Prerequisites | Participants must have basic knowledge of mobile telecommunication network |
| and technologies, especially in CS and PS core of the GSM/GPRS |
| and UMTS/HSPA networks |
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Target groups | Participant from all areas who wish to get an overview of the EPC network: |
| Telecom engineers and technicians, general managers, project managers, |
| customer managers |
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Duration | 4.0 days |
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Course content | EPS Overview |
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- Evolution history of the 2G and 3G networks
- Standardization regarding LTE
- EPS network architecture and nodes
- FDD and TD-LTE Air Interface basics
- LTE Advanced in 3GPP Rel.10
EPC the Evolved Core Network
- Core Network Architecture and its Evolution
- EPC Network Nodes
- Pool concept for MME and S-GW
- EPC Network Interfaces
- EPC Protocols
- Roaming Architecture
Mobility and Connection Management in EPS
- Mobility Areas
- LTE-UE Identifications
- Terminologies for Mobility and Connection Management
- Mobility and Connection states
- The EPS bearer concept
- EPS Procedures and signaling
- EPS Authentication and Key Agreement
Interworking with other Radio Access Technologies
- Interworking with 3GPP Access Networks
- Interface for interworking between E-UTRAN and GERAN/UTRAN
- CS Domain interworking – Voice Call Continuity and CS Fallback
- Interworking with Non-3GPP access
IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
- Multimedia over IP using SIP
- IMS architecture and basic traffic cases
- IMS relation to EPS
Policy and Charging Control (PCC)
- What is Policy and Charging Control?
- PCC architecture
- The PCRF and PCEF
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