Introduction of LTE and AAA Diameter

Although 3G technologies deliver significantly higher bit rates than 2G technologies, there is still a great opportunity for ireless service providers to concentrate on the demand for ! ireless broadband"# There is an increasing opportunity from a gro ing number of consumers and business professionals ho are demanding the same e$perience and applications that they en%oy on a fi$ed ire line connection over ireless & any here, any content, stationary or mobile# The solution is LTE, '3G(( Long Term Evolution), the ne$t*generation net or+ beyond 3G# In addition to enabling fi$ed to mobile migrations of Internet applications such as ,oice over I( ',oI(), video streaming, music do nloading, mobile T, and many others, LTE net or+s ill also provide the capacity to support in demand for connectivity from a ne generation of consumer devices adapted to those ne mobile applications# DIA-ETE. protocol is an e$tension of .ADI/0 hich is intended to provide an Authentication, Authori1ation and Accounting 'AAA) frame or+ for applications such as 2et or+ access or I(*mobility#

Unified AAA solution Architecture in LTE

AAA Diameter is the preferred solution over its counterpart .ADI/0 protocol and is being idely adopted in ith orld mar+ets today# 3ecause of potential advantages of AAA diameter over .ADI/0 and e$tensive features to cater the 3G(( old releases and ne LTE specifications along ith other system li+e I-0, AAA diameter is recommended in the LTE specification as an unified solutions#

AAA for 3GPP System Access

The 3G(( AAA server is located ithin the 3G(( 4(L-2 '4ome (ublic Land -obile 2et or+s)# It performs the AAA functions and may also act as an AAA pro$y server# 5or 6LA2 3G(( I( Access it provides authori1ation, policy enforcement and routing information to the (DG, 6AG and 6LA2 A2# 5or charging, the 3G(( AAA 0erver7

Generates and reports charging8accounting information to the 9D5# (erforms offline charging control for the 6LA2 A2# (erforms .ADI/0 to Diameter and vice versa protocol conversion hen necessary#

AAA for Non-3GPP System Access

The 3G(( 0AE 'Third Generation (artnership (ro%ect 0ystem Architecture Evolution) related specifications are almost completely defined e$cept for some detailed specifications# Among them is the (D2 G6 '(ac+et Data 2et or+ Gate ay) selection for non*3G(( I( 'Internet (rotocol) access# At present, the (D2 G6 selection function interacts ith the 3G(( AAA 'Authentication, Authori1ation and Accounting) server or the 3G(( AAA pro$y and uses subscriber information provided by the 400 '4ome 0ubscriber 0erver) to the 3G(( AAA server# During the initial authori1ation, (D2 G6 selection information for each of the subscribed (D2s is returned to the non*3G(( access system# The (D2 G6 selection information includes an I( address of a (D2 G6 and an A(2 'Access (oint 2ame)#

Charging & illing for LTE!SAE

-obile net or+s have adopted many technologies during their development including G0-, G(.08EDGE and 69D-A840D(A# -oreover, long*term evolution 'LTE) ill ma+e its debut before long on the global technical stage# The inception of LTE80AE 'system architecture evolution) net or+ architecture ill transform the charging architecture as follo s7 5irstly, the LTE net or+ environment re:uires that operators deploy a net or+ entity to detect and ac:uire service traffic information, and implement charging control by interacting ith the online8offline charging system# 0econdly, LTE80AE architecture supports access for LTE and 2#;G83G net or+s, and also for non 3G(( access mode radio systems such as 6LA2 and 6i-A<# LTE80AE architecture should enable user terminals= net or+ handover processes that are supported by the charging system# The 3G(( 0AE adopts pac+et data net or+ gate ay '(D2*G6) bet een the 0AE core net or+ and the (D2, hich acts as a data control gate ay under different access modes# As a core net or+ central control node, the (D2*G6 is similar to the G(.0 net or+=s GG02 in that it can detect service data flo s and implement traffic collection# The mechanism is connected ith the online8offline charging system through the .o8.f interface# The (D2*G6 forms the anchor for various access modes# It controls connections, disconnections and all access mode s itching# /nified service flo detection and traffic collection through (D2*G6 form the optimum charging solution hen LTE80AE architecture is adopted# >nline charging should prompt its corresponding system to manage charging session handover and the tariff changes that are triggered by mobile access mode s itching#

Unified AAA "nterfaces for LTE!SAE

This section details the common interfaces that are re:uired for AAA diameter to cater the 3G(( and non 3G(( systems7 The #a reference point is defined bet een the untrusted non*3G(( I( access and the 3G(( AAA 0erver or (ro$y, this reference point is optionally used to authenticate and authori1e the /E for the access to the Evolved (ac+et 0ystem 'E(0)# Ta$ The Ta reference point is defined bet een the trusted non*3G(( I( access and the 3G(( AAA 0erver or bet een the trusted non*3G(( I( access and the 3G(( AAA (ro$y# This reference point is used to transport charging*related information and optionally information about I( -obility -ode 0election# #m The 6m reference point is defined bet een the e(DG and the 3G(( AAA 0erver or bet een the trusted non*3G(( I( access and the 3G(( AAA (ro$y# The 6m reference point is used to authenticate and authori1e the /E and to transport (-I(v? related mobility parameters in case the /E attaches to the E(9 via the 2b and 6n reference points# #%$ The 6$ reference point is defined bet een the 3G(( AAA 0erver and the 400# The 6$ reference point is used to authori1e the /E and to transport (-I(v? related mobility parameters in the chained tunnel cases# S&c$ The 0?c reference point is defined bet een the 0erving G6 and the 3G(( AAA (ro$y# The 0?c reference point is used to authori1e the /E and to transport (-I(v? related mobility parameters in the chained tunnel cases# #n$ .eference point bet een e(DG and a untrusted non*3G(( I( Access Gate ay#

Glossary
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