Roaming Ecosystem in LTE PSCR 2010 Winter Conference

Martin Guilfoyle BJ Neal

Agenda

! " Introduction to standards bodies (3GPP etc.) and The

GSM Association

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" Work items being undertaken in GSMA " Introduction to roaming, data clearing and settlement " Introducing IPX " LTE roaming interfaces and scenarios

Introduction to Standards Bodies

Introduction to Standards Bodies

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" Originally there were several regional standards bodies " USA ATIS " Europe ETSI " China CCSA " Korea TTA " Japan ARIB and TTC

Introduction to Standards Bodies

ATIS

CCSA ETSI TTA ARIB & TTA

http://www.3gpp.org
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GSM Association

! " Headquarters in Dublin and London ! " Headed by a CEO Board and Executive
Management Council

! " Three categories of membership:

" Full member (GSM operators) " Associate member (suppliers, vendors etc.) " Rapporteur member (non-GSM operators) " Information about membership: http://www.gsmworld.com/about/membership/ index.shtml

! " Working groups

" Working groups meet regularly to address specific areas related to wireless communications and roaming " Comprised of volunteers
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GSMA Working Groups

! " Billing and Accounting

Roaming Group (BARG)

" Supports international roaming, focusing on financial, administrative and procedural issues.

! " Inter-Working Roaming Expert

Group (IREG)
" Specifies technical, operational and performance issues supporting international roaming.

! " Interconnect Working Group

(IWG)
" Created by the GSMA to bridge the technology gap between the multiple incompatible technologies.

! " Roaming and Interconnect in

LTE (RiLTE)
" Responsible for defining how roaming and interconnection will be enabled in LTE.

! " Transferred Account Data

Interchange Group (TADIG)

" Responsible for defining data interchange procedures between operators.
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Introduction to Roaming

Steps to Implementing Roaming Agreements

! " GSMA provides roaming agreement templates to help

operators establish roaming agreements. However, operators are free to modify them or create their own then perform network testing and billing testing before going live
" Network testing (IREG testing) test calls to ensure roamers can use the VPMNs services " Billing testing (TADIG testing) test TAP records to ensure billing information is captured correctly and can be processed by the HPMNs billing system

! " Roaming partners negotiate the roaming agreements,

Roaming Agreements

! " AA.12, International Roaming Agreement

" General terms and conditions

! " AA.13, International Roaming Agreement common

annexes
" Items specific to the roaming agreement between the two roaming partners " Examples:
" Agreed settlement procedure (e.g., direct payment, netting) " Testing " Security " Signaling interconnection and/or IP connectivity " Data privacy " Fraud prevention procedures

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Roaming Agreements

! " AA.14, International Roaming Agreement individual

annexes
" Published by an operator to specify items that apply to all roaming that takes place in its network " Examples:
" Contacts " Services available " Interoperator tariffs (IOT) " Invoicing information " Customer care information " Testing and testing contacts " Data privacy " Fraud prevention procedures " Billing and transfer information " BID annexes
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Transfer Accounting Protocol (TAP)

! " Provides a method to exchange billing records between

roaming partners

! " Defined in the Transfer Accounting Data Interest Group

(TADIG) of GSMA usage

! " Used to provide a monthly financial (MFS) statement of ! " MFS is used to settle positions, how much do you owe,
how much are you owed

! " Financial settlement is based on the MFS

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TAP Flow
SERVE OPERATOR (VPMN)
CALL EVENT RAW DATA

(GSM Standard 12.05)

ROAMER CALL EVENTS (TAP FORMAT)

VPMN OPERATORS BILLING VENDOR

YOU AS THE VPMN

DATA CLEARING HOUSE

VALID ROAMER CALL EVENTS TAP FILE

HOME OPERATOR (HPMN)

HPMN OPERATORS BILLING VENDOR

OTHER CLEARING HOUSE

YOUR ROAMING PARTNER 13

Introduction to IPeXchange (IPX)

GSMA - IP eXchange (IPX)

! " Developed by the GSMA in cooperation with GSMA operator

members
" Evolution of GRX (GPRS Roaming Exchange)

! " The IP eXchange (IPX) provides a commercial and technical solution

to manage IP traffic

! " The IPX is an interconnect service that is offered by a variety of

carriers on a competitive basis but with common agreed technical specifications and using consistent commercial models specific IP services at specific quality levels

! " The managed network environment is traffic engineered to support ! " The IPX solution is a premium quality solution that promises errorfree delivery of traffic while offering the flexibility to apply an appropriate level of quality as demanded by each different class of service
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Value for Network Operators

! " One network multiple services reduced cost

" Facilitating ease of use and reduce OPEX " Higher throughput with lower cost " Quicker time to market for service interworking efficient growth " Unlike the Internet, will ensure a level of service and security " Facilitating migration to next generation networks " Ensuring higher level of revenue assurance " Better network control

! " Differentiated CoS and end-to-end QoS with SLA ! " Interworking between IMS and legacy systems

! " Improved agreement management and cascade billing ! " Session-aware interworking

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IP Packet eXchange

MPLS will enable QoS and CoS. Customers asking for QoS now

Current CRX, GRX, messaging and signaling

Multiple services over one network

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IPX Security

! " Commercial agreements give protection to all players

" Those connected to the IPX agree to sign up to a security code of conduct and a trusted community is created

! " The IPX is not addressable from the Internet which makes attacks
much more difficult breaches

! " Individual operator traffic is segregated thus localizing any security ! " End user terminals have no visibility of the IPX
" They are unable to probe the core networks involved in the management and delivery of the IP services

IPX is a private backbone network

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Services Enablement from Syniverse IPX

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" Signaling (Sigtran services) " CDMA/GPRS/LTE roaming " WLAN roaming IPX Transport Services " Message interworking (MMS, SMS) " IP voice telephony (VoIP) interworking IPX Interworking Services " IP video telephony interworking " Push-to-talk over cellular " Advanced messaging and presence (GSMA RCS)
IPX is much more than a roaming network
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LTE Roaming Scenarios & Interfaces

LTE Roaming Scenarios and Interfaces

! " Signaling for registration and authentication is based on

diameter interfaces
" S6a MME to HSS " S6d SGSN to HSS " S9 hPCRF to vPCRF

! " Our main focus is on: ! " LTE to LTE only roaming ! " CDMA to LTE roaming ! " GSM to LTE roaming
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LTE Only Roaming Interfaces

LTE Roaming Inter PS PMN Public PMN
PCRF MME Router
HLR

eNB

eNB

HSS PGW
GGSN ~HA

Access Circuit

SGW eNB E-UTRA ~ BTS, BSC, RNC

SGSN~P DSN

EPC

MPLS COS/QoS QCI Values per interface

Diameter Proxy

eNB eNB MME

PCRF
eNB

Router
HLR

eNB eNB

MME

HSS PGW
GGSN ~HA
S9 S8 S6a S10
PS Hosted Apps

Access Circuit

SGW eNB E-UTRA ~ BTS, BSC, RNC

SGSN~P DSN

Key
HSS: Home Subscriber Server MME: Mobility Management Entity SGW: Serving Gateway PGW: PDN Gateway 22

EPC

LTE Roaming Only Logical TAP Flow

LTE Roaming Inter PS PMN Public PMN
Home Network
PCRF
HLR

Router Access Circuit

Billing System

MME

HSS PGW
GGSN ~HA

SGW
SGSN~P DSN

DCH Visited Network

MME

EPC

MPLS COS/QoS QCI Values per interface

Diameter Proxy

PCRF

Router
HLR

HSS PGW
GGSN ~HA
S9 S8 S6a S10

Access Circuit

TAP Creation

SGW
SGSN~P DSN

Key
HSS: Home Subscriber Server MME: Mobility Management Entity SGW: Serving Gateway PGW: PDN Gateway

EPC

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LTE Roaming Only TAP Flow

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" Call flow is PS entity roaming in another PS LTE market " CDR is generated by serving gateway " CDR is sent to TAP creation " CDR is turned into TAP record, rated and placed in TAP
file

! " TAP file is sent to Data Clearing House (DCH) ! " DCH forwards the TAP file to home network billing
system

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Syniverse: Who We Are

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Global provider of market-leading solutions that simplify the complexities of roaming, messaging, network interoperability and business intelligence for mobile operators, MSOs, enterprise verticals and emerging mobile providers Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, with offices in major cities around the globe
" Europe, Middle East & Africa headquarters: Utrecht, The Netherlands " Caribbean and Latin America headquarters: Buenos Aires, Argentina " Asia Pacific headquarters: Hong Kong

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More than 1,300 employees in over 25 countries around the world; about 850 in North America

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Simplifying Complexity
Industry growth and proliferation of technologies has significantly increased operator complexity and cost
LTE SMS
Entel PCS

which Syniverse simplifies.

GPRS
KDDI

Sprint

MMS

Entel PCS

KDDI

GSM 1xRTT
AT&T

CDMA HSDPA
Verizon Wireless

Sprint

IP

AT&T

Verizon Wireless

Rogers Wireless

C7
China Unicom

Billing Formats

SS7
Vodafone

TMobile

Rogers Wireless

TMobile

China Unicom

Vodafone

Mobile Data

Network Protocols
Orange

Roaming
Orange

EV-DO

WiMAX

Continued technological change drives increased complexity

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Top-Tier Customers; Global Presence

We serve the top ten operators in North America and nine of the top ten global operators.
TeliaSonera Rogers Telus Bell Mobility T-Mobile Sprint Nextel America Movil TELCEL Claro AT&T US Cellular Verizon Vodafone BT Sparkle Hutchison 3G UK Telefonica Orascom TATA Reliance Infocom StarHub SingTel VIVO Telefonica MTN Group TELSTRA Maxis Orange SFR O2 Belgacom China Unicom China Mobile VimpelCom

T-Mobile International

SK Telecom SmartFone Vodafone

Orange HK

CTI Nextel International New Zealand Telecom

More than 800 customers in over 160 countries

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Track Record of Innovation

Wireless Subscribers Demand Roaming Solution

Industry Developments/Issues
Roaming Standards Develop Rampant Fraud GSM Operators Launch Data Networks CDMA Operators Launch Data Solutions Complete Clearing Solutions for Operators Global Market Demand for SMS, MMS, IM

Wireless Subscribers Demand Roaming Solution

Wireless Carriers Migrate to SS7

Wireless Subscribers Demand International Roaming

Operators Demand SMS interoperability

FCC Mandates WLNP

CDMA Subscribers Demand Global Coverage

Wireless Operators Seek Multimedia Capabilities

NRTRDE Anti-fraud Solution For GSM Operators

1980s
Clearing and Settlement Follow Me Roaming Plus Signaling Solutions

1990s

2000s

Outsourced SS7 Hub Provider

SMS-IG INPackSM UniRoam Number Portability Suite of Services

Syniverse DataNet Financial Clearing House

Call Processing

FraudX Authentication Center

Mobile Data Roaming MMS-IG

Syniverse NEXTSM Advanced Messaging

Syniverse Solutions

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Q&A

Thank You!
Martin Guilfoyle
Vice President Research & Development

BJ Neal

Chief Network Architect