ETSI TS 124 371 V15.1.0 (2019-10)

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) access to the IP Multimedia (IM) Core Network (CN) subsystem (IMS); Stage 3; Protocol specification (3GPP TS 24.371 version 15.1.0 Release 15)

RTS/TSGC-0124371vf10

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 30-Sep-2019
• Technical Committee: 3GPP CT 1 - MM/CC/SM [lu] (formely CN1)
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Completion Date: 01-Oct-2019

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ETSI TS 124 371 V15.1.0 (2019-10)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS);
LTE;
Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC)
access to the IP Multimedia (IM) Core Network (CN)
subsystem (IMS);
Stage 3;
Protocol specification
(3GPP TS 24.371 version 15.1.0 Release 15)

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Reference
RTS/TSGC-0124371vf10
Keywords
LTE,UMTS
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Legal Notice . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 9
3.1 Definitions . 9
3.2 Abbreviations . 9
4 Overview of WebRTC access to IMS . 10
4.1 General . 10
5 Functional entities . 10
5.1 General . 10
5.2 WIC (WebRTC IMS Client) . 10
5.3 WWSF (WebRTC Web Server Function) . 11
5.4 WAF (WebRTC Authorisation Function) . 11
5.5 eP-CSCF (P-CSCF enhanced for WebRTC) . 11
5.6 eIMS-AGW (IMS Access Gateway enhanced for WebRTC) . 11
5A Data transport . 11
5A.1 General . 11
5A.2 UE . 11
5A.3 WWSF (WebRTC Web Server Function) . 11
5A.4 eP-CSCF (P-CSCF enhanced for WebRTC) . 12
5B Data framing and securing . 12
5B.1 General . 12
5B.2 UE . 12
5B.3 WWSF (WebRTC Web Server Function) . 12
5B.4 eP-CSCF (P-CSCF enhanced for WebRTC) . 12
5C Data formats . 13
5C.1 General . 13
5C.2 UE . 13
5C.3 WWSF (WebRTC Web Server Function) . 13
5C.4 eP-CSCF (P-CSCF enhanced for WebRTC) . 13
5D Connection management . 14
5D.1 General . 14
5D.2 UE . 14
5D.3 WWSF (WebRTC Web Server Function) . 14
5D.4 eP-CSCF (P-CSCF enhanced for WebRTC) . 14
5E Presentation and control . 14
5E.1 General . 14
5E.2 UE . 15
5E.3 WWSF (WebRTC Web Server Function) . 15
5E.4 eP-CSCF (P-CSCF enhanced for WebRTC) . 15
5F Local system support functions . 15
5F.1 General . 15
5F.2 UE . 15
5F.3 WWSF (WebRTC Web Server Function) . 15
5F.4 eP-CSCF (P-CSCF enhanced for WebRTC) . 15
6 Registration and authentication . 15
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6.1 General . 15
6.2 WIC (WebRTC IMS Client) . 16
6.2.1 WIC registration of individual Public User Identity using IMS authentication . 16
6.2.1.1 General . 16
6.2.1.2 W2 using SIP Digest credentials . 16
6.2.1.3 W2 using IMS-AKA . 17
6.2.2 WIC registration of individual public user identity based on web authentication . 17
6.2.3 WIC registration of individual public user identity from a pool of public user identities. 17
6.3 WWSF (WebRTC Web Server Function) and WAF (WebRTC Authorisation Function) . 18
6.3.1 WIC registration of individual public user identity using web credentials . 18
6.3.2 WIC registration of individual public user identity from a pool of public user identities. 18
6.4 eP-CSCF (P-CSCF enhanced for WebRTC) . 18
6.4.1 WIC registration of individual Public User Identity using IMS authentication . 18
6.4.1.1 Determination of IMS authentication mechanism . 18
6.4.1.2 W2 using SIP Digest credentials . 18
6.4.1.3 W2 using IMS-AKA . 19
6.4.2 WIC registration of individual public user identity using web credentials . 19
6.4.3 WIC registration of individual public user identity from a pool of public user identities. 20
6A Deregistration . 20
6A.1 General . 20
6A.2 WIC (WebRTC IMS Client) . 21
6A.3 eP-CSCF (P-CSCF enhanced for WebRTC) . 21
7 Call origination and termination . 21
7.1 General . 21
7.2 WIC (WebRTC IMS Client) . 21
7.2.1 General . 21
7.2.2 WIC originating call . 22
7.2.3 WIC terminating call . 22
7.2.4 WIC emergency call . 22
7.3 WWSF (WebRTC Web Server Function) . 23
7.4 eP-CSCF (P-CSCF enhanced for WebRTC) . 23
7.4.1 General . 23
7.4.2 WIC originating call . 23
7.4.3 WIC terminating call . 24
7.4.4 WIC emergency call . 25
7.4.5 Media optimization procedure . 25
7.4.5.1 WIC originating call . 25
7.4.5.2 WIC terminating call . 27
8 Data channel open and close . 30
8.1 General . 30
8.2 WIC (WebRTC IMS Client) . 30
8.2.1 General . 30
8.2.2 WIC originating call . 30
8.2.3 WIC terminating call . 31
8.3 WWSF (WebRTC Web Server Function) . 31
8.4 eP-CSCF (P-CSCF enhanced for WebRTC) . 31
8.4.1 General . 31
8.4.2 WIC originating call . 31
8.4.3 WIC terminating call . 32
9 Call modification . 33
10 IP multimedia application support in the IM CN subsystem using webRTC . 33
10.1 General . 33
10.2 Access to MMTel and supplementary services using webRTC . 33
10.2.1 General . 33
10.2.2 WIC (WebRTC IMS Client) . 33
10.2.2.1 SIP based protocol used by the WIC . 33
10.2.2.2 non-SIP based protocol used by the WIC . 33
10.2.3 WWSF (WebRTC Web Server Function) . 33
10.2.4 eP-CSCF (P-CSCF enhanced for WebRTC) . 33
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Annex A (informative): Example signalling flows . 34
A.1 Scope of signalling flows . 34
A.2 Void . 34
A.3 Signalling flows for registration . 34
A.3.1 Void . 34
A.3.2 WIC registration of individual public user identity based on web authentication . 34
A.3.3 Void . 36
A.4 Void . 36
A.5 Void . 36
Annex B (informative): Change history . 37
History . 39

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Foreword
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1 Scope
The present document provides the details for allowing Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC) IMS Clients (WIC)
to access the IP Multimedia (IM) Core Network (CN) subsystem.
The present document is applicable to WebRTC IMS client (WIC), eP-CSCF, eIMS-AGW, WebRTC Web Server
Function (WWSF) and WebRTC Authorization Function (WAF).
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
- References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non-specific.
- For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
- For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including
a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same
Release as the present document.
[1] 3GPP TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".
[2] IETF RFC 7118: "The WebSocket Protocol as a Transport for the Session Initiation Protocol
(SIP)".
[3] 3GPP TS 24.229: "IP multimedia call control protocol based on Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
and Session Description Protocol (SDP); Stage 3".
[4] 3GPP TS 23.228: " IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS); Stage 2".
[5] IETF RFC 5763: "Framework for Establishing a Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)
Security Context Using Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)".
[6] IETF RFC 5764: "Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Extension to Establish Keys for the
Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)".
[7] 3GPP TS 22.173: "IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystem (IMS) Multimedia Telephony Service
and supplementary services; Stage 1".
[8] 3GPP TS 24.173: "IMS multimedia telephony communication service and supplementary services;
Stage 3".
[9] 3GPP TS 33.203: "Access security for IP based services".
[10] RFC 6750 (October 2012): "The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework: Bearer Token Usage".
[11] 3GPP TS 23.292: "IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Centralized Services; Stage 2".
[12] RFC 5009 (September 2007): "Private Header (P-Header) Extension to the Session Initiation
Protocol (SIP) for Authorization of Early Media".
[13] 3GPP TS 23.334: "IMS Application Level Gateway (IMS-ALG) – IMS Access Gateway (IMS-
AGW) interface".
[14] RFC 4145 (September 2005): "TCP-Based Media Transport in the Session Description Protocol
(SDP)".
[15] RFC 8122 (March 2017): "Connection-Oriented Media Transport over the Transport Layer
Security (TLS) Protocol in the Session Description Protocol (SDP)".
[16] draft-ietf-rtcweb-data-channel-13 (January 2015): "WebRTC Data Channels".
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Editor's note: The above document cannot be formally referenced until it is published as an RFC.
[17] draft-ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol-09 (January 2015): "WebRTC Data Channel Establishment
Protocol".
Editor's note: The above document cannot be formally referenced until it is published as an RFC.
[18] draft-ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp-25 (March 2017): "Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)-
Based Media Transport in the Session Description Protocol (SDP)".
Editor's note: The above document cannot be formally referenced until it is published as an RFC.
[19] RFC 3261 (June 2002): "SIP: Session Initiation Protocol".
[20] RFC 3264 (June 2002): "An Offer/Answer Model with the Session Description Protocol (SDP)".
[21] RFC 7675 (October 2015): "STUN Usage for Consent Freshness".
[22] RFC 5245 (April 2010): "Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE): A Protocol for Network
Address Translator (NAT) Traversal for Offer/Answer Protocols".
[23] RFC 8261 (November 2017): "Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Encapsulation of
SCTP Packets".
[24] RFC 6455 (December 2011): "The WebSocket Protocol".
[25] draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-bundle-negotiation-29 (April 2016): "Negotiating Media Multiplexing
Using the Session Description Protocol (SDP)".
Editor's note: The above document cannot be formally referenced until it is published as an RFC.
[26] RFC 3581 (August 2003): "An Extension to the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for Symmetric
Response Routing".
[27] draft-ietf-sipcore-sip-token-authnz-02 (July 2019): "Third-Party Token-based Authentication and
Authorization for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)".
Editor's note: The above document cannot be formally referenced until it is published as an RFC.
[28] RFC 6544 (March 2012): "TCP Candidates with Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE)".
[29] Void.
[30] draft-ietf-rtcweb-overview-18 (March 2017): "Overview: Real Time Protocols for Brower-based
Applications".
Editor's note: The above document cannot be formally referenced until it is published as an RFC.
[31] Void.
[32] RFC 3310 (September 2002): "Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Digest Authentication Using
Authenti
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