LTE
Data Roaming
Standardization
Motohiro Abe
Hisayuki Inaba
Keisuke Suzuki
Zhen Miao
in December 2013.
1. Introduction
2. Communication
Method with
Overseas Operators
2.1 Roaming Scenarios
(Fig. 1 (d)).
P-GW
S8
Gp
HPLMN
GGSN
HPLMN
VPLMN
Gp
P-GW
Gp
S8
VPLMN
SGSN
S-GW
2G/3G
LTE
Types of
radio access
SGSN
S-GW
2G/3G
LTE
(a) Scenario 1
(b) Scenario 2
P-GW
S8
HPLMN
VPLMN
SGSN
2G/3G
S4
HPLMN
S8
Gp
VPLMN
SGSN
S-GW
LTE
(c) Scenario 3
P-GW
GGSN
Types of
radio access
2G/3G
S4
S-GW
LTE
(d) Scenario 4
International common
channel signaling
network
SGSN
GGSN
HLR
IPX operator
MME
DEA
DEA
HSS
eNodeB
S-GW
P-GW
PCRF
[3].
connects to P-GW.
area.
VPLMN
(NTT DOCOMO network)
HPLMN
(overseas network)
NTT DOCOMO
SGSN
Overseas carriers
DNS
(2) DNS reply
(GGSN IP address)
*20 PMIPv6: A communications protocol for managing packet transmission paths within a network
independent of the type of access system or terminal capabilities.
*21 GTPv2: A communication protocol for user data
transmission which provides functions such as
VPLMN
(NTT DOCOMO network)
HPLMN
(overseas network)
NTT DOCOMO
DNS
Overseas carriers
DNS
MME
VPLMN
(NTT DOCOMO network)
HPLMN
(overseas network)
IMS
HSS
MME
Location registration
answer
IMS voice over PS
Session in S1 mode
not supported
Location
registration
request
S-GW
Voice bearer
VoLTE call origination
suppressed
P-GW
Voice bearer
Voice bearer
Suppresses VoLTE function at time of
location registration reply and connects
to 3G by CSFB
while overseas.
5. Conclusion
REFERENCES
[1] I. Tanaka et al.: Current Status of LTE
Data Roaming Standardization, NTT
DOCOMO Technical Journal, Vol.13, No.
2, pp. 4953, Sep. 2011.
[2] GSMA PRD IR.88 V9.0: LTE Roaming
Guidelines, Jan. 2013.
[3] K. Suzuki et al.: Technology Supporting
Core Network (EPC) Accommodating LTE,
NTT DOCOMO Technical Journal, Vol.13,
No. 1, pp. 3338, Jun. 2011.