VoLTE Architecture, User Scenarios and Call

Flows

Chung Liu LTE System Architecture and Engineering

Oct 2, 2013

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 IP Flows with VoLTE

VoIP

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LTE Call Flows for VoLTE use cases
LTE call flow Supported use cases Notes
1. LTE attach User power up, set up SIP bearer and SIP Registration

2. Network initiated a. MTM LTE VoIP to LTE VoIP Triggered when VoLTE or
dedicated bearer b. MTE LTE VoIP to LTE VoIP E911 is invoked by SIP
request INVITE
c. LTE VoIP to TDM (PSTN, 2G, or 3G)
d. E911 VoLTE NB CODECs
3. Network initiated Same use cases as call flow 2. HSS initiated Triggered when
Bearer modification is reused here and not shown. BW/Codec is modified
Modification from the far party (e.g.
200 ok).
Request
4. UE or Network e. MLTE VoIP to LTE VoIP (WB CODEC) eSRVCC Triggered when
initiated f. E911 VoIP SRVCC VoIP/E911 call is
dedicated bearer g. VoIP call is released by local or far end user released or as part of
eSRVCC procedure.
Deactivation
5. UE initiated User power down, SIP De-registration and release SIP Not shown
detach bearer

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 LTE VoIP/Video Bearer Setup with QoS Parameters
INVTE sip:anniebp@lucent.com SIP/2.0
P-CSCF
Content-Type: application/sdp
Content-Length: 540
v=0
m= audio RTP/RTCP, AMR-WB,BW*
o=IL0015ANNIEBP04 0 0 IN IP4 135.185.13.175
m = video RTP/RTCP, H264/GVA,BW*
s=session
c=IN IP4 135.185.13.175
b=CT:1000
t=0 0
m=audio 51306 RTP/AVP 4 PCRF
a=rtpmap:4 AMR-WB/8000
m=video 7834 RTP/AVP 34 35
a=rtpmap:35 H264/90000
Audio RTP/RTCP: QCI 1, ARP, GBR
a=rtpmap:34 GVA/90000
a=sendrcv Video RTP/RTCP: QCI 6, ARP, GBR

PGW
Packet
Filter(s)
IMS
QCI 5, (ARP=10, PCI =0, PVI=0) - SIP SIG Default Bearer 1
Control Sig (P-CSCF)
8
Packet
Filter(s) MGW or
QCI 1 (ARP = 11, PCI=0, PVI=0) AMR Audio Dedi. Bearer 1 TFT2 Audio UE
8
Packet
QCI 6 (ARP=11, PCI=1, PVI=0) H.264/GVA Video Dedi. Bearer Filter(s)
TFT3
1
8
Video UE

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 1. LTE Attach

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 1. LTE Attach (1 of 3)

UE eNodeB MME SGW PDN GW HSS PCRF PDN GW

User power on
UE in RRC Idle, ECM
Idle & EMM-
DEREGISTERED
mode attaches to LTE

(M1) RRC Connection Request

(M2) RRC Connection Setup

(M3) RRC Connection Setup Complete (NAS Attach Request )

Include IMS APN Name
(M4) S1 Initial UE Message ((NAS Attach)

(M5) Identity Request

(M6) Identity Response

(M7) Auth-Info-Request

Generate Auth
Vectors: RAN,
XRES, CK,IK and
AUTH
(M8) Auth-Info-Request Ack

Stores & select

Auth Vector
Authentication
(M9) S1 DL NAS Transport (NAS: Auth-Request (RAN+AUTH))

(M10) RRC DL Information Transfer

(NAS:Auth-Request (RAN+AUTH))

Verify AUTH/
Compute RES

(M11) RRC UL Information Transfer (NAS: Auth-Response (RES))

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 1. LTE Attach (2 of 3)

UE eNodeB MME SGW PDN GW HSS PCRF PDN GW

(M12) S1 UL NAS Transport (NAS: Auth-Response (RES))

Compare RES & XRES.

Assume comparison is
successful, perform
Authentication
optional security
procedure.

(M13) S1 DL NAS Transport (NAS: Security Mode Command)

(M14) RRC DL Information Transfer (NAS: Security Mode Command) Security Mode Command
(M15) RRC UL Information Transfer (NAS: Security Mode Complete) Include Homogeneous Support of
(M16) S1 UL NAS Transport (NAS: Security Mode Complete)
IMS Voice Over PS Sessions to
indicate "IMS Voice over PS
Select PGW IP address based on
(M17) Update Location Request
Sessions" in all TAs or RAs and
info from HSS and DNS. For (M18) Update Location Answer T-ADS Data Retrieval.
roaming, local PGW for LBO if
supported in HSS & visited include subscribed UE-AMBR & APN Config for default
network. bearer. Including (QCI=5, ARP=10, PCI = 0, PVI = 0,
APN-AMBR for IMS APN)
(M19) Create Session Request

(M20) Create Session Request

(M23) CC-Request (CCR) Command

(M24) CC-Answer (CCA) Command

include rule to create default bearer for SIP if different

S5/S8 connection allocation from HSS.

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 1. LTE Attach (3 of 3)

UE eNodeB MME SGW PDN GW HSS PCRF PDN GW

Perform Radio
Admission
Control (RAC) (M25) Create Session Response
& allocates
default bearer (M26) Create Session Response
with QCI/ARP
Default Bearer allocation for SIP control signaling
(M27) Initial Context Setup Request (Attach Accept)

(M28) RRC Connection Reconfiguration (Attach Accept)

UE-AMBR & (QCI=5, ARP=10, PCI =
0, PVI = 0) in E-RAB Level QoS
(M29) RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete
Parameter to eNB. IMS Voice over
(M30) Initial Context Setup Response PS indicator and APN-AMBR in NAS
(M31) Uplink Information Transfer (Attach Complete) Attach Accept to UE.
(M32) Uplink NAS Transport (Attach Complete

VP1: First Uplink Data

(M33) Modify Bearer Request

(M34) Modify Bearer Response

VP2: First Downlink Data

IMS registration can be done between UE and IMS on SIP bearer.

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LTE MME Bearer Management
Session Creation during attach or PDN connectivity request:
MME includes APN-AMBR & Bearer QoS in Create Default Bearer/Session Request
message that is sent towards Serving GW
MME upon receiving Create Session Response from SGW to activate Default Bearer
Request shall initiate corresponding ESM Activate Default Bearer Context Request
towards UE by transparently passing the NAS APN-AMBR to UE as part of attach
accept message.

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LTE MME Bearer Management
If MME receives the AMBR from the network that exceeds the subscribed UE-
AMBR, MME shall limit the received AMBR from the network to the subscribed
UE-AMBR.
If MME does not receive AMBR in Create Session Response message from the
network upon sending APN-AMBR in Create Session Request or if APN-AMBR IE
received is empty, MME shall apply the subscribed APN-AMBR values.
MME shall set the UE AMBR to the sum of the APN AMBR of all active APNs up to
the value of the subscribed UE AMBR.
If the received APN-AMBR values from SGW/PGW/PCRF differ from the
subscribed APN value, MME shall not alter the received APN-AMBR from
SGW/PGW/PCRF(it will honor what is received by the network) and shall apply
the subscribed APN values if APN-AMBR is not received from SGW/PGW/PCRF.

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 LTE eNB Radio Call Admission Control

Checks eNB & cell resources before admitting new calls / bearers
Criteria 4 resources (#UE, #bearers, PRB usage, transport) &
following steps
1. Number of UEs on the cell ==> configurable
2. Number of UEs on the eNB ==> configurable / License
3. Signaling Radio Bearer CAC
UL/DL PRB Consumption per cell ==> configurable
UL/DL PRB Consumption per band ==> configurable / License
4. Traffic Radio Bearer CAC
Transport CAC
Number of bearers per QCI / group of QCI on the cell ==> configurable
maxNbrOfVoIP ==> configurable
DL/UL PRB consumption per cell ==> configurable
UL/DL PRB Consumption per band ==> configurable / License
Number of bearers on the cell (GBR or non-GBR) ==> configurable
Number of bearers on the eNB (GBR or non-GBR) ==> configurable

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 LTE Roaming architecture with Local Breakout (LBO)
with Home IP service

Operators IP
Services
(e.g. IMS)

Rx
H-PCRF SGi
OCS

S9 Gy
HSS BD
HPLMN
S6a
VPLMN
S10 MME DNS Gx TAP
V-PCRF PGW
S1-MME S11 S5
Rf
X2 S1-U Rf V-CDF/ Bx
eNB SGW BD
CGF
LTE UE
E-UTRAN

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 LTE Roaming with Local Breakout (LBO) with Home IP service
- LTE Roaming Requirements

PGW Selection
Visited MME needs to select PGW in VPLMN for Local Break Out (LBO)
architecture. Local S5 GTP interface is supported between SGW and PGW.
Home service provider needs to provisionVPLMN allocation allowed =
Allowed in HSS for IMS APN of this roamer (See table below)
Visited service provider needs to provision VPLMN allocation allowed =
Allowed in Local Roaming Data
Visited service provider needs to provision NAPTR & IP address records pointed
to local PGW in DNS

AVP/Field Description Notes

Each subscription profile contains one or more APN Configuration contexts (e.g. IMS APN):
VPLMN Address Specifies whether for this APN the UE is allowed to use This is new field needs to be
Allowed the PDN GW in the domain of the HPLMN only, or set when local break out
additionally the PDN GW in the domain of the VPLMN. roaming is supported.
PDN GW Allocation Indicates whether the PDN GW is statically allocated or Set to dynamic allocation
Type dynamically selected by other node. A statically allocated when visited PGW is
PDN GW is not changed during PDN GW selection. dynamically allocated by
MME.

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 2. Network initiated Dedicated Bearer Activation
(Allocate QCI 1 Bearer for VoLTE)

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 2. IMS Invoked Establishment of Dedicated Bearer
(RTP and Optional RTCP bearer for this case)
UE eNodeB MME SGW PDN-GW PCRF P-CSCF

User invokes VoIP call

SIP Invite(SDP)
IMS Application (P-CSCF) or
Non-IMS Application Function
initiates IP-CAN session
establishment procedure
include dedicated EPS Bearer (M1) AA-Request or AAR (Media-Component-Description
QoS
(M4) RAR
SDP to MCD
include dedicated EPS (M5) RAA
Perform Radio Bearer QoS MCD to QoS rule
Admission (M6) AAA
Control (RAC) (M7) Create Bearer Request
& allocates (M7a) Create Bearer Request
default bearer
with QCI/ARP Allocate S1 and Radio Bearer for RTP dedicated Bearer
(M8) S1 E-RAB Setup Request(SAE Bearer Level, QoS parameters,Activate Dedicated EPS Bearer Context Request)

(M9) RRC Connection Reconfiguration (Activate Dedicated EPS Bearer Context Request ,radio ResourceConfiguration)

(M10) RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete

GBR & (QCI=1, ARP=11, PCI = 0, PVI = 0)
(M11) S1 E-RAB Setup Response
in E-RAB Level QoS Parameter to eNB.
(M12) RRC UL Info Transfer (Activate Dedicated EPS Bearer Context Accept)

(M13) S1 UL NAS Transport (Activate Dedicated EPS Bearer Context Accept)

(M14) Create Bearer Response (Cause, Bearer Context)

(M15) Create Bearer Response (Cause, Bearer Context)
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SIP SDP to MCD Mapping Example in P-CSCF (Audio over Rx)
SDP in SIP Invite
Rx AAR - N * Media Component
Description (MCD)
Media-Component-Description
Media Sub Component (MSC)
Flow-Description
Flow status
Flow Usage
Max-Requested-Bandwidth-UL
Max-Requested-Bandwidth-DL
AF-Signalling-Protocol
AF-Application-Identifier
Media-Type
Flow-Status
Max-Requested-Bandwidth-UL
Max-Requested-Bandwidth-DL
Reservation-priority
RS-Bandwidth
RR-Bandwidth
Codec-Data
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M=audio 51306 RTP/AVP 4;
a=rtpmap:4 AMR-WB/8000;
(b=AS:12650 => optional)
a=sendrcv
One MCD for each video and voice in
one AAR message. One MSC for each
RTP and RTCP (if included in SIP SDP
from UE)
Ordinal number of the media comp
RTP MSC RTCP MSC (if included from UE)
IPFilterRule (5 tuples) IPFilterRule (5 tuples)
AVP Not Supplied per TS29.213 AVP Not Supplied per TS29.213
No Information (0) RTCP
AVP Not Supplied per TS29.213 AVP Not Supplied per TS29.213
AVP Not Supplied per TS29.213 AVP Not Supplied per TS29.213
SIP (R9, future ALU support) SIP (R9, future ALU support)
VoIP (New for ALU P-CSCF)
Audio (0)
Enabled (both directions)
From b=AS:<bandwidth> or P-CSCF
provisioning
From b=AS:<bandwidth> or P-CSCF
provisioning
High priority if priority call
From b=RS:<bandwidth> in SDP
From b=RR:<bandwidth> in SDP
m=audio 51306 RTP/AVP 4;
a=rtpmap:4 AMR-WB/8000
s=AS:12650
a=sendrcv
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MCD to QoS Rule Mapping Example in PCRF(Audio over Gx)
Gx - RAR
Charging-Rule-Install
Charging-Rule-Definition
QoS-Information
QoS-Class-Identifier
Max-Requested-Bandwidth-UL
Max-Requested-Bandwidth-DL
Guaranteed-Bitrate-UL
Guaranteed-Bitrate-DL
Bearer-Identifier
Allocation-Retention-Priority
APN-Aggregate-Max-Bitrate-UL
APN-Aggregate-Max-Bitrate-DL
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One Charging Rule Install for each
video and voice in one AAR message.
One rule definition for each RTP and
RTCP.
RTP QoS rule definition RTCP QoS rule definition
If media type = voice, QCI = 1. If media type = voice, QCI = 1.
From Max-Requested-Bandwidth-UL in If not included from P-CSCF, PCRF
AAR calculates BW per RFC 3556 if RTCP.
(5% of BW in MCD of AAR) per TS
29.213
From Max-Requested-Bandwidth-DL in If not included from P-CSCF, PCRF
AAR calculates BW per RFC 3556 if RTCP.
(5% of BW in MCD of AAR) per TS
29.213
If GBR, GBR-UL = MRB-UL per If GBR, GBR-UL = MRB-UL per
TS23.401 TS23.401
If BGR, GBR-DL = MRB-DL per If BGR, GBR-DL = MRB-DL per
TS23.401 TS23.401
From ARR - Reservation-priority From ARR - Reservation-priority
If non-GBR, AMBR-UL = Sum of MBR- If non-GBR, AMBR-UL = Sum of MBR-
ULs. ULs.
If non-GBR, AMBR-DL = Sum of MBR- If non-GBR, AMBR-DL = Sum of MBR-
DLs. DLs.
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QoS Rule to ESP/Radio Bearer Mapping Example for Bearer Request
(Audio over S5/S8/S11 and S1-MME)
S5/S8/S11: Bearer Level QoS
Label (QCI)
Maximum bit rate for uplink
Maximum bit rate for downlink
Guaranteed bit rate for uplink
Guaranteed bit rate for
downlink
ARP
APN-Aggregate-Max-Bitrate-
UL
APN-Aggregate-Max-Bitrate-
DL
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S1-MME: E-RAB Level QoS
From RAR or PCRF From S11, populated as part of EPS QoS
Information over NAS; part of E-RAB QoS
Information over S1-MME
From RAR or PCRF From S11, populated as part of EPS QoS
Information over NAS; part of GBR/E-RAB
QoS Information over S1-MME
From RAR or PCRF From S11, populated as part of EPS QoS
Information over NAS; part of GBR/E-RAB
QoS Information over S1-MME
From RAR or PCRF From S11, populated as part of EPS QoS
Information over NAS; part of GBR/E-RAB
QoS Information over S1-MME
From RAR or PCRF From S11, populated as part of EPS QoS
Information over NAS; part of GBR/E-RAB
QoS Information over S1-MME
From RAR or PCRF From S11, E-RAB QoS Information over S1-
MME
From HSS or PCRF From S11, populated as APN-AMBR in NAS
message; UE-AMBR in E-RAB QoS
Information over S1-MME
From HSS or PCRF From S11, populated as APN-AMBR in NAS
message; UE-AMBR in E-RAB QoS
Information over S1-MME
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LTE MME Bearer Management & eNB E-RAB Setup
MME:
Network Initiated Bearer Creation (Upon receiving create bearer
request from network) :
The MME sets the UE AMBR to the sum of the APN AMBR of all active APNs up to the
value of the subscribed UE AMBR. Subscribed UE-AMBR is key when it comes to
validating maxUsedAMBR to the subscribed UE-AMBR.

eNB:
Perform Radio Admission Control (Slide 11) & allocate E-RAB with UE
Activate RoHC compression profile 0x0001 for RTP/UDP/IP headers
Activate Semi-Persistent Scheduling for VoIP Bearer with QCI 1

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 3. Network initiated Bearer Modification

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 3) Network Initiated Dedicated Bearer Modification

UE eNodeB MME SGW PDN GW PCRF

(M1) RAR

The eNodeB maps the modified

EPS Bearer QoS to the Radio (M2) RAA
Bearer QoS which is passed (M3) Update Bearer Request
down to UE.
(M4) Update Bearer Request
(M5) E-RAB Modify Request
Determine QoS
(M6) RRC Connection Reconfiguration
This message contains NAS Modify change
EPS Bearer Context Request (New
(M7) RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete EPS QoS, TFT, APN-AMBR)
message.
(M8) E-RAB Modify Response

(M9) RRC UL Info Transfer

(M10) UL NAS Transport

(M11) Update Bearer Response

(M12) Update Bearer Response

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QoS Rule to Bearer/Radio QoS Mapping Example for Bearer Modification
(Audio over S5/S11 and S1-MME)

S5/S8/S11: Bearer S1-MME: E-RAB Level QoS Notes for VoLTE

Level QoS
Label (QCI) From RAR or PCRF From S11, populated as part of EPS QoS QCI = 1 should not be modified
Information over NAS; part of E-RAB QoS for VoLTE GBR.
Information over S1-MME
Maximum bit rate From RAR or PCRF From S11, populated as part of EPS QoS Can be modified for VoLTE RTP
Information over NAS; part of GBR/E- if codec or BW need to be
for uplink RAB QoS Information over S1-MME modified.
Maximum bit rate From RAR or PCRF From S11, populated as part of EPS QoS Can be modified for VoLTE RTP
Information over NAS; part of GBR/E- if codec or BW need to be
for downlink RAB QoS Information over S1-MME modified.
Guaranteed bit rate From RAR or PCRF From S11, populated as part of EPS QoS Can be modified for VoLTE RTP
Information over NAS; part of GBR/E- if codec or BW need to be
for uplink RAB QoS Information over S1-MME modified.
Guaranteed bit rate From RAR or PCRF From S11, populated as part of EPS QoS Can be modified for VoLTE RTP
Information over NAS; part of GBR/E- if codec or BW need to be
for downlink RAB QoS Information over S1-MME modified.
ARP From RAR or PCRF From S11, E-RAB QoS Information over ARP should not be modified
S1-MME during VoLTE call.
APN-Aggregate- From HSS or PCRF From S11, populated as part of NAS Can be modified for default
message; E-RAB QoS Information over bearer if modified in HSS or
Max-Bitrate-UL S1-MME PCRF. Most likely not since this
is for SIP signaling.
APN-Aggregate- From HSS or PCRF From S11, populated as part of NAS Can be modified for default
message; part of E-RAB QoS Information bearer if modified in HSS or
Max-Bitrate-DL over S1-MME PCRF. Most likely not since this
is for SIP signaling.

Recommendation: No QCI & ARP modification is needed for VoLTE.

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LTE MME Bearer Management
Bearer Modification:
In case the subscribed APN-AMBR has been modified and there is related
active PDN connection with the modified QoS Profile, the MME sends
Update Bearer Request (EPS Bearer Identity, EPS Bearer QoS, APN-AMBR)
message to the Serving GW.
This is HSS initiated QoS modification (Not shown)
If the subscribed UE-AMBR has been modified by IMS or PCRF trigger, the
MME shall signal a modified UE-AMBR value to the eNB by using S1-AP UE
Context Modification Procedure.
The MME sends a E-RAB Modify Request (UE-AMBR, E-RAB to be
Modified List) message to eNodeB. This message contains NAS Modify
EPS Bearer Context Request (New EPS QoS, TFT, APN-AMBR) message.

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LTE eNB Bearer Modification
The eNodeB maps the modified EPS Bearer QoS to the Radio Bearer QoS. It
sends a RRC Connection Reconfiguration (EPS RB Identity, Radio Bearer QoS,
Modify EPS Bearer Context Request) message to the UE.
After the UE acknowledges the radio bearer modification to the eNodeB with
a RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete message, the eNodeB
acknowledges the bearer modification to the MME with an E-RAB Modify
Response (E-RAB Modify List, E-RAB Failed to Modify List) message.

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 4. Network initiated Dedicated Bearer Deactivation

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 4) Dedicated Bearer Deactivation

UE eNB MME SGW PGW PCRF P-CSCF

SIP Bye 1. STR SIP

Bye
2. RAR (Charging-Rule-Remove AVP)

User releases VoIP call 3. RAA

4. STA

5. Delete Bearer Request(EPS Bearer ID)

6. Delete Bearer Request (EPS Bearer ID)

7. E-RAB Release Command(NAS Deactivate EPS Bearer Context Request) Or call releases
from far end or
8. RRC Connection Reconfiguration(NAS Deactivate EPS Bearer Context Request)
eSRVCC
9 RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete

10 . E-RAB Release Complete

11 . RRC UL Info Transfer ((NAS Deactivate EPS Bearer Context Accept)

12 . UL NAS Transport ((NAS Deactivate EPS Bearer Context Accept)

13 . Delete Bearer Response

14 . Delete Bearer Response

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LTE Call Flows for E911 use cases
LTE call flow Supported use cases Notes
6. Emergency d. E911 VoLTE NB CODECs
Attach & Call
Set up
7. Emergency Call d. E911 VoLTE - NB CODECs
Release &
Emergency PDN
Disconnect

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 6. Emergency Attach & Call Set up

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 6a. Attach for Emergency services
---- optional
(for UEs in limited service state)
UE eNB MME SGW PGW PCRF HSS EIR
1. Attach Request
1. UE indicates Attach is for emergency service
1a. Attach Request

2. Attach Rejected
2. If MME is not configured for emergency service or to
3. Identity Request
allow ES for un-subscribed user.
4a. Authentication/security
4b. ME identity check
4b. ME identity check

MME applies data from MME 5. Update location request

5a. Update location ack
UE-AMBR & (QCI=5, ARP=10, PCI =
emergency configuration 0, PVI = 0) in E-RAB Level QoS
data (w/ APN profile) for 6. Create session request Parameter to eNB. IMS Voice over
emergency bearer 7. Create session request PS indicator and APN-AMBR in NAS
establishment to separate 8. IP-CAN Session Attach Accept to UE.
ES APN. 9. Session response
Establishment
10. Session response
11. Initial context setup, attach accept
12. RRC connection reconfiguration
13.RRC connection reconfiguration complete Emergency default bearer/s
established with (QCI=5,
14. Initial context response ARP=3, PCI = 0, PVI = 0)
15.Direct transfer
16.Attach response reserved for emergency
Uplink data services Emergency Bearer
17.Modify bearer request Service Support indicator
18.Modify bearer response and APN-AMBR in NAS Attach
Downlink data Accept to UE.

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 6b. PDN connection set up for emergency services
For normal attached UEs
UE eNB MME SGW PGW PCRF HSS EIR
1. PDN connectivity request
2. Create session request MME can reject if ES not
supported or access
MME applies data from MME restrictions deny service
emergency configuration 3. Create session request
data (w/ APN profile) for
emergency bearer 4. IP-CAN session
5.Create session response
establishment to separate
ES APN. 6.Create session response
7. Bearer setup request/PDN connectivity Accept

8.RRC connection reconfiguration

Emergency default bearer/s
9.Bearer setup response established with (QCI=5,
10.Direct transfer ARP=3, PCI = 0, PVI = 0)
11. PDN connectivity complete
reserved for emergency
Uplink data services
12. Modified Bearer Request
13. Modified Bearer Request
14. Modified Bearer Response
15.Modified Bearer Response
Downlink data

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6c. Emergency VoIP call setup
UE eNB MME SGW PGW PCRF P-CSCF E-CSCF/EATF LRF MGC/MGCP
PSAP
1. Attach or PDN connectivity request for emergency bearer service, default and
signaling bearers established with emergency QoS; UE has emergency registered

2. INVITE (emergency call) 3. INVITE

4. SIP Invite(routing, location request)
5. SIP Redirectresponse (routing, location return)
6. INVITE 7. IAM

8. Emergency Call Establishment

9. Rx: AF Service Request
10. IP-CAN Session
Modification
11. Create Bearer Request

12. Create Bearer Request

13. Bearer Setup Request/Session Management Request

14. RRC Connection Reconfiguration

Emergency dedicated
15. RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete bearer/s established with
16. Bearer Setup Response (QCI=1, ARP=4, PCI = 0,
17. Direct Transfer
PVI = 0) reserved for
18. Session Management Response emergency services
19. Create Bearer Response

20. Create Bearer Response

MME sends SLR (ES call orig, 21. IP-CAN Session
MSISDN/IMSI/IMEI, eCGI) to Modification

GMLC which requests

22. Rx: AF Service Response
positioning from UE via
MME, SMLC & eNB.
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 7. Emergency Call Release &
Emergency PDN Disconnect

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 7a. Emergency Call Release with Dedicated Bearer Deactivation

UE eNB MME SGW PGW PCRF P-CSCF

SIP Bye 1. STR SIP

Bye
2. RAR (Charging-Rule-Remove AVP)

3. RAA
User releases emergency call
4. STA

5. Delete Bearer Request(EPS Bearer ID)

Or call releases
6. Delete Bearer Request (EPS Bearer ID) from PSAP or SRVCC

7. E-RAB Release Command(NAS Deactivate EPS Bearer Context Request)

8. RRC Connection Reconfiguration(NAS Deactivate EPS Bearer Context Request)

9 RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete

10 . E-RAB Release Complete

11 . RRC UL Info Transfer ((NAS Deactivate EPS Bearer Context Accept)

12 . UL NAS Transport ((NAS Deactivate EPS Bearer Context Accept)

MME sends SLR (Emerg
Call Release) to
13 . Delete Bearer Response
GMLC to report call
release
14 . Delete Bearer Response

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 7b. Emergency PDN Disconnect with Bearer Deactivation

UE eNB MME SGW PGW PCRF P-CSCF

Emergency PDN idle timer

expired. Most likely this is
default bearer.
5. Delete Bearer Request(EPS Bearer ID)

6. Delete Bearer Request (EPS Bearer ID)

7. E-RAB Release Command(NAS Deactivate EPS Bearer Context Request)

8. RRC Connection Reconfiguration(NAS Deactivate EPS Bearer Context Request)

9 RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete

10 . E-RAB Release Complete

11 . RRC UL Info Transfer ((NAS Deactivate EPS Bearer Context Accept)

12 . UL NAS Transport ((NAS Deactivate EPS Bearer Context Accept)

13 . Delete Bearer Response

14 . Delete Bearer Response

When Emergency PDN idle timer is expired, the PGW initiates the PDN
disconnect. If this is the only PDN connected, the UE will be disconnected.
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