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Vodafone Egypt Selects Ericsson for Network Function Virtualization Launch

in News, Ericsson, SGSN, Vodafone, Vodafone Egypt, LTE, MME
Ericsson

Vodafone Egypt has selected Ericsson as its Network Function Virtualization partner and has gone live with the commercial virtual network function. Since October 2016, Ericsson's virtual Serving GPRS Support Node - Mobility Management Entity (SGSN-MME) has been serving and managing commercial mobile broadband traffic on the Vodafone Egypt network.

Nokia Demonstrates 5G-ready Network

in News, 5G, Nokia, LTE, MME, SAE
Nokia

Nokia demonstrates a 5G network running on commercial platforms as part of its showcase at 5G World that will underline the momentum of bringing 5G to commercial reality.

Polaris Networks Announces Cloud based LTE Packet Core for Hosted Service Providers

in press-release, HSS, PCRF, PGW, Polaris Networks, SGW, LTE, MME

Lexington, Massachusetts, April 12, 2013 - Polaris Networks today announced that its NetEPC product, the carrier-grade solution for LTE EPC Packet Core combining the functionalities of the MME, SGW, PGW, HSS and PCRF is now generally available for deployment in a cloud environment. 

ZTE EPC Technology Rated Market Leader

in press-release, SGSN, ZTE, EPC, LTE, MME

14 January 2013, Shenzhen, China– ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices,  continues its leadership in LTE evolved packet core (EPC) technology.

Network Sharing in LTE

in Blog, E-UTRAN, 4G, eNB, LTE, MME

3GPP network sharing architecture allows different core network operators to connect to a shared radio access network.

LCS Architecture for LTE EPS

in Blog, E-SMLC, eNodeB, EPS, GMLC, SMLC, UE, EPC, LTE, MME

3GPP considered 5 architecture alternatives for LCS during study and selected the one explained further according to 3GPP Release 9.

Lawful Interception Architecture for LTE Evolved Packet System

in Blog, EPS, HSS, Lawful Interception, PDN-GW, S-GW, LTE, MME

Lawful Interception is a legally sanctioned official access to private communications.

LTE Handovers - Intra E-UTRAN Handover

in Blog, Handover, Intra, Intra E-UTRAN Handover, SGW, E-UTRAN, eNB, LTE, MME

Intra E-UTRAN Handover is used to hand over a UE from a source eNodeB to a target eNodeB using X2 when the MME is unchanged. In the scenario described here Serving GW is also unchanged.

LTE RAN architecture aspects

in Whitepaper, E-UTRAN, eHNB, LTE, LTE Advanced, MME, S1, X2

Presented by Dino Flore: RAN WG3 Chair, Qualcomm at a recent IMT-Advanced workshop, in Beijing, China

It has following contents

  • EPS architecture