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Mahmoud Farid
Contents
Brief introduction.
GPRS network structure.
Mobility management.
Session management.
EPC overview.
Evolution of mobile
generation
Mobility management
GPRS mobility management states
GPRS attach and detach
Security function
GPRS Attach
Dependi
ng on
the type
GPRS detach
Security function
Authentication
Authentication types:
GSM Authentication
Using triplet: RAND, SRES, Kc
Using GPRS Encryption Algorithm (GEA)
UMTS Authentication
Using quintet: RAND, XRES, AUTN, CK, IK
AUTN: for UE authenticate network
IK: for data integrity function
Using UMTS Encryption Algorithm (UEA)
Security function
Authentication
MS
BSS/UTRAN
SGSN
HLR/Auc
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BSS/UTRAN
SGSN
EIR
1. Identity Request
1. Identity Response
2. Check IMEI
2. Check IMEI Ack
Function
Get IMSI from MS
Check the IMEI
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Security function
PTMSI Reallocation
Function
The SGSN may reallocate the PTMSI at any time
The reallocation procedure can be performed by the PTMSI
Reallocation procedure
The PTMSI can be included in the Attach or Routeing Area
Update procedures.
MS
BSS/UTRAN
SGSN
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Session management
Important concepts
PDP context activation/modification/deactivation
Activate PDP
Context
ACTIVE
PDP state
inactive cannot transmit data
active can transmit data
APN
Network ID
APN
Operator ID
PDP activation in 2G
PDP activation in 3G
PDP deactivation
EPC overview
EPC highlights
EPC network structure
nodeB
User plane
traffic through
all nodes
RNC
3GPP Rel-7
SGSN
GGSN
PDN
User plane
outside of
SGSN
PDN
SGSN
nodeB
GGSN
RNC
3GPP Rel-8
MME
EnodeB
SAE
GW
PDN
EPC Highlights
Separati
on
Access
All IP
Bandwid
th
EPC Highlights
Separation of control plane from user plane, thus providing a
flattened architecture with less latency on the user plane and less
cost to scale whether its more bandwidth or more users required,
We have seen how the control plane and user plane have been
separated: MME becoming a sole signaling node and the eNodeB
connecting directly to the Serving GW for the user plane.
All IP, non-existent CS domain in core network. The interfaces in the
EPC are all IP, there are no ATM, Frame Relay, SS7 interfaces. Its a
entirely data centric architecture.
Maximum downlink rate > 400Mbps, with the introduction of LTEAdvanced.
Access agnostic, supporting multiple access modes of 3GPP and
non-3GPP. We now have a Packet Core architecture that can
communicate and talk to many access typesfrom our usual 3GPP
networks such as 3G/LTE and non-3GPP networks like Wi-Fi for
example.
EPC Terminology
EPS Evolved Packet System
LTE Long Term Evolution
EPC Evolved Packet Core
SAE System Architecture Evolution
LTE/EPC Architecture
LTE/EPC interfaces
Thank you..