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UTRAN

Untrusted non-3GPP (Wi-Fi)

E-UTRAN

LTE NETWORK REFERENCE

V-PLMNH-PLMN

S9

GxP-GW/PCEF

CPE

Sp

OFDMA

PHYMACRLC

PDCPRRC IP

H-PCRF

V-PCRF

S-GW

P-GW/PCEF

ePDG

MME

LTE-Uu

S4 SGSN

S8

SWx

RNC

eNBeNB

UE

MME

Diameter RFC 3588, RFC 3589, RFC 4006, RFC 4740EMM EPS Mobility Management, 24.301ESM EPS Session Management, 24.301GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation, RFC 2784, RFC 2890GTPv2-C GPRS Tunneling Protocol ver. 2 Control Plane, 29.274GTP-U GPRS Tunneling Protocol User Plane, 29.281IKEv2 Internet Key Exchange ver. 2, RFC 5996 IP Internet Protocol, RFC 791MAC Medium Access Control, 36.321PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol, 36.323PHY Physical Layer for the Radio Link, 36.302PMIPv6 Proxy Mobile IP version 6, 23.402, 29.275RLC Radio Link Control, 36.322RRC Radio Resource Control, 36.331RTP Real-Time Transport Protocol, RFC 3550S1AP S1 Application Protocol, 36.413S101-AP S101 Application Protocol, 29.276SCTP Stream Control Transmission Protocol, RFC 4960SIP Session Initiation Protocol, RFC 3261 TCP Transmission Control Protocol, RFC 793UDP User Datagram Protocol, RFC 768X2AP X2 Application Protocol, 36.423Not Specified (proprietary)

PROTOCOLS and their SPECIFICATIONS

Interface Nodes Technical Specification Gx PCRF PCEF 29.212Gxa HSGW PCRF 29.212LTE-Uu UE eNB 36.300NAS UE MME 24.301Rx AF PCRF 29.214S1-MME eNB MME 36.413S1-U eNB S-GW 36.414S2a HSGW P-GW 23.402, 29.275S2b P-GW ePDG 23.402, 29.275S3 MME Rel. 8 SGSN 29.274S4 S-GW Rel. 8 SGSN 29.274S5/S8 S-GW P-GW 29.274 (control plane)

29.281 (user plane)S6a HSS MME 23.401, 29.272S6b 3GPP AAA P-GW 29.273S6d SGSN HSS 29.272S9 H-PCRF V-PCRF 29.215S10 MME MME 29.274S11 MME S-GW 29.274S12 RNC S-GW 29.281S101 MME eHRPD eAN 29.276, 23.402S103 S-GW HSGW 29.276, 23.402SGi P-GW IP Network 29.061Sp PCRF SPR 29.203STa Trusted Access AAA 23.002, 23.402, 29.273SWa Untrusted Access AAA 23.002, 23.402, 29.273 SWd AAA Proxy AAA Server 23.002, 29.273, 23.234SWm ePDG 3GPP AAA 23.002, 29.273SWn ePDG Untrusted Access 23.402, 23.234SWx HSS 3GPP AAA 23.002, 29.273, 23.402 X2 eNB eNB 36.423 (control plane)

36.424 (user plane)

3GPP INTERFACES and TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

3GPP Third Generation Partnership ProjectAAA Authentication, Authorization and Accounting CPE Customer Premise EquipmenteAN Evolved Access NetworkeHRPD Evolved High Rate Packet DataeNB Evolved Node BePDG Evolved Packet Data GatewayE-UTRAN Evolved UTRANGERAN GSM-EDGE Radio Access NetworkH-PLMN Home PLMNHRPD High Rate Packet DataHSGW HRPD Serving GatewayHSS Home Subscriber ServerIMS IP Multimedia SubsystemLTE Long Term EvolutionMME Mobility Management EntityNAS Non-Access StratumPCC Policy and Charging ControlPCEF Policy and Charging Enforcement FunctionPCRF Policy and Charging Rules FunctionPDN Packet Data NetworkP-GW PDN GatewayPLMN Public Land Mobile NetworkPSTN Public Switched Telephone Network RAT Radio Access TechnologyRNC Radio Network ControllerSGSN Serving GPRS Support NodeS-GW Serving GatewaySPR Subscription Profile RepositoryUE User EquipmentUTRAN Universal Terrestrial Radio Access NetworkV-PLMN Visited PLMN

3GPP ACRONYMS and NODES

HSS 3GPP AAAServer

SPR

HSS

TrafficTraffic and SignalingSignaling OnlyService Control PlaneInter-RATRadioNAS

Interface LEGEND

UDP

GTP

v2-C

GTP

-UUD

P

Payl

oad

not specified

IP Network

IMSPSTN

DiameterSCTP TCP

DiameterSCTP TCP

Dia

met

er (S

9 &

Rx)

SCTP

SWa

HSGW

eAN

PDCP

S1AP

GTPv2-CGTP-U

Diameter

PHY

MAC

RLCRRC

IP

X2AP

IKEv2

GRE

not specified

UDP

SCTP

TCP

ESMEMM

S101-AP

PMIPv6

RTP

LTE_901 Version 3.4

SIP

3GPP AAA Proxy

3GPP2 AAA Proxy

Trusted non-3GPPeHRPD