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GSM/GPRS/ WCDMA Systems

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WCDMA (RAN)
Node B

BG

RNC
lub

RBS

luPS

Gp

Gp

lur

SGSN

luPS

UE

GGSN

Gn

Gi

Uu

Node B

lub

RNC

lu

lu

Gb

Gf

RBS

Gc

Gd

Gr

luPS
Gs

PCU

MGW

for GPRS

HLR
EIR

luCS
F

BTS

BSC

Abis

MSC

MT
Um

AUC
C

RBS

TE

MC

BTS

Gateway

GMSC

A
VLR

Abis

BSC
RBS
MS

GSM

UMTS User Plane for (PS-data)

User Plane for GPRS
IP

Control Plane GPRS (MS-SGSN)

IP
Relay

SNDCP

SNDCP

LLC

LLC
Relay

RLC

RLC

BSSGP

BSSGP

GTP-U

GTP-U

UDP

UDP

IP

IP

GMM/SM

GMM/SM

LLC

LLC

RLC

RLC

AMR

AMR
RLC

RLC

Relay
BSSGP

MAC

Network
Service

Network
Service

L2

L2

MAC

MAC

Network
Service

Network
Service

MAC

MAC

L1bis

L1bis

L1

L1

GSM RF

GSM RF

L1bis

L1bis

L1

L1

MS

BSS

Abbreviations
AAL2
ATM Adaptation Layer type 2
AAL5
ATM Adaptation Layer type 5
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AUC
Authentication Center
BG
Border Gateway
BSC
Base Station Controller
BSS
Base Station System
BSSGP
BSS GPRS Protocol
BTS
Base Transceiver Station

SGSN

CDMA
CM
DNS
EIR
FDD
GGSN
GMM/SM
GMSC
GMSK

GGSN

Gi

MS

Code Division Multiple Access

Connection Management
Domain Name System
Equipment Identity Register
Frequency Division Duplex
Gateway GPRS Support Node
GPRS Mobility Management and Session Management
Gateway MSC
Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying

Um

GPRS
GSM
GTP
GTP-C
GTP-U
HLR
HSCSD
IP
ISDN

BSS

Relay

PDCP

PDCP

CM/MM/
SM/SMS

Gb

SGSN

General Packet Radio Services

Global System for Mobile Communications
GPRS Tunneling Protocol
GTP Control Plane
GTP User Plane
Home Location Register
High Speed Circuit Switched Data
Internet Protocol
Integrated Services Digital Network

UE

LLC
MAC
MC
MGW
MS
MSC
MT
OSP
PCU

Uu

GTP-U

GTP-U

GTP-U

GTP-U

IuUP

IuUP

AAL2

AAL2

RLC

RLC

UDP-IP

UDP-IP

UDP-IP

ATM

ATM

MAC

MAC

L1

L1

L1

AAL5
ATM
L1

AAL5
ATM
L1

L2

L1
UTRAN

Logical Link Control

Medium Access Control
Messaging Center
Media Gateway
Mobile Station
Mobile Services Switching Center
Mobile Terminal
Octet Stream Protocol
Packet Control Unit

IuCS

MGW

UE

PDCP
PLMN
PPP
PSPDN
PSTN
QPSK
RANAP
RBS
RF

Uu

CM/MM/
SM/SMS
Relay

Relay

BSSGP

GSM RF

Gn

E.g., IP,
PPP, OSP
Relay

MAC

Gb

E.g., IP,
PPP, OSP

UMTS User Plane (CS-voice)

GSM RF
Um

UMTS Control Plane (UE-SGSN/MSC)

Application

Application

UTRAN

Packet Data Convergence Protocol

Public Land-Mobile Network
Point-to-Point Protocol
Public Switched Packet Data Network
Public Switched Telephone Network
Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
Radio Access Network Application Part
Radio Base Station
Radio Frequency

lu-PS

L2

L1
3G-SGSN

RLC
RNC
RRC
SCCP
SGSN
SMS
SNDCP
TCP
TDD

UDP-IP

RRC

RRC

RANAP

RLC

RLC

SCCP

SCCP

MAC

MAC

Signalling
Bearer
AAL5
ATM
L1

Signalling
Bearer
AAL5
ATM
L1

L1

L1

L1
Gn

3G-GGSN

Gi

Radio Link Control

Radio Network Controller
Radio Resource Control
Signaling Connection Control Part
Serving GPRS Support Node
Short Message Service
Sub Network Dependent Convergence Protocol
Transmission Control Protocol
Time Division Duplex

UE

TDMA
TE
UE
UDP
UMTS
UTRAN
VLR
2G
3G

Uu

UTRAN

RANAP

lu

3G-SGSN/MSC

Time Division Multiple Access

Terminal Equipment
User Equipment
User Datagram Protocol
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
Visitor Location Register
Second Generation
Third Generation

Global Services
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