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Objectives
By the end of this module you should be able to:

List necessary signalling protocols needed in the MSS, HLR, BSC, MGW, and the PSTN exchange in 3GPP Rel4 List the main functions of RANAP, SIGTRAN, H.248 and BICC

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Network architecture
SCE

CPS

MAP CAP/INAP

HLR/HSS

CAP/INAP

SIP

BSC

MAP

MAP

GSM

VMSS
SIP, BICC CS-2

GCS

ISUP H.248 H.248

RNC

MGW
Iu-CS

MGW

Packet Core NW

PSTN/ISDN

WCDMA

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MSS Interfaces & Protocols

RANAP and BSSAP for radio access control BICC and SIP for bearer independent call control ISUP, TUP and IUP for TDM trunk call control All above SS7 signaling over SIGTRAN via MGW H.248 for MGW control CAS and PBX calls are connected to the RANAP Integrated MSS
Iu-CS
BSSAP MGW A TDM MAP MSC Server Sigtran IP BICC, SIP ATM/IP

HLR

Services
CAP MSC Server

Nc
H.248 IP

Mc
H.248 IP Sigtran IP

Mc
AAL5/ATM

AAL2/AAL5 ATM Nb RTP IP MGW

SS7 TDM

PSTN

RNC

AAL2 ATM

BSC
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Control Plane Protocol Stacks

MSC Server MSC Server

BSSAP RANAP BSSAP

BSC SCCP MTP SCCP M3UA SCTP IP M3UA SCTP IP

BICC

H.248

BICC

ISUP

M3UA SCTP IP

H.248

M3UA SCTP IP

SCCP RANAP SCCP RNC MTP3b AAL5 ATM Phy MTP3b AAL5 ATM Phy MTP

Backbone
MGW MGW MGW MTP

PSTN

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New Protocols in SCN Rel4

Radio Access Network Application Part (RANAP) SIGTRAN Media Gateway Control protocol (H.248/MEGACO) Bearer independent call control (BICC)

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RANAP ---Radio Access Network Application Part

Maintains Iu-interface Control Plane, thus

handling activities between the RAN and CN.
L

Broadband CCS
MSS/VLR
A N A P

RANAP ATM RNC

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MGW

IP

Sigtran - Signalling over IP

Sigtran defines a standardized way of carrying any SS7

signalling over IP networks

Defines retransmission and reordering functionalities Physical layer can be any layer 1 technology
Sigtran signalling stack

Application
Signalling adaptation Transport layer Physical layer
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M3UA SCTP IP Ethernet/SDH/etc.

Application can be ISUP, BICC, SCCP, etc.

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Signalling Transport (SIGTRAN)

Sigtran maps SS7 addressing (Signalling Point Codes or GT addresses) into IP addresses. SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) provides the reliability and redundancy in IP network that are needed for signalling traffic Different adaptation layers possible
MAP TCAP SCCP M3UA SCTP IP MAP TCAP SUA SCTP IP

- M2UA (MTP2 user adaptation layer) - M3UA (MTP3 user adaptation layer) - SUA (SCCP user adaptation layer)
M3UA supported in the 1st implementation of Rel4

M3UA (MTP3 User Adaptation) provides MTP3 user adaptation for upper layers to use

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Sigtran Terms and Concepts

DX200
Signalling point A Association Set (up to 16 associations)
MSC (Server)
CCSU_0 CCSU_1 CCSU_2

Addressing based on SPCs!

Signalling point B SCTP Association
HLR (Client)
CCSU_0

IP

CCSU_1 CCSU_2

CM

CM

SPC_1

IP Addresses

SPC_2

Signaling Link Set can only contain one "Sigtran link". "Sigtran link" consists of one SCTP association set. Association is identified by the computer unit and destination address. Only one association allowed per computer unit.
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MEGACO / H.248 ---Media Gateway Control protocol

The H.248 protocol is used in the Mc
interface between MSC Server and MGW Rel.4.
MSS/VLR

MSC Server controls the user plane

terminations and contexts in MGW Rel.4 through the Mc interface.

MEGACO/ H.248

ATM/IP/TDM

MGW
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MGW

H.248

The MSC Server (MSS) using the H.248 can control the user plane Terminations and Contexts in Media Gateway (MGW) This protocol is used to

reserve and connect terminations connect or release echo canceller to terminations connect or release of tones and announcements to terminations send/receive DTMF tones

Protocol stack

MGW
User data

H.248

context C Ta
terminations

User data

SCTP L1

TCP

Tb

IPv4 or IPv6

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Bearer Independent Call Control - BICC

Specified by ITU-T, required in Rel4 networks BICC is used for call control between two MSC servers in the Nc interface,
allowing a backbone independent Control Plane and User Plane. Based on ISUP, includes extensions to carry bearer related information; due to the fact that BICC is supposed to control calls over ATM/IP connection instead of PCM-TSLs. The needed bearer specific information is transferred from MGW to MSS trough the H.248 protocol
Bearer information carried in signalling messages
MSC Server IAM Bearer cntr Bearer cntr MSC Server . . Mgw address Codec: AMR mode 7 . . .

MGW address MGW

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MGW

Two ways to establish a bearer

1) Use separate bearer control signalling (ATM) 2) Tunnel bearer information in call control messages (IP)
MSS
Call Control Signalling BICC or SIP

MSS
In IP backbone, no separate bearer signalling is used. Instead, the information about the bearer is tunneled in H.248 and SIP or BICC via the MSC Servers.

H.248

H.248

Bearer Control Signalling E.g, AAL2 signalling

In ATM backbone, bearer is established via separate bearer control signalling. In case of ATM AAL2 connections, AAL2 signalling is used.

MGW
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MGW