In LTE architecture, core network includes Mobility Management Entity (MME), Serving Gateway  (SGW), Packet Data Network Gateway (PDN GW) where as E-UTRAN has E-UTRAN NodeB (eNB).

See LTE protocols & specifications for specification mappings.

Protocol links are as below

• Air Interface Physical Layer
• GPRS Tunnelling Protocol User Plane (GTP-U)
• GTP-U Transport
• Medium Access Control (MAC)
• Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) Protocol
• Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP)
• Radio Link Control (RLC)
• Radio Resource Control (RRC)
• S1 Application Protocol (S1AP)
• S1 layer 1
• S1 Signalling Transport
• X2 Application Protocol (X2AP)
• X2 layer 1
• X2 Signalling Transport