Abbreviations

Interface: Abis / GERAN

O M MM CC SS SMS GMM SM SNDCP Codec

RR LLC

BTSM RLC

MAC

LAPD PCU TRAU

Physical Layer

Interface: Gb / GERAN

GMM SM SMS SNDCP

LLC

BSSGP

Network Service

FR UDP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: lub / UTRAN

NBAP ALCAP MM SM CC PDCP Codec

RRC

STC RLC

MAC

SSCF-UNI SSCF-UNI FP

SSCOP SCTP SSCOP AAL2 UDP

AAL5 IP AAL5 IP

ATM L2 ATM L2

Physical Layer

Interface: lur / UTRAN

RNSAP ALCAP MM SM CC PDCD Codec

RRC

SCCP STC RLC

MTP3-B M3UA MTP3-B M3UA MAC

SSCF-NNI SCTP SSCF-NNI SCTP FP

SSCOP IP SSCOP IP AAL2 UDP

AAL5 AAL5 IP

ATM L2 ATM L2

Physical Layer

Interface: luCS / UTRAN

MM CC SS ALCAP Codec

RANAP Iu UP

SCCP STC

M3UA MTP3-B

SSCF-NNI AAL2 RTP/RTCP

SCTP SSCOP UDP

IP AAL5 IP

L2 ATM L2

Physical Layer

Interface: luPS / UTRAN

GMM SM Iu UP

RANAP

SCCP

MTP3-B M3UA GTP-U

SSCF-NNI SCTP UDP

SSCOP IP IP

AAL5 AAL5

ATM L2 ATM L2

Physical Layer

Interface: Wa, Wd, Wg / WLAN

DIAMETER RADIUS

UDP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: X2 / E-UTRAN

X2-AP GTP-U

SCTP UDP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: S1 / E-UTRAN

S1-AP GTP-U

SCTP UDP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: S4, S5 / EPC

GTP-C GTP-U

UDP

IP

L2

Physical LAyER

Interface: Gi, SGi / PS Core

TCP UDP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: Nc / CS Core

BICC

STC

M3UA MTP3

M2UA

SCTP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: MM1, MM3 / MMSC

HTTP

TCP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: SS7, PSTN / Fixed Network

ISUP INAP

TCAP

SCCP

MTP3

MTP2

MTP1

Physical Layer

Interface: SIGTRAN / Fixed Network

ISUP INAP

TCAP

SCCP SUA

M3UA MTP3

M2UA M2PA

SCTP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: Nb / CS Core

Codec

Nb UP

RTCP RTP AAL2

UDP

IP ATM

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: Wm / WLAN

DIAMETER

UDP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: R4, R6 / WiMAX

ASN CRTL IP

UDP GRE

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: Mc / CS Core

H.248/MEGACO

TCP UDP SCTP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: IuBC / CBC

SABP

TCP

IP

AAL5

ATM L2

Physical Layer

Interface: S6a, S13 / EPC

DIAMETER

SCTP TCP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: R3, R5 / WiMAX

CSN CRTL RADIUS IP

UDP TCP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: S3, S10, S11 / EPC

GTP-C

UDP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: Gn, Gp / PS Core

GTP-C GTP-U

UDP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: Mp, Mn / IMS

H.248/MEGACO

TCP UDP SCTP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: MM4 / MMSC

SMTP

TCP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: MM7 / MMSC

SMTP HTTP

TCP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: S12 / EPC

GTP-U

UDP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: Dx, Dh, Sh, Cx / IMS

DIAMETER

TCP SCTP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: Gm, ISC, Mg, Mi, Mj, Mr, Mw / IMS

SIP / SDP

UDP TCP SCTP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: Gc, Gd, Ge, Gf, Gr / PS Core

MAP

TCAP

SCCP

MTP3 M3UA

MTP2 M2UA

SCTP

MTP1 IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: E / CS Core

ISUP MAP

TCAP

SCCP

MTP3 M3UA MTP3

MTP2 M2UA M2UA MTP2

SCTP

MTP1 IP MTP1

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: A / GERAN

MM CC SS SMS Codec

BSSAP

SCCP

MTP3

MTP2

MTP1

Physical Layer

Interface: SIP / Fixed Network

SIP / SDP

UDP TCP SCTP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: Mb / IMS

TCP UDP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Protocol Stacks Legend

Server

Switch

Register / Database

User Plane or User and Control Plane

Control Plane

Router

Gateway

AAA Admission, Authorization and Accounting

AAL2 ATM Adaptation Layer 2

AAL5 ATM Adaptation Layer 5

ALCAP Access Link Control Application Protocol

AN Access Network

AP Application Part

AS Application Server

ASN GW Access Service Network Gateway

ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode

BGCF Breakout Gateway Control Function

BICC Bearer Independent Carrier Control

BS Base Station

BSC Base Station Controller

BSS Base Station Subsystem

BSSAP Base Station Subsystem Application Part

BSSGP Base Station Subsystem GPRS Protocol

BTS Base Transceiver Station

BTSM Base Transceiver Station Management

CAMEL Customized Application for Mobile (Network) Enhanced Logic

CBC Cell Broadcast Center

CC Call Control

CGF Charging Gateway Functionality

CRTL Control

CS Circuit Switched

CSN Connectivity Service Network

EIR Equipment Identity Register

eNB E-UTRAN NodeB

EPC Evolved Packet Core

E-UTRAN Evolved UTRAN

FP Frame Protocol

FR Frame Relays

GERAN GSM EDGE Radio Access Network

GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node

GMLC Gateway Mobile Location Center

GMM GPRS Mobility Management

GMSC Gateway Mobile Switching Controller

GMSCS Gateway Mobile Switching Controller Server

GPRS General Packet Radio Service

GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation

GRX GPRS Roaming Exchange

GSM Global System for Mobile Communications

GTP GPRS Tunneling Protocol

GTP-C GPRS Tunneling Protocol, Control Plane

GTP-U GPRS Tunneling Protocol, User Plane

GW Gateway

HLR Home Location Register

HSS Home Subscriber Server

HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

I-CSCF Interrogating Call Session Control Function

IMS IP Multimedia Subsystem

IMS-GW IP Multimedia Subsystem – Media Gateway Function

INAP Intelligent Network Application Part

IP Internet Protocol

ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network

ISUP ISDN User Part

L2 Layer 2 (data link layer)

LAN Local Area Network

LAPD Link Access Procedure for the D-Channel

LE Local Exchange

LLC Logical Link Control

LTE Long Term Evolution

M2PA MTP2 User Peer-to-Peer Adaptation Layer

M2UA MTP2 User Adaptation Layer

M3UA MTP Layer 3 User Adaptation Layer

MAC Medium Access Control

MAP Mobile Application Part

MGCF Media Gateway Control Function

MGW Media Gateway

MM Mobility Management

MME Mobile Management Entity

MMS Multimedia Message Service

MMSC Multimedia Message Service Center

MRFC Multimedia Resource Function Controller

MRFP Multimedia Resource Function Processor

MS Mobile Station

MSC Mobile Switching Center

MSS Mobile Switching System

MTP Message Transfer Part

MTP3-B Message Transfer Part, Layer 3, Broadband

NBAP Node B Application Part

NNI Network Node Interface

O & M Operation and Maintenance

P-AAA Proxy AAA

P-CSCF Proxy Call Session Control Function

PCU Packet Control Unit

PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol

PDG Packet Data Gateway

PDN Packet Data Network

P-GW PDN Gateway

PS Packet Switched

PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network

RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service

RANAP Radio Access Network Application Part

RLC Radio Link Control

RNC Radio Network Controller

RNS Radio Network Subsystem

RNSAP Radio Network Subsystem Application Part

RR Radio Resources

RRC Radio Resource Control

RTCP Real-Time Control Protocol

RTP Real-Time Transport Protocol

SABP Service Area Broadcast Protocol

SAE System Archtecture Evolution

SBC Session Boarder Controller

SCCP Signaling Connection Control Part

SCF Service Control Function

S-CSCF Serving Call Session Control Function

SCTP Stream Control Transmission Protcol

SDP Session Description Protocol

SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node

SGW Signaling Gateway

S-GW Serving Gateway

SIP Session Initiated Protocol

SLF Subscription Locator Function

SM Session Management

SMS Short Message Service

SM-SC Short Message Service Center

SMS-IW Short Message Service Interworking

SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SNDCP Sub-Network Dependent Convergence Protocol

SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol

SS Supplementary Services

SSCF Service Specific Co-ordination Function

SSCOP Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol

SSW Soft Switch

STC Signaling Transport Converter

SUA Signaling Connection Control Part User Adaptation Layer

TCAP Transaction Capabilities Application Part

TCP Transmission Control Protocol

TRAU Transcoder and Rate Adapter Unit

TX Transit Exchange

UDP User Datagram Protocol

UE User Equipment

UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

UNI User-Network Interface

UP User Plane

UP-PDU User Plane – Packet Data Unit

UTRAN Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network

VASP Value Added Service Provider

VLR Visitor Location Register

WAG WLAN Access Gateway

WAP GW Wireless Application Protocol Gateway

WiMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

WLAN Wireless LAN

Interface: Ga / PS Core

GTP‘

UDP TCP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: Wi, Wn, Wp / WLAN

TCP UDP

IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: Gs / PS Core

BSSAP+

SCCP

MTP3 M3UA

MTP2 M2UA

SCTP

MTP1 IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: C, D, F / CS Core

MAP

TCAP

SCCP

MTP3 M3UA

MTP2 M2UA

SCTP

MTP1 IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: MM5 / MMSC

MAP

TCAP

SCCP

MTP3 M3UA

MTP2 M2UA

SCTP

MTP1 IP

L2

Physical Layer

Interface: ISDN / Fixed Network

ISDN

LAPD

Physical Layer

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