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MME Administration Guide, StarOS Release 16 ▄

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CONTENTS

About this Guide ................................................................................................ xi

Conventions Used ................................................................................................................................... xii

Supported Documents and Resources .................................................................................................. xiii

Related Common Documentation ...................................................................................................... xiii

Related Product Documentation .................................................................................................... xiii

Obtaining Documentation .............................................................................................................. xiii

Contacting Customer Support ................................................................................................................ xiv

Mobility Management Entity Overview ........................................................... 15

Product Description ................................................................................................................................ 16

Qualified Platforms ............................................................................................................................. 18

Licenses ............................................................................................................................................. 18

Network Deployment and Interfaces ...................................................................................................... 19

MME in the E-UTRAN/EPC Network ................................................................................................. 19

Supported Logical Network Interfaces (Reference Points) ............................................................ 21

Features and Functionality - Base Software .......................................................................................... 27

3GPP R8 Identity Support .................................................................................................................. 28

ANSI T1.276 Compliance ................................................................................................................... 29

APN Restriction Support .................................................................................................................... 29

Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) ......................................................................................... 29

Bulk Statistics Support ....................................................................................................................... 30

Closed Subscriber Groups ................................................................................................................. 30

Congestion Control ............................................................................................................................. 30

Emergency Session Support .............................................................................................................. 31

EPS Bearer Context Support ............................................................................................................. 32

EPS GTPv2 Support on S11 Interface ............................................................................................... 32

HSS Support Over S6a Interface ....................................................................................................... 33

Inter-MME Handover Support ............................................................................................................ 34

Interworking Support .......................................................................................................................... 34

Interworking with SGSNs ............................................................................................................... 34

Handover Support for S4-SGSNs .................................................................................................. 35

IPv6 Support ....................................................................................................................................... 35

MME Interfaces Supporting IPv6 Transport................................................................................... 36

Load Balancing ................................................................................................................................... 36

Load Re-balancing ......................................................................................................................... 36

Management System Overview ......................................................................................................... 37

MME Pooling ...................................................................................................................................... 38

MME Selection ................................................................................................................................... 39

Mobile Equipment Identity Check ....................................................................................................... 39

Mobility Restriction ............................................................................................................................. 39

Handover Restriction ..................................................................................................................... 39

Regional Zone Code Restriction .................................................................................................... 39

Multiple PDN Support ......................................................................................................................... 40

NAS Protocol Support ........................................................................................................................ 40

EPS Mobility Management (EMM) ................................................................................................. 40

EPS Session Management (ESM) ................................................................................................. 41