Nb Interface and IPBCP

Protocol
 Overview
 CS CN Interfaces
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CS Mc
GMSC H PS
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MGW Gr Other
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MGW SGSN GSN
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BTS BTS
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 Structure of Nb Interface Protocol

ALCAP

MTP3b
Control
SSCF-NNI
Interface
SSCOP
AAL5
ATM
ATM
bearer

Nb-UP
User
IP bearer Interface
AAL2

ATM

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 Structure of Nb Interface Protocol

ATM Control IPBCP

bearer Interface

IP bearer
Nb-UP

RTP/RTCP
User UDP
Interface IP

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 Transmission Path of IPBCP

Nc IPBCP
MSC-Server MSC-Server

Tunnel

Mc Mc BICC

MGW MGW
H.248

Nb

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 Tunnel mode of bearer establishment

2: IAM (tunnel data)

CSF CSF

5: APM (tunnel data)

1: Tunnel Info 6: Tunnel Info 3: Tunnel Info 4: Tunnel Info

BCF BCF

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 Tunnel mode of bearer establishment

1: IAM

2: APM
CSF CSF
4: APM (tunnel data)

7: APM (tunnel data)

3: Tunnel Info 8: Tunnel Info 5: Tunnel Info 6: Tunnel Info

BCF BCF

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 Tunnel mode of bearer establishment

1: IAM

3: APM (tunnel data)

CSF CSF
6: APM (tunnel data)

5: Tunnel Info 4: Tunnel Info 7: Tunnel Info 2: Tunnel Info

BCF BCF

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 Tunnel mode of bearer establishment

No Tunnel

Tunnel mode of
Fast Tunnel
bearer establishment

Delay Tunnel

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 IPBCP Message Type

 Request message
 Sent by MGW-O, requesting the establishment of IP bearer

 Accepted message
 Returned by MGW-T, accepting the request

 Confused message
 Returned by MGW-T, indicating that MGW-T has doubt for some of the
parameters in Request

 Rejected message
 Returned by MGW-T and bearer establishment request of MGW-O is rejected
by MGW-T

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 Contents of IPBCP Message

 IPBCP uses SDP code

 Protocol Version(v)
 Origin(o)
 Session Name(s)
 Connection data(c)
 Time(t)
 Session attribute(a)
 Media Announcement (m)
 Media Attribute (a)

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 Example of IPBCP Message Contents

v=0
o=- 0 1 IN IP4 126.16.64.4
s=sessionname
c=IN IP4 126.16.64.4
m=audio 8000 RTP/AVP 96
a=ipbcp:1 “request”
a=rtpmap:96
VND.3GPP.IUFP/16000

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 Process of Interoffice IP Bearer Establishment

MGW-O MGW-T

Start T1
REQUEST
(media announcement, connection data)

ACCEPTED
Stop T1 (media announcement ,connection data)

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