Presentation Slides
Permission to use with attribution to
‘5G Americas’ is granted.
“We are still in the early stages and VoNR will
continue to develop and evolve along with the
evolution of 5G and beyond.”
Chris Pearson, President, 5G Americas
“We often forget that the mobile computer we carry
around in our pockets is still referred to as a ‘phone.’
Wireless networks were first designed for voice, and it
remains a critical real-time application today. Building a
network that can adapt is crucial in managing reliable,
high-quality and robust mobile voice services.”
David Krauss, Principal of Network
Architecture at Ciena
Figure shows the general
call flow of EPSFB
Voice service and emergency
service in a 5G EN-DC
Early stage 5G SA device with
multiple VoLTE options
Voice indication Video Emergency RTT (Real-time Text)
in RRC indication in indication in RRC Call Accessibility
Connection RRC Connection
Request Connection Request
Request
SPS SSAC Multiple DRBs Flow based QoS
per PDU
Standard VoNR 5QI-1 DRB 5QI-5 DRB VoNR Capability C-DRX
device features Bit
IFHO (Inter- Service-based PSHO (IRAT HO) RoHC
Frequency HO) IFHO
RRC Re- Short RLC SN PDCP SN TTI Bundling (slot
establishment aggregation)
TDD FDD HO Xn-based HO 3GPP non-3GPP 5G E911 Location
HO
Limited Service Emergency Always-On PDU
RRC
Example of 5G Use Case
High Level Architecture of VoLTE versus VoNR
High level architecture of EPS Fallback for Single Registration mode devices using the N26 interface
High level system architecture to support SBA
Feature Name Protocol Layer Purpose VoNR plan
Voice, video, emergency indication in RRC
RRC Call setup success rate optimization R15
Connection Request
SSAC RRC Call setup success rate optimization R15
Paging priority NGAP Call setup success rate optimization R15
Flow based QoS, GBR, PBR, LCP, DRB combinations MAC Basic function R15
SM signaling NGAP Basic function R15
SPS MAC Power/overhead optimization R15
C-DRX MAC Power optimization R15
TTI Bundling (slot aggregation) PHY Coverage optimization R15
Short RLC SN RLC Coverage/overhead optimization R15
RoHC PDCP Coverage/overhead optimization R15
Reliability and spectral efficiency
ECN UP and IMS R15
optimization
Reliability and spectral efficiency
High-level features that will
MAC CE based rate adaption MAC R15
optimization
Power, voice quality and coverage
support the enablement of
UE reporting air interface delay budget adjustment RRC R15
optimization
SRVCC to UTRAN System Mobility optimization R16
VoNR or EPSFB MDT for MMTel RRC Network optimization R16
VoPS NAS Terminal Voice Capability Detection R15
P-CSCF Discovery and Transportation Selection & Sharing of Proxy Server
NAS R15
details
Paging Policy Differentiation for IMS NGAP Call setup success rate optimization R15
EMC/EMF Selection NAS Emergency Call handling mode R15
T-ADS for IMS Voice SBI/DIAMETER Domain Selection for Terminating call R15
UE capability match request NGAP Terminal Capability against RAN R15
IRAT to LTE with RWR (Release w Redirect) GPTV2/NGAP Mobility from NR to LTE R15
IRAT HO to LTE (aka. PS HO) GTPV2/NGAP Mobility from NR to LTE R15
Always-ON PDU Session for IMS NAS Call Setup SR & Optimization R15
Emergency Service Fallback Procedure (TS 23.502)
Method UE-based UE-assisted, LMF- NG-RAN node SUPL
based assisted
A-GNSS Yes Yes No Yes
Note1, Note 2
OTDOA No Yes No Yes
Supported
Note 4
E-CID No Yes Yes Yes for E-UTRA
Sensor Yes Yes No No
versions of UE WLAN
Bluetooth
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
positioning
Note 5
TBS Yes Yes No Yes (MBS)
DL-TDOA Yes Yes No Yes
methods (TS DL-AoD
Multi-RTT
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
38.305) NR E-CID No Yes Yes Yes (DL NR E-
CID)
UL-TDOA No No Yes Yes
UL-AoA No No Yes Yes
NOTE 1: This includes TBS positioning based on PRS signals.
NOTE 2: In this version of the specification only OTDOA based on LTE signals is supported.
NOTE 3: Void
NOTE 4: This includes Cell-ID for NR method.
NOTE 5: In this version of the specification only for TBS positioning based on MBS signals.
NOTE 6: Void
UE gNB AMF SMF UPF PCF UDM P-CSCF I/SCSCF
5G MM context has been established (UE registered with 5GCN); NAS Signaling Connection is established
PDU session setup request from UE
for IMS DNN
SMF selection by AMF
SMF - Policy session setup with PCF
UPF selection by AMF
PDU session setup accepted
IMS signaling
Sample Call Flow for VoNR
Bearer
session establishment
Successful procedure for PDU Session Establishment setup would be followed by IMS REGISTRATION (not shown)
IMS Voice Session setup Flow
SIP INVITE
18x
QFI-1 bearer setup as part of resource reservation
18x
IMS Voice Bearer IMS Voice Bearer
(dedicated) (dedicated)
IMS Voice Session setup completion
Call flow depicting EPS fallback
Conclusion from NGMN study on EPS FB performance
VPMN routing with Local
Breakout
4G/5G/IMS roaming
architecture
