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
Urgency
Basic Ranking
Aux Radio
Network
Function Eval
(HCS)

Paging

(Random Access)

on
RACH

MEASUREMENTS

on
CCCH/
AGCH

Immediate
Assignment

on
SDCCH

Assignment /
Change of
Mode

Organizing List
Sending List

(Paging Perf.)

(SDDCH Perform.)

Immediate assignment
of SDCCH
(Available TCH)

Assignment of TCH
(Assignment Fail.)

Immediate
Assignment
on TCH
ACLC

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.
Code Ctrl.

on FACH/
RRC
SCCPCH Connection

(RRC Connect. Perform.)

Open Loop
Power Control

Directed Retry

Predefined Signaling
RAB Selected

Admission Ctrl.
MEASUREMENTS

RAB Selection

on FACH/
SCCPCH

RAB
Assignment

(Available TCH)

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