ETSI TS 101 314 V4.1.1 (2003-09)

Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks (TIPHON) Release 4; Abstract Architecture and Reference Points Definition; Network Architecture and Reference Points

RTS/TIPHON-02009R4

Harmonizacija telekomunikacij in internetnega protokola prek omrežij (TIPHON), 4. izdaja - Abstraktna arhitektura in definicija referenčnih točk - Arhitektura omrežja in referenčne točke

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• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 03-Sep-2003
• Technical Committee: TIPHON 2 - TIPHON Architecture models and interfaces
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Due Date: 01-Aug-2003
• Completion Date: 04-Sep-2003
• Ref Project: SIST-TS TS 101 314 V4.1.1:2004 - Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks (TIPHON) Release 4; Abstract Architecture and Reference Points Definition; Network Architecture and Reference Points

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Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks (TIPHON)
Release 4; Abstract Architecture and Reference Points Definition; Network Architecture
and Reference Points
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: TS 101 314 Version 4.1.1
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33.020 Telekomunikacije na splošno Telecommunications in
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ETSI TS 101 314 V4.1.1 (2003-09)
Technical Specification


Telecommunications and Internet Protocol
Harmonization Over Networks (TIPHON) Release 4;
Abstract Architecture and Reference Points Definition;
Network Architecture and Reference Points

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Reference
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Keywords
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights.5
Foreword.5
Introduction .5
1 Scope.6
2 References.6
3 Definitions and abbreviations.7
3.1 Definitions.7
3.2 Abbreviations.9
4 Basic concepts.10
4.1 Functional planes.10
4.2 Domains and functional groups.11
5 Functional decomposition of the IP telephony application plane.12
5.1 Introduction to the functional layers.12
5.1.1 The services functional layer .13
5.1.2 The service control functional layer .14
5.1.3 The call control functional layer.15
5.1.4 The bearer control functional layer.16
5.1.5 The media control functional layer .16
5.2 Definition of reference points.17
5.2.1 SC-Service reference points.18
5.2.2 SC-SC reference points.19
5.2.3 CC-SC reference points .19
5.2.4 CC/BC-CC/BC reference points .19
5.2.5 MC-BC reference points.19
5.2.6 MC-MC reference points .19
5.2.7 TR-MC reference points .20
5.2.8 Call unrelated reference point configurations .20
5.2.8.1 Registration.20
5.2.9 Call-related reference point configurations.20
5.2.9.1 Scenario 0.20
5.2.9.1.1 Users at home .21
5.2.9.1.2 Roaming users.21
5.2.9.2 Scenario 1.22
5.2.9.2.1 User at home.23
5.2.9.2.2 Roaming user.24
5.2.9.3 Scenario 2.24
5.2.9.3.1 User at home.25
5.2.9.3.2 Roaming user.26
5.2.9.4 Scenario 3.27
6 Functional decomposition of the IP transport plane.27
6.1 Introduction to the transport functional layers.28
6.1.1 Transport service functional layer .28
6.1.2 Transport control layer.28
6.1.3 Transport flow layer.29
6.2 Definition of reference point .29
6.2.1 Transport control - transport service reference points .29
6.2.2 Transport control - transport control reference points .30
6.2.3 Transport flow - transport control reference points .30
7 Management plane.30
7.1 Functional decomposition of the management plane .30
7.1.1 Management functional architecture.30
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7.1.2 Management information architecture.33
7.1.3 Management physical architecture .33
7.2 Management processes.34
7.2.1 Flow-though process model.34
7.3 Interconnection between management plane and TIPHON planes .35
8 Architecture summary.36
Annex A (informative): Business roles reference configuration.37
History .39

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Intellectual Property Rights
IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in
respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web
server (http://webapp.etsi.org/IPR/home.asp).
Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web
server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document.
Foreword
This Technical Specification (TS) has been produced by ETSI Project Telecommunications and Internet Protocol
Harmonization Over Networks (TIPHON).
Introduction
The present document describes the network architecture and the reference configurations that are necessary for the
support of services and service capabilities defined for TIPHON Release 4. The TIPHON Release 4 definition and the
corresponding relationship between the core deliverables is described in TR 101 301 V4.1.1 [1].
The present document builds upon the concepts embodied in TIPHON Release 3 [8]. These concepts which are
applicable to network configurations based on the range of functional and entities within the IP network, as described in
the present document that are necessary to support the four scenarios of TIPHON Release 4.
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1 Scope
The present document defines the TIPHON network architecture and the reference configurations that are necessary for:
• the delivery of telephone calls, which originate and terminate in IP networks;
• the delivery of telephone calls which originate in an Internet Protocol (IP) network and are delivered to
Switched Circuit Networks (SCN);
• the delivery of telephone calls which originate in SCNs and are delivered in an IP network; and
• the delivery of telephone calls which originate in SCNs, routed through IP networks and delivered to SCN.
These four scenarios are part of TIPHON Release 4.
The architecture includes provision of information and facilities which are incidental to the delivery of telephone calls
described above. The present document builds upon the concepts embodied in the TIPHON Release 3 network
architecture and reference configurations described in TR 101 877 [8]. The present document is applicable to equipment
fulfilling the roles of the functional groups identified in TS 101 878 [2]; Terminal functional group, network functional
group and Gateway functional group, and also to entities within the IP network that are necessary to support the four
scenarios of TIPHON Release 4.
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 and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific.
• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
• For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
http://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
[1] ETSI TR 101 301: "Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks
(TIPHON) Release 3; Release Definition; TIPHON Release 3 Definition".
[2] ETSI TS 101 878: "Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks
(TIPHON) Release 3; Service Capability Definition; Service Capabilities for a simple call".
[3] ETSI TS 101 329-2: "Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks
(TIPHON) Release 3; End-to-end Quality of Service in TIPHON Systems; Part 2: Definition of
Speech Quality of Service (QoS) Classes".
[4] ETSI TS 101 871 (all parts): "Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT);
Application Specific Access Profile (ASAP); DECT Multimedia Access Profile (DMAP); Profile
requirement list and profile specific Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) proforma".
[5] ETSI TR 101 303: "Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks
(TIPHON) Release 3; Requirements definition study; Introduction to service and network
management".
[6] ETSI TR 101 311: "Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks
(TIPHON) Release 3; Service Independent requirements definition; Transport Plane".
[7] Void.
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[8] ETSI TR 101 877: "Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks
(TIPHON); Requirements Definition Study; Scope and Requirements for a Simple call".
[9] Void.
[10] ETSI TS 101 303: "Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks
(TIPHON) Release 4; Service Independent Requirements Definition; Service and Network
Management Framework; Part 1: Overview and Introduction".
[11] ITU-T Recommendation M.3010: "Principles for a Telecommunications management network".
[12] ITU Recommendations M.3200: "TMN management services and telecommunications managed
areas: overview".
[13] ITU Recommendations M.3400: "TMN Management Functions".
[14] GB910: "Telecom Operations Map".
[15] GB921 June 1: "enhanced Telecom Operations Map (eTOM): The Business Process Framework-
for the Information and Communications Services Industry".
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:
administrative domain: collection of physical or functional entities under the control of a single administration
aggregate bearer: logical association of functional entities in an IP telephony application and transport network which
creates one or more concurrent end to end media flows and which is not limited to the duration of a single call
Aggregate Bearer Admission Control (ABAC) function: functional entity that determines whether or not a flow is to
be admitted as part of an established aggregate bearer
Aggregate Bearer Measurement (ABM) function: function that determines the capacity used and remaining in an
aggregate bearer as a result of measuring the actual media flows after taking into account what flows were requested
application data: media or signalling information content
bearer: logical association of functional entities in an IP telephony application and transport network which creates an
end to end media flow for no longer than the duration of a call
domain: collection of physical or functional entities within an administrative domain which share a consistent set of
policies and common technologies
Domain IDentifier (DID): globally unique identifier of a domain. Domain identifiers may be mapped to the IP
Telephony Administrative Domain (ITAD) Numbers, registered by IANA and used by the TRIP Protocol
end-user: entity using the services of an IP telephony service provider or transport network operator
end-user domain: collection of physical or functional entities under the control of an end-user which share a consistent
set of policies and common technologies
functional entity: entity in a system that performs a specific set of functions
Functional Group (FG): collection of functional entities within a domain.
NOTE: In TIPHON systems functional groups are used to structure the necessary functionality to offer IP
telephony services across domains
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gateway functional group: functional group containing the functionality of a network functional group also the
functionality necessary to connect calls to the SCN
NOTE: Gateway functional groups may be classified as originating or terminating based upon their location
within the topology of a specified call.
home network functional group: functional group, which is aware of the service application subscribed to by the
end-user
NOTE: Home network functional groups may be classified as originating or terminating based upon their location
within the topology of a specified call.
intermediate (transit) network functional group: functional group connecting the serving network functional group
to the home network functional group
NOTE: The intermediate network functional grouping is only present when the serving network functional
grouping and the home network functional grouping are not directly connected.
information flow: interaction between a communicating pair of functional entities
interconnection function: functional entity connecting two networks having differing administrative policy such as
Quality of Service (QoS) or addressing policy but employing the same signalling protocol, and transport technology, at
the point of interconnect
interface: shared boundary between two communicating systems, devices or equipment
IP network: packet transport network comprising one or more transport domains each employing the IP protocol
IP telephony: any telephony related service that is supported on a managed IP network
IP telephony service provider: service provider who offers IP telephony services
NOTE: The same business entity may act as both a transport network operator and an IP telephony service
provider.
network functional group: functional group containing the functionality required to establish a call between two
terminals, a gateway and a terminal, or two gateways
NOTE: Network functional groups may be classified as originating or terminating based upon their location
within the topology of a specified call.
packet flow/transport flow: stream of packets of the same type identified by common address and port numbers
NOTE: The stream may contain either signalling information or content description together with media
information.
protocol: set of semantics, syntax and procedures, which govern the exchange of information across an interface
reference point: conceptual point at the conjunction of two communicating functional entities
service domain: collection of physical or functional entities offering IP telephony services under the control of an IP
telephony service provider which share a consistent set of policies and common technologies
serving network functional group: functional group that enables terminal functional groups to connect to an IP
telephony service provide
Switched Circuit Network (SCN): telecommunications network, e.g. Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN),
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), and General System for Mobile communications (GSM), that uses
circuit-switched technologies for the support of voice calls
NOTE: The SCN may be a public network or a private network.
terminal: endpoint within the user equipment on which signalling and media flows originate and/or terminate
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terminal functional group: functional group representing all the IP telephony functionality within an end-user's
terminal
NOTE: Terminal functional groups may be classified as originating or terminating based upon their location
within the topology of a specified call.
ticket: a ticket is obtained through the registration session, when used in a call it provides the terminal/user with a
means to show a valid registration exists
transport domain: collection of transport resources sharing a common set of policies, QoS mechanisms and transport
technologies under the control of a transport network operator
transport function: functional entity representing the collection of transport resources within a transport domain which
are capable of control by a transport resource manager
transport network: collection of transport resources, which provide IP transport functionality
transport network operator: business entity operating a transport network
transport policy entity: functional entity that maintains the policies of a transport domain
Transport Resource Manager (TRM): functional entity that applies a set of policies and mechanisms to a set of
transport resources to ensure that those resources are allocated such that they are sufficient to enable transport flows
with QoS guarantees across the domain of control of the TRM
user equipment: equipment under the control of an end-user
user profile: service specific information about a user of a service application
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
ABAC Aggregate Bearer Admission Control
ABM Aggregate Bearer Management
BC Bearer Control
CC Call Control
CR Call Routing function
DID Domain IDentifier
DiffServ Differentiated Services
DNS Domain Name Service
DTMF Dual Tone Multi Frequency
FCAPS Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance and Security
FG Functional Group
GSM General System for Mobile communication
HREG Home network REGistration function
IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
ICF Interconnect Function
IP Internet Protocol
IPTN IP Telephony Network
IREG Intermediate Network Registration function
ISDN Integrated Service Digital Network
ITAD IP Telephony Administrative Domain
MC Media Control
MD Mediation Device
MPLS Multi-Protocol Label Switching
NE Network Element
NEF Network Element Function
OAM&P Operation Adminstration Maintenance & Provision
OS Operations System
OSF Operations System Function
PSTN Public Switched Telephony Network
QoS Quality of Service
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QoSM Quality of Service Management
QoSP Quality of Service Policy
SC Service Control
SCN Switched Circuit Networks
SpoA Service point of Attachment
SREG Service Network REGistration function
TA Transport Accounting function
TOM Telecommunications operations Map
TF Transport Function
TP Transport Policy
TREG Terminal Registration function
TRIP Telephony Routing over IP Protocol
TRM Transport Resource Management
WS Work Station
WSF Work Station Function
4 Basic concepts
4.1 Functional planes
TR 101 877 [8] describes an environment for communications services that encompasses multiple domains of control
and technology.
Figure 1 expands upon [8] by identifying the following functional planes, each containing a high level grouping of
functionality:
• IP telephony application;
• IP transport;
• SCN;
• management.
SCN plane
IP Telephony Application plane
Management
plane
Transport plane (including IP)

Figure 1: Functional planes
The SCN plane contains the functionality relating to the SCN. Part of the SCN plane is a component of the service
abstraction layer as defined in [8], and part of the SCN plane is a component of the transport abstraction layer as
defined in [8]. Architectures for SCNs are defined elsewhere, therefore, details of this functional plane are not
considered further in the present document.
The IP telephony application plane makes use of capabilities provided by the other functional planes and it contains
functions to support telephony. The IP telephony application plane is a component of the service abstraction layer as
defined in [8]. The IP telephony application plane contains functions and has information flows that support the service
capabilities defined in [2].
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The transport plane (including IP) contains the functionality relating to the underlying packet transport and services in
general use, e.g. DNS. The IP transport plane is a component of the transport abstraction layer as defined in [8].
The management plane contains the management functionality relating to QoS, security and network management. The
details of this functional plane are considered in [5].
4.2 Domains and functional groups
TS 101 878 [2] defines a number of concepts and terms that are used in the present document.
Domains are a collection of physical entities or functional entities under the control of a single administration which
shares a consistent set of policies and compatible technologies.
TIPHON distinguishes three kinds of domains: end-user domains, service domains and transport domain.
The end-user domain is controlled by the end-user, the service domain is controlled by an IP telephony service provider
and the transport domain is controlled by a transport network operator.
Functional groups are the constructs used in the present document to structure functionality necessary to offer IP
telephony services across domains. The mapping between domains and functional groups is shown in [2].
NOTE: There may not be a on
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