Diameter Signaling

&
LTE Roaming

Signaling Focus Day - LTE MENA 2014

11-13 May 2014, Dubai

Jino Jacob
Manager - Mobile Services
Carrier & Wholesale Services
Etisalat UAE
 Diameter Signaling & LTE Roaming

• Understanding the role of Diameter signaling in LTE roaming

• Overcoming technical challenges to provide seamless LTE roaming

• The role of IPX Service Provider

Signaling Focus Day LTE MENA 2014, Dubai

 Understanding the role of Diameter signaling in LTE roaming
- LTE roaming architecture

IPX Provider
Home Network Visited Network
Signalling Traffic (Diameter )
HSS MME
DRA
hPCRF vPCRF

PGW GRX/IPX SGW

User Data Traffic (Payload)

Operator A Operator B

Signaling Focus Day LTE MENA 2014, Dubai

 Understanding the role of Diameter signaling in LTE roaming
- Authentication, authorization and ensuring QoS

The Diameter signaling in roaming

• providing authentication and authorization of a roaming

subscriber on the visited network

• carrying charging and quality of service (QoS) profiles between

the visited and home networks

Signaling Focus Day LTE MENA 2014, Dubai

 Overcoming technical challenges to provide seamless LTE roaming

- Guaranteed QoS for LTE data

- Policy & Charging

- Local breakout OR Home routing

- Deployment of VoLTE and RCS

Signaling Focus Day LTE MENA 2014, Dubai

 Overcoming technical challenges to provide seamless LTE roaming
- Guaranteed QoS for LTE data

Signaling Focus Day LTE MENA 2014, Dubai

 Overcoming technical challenges to provide seamless LTE roaming
- Guaranteed QoS for LTE data

Signaling Focus Day LTE MENA 2014, Dubai

 Overcoming technical challenges to provide seamless LTE roaming
- Policy & Charging

Policy management is critical:

• Limiting network congestion
• Enhancing service quality
• Monetizing services

Integrated Policy and OCS

• meet service expectations
• retain subscriber mindshare

Signaling Focus Day LTE MENA 2014, Dubai

 Overcoming technical challenges to provide seamless LTE roaming
- Local breakout OR Home routing

local breakout
Less delay
Lower cost of transport
Lower switching overhead
Cheaper retail

home routing
Control over the service
Visibility of the traffic
Control over the quality
Accuracy of billing

Signaling Focus Day LTE MENA 2014, Dubai

 Overcoming technical challenges to provide seamless LTE roaming
- VoLTE and RCS

IMS-based VoLTE - the “final goal”

VoLTE & RCS - Complement each other

Competing with highly dynamic OTT solutions

WebRTC Services

Signaling Focus Day LTE MENA 2014, Dubai

 Overcoming technical challenges to provide seamless LTE roaming
- How does LTE roaming impact carrier business?

Expected from Carriers :

- Deliver voice, data, video services .....

- Deliver with assured QoS

- Deliver with guaranteed security

Managing complexity, interoperability, routing, security >>> IPX

Signaling Focus Day LTE MENA 2014, Dubai

 IPX - managing complexity, interoperability, routing, security
- mix of services for LTE market

 LTE Roaming hub

 LTE Hosted DRA Services

 LTE Steering

 LTE Data clearing

 LTE Financial settlement

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 Etisalat Smart Hub IPX
- Delivering the ‘mix of services’ to end users with Qos

Etisalat SmartHub:

The IPX Hub

The IX Hub

The Carrier Hub

The Capacity Hub

The Content Hub.

Signaling Focus Day LTE MENA 2014, Dubai

Signaling Focus Day LTE MENA 2014, Dubai