-CS Transport Plane

Iu-CS
RNC MSC

Control Data User Data Control Data User Data

SAAL SAAL
SSCF-NNI SSCF-NNI

SSCOP SSCOP

AAL5 AAL2 AAL5 AAL2

ATM ATM

Physical Physical

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Iu-PS Transport Plane

Iu-PS
RNC SGSN

Control Data User Data Control Data User Data

SAAL SAAL
SSCF-NNI SSCF-NNI

SSCOP SSCOP

AAL5 AAL5 AAL5 AAL5

ATM ATM

Physical Physical

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OSI vs SS7 Layers

OSI Layers SS7 Layers

MAP INAP CAP


7 Application
TCAP

T I
6 Presentation U S
P U
5 Session P

4 Transport SCCP

3 Network Layer MTP Level 3

2 Data Link Layer MTP Level 2

1 Physical Layer MTP Level 1

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SS7-Users

TCAP TCAP TCAP TCAP


user user user user ISUP
BSS
AP TUP
TCAP

SCCP

signaling network level

MTP signaling link level

signaling data link level

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Iub Radio Network Control Plane

Iub
BS RNC

NBAP NBAP

Convergence Protocol(s) Convergence Protocol(s)

AAL5 AAL5

ATM ATM

Physical Physical

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Iur Interface Radio Network Control Plane

Iur
SRNC DRNC

RNSAP RNSAP

Convergence Protocol(s) Convergence Protocol(s)

AAL5 AAL5

ATM ATM

Physical Physical

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Iu Interface Control Plane

Iu
RNC Core Network Domain

RANAP RANAP

Convergence Protocol(s) Convergence Protocol(s)

AAL5 AAL5

ATM ATM

Physical Physical

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Iub User Plane

Iub
BS RNC

Frame Protocols for: Frame Protocols for:


DCH, RACH, and FACH DCH, RACH, and FACH

AAL2 AAL2

ATM ATM

Physical Physical

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Iur User Plane

Iur
SRNC DRNC

Frame Protocols for: DCH Frame Protocols for: DCH

AAL2 AAL2

ATM ATM

Physical Physical

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Iu interface User Planes for CN Circuit Domain

Iu-CS
RNC MSC

User Data Streams User Data Streams

AAL2 AAL2

ATM ATM

Physical Physical

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Iu interface User Planes for CN Packet Domain

Iu-PS
RNC SGSN

User Data Streams User Data Streams

GTP GTP

UDP UDP

IP IP

AAL5 AAL5

ATM ATM

Physical Physical

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Release 4 Architecture

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MEGACO use in MS
MSC/VLR

MEGACO/H.248

ATM/IP/TDM

MGW MGW

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BICC IAM
Bearer information is
carried in signaling
messages

MSC Server MSC Server


IAM

Bearer Control Bearer Control

MGW Address

MGW MGW

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SIP-T in SCN Rel. 4

MSS/GCS MSS/GCS
SIP-T

MGW IP MGW

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