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MME Administration Guide, StarOS Release 17 ▄

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CONTENTS

About this Guide .............................................................................................. xiii

Conventions Used .................................................................................................................................. xiv

Supported Documents and Resources ...................................................................................................xv

Related Common Documentation ...................................................................................................... xv

Related Product Documentation .................................................................................................... xv

Obtaining Documentation .............................................................................................................. xv

Contacting Customer Support ................................................................................................................ xvi

Mobility Management Entity Overview ........................................................... 17

Product Description ................................................................................................................................ 18

Qualified Platforms ............................................................................................................................. 20

Licenses ............................................................................................................................................. 20

Network Deployment and Interfaces ...................................................................................................... 21

MME in the E-UTRAN/EPC Network ................................................................................................. 21

Supported Logical Network Interfaces (Reference Points) ............................................................ 23

Features and Functionality - Base Software .......................................................................................... 31

3GPP R8 Identity Support .................................................................................................................. 32

ANSI T1.276 Compliance ................................................................................................................... 33

APN Restriction Support .................................................................................................................... 33

Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) ......................................................................................... 34

Backup and Recovery of Key KPI Statistics ...................................................................................... 34

Bulk Statistics Support ....................................................................................................................... 34

Cell Broadcast Center - SBc Interface ............................................................................................... 35

Closed Subscriber Groups ................................................................................................................. 35

Congestion Control ............................................................................................................................. 35

Define Same TAI in Multiple TAI Lists................................................................................................ 36

Emergency Call Release .................................................................................................................... 36

Emergency Session Support .............................................................................................................. 37

EPS Bearer Context Support ............................................................................................................. 37

EPS GTPv2 Support on S11 Interface ............................................................................................... 38

HSS Support Over S6a Interface ....................................................................................................... 38

Inter-MME Handover Support ............................................................................................................ 39

Interworking Support .......................................................................................................................... 40

Interworking with SGSNs ............................................................................................................... 40

Handover Support for S4-SGSNs .................................................................................................. 40

Unoptimized Non-3GPP Handover Support .................................................................................. 41

IPv6 Support ....................................................................................................................................... 42

MME Interfaces Supporting IPv6 Transport................................................................................... 42

Load Balancing ................................................................................................................................... 43

Load Re-balancing ......................................................................................................................... 43

Local Cause Code Mapping ............................................................................................................... 43

Management System Overview ......................................................................................................... 43

MME Pooling ...................................................................................................................................... 45

MME Selection ................................................................................................................................... 46

Mobile Equipment Identity Check ....................................................................................................... 46

Mobility Restriction ............................................................................................................................. 46