Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); V3.0.0 (1999-02) General UMTS Architecture Technical Specification TD (UMTS 23.

01 version 3.0.0)

UMTS 23.01

UMTS
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

DTS SM!-122301U (00000i03."D#)

Reference

Keywords Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Architecture

ETSI Postal address

#-0$921 So%&ia 'nti%olis (e)e* - #+',(-

Office address
$.0 +oute )es /ucioles - So%&ia 'nti%olis Valbonne - #+',(Tel.0 133 2 92 92 22 00 #a*0 133 2 93 $. 23 1$
Siret ,4 325 $23 .$2 00013 - ,'# 322 ( 'ssociation 6 but non lucrati7 enre8istr9e 6 la Sous-"r97ecture )e !rasse (0$) ,4 3503 55

nternet
secretariat:etsi.7r &tt%0 ;;;.etsi.7r &tt%0 ;;;.etsi.or8

Copyright Notification !o "art may be re"roduced e#ce"t as authori$ed by written "ermission% The co"yri&ht and the fore&oin& restriction e#tend to re"roduction in all media%
' (uro"ean Telecommunications Standards nstitute )***% All ri&hts reserved%

UMTS 23.01 version 3.0.0

UMTS 23.01 3.0.0 (1!!!"02)

(ontents
+ontents%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%, ntellectual Pro"erty Ri&hts%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%.oreword%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%ntroduction%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%) Sco"e%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%/ 0 References%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%/
0%) nformative references%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%/

, 1efinitions2 symbols and abbreviations%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%/

,%) 1efinitions%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%/ ,%0 Symbols%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%/ ,%, Abbreviations%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%/

- 3eneral%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%4 / 1omains in UMTS%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%4

/%) 1omain s"lit%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%5 /%0 User e6ui"ment 1omain%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%5 /%0%) Mobile e6ui"ment 1omain%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%5 /%0%0 US M 1omain%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%5 /%, nfrastructure 1omain%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%5 /%,%) Access !etwor7 1omain%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%8 /%,%0 +ore !etwor7 1omain%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%8 /%,%0%) Servin& !etwor7 1omain%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%8 /%,%0%0 9ome !etwor7 1omain%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%8 /%,%0%, Transit !etwor7 1omain%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%8

4 .unctional +ommunication between UMTS domains %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%8

4%) Trans"ort stratum%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%): 4%0 Access Stratum %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%): 4%, Servin& Stratum %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%)) 4%- 9ome Stratum %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%)) 4%/ A""lication Stratum%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%))

9istory%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%),

(TS

<ntellectual "ro%erty +i8&ts

PRs essential or "otentially essential to the "resent document may have been declared to (TS % The information "ertainin& to these essential PRs2 if any2 is "ublicly available for ETSI members and non-members2 and can be found in SR ::: ,)-; "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in respect of ETSI standards"2 which is available free of charge from the (TS Secretariat% <atest u"dates are available on the (TS =eb server (htt";>>www%etsi%fr>i"r or htt";>>www%etsi%or&>i"r)% Pursuant to the (TS PR Policy2 no investi&ation2 includin& PR searches2 has been carried out by (TS % !o &uarantee can be &iven as to the e#istence of other PRs not referenced in SR ::: ,)- (or the u"dates on the (TS =eb server) which are2 or may be2 or may become2 essential to the "resent document%

#ore;or)
This draft Technical S"ecification has been "roduced by the S"ecial Mobile 3rou" (SM3) Technical +ommittee of the (uro"ean Telecommunications Standards nstitute ((TS )% The contents of this TS is sub?ect to continuin& wor7 within SM3 and may chan&e followin& formal SM3 a""roval% Should SM3 modify the contents of this TS2 it will be re@released by SM3 with an identifyin& chan&e of release date and an increase in version number as follows; Aersion #%y%$ where; # the first di&it; ) "resented to SM3 for informationB 0 "resented to SM3 for a""rovalB , indicates UMTS s"ecification a""roved by (TS SM3B y the second di&it is incremented for all other ty"es of chan&es2 i%e% technical enhancements2 corrections2 u"dates2 etc% $ the third di&it is incremented when editorial only chan&es have been incor"orated in the s"ecificationB

<ntro)uction
UMTS will su""ort a wide ran&e of a""lications with different 6uality of service "rofiles% At "resent many of these a""lications are not "ossible to "redict% Also the usa&e of the different a""lications are difficult to "redict i%e% it is not "ossible to o"timise UMTS to only one set of a""lications% One conclusion of this is that UMTS must be built in such a way that it is fle#ible and "ossible to evolve so it will have a lon& technical lifetime% Therefore a modular a""roach is recommended when definin& the networ7 "arts of UMTS% This is in line with the recommendation from 3MM% n this conte#t a module re"resents a "art of a UMTS networ7 i%e% one or several "hysical networ7 nodes that to&ether im"lements some functionality% The modular a""roach should also ma7e UMTS "ossible to im"lement efficiently in different environments%

UMTS 23.01 version 3.0.0

UMTS 23.01 3.0.0 (1!!!"02)

Sco%e

This TS defines the basic "hysical and functional se"aration of UMTS% The contents of this s"ecification is limited to those features that are common to all UMTS networ7s inde"endent of their ori&in . t identifies and names the reference "oints and functional &rou"in&s a""earin& at this level%

+e7erences
References are either s"ecific (identified by date of "ublication2 edition number2 version number2 etc%) or non@s"ecific% .or a s"ecific reference2 subse6uent revisions do not a""ly% .or a non@s"ecific reference2 the latest version a""lies% A non@s"ecific reference to an (TS shall also be ta7en to refer to later versions "ublished as an (! with the same number%

The followin& documents contain "rovisions which2 throu&h reference in this te#t2 constitute "rovisions of the "resent document%

2.1 <n7ormative re7erences

C)D C0D (TS 3lobal Multimedia Mobility (3MM) re"ort UMTS 00%:); EUniversal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); Service as"ectsB Service "rinci"lesE%

De7initions= symbols an) abbreviations

3.1 De7initions
Terms introduced in this document; Domain: The hi&hest@level &rou" of "hysical entities% Reference "oints are defined between domains% Stratum: 3rou"in& of "rotocols related to one as"ect of the services "rovided by one or several domains%

3.2 Symbols
.or the "ur"oses of the "resent document2 the followin& symbols a""ly; +u u Uu CFuD CGuD Reference "oint between US M and M( Reference "oint between Access and Servin& !etwor7 domains Reference "oint between User (6ui"ment and nfrastructure domains2 UMTS radio interface Reference "oint between Servin& and Transit !etwor7 domains Reference "oint between Servin& and 9ome !etwor7 domains

3.3 'bbreviations
.or the "ur"oses of the "resent document2 the followin& abbreviations a""ly; US M M( User Services dentity Module Mobile (6ui"ment

(TS

MT M(#( T(

Mobile Termination Mobile Station A""lication (#ecution (nvironment Terminal (6ui"ment

!eneral

The &eneral UMTS architecture is modelled2 at a hi&h level2 from both "hysical and functional view"oints% The "hysical as"ects are modelled usin& the domain conce"t and the functional as"ects are modelled usin& the strata conce"t% The two views are introduced se"arately and then the ma""in& between the views is discussed% This s"ecification shows at a basic level "hysical and functional se"arations to allow a UMTS networ7 to fit within the conte#t of the MT@0::: family of networ7s% t does not attem"t to develo" as"ects of a UMTS networ7 that are hi&hly s"ecific to that im"lementation%

Domains in UMTS
@ome ,et;or? Domain CGuD (u Uu <u CFuD

The followin& fi&ure shows the basic domains in UMTS as described in this section%

Servin8 ,et;or? Domain US<M Domain Mobile ->ui%ment Domain User ->ui%ment Domain 'ccess ,et;or? Domain (ore ,et;or? Domain <n7rastructure Domain

Transit ,et;or? Domain

,AT- 0

T&e )omains i)enti7ie) in t&e 7i8ure ;ill 8enerally result 7rom an evolution o7 e*istin8 net;or? in7rastructures. T&e core net;or? )omain may result 7rom evolutions o7 e*istin8 net;or? in7rastructures= e.8.= a !SM in7rastructure= a ,-<SD, in7rastructure= a B-<SD, in7rastructure or a "D, in7rastructure. T&e evolution o7 t&ese in7rastructures may be %er7orme) via t&e use o7 <CUs= &i))en ;it&in t&e )omains s&o;n in t&e 7i8ure.

$i%ure 1& UMTS 'omains an' re(erence )oints +u u Uu CFuD CGuD H Reference "oint between US M and M( H Reference "oint between Access and Servin& !etwor7 domains H Reference "oint between User (6ui"ment and nfrastructure domains2 UMTS radio interface H Reference "oint between Servin& and Transit !etwor7 domains H Reference "oint between Servin& and 9ome !etwor7 domains

UMTS 23.01 version 3.0.0

UMTS 23.01 3.0.0 (1!!!"02)

..1 Domain s%lit

A basic architectural s"lit is between the user e6ui"ment (terminals) and the infrastructure% This results in two domains; the User Equipment Domain and the Infrastructure domain% User e6ui"ment is the e6ui"ment used by the user to access UMTS services% User e6ui"ment has a radio interface to the infrastructure% The infrastructure consists of the "hysical nodes which "erform the various functions re6uired to terminate the radio interface and to su""ort the telecommunication services re6uirements of the users% The infrastructure is a shared resource that "rovides services to all authorised end users within its covera&e area% The reference "oint between the user e6ui"ment domain and the infrastructure domain is termed the IUuJ reference "oint (UMTS radio interface)% !OT(; The descri"tion assumes an access interface based on UTRA% 9owever2 the "hysical and functional se"aration described in this document is &eneral and is a""licable also if other access technolo&ies are used%

..2 User e>ui%ment Domain

This domain encom"asses a variety of e6ui"ment ty"es with different levels of functionality% These e6ui"ment ty"es are referred to as user e6ui"ment (terminals)2 and they may also be com"atible with one or more e#istin& access (fi#ed or radio) interfaces e%&% dual mode UMTS@3SM user e6ui"ment% The user e6ui"ment may include a removable smart card that may be used in different user e6ui"ment ty"es% The user e6ui"ment is further sub@divided in to the Mobile Equipment Domain (M() and the User Services Identity Module Domain (US M)% The reference "oint between the M( and the US M is termed the I+uJ reference "oint%

..2.1 Mobile e>ui%ment Domain

The Mobile (6ui"ment "erforms radio transmission and contains a""lications% The mobile e6ui"ment may be further sub@divided into several entities2 e%&% the one which "erforms the radio transmission and related functions2 Mobile Termination MT2 and the one which contains the end@to@end a""lication or (e%&% la"to" connected to a mobile "hone)2 Terminal Equipment! T(% This se"aration is used in the descri"tion of the functional communication in fi&ure , but no reference "oint is defined in this s"ecification%

..2.2 US<M Domain

The US M contains data and "rocedures which unambi&uously and securely identify itself% These functions are ty"ically embedded in a stand alone smart card% This device is associated to a &iven user2 and as such allows to identify this user re&ardless of the M( he uses%

..3 <n7rastructure Domain

The nfrastructure domain is further s"lit into the "ccess #et$or% Domain2 which is characterised by bein& in direct contact with the User (6ui"ment and the &ore #et$or% Domain! This s"lit is intended to sim"lify>assist the "rocess of de@cou"lin& access related functionality from non@access related functionality and is in line with the modular "rinci"le ado"ted for the UMTS% The Access !etwor7 1omain com"rises rou&hly the functions s"ecific to the access techni6ue2 while the functions in the +ore networ7 domain may "otentially be used with information flows usin& any access techni6ue% This s"lit allows for different a""roaches for the +ore !etwor7 1omain2 each a""roach s"ecifyin& distinct ty"es of +ore !etwor7s connectable to the Access !etwor7 1omain2 as well as different access techni6ues2 each ty"e of Access !etwor7 connectable to the +ore !etwor7 1omain% The reference "oint between the access networ7 domain and the core networ7 domain is termed the I uJ reference "oint% !OT(; The s"lit into the User (6ui"ment 1omain2 the Access !etwor7 1omain and the +ore !etwor7 1omain is consistent with the 3MM re"ort%

(TS

..3.1 'ccess ,et;or? Domain

The Access !etwor7 1omain consists of the "hysical entities which mana&e the resources of the access networ7 and "rovides the user with a mechanism to access the core networ7 domain% Additional reference "oints within the access domain may be identified in other s"ecifications%

..3.2 (ore ,et;or? Domain

The +ore !etwor7 1omain consists of the "hysical entities which "rovide su""ort for the networ7 features and telecommunication services% The su""ort "rovided includes functionality such as the mana&ement of user location information2 control of networ7 features and services2 the transfer (switchin& and transmission) mechanisms for si&nallin& and for user &enerated information% C!ote; Much more could>should be written about the reference "oints between the core networ7 and other networ7sD% The core networ7 domain is sub@divided into the Serving #et$or% Domain2 the 'ome #et$or% Domain and the Transit #et$or% Domain% The reference "oint between the servin& networ7 domain and the home networ7 domain is termed the CGuD reference "oint% The reference "oint between the servin& networ7 domain and the transit networ7 domain is termed the CFuD reference "oint% Additional sub@divisions and reference "oints within the core networ7 domain may be identified in other s"ecifications%

..3.2.1

Servin8 ,et;or? Domain

The servin& networ7 domain is the "art of the core networ7 domain to which the access networ7 domain that "rovides the userKs access is connected% t re"resents the core networ7 functions that are local to the userKs access "oint and thus their location chan&es when the user moves% The servin& networ7 domain is res"onsible for routin& calls and trans"ort user data>information from source to destination% t has the ability to interact with the home domain to cater for user s"ecific data>services and with the transit domain for non user s"ecific data>services "ur"oses%

..3.2.2

@ome ,et;or? Domain

The home networ7 domain re"resents the core networ7 functions that are conducted at a "ermanent location re&ardless of the location of the userKs access "oint% The US M is related by subscri"tion to the home networ7 domain% The home networ7 domain therefore contains at least "ermanently user s"ecific data and is res"onsible for mana&ement of subscri"tion information% t may also handle home s"ecific services2 "otentially not offered by the servin& networ7 domain% !OT(; Most of the functionality associated with the service "rovider role accordin& to the UMTS role model (ref UMTS 00%:))2 is normally contained within the home networ7 domain%

..3.2.3

Transit ,et;or? Domain

The transit networ7 domain is the core networ7 "art located on the communication "ath between the servin& networ7 domain and the remote "arty% f2 for a &iven call2 the remote "arty is located inside the same networ7 as the ori&inatin& U(2 then no "articular instance of the transit domain is activated%

#unctional (ommunication bet;een UMTS )omains

A""lication stratumB

The followin& strata have been identified within UMTS;

UMTS 23.01 version 3.0.0

UMTS 23.01 3.0.0 (1!!!"02)

9ome stratumB Servin& stratum and Trans"ort stratum The followin& fi&ures show the interactions between the UMTS domains% Two fi&ures are used to reflect the "ath diversion between the flows e#chan&ed between servin& and home domains on one side and between servin& and transit on the other side% .i&ure 0 below shows the interactions between the US M2 MT>M(2 Access !etwor72 Servin& !etwor7 and 9ome !etwor7 domains% .i&ure , shows the interactions between T(2 MT2 Access !etwor72 Servin& !etwor72 Transit !etwor7 domains and the Remote Party % The 9ome Stratum only involves domains from fi&ure 02 the A""lication Stratum only involves domains from fi&ure ,% The Servin& and Trans"ort Strata involve domains from fi&ures 0 and ,2 so "art of them are du"licated in the two fi&ures The direct flows between non@conti&uous domains (i%e% between domains non directly interconnected) are trans"arently trans"orted across all the domains and interfaces located on the communication "ath between these end domains% (%&% the US M@9ome !etwor7 flows are trans"arently trans"orted throu&h US M@MT2 MT@Access !etwor72 Access !etwor7@Servin& !etwor7 and Servin& !etwor7@9ome !etwor7 interfaces2 and relayed without inter"retation by MT2 Access !etwor7 and Servin& !etwor7 domains% The dotted lines indicates that the "rotocol used is not s"ecific to UMTS2 in some cases different "rotocols are "ossible% 9owever2 to "rovide easy roamin& ca"abilities2 it is desirable to a&ree u"on the "rotocols used% The definition of these "rotocols is outside the sco"e of the UMTS s"ecifications%
D@ome StratumE US<M - @, US<M - MT MT - S, S, - @,

DServin8 StratumE US<M - MT MT - S,

DTrans%ort StratumE D'ccess StratumE MT - ', ', - S, Servin8 ,et;or? Domain @ome ,et;or? Domain

US<M

MT M-

'ccess ,et;or? Domain

$i%ure 2& $unctional (lo+s bet+een the US,M- MT.M/- Access 0et+or1- Servin% 0et+or1 an' 2ome 0et+or1 'omains.

(TS

'%%lication Stratum '%%lication

DServin8 StratumE T- - MT MT - S,

DTrans%ort StratumE D'ccess StratumE MT - ', TMobile ->ui%ment Domain MT 'ccess ,et;or? Domain Servin8 ,et;or? Domain Transit ,et;or? Domain +emote "arty ', - S,

$i%ure 3& $unctional (lo+ bet+een T/- MT- Access 0et+or1- Servin% 0et+or1- Transit 0et+or1 'omains an' the 3emote 4arty The IRemote PartyJ re"resents the remote end entity (user or machine) and is included in the fi&ure to show the end@ to@end character of the communication2 the s"ecification of the remote "arty is outside the sco"e of the UMTS s"ecifications%

$.1 Trans%ort stratum

This stratum su""orts the trans"ort of user data and networ7 control si&nallin& from other strata throu&h UMTS% The trans"ort stratum includes consideration of the "hysical transmission format used for transmission and also; mechanisms for error correction and recoveryB mechanisms to encry"t data over the radio interface and in the infrastructure "art if re6uiredB mechanisms for ada"tation of data to use the su""orted "hysical format (if re6uired)B and mechanisms to ItranscodeJ data to ma7e efficient use of2 e%&%2 the radio interface (if re6uired)% t may also include resource allocation and routin& local to the different interfaces% The "ccess Stratum which is s"ecific to UMTS2 is the "art of the trans"ort stratum located between the ed&e node of the servin& core networ7 domain and the MT (LMT@Access !etwor7K and LAccess !etwor7@Servin& !etwor7K arrows in fi&ure 0 and ,)%

$.2 'ccess Stratum

This is the functional &rou"in&s consistin& of the "arts in the infrastructure and in the user e6ui"ment and the "rotocols between these "arts bein& s"ecific to the access techni6ue (i%e% the way the s"ecific "hysical media between the User (6ui"ment and the nfrastructure is used to carry information)% The access stratum "rovides services related to the transmission of data over the radio interface and the mana&ement of the radio interface to the other "arts of UMTS%

UMTS 23.01 version 3.0.0

11

UMTS 23.01 3.0.0 (1!!!"02)

The access stratum includes the followin& "rotocols; Mobile Termination @ Access !etwor7 This "rotocol su""orts transfer of detailed radio@related information to co@ordinate the use of radio resources bbetween the MT and the access networ7% Access !etwor7 @ Servin& !etwor7 This "rotocol su""orts the access from the servin& networ7 to the resources "rovided by the access networ7% t is inde"endent of the s"ecific radio structure of the access networ7%

$.3 Servin8 Stratum

This stratum consists of "rotocols and functions to route and transmit data>information2 user or networ7 &enerated2 from source to destination% The source and destination may be within the same or different networ7s% .unctions related to telecommunication services and are located in this stratum% The servin& stratum includes the followin& "rotocols; US M @ Mobile Termination This "rotocol su""orts access to subscriber@s"ecific information for su""ort of functions in the user e6ui"ment domain% Mobile Termination @ Servin& !etwor7 This "rotocol su""orts access from the MT to the services "rovided by the servin& networ7 domain% Terminal (6ui"ment@ Mobile Termination This "rotocol su""ort e#chan&e of control information between the T( and the MT%

$.2 @ome Stratum

This stratum contains the "rotocols and functions related to the handlin& and stora&e of subscri"tion data and "ossibly home networ7 s"ecific services% t also includes functions to allow domains other than the home networ7 domain to act on behalf of the home networ7% .unctions related to subscri"tion data mana&ement2 customer care2 includin& billin& and char&in&2 mobility mana&ement and authentication are located in this stratum% The home stratum includes the followin& "rotocols; US M @ 9ome !etwor7 This "rotocol su""orts co@ordination of subscriber@s"ecific information between the US M and the home networ7% US M @ MT This "rotocol "rovides the MT with access to user s"ecific data and resources necessary to "erform actions on behalf of the home networ7% MT @ Servin& !etwor7 This "rotocol su""orts user s"ecific data e#chan&es between the MT and the Servin& !etwor7% Servin& !etwor7 @ 9ome !etwor7 This "rotocol "rovides the servin& networ7 with access to home networ7 data and resources necessary to "erform its actions on behalf of the home networ72 e%&%2 to su""ort the users communications2 services and features (includin& A9()%

$.. '%%lication Stratum

This stratum re"resents the a""lication "rocess itself2 "rovided to the end@user% t includes end@to@end "rotocols and functions which ma7e use of services "rovided by the home2 servin& and trans"ort strata and infrastructure to su""ort services and>or value added services% The functions and "rotocols within the a""lication stratum may adhere to 3SM>UMTS standards such as M(#( or may be outside the sco"e of the UMTS standards% 9owever2 the definition of the services "rovided by the other strata2 and the interfaces to them2 is within the sco"e of the standards

(TS

(nd@to@end functions are a""lications which are consumed by users at the ed&e of>outside the overall networ7% The a""lications may be accessed by authenticated users who are authorised to access such a""lications% The users may access the a""lications by usin& any of the variety of available user e6ui"ment%

UMTS 23.01 version 3.0.0

13

UMTS 23.01 3.0.0 (1!!!"02)

@istory
Document history
MAersionN :%:%) :%:%0 :%:%, :%:%:%:%/ :%:%4 :%:%5 :%)%: :%0%: :%,%: :%-%: :%/%: :%4%: :%5%: :%5%) M1ateN A"ril )**5 May )**5 May )**5 May )**5 Oune )**5 Ouly )**5 Ouly )**5 Se"t )**5 !ov )**5 March )**8 March )**8 A"ril )**8 A"ril )**8 Ouly )**8 Au&ust )**8 MMilestoneN +reated at SM3,>SA Revised2 new terminolo&y2 in"ut to SM3@SA Tdoc SM3, *5S):4 Revised durin& the meetin&2 Tdoc SM3, *5S)0) Revised durin& the meetin&2 Tdoc SM3, *5S)0Revised by editor2 in"ut to SM3,@SA Tdoc SM3, *5S )-0 Revised by the SA meetin&2 Tdoc SM3, *5S0:, Revised by the SA meetin& based on Tdoc SM3, *5S0:5 Revised by the SA meetin&2 Au& *52 Tdoc SM3, *5S0,, and 0-: Revised by the SA meetin&2 !ov )**52 Tdoc SM3, *5S,54 (sli&htly modified) Revised by the SA meetin&2 Oan *82 Tdocs SM3, *8S:4, (rev) and *8S:5- (rev)% +han&es to fi&ure ) not correctly included2 version withdrawn +han&es from SA meetin& in Oan *82 includin& fi&ure )2 see above2 chan&es relative to :%0%: indicated Revised by SM3)0 meetin& in March *82 Tdoc SM3, SA )-/ Revised by SM3)0 meetin& in A"ril *82 based on Tdocs SM3)0 *8P0:5 and 04* Revised by SM3)0 meetin& in Oune *82 Tdoc SM3)0 *8S,/0 Acce"ted as the base for further wor7 on the SM3 )0 meetin& Au&ust *8% 9idden information2 which a""ered in the "rinted 0,%0:v:%5%: on the SM3 )0 Au&ust *8 meetin&2 is removed% )%:%: 0%:%: ,%:%: Se"tember )**8 .ebruary )*** )***@:0 Aersion )%:%: for "resentation for information to SM3P05 Aersion 0%:%: for "resentation for a""roval to SM3P08 A""roved at SM3P08% 1ocument for Transfer to TS3@SA

(TS