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2013-04-10 V1.01 Jasim Bashir

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1 Mobile Originated Call Establishment Procedure

In terms of the assignment type, the mobile originated call establishment procedure
is categorized into the early assignment procedure, late assignment procedure, and
very early assignment procedure. The MSC determines the early assignment
procedure and the late assignment procedure. The BSS determines the very early
assignment procedure based on the radio resources.

1.1 Early Assignment Procedure (GSM)

The early assignment procedure (Mobile Originating Call Establishment without

OACSU) is the procedure in which the network assigns traffic channels
immediately after the MS receives the Call Proceeding message during a call.

MS BTS BSC MSC

IMMEDIATE ASSIGNMENT PROCEDURE

Establish indication
(CM Service Request) 1

CR (L3:CM Service Request) 2

CC 3

CM Service Accepted 4

SDCCH

Setup 5

SDCCH

Call Proceeding 6

SDCCH

TCH Assignment Procedure

Alerting 7

FACCH
Connect 8

FACCH
Connect Acknowledge 9

FACCH

Talking 10

Release Procedure

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1.2 Late Assignment Procedure (GSM)

The late assignment procedure (Mobile Originating Call Establishment with

OACSU) is the procedure in which the network assigns traffic channels only after
the MS receives the Alerting message during a call.

MS BTS BSC MSC

IMMEDIATE ASSIGNMENT PROCEDURE

Establish indication
(CM Service Request) 1

CR (L3:CM Service Request) 2

CC 3

CM Service Accepted 4

SDCCH

Setup 5

SDCCH

Call Proceeding 6

SDCCH

Alerting 7
SDCCH

TCH Assignment Procedure

Connect 8

FACCH
Connect Acknowledge 9

FACCH

Talking 10

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1.3 Very Early Assignment Procedure (GSM)

The very early assignment procedure (Mobile Originating Call Establishment with
OACSU) is the procedure in which the network assigns the traffic channel as the
signaling channel during the immediate assignment phase and does not assign a
traffic channel during the assignment procedure but adjusts the traffic channel
assigned during immediate assignment as the speech channel through the Mode
Modify message.

MS BTS BSC MSC

IMMEDIATE ASSIGNMENT TCH PROCEDURE

Establish indication
(CM Service Request) 1

CR (L3:CM Service Request) 2

CC 3

CM Service Accepted 4

SDCCH

Setup 5

SDCCH

Call Proceeding 6

SDCCH

TCH MODE MODIFY

Alerting 7

FACCH
Connect 8

FACCH
Connect Acknowledge 9

FACCH

Talking 10

Release Procedure

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2 Mobile Terminated Call Establishment Procedure

In the mobile terminated call establishment procedure, the network assigns traffic
channels for the called MS

MS BTS BSC MSC

Paging 1

Paging Command 2

Paging Request 3

PCH

Channel request 4
RACH

Immediate Assignment Procedure

Establish Indication
Paging Response 5
CR (CL 31) 6

CC 7

CM Service Accepted 8
SDCCH
Setup 9

SDCCH
Call Confirmed 10
SDCCH

TCH Assignment Procedure

Alerting 11

FACCH

Connect 12

FACCH

Connect Acknowledge 13

FACCH

Release Procedure
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3 Outgoing Call Procedure UMTS

This topic describes outgoing call setup and release in terms of protocols, triggering
conditions, signaling procedure of a successful outgoing call.

UE NodeB SRNC CN

Connection Request 1

Radio Link Setup Request 2

Radio link setup Response 3

Radio link Restore Indication 4 RRC

Connection
Setup

ALCP IUB Data Transport Bearer Setup 5

RRC Connection Setup 6

RRC connection Setup Complete 7

Initial Direct Transfer 8

Signalling
Initial UE Message 9 Connection
Setup

Command ID 10

Direct Transfer 11

Downlink direct Transfer 12

Uplink Direct Transfer 13

Direct Transfer 14
Authentication
And Security
Security Mode Command 15 Mode Control
Security Mode Command 16

Security Mode Command Complete 17

Security Mode Command Complete 18

Uplink Direct Transfer 19

Direct Transfer 20

Direct Transfer 21

Downlink Direct Transfer 22

RAB Assignment Request 23

ALCAP Iu Data Bearer Setup 24

Radio link reconfiguration prepare 25

Radio Link Reconfiguration Ready 26

CALL
ALCAP Iub Data Transport bearet Setup 27 SETUP

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UE NodeB SRNC CN
Radio Bearer Setup 28
RAB
SETUP
Radio Link Reconfiguration Comit 29

Radio Bearer Setup Complete 30

RAB Assignment Response 31

Direct Transfer 32

Downlink Direct Transfer 33

Direct Transfer 34

Downlink Direct Transfer 35

Uplink Direct Transfer 36

Direct Transfer 37

Uplink Direct Transfer 38

Direct Transfer 39

Direct Transfer 40

Downlink Direct Transfer 41

Uplink Direct Transfer 42

CALL
Direct Transfer 43
Release

IU Release Command 44

ALCAP Iu Data Transport Bearer Release 45

Iu Release Complete 46

RRC Connection Release 47

RRC Connection Release Complete 48

Radio Link deletion request 49

RRC
Connection
Radio Link Deletion Response 50
Release

ALCAP Iub Data Transport Bearer Release 51

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4 Incoming Call Procedure UMTS

This topic describes incoming call setup and release in terms of protocols, triggering
conditions, signaling procedure of a successful incoming call.

UE NodeB SRNC CN
Paging 1

Paging Type 1 (2) Paging

RRC Connection Request 3

Radio Link Setup Request 4

Radio Link Setup Response 5

Radio Link Restore Indication 6 RRC

Connection
Setup
ALCAP Iub Data Transport Bearer Setup 7

RRC Connection Setup 8

RRC Connection Setup Complete 9

Initial Direct Transfer 10

Initial UE Message 11
Signalling
Connection Setup
Command ID 12

Direct Transfer 13

Downlink Direct Transfer 14

Uplink Direct Transfer 15

Direct Transfer 16 Authentication
And Security
Security Mode Command 17 Mode Control
Security Mode Command 18

Security Mode Command Complete 19

Security Mode Command Complete 20

Direct Transfer 21
Downlink Direct Transfer 22

Uplink Direct Transfer 23

Direct Transfer 24

RAB Assignment Request 25

ALCAP Iu Data Transport Bearer Setup 26

Radio Link Reconfiguration Prepare 27

Radio Link Reconfiguration Ready 28

ALCAP Iub Data Transport Bearer Setup 29

CALL
Setup
Radio Bearer Setup 30

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UE NodeB SRNC CN
Radio Link Reconfiguration Commit 31 RAB
Setup
Radio Bearer Setup Complete 32
RAB Assignment Response 33

Uplink Direct Transfer 34

Direct Transfer 35

Uplink Direct Transfer 36

Direct Transfer 37

Direct Transfer 38
Downlink Direct Transfer 39

Direct Transfer 40
Downlink Direct Transfer 41

Uplink Direct Transfer 42

Direct Transfer 43

Direct Transfer 44
Downlink Direct Transfer 45
CALL
Iu Release Command 46 Release

ALCAP Iu Data Transport Bearer Release 47

Iu Release Complete 48

RRC Connection Release 49

RRC Connection release Complete 50

Radio Link Deletion Request 51

RRC
Connection
Radio Link Deletion Response 52 Release

ALCAP Iub Data Transport Bearer Release 53

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5 Initial Context Access LTE

After user equipment (UE) initiates an attempt to access the network, the evolved
packet core (EPC) sends a request for establishing an initial context access. The
initial context establishment involves establishing the default bearer for the UE.
According to TS 23.401, after the UE enters the packet data network (PDN) for the
first time, the EPC allocates it the first bearer which lasts until the UE disconnects
from the PDN. This bearer is called the default bearer. After the default bearer is
established, the other bearers established between the same PDN and the UE are
called the dedicated bearer.

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