17 E-UTRAN-HRPD Inter-RAT SON Support

23.4023GPPArchitecture enhancements for non-3GPP accessesRelease 18TS

17.1 Architecture and Interface

17.1.1 Architecture for E-UTRAN-HRPD Inter-RAT SON Support

Support of E-UTRAN-HRPD Inter-RAT SON as specified in TS 36.413 [69] makes use of the RIM procedures described in clause 5.15 of TS 23.401 [4]. The architecture is depicted in figure 17.1-1. The interfaces used are the S1 and the S121 interfaces.

An eNodeB is addressed by the Target eNodeB Identifier. An HRPD Access Network is addressed by HRPD Sector ID as defined in TS 29.276 [70].

For messages transferred between E-UTRAN and HRPD Access Network, the source access network node sends a message to its MME including the source and destination addresses. The MME decides, which access network node to send the message to, based on the destination address.

The MME performs relaying between S1 and S121 messages as described in TS 36.413 [69] and TS 29.276 [70].

Figure 17.1-1: Basic Network Architecture for E-UTRAN-HRPD Inter-RAT SON Support

17.1.2 Reference Points

17.1.2.1 Reference Point List

S121: It enables interactions between E-UTRAN and HRPD access network to allow for the transfer of node level SON information.

17.1.2.2 Requirements for the S121 interface

The S121 interface shall support the following requirements:

– SON information transferred between E-UTRAN and HRPD access network shall be transported as transparent containers without modifications by the MME.

17.1.2.3 S121 Protocol Stack

The figure below shows the protocol stack for the S121 interface.

Legend:

S121-AP: S121 Application Protocol is the Application Layer Protocol between the MME and HRPD AN. S121 Application Protocol (S121-AP) provides application layer reliability for its messages, if required.

UDP: User Datagram Protocol transfers messages. UDP is defined in RFC 768 [71].

Figure 17.1.2.3-1: Protocol Stack for S121 Reference Point

Annex A (informative):
GTP – PMIP Roaming

The scenarios below identify and describe various deployment scenarios for interworking between EPC networks based on GTP and EPC networks based on PMIP. The scenario described here are the direct peering scenario and the proxy-based interworking.