ePCF S101 Node


The PCF/ePCF S101 node is used MME Nodal and HSGW Nodal test cases where Inter-Technology and Optimized Handoff are enabled. Additional in MME Nodal, Handoff protocol = eHRPD.

The main PCF/ePCF nodes are defined on the PCF/ePCF Node sub-tab. PCF/ePCF nodes used for mobility handoffs are defined on the Target PCF/ePCF Node sub-tab when a mobility test is selected.

Ethernet Configuration

With an Ethernet node, you can define:

Apply HRPD Sector ID Parameter from TDF (Tcl Parameter = HrpdSectorIdCfgFileEn)

Sample CSV file format of HRPD Sector Id Values.

This CSV has only HRPD Sector ID values. And the number is equal to the number of emulated ePCFs. Or, the maximum number of this Sector ID is as same as the maximum number of emulated ePCFs (i.e. 1,000). Incidentally, the bit length of cell id is 128bit.

HRPD Sector ID

0xFEC00000000008C040000004519CD700

0xFEC00000000008C04000000530C44B00

0xFEC00000000008C0400000000002110A

0xFEC00000000008C0D4000000000C1A9

The relation between cell id and HRPD Sector ID

Landslide needs to set up the relation between Cell ID and HRPD Sector ID so that emulated subscribers can move around the eNBs and the ePCFs. See example below.

IMSI

440509010000000 – 09 (total 10 UEs)

Emulated eNBs

5

Initial number of eNB cell ID

0x0000002

(last cell ids are 0x0000102, 0x0000202, 0x0000302 and 0x0000402)

Initial eNB IP address

10.133.0.1

(last ip addresses are 10.133.0.2, 10.133.0.3, 10.133.0.4 and 10.133.0.5)

Emulated ePCFs

2

HRPD Sector ID

0xFEC00000000008C040000004519CD700

0xFEC00000000008C04000000530C44B00

Initial s101 i/f IP address

10.133.0.11

(last ip addresses are 10.133.0.12, 10.133.0.13, 10.133.0.14 and 10.133.0.15)

 

With the above configuration, the relation among them would be as follows when optimized handover is enabled.

IMSI

eNB IP

Cell ID

S101 ePCF IP

HRPD Sector ID

440509010000000

10.133.0.1

0x0000002

10.133.0.11

0xFEC00000000008C040000004519CD700

440509010000001

10.133.0.2

0x0000102

10.133.0.12

0xFEC00000000008C04000000530C44B00

440509010000002

10.133.0.3

0x0000202

10.133.0.11

0xFEC00000000008C040000004519CD700

440509010000003

10.133.0.4

0x0000302

10.133.0.12

0xFEC00000000008C04000000530C44B00

440509010000004

10.133.0.5

0x0000402

10.133.0.11

0xFEC00000000008C040000004519CD700

440509010000005

10.133.0.1

0x0000002

10.133.0.12

0xFEC00000000008C04000000530C44B00

440509010000006

10.133.0.2

0x0000102

10.133.0.11

0xFEC00000000008C040000004519CD700

440509010000007

10.133.0.3

0x0000202

10.133.0.12

0xFEC00000000008C04000000530C44B00

440509010000008

10.133.0.4

0x0000302

10.133.0.11

0xFEC00000000008C040000004519CD700

440509010000009

10.133.0.5

0x0000402

10.133.0.12

0xFEC00000000008C04000000530C44B00

 

We use the same parameter association among IMSI, eNB IP, Cell ID and S101 ePCF IP as implemented for Non-optimized HO case and Optimized-HO case. This defines how to correlate the HRPD Sector ID to the association. In summary, the HRPD Sector ID shall be associated as same as S101 ePCF IP.

Related Measurements

The Open RP PCF/ePCF report tab displays the processing measurements for the ePCF S101 nodes.


1 Maximum rates, number of sessions, and number of emulated nodes vary depending on the test configuration and the test system's licensed capacity.