Call Flow

A comparison between the call

flow in GSM and UMTS
GSM Call Flow Call to a MS
Call from a
MS
Locating
on (Paging Perf.)
Initiations
CCCH/ Paging on
PCH (Random Access) RACH

Filtering MEASUREMENTS
• Immedi
(SDDCH Perform.) ate
on Immediate
Urgency Immediate assignment Assignment
CCCH/ Assignment on TCH
AGCH of SDCCH • ACLC
Basic
Ranking
Aux Radio
(Available TCH) • AS
Network
on Assignment / Assignment of TCH
SO
Function Eval SDCCH Change of C
• AW
(HCS) (Assignment Fail.)
Mode Channel Administra
• CL
S
Organizing • DH
List (Traffic Erlangs) RA
on (Call Quality)
Sending List TCH
Supervision
Handover
• Inter
Allocation cell/BSC
Reply (Handover Perf.) • Intra
Handover/Cl cell/BSC
• OL/UL
ear (Dropped Calls) • Bad
Quality
• Urgency
UMTS Call Flow Call to a MS
Call from a
MS
Activate
Algorithms on (Paging Perf.)
PICH/ Paging on Open Loop
SCCPCH (Random Access) RACH Power Control

Power Ctrl.
• Directed
(RRC Connect. Perform.) Retry
on FACH/ RRC
Code Ctrl. Predefined Signaling
SCCPCH Connection
RAB Selected
Admission
Ctrl.
MEASUREMENTS
(Available TCH) • Load
on FACH/ Sharing
RAB Selection SCCPCH RAB Assignment of DPDCH
Assignment (RAB Establish. Fail.) Inner Loop/Outer
Power Control
(Traffic Erlangs)
on (Call Quality)
DPDCH
Supervision
Soft Handover
(Throughput) • Inter
cell/BSC
Soft/Softer (Handover Perf.) • Intra
cell/BSC
Handover/Cl (Dropped Calls)
• OL/UL
• Bad
ear Quality
• Urgency
Open Loop on Access
Channel