ETSI TS 123 228 V15.2.0 (2018-07)

Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM); Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS); Stage 2 (3GPP TS 23.228 version 15.2.0 Release 15)

ETSI TS 123 228 V15.2.0 (2018-07)

Name:ETSI TS 123 228 V15.2.0 (2018-07)   Standard name:Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM); Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS); Stage 2 (3GPP TS 23.228 version 15.2.0 Release 15)
Standard number:ETSI TS 123 228 V15.2.0 (2018-07)   language:English language
Release Date:25-Jul-2018   technical committee:3GPP SA 2 - Architecture
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ETSI TS 123 228 V15.2.0 (2018-07)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM);
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS);
LTE;
IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS);
Stage 2
(3GPP TS 23.228 version 15.2.0 Release 15)

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 15
1 Scope . 16
2 References . 16
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 20
3.1 Definitions . 20
3.2 Symbols . 22
3.3 Abbreviations . 23
4 IP multimedia subsystem concepts . 24
4.0 General . 24
4.1 Relationship to CS domain and the IP-Connectivity Access Network . 25
4.2 IMS services concepts . 26
4.2.1 Home-network based services . 26
4.2.1.1 Support of CAMEL or IN . 26
4.2.1.2 Support of OSA . 26
4.2.1.3 Dynamic services interactions handling . 26
4.2.1.3.1 Service information exchanged between Application Servers . 26
4.2.1.3.2 Handling by the Application Server . 26
4.2.1.3.3 Deletion of services interaction information . 26
4.2.2 Support of numbers in non-international format in the IMS . 26
4.2.3 Support of roaming users . 27
4.2.4 IP multimedia Subsystem Service Control Interface (ISC) . 29
4.2.4a HSS to service platform Interface . 31
4.2.4b S-CSCF Service Control Model . 33
4.2.4c I-CSCF to AS reference point (Ma) . 34
4.2.5 The QoS requirements for an IM CN subsystem session. 35
4.2.6 QoS Requirements for IM CN subsystem signalling . 36
4.2.7 Support of SIP forking . 37
4.2.7.1 SIP Forking . 37
4.2.7.2 Forking within and outside the IM CN Subsystem . 37
4.2.7.3 Support for forked requests . 38
4.3 Naming and addressing concepts . 38
4.3.1 Address management . 38
4.3.2 Void . 38
4.3.3 Identification of users . 38
4.3.3.0 General . 38
4.3.3.1 Private User Identities . 38
4.3.3.2 Public User Identities . 39
4.3.3.2a Globally Routable User Agent URI (GRUU) . 40
4.3.3.2a.1 Architecture Requirements . 40
4.3.3.2b Wildcarded Public User Identity . 41
4.3.3.3 Routing of SIP signalling within the IP multimedia subsystem . 41
4.3.3.3a Handling of dialled number formats . 42
4.3.3.3b Termination of session with the TEL URI format Public User Identity . 42
4.3.3.4 Relationship of Private and Public User Identities . 42
4.3.3.5 Relationship of Public User Identities, GRUUs, and UEs . 43
4.3.4 Identification of network nodes . 44
4.3.5 E.164 address to SIP URI resolution in an IM CN subsystem . 44
4.3.5.1 ENUM/DNS translation mechanism . 44
4.3.5.2 Handling of Tel URIs . 44
4.3.5.3 Handling of SIP URIs representing a telephone number . 44
4.3.6 Public Service Identities . 45
4.4 Signalling concepts. 45
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4.5 Mobility related concepts . 46
4.6 Roles of Session Control Functions . 46
4.6.0 General . 46
4.6.1 Proxy-CSCF . 46
4.6.2 Interrogating-CSCF . 47
4.6.2.0 General . 47
4.6.2.1 Void. 48
4.6.3 Serving-CSCF . 48
4.6.4 Breakout Gateway Control Function . 50
4.6.5 Void . 51
4.7 Multimedia Resource Function . 51
4.7a Media Resource Broker . 52
4.8 Security Concepts . 52
4.9 Charging Concepts . 52
4.10 IMS group management concepts . 52
4.10.0 General . 52
4.10.1 IMS group administration . 52
4.10.2 Group identifiers . 53
4.11 Relationship to 3GPP Generic User Profile (GUP) . 53
4.12 Network Address Translation traversal in access network . 53
4.13 Identification of IMS communication Services . 53
4.13.1 General . 53
4.13.2 Identification of IMS communication Services . 53
4.13.3 Identification of IMS applications . 55
4.14 Border Control concepts . 56
4.15 IMS in transit network scenarios . 57
4.15.1 General concepts . 57
4.15.2 IMS transit network configurations . 57
4.15.3 Providing IMS application services in transit network scenarios . 57
4.15a Roaming Architecture for Voice over IMS with Local Breakout . 58
4.15b Roaming Architecture for Voice over IMS with home routed traffic . 59
4.16 Support of multimedia telephony . 59
4.16.1 Telephony Application Server . 59
4.16.2 Identification of multimedia telephony . 59
4.16.3 Session setup principles . 60
4.17 Support of short message service . 60
4.17.1 IP Short Message Gateway (IP-SM-GW) . 60
4.18 Support of Number portability . 60
4.18.1 Number portability . 60
4.19 Support of Preferred Circuit Carrier Access and Per Call Circuit Carrier Selection . 61
4.19.1 Preferred Circuit Carrier Access and Per Call Circuit Carrier Selection . 61
4.20 Support of IMS Service Centralization and Continuity . 61
4.21 Support of Overlap Signalling . 61
4.22 Support of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) . 62
4.22.1 General . 62
4.22.2 CS GERAN/UTRAN Interworking at MGCF/IM-MGW . 62
4.22.3 Interworking with non-ECN IP network and/or terminal at IBCF/TrGW . 63
4.22.4 Interworking with non-3GPP ECN IP terminal at IBCF/TrGW . 63
4.22.5 ECN support at IMS-ALG/IMS-AGW . 63
4.22.6 ECN support at MRFC/MRFP . 64
4.22.7 CS GERAN/UTRAN Interworking at the MSC Server enhanced for ICS/MSC Server enhanced for
SRVCC with SIP/CS-MGW . 64
4.23 Support of Load Balancing . 64
4.23.1 General . 64
4.23.2 Registration-based load balancing of S-CSCFs . 64
4.23.3 Registration independent load balancing of Transit Functions . 65
4.24 Support of Restoration Procedures . 65
4.25 Support of Overload Control . 65
4.25.1 General . 65
4.25.2 Next-hop monitoring of overload . 65
4.25.3 Filter based Overload Control . 66
4.26 Support for Business Trunking . 66
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5 IP multimedia subsystem procedures . 66
5.0 General . 66
5.0a Session-unrelated procedures . 67
5.1 CSCF related procedures . 67
5.1.0 Establishing IP-Connectivity Access Network bearer for IM CN Subsystem Related Signalling . 67
5.1.1 Procedures related to Proxy-CSCF discovery . 67
5.1.1.0 General . 67
5.1.1.1 DHCP/DNS procedure for P-CSCF discovery . 67
5.1.1.2 Void. 68
5.1.2 Procedures related to Serving-CSCF assignment . 68
5.1.2.1 Assigning a Serving-CSCF for a user . 68
5.1.2.2 Cancelling the Serving-CSCF assignment . 69
5.1.2.3 Void. 69
5.1.3 Procedures related to Interrogating-CSCF . 69
5.1.4 Procedures related to Proxy-CSCF . 70
5.1.5 Subscription Updating Procedures . 70
5.1.5.0 General . 70
5.1.5.1 Subscription updating information flow . 70
5.2 Application level registration procedures . 70
5.2.0 General . 70
5.2.1 Requirements considered for registration . 70
5.2.1a Implicit Registration . 71
5.2.1a.0 General . 71
5.2.1a.1 Implicit Registration for UE without ISIM or IMC . 73
5.2.2 Registration flows . 73
5.2.2.1 Requirements to consider for registration . 73
5.2.2.2 Assumptions . 73
5.2.2.3 Registration information flow – User not registered . 74
5.2.2.4 Re-Registration information flow – User currently registered . 75
5.2.2.5 Stored information. . 77
5.3 Application level de-registration procedures . 78
5.3.1 Mobile initiated de-registration. 78
5.3.2 Network initiated de-registration . 79
5.3.2.0 General . 79
5.3.2.1 Network Initiated Application (SIP) De-registration, Registration Timeout . 80
5.3.2.2 Network Initiated Application (SIP) De-registration, Administrative. 80
5.3.2.2.0 General . 80
5.3.2.2.1 Network Initiated De-registration by HSS, administrative . 81
5.3.2.2.2 Network Initiated De-registration by Service Platform . 81
5.4 Procedures for IP multi-media sessions . 83
5.4.0 General . 83
5.4.1 Bearer interworking concepts . 83
5.4.2 Interworking with Internet . 83
5.4.2a IP version inter
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