Path to 5G: A Control Plane Perspective

Authors

  • Erik Guttman Chairman of 3GPP TSG-SA, Samsung Electronics, Germany
  • Irfan Ali Senior 5G architect at Cisco Systems, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/jicts2245-800X.616

Keywords:

3GPP, Telecommunications Core Networks, Control Signalling

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of some specific control plane functionality that has developed in the 3GPP architecture, from GPRS to EPC and now the 5G core network. Innovations of the 5G control plane are considered in the areas of selecting and maintaining the control plane topology, as well as the handling of state within the network.

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Author Biographies

Erik Guttman, Chairman of 3GPP TSG-SA, Samsung Electronics, Germany

Erik Guttman, employed by Samsung Electronics, has been actively involved in networking and telecommunications standardization for over 20 years. He currently serves as the 3GPP Service and System Aspects Technical Specification Group Chairman. Preceding this, he held the position of 3GPP System Architecture working group for two terms. He has also chaired and actively contributed to numerous IETF working groups including SVRLOC (Service Location Protocol) and ZEROCONF (Zero Configuration Networking). Erik’s background includes leading research and product development projects that introduced emerging network application and system functions to operating environments. Erik developed frameworks and tools for distributed installation, testing and deployment. Erik served Chief Technical Officers as system architect and requirements researcher. Erik obtained a BA in Philosophy and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley and a MS in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Irfan Ali, Senior 5G architect at Cisco Systems, USA

Irfan Ali is an experienced engineer and researcher in telecommunications and networking. He is a technical expert on 5G, LTE, IoT and IMS systems through contributing to standards and as a systems engineer in leading cellular infrastructure companies. He has worked in the wireless industry for the past two decades in various roles for Motorola, Nokia and NTT Docomo. Currently, he is a senior 5G architect at Cisco Systems and represents Cisco in 3GPP for 5G standards. He has published several papers, a book and has been awarded more than twenty patents. He has also taught graduate level courses at Istanbul Technical University and Bosphorus University in Turkey. Irfan holds a Ph.D in Computer Engineering and a Masters in Computer & Electrical Engineering.

References

3GPP TS 23.060, “General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); Service description; Stage 2”.

3GPP TS 23.401, “General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) enhancements for Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) access”.

3GPP TS 23.501, “System Architecture for the 5G System”.

3GPP TS 23.214, “Architecture enhancements for control and user plane separation of EPC nodes”.

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Published

2018-05-25

How to Cite

Guttman, E. ., & Ali, I. . (2018). Path to 5G: A Control Plane Perspective. Journal of ICT Standardization, 6(1-2), 87–100. https://doi.org/10.13052/jicts2245-800X.616

Issue

2018: Vol 6 Iss 1-2

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