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Centralized GW Control and IP Address Management for 3GPP Networks

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This paper discusses a shift of functionality in the 3GPP Evolved Packet Core (EPC) from distributed data plane gateways (GW) to centralized control nodes. In particular in deployments with largely distributed GWs cost savings for management of the network can be expected. As a special use case that takes advantage of the proposed architecture a GW relocation scheme is introduced that allows smooth migration of users from one GW to another.

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Hahn, W., Sanneck, H. (2013). Centralized GW Control and IP Address Management for 3GPP Networks. In: Timm-Giel, A., Strassner, J., Agüero, R., Sargento, S., Pentikousis, K. (eds) Mobile Networks and Management. MONAMI 2012. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 58. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37935-2_2

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