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Call Process
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Introduction
Though basically similar, the call process of mobile
subscribers and that of ordinary fixed subscribers
are different in the following aspects:
Before a mobile subscriber originates a call, he should
first input the number, ensure that no modification is
needed, and then send the call.
Before the number is sent out and the call is connected,
there is some additional information that should be
transferred between Mobile stations (MS) and the
network. Such operations are automatically performed
by the equipment, with no need for user interference, but
it results in a certain delay.
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Initialization
Initialization is a random access process. It starts from
MS which sends a channel requestmessage on RACH.
After receiving this message, BTS notifies BSC, and
attaches BTSs estimation of the transmission delay (TA)
from this MS to BTS and the cause for the current
access.
BSC will select an idle and dedicated channel SDCCH to
notify BTS to activate it according to the access cause
and the current information.
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Access causes mainly includes: location updating;
response to a paging call; and subscriber service
application, such as a call, sending one short message.
After BTS completes the activiation of the designated
channel, BSC sends the immediate allocation message
on AGCH via BTS, including the description of the
SDCCH channel assigned by BSC to MS, TA, the
maximum initialization transmission power and the
accessrandom reference value.
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When MS correctly receives its initialized allocation, it will,
according to channel description, adjust itself to this
channel, set up a signaling transmission link, and send
the first initialized message on the dedicated channel,
including subscribers identification number (such as
IMSI), cause for the current access, registration, and
authentication.
If BSC has no idle channels to allocate, BSC will send to
MS the immediate allocation rejectedmessage.
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Subscriber Status
Mobile stations are normally in one of the following
states: idle, switched off, and busy.
So, the network should handle accordingly against
these 3 states.
1) When the MS powers on, the network labels it with
attached flag.
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Case 1.
If it is the first time MS is switched on, in which
case no original LAI can be found in its SIM card,
it will immediately demand access to the network,
send to MSC the location updating request
message, and notify the GSM system that this is a
new subscriber in this location area.
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MSC will send the location updating request to this
subscribers HLR according to the H1H2H3 message
in IMSI sent by this subscriber.
HLR will record the MSC number that sends this
request (M1M2M3), and send back the location
updating acknowledgmentmessage to MSC. By now,
MSC will take this MS as activated, and make the
attachedmark on the IMSI of this subscriber in VLR,
and then will send to MS the location updating
acceptedmessage.
The SIM card of MS records this location area
identifier (LAI).
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Case 2.
If it is not the first time that MS is switched on but
rather switched on after switch-off, in which case
the received LAI is different from the LAI on the SIM
card, then it will also immediately send the location
update request to MSC.
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MSC will first determine whether the original LAI
is within its own service area.
If yes, MSC needs only to modify this subscribers
LAI in VLR, make attached mark on its IMSI, and
send LAI to MS in the location updating accepted
message. MS will modify the LAI in the SIM card.
If not, then MSC should send the location updating
request to the corresponding HLR according to
H1H2H3 in this subscribers IMSI.
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HLR will record the MSC number that sends this
request, then send back the location updating
acknowledgment.
MSC makes the attached mark on the subscribers
IMSI in VLR, records the LAI, and sends back to MS
the location updating acceptedmessage.
MS then modifies the LAI in the SIM card.
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Case 3.
In case MS is first switched off and then switched on,
and the received LAI is the same as that in the SIM
card, then MSC needs only to mark this subscriber
with the attached flag.
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2) MS switches off, and gets detached from the
network.
When MS turns off the power supply, it sends the last
message to the network, including the detachment
processing request. After MSC receives the message,
it will notify VLR to make the corresponding detached
mark on the IMSI of this MS.
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HLR in this case has got no notice that this
subscriber is already detached from the network.
So, when this subscriber is paged, and when HLR
requests MSC/VLR for MSRN, MSC/VLR will notify
HLR that this subscriber is already detached from the
network, so no more paging messages need to be
sent to page this subscriber.
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3) MS busy
In this case, the network assigns to MS one traffic
channel to send voice or data, and mark this
subscriber as busy. When MS moves around, it
must have the ability to switch to other channel, and
this is the so-called handover.
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Periodic Registration
After MS sends the IMSI detached message to the
network, due to poor radio link quality or severe
fading, the GSM system can not correctly decode
messages, and might still regard this MS as in the
attached status.
In another case, MS is switched on, but it moves
outside the service coverage area, but the GSM
system still regards MS as in the attached status.
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In such cases, when this subscriber is paged, the
system will continusously send paging messages,
thus ineffectively wasting lots of radio resources.
To solve this problem, the GSM system takes the
compulsory registration measure, e.g., requiring MS
to register once every 30 minutes (which can be
determined by the carrier). This is so-called periodic
registration.
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Location Update
BS
BS
MSC-A
MSC-B
VLR
VLR
HLR
MS
MS
(1)
(3)
(2)
(4)
(9)
(5)
(6)
(7) (8)
(10)
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(1) MS moves from one area (belonging to the coverage of
MSC-B) to another area (belonging to the coverage of
MSC-A).
(2) By detecting the broadcasting information sent
persistently by the base station BS, MS finds out that
the newly received location area identification is
different from the currently used location area
identification.
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(3)(4) MS sends the location updating request with the
message of Im here via this base station to MSC-A.
(5) MSC-A sends the location updating message that
contains the MSC-A identifier and MS identification
number to HLR (the authentication or encryption
calculation process will start from here, though not shown
in the diagram).
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(6) HLR sends back the response message, including all the
related subscriber data.
(7)(8) Subscriber data registration in the visited VLR.
(9) Sending related location updating response message via
the base station to MS (if TMSI is re-assigned, it is sent
together to MS).
(10) Notifying the original VLR to delete subscriber data
related to this MS.
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Outgoing Call Flow from MS to PSTN
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Outgoing Call Flow from MS to PSTN
(1) Within the service cell, once the mobile subscriber
dials, the mobile station will request the base
station for the random access channel.
(2) The setup process to set up signaling connection
between the mobile station MS and the mobile
service switching center MSC.
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(3) Authentication of the mobile stations identification
number; if encryption is needed, then it sets the
encryption mode and enter the call setup starting
phase.
(4) Service channel allocation.
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(5) Adopting the No.7 signaling user part ISUP/TUP to set
up a channel from the fixed network (ISDN/PSTN) to
the called subscriber, send ringing to the called
subscriber, and send back the call connection
acknowledgment signal to the mobile station.
(6)The called subscriber offhooks to reply, in which case a
response (connection) message is sent to the mobile
station, thus entering the ultimate call session phase.
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Incoming Call Flow from PSTN to MS
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Incoming Call Flow from PSTN to MS
(1) Through the No.7 signaling user part ISUP/TUP to enter
MSC (GMSC) and receive a call from the fixed network
(ISDN/PSTN).
(2) GMSC requests HLR for the MSC address (i.e., MSRN)
visited by the related called mobile subscriber.
(3) HLR requests the visited VLR to assign MSRN which is
assigned and notified by VLR to HLR in each call.
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(4) After GMSC obtains MSRN from HLR, it can re-search
for routes to set up connection to the visited MSC.
(5)(6) The visited MSC obtains related subscriber data from
VLR.
(7)(8) MSC sends paging messages to the mobile station
through all base stations( BS) in the location area.
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(9)(10) The mobile station of the called mobile subscriber
sends back the paging response messages, then carries
out the same steps of (1), (2), (3), (4) as shown in the
above outgoing call flow till the mobile station rings, then
sends back the call connection acknowledgment signal
(omitted in the diagram) to the calling subscriber.
(11) The mobile subscriber offhooks to answer, thus the
response (connection) message is sent back to the fixed
network to signal calling and called parties enter final call
session.
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PSTN
GMSC MSC/VLR
HLR
MS
1 6
4
3
2
5
1.MSISDN 2. MSISDN 3. IMSI 4. MSRN
5. MSRN 6. MSRN
Incoming Call Flow from PSTN to MS
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6
3
4
5
2
9
7 8 10 1
HLR/AUC
MSC1/VLR2 MSC2/VLR2
MS1 MS2
MS - MS Call
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