ETSI TS 122 105 V15.0.0 (2018-07)

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM);
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS);
LTE;
Services and service capabilities
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
2.1 Normative references . 6
2.2 Informative references . 6
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Definitions . 7
3.2 Abbreviations . 8
4 Framework for the description of telecommunication services and applications. 8
4.1 General . 8
4.2 Basic telecommunication services . 9
4.2.1 Bearer services . 9
4.2.2 Teleservices . 10
4.3 Supplementary services . 10
4.4 Service Capabilities . 10
5 Bearer Services . 11
5.1 Definition of bearer services . 11
5.2 Description of bearer services . 11
5.2.1 Information transfer . 11
5.2.2 Information Quality . 12
5.3 Supported bit rates . 13
5.4 Range of QoS requirements. 14
5.5 Supported End User QoS . 14
5.6 Radio Interface optimisation . 16
5.7 Service Based QoS Control of IP based Services . 17
5.8 QoS control for IP bearer service . 17
5.9 Ability to effectively handle a variety of different types of IP traffic . 17
5.10 IP address support . 18
6 Teleservices . 18
6.1 Definition of teleservices . 18
6.2 Description of teleservices . 18
6.3 Support of teleservices . 18
6.4 Existing Teleservices supported by PLMN . 20
6.4.1 Speech . 20
6.4.2 Emergency Call . 20
6.4.3 Short Message Service - Point to Point (SMS-PP) . 20
6.4.4 Short Message Service - Cell Broadcast (SMS-CB) . 21
6.5 Internet Access . 21
7 Supplementary Services . 21
8 Service Capability features . 21
8.1 Framework service capability features . 22
8.2 Non-Framework service capability features . 22
9 Standardised Protocols and Capabilities . 23
9.1 Access protocols . 23
9.2 Execution Environment . 23
10 Access dependent services and features . 24
11 Certificates . 25
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Annex A (informative): Examples of services built from service capabilities features . 26
Annex B (informative): Description and analysis of communication schemes . 27
B.1 Communication schemes . 27
B.2 QoS related performance requirements for example end user applications . 27
B.2.1 Performance requirements for conversational real-time . 27
B.2.2 Performance requirements for Interactive Services . 28
B.2.3 Performance requirements for streaming services . 29
B.2.4 Performance requirements for Background applications . 30
B.3 Adaptability and bearer service negotiation . 31
Annex C (informative) : Change history . 32
History . 34

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Foreword
This Technical Specification has been produced by the 3GPP.
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1 Scope
Existing systems have largely standardised the complete sets of bearer services, teleservices and supplementary services
which they provide. 3GPP specifications specify service capabilities rather than services, allowing service
differentiation and system continuity. This Technical Specification (TS) describes how and what kind of services the
user has access to.
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 publication, 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 the latest version of that document in the same
Release as the present document.
2.1 Normative references
[1] 3GPP TS 22.001: "Principles of circuit telecommunication services supported by a Public Land
Mobile Network (PLMN)".
[2] 3GPP TS 02.002: "Circuit Bearer services supported by a Public Land Mobile Network
(PLMN)".
[3] 3GPP TS 22.003: "Circuit Teleservices supported by a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN)".
[4] 3GPP TS 22.004: "General on supplementary services".
[5] 3GPP TS 22.038: " SIM toolkit Stage 1".
[6] 3GPP TS 22.057: "Mobile Execution Environment (MExE); Service description; Stage 1".
[7] 3GPP TS 22.060: "General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) stage 1".
[8] 3GPP TS 22.078: "Customised Applications for Mobile network Enhanced Logic (CAMEL);
Service definition - Stage 1".
[9] 3GPP TS 22.101: "Service principles".
[10] Void
[11] 3GPP TS 22.135: "Multicall, stage 1".
[13] 3GPP TS 33.102: "3G Security, Security Architecture".
[14] 3GPP TS 23.107: "QoS Concept and Architecture; Stage 2".
[15] Open Mobile Alliance (OMA): OMA-RD-Parlay_Service_Access-V1_0-20100427-A
[16] 3GPP TS 22.340: "IP Multimedia System (IMS) messaging; Stage 1".

2.2 Informative references
[12] ITU-T Recommendation F.700 (11/2000): "Framework Recommendation for multimedia
services".
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[17] ITU-T Recommendation E.105 (08/1992): "International telephone service"
[18] ITU-T Recommendation E.800 (09/2008): "Definitions of terms related to quality of service"
[19] ITU-T Recommendation G.114 (05/2003): "One-way transmission time"

3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of this TS, the following definitions apply:
Basic telecommunication service : this term is used as a common reference to both bearer services and teleservices.
Bearer service : is a type of telecommunication service that provides the capability of transmission of signals between
access points.
Call : a logical association between several users (this could be connection oriented or connection less).
Connection : is a communication channel between two or more end-points (e.g. terminal, server etc.).
Mobile termination : the mobile termination is the component of the user equipment which supports functions specific
to management of the radio interface (Um).
Multimedia service : Multimedia services are services that handle several types of media. For some services,
synchronisation between the media is necessary (e.g. synchronised audio and video). A multimedia service may involve
multiple parties, multiple connections, and the addition or deletion of resources and users within a single call.
Nomadic Operating Mode : Mode of operation where the terminal is transportable but being operated while stationary
and may in addition require user co-operation (e.g. close to open spaces, antenna setup.).
Quality of Service : the collective effect of service performances which determine the degree of satisfaction of a user
of a service. It is characterised by the combined aspects of performance factors applicable to all services, such as;
service operability performance;
- service accessibility performance;
- service retention performance;
- service integrity performance; and
- other factors specific to each service.
Service Capabilities: Bearers defined by parameters, and/or mechanisms needed to realise services. These are within
networks and under network control.
Service Capability Feature: Functionality offered by service capabilities that are accessible via the standardised
application interface
Services: Services are made up of different service capability features.
Supplementary service : is a service which modifies or supplements a basic telecommunication service. Consequently,
it cannot be offered to a user as a standalone service. It shall be offered together with or in association with a basic
telecommunication service. The same supplementary service may be common to a number of basic telecommunication
services.
Teleservice; is a type of telecommunication service that provides the complete capability, including terminal equipment
functions, for communication between users according to standardised protocols and transmission capabilities
established by agreement between operators.
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3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of this TS, the following abbreviations apply;
BER Bit Error Rate
CAMEL Customised Application for Mobile network Enhanced Logic
DTMF Dual Tone Multiple Frequency
TR Technical Report
TS Technical Specification
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
FAX Facsimile
FER Frame Erasure Rate
GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
GERAN GSM / EDGE Radio Access Network.
HE Home Environment
HSDPA High Speed Downlink Packet Access
IN Intelligent Network
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ITU International Telecommunication Union
LCS Location Services
MExE Mobile Execution Environment
MMI Man Machine Interface
MO Mobile Origination
MT Mobile Termination
PC Personal Computer
PIN Personal Identity Number
PNP Private Numbering Plan
POTS Plain Old Telephony Service
QoS Quality of Service
USIM User Service Identity Module
SMS Short Message Service
SAT SIM Application Toolkit
SN Serving Network
SoLSA Support of Localised Service Area
UE User Equipment
4 Framework for the description of telecommunication
services and applications
4.1 General
Telecommunication services defined by 3GPP specifications are the communication capabilities made available to users
by home environment and serving network. A PLMN provides, in co-operation with other networks, a set of network
capabilities which are defined by standardised protocols and functions and enable telecommunication services to be
offered to users.
A service provision by a HE/SN to a user may cover the whole or only part of the means required to fully support the
service.
The service classification and description which follow are independent of different possible arrangements for the
ownership and provision to the user of the means required to support a service.
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4.2 Basic telecommunication services
Basic telecommunication services are divided in two broad categories;
- bearer services, which are telecommunication services providing the capability of transmission of signals
between access points;
- teleservices, which are telecommunication services providing the complete capability, including terminal
equipment functions, for communication between users according to protocols established by agreement
between network operators.
The communication link between the access points may consist of PLMN, one or more transit networks and a
terminating network. The networks between the two access points typically use different means for bearer control.
Figure 1 illustrates these definitions.
Teleservices
Bearer services
possible
Terminating
PLMN
TE TAF TE
MT
transit
network
network
UE
UE: User Equipment
MT: Mobile Termination
TE:  Terminal Equipment
TAF: Teminal Adaption Function

NOTE 1: In order to limit the complexity of the figure, only one transit network is shown.
NOTE 2: The terminating network type may include a PLMN, either the originating one or another one.
NOTE 3: The bearer service terminates in the user equipment.
NOTE 4: The terminating network may be another network such as: PSTN, ISDN, IP networks/LANs and X.25
Figure 1: Basic telecommunication services supported by a PLMN
4.2.1 Bearer services
The characterisation of a bearer service is made by using a set of characteristics that distinguishes it from other bearer
services. Particular values are assigned to each characteristic when a given bearer service is described and defined.
The service characteristics as they apply at a given reference point where the user accesses the bearer service.
In the general case networks between the two access points use different control mechanisms. In this case the bearer
services of each network throughout the communication link have to be translated at the network interfaces to realize an
end to end bearer service.
A list of definitions of attributes and values used for bearer services is contained in clause 5.
The bearer services are negotiable and can be used flexibly by applications.
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4.2.2 Teleservices
Section 6 defines both standardised and non-standardised teleservices. Some teleservices are standardised because that
interworking with other systems have been recognised as a requirement. Other teleservices will not be standardised. A
decoupling between lower layer (i.e. bearer attributes) and higher layer capabilities will be necessary for the
development of teleservices.
4.3 Supplementary services
A supplementary service modifies or supplements a basic telecommunication service. Consequently, it cannot be
offered to a user as a stand alone service. It shall be offered together or in association with a basic telecommunication
service. The same supplementary service may be applicable to a number of basic telecommunication services.
Two methods are used for the characterisation of supplementary services;
- The first method is used for the description of existing standardised supplementary services. These services are
specified through the detailing of each of the operations involved in service provision and service usage (the
provision/withdrawal, registration/erasure, activation/deactivation, invocation and interrogation operations).
Clause 7 lists these services.
- The second method enables the provision of HE/SN specific supplementary services. To make this possible,
services can be built using service capability features which are accessed via the standardised application
interface.
A PLMN shall be able to handle multiple supplementary services within a call. Interactions shall be handled when
several supplementary services are activated in the same call. When multiple supplementary services can be activated
concurrently, some prioritisation of the services will be necessary. Certain services may override or deactivate other
services.
Interactions between operator specific supplementary services are not defined.
The following issues need consideration when interactions between services occur;
- Different phases of a call.
- A service spanning on more than one network.
- Service interactions that may occur between services offered to a single user, as well as between services offered
to different interacting users.
NOTE: The methods defined for characterisation of services are description methods. They do not imply or
restrict different implementations.
4.4 Service Capabilities
Service capabilities are based on functionality and mechanisms/toolkits such as provided by SAT [5], MExE [6], IN and
CAMEL [8]. These service capabilities can be made visible to the applications through an application interface. See
clause 8 for service capability features.
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5 Bearer Services
5.1 Definition of bearer services
Bearer services provide the capability for information transfer between access points and involve only low layer
functions. These functions are sometimes referred as low layer capabilities (in reference to OSI layers). The user may
choose any set of high layer protocols for his communication and the PLMN does not ascertain compatibility at these
layers between users.
In the general case a communication link between access points provides a general service for information transport.
The communication link may span over different networks such as Internet, Intranets, LANs and ATM based transit
networks, having network specific means for bearer control. Each network contributes to the end-to-end QoS perceived
by the end-user.
PS and CS domains provide a specific set of bearer capabilities. The Circuit bearer services are described in 22.002 [2].
The packet services (GPRS) is described in 3GPP TS 22.060 [7]. Following chapters describe the overall requirements
for both the CS and PS domain bearers and also for the bearers used by teleservices.
5.2 Description of bearer services
Bearer services are characterised by a set of end-to-end characteristics with requirements on QoS. The characteristics
and requirements shall cover major network scenarios, i.e. the cases when the terminating network is PSTN, ISDN, IP
networks/LANs, X.25 and a PLMN.
Quality of Service is the quality of a requested service (Teleservice or Bearer Service or any other service, e.g. customer
care) as perceived by the customer (ITU-T Recommendation E.800 [18]). QoS is always meant end-to-end. Network
Performance of several network elements of the originating and terminating network(s) contribute to the QoS as
perceived by the customer including terminals and terminal attachments. In order to offer the customer a certain QoS
the serving network need to take into account network performance components of their network, reflect the
performance of the terminal and ad sufficient margin for the terminating networks in case network performance
requirements cannot be negotiated.
As far as the QoS to the subscriber is concerned network elements have to provide sufficient performance (reflecting
possible performance constraints in terminating networks) so that the PLMN cannot be considered as a bottleneck.
This section outlines the requirements on bearer services in two main groups;
- Requirements on information transfer, which characterise the networks transfer capabilities for transferring user
data between two or more access points.
- Information quality characteristics, which describe the quality of the user information transferred between two or
more access points.
It shall be possible to negotiate / re negotiate the characteristics of a bearer service at session / connection establishment
and during an on going session / connection.
It shall be possible to allocate a particular QoS to any specific service of the user. The association between services and
QoS can be handled either network based or UE based. In the case of a UE based association it shall be possible to be
programmed by the Home Environment operator into the ME or the USIM. If the association exists in the UE the
specific QoS for the invoked service shall be requested at session / connection establishment.

5.2.1 Information transfer
Connection oriented / connectionless services
Both Connection oriented and connectionless services shall be supported.
Traffic type: It is required that the bearer service provides one of the following:
- guaranteed/constant bit rate,
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- non-guaranteed/dynamically variable bit rate, and
- real time dynamically variable bit rate with a minimum guaranteed bit rate.
Real time and non real time applications shall be supported.
- Real time video, audio and speech shall be supported. This implies the:
- ability to provide a real time stream of guaranteed bit rate, end to end delay and delay variation.
- ability to provide a real time conversational service of guaranteed bit rate, end to end delay and delay variation.
- Non real time interactive and file transfer service shall be supported. This implies the:
- ability to support message transport with differentiation as regards QoS between different users.
- Multimedia applications shall be supported. This implies the:
- ability to support several user flows to/from one user having different traffic types (e.g. real time, non real time)
Traffic characteristics
It shall be possible for an application to specify its traffic requirements to the network by requesting a bearer service
with one of the following configurations
1) Point-to-Point
- Uni-Directional
- Bi-Directional
- Symmetric
- Asymmetric
2) Uni-Directional Point-to-Multipoint
- Multicast
- Broadcast
A multicast topology is one in which sink parties are specified before the connection is established, or by subsequent
operations to add or remove parties from the connection. The source of the connection shall always be aware of all
parties to which the connection travels.
A broadcast topology is one in which the sink parties are not always known to the source. The connection to individual
sink parties is not under the control of the source, but is by request of each sink party.
NOTE: Point-to-multipoint services are not supported by release 99 specifications.
In the case of a mobile termination with several active bearer services simultaneously, it shall be possible for each
bearer service to have independent configurations and source/sink parties.
5.2.2 Information Quality
Information quality a characterises the bit integrity and delay requirements of the applications.
Other parameters may be needed.
Maximum transfer delay
Transfer delay is the time between the request to transfer the information at one access point to its delivery at the other
access point. In clause 5.5 requirements on maximum transfer delay is defined.
Delay variation
The delay variation of the information received information over the bearer has to be controlled to support real-time
services. The possible values for delay variation are not a limited set, but a continuous range of values.
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Bit error ratio
The ratio between incorrect and total transferred information bits. The possible values for Bit error ratio are not a
limited set, but a continuous range of values.
Data rate
The data rate is the amount of data transferred between the two access points in a given period of time.
5.3 Supported bit rates
It shall be possible for one application to specify its traffic requirements to the network by requesting a bearer service
with any of the specified traffic type, traffic characteristics, maximum transfer delay, delay variation, bit error ratios &
data rates. It shall be possible for the network to satisfy these requirements without wasting resources on the radio and
network interfaces due to granularity limitations in bit rates.
It shall be possible for one mobile termination to have several active bearer services simultaneously, each of which
could be connection oriented or connectionless.
The only limiting factor for satisfying application requirements shall be the cumulative bit rate per mobile termination
at a given instant (i.e. when summing the bit rates of one mobile termination’s simultaneous connection oriented and
connectionless traffic, irrespective of the traffic being real time or non real time) in each radio environment:
- At least 144 kbits/s in satellite radio environment (Note 1).
- At least 144 kbits/s in rural outdoor radio environment.
- At least 384 kbits/s in urban/suburban outdoor radio environments.
- Greater than 2 Mbits/s in urban/suburban outdoor radio environments (Note 2 and 3).
- At least 2048 kbits/s in indoor/low range outdoor radio environment. (Note 2)
- Greater than 2 Mbits/s in indoor/low range outdoor radio environment (Note 2 and 3).
NOTE 1: This Peak Bit Rate may only be achieved in a nomadic operating mode.
NOTE 2: Not supported by GERAN.
NOTE 3: Peak instantaneous rate for UTRAN supporting HSDPA.
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5.4 Range of QoS requirements
It shall be possible for one application to specify its QoS requirements to the network by requesting a bearer service
with any of the specified traffic type, traffic characteristics maximum transfer delay, delay variation, bit error ratios &
data rates.
The following table indicates the range of values that shall be supported. These requirements are valid for both
connection and connectionless traffic. It shall be possible for the network to satisfy these requirements without wasting
resources on the radio and network interfaces due to granularity limitations in QoS.

Real Time (Constant Delay) Non Real Time (Variable Delay)

Operating BER/Max Transfer Delay BER/Max Transfer Delay
environment
Satellite Max Transfer Delay less than 400 ms Max Transfer Delay 1200 ms or more
(Terminal (Note 2)
relative speed to
BER 10-3 - 10-7
ground up to (Note 1) BER = 10-5 to 10-8
1000 km/h for
plane)
Rural outdoor
Max Transfer Delay 20 - 300 ms Max Transfer Delay 150 ms or more
(Terminal (Note 2)
relative speed to BER 10-3 - 10-7
ground up to 500
(Note 1) BER = 10-5 to 10-8
km/h) (Note 3)
Urban/ Suburban Max Transfer Delay 20 - 300 ms Max Transfer Delay 150 ms or more
outdoor
(Note 2)
(Terminal BER 10-3 - 10-7
relative speed to (Note 1) BER = 10-5 to 10-8
ground up to 120
km/h)
Indoor/ Low Max Transfer Delay 20 - 300 ms Max Transfer Delay 150 ms or more
range outdoor (Note 2)
(Terminal
BER 10-3 - 10-7
relative speed to (Note 1) BER = 10-5 to 10-8
ground up to 10
km/h)
NOTE 1: There is likely to be a compromise between BER and delay.
NOTE 2: The Max Transfer Delay should be here regarded as the target value for 95% of the data.
NOTE 3: The value of 500 km/h as the maximum speed to be supported in the rural outdoor environment
was selected in order to provide service on high speed vehicles (e.g. trains). This is not meant
to be the typical value for this environment (250 km/h is more typical).

5.5 Supported End User QoS
This section outlines the QoS requirements that shall be provided to the end user / applications and describes them as
requirements between communicating entities (i.e. end to end). The QoS values in the tables represent end to end
performance, including mobile to mobile calls and satellite components. Delay values represent one -way delay (i.e.
from originating entity to terminating entity). The values included in the following tables are commonly accepted values
from an end-user viewpoint [12]. The delay contribution within the mobile network should be kept to minimum since
there may be additional delay contributions from external networks.
Figure 2 below summarises the major groups of application in terms of QoS requirements. Applications and new
applications may be applicable to one more groups. However, there is no strict one-to-one mapping between the groups
of application/service defined in this TS and the traffic classes as defined in TS 23.107 [14]. For instance, an Interactive
application/service can very well use a bearer of the Conversational traffic class if the application/service or the user has
tight requirements on delay.
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Error
Conversational Streaming audio
Voice messaging Fax
tolerant
voice and video and video
E-commerce,
E-mail arrival
Error
Telnet, WWW browsing, FTP, still image,
notification
intolerant interactive games paging
Conversational Interactive Background
Streaming
(delay <<1 sec) (delay approx.1 sec) (delay <10 sec) (delay >10 sec)

Figure 2: Summary of applications in terms of QoS requirements
The following tables further elaborate end user / application QoS requirements.
Table 1: End-user Performance Expectations - Conversational / Real-time Services
Medium Application Degree of Data rate Key performance parameters and target
symmetry values
End-to-end One- Delay Information
way Variation loss
Delay within a
call
Audio Conversational
voice Two-way 4-25 kb/s <150 msec < 1 msec < 3% FER
preferred
<400 msec limit
Note 1
Video Videophone Two-way 32-384 < 150 msec < 1% FER
kb/s preferred
<400 msec limit
Lip-synch : <
100 msec
Data Telemetry Two-way <28.8 < 250 msec N.A
- two-way kb/s Zero
control
Data realtime games Two-way < 60 kb/s < 75 msec N.A < 3% FER
preferred preferred,
Note 2 < 5% FER limit
Note 2
Data Telnet Two-way < 1 KB < 250 msec N.A Zero
(asymmetric)
NOTE 1: The overall one way delay in the mobile network (from UE to PLMN border) is approximately 100msec.
NOTE 2: These values are considered the most demanding ones with respect to delay requirements (e.g.
supporting First Person Shooter games). Other types of games may require higher or lower
data rates and more or less information loss but can tolerate longer end-to-end delay

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Table 2: End-user Performance Expectations - Interactive Services
Medium Application Degree of Data rate Key performance parameters and target
symmetry values
One-way Delay Information
Delay Variation loss
Audio Voice Primarily < 1 sec for < 1 msec
messaging one-way 4-13 kb/s playback  < 3% FER
< 2 sec for
record
Data Web-browsing Primarily one- < 4 sec /page N.A
- HTML way Zero
Data Transaction Two-way < 4 sec N.A
services – high Zero
priority e.g. e-
commerce, ATM
E-mail Primarily < 4 sec N.A Zero
Data (server access) One-way
Table 3: End-user Performance Expectations - Streaming Services
Medium Application Degree of Data rate Key performance parameters and target
symmetry values
Start-up Transport Packet loss at
Delay delay session layer
Variation
Audio  < 10 sec < 2sec < 1% Packet
Speech, mixed Primarily one- 5-128  loss ratio
speech and way kb/s
music, medium
and high quality
music
Video Movie clips, Primarily one- 20-384 < 10 sec <2 sec < 2% Packet
surveillance, way kb/s loss ratio
real-time video
Data Bulk data Primarily one- < 384 < 10 sec N.A Zero
transfer/retrieval way kb/s
, layout and
synchronisation
information
Data Still image Primarily one- < 10 sec N.A Zero
way
5.6 Radio Interface optimisation
The following requirements shall lead the radio interface optimisation process;
- support of high bit rate (around the Peak Bit Rate), bursty, asymmetric, non-real time bearer capabilities;
- support of high bit rate (around the Peak Bit Rate), bursty, asymmetric, real time bearer capabilities;
- the ability to extend or reduce the bandwidth associated with a bearer capability in order to adapt to bit rate or
radio condition variations, and to add or drop service components.
However, the services provided by existing systems (speech in particular) shall be supported in a spectrally efficient
manner (at least as efficiently as included in GSM specifications) for the same quality of service.
In order to allow the support of flexible, bandwidth on demand services, bearer services should be provided with the
finest possible granularity that can be efficiently supported.
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5.7 Service Based QoS Control of IP based Services
Many IP based services and applications will negotiate the resources required in an end to end manner on the
application level. It is essential for the PLMN to provide the capability of ensuring that the resources provided and
charged for shall be in line with that authorized by the service and subscription.
The PLMN
- shall be able to dynamically allocate QoS according to service needs and subscription information.
- shall be able to give differentiated policing for the traffic within an APN. That is, the policing shall be on a p
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