Telecommunication management;Study on Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) aspects of Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Wireless LAN (WLAN) integration
The present document studies the following OAM aspects of LWA (for both co-located and non-co-located deployment scenarios) and LWIP, based on the solutions defined by 3GPP RAN WGs:
- the WLAN related information needs to be configured to the eNB to support LWA and LWIP.
- how the 3GPP management system manages the WT function for the case that the WT function is implemented in a non-3GPP NE (e.g., WLAN AC, WLAN AP).
- the management model for WT for co-located and non-co-located LWA deployment scenarios.
- the performance measurements to monitor the LWA and LWIP.
- the FM (Fault Management) of LWA and LWIP.
The study also makes conclusions on the potential solution(s), and provides recommendations for the normative work based on the conclusions of the study.