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Iu (IuPS and IuCS) Interface Features

  • Fully integrated standards compliant stack components
  • Distributed architecture support
  • Well-defined APIs for third party application development
  • Flexible API invocation mechanisms
  • Integrated Stack Manager
  • Extensive Layer Management features for initialization, provisioning, statistics collection, error reporting and tracing
  • Modular and easy to customize
  • Reference Implementation available on Vx Works based CPCI platform
  • Portable to a wide range of operating environments
Ports
  • Solaris
  • VxWorks
  • Windows 2000
  • Other ports such as Linux etc., can also be provided within 3-4 weeks

Conformance to AAPE™ (Advanced Architecture for Protocol Engineering)

  • Modularity
    • Layered architecture
    • Stack data structures are hidden from the outside world
    • Compile time exclusion of functionality
  • Multiple configuration options – multi-tasking/single-thread and message-based/functional interface
  • Porting effort restricted to modules involving operating system interface; error handling/reporting, external interfaces
  • Customization of task architecture, custom event handlers and communication between modules
  • Statistics collection and reporting
  • Debugging support with extensive tracing

Component Functionality

  • GMM/SM
    • Encoding and decoding of protocol messages
    • Full GMM/SM implementation available as an option
  • RANAP
    • ASN.1 decoding of protocol messages into structure based API buffer for the User application
    • ASN.1 encoding of received API buffer into protocol message
    • Parsing of incoming protocol messages and support for error indication procedure
    • Iu signaling connection management
    • Enhanced implementation for Reset, Reset Resource and Overload procedures
  • SCCP
    • Data transfer through connectionless service
    • Data transfer through connection-oriented service
    • Management services for signaling point and subsystem status management
  • MTP3-B
    • Discrimination and distribution for point-to-point link
    • Load sharing
    • Changeover/back between link sets
  • SCTP
    • Support for
      • Ordered and unordered delivery
      • Multiple network paths
    • Congestion avoidance and control
    • Bundling
    • Segmentation and re-assembly
  • M3UA
    • IPSP to IPSP communication
    • Address translation and mapping
    • SCTP stream mapping and congestion control
    • Seamless network management interworking
  • SAAL-NNI
    • SSCF-NNI and SSCOP functionality
    • SAAL connection management
    • Link status and remote processor status management

Conformance to Standards

  • GMM,SM: 3GPP TS 24.008 V 3.4.1, release 1999
  • RANAP: 3GPP TS 25.413 V 3.5.0, release 1999
  • SCCP: Q.711 - Q.714, 1996, ETS 300 009 1996, T1.112 1996, GR 246
  • MTP3-B: ITU-T Q. 2210, 1996
  • SSCF-NNI: ITU-T Q.2140
  • SSCOP: ITU-T Q.2110
  • M3UA: Version 5
  • SCTP: RFC 2960
  • ALCAP: Q.2630.1 & Q.2150.1 & Q.2150.2
  • GTP-U: 3G TS 29.060 Version 3.5.0 Release 1999

 

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Iu (IuPS and IuCS) Deliverables

  • Source Code for Iu (IuPS and IuCS) interface containing:
    • Core Stack Build
    • OS Wrappers: Solaris, VxWorks and Windows
    • Simulators for RNC
  • User and API documentation Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement Documents (PICS)
  • Release Notes
  • Reference Acceptance Test Plan using Test Simulators
  • Warranty and Optional Annual Support Plans
  • Training and on-site consultancy
  • Turnkey integration and porting services

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Last updated : March 9, 2006

 

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