UMTS - UTRAN Protocols and Procedures
- Duration: 3 days or 18 hours
- Level: Level 4
UMTS - UTRAN Protocols and Procedures
Course Outline
Divided into 9 sections, the topics covered will include:
Section 1: UTRAN Interfaces (2 hours)
- UTRAN Architecture - UMTS Stratums, UTRAN Interface Model, Radio Network User and Control Planes.
- Transport Network User and Control Planes.
- Iub Interface - Iub Protocol Architecture, Radio and Transport Network, Node B Application Part, Framing Protocols, ALCAP.
- Iur, IuCS and IuPS Interfaces and Architecture.
- Cell Broadcast and Multicast Interfaces and Architecture.
Section 2: ATM Operation in the UTRAN (1.5 hours)
- ATM Operation - ATM Cell Structure, ATM Layers and ATM Adaptation Layers.
- ATM within the UTRAN - Virtual Connections, Permanent Virtual Connections and Switched Virtual Connections.
- ATM Adaptation Layer 5 - Convergence Sublayer, Segmentation and Reassembly and Operation.
- ATM Adaptation Layer 2 - Common Part Sublayer, Service Specific Convergence Sublayer and Service Specific Segmentation and Reassembly.
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Section 3: IP Operation in the UTRAN (1.5 hours)
- Carrying Signalling over IP - Sigtran, SCTP and User Adaptation Layers.
- Circuit Emulation - IP / MPLS solutions for transport of real time services.
- HSDPA and IP traffic over Ethernet and MPLS.
- Challenges - QoS, Capacity Planning and Timing.
Section 4: Logical and Transport Channels (2 hours)
- Air Interface Architecture - Non Access Stratum and Access Stratum.
- Logical Channel Architecture - DCCH, PCCH, DCCH, CCCH.
- Transport Channel Architecture - RACH, BCH, PCH, FACH, DCH.
- Transport Channel Formatting - Transport Blocks and TTI (Transmission Time Interval), Transport Formats, TFCI, CTFC.
- Air Interface Physical Layer - Physical Layer Functions, Frame Structure.
- Downlink Physical Channels and Uplink Physical Channels.
- Channel Mapping - FDD Channel Mapping and TDD Channel Mapping.
Section 5: Node B Setup Procedures (2 hours)
- Node B Requirements, Cell States, Node B Ports.
- Cell Setup Procedure, System Information Update Procedure.
- Common Transport Channel Setup, ALCAP on the Iub Interface.
- Idle State Procedures and Paging.
- Cell Broadcast Service.
- Synchronization - Node B Synchronization and Cell Synchronization.
Section 6: Connected State Procedures (2 hours)
- Connection Identities - s-RNTI , u-RNTI , c-RNTI, d-RNTI.
- RRC Connection Procedure and Message Transfer.
- Iub Procedures - RRC Connection Establishment with DCH Establishment.
- RRC Connection Establishment with RACH/FACH Establishment.
- Radio Bearers in UMTS - Signalling Radio Bearers and Radio Access Bearers.
- RRC Procedures - Connection Management, Bearer Control, Mobility and Measurement.
Section 7: Circuit Switched Operation (3 hours)
- Location Updating - RRC and RANAP procedures, messages and key identities.
- Call Procedures - Mobile Originated Call, Mobile Terminated Call.
- Iu-CS Interface - Signalling Establishment, Connectionless Signalling.
- Speech and Data Transfer - RAB Sub-flows, RAB Sub-flow Combination Indicator.
- Iu User Plane Protocol - Transparent Mode and Support Mode for predefined SDU size.
- Iub and Iur Interfaces - Transport Channel Timing, Receiving Window.
Section 8: Packet Switched Operation (2 hours)
- Attach and Routing Area Updates Procedures.
- GPRS Session - PDP Context and Secondary PDP Context Activation.
- Iu-PS Interface - SCCP Signalling, RANAP Signalling and UTRAN Interworking.
- Data Transfer - Packet Data Convergence Protocol.
- Iub and Iur Interfaces.
- Dedicated Channel Operation - DCH, DPDCH and DPCCH.
- Common Channel Operation - Cell_FACH, Cell_PCH and URA_PCH.
- HSDPA and HSUPA.
Section 9: Mobility (2 hours)
- Connected State Mobility - Cell_DCH, Cell_FACH, Cell_PCH and URA_PCH.
- Soft Handover - Measurement Reports, Event Triggers, Common
- Measurements, Mobile Measurements and Dedicated Node B Measurements.
- Radio Link Setup and Radio Link Deletion.
- Common Channel and Paging Sub-states - Cell Update Procedure.
- Hard Handover - Circuit Switched Relocation, Inter-MSC Relocation and Inter-System Relocation, Packet Switched Relocation and Inter-SGSN Relocation.
Who Should Attend
Technical Staff needing detailed knowledge on the UMTS UTRAN operation. Engineers and Designers requiring a comprehensive understanding of the UMTS UTRAN.