1、 ETSI TR 122 951 V14.0.0 (2017-03) Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM); Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; Service aspects and requirements for network sharing (3GPP TR 22.951 version 14.0.0 Release 14) TECHNICAL REPORT ETSI ETSI TR 122 951 V14.0.0 (2017-
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12、nt. Foreword The present document may refer to technical specifications or reports using their 3GPP identities, UMTS identities or GSM identities. These should be interpreted as being references to the corresponding ETSI deliverables. The cross reference between GSM, UMTS, 3GPP and ETSI identities c
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14、 provisions). “must“ and “must not“ are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation. ETSI ETSI TR 122 951 V14.0.0 (2017-03)33GPP TR 22.951 version 14.0.0 Release 14Contents Intellectual Property Rights 2g3Foreword . 2g3Modal verbs terminology 2g3Foreword . 4g3Introduction 4g
15、31 Scope 5g32 References 5g33 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 5g33.1 Definitions 5g33.2 Symbols 6g33.3 Abbreviations . 6g34 General Aspects 6g35 Network Sharing Scenarios 6g35.1 Scenario1: Multiple core networks sharing common radio access network in R99 . 7g35.1.1 Limitations 7g35.2 Scenar
16、io 2: Geographically split networks sharing 7g35.3 Scenario 3: Common Network Sharing 8g35.4 Scenario 4: Common spectrum network sharing 8g35.5 Scenario 5: Multiple radio access networks sharing common core network 9g36 Network Identities and User Classification 10g37 User Requirements . 10g37.1 Net
17、work selection . 10g37.2 Network name display 10g37.3 UE requirements . 10g38 Network requirements 11g39 Mobility Requirements . 11g39.1 Service continuity . 11g39.2 Handover 11g39.3 Roaming . 11g310 Security Requirements . 12g311 Charging Requirements 12g312 Conclusions 12g312.1 Impacts on 3GPP Spe
18、cifications 12g3Annex A (informative): Examples of network sharing realisations . xg3A.1 Advanced Geographical split with seamless national roaming 13g3A.1.1 Functionalities needed 14g3A.2 Common shared spectrum scenario 14g3A.2.1 Functionalities needed 15g3Annex B (informative): Change history . 19
19、g3History 20g3ETSI ETSI TR 122 951 V14.0.0 (2017-03)43GPP TR 22.951 version 14.0.0 Release 14Foreword This Technical Report (TR) has been produced by ETSI 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). The contents of the present document are subject to continuing work within the TSG and may change foll
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22、ument. Introduction Network sharing is becoming more and more popular as a means to provide coverage quickly and in a cost efficient way. The high price paid for the license in some countries as well as mergers, acquisitions have raised recently high interest in this topic. For these reasons 3GPP ha
23、s decided to investigate what shortcomings currently in the technical specifications may prevent a standardized approach to the deployment of shared networks. This TR is aimed to describe a wide variety of possible network sharing and highlight the expected user experience for each of the scenarios.
24、 Charging aspects, terminal aspects and security are also investigated. The purpose of this technical report is to collate in a single document the requirements, considerations and deployment scenarios that operators as well as users need to see fulfilled for a successful use of a shared network. Pa
25、rticular attention has been given in making possible the avoidance of proprietary solutions particularly for what concerns the terminals. Furthermore, the concepts discussed in this report may be applied to sharing a GERAN and UTRAN infrastructure, in this sense the interest in network sharing tools
26、 extends to the vast majority of the existing GSM operators who intend to deploy a UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network layer to complement the existing GSM/GPRS coverage. ETSI ETSI TR 122 951 V14.0.0 (2017-03)53GPP TR 22.951 version 14.0.0 Release 141 Scope In the current dynamic market place, as
27、a result of partnerships, acquisitions, creative agreements among operators and so on, the need for tools that enable various degrees of network sharing is becoming more and more important. When GSM and then UMTS were specified, the possibility of sharing part or all of the network by two or more se
28、parated commercial entities was not considered and as a result the standards lack some functionalities that enable the realisation of such commercial agreements. GSM was designed under the principle “one operator, one radio access network“. The GSM network has some possibilities of infrastructure sh
29、aring, but it does not support true radio access network sharing. The initial design of 3GPP system has followed the same principle. This technical report is aimed to capture the service and user requirements that must be fulfilled by the 3GPP system in order to enable network sharing in a standardi
30、sed way. Section 5 describes various Network sharing includes various scenarios e.g. spanning from common radio access network connected to multiple core networks toor multiple radio access networks sharing one core network. Section 6 contains a summary of the user classification and network identit
31、ies. In section 7 the user requirements are described, while section 8 deals with the network operator requirements. Section 9 describes the mobility requirements in a shared network. The rest of the document is covering security (section 10) and charging (section 11). Some conclusions can be found
32、in section 12 and an annex with examples of practical realisation of network sharing is provided. 2 References The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present document. References are either specific (identified by date of public
33、ation, edition number, version number, etc.) or non-specific. For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply. For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to
34、 the latest version of that document in the same Release as the present document. 1 3GPP TR 21.905: “Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications “. 3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations 3.1 Definitions Core Network Operator: Operator that offers core network services. Iu-flex: Routing functionality for in
35、tra domain connection of RAN nodes to multiple CN nodes. Radio Access Network Operator: Operator that offers radio access to one or more core network operators. RAN sharing: Two or more CN operators share the same RAN, i.e. a RAN node (RNC or BSC) is connected to multiple CN nodes (SGSNs and MSC/VLR
36、s) belonging to different CN operators. Roaming: The ability for a user to function in a serving network different from the home network. The serving network could be a shared network operated by two or more network operator. Shared Network: When two or more network operator sharing network elements
37、. ETSI ETSI TR 122 951 V14.0.0 (2017-03)63GPP TR 22.951 version 14.0.0 Release 143.2 Symbols 3.3 Abbreviations For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply: 4 General Aspects 5 Network Sharing Scenarios Sharing networks and network infrastructure has become a very impo
38、rtant part of 3GPP systems. There are many network-sharing scenarios possible depending on different operator strategies but also on rules and legislation in different countries. 3GPP systems are originally not fully designed for network sharing between different operators however some limited suppo
39、rt exists in the 3GPP Release 99.The equivalent PLMN feature in Release 99 allows operators to share a common UTRAN, with certain parts of the core networks also shared between the operators, see Figure 1. CommonCore Network 1 + 2UTRANOperator BCore Network 2Operator ACore Network 1Figure 1: Two ope
40、rators sharing the same UTRAN. To make this work, parts of the core network need to shared as well. Important to note here is that this network-sharing scenario allows operators without a UMTS license to share the network and supply its customers with 3G services. For example, a 2G operator may supp
41、ly its subscribers with 3G services using another operators allocated spectrum. A geographically split network, i.e. a scenario in which cooperating operators cover different parts of a country, is also possible in Release 99. One operators core network may also be connected to several UTRANs, see F
42、igure 1. Different kinds of evolution paths are essential for shared networks. For example, it is not only the sharing solution at a certain time that is important, but also how it is possible for the sharing partners to evolve either to a more dedicated network or to a more joint network. That is,
43、the set of infrastructure sharing solutions and scenarios that is discussed in the industry cover alternatives that together include: - solution alternatives targeting at dedicated networks in the near future, - solutions for infrastructure sharing not targeting at immediate exit, but at exit when f
44、or example the network capacity demand so requires, - infrastracture sharing targeting at long term sharing, which for example is the case when one of the operators lacks a frequency license. Although these network-sharing scenarios are possible in Release 99 of 3GPP systems, the solutions are far f
45、rom optimised. Identifying, changing, and adding appropriate functionality in the network will definitely lead to a better shared-network operation. ETSI ETSI TR 122 951 V14.0.0 (2017-03)73GPP TR 22.951 version 14.0.0 Release 145.1 Scenario1: Multiple core networks sharing common radio access networ
46、k in R99 For operators that have multiple frequency allocations it is possible to share the RAN elements, but not to share the radio frequencies. In this case the operators connect directly to their own dedicated carrier layer in the shared RNC in the shared RAN. This solution is possible with 3GPP
47、Release 99 and is illustrated below in Figure 2 for the case when two operators have one license each. Frequency oneFrequency twoShared RNCFrequency oneFrequency twoShared Node BMNConeMNCtwoOperator oneOperator twoFigure 2: The figure illustrates how it is possible to within the 3GPP Release 99 fram
48、ework have dedicated carrier layers in the RAN for multiple operator. The operators transmit their own mobile network code (MNC) on their dedicated carrier 5.1.1 Limitations FFS 5.2 Scenario 2: Geographically split networks sharing In this scenario, two (or more) operators with individual 3G license
49、s will with their respective radio access networks cover different parts of a country but together provide coverage of the entire country. This scenario can be divided into following cases: 1) When two (or more operators) employ national roaming for the users, which implies that only one core network will be associated with each radio access network. Care is obviously needed when coverage regions overlap, which makes this a valid shared-networks scenario. This case is shown in Figure 3. 2) The operators can have their individual core networks connected to both radi
