ZXUN CSCF Product Introduction

Course Objective(s)

 Position & Functions

 System Architecture
 Performance Indices
 Highlights and Functions
Position of ZXUN CSCF in IMS Network
ZXUN CSCF is the main
NE of ZTE IMS Core
Network. It
implements the call Parlay Server SIP AS IM-SSF
session control
function. CSCF can
work as the one or
some of the following S-CSCF PSTN
MGCF /PLMN
functionalities /BGCF
according to the HSS
different location and IM-MGW
function:
 P-CSCF (Proxy CSCF) P-CSCF I-CSCF
 I-CSCF (Interrogating
GSN/PDSN Internet
CSCF) /AGW/BGF
 S-CSCF (Serving CSCF)
UMTS
WiMAX
 BGCF (Breakout Gateway /CDMA
... LAN/WiFi

Control Function)
 E-CSCF (Emergency
CSCF)
ZXUN CSCF Functions (P/I-CSCF)
P-CSCF

 Provides IMS service

agent function:
Parlay Server SIP AS IM-SSF
 SIP message routing
 Signaling security
 Session authorization PSTN
S-CSCF MGCF
/BGCF /PLMN
 QoS Policy
HSS
I-CSCF
IM-MGW

 Allocates the S-CSCF of

P-CSCF I-CSCF
home networks (when
registration) GSN/PDSN Internet
/AGW/BGF
 Routing function of
incoming calls to the IMS. UMTS
WiMAX
/CDMA
... LAN/WiFi

 THIG (Topology Hiding

Inter-working Gateway )
ZXUN CSCF Functions (S-CSCF/BGCF)
S-CSCF

S-CSCF is the main serve

Parlay Server SIP AS IM-SSF node, it implements
session control SIP
message routing

PSTN
 user authentication
S-CSCF MGCF
/BGCF /PLMN registration,
HSS  service authorization,
IM-MGW
service trigger, service
routing and charging
P-CSCF I-CSCF

GSN/PDSN Internet
BGCF
/AGW/BGF
Act as the boarder gateway
UMTS
WiMAX of IMS, it choose the correct
/CDMA
... LAN/WiFi
access point towards
PLMN/PSTN for session
route.
ZXUN CSCF Functions (E-CSCF)
From PSAP

LRF
To PSAP via IP
multimedia Network

UE P-CSCF E-CSCF
To PSAP via
PSTN/BGCF/MGCF

From PSAP

S-CSCF

E-CSCF

E-CSCF: NE processing emergency call, which can route user

properly based on user’s access location in case of emergency;
and route the emergent call to corresponding call center.
ZXUN CSCF Related Interfaces

AS

ISC
BGCF
Dx Mj
Mi

SLF
Cx Mg PSTN
/PLMN
MGCF
I/S-CSCF
Mw
HSS
Gq’/Rx
Gm

P-CSCF SPDF/PCRF
UE
Interfaces Description and Protocols
Internetworking Name of the
Protocol Interface Description
NE interface

CSCF ~ HSS Cx Diameter Acquire information between I/S-CSCF & HSS

CSCF ~ SLF Dx Diameter Obtain HSS address for a specified subscriber

CSCF ~ AS ISC SIP IMS service control interface

Transmit the registration, service control,
CSCF ~ UE Gm SIP authentication related flow between UE and
CSCF
CSCF ~ CSCF Mw SIP Signaling transmission between CSCF
MGCF transform ISUP/BICC signaling into SIP,
CSCF ~ MGCF Mg SIP
and forward it to I-CSCF
S-CSCF forwards session to BGCF for the
CSCF ~ BGCF Mi SIP
interworking with PSTN.
Service based policy information exchange
CSCF ~ SPDF Gq’ Diameter
between P-CSCF and SPDF.
Application layer session information exchange
CSCF ~ PCRF Rx Diameter
between P-CSCF and PCRF

CSCF ~ CG Rf Diameter CSCF charging event ACR can be sent to CCF

SIP introduction

Transaction User Layer Service logic

Implementation

Transaction Layer Reliability Mechanism for

SIP Application Layer

Transport Layer Shield the bearer difference

of the bottom layer

Syntax and Encoding

Comprehensive and
flexible extension format

 Defined by IETF(RFC 3261), modified and extended by 3GPP

 Applied among most of the IMS interfaces, UTF8 TXT encoding and adopt
three times hand-shake principle at the application layer (INVITE/200 OK/ACK)
 Function: Implement session routing and connection
Diameter introduction

Diameter Diameter Diameter Diameter  Applied for the HSS

Mobile IP NASREQ 3GPP Other
exterior interfaces
Application Application Application Applications...
and policy control
Diameter CMS interfaces. It can
Diameter Basic Protocol implement the user
Application
profile query and
synchronization,
TLS which include: Cx\Dx
(HSS-CSCF), Sh
(HSS-AS) , Dh, etc.
TCP SCTP  Realize QoS and
charging strategy
interaction and
IP/IP Sec implementation,
which include: Gq (P-
CSCF-PDF), etc.
Course Objective(s)

 Position & Functions

 System Architecture
 Performance Indices
 Highlights and Functions
System Architecture

1 Hardware Architecture

2 Software Architecture
New Generation Platform for ZIMS Series Products
－ ZXV4000
CSCF
ZXV4000 is the new generation unifie
SSS
d all IP platform that designed for ZTE
control and service layer products.
RCP
(RACS/PCC ） It based on ATCA architecture, which
HSS/AAA
fully meet the operators requirement o
f high performance, perfect reliability a
CG nd expansibility.

ZIMS Series Products

 Open and standard architecture: Comply with PICMG3.0 R2.0 and IPMI 1.5
;
 Good expansibility: Support performance expansion, memory expansion an
New Hardw d I/O expansion;
 High availability: Redundancy mechanism, fault tolerance function and trou
are Platform ble management function;
Advantage  Efficiency, lower TCO: Energy saving, highly integrated design, board reus
e, investment protection;
 Easy maintenance: IPMI intelligent management platform, which provide e
quipment management, resource sharing, remote maintenance, system inf
ormation backup, software online upgrade;
Front Panel of ZXUN CSCF
2 Switch Boards
12 Slots for Blades . . . . . . Dual-Star Gigabit
With 6 HP Width Switch Architecture

Height: 13U

3 Fan units with

smart speed
control

2 Frame management
modules
Single-Frame Configuration of CSCF
 Switching board. It enables information exchange among th
e boards within the frame.
 Fixed one pair of board.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

I I I I I I G G I I I I
O
G G G G G G S S G G G G
M
S S S S S S W W S S S S
U
U U U U U U U U U U U U

 Service Processing Board  Work as

 1+1 active/standby mode OMM ser
ver
 Dual to the abundant IMS service, the board quantity depen
ds on the combination load of the following service: voice +
 Fixed one
video + IM + presence + conference +…+ Multimedia data s board
ervice
 IP message distribution processing board
 The quantity depends on the message volume of SIP & Diameter
 1+1 active/standby mode
System Architecture

1 Hardware Architecture

2 Software Architecture
ZXUN CSCF Software Architecture

System control Sub-system Operation & Maintenance Sub-system

Database Sub-system
Service Sub-system

Signalling Sub-system

Bearer Sub-system Microcode Sub-system

Operation system Sub-system

BSP Drive Sub-system

Hardware Platform
ZXUN CSCF Software Sub-system

Sub-system Name Function Description

BSP Drive Sub-system BSP drive sub-system can provide bootstrap and drive for the whole
system hardware, the detail functions are in three aspects: Boot
function, CPU mini system function and hardware equipment drive
function.
Operation System Sub-system it can shield all the equipments drive interfaces to subscriber
process, and provide single processor based process schedule,
timer, memory management, file system and multi-processors based
communication service between different processes.
System Control Sub-system Provides monitor, boot, versions download function to the whole
system
Database Sub-system it can manage CSCF’s service, signaling, protocol configuration
information and user context management. It can provide database
accessing interface to other sub-system. The database is relation
database, it consists of FE database and BE database.
Bearer Sub-system it can provide IP related bearer service to service sub-system, signal
ing sub-system, operation & maintenance sub-system. Bearer sub-sy
stem can manage exterior IP ports and provide IP packet communic
ation between NEs.
ZXUN CSCF Software Sub-system

Sub-system Name Function Description

Micro-code sub-system Micro-code sub-system runs upon mirco engine of network
processor, it’s independent from the operation system and can
provide interfaces to bearer sub-system.
Signaling Sub-system It can provide signaling function like: SIP, Diameter, DNS/ENUM
DNS and provide service to service sub-system. Signaling MP board
supports 1+1 backup mechanism. Load sharing of signaling MP
boards can be implemented with huge capacity
Service Sub-system Service sub-system is consists of the following function module:
Registration module, User context module, Session process module,
None-Session message process module, Mobility and security
manage module, Public service sub-system.
Operation & Maintenance Sub- Operation & Maintenance Sub-system runs upon all the sub-
system systems, maintenance engineer can do configuration, analysis,
charging, diagnosis operation towards equipments via operation &
maintenance sub-system and can obtain alarm, statistic data of the
equipments. Operation & Maintenance Sub-system consists of four
parts: Front-end module, server module, client module and charging
module.
Course Objective(s)

 Position & Functions

 System Architecture
 Performance Indices
 Highlights and Functions
ZXUN CSCF Capacity & Performance
Technical parameter Context
Hardware board of CSCF IGSU

Basic configuration 200,000

User capacity of
CSCF Maximum
10,000,000
configuration

Traffic Model:
0.03 Erl/sub, Mean Holding Time:90s,
Triggered AS: 0, Register (times/Busy): 2

Equipment Type ZXUN CSCF

Rack Size (H*W*D) 2000mm  600mm  800mm

Power Supply Dual power supplies: -48 V DC
2300W (Single shelf with max configuration)
Power Consumption 4800 W (Single Rack with 2 shelves)

Rack Weight
<300kg
(Single Rack with 2 shelves)
Course Objective(s)

 Position & Functions

 System Architecture
 Performance Indices
 Highlights and Functions
 Philosophy
, Value Partner!

E



Unified Platform
Converged Service
C Efficiency

Convergence
 Unified O&M
 Multi-network
convergence R 


All-IP based platform
Larger capacity, less
Reliability
foot print, lower
power
 Low TCO

O  Multi-level disaster
Open tolerance

 Strict Compliance to
3GPP/3GPP2/TISPAN
 Abundant IOT cases
 Worldwide footprint
Advanced New Generation Platform
ZXUN USPP
ZXUN CSCF

ZXUN RCP
ZXUN SSS

ZXUN CG
Unified HW platform

Unified SW platform

Unified NMS platform

ZIMS Solution
Unified Service platform

E
C CORE Z Efficiency
Convergence
R
Reliability  ALL-IP switching core
 High integrity
 Large capacity
 Creative, Rapid
 Low evolution cost
O  Less boards
 Higher reliability
Open  Global deployed
 Low Maintenance cost
 Service ready
Highlights of ZXUN CSCF High
Availability
 Distributed design
Advanced
ensure the overall
design
performance and
 Modular, layered system reliability
design  1+1 redundancy
 All IMS units adopt and N+M backup
unified hardware and mechanism
software platform, supported.
save investment  Online upgrade
ZXUN available.
CSCF
Flexible Abundant
networking access
 P/I/S/BGCF/IBCF can be Support all the IP ac
separated or integrated cess:
according to operators  UMTS/TD-SCDM
requirement A
 Meet the requirements  CDMA 1X/EVDO
for large-capacity system  LAN/WiFi
networking  WiMAX
 xDSL/IAD
Functions of ZXUN CSCF

Basic Registration Function

Authentication Registration Function

Third-Party Registration Function

Basic Calls

Functions of
ZXUN CSCF
Functions of ZXUN CSCF

Call Triggering Function

ICSI Function

Route Analysis Function

Off-line Charging Function

Registration Status Subscription

Basic Registration Function
Visited Network Home Network

UE P-CSCF I-CSCF HSS S-CSCF

1. Register
2. Register

3. Cx-Query/Cx-Select-Pull

4. Cx-Query Resp/Cx-Select-Pull Resp

5. Register

6. Cx-put/Cx-Pull

7. Cx-Put Resp/Cx-Pull Resp

8. Service Control

9. 200 OK
10. 200 OK
11. 200 OK
Authentication Registration Function

1. IMS AKA Authentication Mode

2. HTTP Degest Authentication Mode

3. Early IMS Authentication Mode

4. NBA Authentication Mode

Authentication Registration Function
UE P/I/S-CSCF HSS

Reg
MAR

MAA
401

Reg

200

IMS AKA Authentication Mode

Authentication Registration Function
UE P-CSCF I-CSCF HSS S-CSCF

1. (SM) Register
2. (SM) Register
2. Cx-
Cx- Selection- Info

2. (SM) Register
3. Cx-
Cx- Put

3. (CM) AV- Req

3. (CM) AV- Req-

Req- Resp

4. (SM) 4xx Auth

- Challenge

4. (SM) 4xx Auth

- Challenge

4. (SM) 4xx Auth

- Challenge

5. (SM) Register
(SM) Register
Cx-
Cx- Query

(SM) Register
6. Cx-
Cx- Put

6. Cx-
Cx- Pull

6. (SM) 2xx Auth

- OK
6. (SM) 2xx Auth
- OK
6. (SM) 2xx Auth
- OK

HTTP Degest Authentication Mode

Authentication Registration Function
H- GGSN Radius-C HSS
Radius-S
Activiate & Create Key Information:
PDP Context Accouting Request (IP、IMSI、
IMSI、 MSISDN) Assigned IP address
against msISDN or IMSI

UE P-CSCF I-CSCF HSS S-CSCF

UE P- CSCF I- CSCF HSS S- CSCF

1. (SM) Register

1. (SM) Register
2. Cx-
Cx- Query/
Cx-
Cx- Selection- Info
2. (SM) Register
3. Cx-
Cx- MAR

3. Cx-
Cx- MAA

4. Cx-
Cx- SAR

4. Cx-
Cx- SAA

4. (SM) 200 OK
4. (SM) 200 OK

4. (SM) 200 OK

Early IMS Authentication Mode

Third-Party Registration Function

UE P/I/S- CSCF AS

Register

200 OK

Register

200 OK
Basic Calls
UE1 ZXUN- ZXUN- ZXUN- ZXUN- HSS ZXUN- ZXUN- UE2
CSCF(P1) CSCF(S1) CSCF(I2) CSCF(S2) CSCF(P2)
INVITE
INVITE

DNS Query

INVITE
LIR
LIA
INVITE
INVITE INVITE

183

Resource
183 Authorization

Resource
183 Authorization
PRACK

Resource Resource
Authorization 200 OK(PRACK) Reservation

UPDATE

200 OK（ UPDATE）

180

PRACK
200 OK(PRACK)

200 OK(INVITE)

Resource Approval
200 OK(INVITE)

Resource Approval
200 OK
ACK

BYE

200 OK
Call Triggering Function

Application Server
Service Logic
Service Platform Trigger Points
HSS
SIP Interface

iFC sFC SIP

S-CSCF

S
SIP Filter Criteria SIP
P
T
ICSI Function
 ICSI Definition
 Defined by 3GPP, ICSI defines service names of each
kind of IMS standard service type, and registers on
IANA, such as urn:urnxxx:telephony.3gpp.mmt
 ICSI Application
 Terminals and application servers supporting multiple
service types identify correct service type in SIP
signaling efficiently,and run correct service logic.
 Service control NEs in the IMS network, such as CSCF,
identifies the service type of SIP signaling and sends
this request to the terminal/AS supporting this service
type.
Route Analysis Function

Route Set
Proxy 1

1
u te
Ro

Link

Route 2
Home host Remote host

Ro
ute
3

Proxy 2
Off-line Charging Function

Bi Billing Domain
Rf
SIP
BGCF
CGF Rf AS
MGCF
MRFC
Rf MRFC
MGCF
Rf
CDF BGC
SIP AS
Ga Rf F
P-CSCF
Rf
I-CSCF
Rf
S-CSCF
Registration Status Subscription

UE P/I-CSCF S-CSCF

Subscribe
Subscribe

200OK
200OK

Notify
Notify
200OK
200OK

UE Subscription Flow
Registration Status Subscription

P-CSCF I-CSCF S-CSCF

Subscribe
Subscribe

200OK
200OK

Notify
Notify
200OK
200OK

P-CSCF Subscription Flow

Registration Status Subscription
AS S- CSCF

S u b s c ri b e

200OK

Notify

200OK

AS Subscription Flow