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What are the deployment decisions for choosing bw PMIPv6 and GTP protocols for S5/S8 interfaces?

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S5 interface is in non-roaming LTE core between SGW and PGW. S8 is the same for roaming LTE core nw

posted Jun 25, 2013 by Chandra Javalkar

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I think u have already answered Non Roaming can be S5 which can be GTP or PMIP where as Roaming one will be S8 i.e. PMIP.

answer Jun 25, 2013 by anonymous
I think PMIP is used when UE handedover from 3GPP network to Non-3GPP  network.
Both S5 and S8 can be either PMIP or GTP. Courtesy this link (http://3gpp-n-lte.blogspot.in/2010/02/why-pmip-is-being-used-in-s5s8.html), this is what I understood.Some operators prefer using PMIP throughout their n/w as it facilitates connecting to non-3gpp accesses, whereas some operators want only GTP as their n/w is evolved from UMTS and they dont want too much hassles in managing different transport protocols(my guess). As a result of which, a user roaming between these two will not be supported home-routed traffic, he will only be local-breakout'ed. Therefore to support both home-routed and local breakout, S/PGWs have dual stacks.
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Hi all

Because combined S-GW/P-GW is one node, so do we still need to implement the connection between them?
Is it necessary for core network to implement GTP-based or PMIP based S5/S8 interface if it is combined S-GW/P-GW?

Is there any 3GPP spec mention about combined S-GW/P-GW? what is the cons and reasons to do this?

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while going through 3GPP 23.401, I stopped at PGW functionality. The following statement was written.
"If a UE is accessing multiple PDNs, there may be more than one PDN GW for that UE, however a mix of S5/S8 connectivity and Gn/Gp connectivity is not supported for that UE simultaneously". I couldn't understand it. Can someone please elaborate it.

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CDMA2000 uses Radius for all AAA.
3GPP uses GTP' for accounting in both UMTS and LTE but (afaik) uses Diameter for accounting in IMS.
What is the rationale behind this?

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As per LTE core network architecture, MME shares S11 interface with SGW and SGW has S5/S8 interface with PGW.
I went through Create Session Response message sent by SGW to MME and found PGW-C and PGW-U tunnel ids.
I want to know what MME does with these PGW-C and PGW-U tunnel Ids ?

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Can someone suggest me the below requirements:
1. I want to test S6a interface so what are the best possible testing tools available. Open source are highly preferable
2. I want to test S5/S8 interface so what are the best possible testing tools available. Open source are highly preferable

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