EPC Signaling
Analysis – Bearer
Activation Procedure
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References
3GPP 23.401: GPRS enhancements for E-UTRAN
access
3GPP 24.301: NAS protocol for EPS
3GPP 29.274: GTPCv2
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Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
Describe the bearer activation procedure
Understand the key information elements in the
messages
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Dedicated Bearer Activation
The purpose of activating a dedicated bearer is to
set up a bearer with special QoS and traffic flow
template (TFT) between the UE and the EPC to meet
the requirements of a service (such as the video,
voice, etc.).
Activation of a dedicated bearer is performed by the
network side, specially with the PCRF.
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Dedicated Bearer Activation Flow
UE eNodeB MME Serving GW PDN GW PCRF
1. IP-CAN Session
(A)
Modification
2. Create Bearer Request
3. Create Bearer Request
4. Bearer Setup Request/
Session Management Request
5. RRC Connection Reconfiguration
6. RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete
7. Bearer Setup Response
8. Direct Transfer
9. Session Management Response
10. Create Bearer Response
11. Create Bearer Response
12. IP-CAN Session
Modification
(B)
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Traces for Dedicated Bearer
Activation
S11Trace
S1 Trace
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Traces for Dedicated Bearer
Activation
MME Trace
Step 3, SGW MME
Step 4, decoded NAS
Step 4, MME eNodeB
Step 7, eNodeB MME
Step 9, eNodeB MME, NAS
Step 9, decoded message
Step 10, MME SGW
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Step 2&3
Create Bearer Request
Key parameter:
Message type
TEID
Linked bearer ID (LBI)
Bearer context
Create bearer request
eNodeB MME S-GW P-GW
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Step 2&3:
Create Bearer Request
Message from S-GW to MME
Linked bearer ID
Bearer context
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Step 2&3
Create Bearer Request
Key parameters for bearer context:
EPS bearer ID
Traffic flow template (TFT)
Full qualified TEID (F-TEID) for S1-U interface user
plane
Full qualified TEID (F-TEID) for S5/S8 interface user
plane
Bearer level QoS
Create bearer request
eNodeB MME S-GW P-GW
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Step 2&3:
Create Bearer Request
IE description
Bearer ID
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Step 2&3:
Create Bearer Request
IE description
TFT
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Step 2&3:
Create Bearer Request
IE description
S1-U F-TEID & S5/S8 TEID
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Step 2&3:
Create Bearer Request
IE description
Bearer level QoS
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Step 4
Bearer Setup Request
Key parameters for S1AP message
Message Type
MME-UE S1AP ID NAS S1-AP
SCTP
Session Management Bearer setup
eNodeB-UE S1AP ID Header
Request request
List of bearers to be setup
NAS message
Bearer setup request
eNodeB MME S-GW P-GW
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Step 4:
Bearer Setup Request
S1-AP message
NAS was ciphered and encapsulated in
S1-AP message sent to eNodeB
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Step 4:
Bearer Setup Request
Bearer list in the S1-AP message
QoS info
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Step 4
Bearer Setup Request
Key parameters for NAS message
Bearer ID
Message type NAS S1-AP
SCTP
Session Management Bearer setup
Linked bearer ID Header
Request request
QoS information
Bearer setup request
eNodeB MME S-GW P-GW
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Step 4:
Bearer Setup Request
NAS message
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Step 7
Bearer Setup Response
Key parameters
Message type
Bearer ID
eNodeB GTP-U IP address
eNodeB GTP-U TEID
Bearer setup response
eNodeB MME S-GW P-GW
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Step 7:
Bearer Setup Response
Bearer setup response
Message type
Bearer ID
IP address & TEID for eNodeB
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Step 9
Session Management Response
Key parameters
Message type
Bearer ID
Session management response
eNodeB MME S-GW P-GW
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Step 9:
Session Management Response
It’s a NAS message
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Step 10
Create Bearer Response
Key parameters for bearer context:
Message type
TEID and sequence number
Cause, which is accepted
Bearer context group information
User location information
Create bearer response
eNodeB MME S-GW P-GW
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Step 10:
Create Bearer Response
Create Bearer Response
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Step 10:
Create Bearer Response
IE description
Bearer context
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Step 10:
Create Bearer Response
Information Description
User location information
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Summary
Dedicated bearer activation is initiated by PCRF, if
dynamic PCC is deployed.
The NAS session management request message is
encapsulated in the S1-AP bearer setup request
message.
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