Interface protocol and signaling flow

ZTE University

TD&W&PCS BSS Course Team

 Objectives

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

 Master Network interfaces protocol
 Master signaling flow
Content

Network Interfaces
Signaling flow
 Network Interfaces

UTRAN Architecture
 Network Interfaces

Universal model of the UTRAN interfaces

Radio Control Plane User Plane

Network
Layer Application Data
Protocol Stream(s)

Transport TransportNetwork Transport Network Transport Network

Network User Plane Control User Plane
Layer Plane
ALCAP(s)

Signalling Signalling Data

Bearer(s) Bearer(s) Bearer(s)

Physical Layer
 Network Interfaces

Universal model of the UTRAN interfaces

 Horizontal: UTRAN fall into Transport Network Layer and Ra

dio Network Layer
 Vertical :UTRAN fall into 4 planes:
 Control plane
 User plane
 TNL control plane
 TNL user plane
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Iu Interface

UTRAN Core Network (CN)

CS
Node B Domain

RNC “Iu-CS”
Node B
PS
Domain
Node B “Iu-PS”
RNC
BC
Node B Domain

“Iu-BC”

Iu Interface
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Iu-CS Interface Stack Structure

Radio Control Plane User Plane

Network
Layer RANAP Iu UP Protocol
Layer

Transport Transport Network Transport Network Transport Network

Network User Plane Control Plane User Plane
Layer Q.2630.1

SCCP Q.2150.1
MTP3b MTP3b
SSCF-NNI SSCF-NNI
SSCOP SSCOP
AAL5 AAL5 AAL2

ATM

Physical Layer
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Iu-PS Interface Stack Structure

Radio Control Plane User Plane

Network Iu UP Protocol
Layer RANAP Layer

Transport Network Transport Network Transport Network

User Plane Control Plane User Plane

SCCP
Transport M3UA
Network MTP3-B
SCTP GTP-U
Layer
SSCF-NNI UDP
SSCOP IP IP
AAL5 AAL5

ATM ATM

Physical Layer Physical Layer

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Iur Interface Stack Structure

Radio Control Plane User Plane

Network
Layer RNSAP Iur Data
Str eam(s)

Transport Network Transport Network Transport Network

Transport User Plane Control Plane User Plane
Network ALCAP Q.2630.1
Layer
SCCP STC Q.2150.1

MTP3B M3UA MTP3B M3UA

SSCF-NNI SCTP NN
SSCF-NNI SCTP
SSCF -
I
SSCOP IP SSCOP IP

AAL5 AAL5 AAL2

ATM

Physical Layer
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Iub Interface Stack Structure

Radio Network Transport User Plane

ControlPlane Network
ControlPlane

Radio Node B

PCH FP
RACH FP
FACH FP

DSCH FP
USCH FP
CPCH FP
DCH FP
Networ Application Part
(NBAP)
Layer
k
ALCAP

Q.2630.1

Q.2150.2
Transport
SSCF-UNI SSCF-UNI
Layer
SSCOP SSCOP
AAL Type 5 AAL Type 5 AAL Type 2
ATM

Physical Layer
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Uu Interface Stack Structure

G N D
C t C
Duplication
avoidance
G N D
C t C UuS
C-plane U-plane boundary
signalling information

RRC control L3
control

control

control

Radio
contro

Bearers
l

PDCP
PDCP L2/PDCP

BMC L2/ BMC

RLC RLC L2/RLC

RLC RLC
RLC RLC
RLC RLC

Logical
Channels

MAC L2/MAC
Transport
Channels
PHY L1
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Appendix

Abbreviation Full Name

SCCP Signaling connection control protocol

MTP3B Broadband message transfer protocol

SSCF-NNI Service specific coordination function for support of signaling

at the network node interface

SSCF-UNI Service specific coordination function for support of signaling

at the user network interface

SSCOP Service specific connection oriented protocol

Q.2630.1 AAL2 signaling control protocol

Q.2150.1 AAL2 signaling transport converter at NNI

M3UA MTP3 user adaptation protocol

SCTP Stream control transmission protocol

GTP-U GPRS tunneling protocol – user

 Software workflow

Radio Network c-plane protocol

CN

RANAP
RNSAP
RRC
UE RNC RNC

NBAP

Node B

NBAP ： Node B Application Part

RANAP: Radio Access Network Application Part
RNSAP: Radio Network Subsystem Application Part
RRC: Radio Resource Control
 Software workflow

UTRAN Control Plane Protocol Stack

UE Node B RNC CN

CC SM CC SM

MM/GMM MM/GMM

RRC RANAP RANAP

RRC
RLC RLC
Transport Transport
MAC MAC
NBAP NBAP Layer Layer
…
L1 L1 Transport Transport Layer
Layer

Uu Iub Iu
 Software workflow

UTRAN User Plane Protocol Stack

UE Node B RNC CN

User data Iu UP Iu UP

PDCP PDCP

RLC RLC
Transport Transport
MAC MAC Layer Layer

L1 L1 FP FP
Transport Layer Transport Layer

Uu Iub Iu
Content

Network Interfaces
Signaling flow
 Software workflow

Basic Conception (1)

 RRC (Radio Resource Control)

 provides information transfer service to the NAS (Non Access

Stratum).
 responsible for controlling the configuration of UMTS radio

interface Layers 1 and 2.

 RRC Connection
 A point to point bi directional connection between the RRC (Radio

Resource Control) entities on the UE (User Equipment) and

UTRAN (UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network).
 The UE requires an RRC connection to access the services of the

UMTS network.
 Software workflow

Basic Conception (2)

 RAB -Radio Access Bearer

 identify the service the AS (Access Stratum) provides to the

NAS (Non Access Stratum) for transfer of user data

between the UE (User Equipment) and the CN (Core
Network).

 RB -Radio Bearer
 The service provided by the Layer 2 for the transfer of user

data between UE (User Equipment) and UTRAN (UMTS

Terrestrial Radio Access Network).
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Basic Conception (3)

 RL (Radio Link)
 RL is a logical association between single UE (User

Equipment) and a single UTRAN (UMTS Terrestrial Radio

Access Network) access point.
 Its physical realization comprises one or more radio bearer
transmissions.
 It is possible for a UMTS mobile to have many radio links

established, when this occurs the mobile is said to be in a

soft handover.
 Software workflow

RRC setup
UE Node B RNC

RRC
1.CCCH: RRC Connection Request RRC

Allocate RNTSelect L1
and L2 parameters
2.Radio Link Setup Request
NBAP NBAP

Start RX
3.Radio Link Setup Response
NBAP NBAP
ALCAP Iub Data Transport Bearer Setup
4.Downlink Synchronisation
DCH-FP DCH-FP

5.Uplink Synchronisation
DCH-FP DCH-FP

Start TX

RRC 6.CCCH: : RRC Connection Setup RRC

RRC 7.DCCH: : RRC Connection Setup Complete RRC

 Software workflow

RAB setup

UE Node B SRNC CN
RAB ASSIGNMENT REQUEST

ALCAP setup
RL RECONFIG PRE

RL RECONFIG READY

ALCAP setup, synchronization

RL RECONFIG COMMIT

RRC RB SETUP
RRC RB SETUP COMPLETE
RAB ASSIGNMENT RESPONSE
 Software workflow

Call Setup Flow

UE Node B RNC CN
Paging (RANAP)
Paging (RRC)

RRC connection setup request

RRC connection setup

NAS message interaction (service request)

RAB assignment request
RL setup request
RL setup response
RB setup

RB setup completion
RAB assignment response
 Software workflow

Soft Handover Flow

NodeB NodeB
UE （DRNS)
DRNC SRNC
(SRNS)
Measurement
report

RL creation request
A RL setup request

RL setup response RL setup response

Active set update command

Active set update completion

B RL Deletion request

RL Deletion response
 Software workflow

Hard Handover Flow

Target Node Original

UE B NodeB SRNC

Measurement report

RL setup request
RL setup response

Reconfiguration command

Reconfiguration completion
RL deletion request

RL deletion response
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Call setup flow (1)

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Call setup flow (2)

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Call setup flow (3)

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Call setup flow (4)

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Call setup flow (5)

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Call setup flow (6)

 Exercise

 vertical:UTRAN interface universal model involve 4 plane

s,they are ( )( )( )( )
 horizontal :UTRAN interface universal model involve 2 lay
ers, they are ( ) ( )
 pls write down IUCS\ IUPS \IUB interface control plane a
pplication protocol and user plane protocol.
 Uu Interface is fall into ( )plane and ( ) plane.
 There are 3 layers in Uu Interface, they are ( ) ( ) ( ).
 pls describe the RRC setup procedure.