eHRPD

Mike Keeley Market Segment Director

Agenda
eHRPD What, Why, and When? eHRPDs Impact on the Core Network eHRPDs Impact on the Mobile Device Verifying eHRPD works

Acronyms
AAA AN BSC BTS BTS EAPAKA eHRPD EMFPA eNB EPC FA FCP HA HSGW ICPC LUP Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting server Access Node Base Station Controller Base Transceiver Station Base Transceiver Station or base station Extensible Authentication Protocol Method for 3rd Generation Authentication and Key Agreement evolved High Rate Packet Data Enhanced Multi-Flow Packet Application (sometimes abbreviated as EMPA) evolved NodeB Evolved Packet Core System Architecture Evolution (equivalent to SAE) Foreign Agent Flow Control Protocol Home Agent HRPD Serving Gateway IP Control Protocol (IPv4 Network Control Protocol) Location Update Protocol

Acronyms
MFPA MME PCF PDF PDSN PGW PGW PMIP QoS RAN RLP RSVP SAE SGW SGW VSNCP VSNP
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Multi-Flow Packet Application (sometimes abbreviated as MMPA) Mobility Management Entity Packet Control Function Packet Data Function Packet Data Serving Node Packet Data Network Gateway Packet Data Network Gateway (interface to other IP networks such as IMS-based Evolver Packet Core [EPC]) Proxy Mobile IP Quality of Service Radio Access Network Radio Link Protocol Resource reSerVation Protocol System Architecture Evolution (equivalent to EPC) Serving Gateway Serving Gateway Vendor-Specific Network Control Protocol Vendor-Specific Network Protocol

eHRPD What, Why, and When?

What is eHRPD (10,000 Level)?

An upgrade of existing HRPD (EV-DO) networks to allow EV-DO service providers to introduce SAE/EPC architecture elements to their existing packet core network Includes both air interface and packet core network changes
eHRPD provides for a high quality of experience for multi-mode UEs

Why eHRPD (Carriers Perspective)?

CDMA/EV-DO carriers transitioning towards LTE dont want to do massive forklift upgrades Carriers will have to deploy 1X, EV-DO, and LTE all at the same
time

Its a phased migration Carriers can upgrade one small piece at a time without
interruptions

Why eHRPD (Consumers Perspective)?

Subscribers are used to seamless mobility Provides an evolutionary path from EV-DO networks to LTE
networks

Allows seamless services, including handovers, between eHRPD

and LTE networks

One IP address no matter where the user roams, and no matter

what network its on.

When Will eHRPD Be Here?

LTE Deployment Timetable

2008: Standards converging on completion

2010: 2010: eHRPD eHRPD deployment deployment

2010: Initial deployments of data only devices

2015: Full-scale global deployment

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2009: Advanced trials & test of pre-commercial devices

2011: First handset-like devices

eHRPDs Impact on the Core Network

3GPP2 technology networks

Home Agent IP service anchor Packet Data Serving Node For EV-DO, the PDSN is configured to be
the Foreign Agent (FA)

HA

PDSN/FA

1X BSC/PDF BTS BTS

EV-DO AN/PCF BTS

1X - Base-Station Controller/ Packet Data Function EV-DO - Access Node/Packet Control Function

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LTE networks
Packet Data Network Gateway IP policy enforcement on packet flows
to and from mobile devices

PGW

Serving Gateway InterRAT anchor Mobility anchor Mobility Management Entity Paging & Authentication Signaling Control Tracking
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SGW

MME

eNB

eNB

eHRPD The glue between the two

Packet Data Network Gateway IP policy enforcement on packet flows
to and from mobile devices

PGW

HSGW

RNC

HRPD Serving Gateway Converges mobility functions between

LTE and CDMA/EV-DO

eHRPD Radio Network Controller

BTS BTS

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RAN Block Diagram

HA

PGW

PGW

PDSN/FA

HSGW

SGW

1X

EV-DO

eRNC

MME

BSC/PDF BTS
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AN/PCF BTS eBTS eBTS eNB eNB

BTS

Co-location

HA/PGW

HA AAA/HSS

PGW
PDSN/FA/ HSGW/ SGW

PGW

PDSN

HSGW

SGW

BSC/PDF BTS
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AN/PCF BTS

eRNC eBTS eBTS eNB

MME eNB

BTS

Interfaces

AAA/HSS

HA/PGW
S2a S2a PDSN/FA/ HSGW/ SGW A10/ A10/ A11 A11 S103 S103

S11 S11

S101 S101

eRNC

MME
S1-MME S1-MME S1-MME S1-MME

BSC/PDF BTS BTS

AN/PCF BTS eBTS eBTS

NB

NB

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Interfaces

S2a S11 S103 S1-MME S101 A10/A1 1

PDSN/FA MME MME MME PDSN/FA eNB PCF

PGW SGW

SGW

PDSN/FA

PCF

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Implementation On the Network:

New Service Options SO59 HRPD connection to a Packet Data Network SO67 (possible future implementation) QoS Bearer
Service Option

IPv6 Always on; IPv4 on demand Vendor-Specific Network Protocol (VSNP) uses VSNCP (Vendor-Specific Network Control
Protocol)

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eHRPDs Impact on the Mobile Device

Implementation On Devices and the RAN

On Devices and the RAN Enhanced Multi-Flow Packet Application (EMFPA)

Implemented as changes in RLP, LUP and FCP

VSNCP Vendor Specific Network Control Protocol

In lieu of IPCP, which EV-DO uses to connect to the PDSN, here we use VSNCP to connect to the PDN Gateway

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Implementation On Devices and the RAN

On Devices and the RAN VSNP Vendor Specific Network Protocol

carries RSVP (Resource reservation Protocol) payload for QoS enforcement

PMIP Proxy Mobile IP

Replaces MIP stack on the device

IP-based QoS bearer instead of PPP-based bearer

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Implementation - Authorization
New Authorization routine consistent with 3GPP standards: EAP-AKA : Extensible Authentication Protocol

Method for 3rd Generation Authentication and Key Agreement

EAP-AKA : The apostrophe indicates that this

is Improved EAP-AKA Binds network name information to the key

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Verifying that eHRPD works

eHRPD-specific Testing
Conformance Tests Session Negotiation Tests
With eHRPD, HRPD With (and between) different application subtypes (MFPA, EMPFA, etc.)

Session Configuration Tests for Dormant Handoff between eHRPD and

HRPD With ProtocolID renegotiated at Connection Request & on access with eHRPD HRPD personality switch

CDMA2000 1X and eHRPD Mobility

System Reselection, active & dormant

Dormant eHRPD to Idle E-UTRAN (and vice versa) Handoffs

With & without A13 session information transfers

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eHRPD-specific Testing
Conformance Tests (continued) PPP Based Main-Service Connection Establishment
Session establishment and authentication

IP Address Assignment and PDN Attach and Detach Procedures

Includes Vendor Specific Network Control Protocol (VSNCP)

Interoperability Tests SMS origination and termination during active eHRPD session SMS origination and termination during dormant eHRPD session Voice call origination and termination during active eHRPD session Voice call origination and termination during dormant eHRPD session

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eHRPD-specific Adversarial Testing

Adversarial Testing (examples) HSGW unavailable IP address pool depletion PDSN/FA errors no response

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Questions?