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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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PDP-context Activation

 

Figure 39 PDP-context Activation (Traffic Case)

1 An “active PDP context request” is sent by the UE to the SGSN server
2 The SGSN server requests the UTRAN to setup a radio access bearer (RAB)
3 The request for a RAB is acknowledged by UTRAN
4 The SGSN server requests the MGW to create a GTP tunnel transfer point
5 A “create PDP context request” is sent from the SGSN server to the GGSN
6 The GGSN server requests an IP address fro the AAA server (or similar)
7 GGSN sends a “create PDP context response” back to the SGSN server
8 An “active PDP context response” is sent back to the UE from the SGSN server

 

 

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