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Who & How: Making 5G NR Standards

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10/11/2019

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Basics of Telecom Offline Charging

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07/01/2019

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06/26/2019

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SK Telecom 5G MEC Deployment Architecture

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SK Telecom/SK Broadband's 5G and 10 Gigabit Internet Ecosystem

11/05/2019

5G, Gigabit Internet, SK Telecom

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10/11/2019

5G, IoT, SK Telecom

5G NSA Option 3a/3x - Generic Operation

10/11/2019

Integration of multi-RAT access

09/20/2019

4G LTE, 5G

Control and User Plane Separation (CUPS)

09/20/2019

4G LTE, 5G

KT 5G Network Architecture: 5G Core, 5G RAN and 5G Edge Cloud

06/13/2019

5G, C-RAN/Fronthaul, CDN, IPTV, IoT, KT, LTE, SDN/NFV


NEW COMMENTS	VIEW ALL

Great explanation Netmanias

05/26/2020

Great explanation Netmanias!!!!!!!!

05/26/2020

Is there any criteria where TFT filters IP packet like you mention SDF having set up rules 5 tuples? Can you plea...

05/25/2020

The source port and destination port used between router and DHCP server must be 67 in both direction.

05/22/2020

If the plain NAS message contains registration accept then does all the message should be encrypted(including the mes...

05/21/2020

I'm wondering whether from MME perspective UE considered attached after UE context update and before LUR completed.

05/20/2020

Hi, We notice S10 and S8 have different SRVCC call for the same drive route and time .S10 has higher number of SRVCC...

05/20/2020

can anybody tell which spec having TFT related information? Plaese give me the spec number.

05/17/2020

isn't the DHCP offer and Ack unicast ???

05/15/2020

Nice Explanation , inter-rat handover is missing but X2 handover is east to understand through this document.. Thanks...

05/15/2020

Hi, thanks for the great explanation ! is it possible to establish both the default and dedicated bearers during t...

05/14/2020

Very Good Article. Thank you for sharing

05/13/2020

Very Good Article. Thank you for sharing

05/13/2020

There's a small Typo in the below message : The MME sends the UE a TAU Accept message, as integrity-protected...

05/10/2020

Thank you Netmanias! Great Work ! I have a small query. In the shown diagrams "ECGI" value is been removed from PGW...

05/10/2020

Hi, As a bearer can have multiple SDFs in it if the QoS of all the SDF is diffferent how we will be deciding the be...

05/06/2020

Hi, Where we can find the complete detail and call flow of eSRVCC?

05/05/2020

Hi Netmanias, Thanks for the nice articles covering great details on each topic. I have a query, Let's say that T...

05/03/2020

a power failure, power surges, a non-original charger, etc. The master of the -----service center will find out the...

04/30/2020

When the UE is turned on, it establishes a PDN connection with a default APN. In this test for VoLTE call setup, the...

04/30/2020


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KOREA ICT RESEARCH REPORT

Open vs. Proprietary 5G Fronthaul Interface: SK Telecom Case

Published: January 11, 2018

Table of Contents

• Abbreviations

• [SK Telecom PR] SK Telecom’s fronthaul technology for 5G adopted as Korean national standard

• RAN architecture: 4G RAN – Problem statements

• RAN architecture: 5G RAN

• 5G RAN architecture: High-layer split (F1) and low layer split (RoE, eCPRI)

• Lower layer function split: Radio over Ethernet vs. eCPRI

• Open 5G fronthaul interface: IEEE 1914, xRAN and Telecom Infra Project (TIP)

• SK Telecom 5G RAN architecture: Open fronthaul interface

• SK Telecom 5G RAN architecture: High-layer split (F1) and low layer split (Fx) (1)

• SK Telecom 5G RAN architecture: High-layer split (F1) and low layer split (Fx) (2)

• Comparison between IEEE RoE (D3.0) and SK Telecom open F/H interface specification (1)

• Comparison between IEEE RoE (D3.0) and SK Telecom open F/H interface specification (2)

• Comparison between IEEE RoE (D3.0) and SK Telecom open F/H interface specification (3)

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25	LTE IP Address Allocation Schemes II: A Case for Two Cities
24	LTE IP Address Allocation Schemes I: Basic
23	LTE Charging I: Offline
22	LTE Policy and Charging Control (PCC)
21	EMM Procedure 10 & 11. Move to Another City and Attach
20	EMM Procedure 8 & 9. Handover and Cell Reselection with TAU
19	EMM Procedure 7. Cell Reselection without TAU
18	EMM Procedure 6. Handover without TAU - Part 3. S1 Handover
17	EMM Procedure 6. Handover without TAU - Part 2. X2 Handover
16	EMM Procedure 6. Handover without TAU - Part 1. Overview of LTE Handover
15	EMM Procedure 5. Periodic TAU
14	EMM Procedure 4. Service Request
13	EMM Procedure 3. S1 Release
12	EMM Procedure 2. Detach
11	EMM Procedure 1. Initial Attach - Part 2. Call Flow of Initial Attach
10	EMM Procedure 1. Initial Attach - Part 1. Cases of Initial Attach
9	Eleven EMM Cases in an EMM Scenario
8	LTE EMM and ECM States
7	LTE QoS: SDF and EPS Bearer QoS
6	LTE Identification III: EPS Session/Bearer Identifiers
5	LTE Identification II: NE and Location Identifiers
4	LTE Identification I: UE and ME Identifiers
3	LTE Security II: NAS and AS Security
2	LTE Security I: Concept and Authentication
1	LTE Network Architecture: Basic

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