Saeepc introduction inam ullahhead of product development 2. A flat mobile core network for evolved packet core based. Pdf epc and 4g packet networks download full pdf book. Driving the mobile broadband revolution ebook by magnus olsson, shabnam sultana, stefan rommer, lars frid, catherine mulligan language.
Lte core functions and service procedures core network functions. Driving the mobile broadband revolution kindle edition by olsson, magnus, rommer, stefan, mulligan, catherine, sultana, shabnam, frid, lars. The evolved packet core epc is the lte core network. Driving the mobile broadband revolution ebook written by magnus olsson, stefan rommer, catherine mulligan, shabnam sultana, lars frid.
Improvement in latency 50 ms uepacket gw, capacity, throughput optimization for ip traffic and services handover tofrom non3gpp access. With eps, only the ipbased packetswitched domain is available. A flat mobile core network for evolved packet core based sae mobile networks abstract fulltext html xml download as pdf size. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
The radio access network ran part of the lte is called the evolved umts radio access network eutran. The 5g core network will inherit the cups capability as defined in 3gpp release 14. It is responsible for authentication and critical management for mobile devices as well. Sae and the evolved packet core ebook by lars frid. Lte is allip advanced core architecture proposed in release 8 of 3gpp to only process packets. The epc will serve as the equivalent of gprs networks via the mobility management entity, serving gateway and pdn gateway subcomponents.
This book provides a clear, concise, complete and authoritative introduction to system architecture evolution sae stan. Sae and evolved packet core farooq bari seattle communications com19 society chapter nov. Evolved packet system eps presents the eps evolution of the 3gumts standard introduced by the 3rd generation partnership project 3gpp standard committee. The mme is the controlplane function for eutran access. The evolved packet core epc the epc is a centralized set of elements that collaborate with each other to provide lte service to millions of subscribers at very high speeds. With eps, only the ipbased packet switched domain is available. The latest additions to the evolved packet system eps including e. The epc is the latest evolution of the 3gpp core network architecture. This book a new edition of sae and the evolved packet core provides clear, concise and comprehensive coverage of the entire sae epc architecture, explaining concepts and standards and how they are. Click on document sae and the evolved packet core driving the mobile broadband revolution shabnam sultana. This new book, written by five ericsson experts, describes the standard called evolved packet core which is part of the recent 3gpp r8 release.
Control planeuser plane separation cups ataglance cisco. Overview of the evolved packet core epc science, for. The transition to ltesystem architecture evolution sae involves a fundamental shift to a flat allip system architecture that impacts every part of the network, with the evolved packet core epc at its center. Written by established experts in the sae standardization process, all of whom have extensive experience and understanding of its goals, history and vision. In 2011, the 3gpp mobile network standards body released the blueprint for an all internetprotocol based network called the evolved packet coreepc as part of their work to incorporate lte into the existing network infrastructure. Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn. Try your hand at the string maze, blond maze and tiny tot straw maze as well.
Pdf a flat mobile core network for evolved packet core. As stated above, the epc is designed to support any onaccess technology. It handles communication between the ue and the evolved packet core epc and consists of the base stations called enodebs enbs. This article looks at the evolved packet core epc, the core network of the lte system, giving an overview of the architecture of the core network, describing some of its key elements. This book provides a clear, concise, complete and authoritative introduction to system architecture evolution sae standardization work and its main outcome. Download free ebooks this book a new edition of sae and the evolved packet core provides clear, concise and comprehensive coverage of the entire sae epc architecture, explaining concepts and standards and how they are used in commercial service settings. Contentswhat is saeepcsae advantagessae architecturedescription of sae componentsservices in eps networks 3. It looks into the fundamental shift in underlying technologies enabling the advent of mobile broadband radio access and the convergence of. It is comprised of components that have the following functions. Lte, lteadvanced, sae, volte and 4g mobile communications by christopher cox following on from the successful first edition march 2012, this book gives a clear explanation of what lte does and how it works.
Long term evolution and enhanced packet core lte and. Sae and the evolved packet core by magnus olsson and publisher academic press. It is the job of a network engineer to ensure that an epc is a functional, scalable and available network. A flat mobile core network for evolved packet core based sae mobile networks. Driving the mobile broadband revolution by olsson, magnus. In this paper, we propose a flat mobile core network scheme in epc for sae mobile based network, termed fepc. This is maybe an even more significant task than in gsmwcdma systems where the circuitswitched domain is also available. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read sae and the evolved packet core. Driving the mobile broadband revolution, shabnam sultana. Evolved packet core epc is a framework standardized in release 8 of the 3gpp for giving data and converged voice on a network based on 4g lte. Finding the right device driver can be a tedious, time consuming, and often impossible task. Mavenirs innovative cloud core architecture allows for the vepc platform to be deployed flexibly as a collapsed allinone vepc, or as a vepc with a separately instantiated mavenir vhss, or as a standalone mavenir vpgw, mavenir vsaegw, or mavenir vcsgn. The sae has a flat, allip architecture with separation of control plane and user plane traffic. Discussions for system architecture evolution sae then soon followed the radio interface development, and it was agreed to schedule the completion of the work in release 8.
It is the main component of the evolved packet core epc, also known as the sae core. In gsm, the architecture relies on circuitswitching cs. Cisco cups supports saegwc and saegwu, which aligns with the 5g core network singlemode fiber smf and userplane function upf network functions. It looks into the fundamental shift in underlying technologies enabling the advent of mobile broadband radio access and the convergence of internet and mobile services. Evolved packet core helps in combining voice and data on an internet protocol service architecture. In this proposed scheme, the pgw and sgw gateways work as one node named cellular gateway cgw. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading sae and the evolved packet core. Positioning, user data management, embms, srvcc, volte, csfb. The following links provide a good introduction to epcbased onaccess. The primary goals of this architecture was to achieve higher data rates, low latency, with support for multiple radio access techniques. Cisco service provider mobility intermediate lte lte200.
Catherine mulligan, in sae and the evolved packet core, 2010. Download pdf epc and 4g packet networks book full free. Introduction to evolved packet core epc and evolved packet system eps 2. Also, cisco s design of cups for usp is designed to be aligned with 5g core network architecture at inception. Read sae and the evolved packet core driving the mobile broadband revolution by lars frid available from rakuten kobo.
Saelte is also referred to as the evolved packet system eps consisting of the core network or sae, also known as the evolved packet core epc, and the radio access network or lte, also known as evolvedumts terrestrial ran eutran. Epc components serving gateway sgw, pdn gateway pgw mobility management entity mme, policy and charging control function pcrf 4. Uptodate coverage of sae including the latest standards development easily accessible overview of the architecture and concepts defined by sae thorough description of the evolved packet core for. Evolved packet core is based on a constant network connection or an alwayson connection. There had been several reasons for starting this work, and there were also many targets. Sae specifies an allip network architecture designed to support endtoend packet services. The main component of the sae architecture is the evolved packet core epc, also known as sae core. Long term evolution and enhanced packet core lte and epc. Epc and 4g packet networks available for download and read online in other formats. Evolved packet core an overview sciencedirect topics. Evolved packet core epc for communications service. Evolved packet core epc for communications service providers 3 the 3rd generation partner project 3gpp defines the details of the epc architecture, functional elements, and interface requirements.
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