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MTC Flow

Chirag Joshi

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CALL INITIATION (MO)

MS BTS BSC Switching NW

Called Party Number

Setup
CM(SDCCH)

DI(Setup)

Setup

Call Proceeding
DR(Call
Proceeding)
Call Proceeding
CM(SDCCH)

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ASSIGNMENT OF A TRAFFIC CHANNEL (MO)

MS BTS BSC Switching NW

Assignment Req
Phy Context Req
Phy Context Conf
Channel Activation
Ch Act Ack
DR(Ass Cmd)
Assign Command
RR(SDCCH)
SABM
Est Ind
UA

Assign Complete
RR(FACCH) DI(Ass Com)
Ass Complete
Rf Ch Release
Rf Ch Rel Ack

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INTERROGATION PHASE (MT)

MSC/VLR HLR GMSC MSC/

PSTN

IAM

Send Routing
Information
Provide Roaming
Number

Provide Roaming
Number

Send Routing
Information

IAM

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RR CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT (MT)

MS BTS BSC Switching NW

Paging
Paging Command IMSI/TMSI & LAC

IMSI/TMSI & Pgn Grp

Paging Request
RR(PCH)
Channel Request With TA
RR(RACH)
Channel Required

Channel Activation

Channel Activation
Acknowledge

Imm Ass Command

Imm Assignment
RR(AGCH)

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Paging Procedure
• Paging messages sent on PCH which MS continually listens to (TSL0
on BCCH TRX)
• Limited to geographical sub-group of BSCs using LACs
• Paging sub-groups are used to save MS battery-life since MS only
needs to listen to its own sub-channel and not to the entire PCH
• MS can be paged using IMSI or TMSI (determines number of MSs that
can be paged per message (IMSI = 2 MSs : TMSI = 4 MSs Or 1 with
IMSI & 2 TMSI ) : As per the Paging Type selected.
• Split between PCH and AGCH determined by
numberOfBlocksForAccessGrant and the type of channel
configuration used.

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Paging Request & Channel Request

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Immediate Assignment

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SERVICE REQUEST(MT)

MS BTS BSC Switching NW

Paging
Response/SABM

UA (Paging Resp)

Est Ind (Paging

Resp)

CR (Paging Resp)

CC

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SABM – Page Response

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AUTHENTICATION

MS BTS BSC Switching NW

Auth Request

DR (Auth Req)

Auth Req
MM(SDCCH)

Auth Resp
MM(SDCCH)

DI (Auth Resp)

Auth Response

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CIPHERING MODE SETTING (MT)

MS BTS BSC Switching NW

Ciph Mode Cmd

Encryption Cmd
Ciph Mode
RR(SDCCH) Command

Ciph Mode
RR(SDCCH) Complete

DI (Ciph Mode
Com)
Ciph Mode Com

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TMSI REALLOCATION (MT)

MS BTS BSC Switching NW

TMSI reallocation
Cmd

DR(TMSI reallocation)
TMSI reallocation
Cmd
MM(SDCCH)
TMSI reallocation
Com
MM(SDCCH)

DI(TMSI reallocation)
TMSI reallocation
Com

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CALL INITIATION (MT)

MS BTS BSC Switching NW

Setup

DR(Setup)

Setup
CM(SDCCH)

Call Confirmed
CM(SDCCH)

DI(Call Confirmed)

Call Confirmed

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SETUP:

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ASSIGNMENT OF A TRAFFIC CHANNEL (MT)

MS BTS BSC Switching NW

Assignment Cmd
Phy Context Req
Phy Context Conf
Channel Activation
Ch Act Ack
DR(Ass Cmd)
Assign Command
RR(SDCCH)
SABM
UA
Est Ind
Assign Complete
RR(FACCH) DI(Ass Com)
Ass Complete
Rf Ch Release
Rf Ch Rel Ack

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CALL CONFIRMATION AND CALL ACCEPT (MT)

MS BTS BSC Switching NW

Alerting
CM(FACCH)
DI(Alerting)

Alerting
Connect
CM(FACCH)
DI (Connect)

Connect

Connect Ack
DR(Connect Ack)

Connect Ack
CM(FACCH)

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Alerting:

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CALL CONFIRMATION AND CALL ACCEPT(MO)

MS BTS BSC Switching NW

Alerting

DR(Alerting)
CM(FACCH) Alerting

Connect
DR (Connect)
Connect
CM(FACCH)

Connect Ack
CM(FACCH)
DI(Connect Ack)

Connect Ack

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CALL RELEASE

MS BTS BSC Switching NW

Disconnect
DI(Disconnect)
Disconnect
Release
DR(Release)
Release
Release Complete
MM(FACCH)
DI(Release Complete)
Release Complete
MM(FACCH) Clear Command
Ch Release
Ch Release
Deact SACCH
Disc
UA
Rel Ind
Rf Ch Release
Rf Ch Rel Ack
Clear Complete
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RELEASE

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RELEASE

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