LTE INTERFACES

This presentation gives information on the various interfaces that exists in LTE environment

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LTE Interface
GERAN SGSN
S3 X 2 X 2 E-UTRAN S4

UTRAN

X 2
eNodeB

eNodeB

S10
eNodeB HSS

LTE - Uu

MME

Packet Data Network-GW SERVING-GW

UE

PCRF
Operators IP Services (IMS, PSS)

EVOLVED PACKET CORE (EPC)

LTE Interface
S1-MME Reference point for the control plane protocol between EUTRAN and MME. The protocol over this reference point is eRANAP and it uses Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) as the transport protocol

S1-U

Reference point between EUTRAN and SGW for the per-bearer user plane tunneling and inter-eNB path switching during handover. The transport protocol over this interface is GPRS Tunneling Protocol-User plane (GTP-U)
It provides the user plane with related control and mobility support between trusted non-3GPP IP access and the Gateway. S2a is based on Proxy Mobile IP. To enable access via trusted non-3GPP IP accesses that do not support PMIP, S2a also supports Client Mobile IPv4 FA mode It provides the user plane with related control and mobility support between evolved Packet Data Gateway (ePDG) and the PDN GW. It is based on Proxy Mobile IP It provides the user plane with related control and mobility support between UE and the PDN GW. This reference point is implemented over trusted untrusted non-3GPP Access and/or 3GPP access. This protocol is based on Client Mobile IP co-located mode It is the interface between SGSN and MME and it enables user and bearer information exchange for inter 3GPP access network mobility in idle and/or active state. It is based on Gn reference point as defined between SGSNs It provides the user plane with related control and mobility support between SGSN and the SGW and is based on Gn reference point as defined between SGSN and GGSN It provides user plane tunneling and tunnel management between SGW and PDN GW. It is used for SGW relocation due to UE mobility and if the SGW needs to connect to a non- collocated PDN GW for the required PDN connectivity. Two variants of this interface are being standardized depending on the protocol used, namely, GTP and the IETF based Proxy Mobile IP solution It enables transfer of subscription and authentication data for authenticating/authorizing user access to the evolved system (AAA interface) between MME and HSS It provides transfer of (QoS) policy and charging rules from Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) to Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF) in the PDN GW. This interface is based on the Gx interface Reference point between MMEs for MME relocation and MME to MME information transfer Reference point between MME and SGW

S2a

S2b

S2c and/or S3

S4

S5

S6a

S7

S10 S11

Sgi

It is the reference point between the PDN GW and the packet data network. Packet data network may be an operator-external public or private packet data network or an intra-operator packet data network, e.g. for provision of IMS services. This reference point corresponds to Gi for 2G/3G accesses
The Rx reference point resides between the Application Function and the PCRF in the 3GPP TS 23.203 This is the reference point between the Untrusted Non-3GPP IP Access and the ePDG. Traffic on this interface for a UE initiated tunnel has to be forced towards ePDG

Rx+ Wn*