CALL & MOBILITY MANAGEMENT

Connection Management
What is Connection Management ?
Connection Management enables different CM sub-layer
entities to communicate with their pier entity using different
MM connections.
Different CM sub-layer entities use different MM connections.
Different MM connections are identified by Protocol
Discriminator PD and, additionally by Transaction Identifier TI.

Mobile To Land Call Set-up Scenario

Phases of Mobile To Land Call
( Mobile Originated Call- MO Call )

SETUP PHASE
RINGING PHASE
CONVERSATION PHASE
RELEASE PHASE

Mobile To Land Call Set-up Scenario

SETUP PHASE
- REQUEST FOR SERVICE ( CHANNEL ) BY MS
- CM SERVICE REQUEST
- AUTHENTICATION
- CIPHERING
- EQUIPMENT VALIDATION ( EIR CHECK )
- SETUP MESSAGE
- VALIDATION AT VLR
- ASSIGNMENT

MOBILE TO LAND CALL - I

Request For Service
BSS

MS

Channel Request

RACH
2

SDCCH Assignment

AGCH
3

CM Service Request

SDCCH
4

CM Service Accept

MSC/
VLR

Mobile To Land Call Set-up Scenario

CM SERVICE REQUEST
- The Call Control (CC) entity of MS initiates the establishment of
CC connection by requesting MM sub-layer of the mobile to
establish MM sub-layer connection.
- Upon establishment of MM connection CM SERVICE ACCEPT
message is received from n/w.
SETUP MESSAGE
- CC entity sends a setup message to its peer entity.

MOBILE TO LAND CALL - II

Call Setup
BSS

MS

MSC/
VLR

Call Setup Request

SDCCH
Call Proceeding
6

SDCCH
Assign Trunk and radio
7

Assign TCH

SDCCH
Radio Assignment Complete
SDCCH
Trunk and Radio Assignment Complete

Mobile To Land Call Set-up Scenario

Call Setup message
MSC/VLR
Release Complete
message to MS

Is the requested basic service

No

provisioned for the subscriber ?

Yes

Release Complete
message to MS

Preliminary Digit Analysis

Yes

Is the number of digits less than the

minimum expected?
No

1. Check of ODB( BAOC/BOIC/ BOIC Ex HC )

2. Subscriber call barring checks ( BAOC/BOIC e

ASSIGNM ENT

Mobile To Land Call Set-up Scenario

ASSIGNMENT
- A BSSMAP message Assignment Command is sent by MSC to
BSS.
- The message contains a free CIC on A-Interface for terrestrial
channel allocated by MSC.
- A free TCH is allocated by the BSS and MS is informed to attach
to this TCH.
- On receiving a response from BSS MSC switches the speech
path towards the calling MS.

Note : Mobile has not connected user

connection as yet.

MOBILE TO LAND CALL - III

Call Setup
BSS

MS

MSC/
VLR

GMSC

HLR

Network Setup ( Dialed Digits )

8

Network Alerting
Alerting

Connect

FACCH
Connect

10

FACCH
11

Connect Acknowledge

FACCH

Start Billing

PSTN

MOBILE TO LAND CALL - IV

Call Release
BSS

MS

12

MSC/
VLR

HLR

GMSC

Disconnect
Network Release

Release

13

FACCH
14

Release Complete

FACCH
Clear Command
15

Channel Release

FACCH

Release Complete

PSTN

Land To Mobile Call Set-up Scenario

Phases of Land To Mobile Call
( Mobile Terminating - MT Call )

Routing Analysis
Paging
Authentication
Ciphering
Call-Setup
Call Release

Architecture For Mobile Terminated Call

VISITING PLMN
A- Interface
MSC-B

IAM ( ISUP )
GMSC- B

BSS-B

AC
K(

(
SRI

VLR-B

Air Interface

RN
MS

AC

K(

RN

PR
N

MS

SD N
MSI

HLR-B

MS

LAND TO MOBILE CALL - I

Routing Analysis
HLR

MSC/VLR

GMSC

Incoming Call

Get Route

Get Route
3

( MSISDN )

( IMSI )
Routing Information

( MSRN )

PSTN

Incoming Call

( MSRN )

Routing Information

( MSRN )

( MSISDN )

LAND TO MOBILE CALL - II

Paging
MS

BSS

MSC
Perform Page

Page
6
7

(TMSI)

PCH
Channel Request

( RACH )
8

Access Granted

( AGCH )
Paging Response
9

( TMSI, LAI )

SDCCH

Page Response

LAND TO MOBILE CALL - III

Call Set-up

10

11

MSC

BSS

MS

Call Set Up

SDCCH
Call Set Up Confirm

SDCCH
Assign Trunk &
Radio Channel
Assign Radio Channel

12

SDCCH
Radio Channel Assigned

SDCCH

Trunk and Radio Channel

Assignment Complete

LAND TO MOBILE CALL - IV

Call Setup
BSS

MS

MSC/
VLR

HLR

GMSC

Mobile Alerting
13

14

FACCH

Network Alerting

Connect ( off-hook )

FACCH
Start Billing

15

Connect Acknowledge

Connect

PSTN

LAND TO MOBILE CALL - V

Call Release
MSC/
VLR

BSS

MS

HLR

GMSC

Network Release
16

Disconnect

Stop Billing

FACCH
Release

17

Release Complete

FACCH
18

Release Complete

FACCH
Clear Command
19

Clear Channel

FACCH

Clear Complete

PSTN

Mobile To Mobile Call Set-up Scenario

Phases of Mobile To Mobile
Call
Request for service.
Authentication

Ciphering

Mobile Originating

Call-Setup
Call Release
Routing Analysis

Paging
Authentication
Ciphering
Call-Setup
Call-Release

Mobile Terminating

1. ND PSTN Subscriber Dials ND Mobile Subscriber in ND.

Page(TMSI)

ND
MS

HLR
ND

GMSC
MSC/VLR
ND

TAX
ND
MSISDN
MSISDN

MSISDN

LE

SRI

9810098100

MSRN
PRN to
MSC/VLR

TANDEM
ND

ACK from
MSC/VLR
ND
(MSRN)

2. ND PSTN Subscriber Dials CA Mobile Subscriber in CA.

TANDEM

HLR
MSISDN
LE

MSISDN

GMSC
MSC/VLR
ND

TAX
ND

ND

MSISDN

CA

HLR
MSISDN
TAX
CA

GMSC
MSC/VLR
CA

SRI
MSRN

CA Page(TMSI) PRN to
MSC/VLR
MS
9881098300

ACK from
MSC/VLR
CA
(MSRN)

3. ND PSTN Subscriber Dials ND Mobile Subscriber in CA.

HLR
GMSC
MSC/VLR
CA

TAX
MSRN

CA

CA

ND
MS
9810098200

Page(TMSI)

MSRN

HLR
MSRN
ND

TAX
ND
MSISDN

MSISDN

LE

GMSC
MSC/VLR
ND

MSISDN

SRI
MSRN
PRN to
MSC/VLR

TANDEM
CA

ACK from
MSC/VLR
CA
(MSRN)

4. CA PSTN Subscriber Dials ND Mobile Subscriber in CA.

TANDEM

HLR
MSISDN
LE

MSISDN
TAX

CA

MSRN
CA
MSISDN

ND

MSRN

GMSC
MSC/VLR
CA

9810098400

Page(TMSI)

HLR
TAX
ND

MSRN
MSISDN

GMSC
MSC/VLR
ND

SRI
MSRN
PRN to
MSC/VLR

ACK from
MSC/VLR
CA
(MSRN)

ND
MS

4.A CA PSTN Subscriber Dials ND Mobile Subscriber in CA

Roaming agreement with Optimal Routing
TANDEM

MSISDN

MSISDN
LE

HLR Page(TMSI)

TAX

ND
MS

GMSC
MSC/VLR
CA

9810098410

SRI

CA

MSRN

CA
ND
TAX
ND

GMSC
MSC/VLR
ND

HLR

ACK from
PRN to
MSC/VLR
MSC/VLR
CA
(MSRN)

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