Gsm operates on the mobile communication bands 900 mhz and 1800 mhz in most parts of the world. The first part of the monograph deals with 3gimscapable core network dimensioning aspects such asmultiservice. Gsm gprs core network planning, network dimensioning, optimization, network evolution, evaluation algorithm abstract despite the wide theoretical and technical knowledge about the capabilities of global system for mobile communications gsm elements, there is no specific methodology for designing from scratch either the. Network planning and design originally by richard van slyke, polytechnic university. The course gives a detailed description of postr99 system architectures, their configuration options and additional features. Nov 11, 2016 cablefree planning tools for 4g lte networks cablefree lte base station cablefree offers a complete range of planning tools to support customers using cablefree lte base station, core network and cpe devices, to aid 4g deployments.
A network planning tool shall enable the operator to import the existing network architecture including gsm access and core network elements, gprs ne twork elements, atmip switches, the relevant points of interconnection pois e. This guide is designed for network and system administrators who are installing a new network or who want to create a domainbased network to replace a network that consists of workgroups. The course also covers how to expand the network, techniques to boost capacity, how to lower interference and increase quality in the network. National graduate school of management australian national university ngsm. Core network development department ntt docomo technical journal. This new area of umts network design is studied in the paper. Mobile infrastructure sharing types of network sharing network. Despite the wide theoretical and technical knowledge about the capabilities of global system for mobile communications gsm elements, there is no specific. Core network topology for the 25 per cent scenario. In the us, gsm operates in the bands 850 mhz and 1900 mhz.
Mobile networking concepts and protocols cnt 5517 dr. This part of the training course is rather dedicated to the signaling procedures among the various network elements within the gsm core network and towards outside networks. Nowadays the umts network design related problems are moving to the interconnection of radio network controllers rnc, placement of media gateways mgw and planning of. A gsm network can be planned for average interference instead of worst case interference. Based on the experience of gsm, combined with knowledge of wcdma feature, everyone can be an wcdma rnp expert. The course gives a detailed description of postr99 system. Network switching subsystem nss or gsm core network is the component of a gsm system that carries out call out and mobility management functions for mobile phones roaming on the network of base stations. In section four, the case study carried out in the boston metropolitan area in order to verify the models efficiency is presented. Introduction into mobile core network webex sunday session 24 march 20 2. First and most rapid evaluation of the network elements count and capacity of these elements. Core network gsm gprsbased iu cs pstn msc vlr gmsc hlr changes in the core network. They will also be joined by cable network operators and companies that provide media content, such as microsoft see figure 2. D common network planning software cnps due 052197 poc point of contact mr.
Request pdf core network planning, optimization and forecasting in gsm gprs networks despite the wide theoretical and technical knowledge about the capabilities of global system for mobile. Network and operations planning for telecommunications. Core network planning planning the umts core network consist of gsn gprs service node system design, msc and registers dimensioning, omc dimensioning, core network interface dimensioning. Nowadays, gsm network has been deployed all over the world, including in. Umts implementation planning on gsm network springerlink. Core network planning and optimisation fundamentals of. What is gsm global system for mobile communication. The internet protocol is the most significant integration factor because it is. Lte capacity planning lte network dimensioning lte throughput calculators lte coverage tools. The core network planning process is slightly different from the radio or transmission network planning process. Our complete toolset for planning lte networks includes. The gsm network has four separate parts that work together to function as a whole. All service are carried by different radio bearers radio bearers. Gprs tunnelling protocol is the defining ipbased protocol of the gprs core network.
Course outline network planning processes and work packages. Design and implementation of a practical ftth network. Protect the infrastructure security is the heart of internetworkings future. Cs core pstn internet other ims hss the ims can establish multimedia sessions using ip transport via ps core between ue and internet or another ims ims ip multimedia mgw 3gpp rel. The network planning area is too wide to be covered by a single issue. Finally, we discuss the main points developed in this research as well as the perspectives for future improvements. Core network planning, optimization and forecasting in gsm. Advanced cellular network planning and optimisation presents radio, transmission and core network planning and optimisation aspects for gsm, egprs and wcdma networks with focus on practical aspects of the field.
Advanced cellular network planning and optimisation. To that end, our research has resulted in providing a general framework for core network dimensioning. A concatenation of policy decision function pdf and charging rules function. It is owned and deployed by mobile phone operators and allows mobile devices to communicate with each other and telephones in the wider public switched telephone network pstn. Msc is upgraded to 3g msc sgsn is upgraded to 3g 3gpp rel. In addition, the course focuses on cn design, dimensioning and planning issues, including all relevant internal interfaces and interoperator interconnects. Core network planning lteeps and umts course description the course meets the requirements from experienced professionals, dealing with operational and planning aspects of the mobile core networks. Self organizing network son is a concept where automated. Simplified systematic network planning simplified snp is especially helpful when. Umts network planning workflow pdf created with pdffactory pro trial version huawei technologies co. The core network has several interfaces, which need to be configured and dimensioned. Due to the mobility of the subscribers, the organisational structure must be subdivided into different processing elements. The network design and configuration for a mobile operator also depends on the general characteristics or profile of an operator service portfolio.
Tinnirello sgsn ggsn ps core callsession control using sip session initiating protocol interworking with the pstn may. This paper describes the basic architecture and topology of umts r4 core network and introduces two options in network planning, i. Network planning is new for you or your company and you need a standard process. Gsm is the most widely accepted standard in telecommunications and it is implemented globally. A nextgeneration core network architecture for mobile.
In parallel with the deployment of lte radio access technology to cope with dramatic increases in traffic, ntt docomo is introducing epc as a core network for accommodating lte and other radio access systems. Network planning guidelines frafos abc sbc handbook 4. Mobile network testing solutions rohde schwarz pdf. Core networking engineers, managers, ip engineering, engineers who are in charge of technical planning and operations of 2nd and 3rd generation mobile networks and those who need a broad understanding on the planing and dimensioning system for the core network. Core network planning lteeps and umts meets the requirements from experienced professionals, dealing with operational and planning aspects of the mobile core networks. Capacity planning for the core network is the process of ensuring that sufficient bandwidth is provisioned such that the committed core network servicelevel agreement sla targets of delay, jitter, loss, and availability can be met. The umts world is an 3g mobile system news and information provider. Primarily it is the protocol which allows end users of a gsm or wcdma network to move from place to place while continuing to connect to the internet as if from one location at the gateway gprs support node ggsn. Introduction the concept of self organizing networks son has picked up only after the transition from 3g. Solved what is the role of the core network in the. Due to the mobility of the subscribers, the organisational structure must be. Umts radio network planning focus on the all kinds of bear service, how far and how many. Request pdf core network planning, optimization and forecasting in gsmgprs networks despite the wide theoretical and technical knowledge about the. View table of contents for umts network planning, optimization, and.
In the core network, where link bandwidths are high and traffic is highly aggregated, the sla requirements for a. The gsm network identifies each cell via the cell global identity cgi number assigned to each cell. Lte capacity planning lte network dimensioning lte throughput calculators lte. Huawei confidential page 9 0 3 6 9 1 2 5 8 2 4 7 3 0 3 6 3 9 4 2 5 4 8 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80. Supply chain network planning involves the evaluation of complex tradeoffs among various supply chain components such as suppliers and their capacities, purchasing costs, transportation costs, manufacturing capabilities at different facilities and overall demand satisfaction in a global network while taking longterm business goals into account.
The core network technologies, design, and dimensioning pages. Network planning of third generation 3g and fourth generation 4g mobile systems for enabling ngn services is a very complex process with manydifferent aspects, the result of which influences onthe success of network operators. Core network planning, optimization and forecasting in gsmgprs. Fundamentals of cellular network planning and optimisation. Umts radio network planning huawei northwest africa region rnp solution manage. Network planning tool 16 a local area network is a network that spans a relatively small space and provides services to a small number of people. At initial stage of new rf network automatic frequency planned and then after for optimization based on kpi manual frequency planing done.
It enables coordination within the carrier and with external partners e. Because of this, todays core network architecture resembles what we show in figure 1. This new network is called the next generation network. Core network access network s internet ptsn common ip architecture core ip unified communications voice features.
Experts from each of the domains have brought their experiences under one book making it an essential read for design practitioners. In this article we deal with planning and design of data communication systems. Specification of the strategic network planning tool gsm. Manual on network planning for evolving network architectures. About this presentation goal introduction into 2g3g and 4g core network element in telco technology, particular for nontelco person. Frequency planning steps for gsm posted on 16 january, 20 frequency planning is possible by manually or automatic. This dimensioning is out of the scope of this page, but these are the. Gsm is a circuitswitched system that divides each 200 khz channel into eight 25 khz timeslots. Geographical structures in a mobile communication network gsm is a worldwide standard for mobile communication with an extensive coverage. Radio network planning tools basics, practical examples.
Mathematical models and algorithms for umts, wlans, and ad hoc networks iana siomina department of science and technology link. By the mid2010s, it became a global standard for mobile communications. The government has a need to replace the current defense satellite communications system dscs network planning software dnps. Core network access networks internet ptsn common ip architecture core ip unified communications voice features ecommerce web hosting location services other feature servers network mgt call agent gsmgsm cdmaone umts cdma2000 ofdmofdm mobility.
The interference diversity gain is dependent on the number of hopping frequencies and interference levels from the interfering cells. Early planning helps to create robust network that well serves the needs of its users and make administrators life free of surprises. Network planning and design ada university of otago. Network planning guidelines this section provides you with a list of steps every network administrator shall walk through carefully before deploying an sbcpowered network.
Tinnirello gn iu ps ip backbone internet sgsn auc eir ggsn sgsn gmsc and ggsn remain the same aucis upgraded more security features in 3g. However, a number of aspects are treated in the following articles. The global system for mobile communications gsm is a standard developed by the european telecommunications standards institute etsi to describe the protocols for secondgeneration digital cellular networks used by mobile devices such as mobile phones and tablets. Depending on the number of people that use a local area network, a peertopeer or clientserver method of networking may be used. Cn core network coredesign a component of the core network module. The first part of the research is mainly devoted to core network cn planning aspects for the third. The focus of this project is to provide simple guidelines for gprs6 core network dimensioning and planning. The first article provides a survey of network planning, relating network planning to management financial topics and the technical questions to be treated. Design and implementation of a practical ftth network dheyaa jasim kadhim. Network planning works by the itud technology and network development at the network infrastructure section, under riccardo passerini, are taken into account for this modeling, being the two following documents basic references. In this section, we address two critical design issues. The first article provides a survey of network planning, relating network planning to management financial topics and the technical questions to. Your project is small or a subproject of a larger network plan. Gsm radio network planning and optimization provides a solid understanding of how to design and plan a high quality gsm radio network.
Nomenclature of the network hierarchy of the gsm network model. Cablefree planning tools for 4g lte networks cablefree lte base station cablefree offers a complete range of planning tools to support customers using cablefree lte base station, core network and cpe devices, to aid 4g deployments. Gsm radio network planning and optimization widermind. The worlds most comprehensive professionally edited abbreviations and acronyms database all trademarksservice marks referenced on this site are properties of their respective owners. Core network planning in gsm consists of network elements such as msc, vlr, hlr, ac, and eir. Network planning processes note network demand management consultation working group 4 28 april 2005 3. Mobile networking evolution increasing service coverage challenges higher carrier frequency, higher data rates etc network optimization important operators want to take everything out from existing networks. Comprehensive coverage of umts 3g news, licensing, business developments, 3g wcdma telecommunication technology, multi media mobile phones and future communications. Gsm network structure and network planning contents read.