Network Working GroupInternet Engineering Task Force (IETF) S. Proust, Ed.Internet-DraftRequest for Comments: 7875 OrangeIntended status:Category: InformationalApril 22, 2016 Expires: October 24,May 2016 ISSN: 2070-1721 Additional WebRTCaudio codecsAudio Codecs forinteroperability. draft-ietf-rtcweb-audio-codecs-for-interop-06Interoperability Abstract To ensure a baselinelevelof interoperability between WebRTC endpoints, a minimum set of required codecs is specified. However, to maximize the possibilityto establishof establishing the session without the need for audio transcoding, it is also recommended to include in the offer other suitable audio codecs that are available to the browser. This document provides some guidelines on the suitable codecs to be considered for WebRTC endpoints to address the use cases most relevantinteroperability use cases.to interoperability. 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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.DefinitionDefinitions andabbreviationsAbbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. Rationale foradditionalAdditional WebRTCcodecsCodecs . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4. Additionalsuitable codecsSuitable Codecs for WebRTC . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4.1. AMR-WB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4.1.1. AMR-WB GeneraldescriptionDescription . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4.1.2.WebRTC relevant use caseWebRTC-Relevant Use Case for AMR-WB . . . . . . . . . 5 4.1.3. Guidelines for AMR-WBusageUsage andimplementationImplementation with WebRTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4.2. AMR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.2.1. AMR GeneraldescriptionDescription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.2.2.WebRTC relevant use caseWebRTC-Relevant Use Case for AMR . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.2.3. Guidelines for AMRusageUsage andimplementationImplementation with WebRTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.3. G.722 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.3.1. G.722 GeneraldescriptionDescription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.3.2.WebRTC relevant use caseWebRTC-Relevant Use Case for G.722 . . . . . . . . . 7 4.3.3. Guidelines for G.722usageUsage andimplementationImplementation . . . . 8 5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6.IANA ConsiderationsReferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 7. Acknowledgements. . . . 8 6.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.6.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . .9 8.1. Normative references. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Contributors . . . . .9 8.2. Informative references. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10. . . . 11 Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1. Introduction As indicated in[I-D.ietf-rtcweb-overview],[OVERVIEW], it has been anticipated that WebRTC will not remain an isolated island and that some WebRTC endpoints will need to communicate with devices used in other existing networks with the help of a gateway. Therefore, in order to maximize the possibilityto establishof establishing the session without the need for audio transcoding, it is recommended in[I-D.ietf-rtcweb-audio][RFC7874] to include in the offer other suitable audio codecs beyond those that are mandatory to implement. This document provides some guidelines on the suitable codecs to be considered for WebRTC endpoints to address the use cases most relevantinteroperability use cases.to interoperability. The codecs considered in this document are recommended to be supported and included in theOfferoffer, only for WebRTC endpoints for which interoperability with other non-WebRTC endpoints andnon-WebRTC basednon- WebRTC-based services is relevant as described inSectionSections 4.1.2,Section4.2.2,Sectionand 4.3.2. Other use cases may justify offering other additional codecs to avoid transcoding. 2.DefinitionDefinitions andabbreviationsAbbreviations o Legacy networks: In this document, legacy networks encompass the conversational networks that are already deployed like the PSTN, the PLMN, the IP/IMS networks offering VoIP services, including 3GPP "4G" Evolved Packet System [TS23.002] supporting voice over LTE (VoLTE) radio access(VoLTE)[IR.92]. o WebRTC endpoint:aA WebRTC endpoint can be a WebRTC browser or a WebRTCnon browsernon-browser (also called "WebRTC device" or "WebRTC native application") as defined in[I-D.ietf-rtcweb-overview][OVERVIEW]. o AMR: AdaptiveMulti-Rate.Multi-Rate o AMR-WB: Adaptive Multi-RateWideBand.Wideband o CAT-iq: Cordless AdvancedTechnology-internetTechnology - internet andquality.quality o DECT: Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications o IMS: IP MultimediaSubsystemSubsystems o LTE: Long Term Evolution (3GPP "4G" wireless data transmission standard) o MOS: Mean Opinion Score, defined in ITU-T Recommendation P.800specification[P.800] o PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network o PLMN: Public Land Mobile Network o VoLTE: VoiceOverover LTE 3. Rationale foradditionalAdditional WebRTCcodecsCodecs The mandatory implementation ofOPUSOpus [RFC6716] in WebRTC endpoints can guarantee codec interoperability (without transcoding) atstate of the artstate- of-the-art voice quality (better thannarrow bandnarrow-band "PSTN" quality) between WebRTC endpoints. The WebRTC technology is also expected to be used to communicate with other types of endpoints using other technologies. It can be used for instance as an access technology to VoLTE services (Voice over LTE as specified in [IR.92]) or to interoperate with fixed or mobileCircuit SwitchedCircuit-Switched or VoIP services like mobileCircuit SwitchedCircuit-Switched voice over 3GPP 2G/3G mobile networks [TS23.002] orDECT basedDECT-based VoIP telephony [EN300175-1]. Consequently, a significant number of calls are likely to occur between terminals supporting WebRTC endpoints and other terminals like mobile handsets, fixed VoIPterminalsterminals, and DECT terminals that do not support WebRTC endpoints nor implementOPUS.Opus. As a consequence, these calls are likely to be either of lownarrow bandnarrow-band PSTN quality using G.711 [G.711] at both ends or affected by transcoding operations. The drawback of such transcoding operations are listed below: o Degraded user experience with respect to voice quality: voice quality is significantly degraded by transcoding. For instance, the degradation is around 0.2 to 0.3 MOS for most of the transcoding use cases with AMR-WB codec (Section 4.1) at 12.65 kbit/s and in the same range for other wideband transcoding cases. It should be stressed that if G.711 is used as afall backfallback codec for interoperation, wideband voice quality will be lost. Such bandwidth reduction effect down to narrow band clearly degrades theuser perceiveduser-perceived quality of service leading to shorter and less frequent calls. Such a switch to G.711 isless than desirable or acceptablea choice for customers. If transcoding is performed betweenOPUSOpus and any other wideband codec, wideband communication could be maintained but with degraded quality(MOS scores(MOSs of transcoding between AMR-WB at 12.65 kbit/s andOPUSOpus at 16 kbit/s in both directions are significantly lower than those of AMR-WB at 12.65 kbit/s orOPUSOpus at 16 kbit/s). Furthermore, in degraded conditions, the addition of defects, like (a) audio artifacts due to packetlosses,losses andthe(b) audio effectsresulting fromdue to the cascading of different packet loss recoveryalgorithmsalgorithms, may result in a quality below the acceptable limit for the customers. o Degraded user experience with respect to conversational interactivity: the degradation of conversational interactivity is due to the increase ofend to endend-to-end latency for both directions that is introduced by the transcoding operations. Transcoding requires full de-packetization for decoding of the media stream (including mechanisms of de-jitter buffering and packet loss recovery) then re-encoding,re-packetizationre-packetization, andre-sending.resending. The delays produced by all these operations are additive and may increase theend toend-to- end delay up to 1 second, much beyond the acceptable limit. o Additional cost in networks: transcoding places important additional cost on network gateways mainly related to codec implementation, codecs licenses, deployment, testing and validation cost. It must be noted that transcoding of wideband to wideband would require more CPU processing and be more costly than transcoding between narrowband codecs. 4. Additionalsuitable codecsSuitable Codecs for WebRTC The followingcodecsare consideredasrelevant codecs with respect to the general purpose described in Section 3. This list reflects the current status ofWebRTCforeseen usecases.cases for WebRTC. It is notlimitative and openedlimitative; it is open tofurtherinclusion of other codecs for which relevant use cases can be identified.These additional codecs areIt's recommended tobe included in the offer ininclude codecs (in addition toOPUSOpus andG.711G.711) according to the foreseen interoperability cases to be addressed. 4.1. AMR-WB 4.1.1. AMR-WB GeneraldescriptionDescription The Adaptive Multi-Rate WideBand (AMR-WB) is a3GPP defined3GPP-defined speech codec that is mandatory to implement in any 3GPP terminal that supports wideband speech communication. It is being used incircuitcircuit- switched mobile telephony services and new multimedia telephony services over IP/IMS. It is specially used for voice over LTE as specified by GSMA in [IR.92]. More detailed information on AMR-WB can be found in [IR.36]. References forAMR-WB relatedAMR-WB-related specifications including the detailed codec description and source code are in [TS26.171], [TS26.173], [TS26.190], and [TS26.204]. 4.1.2.WebRTC relevant use caseWebRTC-Relevant Use Case for AMR-WB The market of personal voice communication is driven by mobile terminals. AMR-WB is now very widely implemented in devices and networks offering "HDVoice" Avoice", where "HD" stands for "High Definition". Consequently, a high number of calls areconsequentlylikely to occur between WebRTC endpoints and mobile 3GPP terminals offering AMR-WB.TheThus, the use of AMR-WB by WebRTC endpoints wouldconsequentlyallowtranscoding freetranscoding-free interoperation with all mobile 3GPP wideband terminals. Besides, WebRTC endpoints running on mobile terminals (smartphones) may reuse the AMR-WB codec already implemented onthesethose devices. 4.1.3. Guidelines for AMR-WBusageUsage andimplementationImplementation with WebRTC The payload format to be used for AMR-WB is described in [RFC4867] withbandwidth efficienta bandwidth-efficient format and one speech frame encapsulated in each RTP packet. Further guidelines for implementing and usingAMR- WBAMR-WB and ensuring interoperability with 3GPP mobile services can be found in [TS26.114]. In order to ensure interoperability with 4G/ VoLTE as specified by GSMA, the more specific IMS profile for voice derived from [TS26.114] should be considered in [IR.92]. In order to maximize the possibility of successful call establishment for WebRTC endpoints offeringAMR-WBAMR-WB, it is important that the WebRTC endpoints: o Offer AMR in addition toAMR-WBAMR-WB, with AMR-WB listed first (AMR-WB being a wideband codec) as the preferred payload type with respect to othernarrow bandnarrow-band codecs (AMR,G.711...)G.711, etc.) and withBandwidth Efficienta bandwidth-efficient payload format preferred. o Be capable of operating AMR-WB with any subset of the nine codec modes andsource controlledsource-controlled rate operation. o Offer at least one AMR-WB configuration with parameter settings as defined in Table 6.1 of [TS26.114]. In order to maximizetheinteroperability andqualityquality, this offer does not restrict the codec modes offered. Restrictionsinon the use of codec modes may be included in the answer. 4.2. AMR 4.2.1. AMR GeneraldescriptionDescription Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) is a3GPP defined3GPP-defined speech codec that is mandatory to implement in any 3GPP terminal that supports voice communication. This includes both mobile phone calls using GSM and 3G cellular systems as well as multimedia telephony services over IP/ IMS and 4G/VoLTE, such as the GSMA voice IMS profile for VoLTE in [IR.92]. In addition to the impacts listed above, support of AMR can avoid degrading the high efficiency over mobile radio access. References forAMR relatedAMR-related specifications including detailed codec description and source code arein[TS26.071], [TS26.073], [TS26.090], and [TS26.104]. 4.2.2.WebRTC relevant use caseWebRTC-Relevant Use Case for AMR A user of a WebRTC endpoint on a device integrating an AMR module wants to communicate with another user that can only be reached on a mobile device that only supports AMR. Although more and more terminal devices are now "HD voice" and support AMR-WB; there are still a high number of legacy terminals supporting only AMR (terminals with no wideband / HDVoicevoice capabilities) that are still in use. The use of AMR by WebRTC endpoints would consequently allow transcoding free interoperation with all mobile 3GPP terminals. Besides, WebRTC endpoints running on mobile terminals (smartphones) may reuse the AMR codec already implemented on these devices. 4.2.3. Guidelines for AMRusageUsage andimplementationImplementation with WebRTC The payload format to be used for AMR is described in [RFC4867] with bandwidth efficient format and one speech frame encapsulated in each RTP packet. Further guidelines for implementing and using AMR with purpose to ensure interoperability with 3GPP mobile services can be found in [TS26.114]. In order to ensure interoperability with 4G/ VoLTE as specified by GSMA, the more specific IMS profile for voice derived from [TS26.114] should be considered in [IR.92]. In order to maximize the possibility of successful call establishment for WebRTC endpoints offering AMR, it is important that the WebRTC endpoints: o Be capable of operating AMR with any subset of the eight codec modes andsource controlledsource-controlled rate operation. o Offer at least one configuration with parameter settings as defined inTableTables 6.1 andTable6.2 of [TS26.114]. In order to maximize the interoperability andqualityquality, this offer shall not restrict AMR codec modes offered. Restrictionsinon the use of codec modes may be included in the answer. 4.3. G.722 4.3.1. G.722 GeneraldescriptionDescription G.722 [G.722] is anITU-T definedITU-T-defined wideband speech codec. G.722 was approved by the ITU-T in 1988. It is aroyalty freeroyalty-free codec that is common in a wide range of terminals and endpoints supporting wideband speech and requiring low complexity. The complexity of G.722 is estimated to 10 MIPS[EN300175-8][EN300175-8], which is 2.5 to 3 times lower than AMR-WB.Especially,In particular, G.722 has been chosen by ETSI DECT as the mandatory wideband codec for New Generation DECTwith purposein order to greatly increase the voice quality by extending the bandwidth from narrow band to wideband. G.722 is the wideband codec required forCAT-iq DECT certifiedterminals that are certified as CAT-iq DECT, andthe V2.0version 2.0 of the CAT-iq specifications have been approved by GSMA as the minimum requirements forHD voicethe "HD voice" logo usage on "fixed"devices;devices, i.e., broadband connections using the G.722 codec. 4.3.2.WebRTC relevant use caseWebRTC-Relevant Use Case for G.722 G.722 is the wideband codec required for DECT CAT-iq terminals. DECTcordelesscordless phones are still widely used to offershort rangeshort-range wireless connection to PSTN or VoIP services. G.722 has also been specified by ETSI in [TS181005] as the mandatory wideband codec for IMS multimedia telephony communication service and supplementary services using fixed broadband access. The support of G.722 would consequently allowtranscoding freetranscoding-free IP interoperation between WebRTC endpoints and fixed VoIP terminals including DECT/ CAT-IQCAT-iq terminals supporting G.722. Besides, WebRTC endpoints running on fixed terminalsimplementingthat implement G.722 may reuse the G.722 codec already implemented on these devices. 4.3.3. Guidelines for G.722usageUsage andimplementationImplementation The payload format to be used for G.722 is defined in [RFC3551] with each octet of the stream of octets produced by the codec to be octet- aligned in an RTP packet. The sampling frequency for the G.722 codec is 16kHzkHz, but thertpRTP clock rate is set to8000Hz8000 Hz in SDP to stay backward compatible with an erroneous definition in the original version of the RTPA/Vaudio/video profile. Further guidelines for implementing and using G.722with purposeto ensure interoperability with multimedia telephony services over IMS can be found insectionSection 7 of [TS26.114]. Additional informationofabout the G.722 implementation in DECT can be found in[EN300175-8][EN300175-8], and the full codec description and C source code are in [G.722]. 5. Security ConsiderationsSecurityRelevant security considerationsfor WebRTC Audio Codec and Processing Requirementscan be found in[I-D.ietf-rtcweb-audio]. Implementors[RFC7874], "WebRTC Audio Codec and Processing Requirements". Implementers making use of the additional codecs considered in this document are advised to also refer more specifically to the "Security Considerations" sections of [RFC4867] (for AMR and AMR-WB) and[RFC3551]. 6. IANA Considerations None. 7. Acknowledgements The authors of this document are o Stephane Proust, Orange, stephane.proust@orange.com , o Espen Berger, Cisco, espeberg@cisco.com , o Bernhard Feiten, Deutsche Telekom, Bernhard.Feiten@telekom.de , o Bo Burman, Ericsson, bo.burman@ericsson.com , o Kalyani Bogineni, Verizon Wireless, Kalyani.Bogineni@VerizonWireless.com , o Mia Lei, Huawei, lei.miao@huawei.com , o Enrico Marocco,Telecom Italia, enrico.marocco@telecomitalia.it , though only the editor is listed on the front page. The authors would like to thank Magnus Westerlund, Barry Dingle and Sanjay Mishra who carefully reviewed[RFC3551] (for thedocument and helped to improve it. 8.RTP audio/video profile). 6. References8.1.6.1. NormativereferencesReferences [G.722]ITU, "Recommendation ITU-T G.722 (2012): 7ITU-T, "7 kHzaudio- codingaudio-coding within 64 kbit/s",2012-09,ITU-T Recommendation G.722, September 2012, <http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-G.722-201209-I/en>.[I-D.ietf-rtcweb-audio] Valin, J. and C. Bran, "WebRTC Audio Codec and Processing Requirements", draft-ietf-rtcweb-audio-10 (work in progress), February 2016.[IR.92] GSMA, "IMS Profile for Voice andSMS V9.0",SMS", IR.92, Version 9.0, April 2015, <http://www.gsma.com/newsroom/all-documents/ ir-92-ims-profile-for-voice-and-sms/>. [RFC3551] Schulzrinne, H. and S. Casner, "RTP Profile for Audio and Video Conferences with Minimal Control", STD 65, RFC 3551, DOI 10.17487/RFC3551, July 2003, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3551>. [RFC4867] Sjoberg, J., Westerlund, M., Lakaniemi, A., and Q. Xie, "RTP Payload Format and File Storage Format for the Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) and Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB) Audio Codecs", RFC 4867, DOI 10.17487/RFC4867, April 2007, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4867>. [RFC7874] Valin, J. and C. Bran, "WebRTC Audio Codec and Processing Requirements", RFC 7874, DOI 10.17487/RFC7874, May 2016, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7874>. [TS26.071] 3GPP,"3GPP TS 26.071 v13.0.0: Recommendation ITU-T G.722 (2012):"Mandatory Speech Codec speech processing functions; AMR Speech CODEC; Generaldescription".", 2015-12,description", 3GPP TS 26.171 v13.0.0, December 2015, <http://www.3gpp.org/DynaReport/26071.htm>. [TS26.073] 3GPP,"3GPP TS 26.073 v13.0.0: ANSI"ANSI C code for the Adaptive Multi Rate (AMR) speech codec",2015-12,3GPP TS 26.073 v13.0.0, December 2015, <http://www.3gpp.org/DynaReport/26073.htm>. [TS26.090] 3GPP,"3GPP TS 26.090 v13.0.0: Mandatory"Mandatory Speech Codec speech processing functions; Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) speech codec; Transcoding functions.",2015-12,3GPP TS 26.090 v13.0.0, December 2015, <http://www.3gpp.org/DynaReport/26090.htm>. [TS26.104] 3GPP,"3GPP TS 26.104 v13.0.0: ANSI"ANSI C code for the floating-point Adaptive Multi Rate (AMR) speech codec.",2015-12,3GPP TS 26.104 v13.0.0, December 2015, <http://www.3gpp.org/DynaReport/26090.htm>. [TS26.114] 3GPP,"3GPP TS 26.114 v13.3.0: IP"IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS); Multimedia telephony; Media handling and interaction", 3GPP TS 26.114 v13.3.0, March 2016, <http://www.3gpp.org/DynaReport/26114.htm>. [TS26.171] 3GPP,"3GPP TS 26.171 v13.0.0: Speech"Speech codec speech processing functions; Adaptive Multi-Rate - Wideband(AMR- WB)(AMR-WB) speech codec; General description.",2015-12,3GPP TS 26.171 v13.0.0, December 2015, <http://www.3gpp.org/DynaReport/26171.htm>. [TS26.173] 3GPP,"3GPP TS 26.173 v13.1.0: ANSI-C"ANSI-C code for the Adaptive Multi-Rate - Wideband (AMR-WB) speechcodec.", 2016-03,codec", 3GPP TS 26.173 v13.1.0, March 2016, <http://www.3gpp.org/DynaReport/26173.htm>. [TS26.190] 3GPP,"3GPP TS 26.190 v13.0.0: Speech"Speech codec speech processing functions; Adaptive Multi-Rate - Wideband(AMR- WB)(AMR-WB) speech codec; Transcodingfunctions.", 2015-12,functions", 3GPP TS 26.190 v13.0.0, December 2015, <http://www.3gpp.org/DynaReport/26190.htm>. [TS26.204] 3GPP,"3GPP TS 26.204 v13.1.0: Speech"Speech codec speech processing functions; Adaptive Multi-Rate - Wideband(AMR- WB)(AMR-WB) speech codec; ANSI-C code.",2016-03,3GPP TS 26.204 v13.1.0, March 2016, <http://www.3gpp.org/DynaReport/26204.htm>.8.2.6.2. InformativereferencesReferences [EN300175-1] ETSI,"ETSI EN 300 175-1, v2.6.1: Digital"Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Common Interface (CI); Part 1: Overview", ETSI EN 300 175-1, v2.6.1, 2015, <http://www.etsi.org/deliver/ etsi_en/300100_300199/30017501/02.06.01_60/ en_30017501v020601p.pdf>. [EN300175-8] ETSI,"ETSI EN 300 175-8, v2.6.1: Digital"Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Common Interface (CI); Part 8: Speech and audio coding and transmission.", ETSI EN 300 175-8, v2.6.1, 2015, <http://www.etsi.org/deliver/ etsi_en/300100_300199/30017508/02.06.01_60/ en_30017508v020601p.pdf>. [G.711]ITU, "Recommendation ITU-T G.711 (2012): PulseITU-T, "Pulse code modulation (PCM) of voice frequencies",1988-11,ITU-T Recommendation G.711, November 1988, <http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-G.711-198811-I/en>.[I-D.ietf-rtcweb-overview][IR.36] GSMA, "Adaptive Multirate Wide Band", IR.36, Version 3.0, September 2014, <http://www.gsma.com/newsroom/all- documents/ official-document-ir-36-adaptive-multirate-wide-band>. [OVERVIEW] Alvestrand, H., "Overview: Real Time Protocols for Browser-based Applications",draft-ietf-rtcweb-overview-15 (workWork inprogress),Progress, draft-ietf- rtcweb-overview-15, January 2016.[IR.36] GSMA, "Adaptive Multirate Wide Band V3.0", September 2014, <http://www.gsma.com/newsroom/all-documents/ official-document-ir-36-adaptive-multirate-wide-band>.[P.800]ITU, "ITU-T P.800: MethodsITU-T, "Methods forobjective andsubjectiveassessmentdetermination of transmission quality",1996-08, <https://www.itu.int/rec/ T-REC-P.800-199608-I/en>.ITU-T Recommendation P.800, August 1996, <https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-P.800-199608-I/en>. [RFC6716] Valin, JM., Vos, K., and T. Terriberry, "Definition of the Opus Audio Codec", RFC 6716, DOI 10.17487/RFC6716, September 2012, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6716>. [TS181005] ETSI, "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for Advanced Networking (TISPAN); Service and Capability Requirements V3.3.1 (2009-12)", ETSI TS 181005, 2009, <http://www.etsi.org/deliver/ etsi_ts/181000_181099/181005/03.03.01_60/ ts_181005v030301p.pdf>. [TS23.002] 3GPP,"3GPP TS 23.002 v13.5.0: Network"Network architecture",2016-03,3GPP TS23.002 v13.5.0, March 2016, <http://www.3gpp.org/dynareport/23002.htm>. Acknowledgements We would like to thank Magnus Westerlund, Barry Dingle, and Sanjay Mishra who carefully reviewed the document and helped to improve it. Contributors The following individuals contributed significantly to this document: o Stephane Proust, Orange, stephane.proust@orange.com o Espen Berger, Cisco, espeberg@cisco.com o Bernhard Feiten, Deutsche Telekom, Bernhard.Feiten@telekom.de o Bo Burman, Ericsson, bo.burman@ericsson.com o Kalyani Bogineni, Verizon Wireless, Kalyani.Bogineni@VerizonWireless.com o Mia Lei, Huawei, lei.miao@huawei.com o Enrico Marocco, Telecom Italia, enrico.marocco@telecomitalia.it though only the editor is listed on the front page. Author's Address Stephane Proust (editor) Orange 2, avenue Pierre Marzin Lannion 22307 France Email: stephane.proust@orange.com