UTRAN UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network

Ingo Willimowski
Institut fr Mobil- und Satellitenfunktechnik GmbH Carl-Friedrich-Gau-Strae 2 D-47475 Kamp-Lintfort, Germany e-mail: willimowski@imst.de

ffentliche Diskussionssitzung des ITG-Fachausschusses 7.2 UMTS Systeme der 3. Mobilfunkgeneration CCD Messe Dsseldorf, 29.04.1999

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Overview

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UMTS Domains and Strata UTRAN Functions UTRAN Service Access Points UTRAN Nodes and Interfaces Protocol Architecture Procedures Further Information Sources

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UMTS Domains and Reference Points

Home Network Domain [Zu] Cu Uu Iu [Yu]

Serving Network Domain USIM Domain Mobile Equipment Domain User Equipment Domain
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Transit Network Domain Core Network Domain

Access Network Domain

Infrastructure Source: ETSI UMTS 23.01 Domain

Functional Communication between UMTS domains

Home Stratum USIM - HN USIM - MT MT - SN SN - HN

Serving Stratum USIM - MT MT - SN

Functional flows between the USIM, MT/ME, Access Network, Serving Network and Home Network domains
Source: ETSI UMTS 23.01

Transport Stratum Access Stratum MT - AN AN - SN

USIM

MT/ME

Access Network Domain

Serving Network Domain

Home Network Domain

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Access Stratum
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part of the Transport Stratum consisting of the parts in the infrastructure and in the user equipment and the protocols between these parts being specific to the access technique provides services related to the transmission of data over the radio interface and the management of the radio interface to the other parts of UMTS includes the following protocols:

Mobile Termination Access Network: supports transfer of detailed radiorelated information to co-ordinate the use of radio resources between the MT and the access network Access Network Serving Network: supports the access from the serving network to the resources provided by the access network; is independent of the specific radio structure of the access network
Source: ETSI UMTS 23.01

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Evolution GSM UMTS

HLR MAP A MSC GSM BSS Gb IP SGSN GGSN IP IP networks ISUP G-MSC ISUP N-ISDN

X.25 IWU1A IWU1Gb X.25

UTRAN Iu

UMTS CN

Source: ETSI UMTS 23.20

BSS CN GGSN G-MSC GPRS HLR

Base Station Sub-System Core Network Gateway GPRS Service Node Gateway-MSC Generic Packet Radio Service Home Location Register

ISUP IWU MAP MSC SGSN UTRAN

ISDN User Part Inter Working Unit Mobile Application Part Mobile Switching Center Serving GPRS Service Node UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network

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Functions Location in-/outside Access Stratum

Function Call set up/release (Connection) Bearer Set-Up/Release Supplementary Services UE Tracking Attach/ Detach Handover Macrodiversity Encryption Authentication Compression (non source dependent) source dependent coding radio channel coding UE positioning
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Outside the Access Stratum Inside the Access Stratum Call set up/release not part CN Bearer Radio Bearer Supplementary Services UE Tracking IWF/CN related Attach/Detach Handover Macrodiversity Encryption Authentication CN compression (non source dependent) source dependent coding not part may be supported not part UE Tracking Radio related [for further study] Handover Macrodiversity Encryption not part AS compression (non source dependent) source dependent coding radio channel coding UE positioning
Source: ETSI UMTS 23.10

SAPs offered by the Access Stratum

NAS
GC Nt DC

NAS Access Stratum AS-Uu AS-Iu

GC Nt DC

AS-Uu UE User Equipment Side : SAP

AS-Iu

URAN Edge node 1444444444424444444443 Infrastructure Side

Source: ETSI UMTS 23.10

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SAPs offered by the Access Stratum

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General Control SAPs

used to enable the Core Network to provide information and to give commands that do not relate to specific users or specific sessions (group calls, conferences) typically one General Control SAP per AN/CN connection point used to broadcast data to identified Users typical use is for initiating paging in the AN typically one Notification SAP per AN/CN connection point used to establish, release connections with specific User Equipment, and to exchange information related to these connections typically a great number of Dedicated Control SAPs per AN/CN connection point, identified by a SAPI at the AS boundary
Source: ETSI UMTS 23.10

Notification SAPs

Dedicated Control SAPs

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UTRAN Functions (I)

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Functions related to overall system access control

System information broadcasting Radio channel ciphering Radio channel deciphering Radio environment survey Handover decision Macro-diversity control Handover Control Handover execution Handover completion SRNS Relocation Inter-System handover

Functions related to radio channel ciphering

Functions related to handover

Source: ETSI SMG2

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UTRAN Functions (II)

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Functions related to radio resource management and control

Radio bearer connection set-up and release (Radio Bearer Control) Reservation and release of physical radio channels Allocation and de-allocation of physical radio channels Packet data transfer over radio function RF power control RF power setting Radio channel coding Radio channel decoding Channel coding control Initial (random) access detection and handling
Source: ETSI SMG2

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UTRAN Logical Architecture

Core Network Iu Iur RNC Iub RNS Iub RNC Iub RNS Iub Iu UTRAN

Node B

Node B

Node B

Node B Cells
Source: ETSI SMG2

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Serving and Drift Radio Network Subsystem (RNS)

Core Network Iu UTRAN Iur Drift RNS Serving RNS
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For each connection between User Equipment and UTRAN one Serving RNS is required Drift RNS provides radio resources, if required

Cells

UE
Source: ETSI SMG2
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Streamlining
Source: ETSI SMG2

Core Network Iu UTRAN Iur DRNS SRNS SRNS Iu

Core Network

UTRAN Iur RNS

Cells

Cells

UE

UE

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Iu-Interface
Radio Network Transport Network Control Plane Control Plane Radio Network Layer Radio Network Signalling RANAP Transport Signalling (ALCAP) Signalling Bearer Transport Layer Network Layer Data Link Layer Physical Layer
Source: ETSI SMG2

User Plane Iu Data Stream

Data Transport

RANAP: Radio Access Network Application Part ALCAP: Access Link Control Application Part
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Iur-Interface
Radio Network Transport Network Control Plane Control Plane Radio Network Layer Radio Network Signalling RNSAP Transport Signalling (ALCAP) Signalling Bearer Transport Layer Network Layer Data Link Layer Physical Layer
Source: ETSI SMG2

User Plane Iur Data Stream

Data Transport

RNSAP: Radio Network Subsystem Application Part ALCAP: Access Link Control Application Part
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Radio Interface Protocol Architecture

C-plane signalling
GC Nt RRC DC

U-plane information L3

Mobility Management (MM) and Call Control (CC) are assumed to belong to the non-access stratum

MAC
RLC RLC RLC RLC RLC RLC RLC RLC

L2/RLC
Logical Channels

PHY RLC RRC

MAC

L2/MAC
Transport Channels

Medium Access Control Physical Layer Radio Link Control Radio Resource Control

PHY

L1
Source: ETSI SMG2

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Interactions between MAC and RRC in the C-plane

Measurement Report M e a s u r e m e n t RRC Radio Resource Assignment [Code, Frequency, TS, TF Set, Mapping, etc.] RRC M e a s u r e m e n t

Control

Control

M e a s u r e m e n t

MAC MAC signalling (TDD mode)

MAC

Control L1 L1

Control

M e a s u r e m e n t

UTRAN
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UE

Source: ETSI SMG2

UTRAN and UE Control Plane Architecture

Idle Mode

RRC RLC MAC

RRC RLC MAC

NBAP

NBAP

RANAP

RANAP

Transport Layer

Transport Layer

Radio L1

UE

Uu

Node B

Iub

CRNC

Iu

CN
Source: ETSI SMG2

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UTRAN and UE Control Plane Architecture

Connected Mode
RRC NBAP NBAP RNSAP RNSAP RRC RANAP RANAP

RLC

RLC

RLC

MAC

MAC Transport Layer Transport Layer

MAC

Transport Layer

L1 Radio L1

UE

Uu

Node B

Iub

DRNC

Iur

SRNC

Iu

CN

Source: ETSI SMG2

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UTRAN Signalling Procedures

UE Node B DriftRNS Node B ServingRNS Drift RNC Serving RNC Decision to setup new RL and release old RL 1. Branch Addition RNSAP RNSAP Request NBAP NBAP RNSAP 4. Branch Addition RNSAP Proceed ALCAP Iur Bearer Setup Source: ETSI SMG2

2. Radio Link Setup NBAP NBAP Start RX 5. ALCAP Iub Data Transport Bearer Setup 3. Radio Link SetupProceed

6. NodeB-SRNC Data Transport Bearer Sync. Start TX RRC RRC 7. Handover Command [Radio Link Addition & Deletion] 8. Handover Complete NBAP NBAP Stop RX and TX 11. ALCAP Iub Data Transport Bearer Release 9. Radio Link Release 10. Radio Link Release Proceed NBAP

RRC RRC NBAP

Example: Soft Handover

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Further Information Sources

www.etsi.org www.umts-forum.org www.3gpp.org www.itu.int www.umts-dp.com www.imst.de European Telecommunications Standards Institute UMTS-Forum 3rd Generation Partnership Project International Telecommunications Union UMTS Development Partnership Institut fr Mobil- und Satellitenfunktechnik GmbH

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