IxLoad EPC Diameter Testing

IxLoad EPC Diameter Testing IxLoad is a full-featured layer 4-7 test application that provides real-world traffic emulation testing of voice, video, and data networks and components. IxLoad simultaneously emulates multiple layer 7 protocol activities, making it perfect for testing application delivery systems and components that use quality of service (QoS) and policy control mechanisms. IxLoad Diameter protocols run on all Ixia's hardware platforms: XT80, Ultra- NP, PerfectStorm, and generic VM. All Diameter interfaces support 3 rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 9 and 10 versions. Ixia's Diameter test solution is powered by technology from Developing Solutions. In addition to Diameter protocols, IxLoad supports true stateful emulation of other layer 7 protocols over egtp; see the IxLoad: Wireless Enhanced Packet Core Testing Data Sheet for details. Diameter-based interface features: SmartAVP enables users to add, remove, or configure mandatory and custom AVPs, define proprietary signaling, and alter AVPs for negative testing Support for multiple 3GPP releases (Rel9, Rel10) SmartEvents enable users to configure subscribers state machine Support for transaction rate test objective Support for both TCP and SCTP as transport layer Support for both IPv4 and IPv6 Multiple nodes support (multi-ranges) Support for Diameter Client or Server functional, negative and performance testing Perform EPC isolation testing by simulating any Diameter node (PCRF, HSS, etc.) Provides high performance needed for DRA testing Coordinated simulation across multiple nodes or interfaces 26601 Agoura Road Calabasas, CA 91302 USA Tel + 1-818-871-1800 www.ixiacom.com Document No.: 915-1888-01 Rev G April 2015 - Page 1

The following Diameter interfaces have been released with support for both client and server sides: S6a/S6d Interfaces The S6 interfaces implement the following 3GPP procedures: Update location Cancel location Purge UE Insert subscriber data Delete subscriber data Authentication information retrieval Reset Notification Page 2

Gx Interface The Gx interface implements the following procedures: Request for policy control and charging (PCC) rules Provisioning of PCC rules Provisioning of event triggers Provisioning of charging-related information Provisioning of authorized QoS Indication of IP-CAN session termination Request of IP-CAN bearer termination Request of IP-CAN session termination Bearer control mode selection PCC rule error handling Ro/Gy Interfaces The Gy/Ro interfaces implement the following charging scenarios: Immediate event charging (IEC) Event charging with unit reservation (ECUR) Session-based charging with unit reservation (SCUR) Page 3

S6b Interface The S6b interface implements the following procedures: Authentication and authorization Re-authentication and re-authorization Access network (PGW) initiated session termination HSS/3GPP AAA initiated detach For the S6b Interface, EAP-AKA is used. Rx Interface The Rx interface implements the following procedures: Initial provisioning of session information Modification of session information Gate related procedures AF session termination Subscription to notification of signaling path status Provisioning of AF ssignaling flow information IP-CAN session termination Service data flow deactivation IP-CAN type change notification Notification of ssignaling path status Access network charging information notification Page 4

STa Interface The STa interface provides the following procedures: Authentication and authorization Re-authentication and re-authorization Non-3GPP access network initiated session termination HSS/AAA initiated detach Sh Interface The Sh interface provides the following procedures: Data read (Sh-Pull) Data update (Sh-Update) Subscription to notifications (Sh-Subs-Notify) Notifications (Sh-Notif) with optional Notif-Eff support Page 5

Cx Interface The Cx interface provides the following procedures: User registration status query Authentication S-CSCF registration/de-registration notification Network-initiated de-registration User location query Update of user profile Sy Interface The Sy interface provides the following procedures: for the PCRF: o o Requests for policy counter status Cancellation of policy counter change for the OCS: o Notification of policy counter change Page 6

SWm Interface The SWm interface provides the following procedures: Authentication and authorization Authorization Information Update Access Network (epdg) Initiated Session Termination SWa Interface The SWa interface provides the following procedures: Authentication and Authorization Re-Authentication and Re-Authorization Non-3GPP Access Network Initiated Session Termination HSS/AAA Initiated Detach Page 7

Rf/Gz Interface The Rf/Gz interfaces provide the following procedures: Event Based Charging Session Based Charging CTF can simulate the following Diameter Accounting actions to the OFCS: Start Interim Stop Event Abort Gr Interface The Gr interface provides the following procedures: Authentication Information Retrieval Update Location Cancel Location Purge UE Insert/Delete Subscriber Data Reset Page 8

SGs Interface The SGs interface provides the following procedures: Paging for non-eps Services; Location Update for Non-EPS Services; Non-EPS Alert; Explicit IMSI Detach from EPS Services; Explicit IMSI Detach from Non-EPS Services; Implicit IMSI Detach from Non-EPS services; VLR Failure; MME Failure; MM Information; Tunneling of NAS Messages; Service Request. S9 Interface The S9 interface provides the following procedures: Initiate an Initial Request message from an idle transaction. Initiate a rule install for an active transaction. Initiate a rule remove for an active transaction Initiate an Application Detection and Control (ADC) rule install for an active transaction. Initiate an ADC rule remove for an active transaction. Page 9

V-PCRF Initiated Event Trigger V-PCRF Indication of IP-CAN Service Establishment or Resource Addition V-PCRF Indication of IP-CAN Service or Resource Modification V-PCRF Indication of IP-CAN Service Termination or Resource Deletion SWx/Wx Interface The SWx interface provides the following procedures: Authentication Information Retrieval UE Registration Notification PDN GW Identity Notification User Profile Update (HSS-initiated) Provide User Profile (AAA-initiated) UE De-registration notification (AAA-initiated and HSS-initiated) The Wx interface provides the following procedures: Authentication Procedure WLAN Registration Notification Update of User Profile (HSS-initiated) WLAN De-registration Notification (AAA-initiated) Network-initiated De-registration Page 10

S13/S13 Interface The S13/S13 interface provides the following procedures: Mobile Equipment Identity check Gxx Interface The Gxc/Gxa interfaces provide the following procedures: Bearer control mode selection Provisioning of Gxx event triggers QoS rules request QoS rules provision Gateway control session termination Request of gateway control session termination Page 11

Sd Interface The Sd interface provides the following procedures for PCRF: Installation of ADC rules on the TDF Removal of ADC rules on the TDF Provisioning of ADC event triggers on the TDF The Sd interface provides the following procedures for TDF: Transfer of service data flow descriptions for detected applications from the TDF to the PCRF Transfer of application instance identifier from the TDF to the PCRF Radius Interface The Radius interface provides the following procedures: ACCESS-REQUEST ACCESS-ACCEPT ACCESS-REJECT ACCOUNTING-REQUEST (ACCT-STATUS-TYPE==start) ACCOUNTING-REQUEST (ACCT-STATUS-TYPE==stop) ACCOUNTING-RESPONSE Page 12

3GPP Radius Interface The 3GPP Radius interface provides the following procedures for Authentication & Authorization: ACCESS-REQUEST ACCESS-ACCEPT ACCESS-REJECT Ga Interface The Ga interface provides the following procedures: IP-CAN bearer charging data Service data flow charging data Mobility management charging data SMS charging data Location request charging data MBMS bearer context charging data Page 13

D Interface The D interface provides the following procedures: Authentication Information Retrieval Update Location Cancel Location Insert Subscriber Data Restore Data Reset GUI and TCL IxLoad s complete automation facilities allow regression tests to run unattended. A full-featured TCL interface provides access to all IxLoad functions. In addition, a test configuration created with the IxLoad GUI can be turned into an automation TCL script with a single click of the mouse. In this way, IxLoad tests can be run without GUI interaction, and without any required programming. MME S6a configuration Page 14

Protocols Architectural Specifications 3GPP TS 23.203 Policy and charging control architecture 3GPP TS 32.240 Telecommunication management; Charging management; Charging architecture and principles 3GPP TS 23.402 Architecture enhancements for non-3gpp accesses 3GPP TS 23.228 IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS); Stage 2 Protocol Specifications RFC 6733, RFC 3588 Diameter Base Protocol RFC 5516 Diameter Command Code Registration for the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Evolved Packet System (EPS) RFC 6737 The Diameter Capabilities Update Application S6a/S6d interface: 3GPP TS 29.272 Evolved Packet System (EPS); Mobility Management Entity (MME) and Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) related interfaces based on Diameter protocol Gx interface: 3GPP TS 29.212 Policy and Charging Control (PCC); Reference points Ro/Gy interface: 3GPP TS 32.299 Telecommunication management; Charging management; Diameter charging applications S6b interface: 3GPP TS 23.402 Architecture enhancements for non-3gpp accesses and TS 29.273 Evolved Packet System (EPS) STa interfaces: 3GPP TS 29.273 Evolved Packet System (EPS) and TS 29.273 Evolved Packet System (EPS); Rx interface: 3GPP TS 29.214 Policy and charging control over Rx reference point Sh interface: 3GPP TS 29.328 IP Multimedia (IM) Subsystem Sh interface; Signaling flows and message contents Sy interface: 3GPP TS 29.219 Policy and charging control: Spending limit reporting over Sy reference point Cx interface: 3GPP TS 29.228 IP Multimedia (IM) Subsystem Cx and Dx Interfaces; Signaling flows and message contents SWm interface: 3GPP TS 23.402 Architecture enhancements for non-3gpp accesses and TS 29.273 Evolved Packet System (EPS) SWa interface: 3GPP TS 23.402 Architecture enhancements for non-3gpp accesses and TS 29.273 Evolved Packet System (EPS) Rf/Gz interface: 3GPP TS 32.251 Telecommunication management; Charging management; Packet Switched (PS) domain charging and TS 32.299 Telecommunication management; Charging management; Diameter charging applications Gr interface: 3GPP TS 29.002 Mobile Application Part (MAP) specification SGs interface: 3GPP TS 23.272 Circuit Switched Fallback in Evolved Packet System and 3GPP TS 29.118 SGsAP S9 interface: 3GPP TS 23.203 Policy and charging control architecture, TS 29.212 Policy and Charging Control (PCC); Reference points and TS 29.215 Policy and Charging Control (PCC) over S9 reference point; Stage 3 SWx/Wx interface: 3GPP TS 23.402 Architecture enhancements for non-3gpp accesses and TS 29.273 Evolved Packet System (EPS) Page 15

S13/S13 interface: 3GPP TS 29.272 Evolved Packet System (EPS); Mobility Management Entity (MME) and Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) related interfaces based on Diameter protocol Gxx (Gxc & Gxa) interface: 3GPP TS 23.203 Policy and charging control architecture and TS 29.212 Policy and Charging Control (PCC); Reference points Sd interface: 3GPP TS 29.212 Policy and Charging Control (PCC); Reference points Radius interface: RFC 2865, RFC 2866 Ga interface: 3GPP TS 32.240 Telecommunication management; Charging management; Charging architecture and principles, and TS 32.295 Telecommunication management; Charging management; Charging Data Record (CDR) transfer 3GPP Radius interface: TS 29.061 Interworking between the Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) supporting packet based services and Packet Data Networks (PDN), RFC 2865, RFC 2866, RFC 3162, RFC 4818 D interface: 3GPP TS 29.002 Mobile Application Part (MAP) specification, ITU-T Q.773 TCAP, ITU-T Q.711-714 SCCP, RFC 4666 M3UA LTE EPC Diameter Performance Diameter performance is specific to the hardware platform being used: Platform Performance XT80v2 Ultra-NP PerfectStorm (PS10GE8) 400k TPS & up to 40M subscribers 40k TPS & up to 3M subscribers 200k TPS & up to 12M subscribers Statistics and Measurements All statistics and measurements listed below are available in real time, as well as in comma separated value (CSV) format, at the end of a test. Real-time statistics displayed during the execution of the S6a MME simulation Page 16

Node simulation HSS - General HSS - S6 Application Errors HSS - S6 Application S6a HSS/MME Transaction Attempts Transaction Successful Transaction Elapsed Time Minimum Transaction Duration Transaction Failed Transaction Reset Unsupported Message Rcvd Error Message Rcvd Too Busy Errors Received Unable to Deliver Rcvd Redirect Indication Rcvd Data Missing Errors Received Invalid Data Value Errors Received No Transaction Available authenticationinforequest Rcvd authenticationinfoanswer Sent authenticationinfoanswer Delay Auth Resync Attempts Auth Resync Successful Auth Resync Failed updatelocationrequest Rcvd updatelocationanswer Sent updatelocationanswer Delay insertsubscriberdatarequest Sent insertsubscriberdataanswer Rcvd insertsubscriberdataanswer Delay deletesubscriberdatarequest Sent Transaction Attempts Transaction Successful Transaction Elapsed Time Minimum Transaction Duration Transaction Failed Transaction Reset Unsupported Message Rcvd Error Message Rcvd Too Busy Errors Received Unable to Deliver Rcvd Redirect Indication Rcvd Data Missing Errors Received Invalid Data Value Errors Received No Transaction Available authenticationinforequest Rcvd authenticationinfoanswer Sent authenticationinfoanswer Delay Auth Resync Attempts Auth Resync Successful Auth Resync Failed updatelocationrequest Rcvd updatelocationanswer Sent updatelocationanswer Delay insertsubscriberdatarequest Sent insertsubscriberdataanswer Rcvd insertsubscriberdataanswer Delay deletesubscriberdatarequest Sent Page 17

HSS Diameter HSS Diameter Errors HSS Diameter Socket Connection Open Attempt S6a HSS/MME Connection Open Successes Connection Open Failures Messages Received Messages Sent CER Messages Received CER Messages Sent CEA Messages Received CEA Messages Sent CER Message Retransmits DPR Message Retransmits DPR Retries Exceeded Unsupported Messages Received Malformed Messages Received Connections Initiated Successful Connections Failed Connections Messages Received CER Retries Exceeded DWR Messages Received DWR Messages Sent DWA Messages Received DWA Messages Sent DPR Messages Received DPR Messages Sent DPA Messages Received DPA Messages Sent Reject Messages Sent Error Messages Received HSS - Dictionary Valid HSS - Dictionary Invalid Message Sent Bytes Received Bytes Sent Transmit Overrun Errors Gx PCRF/PCEF Emulation PCRF - Gx General PCEF - Gx General PCRF - Gx Application Errors PCEF - Gx Application Errors Transaction Attempts Transaction Successful Transaction Elapsed Time Transaction Failed Transaction Reset Unsupported Message Rcvd Error Message Rcvd Too Busy Errors Received Unable to Deliver Rcvd Redirect Indication Rcvd Data Missing Errors Received Invalid Data Value Errors Received Minimum Transaction Duration Maximum Transaction Duration Transaction Duration Variance**2 No Transaction Available Event Queue Overrun Event Queue Depth Transaction Answer Timeout Requests Re-Transmitted Duplicate Request Received Duplicate Responses Sent Dictionary Valid Dictionary Invalid Unknown User Error Received Page 18

Gx PCRF/PCEF Emulation PCRF - Gx Application PCEF - Gx Application PCRF - Diameter Socket PCEF - Diameter Socket PCRF - Diameter PCEF - Diameter PCRF - Diameter Errors PCEF - Diameter Errors Transaction Active CCR Rcvd CCR Sent CCA Rcvd CCA Sent CCA Delay RAR Rcvd RAR Sent RAA Rcvd RAA Sent RAA Delay Rule Validation Successes Rule Validation Failures Connections Initiated Successful Connections Failed Connections Messages Received Connection Open Attempt Connection Open Successes Connection Open Failures Messages Received Messages Sent CER Messages Received CER Messages Sent CEA Messages Received CEA Messages Sent DPR Message Retransmits DPR Retries Exceeded CER Message Retransmits CER Retries Exceeded Unsupported Messages Received CCR-I Rcvd CCR-I Sent CCR-U Rcvd CCR-U Sent CCR-T Rcvd CCR-T Sent CCA-I Rcvd CCA-I Sent CCA-U Rcvd CCA-U Sent CCA-T Rcvd CCA-T Sent Message Sent Bytes Received Bytes Sent Transmit Overrun Errors DWR Messages Received DWR Messages Sent DWA Messages Received DWA Messages Sent DPR Messages Received DPR Messages Sent DPA Messages Received DPA Messages Sent Malformed Messages Received Reject Messages Sent Error Messages Received Dictionary Valid Dictionary Invalid NOTES: For all interfaces IxLoad displays the following views: General, Application, Application Errors, Diameter, Diameter Errors, Diameter Socket, SmartEvents All of the interfaces have the SmartEvents statistics: Smart Transaction Attempts, Smart Transaction Successful, etc. Page 19

Ordering Information Diameter Interface Chassis Part Number Appliance Part Number HSS S6a 925-3840 925-3750 MME S6a 925-3841 925-3751 HSS S6d 925-3840 925-3750 SGSN S6d 925-3843 925-3753 AAA S6b 925-3844 925-3754 PGW S6b 925-3845 925-3755 PCRF Gx 925-3846 925-3756 PCEF Gx 925-3847 925-3757 AAA STa 925-3848 925-3758 GW STa 925-3849 925-3759 HSS Sh 925-3850 925-3760 AS Sh 925-3851 925-3761 HSS Cx 925-3852 925-3762 CSCF Cx 925-3853 925-3763 PCRF Rx 925-3854 925-3764 AF Rx 925-3855 925-3765 PCRF Sy 925-3856 925-3766 OCS Sy 925-3857 925-3767 OCS Gy 925-3858 925-3768 CTF Gy 925-3859 925-3769 OFCS Gz 925-3860 925-3770 CTF Gz 925-3861 925-3771 Ga server 925-3862 925-3772 Ga client 925-3863 925-3773 HLR Gr 925-3864 925-3774 SGSN Gr 925-3865 925-3775 Page 20

Diameter Interface Chassis Part Number Appliance Part Number MSC SGs 925-3866 925-3776 MME SGs 925-3867 925-3777 EIR S13 925-3868 925-3778 MME S13 925-3869 925-3779 AAA SWm 925-3870 925-3780 epdg SWm 925-3871 925-3781 AAA SWa 925-3872 925-3782 GW SWa 925-3873 925-3783 AAA SWx 925-3874 925-3784 HSS SWx 925-3875 925-3785 H-PCRF S9 925-3876 925-3786 V-PCRF S9 925-3877 925-3787 PCRF Gxx 925-3878 925-3788 ANGW/SGW Gxx 925-3879 925-3789 EIR S13' 925-3880 925-3790 SGSN S13' 925-3881 925-3791 HLR D 925-3930 925-5474 MSC D 925-3931 925-5475 PCEF Sd 925-3888 925-3798 TDF Sd 925-3889 925-3799 AAA Radius 925-3890 925-5463 ANGW Radius 925-3891 925-5464 3GPP AAA Radius 925-3892 925-5465 3GPP ANGW Radius 925-3893 925-5466 Page 21

Capacity Chassis Part Number Appliance Part Number TPS 100 925-3824 925-3794 TPS 1k 925-3825 925-3801 TPS 3k 925-3826 925-3802 TPS 10k 925-3827 925-3803 TPS 20k 925-3828 925-3804 TPS 50k 925-3829 925-3805 TPS 100k 925-3830 925-3806 Subscribers 1k 925-3831 925-3807 Subscribers 100k 925-3832 925-3808 Subscribers 250k 925-3833 925-3796 Subscribers 500k 925-3834 925-3810 Subscribers 500k (2-4M) 925-3835 925-3811 Subscribers 500k (4-6M) 925-3836 925-3812 Subscribers 500k (6-8M) 925-3837 925-3813 Subscribers 500k (8-10M) 925-3838 925-3814 Subscribers 500k (>10M) 925-3839 925-3815 SmartEvents and SmartAVP are trademarks of Developing Solutions. Page 22