What is SRVCC

(Single Radio Voice Call Continuity)

Service Continuity
LTE Network

Moving UE 2G/3G
Network

3GPP TS 23.216

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Evolution of Voice Call
4G 4G
Network - Network –
CSFB call VoLTE +
2G Radio on 3G SRVCC
1992

2000

2012
2008

2012

2012
3G Radio 4G 4G
Network – Network –
VoLTE Call VoLTE +
on 4G SRVCC +
CSFB : Circuit Switched Fall Back eSRVCC +
VoLTE : Voice over LTE aSRVCC
SRVCC : Single Radio Voice Call Continuity
eSRVCC : Enhanced SRVCC
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Various Approach to Voice Calls
CSFB VoLTE + SRVCC
Voice Call start 4G Coverage
in underlying Holes
2G , 3G Radio 2G/3G
PUSH

2G/3G
`
Trying Network
Call Quality
to Call Setup Time
Less Resources
Non-VoLTE N/W VoLTE N/W
TEMPORARY
4G TARGET
4G SOLUTION
IMS SOLUTION

Service Based Coverage Based

Handover Handover
CSFB : Circuit Switched Fall Back
Evolution of SRVCC
3GPP
Name Description
Release
Basic
Rel 8 Call Continuity from E-UTRAN to UTRAN/GRAN
SRVCC
Packet switched to Circuit Switched call transfer

Improve User experience

aSRVCC Rel 10
during Alerting Phase
Enhanced SRVCC (Support for MSC Server
eSRVCC Rel 10
assisted Mid Call Feature)
vSRVCC Rel 11 Video SRVCC
rSRVCC Rel 11 SRVCC from UTRAN/GRAN to E-UTRAN

GSMA IR.64 3GPP TS 23.216

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How it works
2G/3G
Service Continuity Network

LTE Network

Take Handover of this Call Sv

MME OK Sir Interface MSC
SGW , PGW 3GPP TS 29.280

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SRVCC Call flow
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Handover Preparation
Flow

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SRVCC Call flow Measurement
reports 2G/3G
1 Network

2G/3G
Network
4G EnodeB

SGSN MME MSC

SGW / PGW

IMS B Party
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SRVCC Call flow 1 2G/3G
Measurement Network
reports
Handover
2G/3G Required
Network
2 4G EnodeB

SGSN MME MSC

SGW / PGW

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SRVCC Call flow 1 2G/3G
Measurement Network
reports

Required
Handover
2G/3G
Network
4G EnodeB
4
4
Relocation

2
HO Req

Relocation
HO Req
SGSN 3 MME 3 MSC
SGW / PGW
Bearer
Forward Split PS to CS Req
Relocation Req

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 SRVCC Call flow 2G/3G
Measurement Network
reports

Required
Handover
2G/3G
Network
4G EnodeB
Ack

Ack
Relocation
HO Req

Relocation
HO Req
Forward
SGSN Relocation Req MME MSC
SGW / PGW PS to CS Req
Ack

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 SRVCC Call flow 2G/3G
Measurement Network
reports

Required
Handover
2G/3G
Network
4G EnodeB
Ack

Ack
Relocation
HO Req

Relocation
HO Req
Forward
SGSN Relocation Req MME MSC
SGW / PGW PS to CS Request
Ack

Session Transfer (STN-SR or E-STN-SR)

IMS B Party
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 SRVCC Call flow 2G/3G
Measurement Network
reports

Required
Handover
2G/3G Go to 3G

Command
Handover
Network
4G EnodeB
Ack

Ack
Relocation
HO Req

Relocation
HO Req
Forward PS to CS Request
SGSN Relocation Req MME MSC
SGW / PGW
PS to CS Response
Ack
Release of IMS access leg
Session Transfer (STN-SR or E-STN-SR)

3GPP TS 23.237

Session transfer and

Update remote end IMS B Party
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SRVCC Call flow 2G/3G
Network

2G/3G
Network
4G EnodeB

SGSN MME MSC

UE tunes to UTRAN/GERAN

IMS B Party
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Handover Execution Flow

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SRVCC Call flow 2G/3G
Network

Handover Complete
2G/3G
Network

Relocation
4G EnodeB

PS to CS Complete/Ack
SGSN MME MSC

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SRVCC Call flow 2G/3G
Network

2G/3G
Network

Complete
Reloc/HO
TMSI
4G EnodeB
Complete
Reloc/HO

Reallocation

Forward Reloc PS to CS Complete/Ack

SGSN Complete MME MSC HLR
Update
Update Bearer
Loc
PGW

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SRVCC Identities
Session transfer
STN-SRnumber for Correlation MSISDN
C-MSISDN
SRVCC (STN-SR) (C-MSISDN)

• Used for Session Transfer of Call • Used for correlation of sessions

to CS Domain at access transfer
• E.164 Nomenclature ( Similar to • MSISDN of User in CS Network
MSRN ) • Helps to Identify Session to be
• Flow Transferred
• HSS -> MME (s6, Attach Flow)
• MME -> MSC (Sv, PS->CS Req)
• MSC -> IMS ( Voice Call )

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Network Changes required for Enabling SRVCC

ATCF ATGW MSS

E-UTRAN MME HSS

SR-VCC-
SCC-AS
IWF New
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Enhanced SRVCC ( eSRVCC )

Benefits of eSRVCC Changes Done for eSRVCC

• Interruption Time Reduced • Anchoring Point Change

• SRVCC : 800-1000 ms
• eSRVCC : < 300 ms
• SRVCC : Home SCC-AS ( Call
Must Go Back to Home
Network for Roamers )
• eSRVCC : Serving Network
ATCF/ATGW ( Call can be
Switched in Visited Network
Itself – This Saves Time )

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Further Study ..
Specs Ref Name of Document
GSMA, IR.92 IMS Profile for Voice and SMS
GSMA, IR.94 IMS Profile for Conversational Video Service
3GPP, TS.23.216 Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC)
GSMA, IR.64 IMS Service Centralization and Continuity Guidelines V6.0
3GPP, TS22.278 Service Requirements for the Evolved Packet System (EPS)
3GPP, TS23.237 IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Service Continuity Stage 2

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