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Introduction

Historical Background

GSM

EDGE

WCDMA

UMTS

  UMTS Introduction

Horizontal Layering

General Principles
- User Plane
- Control Plane
- Application Layer

Core Network Standards and Interfaces

Key Benefits of the Layered Architecture

Core UMTS Network Elements

Routers/Switches

Traffic Handling in a Layered Architecture

Traffic Cases
- Mobile Originated call
- Mobile Terminated
- PDP Context
- Packet Forwarding

UMTS Summary

The Future

Final Thoughts

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Packet Forwarding

 

Figure 40Packet Forwarding (Traffic Case)
 

1 A PDU is sent from the UE
2 The PDU is forwarded over the GTP-U tunnel between the RNC and the MGW
3 The PDU is forwarded over the core network GTP-U tunnel to the GGSN
4 The PDU is forwarded to the Internet/ISP-POP

 

 

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