Also, cisco s design of cups for usp is designed to be aligned with 5g core network architecture at inception. Saeepc introduction inam ullahhead of product development 2. A flat mobile core network for evolved packet core based sae mobile networks. Written by established experts in the sae standardization process, all of whom have extensive experience and understanding of its goals, history and vision. Evolved packet core an overview sciencedirect topics. Lte is allip advanced core architecture proposed in release 8 of 3gpp to only process packets. This book provides a clear, concise, complete and authoritative introduction to system architecture evolution sae stan.
Catherine mulligan, in sae and the evolved packet core, 2010. 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. The mme is the controlplane function for eutran access. This is maybe an even more significant task than in gsmwcdma systems where the circuitswitched domain is also available. With eps, only the ipbased packet switched domain is available. Lte core functions and service procedures core network functions. 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 new book, written by five ericsson experts, describes the standard called evolved packet core which is part of the recent 3gpp r8 release. 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. 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. Journal of computer and communications, 2017, 5, 6273. Click on document sae and the evolved packet core driving the mobile broadband revolution shabnam sultana.
It is the main component of the evolved packet core epc, also known as the sae core. Sae and the evolved packet core ebook by lars frid. The radio access network ran part of the lte is called the evolved umts radio access network eutran. Finding the right device driver can be a tedious, time consuming, and often impossible task. 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. Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn.
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. 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, 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.
Cisco service provider mobility intermediate lte lte200. Evolved packet core is based on a constant network connection or an alwayson connection. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Cisco cups supports saegwc and saegwu, which aligns with the 5g core network singlemode fiber smf and userplane function upf network functions. The epc will serve as the equivalent of gprs networks via the mobility management entity, serving gateway and pdn gateway subcomponents. In this proposed scheme, the pgw and sgw gateways work as one node named cellular gateway cgw. 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. Evolved packet system eps presents the eps evolution of the 3gumts standard introduced by the 3rd generation partnership project 3gpp standard committee. It handles communication between the ue and the evolved packet core epc and consists of the base stations called enodebs enbs. Driving the mobile broadband revolution, shabnam sultana. The main component of the sae architecture is the evolved packet core epc, also known as sae core.
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. It is responsible for authentication and critical management for mobile devices as well. The evolved packet core epc is the lte core network. The latest additions to the evolved packet system eps including e. It looks into the fundamental shift in underlying technologies enabling the advent of mobile broadband radio access and the convergence of. 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. A flat mobile core network for evolved packet core based sae mobile networks abstract fulltext html xml download as pdf size. Contentswhat is saeepcsae advantagessae architecturedescription of sae componentsservices in eps networks 3. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading sae and the evolved packet core. There had been several reasons for starting this work, and there were also many targets. 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. Epc components serving gateway sgw, pdn gateway pgw mobility management entity mme, policy and charging control function pcrf 4.
Evolved packet core epc for communications service. Try your hand at the string maze, blond maze and tiny tot straw maze as well. Control planeuser plane separation cups ataglance cisco. 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. Evolved packet core helps in combining voice and data on an internet protocol service architecture. The following links provide a good introduction to epcbased onaccess. It is the job of a network engineer to ensure that an epc is a functional, scalable and available network.
Long term evolution and enhanced packet core lte and. The epc is the latest evolution of the 3gpp core network architecture. Introduction to evolved packet core epc and evolved packet system eps 2. 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. Long term evolution and enhanced packet core lte and epc. Epc and 4g packet networks available for download and read online in other formats. The most fundamental task of the evolved packet core epc is to provide ip connectivity to the terminal for both data and voice services. 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. Sae and evolved packet core farooq bari seattle communications com19 society chapter nov. Positioning, user data management, embms, srvcc, volte, csfb. Download pdf epc and 4g packet networks book full free. Driving the mobile broadband revolution by olsson, magnus.
Get a comprehensive and detailed insight into the evolved packet core epc with this clear, concise and authoritative guide a fully updated second edition that covers the latest standards and industry developments. In this paper, we propose a flat mobile core network scheme in epc for sae mobile based network, termed fepc. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read sae and the evolved packet core. It is comprised of components that have the following functions. This new topic is looked at from a system perspective, from the radio interface to network and service architecture. A flat mobile core network for evolved packet core based. The primary goals of this architecture was to achieve higher data rates, low latency, with support for multiple radio access techniques. Sae specifies an allip network architecture designed to support endtoend packet services. 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. Overview of the evolved packet core epc science, for. With eps, only the ipbased packetswitched domain is available. In gsm, the architecture relies on circuitswitching cs. Read sae and the evolved packet core driving the mobile broadband revolution by lars frid available from rakuten kobo. Driving the mobile broadband revolution kindle edition by olsson, magnus, rommer, stefan, mulligan, catherine, sultana, shabnam, frid, lars.
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