LTE

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yu0056.cs00g@nctu.edu.tw, ydlin@cs.nctu.edu.tw
9-30-2011

4G LTE
LTE
(UE)
(eNB) All-IP
Control-plane User-plane
Control-plane UE
Control-plane Paging
LTE
All-IP
Control-plane User-plane
TA list DRX

: LTE E-UTRAN EPC Paging DRX

1. LTE
LTE (Long Term Evolution) 3GPP[1] 4G
2008 3GPP Release 8
2011

LTE
20MHz 100Mbps/ 50Mbps

LTE
1

 500
3GPP
LTE 4G

2. LTE

LTE
LTE E-UTRAN (Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access Network) EPC (Evolved Packet
Core) Control-plane User-plane
Control-plane UEeNB
MME User-plane UEeNBServing GatewayPacket Data
Network Gateway

Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN)

E-UTRAN[2][3] LTE UE eNB (Evolved Node
B)UE eNB UE eNB
LTE-Uu
UE

eNB

MME

NAS

NAS

RRC

RRC

PDCP

PDCP

RLC

RLC

MAC

MAC

PHY

PHY

LTE-Uu (:3GPP)
2

Layer 3

Layer 2

Layer 1


NAS
UE eNB
LTE-Uu Layer 3: NAS (Non-Access Stratum)
Bearers RRC (Radio Resource Control)
RRC User-plane
Control-plane LTE-Uu Layer 2: PDCP (Packet Data
Convergence Protocol)RLC (Radio Link Control)
ARQ HARQ MAC frame
MAC (Medium Access Control) QoS Layer
1: PHY (Physical) OFDMAMIMO
Evolved Packet Core (EPC)
EPC EPC
All-IP
( 2G3G ) IP
( WLANWiMAX )
:MME (Mobility Management Entity)S-GW
(Serving Gateway) PDN-GW (Packet Data Network Gateway)
MME Control-plane
S-GW User-plane
Routing/Forwarding Mobility Anchor( eNB ) 3GPP
Anchor LTE 3GPP ( 2G/3G )PDN-GW
User-plane (Internet) SAE Anchor LTE 3GPP
( WLANWiMAX )

GTP

GTP-U

S1-AP

S1-AP

SCTP

SCTP

UDP

UDP

IP

IP

IP

IP

L2

L2

L2

L2

L1

L1

L1

L1

eNodeB

S1-MME

S1-U
eNodeB

MME

S-GW

S1-MME (:3GPP)
S1-U (:3GPP)
eNB S1 S1 Control-plane S1-MME
( MME ) User-plane S1-U ( S-GW ) S1-MME
SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol)
TCP UDP S1-U
3

 GTP-U (GPRS Tunneling Protocol for the user plane)

User-plane UE PDN-GW eNBS-GW
IPv4, IPv6 PPP

3. UE

UE
UE [4] LTE_DETACHEDLTE_ACTIVE LTE_IDLE
LTE_DETACHED LTE_ACTIVE
RRC RRC_CONNECTED UE
UE
UE LTE_IDLE RRC_IDLE
IDLE
UE
Control-plane UE

RRC
RRC[5] RRC_IDLE RRC_CONNECTED LTE_IDLE
LTE_ACTIVE IDLE UE
UE RRC_CONNECTED SRB
(Signaling Radio Bearer) DRB (Data Radio Bearer)
RRC :
RRC connection establishment:
UE

EUTRAN

RRCConnectionRequest
RRCConnectionSetup
RRCConnectionSetupComplete

RRC connection establishment(:3GPP)

 RRC connection establishment UE RRC_IDLE

SRB0 establishment SRB0 SRB1
SRB1 establishment RRC
RRC_IDLE RRC_CONNECTED C-RNTI (Cell Radio Network Temporary
Identifier) UE
RRC Initial security activation:
UE

EUTRAN

SecurityModeCommand
SecurityModeComplete

RRC Initial security activation(:3GPP)

establishment RRC Initial security
activation PDCP
UE eNB

RRC connection reconfiguration:

UE

EUTRAN

RRCConnectionReconfiguration
RRCConnectionReconfigurationComplete

RRC connection reconfiguration(:3GPP)

RRC connection reconfiguration
SRB DRB Initial security activation
SRB2 NAS DRB
reconfiguration
RRC connection release:
UE

EUTRAN

RRCConnectionRelease

RRC connection release(:3GPP)

UE IDLE RRC connection release
RRC_CONNECTED RRC_IDLE

Attach

Attach
LTE_DETACHED LTE_IDLE LTE_ACTIVE Attach[6]
UEeNB MME UE eNB RRC
UE MME NAS Attach

3GPP MME Control plane

:
1. 2. UE eNB

3~6 RRC connection establishment 5.6. NAS Attach

Request MME TAIDRX

7. NAS Attach AcceptActivate default EPS bearer context

request
8~10 MME UE 7.
eNBeNB UE MME UE
Control-plane
6

11. 12. RRC Initial security activation

UE
13~15 RRC connection reconfiguration SRB2 DRB
NAS SRB2 DRB 15.
MME
16. 17. NAS Attach CompleteActivate default EPS bearer
context acceptAttach

4.

Paging (:3GPP)
MME eNB IDLE UE
Paging UE UE Paging Paging Response
IDLE ACTIVELTE
IP UEPaging
Paging LTE
IDLE ACTIVE 100ms

TA (Tracking Area) UE eNB Cell

TA Cell UE TA TAU (Tracking Area
Update)
TA LTE TA list
TA list TA TA UE TA
TA TA list TAU TA List
UE TA
Paging Paging UE
UE TAU
eNBTA TA list

LTE Always
On IDLE
LTE DRX (Discontinuous Reception)[7]

DRX
DRX RF
PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel),
Inactivity-Timer DRX DRX
On-Duration Opportunity for DRXOn-Duration RF
PDCCH Paging
Opportunity for DRX RF
Short/Long DRX cycle DRX Opportunity for DRX
RRC_IDLE RRC_CONNECTED
DRX RRC_CONNECTED RF
UE eNB DRX eNB UE RF
RF Paging
Inactivity-TimerOn-Duration
Opportunity for DRX Short/Long DRX cycle

5.
LTE

LTE All-IP ;
Control-plane User-plane
TA list
DRX

Control-plane
TA list
8

Paging DRX

[1]3GPP, Overview of 3GPP Release 8 V0.2.3.

[2]3GPP, TS 36.300 V10.4.0, Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
(E-UTRA) and Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
(E-UTRAN); Overall description; Stage 2(Release 10).
[3]3GPP, TS 36.321 V10.2.0, Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
(E-UTRA);
Medium
Access
Control
(MAC)
protocol
specification(Release 10).
[4]Motorola, Inc. Long Term Evolution (LTE): A Technical Overview,
2007.
http://business.motorola.com/experiencelte/pdf/LTETechnicalOver
view.pdf
[5]3GPP, TS 36.331 V10.2.0, Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
(E-UTRA); Radio Resource Control (RRC); Protocol specification
(Release 10).
[6]3GPP, TS 23.401 V10.4.0, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
enhancements for Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
Network (E-UTRAN) access (Release 10).
[7]Chandra S. Bontu and Ed Illidge, Nortel, DRX Mechanism for Power
Saving in LTE. IEEE Communications Magazine, June 2009.