Call Flow

A comparison between the call

flow in GSM and UMTS

GSM Call Flow

Call to a MS

Call from a MS

Locating

Filtering

Paging

(Paging Perf.)
(Random Access)

on
RACH

MEASUREMENTS

(SDDCH Perform.)

Urgency

on
CCCH/
AGCH

Immediate
Assignment

on
SDCCH

Assignment /
Change of
Mode

Immediate assignment
of SDCCH

Immediate
Assignment
on TCH
ACLC

Basic Ranking
Aux Radio
Network
Function Eval
(HCS)

Organizing List
Sending List

(Available TCH)

Assignment of TCH
(Assignment Fail.)

ASSOC
AW
CLS
DHRA

(Traffic Erlangs)
on
TCH

Supervision

Allocation Reply

(Call Quality)

(Handover Perf.)

Handover/Clear

(Dropped Calls)

Handover
Inter cell/BSC
Intra cell/BSC
OL/UL
Bad Quality
Urgency
HCS

Channel Administration

Initiations

on
CCCH/
PCH

Activate
Algorithms

Call to a MS

on
PICH/
SCCPCH

Paging

Call from a MS
(Paging Perf.)
(Random Access)

on
RACH

Power Ctrl.
(RRC Connect. Perform.)

Code Ctrl.

on FACH/
RRC
SCCPCH Connection

Open Loop
Power Control

Directed Retry

Predefined Signaling
RAB Selected

Admission Ctrl.
MEASUREMENTS

RAB Selection

on FACH/
SCCPCH

(Available TCH)

RAB
Assignment

Load Sharing

Assignment of DPDCH
(RAB Establish. Fail.)
(Traffic Erlangs)

on
DPDCH

Supervision

Soft/Softer
Handover/Clear

(Call Quality)
(Throughput)
(Handover Perf.)
(Dropped Calls)

Soft Handover
Inter cell/BSC
Intra cell/BSC
OL/UL
Bad Quality
Urgency
HCS

Inner Loop/Outer Loop

Power Control

UMTS Call Flow

Open Loop on Access Channel