UMTS Core Network Training

Commitment 3 Days, 7-8 hours a day.
Language English
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Delivery Options Instructor-Led Onsite, Online, and Classroom Live

COURSE OVERVIEW

UMTS Core Network Training course covers the details of various functions of the Core Network including Mobility Management, authentication, security, roaming, call and session setup, and the evolution of the UMTS network towards an all-IP-based network. It gives an overview of the evolved core networks in different releases of UMTS from Release 4 to Release 8.

The Core Network hardware configuration is also vendor specific. Network vendors have very extensive documentation on how to design all aspects of the core network starting from the room environmental requirements up to the post-integration system quality audit. The UMTS Core Network Training course covers the details of various functions of the Core Network including Mobility Management, authentication, security, roaming, call and session setup, and the evolution of the UMTS network towards an all-IP-based network.

WHAT'S INCLUDED?
  • 3 days of UMTS Core Network Training with an expert instructor
  • UMTS Core Network Electronic Course Guide
  • Certificate of Completion
  • 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completing this UMTS Core Network Training course, learners will be able to meet these objectives:

  • Understand the purpose of implementing packet switching in the existing GSM system
  • Know how the UMTS architecture looks like
  • Know what the core network looks like in UMTS as well as the architecture.
  • Understand the evolution of the Core Network from GSM/GPRS over UMTS R99 and R4 towards the “All-IP” of R5 and R6
  • Understand the UMTS network infrastructure and components
  • Learn the requirements and operation of a UMTS Core Network, and the fundamentals of the “3G All IP” network
  • Understand CAMEL, MEXE, and their role within the Virtual Home Environment
  • Understand in-depth ATM ( Asynchronous Transfer Mode), AAL structures, and VoIP. and their role within UMTS
  • Learn the new 3G signaling protocols, transport, control, and user planes, etc.
  • Understand how Call transactions are constructed and executed
  • Understand the enabling technologies such as SIP, MEGACO, and IPv6 and the use of these technologies within All-IP Multimedia architecture
  • Become familiar with the network evolution toward 4G
  • Understand how the network can support the implementation of new services, and the impact that these services will have on the network including the security, charging, and quality of service considerations.
CUSTOMIZE IT
  • We can adapt this UMTS Core Network course to your group’s background and work requirements at little to no added cost.
  • If you are familiar with some aspects of this UMTS Core Network course, we can omit or shorten their discussion.
  • We can adjust the emphasis placed on the various topics or build the UMTS Core Network course around the mix of technologies of interest to you (including technologies other than those included in this outline).
  • If your background is nontechnical, we can exclude the more technical topics, include the topics that may be of special interest to you (e.g., as a manager or policy-maker), and present the UMTS Core Network Training course in a manner understandable to lay audiences.
AUDIENCE/TARGET GROUP

The target audience for this UMTS Core Network Training course:

  • All
CLASS PREREQUISITES

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this UMTS Core Network Training course are:

COURSE SYLLABUS

Networks and Protocols Used Today

PSTN, PLMN, and IP networks
ISUP, MAP, SIGTRAN, SCTP, GTP, IuFP and IP
Mobility, Security, Codecs, Transcoders, and QoS

IP Fundamentals

IP architecture
Protocols
Routers, DNS and DHCP
IPv6 vs. IPv4
IP at PDP-context activation
QoS, Signaling, and Transportation in TCP/IP

Voice over IP Architecture

The basic concepts
Softswitch, SIP, MGCP, MEGACO/H.248
The SIP architecture
SIP Server
User Agent
Registrar
The MEGACO architectures
The Media Gateway (MGW)
Media Gateway Controller (MGCF)

UMTS Core Network Training – UMTS Core Network

UMTS architecture
UMTS services
UMTS releases and their goals
UMTS Packet switched the domain
Motivation for All-IP Multimedia Networks
Advanced scenarios in All-IP network – a preview
Mobility management
Authentication and security
Handover
Roaming
Services and related functions
Circuit Switched (CS) services
Packet Switched (PS) services
Quality of Service
Other service aspects
Components, Interfaces, and Protocols
Messaging between the mobile and the Core Network
Interface to Radio Access Network
Interfaces within the CS domain
Interfaces within the PS domain
The interface between the CS and PS domains
Use of SIP and MEGACO in All-IP UMTS
UMTS Core Network configuration

UMTS Release 99 Specifications

GSM/GPRS core network
GSM/GPRS Security, Services, and Quality of Service
UMTS R99 overview
Service aspects, technical realization, signaling protocols, O&M

Release 4 Specifications

Release 4 Architecture
(G)MSC Server and the Media Gateway
MSC and GMSC into Media Gateways and (G)MSC Servers
Vertical and Horizontal Architectures
The BICC architecture
The transcoder-free operation, TrFO
The tandem-free operation, TFO
Signaling traffic cases

Release 5 Specifications

CN Evolution from GSM / GPRS to 3GPP Release 5
IMS Architecture
IMS Functional Entities
CSCF, HSS, MRFC/P, MGW, MGCF, BGCF, SGW, SLF, PDF
Registration SIP signaling procedures in IMS
Session control SIP signaling procedures in IMS

UMTS security architecture

Radio Network and Core Network security
Application security
New threats
Access security in UMTS
Functional security architecture
The first phase (Release 99) security features mutual authentication
Ciphering
Integrity protection
IP security threats
Role of IPsec
The second phase (Release 5) security features
Core network signaling security
Access security to IP multimedia subsystem
Role of PKI in UMTS

Quality of Service and Traffic Engineering

Traffic engineering fundamentals
Intserv
Diffserv
MPLS/GMPLS
ATM Traffic Management
Real-time applications in IP and ATM: AAL2, Q.2630, IPBCP, RTP, and RTCP

Open Services Access – OSA

Virtual Home Environment – VHE
CAMEL
gsmSCF, gsmSSF, gprsSSF, gsmSRF and CAMEL Application Part phase 3
MExE
USAT

Location Services – LCS

GMLC
SMLC
MAP

UMTS Core Network Training – OAM&P

Billing
Billing Mediation
Service Provisioning
Network Management

UMTS Core Network Training – Release 5 and Beyond

IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystem, IMS
Signaling traffic cases including Registration
IMS to IMS, IMS to PSTN, PSTN to IMS session establishments
Application Servers (AS) to provide end-user services using OSA, SIP, or CAMEL
SIP for call control
S-CSCF, I-CSCF, and P-CSCF
BGCF
SLF, MRF, and HSS
MGCF

The architecture of UMTS IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)

Reference Architecture
Interfaces and Protocols
CSCF, HSS, MGCF, and MGW
Addressing
Scenarios in UMTS IMS
Registration
Call origination and termination
Roaming and Handovers
Supplementary Services
Session renegotiation
IPv6 in UMTS IMS
External Services (VHE, OSA)
Service Architecture
Relevant Protocols (SIP+, CAMEL, etc.)
All-IP UTRAN

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