X2 Interface in LTE

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With the removal of the RNC from the access network architecture, inter-eNB handover is negotiated and managed directly between eNBs using the X2-C interface. In LTE implementations that need to support macro diversity, the X2-U interface will carry handover traffic PDUs (Protocol Data Units) between eNBs. X2-C (control plane) signalling is carried by the X2AP (X2 Application Protocol), which travels over an SCTP association established between neighboring eNBs.

X2AP performs duties similar to those performed by RNSAP (Radio Network Subsystem Application Protocol), which operates between neighboring RNCs over the Iur interface in UMTS R99 networks. X2-U (user plane) traffic is carried by the existing GTP-U (GPRS Tunnelling Protocol – User plane), as employed in UMTS R99 networks. The facilities provided by the X2-U interface are only expected to be required if macro-diversity handover is supported.  Both sub-types of the X2 interface travel over IP: SCTP/IP for the X2-C and UDP/IP for the X2-U.



X2 Interface Architecture : -

The X2 interface is designed to provide a logical signalling and traffic path between neighbouring eNBs.  The term ‘neighbouring’ in this sense refers to eNBs that generate adjacent cells between which UEs would be expected to request handovers. The X2 interface is the functional successor to the UMTS Iur interface, which interconnects neighbouring RNCs.

An eNB is only expected to support X2 interfaces to neighbouring sites with which there is a realistic possibility of handover events occurring; an individual eNB would not be required to support X2 interfaces to all eNBs in the network. Indeed, the X2 is an optional interface and all of its functions can be performed indirectly via the S1 and the MME/S-GW if direct connections are not supported.





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