UTRAN Interfaces

Huawei Confidential

25 July 2007

UMTS Construction

CN
Iu

UTRAN
Uu

UE UTRAN CN UE UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network Core Network User Equipment

UMTS Structure

Core Network Iu RNS Iur RNC Iub RNC RNS Iu

Iub
Node B

Iub Node B

Iub

Node B

Node B

The Position of UTRAN in WCDMA Network

Common Protocol Model of UTRAN Interfaces

The principle of interface protocol architecture is the logical mutual-independence between layers and planes. Protocol layers of a specified protocol version, or even all layers in a plane can be modified if required in the future.

Radio Network Layer

Control Plane Application Protocol

User Plane Data Stream(s)

Transport Network Layer

Transport Network User Plane

Transport Network Control Plane

Transport Network User Plane

ALCAP(s) Signalling Bearer(s) Signalling Bearer(s) Data Bearer(s)

Physical Layer
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Protocol Stack of UTRAN Control Plane

UMTS Rel99:

CN protocols (Non-access Stratum, NAS)

MS
CC SM MM / GMM RRC
RLC

Node B

RNC

CN
CC SM MM / GMM

RRM
RRC
RLC

RANAP

RANAP

MAC

NBAP Transport

NBAP MAC Transport layers

Transport layers

Transport layers

WCDMA L1

WCDMA L1

layers

Iub
Uu

Iu

UTRAN protocols (Access Stratum, AS)

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RNC
CN
RANAP

UE

RRC

RNC
NBAP

RNSAP

RNC

Node B

NBAP :Node B Application Part RANAP:Radio Access Network Application Part RNSAP:Radio Network Subsystem Application Part RRC :Radio Resource Control
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Course Contents

Chapter 1 UTRAN Network Architecture Chapter 2 UTRAN Interface Protocol and Functions

UTRAN Interface Protocols and Functions

Iu Interface

Iur Interface
Iub Interface

Uu Interface

Iu Interface System Structure

UTRAN
Node B RNC Node B

Core Network (CN)

CS Domain Iu-CS PS Domain Iu-PS

Node B RNC Node B

BC Domain Iu-BC

Iu Interface
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Iu-CS Interface Protocol Stack Structure

Radio Network Layer Control Plane RANAP User Plane Iu UP Protocol Layer

Transport Network Layer

Transport Network User Plane

Transport Network Control Plane

Q.2630.1

Transport Network User Plane

SCCP MTP3b SSCF-NNI SSCOP AAL5

Q.2150.1 MTP3b SSCF-NNI SSCOP AAL5 AAL2

ATM Physical Layer

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Iu-PS Interface Protocol Stack Structure

Radio Network Layer Control Plane RANAP User Plane Iu UP Protocol Layer

Transport Network Layer

Transport Network User Plane

SCCP M3UA MTP3-B SCTP SSCF-NNI SSCF-NNI SSCOP AAL5 IP

Transport Network Control Plane

Transport Network User Plane

GTP-U UDP IP AAL5

ATM Physical Layer

ATM Physical Layer

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Iu-BC Interface Protocol Stack Structure

Radio Network Layer

SA Broadcast Plane SABP Protocol Layer

Transport Network Layer

Transport Network User Plane

TCP IP AAL5

ATM Physical Layer

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Iu Interface Protocol Stack Structure

Control Signaling CS Bearer RANAP Q.2630 Q.AAL2 PS Bearer Packet Bearer

Unrestricted Digital Voice Data

Frame Protocol AAL2 ATM Lower Layers

GTP-U SCCP Q.2150 UDP MTP3-B AAL5 - SAAL NNI IP

Physical (Full Rate E1 or STM1 Optical)

RANAP: Radio Access Network Application Part

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Iu Interface Functions(1)

Mobility Management
Location Area Report SRNS Relocation Hard handover between RNCs and inter-system

handover

Radio Access BearerRABManagement

Establishment, Modification and Release of RAB

Iu data transmission
normal data transmission abnormal data transmission Transparent transmission of UE-CN connection
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information

Iu Interface Functions2

Paging Iu Release

Security Mode Control

Overload Control Common UE IDIMSIManagement

Iu Signaling Trace Management

Iu Interface Abnormality Management CBS(Cell Broadcast Service) Control

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UTRAN Interfaces Protocols and Functions Iu Interface Iur Interface

Iub Interface
Uu Interface

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Iur Interface Logical Model

Serving Radio Network System
Iur Control Plane

Iur Control Port

Iur DCH Data Port

Iur DCH Data Port

Iur DSCH Data Port

Iur DSCH Data Port

Iur TDD USCH Data Port

Iur TDD USCH Data Port

Iur RACH/ CPCH[FDD]/ FACH Data Port

Iur RACH/ CPCH[FDD}/ FACH Data Port

Drift Radio Network System

Cell Cell

RACH/FACH Traffic Contexts With attributes

Radio Link

Radio Link

Radio Link

Radio Link

Radio Link

Radio Link

Radio User Plane

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Iur Interface Protocol Stack Structure

Radio Network Layer Control Plane RNSAP User Plane Iur Data Stream(s)

Transport Network Layer

Transport Network User Plane

Transport Network Control Plane

ALCAP(Q.2630.1)

Transport Network User Plane

SCCP MTP3-B SSCF-NNI SSCF-NNI SSCOP AAL5 M3UA SCTP IP

STC (Q.2150.1)

MTP3-B SSCF-NNI SSCF-NNI SSCOP AAL5

M3UA SCTP IP AAL2

ATM Physical Layer

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Iur Interface Protocol Stack Structure

CS Bearer

Control Signaling Q.AAL2

Unrestricted Digital Voice Data RLC / MAC Frame Protocol AAL2 ATM Lower Layers

RNSAP Q.2630 Q.2150 MTP3-B AAL5 - SAAL NNI

SCCP

Physical (Full Rate E1 or STM1 Optical)

RNSAP: Radio Network Subsystem Application Part

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Iur Interface Functions Support Basic Mobility Functions between RNCs

Support SRNC relocation
Cell Update and URA Update between RNCs Paging between RNCs Protocol Error Report

Dedicated Channel Functions

Establish, Modify or Release Dedicated Channels in

DRNC during handover

Transmission of DCH TB(Transmission Block) on Iur Management of RL(Radio Link) in DRNS by Dedicated

Measurement Procedure and Filter Control

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RL ManagementCompressed Mode Management

Iur Interface Functions

Common Channel Functions

Establishment, Deletion of Common transport Channels

on IurOccupation of Common Transport Channels for Transmit UE information which is in Common Channel state in DRNC
Separate MAC-d From MAC-c Traffic Control Between MAC-d and MAC-c

Global Resource Management

Common Measurement Between RNCs Transmission of Node B Timing Information between

RNCs
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UTRAN Interfaces Protocols and Functions Iu Interface Iur Interface

Iub Interface
Uu Interface

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Logical Model of lub Interface

... ...

Controlling RNC

Node B Control Port

Iub RACH Data port

Iub FDD CPCH Data port

Iub FACH Data port

Iub PCH Data port

Iub DSCH Data port

Iub TDD USCH Data port

Iub DCH Data port

Communication Control Port

Iub DSCH Data port

Iub TDD USCH Data port

Iub DCH Data port

Communication Control Port

Traffic termination point

Traffic termination point

Common Transport Channels, with attributes

...

Node B

Node B Communication Contexts, with attributes

Cell

Cell

Cell

Cell

Cell

Cell

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Iub Interface Protocol Stack

Radio Network Control Plane Transport Network Control Plane User Plane

PCH FP

RACH FP

FACH FP

DSCH FP

USCH FP

Radio Network Layer

Node B Application Part (NBAP)

CPCH FP

DCH FP

ALCAP Q.2630.1 Q.2150.2

Transport Layer

SSCF-UNI SSCOP AAL Type 5

SSCF-UNI SSCOP AAL Type 5 ATM Physical Layer AAL Type 2

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Iub Interface Protocol Stack

CS Bearer PS Bearer

MS RRC Signaling CC/MM/RR

Unrestricted Digital/Voice

Control Signaling Packet

Q.AAL2
NBAP Q.2630 Q.2150

RLC / MAC Frame Protocol AAL2

AAL5 - SAAL UNI

ATM Lower Layers

Physical (Full Rate E1 or STM1 Optical) NBAP: Node B Application Part RRC: Radio Resource Control RLC: Radio Link Control
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MAC: Medium Access Control

Iub Interface Functions(1) Common Functions

Common Transport Channel Management Iub Common Channel Data Transmission

Logical O&M of Node Bmaintenance functions such as

cell configuration ManagementFault Management Block Management, etc.

System Information Management Common Measurement Resource Verification Abnormality Management

Timing and Synchronization Management

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Iub Interface Functions(2)

Dedicated Functions
Dedicated Transport Channel Management
Radio Link(RL) Monitoring Dedicated Measurement Management Timing and Synchronization Management Up-link outer loop Power Control Iub Dedicated Data transmission Balance on down-link power drifting Compressed Mode Control

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UTRAN Interfaces Protocols and Functions

Iu Interface

Iur Interface
Iub Interface Uu Interface

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Uu Interface Protocol Stack Structure

C-plane signalling GC Nt DC U-plane information

Duplication avoidance GC Nt DC

L3
control RRC PDCP

UuS boundary

PDCP

L2/PDCP
BMC

control

control

control control

L2/BMC

RLC RLC RLC RLC RLC RLC RLC

RLC

L2/RLC

Logical Channels MAC

L2/MAC
Transport Channels

PHY

L1

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Uu Interface L1 Functions1
Multiplexing of transport channels and de-multiplexing of encoded composite channels Mapping of encoded composite transport channels on physical channels

Macro-diversity distribution/combining and soft handover execution

Error detection on transport channels and indication to higher layers

FEC encoding/decoding and interleaving/de-interleaving of transport channels

Rate matching of coded transport channels to physical channels Power weighting and combining of physical channels
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closed-loop power control

Uu Interface L1 Functions2

Modulation and spreading/demodulation and de-spreading of physical channels

Synchronization between frequency and time (chip, bit, slot, frame) Radio characters measurements (FER, SIR, Interference power) and indication to higher layers Compressed mode support Diversity of Transmission/Receiving

Other base band processing functions

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MAC: Medium Access Control

GC

Nt

DC

AS

Control SAP

RRC(L3)
Control SAP's

L2 PDCP BMC

Radio (Access) Bearers

RLC

Logical Channels MAC Transport Channels PHY(L1) Physical Channels

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MAC Functions
mapping between logical channels and transport channels selection of appropriate Transport Format for each

Transport Channel depending on instantaneous data rate

priority handling between data flows of one UE priority handling between UEs by means of dynamic scheduling identification of UEs on common transport channels multiplexing/demultiplexing of higher layer PDUs into/from transport blocks delivered to/from the physical layer on common transport channels multiplexing/demultiplexing of higher layer PDUs into/from transport block sets delivered to/from the physical layer on
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dedicated transport channels

traffic volume monitoring

MAC: Mapping of Logical Channels(UE)

Higher Layer data Logical Channels

(Data Dependent)

Paging

System Info

Signaling

Cell Broadcast Service

Signaling and User data DCCH

PCCH

BCCH

CCCH

CTCH

Decicated Logical Channel

CipherOn {XOR}

DTCH DTCH DTCH

Transport Channels
(L1 Characteristics Dependent)

PCH

BCH

FACH

RACH

DCH

Physical Channels 35

S-CCPCH

P-CCPCH

PRACH

DPDCH

MAC: Transport Formation Selection(1)

Contrl immediate bit rate by means of changing traffic per TTI(Transmission Time Interval, is multiple of 10ms) Transport Block (TB): Bit series to be trasmited from logical channel Transport Block Size: Size of TB Transport Block Set: A group of TB transferred in a TTI (Multiplexed on logical channel)bb Transport Block Set Size: Whole bit length contained in a TBS
Transport Block Size Transport Block, TB#1 Transport Block Set

TB#2

TB#n

Transport Block Set Size = Transport Block Size x N

Transport Time Interval, TTI

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MAC: Transport Formation Selection(2)

Transport Format (TF) defines Transport Block Set (Transport Block Size, Transport Block Set Size) Transport Format Set (TFS): Possible TF combinations of a transport channel. MAC will chose a TF during every TTI Transport Format Combination (TFC): Determined TF combination in each TTI, each transport channel Transport Format Combination Set (TFCS): define all possible TFC combination method. Thus MAC can process dynamic transport rate control in different transport channels TFC

TFS

TF TFCS

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TrCH#1 TrCH#2 TrCH#3 TrCH#4

RLC: Radio Link Control

GC

Nt

DC

AS

Control SAP

RRC(L3)
Control SAP's

L2 PDCP BMC

Radio (Access) Bearers

RLC

Logical Channels MAC Transport Channels PHY(L1)

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Physical Channels

RLC Functions

Segmentation, re-assembly and Padding

Transmission of user data Error correction using different transport Format In-sequence delivery of higher layer PDUs, duplicate detection Flow control Sequence number check in Unacknowledged ModeUM Protocol error detection and recovery
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Ciphering

PDCPPacket Data Convergence Protocol BMCBroadcast/Multicast Control

GC Nt DC

AS

Control SAP

RRC(L3)
Control SAP's

L2 PDCP BMC

Radio (Access) Bearers

RLC

Logical Channels MAC Transport Channels PHY(L1)

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Physical Channel s

PDCP Functions

Mapping of network PDU from network protocol to RLC protocol

header compression and de-compression in order to reduce the redundant control information in higher layer data, thus enhance the transport efficiency in air interface
TCP/IP (RFC2507) - Non-realtime IP RTP/UDP/IP (RFC3095, ROHC) in Rel4- Realtime IP (e.g. VoIP) support of Loss-less SRNS Relocation
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buffering and retransmit of higher layer data

BMC Functions

Storage of cell broadcast message Monitoring of traffic volume and CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) radio resource request BMC message dispatching Transport BMC message to UE

Transport BMC message to higher layer

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RRC: Radio Resource Control

GC

Nt

DC

AS

Control SAP

RRC(L3)
Control SAP's

L2 PDCP BMC

Radio (Access) Bearers

RLC

Logical Channels MAC Transport Channels PHY(L1)

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Physical Channels

RRC Functions1

Management of system information broadcast

Paging/Notification RRC connection management establish reconfig, maintain and release Radio Bearer (RB) Managementestablish, reconfig and release, support NAS services

RRC connection mobility management

initial cell selection Routing of higher layer PDUs

Control of requested QoS and map into different resources of Access Stratum
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Management and control of radio resources

RRC Functions2

Management and control of RB, transport channel and physical channel open loop power control Support of SRNS relocation Control of UE measurement and measurement report

Ciphering control, protection of integrity

CBS related functionsBMC configuration CBS radio resource distribute request, support of CBS non-continuous receiving
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RAB, RB and RL

RAB RB UE RL NodeB RNC CN

UTRAN

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RAB, RB and RL
RABThe service that the access stratum provides to the non-access stratum for transfer of user data between User Equipment and CN

RBThe service provided by the layer2 for

transfer of user data between User Equipment and Serving RNC

RLA "radio link" is a logical association between single User Equipment and a single UTRAN access point. Its physical realization comprises one or more radio bearer transmissions

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UE Working Modes and states

Idle mode
Connected mode
Cell_DCH Cell_FACH Cell_PCH URA_PCH

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UE Working Modes and states

Idle Mode
The UE has no relation to UTRAN, only to CN. For data

transfer, a signalling connection has to be established.

UE camps on a cell
It enables the UE to receive system information from the PLMN When registered and if the UE wishes to establish an RRC connection, it can do this by initially accessing the network on the control channel of the cell on which it is camped UE can receive "paging" message from control channels of the cell. It enables the UE to receive cell broadcast services.

The idle mode tasks can be subdivided into three

processes:
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PLMN selection and reselection;

UE Working Modes and states

Connected Mode (Cell-DCH, CellFACH, Cell-PCH, URA-PCH)

When at least one signalling connection exists, the

UE is in connected mode and there is normally an RRC connection between UE and UTRAN. The UE position can be known on different levels:
UTRAN Registration Area (URA) level The UE position is known on URA level. The URA is a set of cells Cell level The UE position is known on cell level. Different transport channel types can be used for data transfer:
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Common transport channels (RACH / FACH, DSCH, CPCH)

UE Working Modes and states

Cell-DCH
In active state

Communicating via its dedicated channels

UTRAN knows which cell UE is in.

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Cell-FACH and Cell-PCH State

Cell-FACH
In active state Few data to be transmitted both in uplink and in downlink. There is no need to allocate dedicated channel for this UE. Downlink uses FACH and uplink uses RACH. UE need to monitor the FACH for its relative information. UTRAN knows which cell UE is in.

Cell-PCH
No data to be transmitted or received. Monitor PICH, to receive its paging.

lower the power consumption of UE.

UTRAN knows which cell UE is in.
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UTRAN have to update cell information of UE when UE roams to another cell

URA-PCH State
URA-PCH
No data to be transmitted or received. Monitor PICH.

UTRAN only knows which URA (UTRAN Registration Area, which consists of multiple cells) that UE is in.
UTRAN update UE information only after UE has roamed to other URA. A better way to lower the resource occupancy and signaling transmission

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UE states
- Reduce actionDTXand save power RRC connection
URA_PCH CELL_PCH

CELL_DCH

CELL_FACH

- Dedicated Channel - Radio bearers Transmission Services

IDLE

- upper layer Signaling trigger (CN) - Monitor paging channel - cell re-selection

DEAD

- Scanning networks (PLMN) - Camp on cell

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SRNC/DRNC
CN Iu SRNC Iur DRNC

SRNC and DRNC are on a per connection basis between a UE and the UTRAN The SRNC handles the connection to one UE, and may borrow radio resources of a certain cell from the DRNC
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Drift RNSs support the Serving RNS by providing radio resources

CRNC

CN Iu CRNC Iub Node B

Cell Cell Cell

...
Node B

The CRNC owns the radio resources of a cell Dynamical control of power for dedicated channels, within limits admitted by CRNC, is done by the SRNC.

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Source RNC/Target RNC

CN

CN Iur Target RNC RNC

Iu Source RNC

Iu Serving RNC

The SRNS Relocation function coordinates the activities when the SRNS role is to be taken over by another RNS.

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Source RNC is the SRNC before SRNs Relocation and Target RNC is the SRNC

Thank You

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