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Common Features
HNB-GW in UMTS Femto Network
The HNB-GW is new in Release 10.0.
With this release, Cisco Systems introduced Home-NodeB Gateway. The Home NodeB Gateway is the HNB network
access concentrator used to connect the Home NodeBs (HNBs)/Femto Access Point (FAP) to access the UMTS network
through HNB Access Network. It aggregates Home Node-B or Femto Access Points to a single network element and
then integrates them into the Mobile Operators Voice, Data and Multimedia networks.
access concentrator used to connect the Home NodeBs (HNBs)/Femto Access Point (FAP) to access the UMTS network
through HNB Access Network. It aggregates Home Node-B or Femto Access Points to a single network element and
then integrates them into the Mobile Operators Voice, Data and Multimedia networks.
Benefits
The HNB-GW service is supported on Cisco‘s industry-leading ASR 5000 platforms, delivering unrivaled throughput,
call transaction rates, and packet processing, along with significant memory resources.
call transaction rates, and packet processing, along with significant memory resources.
In accordance with 3GPP standard, the HNB-GW provides following functions and procedures in UMTS core network:
HNB Registration/De-registration Function
UE Registration/De-registration Function for HNB
Iuh User-plane Management Functions
Iuh User plane Transport Bearer Handling
Iu Link Management Functions
Important:
This is an indicative list of features supported in this release. Kindly contact your local
Cisco representative for more information on supported features.
Description
The Home NodeB Gateway is the HNB access network gateway used to connect the Home NodeBs (HNBs) to access
the existing wireless network. The HNB-GW concentrates connections from a large amount of femtocells (HNBs) using
Iuh interface and terminates the connection to existing Core Networks (CS or PS) using the standard Iu (IuCS or IuPS)
interface.
the existing wireless network. The HNB-GW concentrates connections from a large amount of femtocells (HNBs) using
Iuh interface and terminates the connection to existing Core Networks (CS or PS) using the standard Iu (IuCS or IuPS)
interface.
Femtocell is an important technology and service offering that enables new Home and Enterprise service capabilities for
Mobile Operators and Converged Mobile Operators (xDSL/Cable/FFTH plus Wireless). The Femtocell network consists
of a plug-n-play customer premise device generically called an Home NodeB (HNB) with limited range radio access in
home or Enterprise. The HNB will auto-configure itself with the Operators network and the user can start making voice,
data and multimedia calls.
Mobile Operators and Converged Mobile Operators (xDSL/Cable/FFTH plus Wireless). The Femtocell network consists
of a plug-n-play customer premise device generically called an Home NodeB (HNB) with limited range radio access in
home or Enterprise. The HNB will auto-configure itself with the Operators network and the user can start making voice,
data and multimedia calls.
The figure given describes a high level view of UMTS network with Femtocell and HNB-GW.