Content for TS 25.410 Word version: 16.0.0

3.1 Definitions 3.2 Abbreviations 3.3 Specification Notations
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1 Scope Word‑p. 6

The present document is an introduction to the 3GPP TS 25.41x series of Technical Specifications that define the Iu interface for the interconnection of Radio Network Controller (RNC) component of the UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) to the Core Network of the UMTS system.

2 References

The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present document.

References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or non specific.
For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same Release as the present document.

[1]

TS 25.401: "UTRAN Overall Description".

[2]

TR 23.930: "Iu Principles".

[3]

TS 23.110: "UMTS Access Stratum Services and Functions".

[4]

TS 25.411: "UTRAN Iu Interface Layer 1".

[5]

TS 25.412: "UTRAN Iu Interface Signalling Transport".

[6]

TS 25.413: "UTRAN Iu Interface RANAP Signalling".

[7]

TS 25.414: "UTRAN Iu Interface Data Transport and Transport Signalling"

[8]

TS 25.415: "UTRAN Iu Interface User Plane Protocols".

[9]

ITU-T Recommendation Q.711 (1996-07): "Functional description of the signalling connection control part".

[10]

ITU-T Recommendation Q.712 (1996-07): "Definition and function of signalling connection control part messages".

[11]

ITU-T Recommendation Q.713 (1996-07): "Signalling connection control part formats and codes".

[12]

ITU-T Recommendation Q.714 (1996-07): "Signalling connection control part procedures".

[13]

TS 23.003: "Numbering, Addressing and Identification".

[14]

TS 25.419: "UTRAN Iu Interface: Service Area Broadcast Protocol SABP".

[15]

TS 23.153: "Out of Band Transcoder Control; Stage 2".

[16]

ITU-T Recommendation Q.2630.1: "AAL type 2 signalling protocol - (Capability Set 1)".

[17]

ITU-T Recommendation Q.2630.2: "AAL type 2 signalling protocol - Capability Set 2".

[18]

RFC 3332 (2002-09): "Signalling System 7 (SS7) Message Transfer Part 3 (MTP3) - User Adaptation Layer (M3UA)"

[19]

RFC 1889 (1996-01): "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real Time Applications".

[20]

RFC 768 (1980-08): "User Datagram Protocol".

[21]

RFC 793 (1981-09): "TCP, Transmission Control Protocol".

[22]

RFC 791 (1981-09): "Internet Protocol".

[23] Void

[24] Void

[25]

TS 23.236: "Intra-domain connection of Radio Access Network (RAN) nodes to multiple Core Network (CN) nodes".

[26]

TS 23.251: "Network sharing; Architecture and functional description".

[27]

3GPP TS23.246: Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) Architecture and functional description

[28]

TS 25.346: "Introduction of the Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) in the Radio Access Network (RAN); Stage 2".

[29]

TS 23.060: "General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); Service description; Stage 2".

[30]

TS 37.320: "Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) and Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Radio measurement collection for Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT); Overall description; Stage 2".

3 Definitions and abbreviations Word‑p. 7

3.1 Definitions

For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in TS 25.401 apply.

MBMS related terms and definitions:

MBMS bearer service:

as defined in TS 23.246.

MBMS RAB:

as defined in TS 25.346.

MBMS Iu signalling connection:

as defined in TS 25.346.

MBMS session start:

as defined in TS 25.346.

3.2 Abbreviations

For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:

3G-MSC

3rd Generation Mobile Switching Centre

3G-SGSN

3rd Generation Serving GPRS Support Node

AAL

ATM Adaptation Layer

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

Broadcast

BSSMAP

Base Station Subsystem Management Application Part

CBS

Cell Broadcast Service

Connection Confirm

Core Network

Connection Release

CREF

Connection Refusal

Circuit Switched

Global Title

GTP-U

GPRS Tunnelling Protocol

GWCN

Gateway Core Network

IMSI

International Mobile Subscriber Identity

Internet Protocol

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

L-GW

Local GateWay

Location Area

M3UA

MTP3 User Adaptation Layer

MBMS

Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service

MDT

Minimization of Drive-Tests

MOCN

Multi Operator Core Network

NAS

Non Access Stratum

NACC

Network Assisted Cell Change

NNSF

NAS Node Selection Function

O&M

Operation and Maintenance

PLMN

Public Land Mobile Network

Packet Switched

PSTN

Public Switched Telephone Network

PVC

Permanent Virtual Circuit

QoE

Quality of Experience

QoS

Quality of Service

Routing Area

RAB

Radio Access Bearer

RANAP

Radio Access Network Application Part

RIM

RAN Information Management

RLP

Radio Link Protocol

RNC

Radio Network Controller

RNL

Radio Network Layer

RRC

Radio Resource Control

RTCP

Real Time Control Protocol

RTP

Real Time Protocol

Service Area

SABP

Service Area Broadcast Protocol

SAP

Service Access Point

SCCP

Signalling Connection Control Part

SIPTO

Selected IP Traffic Offload

SIPTO@LN

Selected IP Traffic Offload at the Local Network

SCTP

Stream Control Transmission Protocol

SNA

Shared Network Area

SPC

Signalling Point Code

SRNS

Serving Radio Network Subsystem

SSN

Sub-System Number

SVC

Switched Virtual Circuit

S-GW

Serving GateWay

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

User Equipment

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

User Plane

URA

UTRAN Registration Area

UTRAN

UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network

Virtual Circuit

3.3 Specification Notations Word‑p. 8

For the purposes of the present document, the following notations apply:

Procedure

When referring to a procedure in the specification the Procedure Name is written with the first letters in each word in upper case characters followed by the word "procedure", e.g. Radio Network Layer procedures.

Message

When referring to a message in the specification the MESSAGE NAME is written with all letters in upper case characters followed by the word "message", e.g. RADIO LINK SETUP REQUEST message.

Frame

When referring to a control or data frame in the specification the CONTROL/DATA FRAME NAME is written with all letters in upper case characters followed by the words "control/data frame", e.g. DCH transport frame.