ETSI TS 123 002 V13.7.0 (2016-10)

Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM); Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; Network architecture (3GPP TS 23.002 version 13.7.0 Release 13)

RTS/TSGS-0223002vd70

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• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 04-Oct-2016
• Technical Committee: 3GPP SA 2 - Architecture
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Completion Date: 05-Oct-2016

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ETSI TS 1123 002 V13.7.0 (201616-10)

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONION
Digital cellular telecommmmunications system (Phase e 2+) (GSM);
Universal Mobile Telelecommunications System ( (UMTS);
LTE;
Netetwork architecture
(3GPP TS 23.0.002 version 13.7.0 Release 13 13)

3GPP TS 23.002 version 13.7.0 Release 13 1 ETSI TS 123 002 V13.7.0 (2016-10)

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RTS/TSGS-0223002vd70
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GSM,LTE,UMTS
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 11
Introduction . 11
1 Scope . 12
2 References . 12
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 18
3.1 Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) . 18
3.2 Core Network (CN) and Access Network (AN) . 18
3.3 Circuit Switched (CS) and Packet Switched (PS) Domains . 18
3.3.1 CS Domain. 18
3.3.2 PS Domain . 19
3.3a IP Multimedia subsystem (IMS) . 19
3.4 Location register . 19
3.5 Cell . 20
3.6 Base Station Controller (BSC) area . 20
3.7 Radio Network Controller (RNC) area . 20
3.8 Location Area (LA) . 20
3.9 Routing Area (RA) . 20
3.9a Tracking Area (TA) . 20
3.10 MSC area . 20
3.11 VLR area . 20
3.12 SGSN area . 20
3.13 Zones for Regional Subscription . 21
3.14 Service area . 21
3.15 Group call area . 21
3.15a MME Area. 21
3.16 Pool-area. 21
3.17 Serving GW Service Area . 21
4 The basic entities of the mobile system . 22
4.1 The Core Network (CN) entities . 22
4.1.1 Entities common to the PS and CS domains . 22
4.1.1.1 The Home Subscriber Server (HSS) . 22
4.1.1.1.1 The Home Location Register (HLR) . 23
4.1.1.1.2 The Authentication Centre (AuC) . 23
4.1.1.1.3 HSS logical functions . 24
4.1.1.2 The Visitor Location Register (VLR) . 25
4.1.1.3 (void) . 26
4.1.1.4 The Equipment Identity Register (EIR) . 26
4.1.1.5 SMS Gateway MSC (SMS-GMSC) . 26
4.1.1.6 SMS Interworking MSC (SMS-IWMSC) . 26
4.1.1.7 Subscription Locator Function (SLF). 26
4.1.2 Entities of the CS domain . 27
4.1.2.1 The Mobile-services Switching Centre (MSC) . 27
4.1.2.1.1 MSC Server . 27
4.1.2.1.2 Circuit Switched - Media Gateway Function (CS-MGW) . 28
4.1.2.2 The Gateway MSC (GMSC) . 28
4.1.2.2.1 Gateway MSC Server (GMSC Server) . 28
4.1.2.3 The Interworking Function (IWF) . 28
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4.1.3 Entities of the GPRS PS domain . 29
4.1.3.1 Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) . 29
4.1.3.2 Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) . 29
4.1.3.3 Void. 30
4.1.4 Entities of the EPC PS Domain . 30
4.1.4.1 MME . 30
4.1.4.2 Gateways . 31
4.1.4.2.1. Serving GW . 31
4.1.4.2.2 PDN GW . 31
4.1.4.2.3 Local GW (L-GW) . 32
4.1.4.3 SGSN . 32
4.1.4.4 Trusted and Untrusted Non-3GPP Access Network . 32
4.1.4.5 ePDG . 33
4.1.4.6 3GPP AAA Server . 33
4.1.4.7 3GPP AAA Proxy . 33
4.1.4.8 ANDSF . 33
4.1.5 Border Gateway (BG)] . 34
4.2 The Access Network (AN) entities . 34
4.2.1 The Base Station System (BSS) . 34
4.2.1.1 Base Station Controller (BSC) . 34
4.2.1.2 Base Transceiver Station (BTS) . 34
4.2.2 The Radio Network System (RNS) . 35
4.2.2.1 Radio Network Controller (RNC) . 35
4.2.2.2 Node B . 35
4.2.3 Access Network elements for E-UTRAN . 35
4.2.3.1 E-UTRAN Node B (eNB) . 35
4.2.3.2 Evolved UTRAN . 35
4.3 The Mobile Station (MS) . 35
4.4 User Equipment (UE) . 35
4a The specific entities of the 3GPP system . 36
4a.1 The Group Call Register (GCR) entity . 36
4a.2 (void) . 37
4a.3 The Location Services (LCS) entities . 37
4a.3.1 Location Services (LCS) entities in RAN . 37
4a.3.2 Gateway Mobile Location Centre (GMLC) . 38
4a.3.3 Location Measurement Unit (LMU) . 38
4a.3.4 Evolved Serving Mobile Location Centre (E-SMLC) . 38
4a.4 CAMEL entities . 39
4a.4.1 GSM Service Control Function (gsmSCF) . 39
4a.4.2 GSM Service Switching Function (gsmSSF) . 39
4a.4.3 GSM Specialised Resource Function (gsmSRF) . 39
4a.4.4 GPRS Service Switching Function (gprsSSF) . 39
4a.5 CBS-specific entities . 39
4a.5.1 Cell Broadcast Centre (CBC). 39
4a.6 Number Portability Specific entities . 39
4a.6.1 IN-based solution: Number Portability Database (NPDB) . 39
4a.6.2 Signalling Relay-based solution: Mobile Number Portability/Signalling Relay function (MNP-SRF) . 40
4a.7 IP Multimedia (IM) Core Network (CN) Subsystem entities . 40
4a.7.1 Call Session Control Function (CSCF) . 40
4a.7.2 Media Gateway Control Function (MGCF) . 40
4a.7.3 IP Multimedia Subsystem - Media Gateway Function (IMS-MGW) . 40
4a.7.4 Multimedia Resource Function Controller (MRFC) . 41
4a.7.4a Multimedia Resource Function Processor (MRFP) . 41
4a.7.4b Media Resource Broker (MRB) . 41
4a.7.5 Void . 41
4a.7.6 Breakout Gateway Control Function (BGCF) . 41
4a.7.7 Application Server (AS) . 42
4a.7.8 Interconnection Border Control Function (IBCF). 42
4a.7.9 Transition Gateway (TrGW) . 42
4a.7.10 Location Retrieval Function (LRF) . 42
4a.7.11 Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server (SCC AS) . 43
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4a.7.11a Emergency Access Transfer Function (EATF) . 43
4a.7.12 Access Transfer Control Function (ATCF) . 43
4a.7.13 Access Transfer Gateway (ATGW) . 43
4a.8 Signalling Gateway Function (SGW) . 43
4a.9 Global Text Telephony Specific entities . 43
4a.10 Security Gateway (SEG) . 43
4a.11 Application Function (AF) . 44
4a.12 Void . 44
4a.13 3GPP/WLAN Interworking entities . 44
4a.13.1 WLAN UE . 44
4a.13.2 3GPP AAA Proxy . 44
4a.13.3 3GPP AAA Server . 44
4a.13.4 WLAN Access Gateway (WAG) . 44
4a.13.5 Packet Data Gateway (PDG) . 44
4a.13.6 Home Agent (HA) . 44
4a.14 Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) specific entities . 44
4a.14.1 General . 44
4a.14.2 Broadcast-Multicast Service Centre (BM-SC). 45
4a.14.3 MBMS-GW . 45
4a.14.4 Multi-cell/multicast Coordination Entity (MCE) . 45
4a.15 Void . 45
4a.16 GUP Server . 45
4a.17 Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) . 45
4a.18 Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF) . 46
4a.19 Support of Short Message Service over generic 3GPP Internet Protocol access (SMSIP) specific entities . 46
4a.19.1 General . 46
4a.19.2 IP-Short-Message-Gateway (IP-SM-GW) . 46
4a.20 Subscription Profile Repository (SPR) . 46
4a.21 Service Data Flow Based Credit Control Function . 46
4a.22 Offline Charging System (OFCS) . 46
4a.23 Online Charging System (OCS) . 46
4a.24 Bearer Binding and Event Reporting Function (BBERF) . 46
4a.25 Home (e)NodeB entities . 47
4a.25.1 Home NodeB Subsystem (HNS) . 47
4a.25.2 Home eNodeB Subsystem (HeNS) . 47
4a.25.3 CSG List Server . 47
4a.25.4 CSG Subscriber Server (CSS) . 47
4a.26 Application Front Ends (AFE) . 48
4a.27 User Data Repository (UDR) . 48
4a.28 Traffic Detection Function (TDF) . 48
4a.29 Specific entities to facilitate communications with packet data networks and applications . 48
4a.29.1 Machine Type Communication-InterWorking Function (MTC-IWF) . 48
4a.29.2 Machine Type Communication- Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (MTC-AAA) . 48
4a.29.3 Service Capability Exposure Function (SCEF) . 48
4a.30 TCP Proxy Function . 49
4a.31 Specific entities for Packet Switched Streaming (PSS) Service . 49
4a.31.1 Packet Switched Streaming Service Server (PSS Server) . 49
4a.32 Specific entities for Group Communication System Enablers for LTE (GCSE_LTE). 49
4a.32.1 Group Communication Service Application Server (GCS AS) . 49
4a.33 Specific entities for Proximity-based Services (ProSe) . 49
4a.33.1 ProSe Function . 49
4a.34 RAN Congestion Awareness Function (RCAF) . 49
4a.35 Traffic Steering Support Function (TSSF) . 50
4a.36 Specific entities for mission critical communication services . 50
4a.36.1 Mission Critical Push To Talk Application Server (MCPTT AS) . 50
5 Configuration of a Public Land Mobile Network . 50
5.1 Basic configuration. 50
5.2 Configuration of LCS entities . 54
5.2.1 Configuration of LCS entities for GERAN . 54
5.2.2 Configuration of LCS entities for UTRAN . 55
5.2.3 Configuration of LCS entities for E-UTRAN . 55
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5.3 Configuration of CAMEL entities . 56
5.4 Configuration of CBS entities . 57
5.5 Configuration of IM CN Subsystem entities . 57
5.5.1 IM CN Subsystem functional entities . 57
5.5.2 IM CN Subsystem Service layer . 58
5.5.3 Service Centralization and Continuity . 60
5.5.4 WebRTC access to IMS . 61
5.6 Configuration of Signalling Gateway Function . 62
5.7 Configuration of 3GPP/WLAN Interworking . 62
5.8 Configuration of Presence service . 63
5.9 Configuration of MBMS entities . 63
5.10 Configuration of Short Message Service over generic 3GPP Internet Protocol access (SMSIP) entities . 65
5.11 Configuration of Policy Control and Charging entities . 65
5.12 Configuration of CSFB(CS Fallback) . 68
5.13 Configuration of Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC) . 69
5.13.1 E-UTRAN/UTRAN (HSPA) to UTRAN or GERAN SRVCC architecture . 69
5.13.2 UTRAN/GERAN to E-UTRAN or UTRAN (HSPA) SRVCC architecture . 70
5.14 Configuration of Security . 72
5.15 Configuration of Lawful Intercept related entities . 72
5.16 Configuration of Charging related entities . 73
5.17 Configuration of Home (e)NodeB entities . 74
5.17.1 Configuration of the Home NodeB Subsystem . 74
5.17.2 Configuration of the Home eNodeB Subsystem . 75
5.18 Configuration for facilitating communications with packet data networks and applications . 76
5.19 Configuration of Packet Switched Streaming (PSS) Service . 76
5.20 Configuration of Proximity-based Services. 77
5.21 Configuration for RAN user plane congestion detection and reporting . 77
6 PLMN basic interfaces and reference points . 78
6.1 Interfaces between Mobile Station and the Fixed Infrastructure . 78
6.1.1 Interface between Mobile Station and Base Station System (Um-interface) . 78
6.1.2 Interface between User Equipment and Radio Network System (Uu-interface) . 78
6.1.3 Interface between User Equipment and Evolved UTRAN (E-UTRAN Uu-interface) . 78
6.2 Interface between the Core Network and the Access Network . 78
6.2.1 Interfaces between the CS domain and the Access Network . 78
6.2.1.1 Interface between the MSC and Base Station System (A-interface) . 78
6.2.1.2 Interface between the MSC and Base Station System (Iu_CS interface) . 79
6.2.1.3 Interface between the MSC and RNS (Iu_CS interface) . 79
6.2.2 Interfaces between the PS domain and the Access Network . 79
6.2.2.1 Interface between SGSN and BSS (Gb-inter face) . 79
6.2.2.2 Interface between SGSN and BSS (Iu_PS-interface) . 79
6.2.2.3 Interface between SGSN and RNS (Iu_PS-interface) . 79
6.2.3 Interfaces between the Evolved Packet Core and the Access Network . 80
6.2.3.1 Interface between MME and E-UTRAN (S1-MME-interface) . 80
6.2.3.2 Interface between S-GW and E-UTRAN (S1-U-interface) . 80
6.3 Interfaces internal to the Access Network . 80
6.3.1 Interface between BSC and BTS (Abis-interface) . 80
6.3.2 Interface between RNC and Node B (Iub-interface) . 80
6.3.3 Interface between two RNCs (Iur-interface) . 80
6.3.4 Interface between two eNBs (X2-interface) . 80
6.3.5 Interface between HNB and HNB-GW(Iuh-interface) . 80
6.4 Interfaces internal to the Core Network . 80
6.4.1 Interfaces internal to the CS domain . 80
6.4.1.1 Interface between the MSC server and its associated VLR (B-interface) . 80
6.4.1.2 Interface between the HLR and the MSC server (C-interface) . 81
6.4.1.3 Interface between the HLR and the VLR (D-interface) . 81
6.4.1.4 Interface between MSC servers or MSC server and IP-SM-GW (E-interface) . 81
6.4.1.5 Interface between MSC server and EIR (F-interface) . 81
6.4.1.6 Interface between VLRs (G-interface) . 82
6.4.1.7 Reference point (G)MSC server – CS-MGW (Mc Reference Point) . 82
6.4.1.8 Reference Point MSC Server – GMSC Server (Nc Reference Point) . 82
6.4.1.9 Reference Point CS-MGW – CS-MGW (Nb Reference Point) . 82
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6.4.1.10 Reference Point between the CSS and the VLR (Hv Reference Point) . 82
6.4.2 Interfaces internal to the PS domain (GPRS) . 82
6.4.2.1 Interface between SGSN and HLR (Gr-interface) . 82
6.4.2.2 Interface between SGSN and GGSN (Gn- and Gp-interface) . 83
6.4.2.3 Signalling Path between GGSN and HLR (Gc-interface) . 83
6.4.2.4 Interface between SGSN and EIR (Gf-interface) . 83
6.4.2.5 Reference Point between the CSS and the Gn/Gp SGSN (Ghv Reference Point). 83
6.4.3 Interfaces used by CS and PS domains . 83
6.4.3.1 Interface between MSC/VLR and SGSN (Gs-interface) for GPRS . 83
6.4.3.2 Interface between HLR/HSS and AuC (H-Interface) . 83
6.4.3.3 Interface between SGSN/IP-SM-GW and SMS-GMSC/SMS-IWMSC (Gd/Gdd-Interface) for
GP RS . 84
6.4.3.4 Interface between MSC/VLR and MME (SGs-interface) for EPC . 84
6.4.3.5 Interface between 3GPP MSC Server and MME or SGSN (Sv-interface) . 84
6.4.4 Interfaces internal & related to the Evolved Packet Core . 84
6.4.4.1 Interface between MME and HSS (S6a-interface) . 84
6.4.4.2 Interface between SGSN and HSS (S6d-interface) . 84
6.4.4.3 Interface between MME and S-GW (S11-interface) . 84
6.4.4.4 Interface between MME and MME (S10-interface). 85
6.4.4.5 Interface between S-GW and PDN GW (S5 and S8-interface) . 85
6.4.4.6 Interface between MME and EIR (S13-interface) . 85
6.4.4.7 Interface between MME and SGSN (S3-interface) . 85
6.4.4.8 Interface between S-GW and SGSN (S4-interface) . 85
6.4.4.9 Interface between S-GW and UTRAN (S12-interface) . 85
6.4.4.10 Interface between Trusted non-3GPP IP Access and S-GW/PDN GW (S2a-interface) . 85
6.4.4.11 Interface between PDN GW/S-GW and ePDG (S2b-interface) . 85
6.4.4.12 Interface between PDN GW and UE (S2c-interface) . 85
6.4.4.13 Interface between PDN GW and 3GPP AAA Server/proxy (S6b-interface) . 85
6.4.4.14 Interface between Untrusted non-3GPP IP Access and 3GPP AAA Server/proxy (SWa-interface) . 86
6.4.4.15 Interface between Trusted non-3GPP IP Access and 3GPP AAA Server/proxy (STa-interface) . 86
6.4.4.16 Interface between 3GPP AAA Server and 3GPP AAA proxy (SWd-interface) . 86
6.4.4.17 Interface between ePDG and 3GPP AAA Server/proxy (SWm-interface) . 86
6.4.4.18 Interface between ePDG and Untrusted non-3GPP Access (SWn-interface) . 86
6.4.4.19 Interface between ePDG and UE (SWu-interface) . 86
6.4.4.20 Interface between HSS and 3GPP AAA Server (SWx-interface) . 86
6.4.4.21 Interface between UE and ANDSF (S14-interface) . 86
6.4.4.22 Reference point between HRDP AN and MME (S101-reference point) .
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