Content for TS 43.129 Word version: 16.0.0

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0 Introduction Word‑p. 7

1 Scope Word‑p. 8

The present document defines the stage 2 service description for packet switched handover in GERAN A/Gb mode and GAN mode. ITU-T Recommendation I.130 [8] describes a three-stage method for characterisation of telecommunication services, and ITU-T Recommendation Q.65 [9] defines stage 2 of the method. The present document refers to packet switched handover in GERAN A/Gb mode/GAN mode, and therefore focuses on the corresponding radio protocol enhancements to the packet switched domain only i.e. when services are provided through the Gb interface.

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]

TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".

[2]

TS 22.105: "Services and service capabilities".

[3]

TS 22.060: "General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); Service description; Stage 1".

[4]

TS 43.064: "Overall description of the GPRS radio interface; Stage 2".

[5]

TS 25.922: "Radio Resource Management strategies".

[6]

TS 23.107: "Quality of Service (QoS) concept and architecture".

[7]

TS 44.060: "General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); Mobile Station (MS) - Base Station System (BSS) interface; Radio Link Control/Medium Access Control (RLC/MAC) protocol".

[8]

ITU-T Recommendations I.130: "Method for the characterization of telecommunication services supported by an ISDN and network capabilities of an ISDN".

[9]

ITU-T Recommendation Q.65: "The unified functional methodology for the characterization of services and network capabilities".

[10]

TS 48.018: "General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); Base Station System (BSS) - Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN); BSS GPRS Protocol".

[11]

TS 29.060: "General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); GPRS Tunnelling Protocol (GTP) across the Gn and Gp interface".

[12]

TS 23.003: "Numbering, addressing and identification".

[13]

TS 25.401: "UTRAN overall description".

[14]

TS 43.051: "GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network (GERAN) overall description; Stage 2".

[15]

TS 24.008: "Mobile radio interface Layer 3 specification; Core network protocols; Stage 3".

[16] Void.

[17]

TS 25.331: "Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol specification".

[18]

TS 24.007: "Mobile radio interface signalling layer 3; General Aspects".

[19]

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

[20]

TS 23.108: "Mobile radio interface layer 3 specification core network protocols; Stage 2 (structured procedures)".

[21]

TS 44.064: "Mobile Station - Serving GPRS Support Node (MS-SGSN) Logical Link Control (LLC) Layer Specification".

[22]

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

[23]

TS 25.413: "UTRAN Iu interface Radio Access Network Application Part (RANAP) signalling".

[24] Void.

[25]

TS 44.018: "Mobile radio interface layer 3 specification; Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol".

[26]

TS 45.010: "Radio subsystem synchronization".

[27]

TS 33.102: "Security architecture".

[28]

TS 44.318: "Generic access to the A/Gb interface; Mobile GA interface layer 3 specification".

[29]

TS 43.318: "Generic access to the A/Gb interface; Stage 2".

[30]

TS 36.300: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRAN); Overall description; Stage 2".

[31]

TS 36.331: " Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Radio Resource Control (RRC); Protocol specification".

[32]

TS 36.401: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN); Architecture description".

[33]

TS 23.401: "General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) enhancements for Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) access".

[34]

TS 36.413: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); S1 Application Protocol (S1AP)".

[35]

TS 24.301: "Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) protocol for Evolved Packet System (EPS); Stage 3".

[36]

TS 22.220: "Service requirements for Home NodeBs and Home eNodeBs".

3 Definitions and abbreviations Word‑p. 9

3.1 Definitions

For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in TR 21.905 and the following apply:

Active PFCs:

that subset of the PFCs to be handed over, for which the source BSS has determined that resources should be allocated in the target cell during the PS Handover preparation phase.

A/Gb mode:

MS mode operation where the MS is connected to the Core Network via GERAN and the A and/or Gb interfaces.

Blind Transmission:

refers to the decision made by the SGSN to start the transmission of downlink N-PDUs or by the target BSS/GANC to start the transmission of downlink LLC PDUs for a given mobile station before receiving confirmation that the PS handover procedure has been successfully completed.

GAN Mode:

MS mode of operation where the MS is connected to the Core Network via a GANC and the A and/or Gb interfaces.

PFC subject to handover:

refers to an MS's PFC for which the packet switched handover procedure is to be initiated when a cell change is required. Whether a PFC needs handover or not is decided by the BSS. This decision criteria is not standardized.

Source to Target Transparent Container:

This container is encoded as "Source RNC to Target RNC transparent container" in case of PS handover to UTRAN and as "Source eNB to Target eNB transparent container" in case of PS handover to E-UTRAN. It replaces the "Source RNC to Target RNC Transparent container" used in previous releases.

Target to Source Transparent Container:

This container is encoded as "Target RNC to Source RNC transparent container" in case of PS handover to UTRAN and as "Target eNB to Source eNB transparent container" in case of PS handover to E-UTRAN. It replaces the "Target RNC to Source RNC Transparent container" used in previous releases.

CSG Cell:

A UTRAN or E-UTRAN cell for which the reported access mode indicates "Closed access mode" (see [36]).

Hybrid Cell:

A UTRAN or E-UTRAN cell for which the reported access mode indicates "Hybrid access mode" (see [36]).

3.2 Void

3.3 Abbreviations Word‑p. 10

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

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

BSC

Base Station Controller

BSS

Base Station Sub-system

BSSGP

Base Station Subsystem GPRS Protocol

BTS

Base Transceiver Station

CN part

Core Network part

Core Network

Circuit Switched

CSG

Closed Subscriber Group

DTI

Direct Tunnel Indicator

DTM

Dual Transfer Mode

EDGE

Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution

eNB

E-UTRAN NodeB

EPC

Evolved Packet Core

EPS

Evolved Packet System

E-UTRA

Evolved UTRA

E-UTRAN

Evolved UTRAN

FLO

Flexible Layer One

GAN

Generic Access Network

GANC

Generic Access Network Controller

GboIP

Gb over IP

GCSI

GPRS CAMEL Subscriber information indicator

GERAN

GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service

GSM

Global System for Mobile communications

GTP

GPRS Tunnelling Protocol

IMS

IP Multimedia Subsystem

Internet Protocol

LLC

Logical Link Control

MAC

Medium Access Control

MME

Mobility Management Entity

Mobile Station

MSC

Mobile Switching Centre

MTU

Maximum Transfer Unit

PDP

Packet Data Protocol

PDTCH

Packet Data Traffic CHannel

PFC

Packet Flow Context

PFM

Packet Flow Management

Packet Switched

PTCCH

Packet Timing advance Control CHannel

QoS

Quality of Service

RAB

Radio Access Bearer

RAN

Radio Access Network

RAT

Radio Access Technology

RAU

Routeing Area Update

RLC

Radio Link Control

RN part

Radio Network part

RNC

Radio Network Controller

RNS

Radio Network Subsystem

ROHC

RObust Header Compression

RRM

Radio Resource Management

RTP

Real Time Protocol

SABM

Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode

SACCH

Standalone Associated Control CHannel

SAPI

Service Access Point Identifier

SGSN

Serving GPRS Support Node

S-GW

Serving Gateway

SIP

Session Initiated Protocol

SNDCP

Sub-Network Dependent Convergence Protocol

TBF

Temporary Block Flow

Transport Format

TFC

Transport Format Combination

TFCI

Transport Format Combination Indicator

Technical Report

Technical Specification

Unnumbered Acknowledgement

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

User Equipment

UMTS

Universal Mobile Telephony System

UTRAN

UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network

VoIP

Voice over IP

XID

eXchange IDentification