MSC Iu CS E

SGSN Iu PS Gn
User Plane User Plane User Data Protocols TAF RLP AMR User Data Protocols User Data Protocols GTP-U UDP IP AAL5

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MM/SM/CC

Control Plane

Control Plane
RANAP SCCP AAL2L3 STC ISUP MTP 3 MTP 2 Time Slot Iu UP AAL2 ATM Iu CS E Time Slot

MAP TCAP SCCP

E
MM/SM/CC

PCM30/24

MTP3-b SSCF-NNI SSCOP AAL5

RANAP SCCP MTP3-b

SSCF-NNI

GTP-C

FPO
Iu PS

Iu UP GTP-U UDP IP AAL5 ATM

Gn

PCM, ATM, Et

M3UA SCTP UDP/IP

UDP IP AAL5

ATM

PCM30/24

SSCOP

Gn

RNC Iub Iu CS
User Plane User Data Protocols User Data Protocols TAF RLP AMR

Iu CS Iu PS

AAL5

ATM

PCM, ATM, Et

AUC

Control Plane

PDCP RLC MAC UP FP

BMC

Gi H

MM/SM/CC

MM/SM/CC

Iu UP AAL2 ATM

PSTN
Iu CS

GMSC
C

GGSN
Gc Gn Gr

INTERNET

RRC RLC MAC UP FP AAL2

AAL2L3

NBAP

RANAP SCCP

AAL2L3 STC Iub

AAL2 ATM

STC SSCF-UNI SSCOP AAL5

MTP3-b SSCF-NNI SSCOP AAL5

Iu CS

HLR
D

ATM

ATM

Iub

other PLMN
Gp

EIR
G

RNC Iub Iu PS
User Plane User Data Protocols User Data Protocols Iu UP GTP-U UDP IP AAL5 ATM

VLR

VLR
E

Gf F Gs Iu-PS Iu-CS
Control Plane

MSC
A

MSC

SGSN
PDCP RLC MAC
MM/SM/CC

BMC

Gb Iu-PS
MM/SM/CC AAL2L3 STC SSCF-UNI SSCOP AAL5 NBAP RANAP SCCP RLC MTP3-b
SSCF-NNI

UP FP AAL2 ATM

Iu-CS
RNS

RRC

Iu PS

M3UA SCTP Iub Iu PS

Node-B Uu Iub
User Plane User Data Protocols User Data Protocols PDCP RLC MAC UP FP AAL2 ATM BMC

Iur

RNS

MAC

BSC
Abis

RNC
Iub

RNC
Iub

BSC
Iub

UP FP AAL2

SSCOP IP/UDP AAL5

ATM

ATM

Abis

Control Plane

PDCP RLC MAC

BMC

BTS
Iub

BTS

Node B

Node B
Cellular Network

Node B

Node B

BTS

BTS

MM/SM/CC RRC RLC MAC Physical Channels NBAP AAL2L3 STC

MM/SM/CC RRC RLC MAC UP FP AAL2 Uu

Physical Channels L1 RF

SSCF-UNI SSCOP AAL5

Iub

Uu

RNC Iub Iur

Mobile Phones Handheld Mobile Devices
Control Plane
User Plane User Data Protocols PDCP RLC MAC
MM/SM/CC MM/SM/CC

L1 RF

ATM

Uu

User Data Protocols PDCP RLC MAC UP FP AAL2 ATM BMC

Glossary
AAL AAL2 AAL5 AAL2 L3 ALCAP AMR ATM AUC BSC BSS BTS CAP CN CS CS-CN EIR FR GGSN GMSC GTP-U HLR IP ISUP Iu UP L1 RF MAC MAP MM/SM/CC MSC M3UA MTP3-b NBAP PDCP/BMC ATM Adaptation Layer ATM Adaptation Layer Type 2 ATM Adaptation Layer Type 5 AAL2 Layer 3 Protocol Access Link Control Application Part Adaptive Multi Rate Asynchronous Transfer Mode Authentication Center Base Station Controller Base Station Subsystem (BSS = BSC + BTS) Base Transceiver Station Camel Application Part Core Network Circuit Switched Circuit Switched Core Network Equipment Identification Register Frame Relay Gateway GPRS Supporting Node Gateway Mobile Switching Center GPRS Tunneling Protocol User Home Location Register Internet Protocol ISDN User Part Iu User Plane Protocol Layer 1 Radio Frequency Medium Access Control Mobile Application Part Mobility Management/Session Management/Call Control Mobile Switching Center MTP 3 User Adaptation Message Transfer Part Layer 3 Broadband Node B Application Part Packet Date Convergence Protocol/Broadcast and Multicast Control PLMN PS PSTN RANAP RLC RLP RNC DRNC SRNC CRNC RNS RNSAP RRC SSCF-NNI SSCF-UNI SSCOP SCCP SGSN SRNS STC TAF TD-CDMA TDD TN-CP UE UICC UMSC UP FP UTRAN UMTS VHE VLR Public Land Mobile Network Packed Switched Public Switched Telephone Network Radio Access Network Application Part Radio Link Control Radio Link Protocol Radio Network Controller Drift Radio Network Controller Serving Radio Network Controller Controlling Radio Network Controller Radio Network Subsystem (RNS = RNC + Node B) Radio Network Subsystem Application Part Radio Resource Control Service Specific Co-ordination Function - Network Node Interface SSCF - User Network Interface Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol Signaling Connection Control Part Serving GPRS Support Node Serving Radio Network Subsystem Signaling Transport Converter Terminal Adaptation functions Time Division-Code Division Multiple Access Time Division Duplex Transport Network-Control Plane User Equipment UMTS IC Card UMTS MSC User Plane Frame Protocol UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network Universal Mobile Telecommunication System Virtual Home Environment Visitor Location Register

RNC Iur Iu CS
RRC User Plane RLC MAC User Data Protocols User Data Protocols TAF RLP AMR UP FP AAL2 STC M3UA SSCOP AAL5 MTP3-b
SSCF-NNI

BMC

UP FP AAL2 ATM

AAL2L3

NBAP

RNSAP SCCP

AAL2L3 STC M3UA SCTP

RRC RLC MAC UP FP AAL2 Iub

Iur

SSCF-UNI

SSCOP UDP/IP AAL5

Iur

Control Plane

PDCP RLC MAC UP FP

BMC

ATM

ATM

Iub
Iu Up AAL2 ATM

MM/SM/CC

MM/SM/CC

RRC RLC MAC UP FP AAL2

AAL2L3 STC MTP3-b

SSCF-NNI

RNSAP SCCP M3UA SCTP UDP/IP

RANAP SCCP

AAL2L3 STC Iur

AAL2 ATM

Iu CS

MTP3-b SSCF-NNI SSCOP AAL5

RNC Iur Iu PS
User Plane User Data Protocols User Data Protocols Iu UP GTP-U UDP IP AAL5 ATM

Iu CS

SSCOP

AAL5

ATM

ATM

Iur

UTRAN
RRC

Uu

Iub
CCCH, DCCH

Legend
= protocols that are transparently forwarded and not used by this node = active protocol being used by this network node
Iu PS

Iu

Control Plane

PDCP RLC MAC UP FP AAL2 ATM Iur

BMC

NBAP

NBAP

RRC

RANAP

RANAP

MM/SM/CC

MM/SM/CC AAL2L3 STC MTP3-b

SSCF-NNI

= lower layer protocol

RRC RLC

RNSAP SCCP M3UA SCTP UDP/IP

RANAP SCCP MTP3-b

SSCF-NNI

M3UA SCTP UDP/IP

RACH, FACH

MAC UP FP AAL2

Iu PS

Note: UMTS-specific protocols are presented here; other protocols that are visible at the interfaces are not shown.

SSCOP

SSCOP

AAL5

AAL5

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DCH, RACH, FACH, DSCH

ATM

ATM

Iur

UE

Node-B

RNC

CN

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