Introduction

28.4023GPPPerformance Management (PM)Performance measurements for Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and non-3GPP access interworking systemRelease 17Telecommunication managementTS

The present document is part of a TS-family covering the 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; Telecommunication management; as identified below:

32.401 Performance Management (PM); Concept and requirements

52.402 Performance Management (PM); Performance measurements – GSM

32.404 Performance Management (PM); Performance measurements – Definitions and template

32.405 Performance Management (PM); Performance measurements Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN)

32.406 Performance Management (PM); Performance measurements Core Network (CN) Packet Switched (PS) domain

32.407 Performance Management (PM); Performance measurements Core Network (CN) Circuit Switched (CS) domain

32.408 Performance Management (PM); Performance measurements Teleservice

32.409 Performance Management (PM); Performance measurements IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)

32.425 Telecommunication management; Performance Management (PM); Performance measurements Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN)

32.426 Telecommunication management; Performance Management (PM); Performance measurements Evolved Packet Core (EPC) network

32.452 Performance Management (PM); Performance measurements Home Node B Subsystem (HNS)

32.453 Performance Management (PM); Performance measurements Home enhanced Node B Subsystem (HeNS)

28.402 Performance Management (PM); Performance measurements for Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and non-3GPP access Interworking System

The present document is part of a set of specifications, which describe the requirements and information model necessary for the standardized Operation, Administration and Maintenance (OA&M) of the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and non-3GPP access Interworking System (TS 23.402 [4]).

During the lifetime of EPC and non-3GPP access network interworking, its logical and physical configuration undergo changes of varying degrees and frequencies in order to optimize the utilization of the network resources. These changes are executed through network configuration management activities and/or network engineering, see TS 32.600 [1].

Many of the activities involved in the daily operation and future network planning of interworking require data on which to base decisions. This data refers to the load carried by the network and the grade of service offered. In order to produce this data performance measurements are executed in the NEs, which comprise the network. The data can then be transferred to an external system, e.g. an Operations System (OS) in TMN terminology, for further evaluation.

Annex B of TS 32.404 [2] helps in the definition of new performance measurements that can be submitted to 3GPP for potential adoption and inclusion in the present document. Annex B of TS 32.404 [2] discusses a top-down performance measurement definition methodology that focuses on how the end-user of performance measurements can use the measurements.