GTP: Features

• Protocol Features
  • Path Management
  • Tunnel Management
  • Maintain tunnels between GSN
  • Create/delete/modify PDP contexts
  • Support secondary PDP contexts
  • Plug-in QoS negotiation
  • Interface to DHCP and RADIUS client for dynamic address allocation and authentication
  • Location Management
  • Network-initiated PDP context activation
  • Support for MNRG flag at the GGSN
  • Mobility Management
  • Reliable signal information transfer
  • Backward compatible with GSM Phase 2+ GTP
• Support for lawful Interception at the GGSN
• Detailed statistics collection
• Error checking on protocol messages
• Support for Redundancy
• Portable, system-independent, C code
• Message based interface
• Interface to a charging agent for G-CDR collection
• Debug support with multi-level traces and message dumps
• Separate GTP-C and GTP-U packages for SGSN side and GGSN side
• GTP-U package for RNC side

Conformance to AAPE™

• 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
  
• Debugging support

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Aricent Deliverables

• C source code for GTP-C and GTP-U and GTP
  
• User Manual
  
• API Reference Manual
  
• Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS)
• Warranty and Optional Annual Support Plans
• Training and on-site consultancy
• Turnkey integration and porting services

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Aricent Related Products

• SCCP
• SCTP
• MTP-3b
• M3UA
• SAAL
• MAP
• RANAP
• SS7
• GPRS SGSN/GGSN
• ATM
• BSSAP+

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