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

Immediate assignment
of SDCCH

Immediate
Assignment
on TCH
ACLC

Basic Ranking
Aux Radio
Network
Function Eval
(HCS)

on
SDCCH

Assignment /
Change of
Mode

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

UMTS Call Flow

Activate
Algorithms

Call to a MS

on
PICH/
SCCPCH

Paging

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

on
RACH

Open Loop
Power Control

Power Ctrl.
Code Ctrl.

on FACH/
RRC
SCCPCH Connection

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

(RRC Connect. Perform.)

Open Loop on Access Channel