The UMTS bearer services are described by the PLMN BC-IE. Five services (or services categories) are currently distinguishable from the PLMN BC-IE in UTRAN Iu mode:
Speech.
Transparent Data for support of Multimedia.
Transparent Data.
Non-transparent Fax.
Non-transparent data.
Four services (or services categories) are currently distinguishable from the PLMN BC-IE in GERAN Iu mode:
Speech.
Transparent Data for support of Multimedia.
Transparent Data.
Non-transparent data.
Speech is currently not in the scope of the present document.
Each UMTS bearer service is supported by a Radio Access Bearers (RAB). The RABs in turn are described by the QoS parameters. There may be one or several RAB candidates for supporting a UMTS bearer service. The possible candidates are described by a mapping of the BC-IE to RAB QoS described in subclause 5.2.
This service is distinguished by the following BC-IE parameters:
ITC = UDI or 3.1 kHz audio or Other ITC = RDI.
CE = non-transparent.
The possible AIURs in UTRAN Iu mode are limited to 14,4 kbit/s, 28,8 kbit/s and 57,6 kbit/s. For GERAN Iu mode the following AIURs are possible: 9,6 kbit/s, 14,4 kbit/s, 19,2 kbit/s, 28,8 kbit/s, 38,4 kbit/s, 43,2 kbit/s and 57,6 kbit/s.
Since UMTS bearer services are described by BC-IEs and RABs by QoS parameters, a mapping between the UMTS bearer services and the possible RABs that support them has to be specified. The QoS mapping is based on TS 23.107 and is specified in detail in TS 27.001, Annex B, subclause B.1.13.
BC-IE negotiation procedures and mapping to ISDN are specified in TS 27.001 and TS 29.007. BC-IE parameter values shall be restricted as indicated in subclause 5.1. See also TS 27.001, Annex B, Table B.5a for further details on the validity of parameter values in A/Gb mode and Iu mode.