CSFB (CIRCUIT switch Fall

Back)

CSFB Network Architecture

Iu -CS

UTRAN

MSC
Server

Uu
GERAN
A
SGs

Um

E - UTRAN

UE
LTE - Uu

MME
S1 -MME

CS Call Request in E-UTRAN,

Call in GERAN/UTRAN

Mobile Terminating call in Active

Mode - PS HO supported

CSFB SMS-MO

SMS over SGs is

independent from
CS Fallback;
meaning it does
not trigger CS
Fallback to UTRAN
or GERAN. As no
fallback takes
place, SMS over
SGs does not
require
overlapped
coverage of LTE
and legacy
technologies.

CSFB SMS
MT

UE

eNodeB

MME

MSC

HLR

SMS-IWMSC

SC

1. Combined EPS/IMSI attach procedure and location update for non-EPS

services procedure

2. Message transfer
3. SendRoutingInfoForSMS
4. ForwardShortMessage
5. SGsAP Paging Request (SMS Indicator)
7. Paging

6. Paging

8. UE triggered Service Request procedure

8a. SGsAP Service Request (SMS Indicator)

9a. SGsAP Downlink Unidata (CPDATA)

9b. Downlink NAS Transport
9c. Uplink NAS Transport
9d. SGsAP Uplink Unidata (CPACK)
10. Uplink NAS Transport
11. SGsAP Uplink Unidata
12. Delivery report
14. SGsAP Downlink Unidata (CPACK)
15. Downlink NAS Transport

16. Release Request

Downlink NAS Transport

13. Delivery report

Reference(s) -:
3GPP TS 23.272 Circuit Switched Fallback in Evolved Packet
System
3GPP TS 29.118 MME Visitor Location Register (VLR) SGs
Interface Specification
3GPP TS 24.301 Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) Protocol for Evolved
Packet System (EPS)
3GPP TS 23.018 Basic Call Handling
3GPP TS 23.002 LTE; Network architecture