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PE-FE Policy Enforcement Functional Entity

TAA-FE Transport Authentication and Authorization Functional Entity
TLM-FE Transport Location Management Functional Entity

TRC-FE Transport Resource Control Functional Entity
TRE-FE Transport Resource Enforcement Functional Entity

TUP-FE Transport User Profile Functional Entity

4.3 Functional blocks
A-MMCF MMCFs as they relate to the network providing access to the UE and to the lower tunnel end-point

C-MMCF MMCFs as they relate to the mobile subscriber's home network and to the upper tunnel end-point
MMCF Mobility Management Control Functions
NACF Network Attachment Control Functions

RACF Resource Admission and Control Functions
SCF Service Control Function

TF Transport Functions
NOTE – The TF are sub-components of the access transport and core transport blocks respectively. No functional entities
are specified within the TF themselves.

4.4 Other

AAA Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting.
HMIPv6 Hierarchical Mobile IP for IP version 6. See [b-IETF RFC 4140].

MIPv4 Mobile IP for IP version 4. See [b-IETF RFC 3344].
MIPv6 Mobile IP for IP version 6. See [b-IETF RFC 3775].
MLM-FE(C) An instance of the MLM-FE performing the Central mobile location management role.

MLM-FE(P) An instance of the MLM-FE performing the Proxy mobile location management role.
PMIPv6 Proxy mobile IP. See [b-IETF RFC 5213].

UE User equipment

5 Conventions
May: In this Recommendation, "may" is a normative term indicating an optional condition or behaviour.

Can: In this Recommendation, "can" is an informative term indicating a condition or behaviour that will
potentially be encountered within the environment to which this Recommendation applies.

6 Architecture model and concepts

6.1 General concepts

Figure 1 shows the incremental high-level functional architecture required for mobility management and
control in the NGN transport stratum. Details of the general NGN architecture have been omitted to bring
out the relevant points.

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