Ericsson 3G SGSN Architecture

Functional Unit Descriptions

MKIV Hardware MKVI Hardware Cabling Description Physical Interface Design AT&T Configuration of 3G SGSN Iu/IP Architecture SGSN Pool Architecture SGSN Numbers Network Wide

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SGSN Functional Description

The Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) handles data subscriber mobility management and transfers user data packets between the User Equipment (UE) and GPRS or UMTS packet core network. In addition, it authenticates the subscriber and the mobile terminal. The SGSN also generates charging data and transfers it to the Charging Gateway (CG) for billing purposes. The SGSN supports primary interfaces for the following equipment in the AT&T network: BSC (Gb) or RNC (IuPS), HLR (Gr), GGSN & DNS (Gn), CGF (Ga), OSS (OAM) and LiG (Li).

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SGSN Centric Topology Diagram

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Functional Board Descriptions

Board Type IP Router PIU FR PIU SS7 FE NB PIU SS7 FE BB PIU GPB IBxx - IBAS - IBTE - IBS7 - IBEN FSB Purpose Support only IP-based Interfaces (Gn/Gb, Iu-U,Gb over IP, SS7 over IP) Support only Frame Relay-based Interfaces (Gb over Frame Relay) Support only narrowband SS7-based interfaces Support only broadband SS7-based interfaces The General Processing Board (GPB) acts as an AP or an NCB, and is applicable to the MKIV hardware platform only. The Interface Board version 3 (IBxxv3) PIUs can act as DPs handling payload processing, or handle IP routing or SS7 signaling. The IBxxv4 PIUs can, apart from the IBxxv3 roles, also act as APs. Interface Board for ATM Single-mode fiber Interface Board for E1/T1 Interface Board for SS7 Interface Board for Ethernet The File Server Board (FSB) acts as a File and Boot Server. In the SGSN, one FSB serves as the master FSB. A second FSB serves as a standby FSB mirroring all stored data. If the master FSB fails or needs replacement, the spare FSB takes over operation. The PEB supplies the magazine with power, which is distributed from power connectors on the PEB front panel, through the backplane, to all slots. The PEB supplies the backplane communication with a dual star Ethernet network. The front panel has three ports that are used for magazine interconnection.
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PEB

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Ericsson Rack Specifics

Ericsson SGSN MKIV or MKVI

Hardware components 1 - Magazines a Magazine 1 b Magazine 2 c Magazine 3 (optional) 2 Plug In Units (PIUs) 3 - Backplane

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Ericsson SGSN MKIV WCDMA Hardware

MKIV WCDMA SS7 (Narrowband/Broadband SIGTRAN) NB - x2 or BB x2 Iu-PS (Iu-U & Iu-C) ATM x2 User Plane/ x2 Control Plane or IP x2 User Plane/ x2 Control Plane

Gn GigE x2
OAM/Gom x2 Console x2 GSS x1

SGSN (W) MkIV 1000

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Ericsson SGSN MKIV GSM Hardware

MKIV GSM SS7 (Narrowband/Broadband SIGTRAN) NB - x2 or BB x2 Gb (Frame Relay / IP) FR x2 per BSC or IP x2 User Plane/ x2 Control Plane Gn GigE x2 OAM/Gom x2 Console x2 GSS x1

SGSN (G) MkIV 1000

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Ericsson SGSN MKVI DA Hardware

MKIV DA / WCDMA Connectivity SS7 (Narrowband/Broadband SIGTRAN) NB - x2 or BB x2 Iu-PS (Iu-U & Iu-C) ATM x2 User Plane/ x2 Control Plane or IP x2 User Plane/ x2 Control Plane

Gn GigE x2
OAM/Gom x2 Console x4 GSS x2

SGSN (WG) MkVI 1500/4

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Cabling Description

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Physical Interface Design

GSS 155.165.195.237 /24 STP1 SPC: 229-210-0 10.224.241.18 Alias SPC: 229-203-0 SIGNET Routers 10.251.255.33 Gom Network 155.165.206.0 /27 Gom OSPF Area 0.0.2.154 PNCB ANCB FSBv4 Magazine 1 ( Slots 17 - 18) STP2 SPC: 229-211-0 10.225.240.130 AT&T Gom Routers 4.38.11.254 Terminal Server
A B C D E F G H S E LE C T E D O N -L IN E

Gr/Gd/Ge Networks
GigE switch 10.250.255.33

Port 19 Port 20

Port 20 Port 19

AT&T Redmond Lab WCDMA SGSN WTC1ERCUS08 R8 MKVI

FSBv4 Magazine 1 ( Slots 17 18 )

10.250.255.34 /29

10.251.255.34/29

.230

.231

SS7 Router 1

SS7 Router 2 IBASv4 Mag 1 slot 6 - 7

Gom Router 1 Gom Internal Connection

Gom Router 2

IBENv4 Magazine 1 ( Slots 19 - 20) 2nd FSB 1st FSB PEBv3 Magazine 1 ( Slots 21)

BackPlane Ethernet 1 Back Plane Network (169.254.0.0/17)

Sigtran
10.250.255.37 /29 SCTP Front End 10.251.255.37 /29 Point IBENv4 Magazine 3

IBASv4 O&M Mag 1 slot 6, 7 155.165.207.1 /32 LI/GTP Prime Source Address in Gom Networks Gom Service IP 155.165.207.1 /32

PEBv3 Magazine 1 ( Slots 1 )

IBENv4 Magazine 2

Global Control Application

IBENv4 Magazine 1

BackPlane Ethernet 2

Yao Kuang Lai

BackPlane Ethernet 1 SGSN SS7 SPC 229-98-184

Control Application

Control Application

by Yao Kuang Lai

Reserved Gn VIP 155.165.17.1 /32

PEBv3 Magazine 2 ( Slots 21) Gn Internal Connection BackPlane Ethernet 2

PEBv3 Magazine 2 ( Slots 1 )

Back Plane Connection

Gn GTP-U 155.165.17.1 /32 IBTEv4 Magazine 3

Yao Kuang Lai By Yao Kuang Lai

SS7 Back-End Application SS7 Hardware Magazine 1 ( Slots 2 - 5 )

IBTEv4 Magazine 2 PEBv3 Magazine 3 ( Slots 21)

BackPlane Ethernet 1

User Application

PEBv3 Magazine 3 ( Slots 1 ) SS7 Broadband front-end interface

Iu Service IP 172.26.240.1 /32 Iu-U Internal connection IBASv4 Magazine 2 ( Slots 11 - 12 ) Iu-U Router1 IBASv4 Magazine 3 ( Slots 11 - 12 ) Iu-U Router2 Gn OSPF Area 0.0.0.254 Gn Router1 (GigE) Gn Router2 (GigE)

BackPlane Ethernet 2

BackPlane Ethernet 1

IBASv4 Magazine 2 ( Slots 14 - 15 )

Primary

Secondary .10 .11 Primary Secondary ATM PVC Primary Secondary ATM PVC

Magazine 1 Magazine 2 Magazine 3 OSPF Area

Iu-C Networks

ATM PVC

Gn Networks (172.24.4.0/27)

. RNCs ... .....

Node B Node B Node B Node B

Cingular Gn Routers

UMTS SGSN

SGSN Logical Network Name WTC1ERCUS08

SIZE Date : May 20, 2008 DWG NO Logical Diagram 1 OF 1 rev PA2

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AT&T Configuration of 3G SGSN

The AT&T configuration of the Ericsson 3G SGSN is governed by two sets of complimentary standards.
Gold Standards Covers configuration that is Global in nature Overseen by the Gold Standards Governance Board

Standards available in the Gold Standards Library:

https://operations.web.att.com/sites/GoldStandard/Data%20Sha ring/GS_Library.aspx?PageView=Shared Site Specific CIQs

Covers configuration that is local in nature

Maintained and published by the local Engineering groups

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Iu/IP Architecture

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Logical Diagram IuPS/IP

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Iu/IP and Pooling

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Logical Diagram Gb/IP

Remote BSC 6500/7600 both a layer2 switch and L3 router. WAN links will terminate on closest PE routers within GB VPN. OSPF is used to exchange routing information between remote BSC and PE locations. Each pair of BSC Extreme switches will reside in its own subnet/VLAN. The Extreme switches will provide a layer3 interface creating a L2 demarc. The Extreme switches will run HSRP requiring L2 connectivity from the Cingular provided switches. The Extreme VLANs are trunked back to the Juniper routers which provide a highly available L3 gateway using VRRP. Static routes are used on the Extreme switches and within the GB routing-instance for routing information. Static routes are redistributed into GB OSPF process.

BSC

IP/MPLS Network

PE Routerss SGSN / COLO BSC LOCATION BSC 802.1Q Trunk

BSC

Gb

Si

BSC
Si

GB and GN routing-instances will be created on the PE routers to separate GB and GN. OSPF adjacencies will be established between SGSNs and PE routers. Aggregate routes are used to control route export of OSPF learned routes.

Si

BSC

Gb
Si

BSC

REMOTE BSC LOCATION BSC

Black lines represent GN routinginstance/VLAN/Subnets. This by definition is a separate OSPF routing process. Green lines represent GB routing-instance/ VLAN/subnets.

GN GB SGSN SGSN

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Gb/IP Lab Diagram

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Ericsson SGSN Counts

YE2008 Ericsson 2G 2G SGSN Counts Ce ntra l NE SE 37 0 Tota l 2G YE 2008 37 0 Ce ntra l NE 34 Tota l 2G YE 2009 34 Ce ntra l NE 34 Tota l 2G YE 2010 34 SE 0 0 SE 4 4 11 11 11 11 We st 23 23 Compa ny Tota l 72 We st 10 10 We st 23 23 Compa ny Tota l 68 21 21 Compa ny Tota l 68 YE2009 Ericsson 2G

YE2010 Ericsson 2G

3G SGSN Counts YE2008 Ce ntra l NE SE Ericsson 3G MkIV 5 3 Ericsson 3G MkVI 3 0 Tota l 3G YE 2008 8 3 YE2009 Ce ntra l NE Ericsson 3G MkIV 5 Ericsson 3G MkVI 15 Tota l 3G YE 2009 20 YE2010 Ce ntra l NE Ericsson 3G MkIV 0 Ericsson 3G MkVI 30 Tota l 3G YE 2010 30 SE 3 1 4 SE 0 9 9

We st 7 0 7 We st 9 6 15 We st 2 21 23 7 19 26 11 7 18 8 0 8

Compa ny Tota l

26

Compa ny Tota l

57

Compa ny Tota l

88

Tota l 2G & 3G SGSNs YE 2008 Tota l 2G & 3G SGSNs YE 2009 Tota l 2G & 3G SGSNs YE 2010

45 54 64

Gra nd Tota ls 3 4 13

17 26 34

29 41 49

Compa ny Tota l Compa ny Tota l Compa ny Tota l

94 125 160

YE2010 Ericsson 3G SGSN w /Ericsson RAN YE2010 Ericsson 3G SGSN w /ALU RAN

21 9

9 0

23 0

24 2

Tota l Ericsson/Ericsson Tota l Ericsson/ALU

77 11

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Ericsson SGSN Performance and Capacity

SGSN Capacity Capacity Measurements & Counters Performance of Ericsson 3G SGSN

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SGSN Capacity
Product Package SGSN MKIV (G) Gb Transport Type MkIV 650/xx (2 Magazine) Gb over Frame Relay Gb over IP MkIV 1000/xx (3 Magazine) Gb over Frame Relay Gb over IP Product Package SGSN MKIV (W) MkIV 650/xx (2 Magazine) MkIV 1000/xx (3 magazine) Iu/Gn Transport Type Iu and Gn over ATM or Ethernet Iu and Gn over ATM Iu and Gn over Ethernet Throughput @ 300 bytes/packet 42 kpps (100 Mbps) 54 kpps (130 Mbps) 83 kpps (200 Mbps) 117 kpps (280 Mbps) Throughput @ 300 bytes/packet 200 kpps (500 Mbps) 310 kpps (750 Mbps)
(1)

Throughput @ 1450 bytes/packet 11 kpps (130 Mbps) 19 kpps (220 Mbps) 30 kpps (350 Mbps) 43 kpps (500 Mbps) Throughput @ 1450 bytes/packet 86 kpps (1024 Mbps) 84 kpps (1024 Mbps) 345 kpps (4096 Mbps) 200 kpps (2457.6 Mbps)

SAU 650,000 650,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 SAU 650,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000

PDP Contexts 780,000 780,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 PDP Contexts 780,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000

625 kpps (1536 Mbps)

(2)

Iu over ATM and Gn over Ethernet 420 kpps (1024 Mbps)

(1) The throughput figure for WCDMA payload applies for SGSNs using IBASv3b PIUs. When using IBASv3 the throughput figure is 200 kpps (480 Mbps). (2) The throughput figure for WCDMA payload applies for SGSNs using IBASv3b PIUs and having Gn and Iu collocated on all routers except Gom routers.

Product Package SGSN MKVI (W) MkVI 1500/xx

Iu/Gn Transport Type Iu over ATM Iu over Ethernet

Throughput @ 300 bytes/packet 417 kpps (1.0 Gbps) 1050 kpps (2.5 Gbps) 625 kpps (1.5 Gbps)

Throughput @ 1450 bytes/packet 86 kpps (1.0 Gbps) 530 kpps (6.0 Gbps) 345 kpps (4.0 Gbps)

SAU 1,500,000 1,500,000 2,000,000

PDP Contexts 2,250,000 (W) 2,250,000 (W) 3,000,000 (W)

MkVI 2000/xx

Iu over Ethernet

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Capacity Measurements & Counters

Attachment
3G (MkVI) 3G (MkVI) 3G (MkVI) 3G (MkVI) 3G (MkIV) 3G (MkIV) 3G (MkIV) 3G (MkIV) 3G (MkIV) 3G (MkVI) 3G (MkVI) 2G 2G 2G 2G 950000 950000 950000 950000 700000 700000 700000 700000 700000 950000 950000 650000 650000 650000 650000 303815 236910 254909 426017 260269 257741 259645 257686 258294 387390 388600 225511 118278 175826 141525 32% 25% 27% 45% 37% 37% 37% 37% 37% 41% 41% 35% 18% 27% 22% 1200000 1200000 1200000 1200000 1200000 1200000 1200000 1200000 1200000 1200000 1200000 780000 780000 780000 780000

PDP
160978 125727 151279 199309 121875 120146 121548 120689 121158 181038 181759 75976 29376 40161 42245 13% 10% 13% 17% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 15% 15% 10% 4% 5% 5%

Throughput (Mbps)
1000 1000 1000 1000 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 200 200 200 200 403.73 291.01 323.18 584.12 307.51 303.33 311.59 304.05 305.42 466.76 464.88 31.89 11.38 18.46 21.84 40% 29% 32% 58% 21% 20% 21% 20% 20% 31% 31% 16% 6% 9% 11%

CPU
37% 28% 41% 50% 65% 62% 62% 63% 65% 40% 40% 51% 29% 40% 38% IP IP LSL IP IP IP IP IP IP IP IP LSL LSL LSL LSL 1 1 16 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16 16 16 16

SS7
11% 6% 29% 14% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 8% 8% 13% 11% 15% 10%

Technology Available Used % Utilized Available Used % Utilized Available Used % Utilized % Utilized Link Type # of Links Average % Utilized

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45.00 40.00 35.00 30.00 25.00 20.00 15.00 10.00 5.00 0.00

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50000

Busy Hour CPU Load(Average)

100000

150000

200000

250000

CPU Load SAU W

90000 88000 86000 84000 82000 80000 78000 76000 74000 72000 70000 68000

Sample Performance Data for an Ericsson 3G SGSN

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Attached Subscribers

4/12/2010 3:00 4/12/2010 4:00 4/12/2010 5:00 4/12/2010 6:00 4/12/2010 7:00 4/12/2010 8:00 4/12/2010 9:00 4/12/2010 10:00 4/12/2010 11:00 4/12/2010 12:00 4/12/2010 13:00 4/12/2010 14:00 4/12/2010 15:00 4/12/2010 16:00 4/12/2010 17:00 4/12/2010 18:00 4/12/2010 19:00 4/12/2010 20:00 4/12/2010 21:00 4/12/2010 22:00 4/12/2010 23:00 4/13/2010 0:00 4/13/2010 1:00 4/13/2010 2:00 4/13/2010 3:00 4/13/2010 4:00 4/13/2010 5:00 4/13/2010 6:00 4/13/2010 7:00 4/13/2010 8:00 4/13/2010 9:00 4/13/2010 10:00 4/13/2010 11:00 4/13/2010 12:00 4/13/2010 13:00 4/13/2010 14:00 4/13/2010 15:00 4/13/2010 16:00 4/13/2010 17:00 4/13/2010 18:00 4/13/2010 19:00 4/13/2010 20:00 4/13/2010 21:00 4/13/2010 22:00 4/13/2010 23:00 4/14/2010 0:00 4/14/2010 1:00

NbrActivePdpPerSgsn W

4/12/2010 3:00 4/12/2010 4:00 4/12/2010 5:00 4/12/2010 6:00 4/12/2010 7:00 4/12/2010 8:00 4/12/2010 9:00 4/12/2010 10:00 4/12/2010 11:00 4/12/2010 12:00 4/12/2010 13:00 4/12/2010 14:00 4/12/2010 15:00 4/12/2010 16:00 4/12/2010 17:00 4/12/2010 18:00 4/12/2010 19:00 4/12/2010 20:00 4/12/2010 21:00 4/12/2010 22:00 4/12/2010 23:00 4/13/2010 0:00 4/13/2010 1:00 4/13/2010 2:00 4/13/2010 3:00 4/13/2010 4:00 4/13/2010 5:00 4/13/2010 6:00 4/13/2010 7:00 4/13/2010 8:00 4/13/2010 9:00 4/13/2010 10:00 4/13/2010 11:00 4/13/2010 12:00 4/13/2010 13:00 4/13/2010 14:00 4/13/2010 15:00 4/13/2010 16:00 4/13/2010 17:00 4/13/2010 18:00 4/13/2010 19:00 4/13/2010 20:00 4/13/2010 21:00 4/13/2010 22:00 4/13/2010 23:00 4/14/2010 0:00 4/14/2010 1:00

Active PDP Sessions

Sample Performance Data for an Ericsson 3G SGSN Continued

succIntraSgsnRaUpdateUmts
6000000 5000000 4000000 600000 500000 400000

succGprsAttachUmts

3000000
2000000 1000000

300000
200000 100000

Intra RAU Success Rate succInterSgsnRaUpdateUmts 3500000 3000000 2500000 2000000 1500000 1000000 500000 0
2500000 2000000 1500000 1000000 500000

Attach Success Rate

SM.SuccActPdpContext.U

Inter RAU Success Rate

PDP Activation Success Rate

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Ericsson SGSN Lab Testing

SGSN/MME Development Process

Lab Certification
FFA Process Fault Management Process Lab Lineups Load/Stress Testing

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SGSN/MME Development Process

SGSN/MME Development
CP, Market, Ops... FNP LABs
Send Back Feature, enhancement, Solution...

POR Development Review request

Inform of Decision Rejected Rejected Accepted Features, Fixes Enhancement Product evolution...

Review EDR

EDR

Accepted

Analyze

Time and budget assessment

Review And set Priorities

Reject

Agree

LAB

Budget, Communicate

TNRP

FFA

GA

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Software Certification Process

Test documentation including the Test Object List (TOL), Test Instructions (TI) and Test Results (TR) received from SGSN vendor. TOL, TI and TR review conducted by A&P and the SGSN vendor. Update Documentation

Discrepancies identified in test Requirements?

NO

YES

Review and address discrepancies/ gaps in the TOL, TI or TR

Addition of A&P approved regression test suite and finalize test plan for the SGSN release.

LAB Requirements: Software Requirement Hardware Requirement Testing Requirement Timeframe Network Configuration Resources Requirement Activity Freezes Test Call Plan Soak Period Alternates

LAB Requirements Completed

Lab Entry A&P performs lab validation of the release using test documentation provided in previous steps.

Perform Regression Testing

Update LAB Issue List

Fix faults, determine level of regression testing required to fully validate the fix and subsequent software build.

YES

Faults Found?

YES

Update LAB Issue List

escalate comprehensive and fully documented issue including severity (high, medium and low)

Are faults considered lab exit gating?

NO

Lab Exit A&P and the vendor mutually agree that the release is stable and all known faults and issues are properly addressed. Lab Exit Report Approved.

NO

FFA Entry

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FFA Process
Lab testing completed including: full regression and functional tests and production of a Lab Exit Report Request FFA through TNRP FFA Process Update FFA Request

NO

Is FFA Accepted

Review and address any FFA technical or budgetary requirements

YES

FFA Requirements: Software Requirement Hardware Requirement Testing Requirement Timeframe Network Configuration Resources Requirement Activity Freezes Test Call Plan Soak Period Alternates

Provide FFA site requirements and recommendations through the TNRP process

Request FFA site selection through TNRP FFA Site Selection Process

NO

Is FFA Site Identified

Escalate FFAA site selection through the TNRP escalation process

YES

FFA Entry A&P ensures that any applicable test cases not able to be tested in the lab due to limited HW or resources, etc. are verified.

Implement network changes including any hardware, software and external interface changes

Perform Initial Regression Testing

NO

All Initial Tests Passed

Address faults / issues, determine level of regression testing required to fully validate the fix and subsequent software build if applicable.

Do Critical network impacting faults remain?

YES

YES

Revert FFA node to pre FFA Hardware and software configuration

NO NO

Perform Regression and Functional Testing

YES

NO

All Tests Passed

Address faults / issues, determine level of regression testing required to fully validate the fix and subsequent software build if applicable.

Do FFA exit gating faults remain?

YES

Address faults / issues, determine level of regression testing required to fully validate the fix and subsequent software build if applicable.

YES

Do Critical network impacting faults remain?

NO

YES

FFA Exit General Availability (GA) Declaration

Revert FFA node to pre FFA Hardware and software configuration

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Fault Management Process

Take SW Release/Correction Package through AT&T A&P Lab Certification Process (Ref. SGSN Software Release Certification Process Flow v6.vsd) Take SW Release/Correction Package through AT&T FFA Process (Ref. SGSN FFA Process Flow v1.2)

SW Fault Discovery during test case execution in Redmond lab

YES

Further testing and analysis to determine scope and impact

YES

SW Fault Discovery during test case execution in FFA

NO

NO

Collection of detailed SGSN logs and traces Lab Exit A&P and the vendor mutually agree that the release is stable and all known faults/issues are addressed. Document fault details scope, impact, subscriber and device info, test environment, etc. Update Issues tracker and test report FFA Exit A&P and the vendor mutually agree that the release is stable and all known faults/issues are addressed.

Assign fault severity. Open case with SGSN vendor for further analysis and resolution

Vendor Fault and Correction Delivery Process (Ref. Vendor Fault Correction Process Flow)

Track case/ticket progress with SGSN vendor

Update Issues Tracker

Obtain Fix/Fault Correction as part of a new correction package

Review Fault Correction description, Vendor test report, Impact details, etc.

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Ericsson 3G SGSN Lab Buildout

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Ericsson 2G SGSN Lab Buildout

2009A/CP03 Development Work MKVI 3G Conversion ALU Iu-ps & 3G Pooling Pooled Environment Support

2G
Integration

2G
Development

2G Pool
Development

WTC3ERCGS03

WTC3ERCGS04

SGSN 4 will be converted from a MKIV 2G node to a MKVI 3G node to support the Iu-PS/IP for ALU RAN project.

WTC3ERCGS05

E/// BSC 4

E/// BSC 7

WTC3ERCGS06
SIE BSC 1 SIE BSC 3

SIE BSC 2 E/// BSC 3

SIE BSC 4 E/// BSC 6

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Load/Stress Testing
The Regional Packet Core team is in the process of implementing Spirent Load Generation equipment in the Lab. The LTE integration is the priority and integration for 2G and 3G Ericsson SGSN testing will follow. The current Spirent platform supports Iu/IP and Iu/ATM support will be available beginning in June 2010 with the exact Lab integration schedule TBD.

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Ericsson SGSN Roadmap Overview

SGSN MME Roadmap Technical Roadmap

Release Plan

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SGSN-MME Roadmap Overview

2010
SGSN-MME 2010B
Increased throughput Network requested 2ndary PDP context activation SGSN pool move with session continuity Enhanced ARP SGSN-MME Interworking IPv4-v6 over Gn Mk VI+ hardware platform IPv6 transport (MME) SMS over SGs CS Fallback

2011
SGSN-MME 2011A
Network requested 2ndary PDP HLR QoS Override M2M: Restoration procedures Ue Trace Streaming Selective Service Request Handling Indirect LTE packet forwarding (S1) HSS initiated modifications of MME VLR Rel 8 interfaces S3, S4, S12, S6d, S16 Location Services: CellId over SLg HSS/S6a on IPv6 transport Idle-mode signaling reduction

2011
SGSN-MME 2011B
Mk VIII Hardware platform up to 10M SAU 20-30 Gbps (Iu/IP) ETWS Support MBMS for LTE Ethernet Jumbo Frames EUL up to 12 Mbps

2010A

2010B 2010
Q2 Q3 Q4

2011A

2011B

2009
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1

2011
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Released
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Ready for Contract

Indicative

Candidate

Releases (GA dates)

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SGSN-MME 2011A
Key Common SGSN-MME Functionality
MkVIII HW Generation, in LTE/3G Dual Access configuration supporting up to: 10 MSAU 20-30 Gbps (Iu/IP) Note: Release period not yet determined Automatic transfer of spooled CDRs Improved location based services Optimization for M2M stationary devices EBM additional trigger events UE Trace streaming

SGSN
Network requested 2ndary PDP: HLR QoS override M2M: Restoration Procedures Selective Service Request Handling Object Manager (OBM): adding Gb/FR domain

2009B

2010A

2010B

2011A

2011B

2009
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

2010
Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

2011
Q3 Q4

GA date

GA date, Indicative release status GA date, Candidate release status

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Reference Materials

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Reference Materials
The following SOLAR link has the reference material listed below: http://solar.edc.cingular.net/livelink/livelink?func=ll&objid=15564987&objAction=brows e&sort=name 2009A Architecture 2009A Characteristics 2009A Hardware AT&T Q1 2010 SGSN-MME Roadmap Ericsson SGSN 2-009A CP03 Lab Report National SGSN Report Network Overview PDC Tool Report SGSN Total Node Count

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Inter-SGSN Call Flow

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PDP Activation Call Flow

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Attach Call Flow

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3G Direct Tunnel Concept

Direct connect between RNC and GGSN

Two Tunnels (Iu+Gn)

Iu

Gn SGSN GGSN Iu-Up Gi

RNC
Iu-Cp

3G Direct Tunnel tunnel

Legend : GTP User plane GTP signaling RANAP signaling