Roaming Value-Added Services

BY:Rawand Dlshad Jaf

IREG Engineer
Roaming in GSM Network

International roaming offers a great opportunity for wireless

service providers to improve revenues and generate more profits.
They are continuously exploring new ways to attract more roamers
to their networks.
As you know the roamer set the hand to network register
automatically according to the Signal Strength, Reselection may
be happens when the roamer moves and the Roamer don't have
the loyally to any network out side home country.

But the question is how we can attract the roamer to manually

network selection
The Ans .”by Cost of usage, Service , Discount,…ECT” And VAS
Optimal Routing

What happens when Roamer calling another Roamer in the

same Country?

1-Dial 2-Call ro Country B

A ute to h
ome ne
tw ork
B MSC/VLR 3-Sending
routin Info
MSC/VLR
t oB
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Country X ll R MSRN.
Ca

4-asking MSRN
8 HLR
B
MSC/VLR 5-MSRN
 Optimal Routing
This is surly not an efficient routing because is require tow
international call legs , for that we need optimal routing (OR) as
value add service to attract & retain Roamers in Visit net.

OP allows a call to routed directly from originating MSC to MSC

currently serving roamer for that the international call will be
avoided saving cost and OP can be applied to following scenarios:

1- Inbound Roamer to Roamer call in same Country and network.

2- Inbound Roamer to Roamer call in same Country but other

network.

3-A local Subscriber calling Inbound roamer in same network.

Implementation

• Usually access code is used fallowed by the regular B party

international number.
• All the OR call are routed to a special Platform which enable the OR,
there could be several different ways to implement OR in the
network.
• The three important requirement for any OR implementation are:

1. Acquire, maintain, and manage the data for all inbound roamers currently in
the network in real time.
2. Analysis of the B party number to check if it is an inbound roamer currently
in a network implementing OR or in any other PLMN within the same country,
where the call could be routed locally.

3. If OR is possible, then acquire MSRN from the serving MSC to route the call
locally.
How can I get a database for OR?

The key roaming procedures, such as location update, insert subscriber

data, authentication, and cancel location messages provide all the critical
information to build the database for OR purposes (by extract the signaling
messages from the CCS7 links carrying MAP traffic to partner networks).

For example, by decod-ing a UL/ISD procedure, the following parameters

can be extracted.
■ Subscriber’s IMSI
■ MSISDN
■ HLR address
■ Serving MSC/VLR address
■ Timestamp for first and subsequent UL
 Typical implementation. (Roamers under Same
Operator)

<OR access code><B party international number>

Mobile/inbound Roamer 2-Get IMSI

y
1-I
-IAAM,B part
rty
<VLR/MSC>
number. Roamer data
OR
pattform base

Fixed line 3-IMSI, VLR/MSC

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SSRR
((MM

RRNN
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oonn
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sspp
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MSC
55--

VLR
Typical implementation. (Roamers in same
country but under different Operators)

ty 2-Get IMSI
Mobile/inbound Roamer 1-I
-IAAM,B party <VLR/MSC>
number.
OR Roamer data
pattform base
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SSRR
((MM

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(M
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MS Home network
B inbound Roamer RN

MSC 5- A
As kM
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MS N
RN
HLR
VLR
6- MSRN