3G Network Overview

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Overview of

3G Network



3G Standardization:

Two partnership projects have been established to accelerate allaspects of 3G standardization

1. 3GPP- UMTS

2. 3GPP2- CDMA2000

Main thrust of each project is to find commonality for their respectivestandards across regions

Global harmonization could enable:

lower overall costs faster product cycles

faster operator implementation of 3G services

3G Partnership Projects



3GPP Release

3GPP Rel99

3GPP Rel4

3GPP Rel5

2000/03 2001/03 2002/03

GSM/GPRS Core Network

WCDMA

CS domain change to NGN

WCDMA Radio

HSDPA (DL=14.4 Mbps)

3GPP Rel6

HSUPA (UL=5.76Mbps)

MBMS: multimedia broadcast and Multicast service



3GPP rel 99 Architecture

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IP

BTS

BSCMSC

VLR

HLRAuC

GMSC

BSS

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2G MS (voice only)

2G+ MS (voice & data)

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3G UE (voice & data)

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RNC

RNS

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ATM

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3GPP rel4 Architecture-

Soft Switching

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BTS

BSCMSC Server

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GMSC server

BSS

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GSM vs WCDMA

GSM WCDMA

Base Station Subsystem(BSS)

Radio Access Network(RAN)

Base Station Controller

(BSC)Radio Network Controller

(RNC)

Base Transceiver Station(BTS)

Node B.

TDMA & FDMA WCDMA



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Core Network

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UTRAN: Universal terrestrial radioaccess Network

RNC: Radio Network ControllerUE: User Equipment

UTRAN

3G UMTS Architecture

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User equipment

USIM: Universal Subscriber Identity Module

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2G

3G

Complete evolution from 2G to 3G

Evolution should cover not only the technical evolution of network

elements but also expansions to network architecture and services.

When these three evolution types go hand in hand the smoothmigration from 2G to 3G will be successful.

Technical evolution

Network evolution

Service evolution

3G Network Overview

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