End-to-End MS Signaling Tracing

GBSS12.0
Feature Parameter Description

Issue 01

Date 2010-06-30

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Contents
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................1-1
1.1 Scope ............................................................................................................................................ 1-1
1.2 Intended Audience ........................................................................................................................ 1-1
1.3 Change History.............................................................................................................................. 1-1

2 Overview of End-to-End MS Signaling Tracing ................................................................2-1

3 Technical Description ..............................................................................................................3-1
3.1 Overview ....................................................................................................................................... 3-1
3.2 Procedure for End-to-End MS Signaling Tracing on an MOC in a BSC ....................................... 3-1
3.3 Procedure for End-to-End MS Signaling Tracing on an Incoming-BSC Handover Call................ 3-2

4 Parameters .................................................................................................................................4-1
5 Counters ......................................................................................................................................5-1
6 Glossary ......................................................................................................................................6-1
7 Reference Documents .............................................................................................................7-1

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End-to-End MS Signaling Tracing 1 Introduction

1 Introduction
1.1 Scope
This document describes the End-to-End MS Signaling Tracing functional area. It provides an overview
of the main functions and goes into details regarding End-to-End MS Signaling Tracing control functions
(GBFD-116401 End-to-End MS Signaling Tracing).

1.2 Intended Audience

This document is intended for:
 Personnel who need to understand End-to-End MS Signaling Tracing
 Personnel who work with Huawei products

1.3 Change History

This section provides information on the changes in different document versions.
There are two types of changes, which are defined as follows:
 Feature change: refers to the change in the End-to-End MS Signaling Tracing feature of a specific
product version.
 Editorial change: refers to the change in wording or the addition of the information that was not
described in the earlier version.

Document Issues
The document issues are as follows:
 01 (2010-06-30)
 Draft (2010-03-30)

01 (2010-06-30)
This is the first release of GBSS12.0.
Compared with issue draft (2010-03-30) of GBSS12.0, issue 01 (2010-06-30) of GBSS12.0 incorporates
the changes described in the following table.

Change Change Description Parameter Change

Type
Feature None. None.
change
Editorial Parameters are presented in None.
change the form of Parameter ID
instead of Parameter Name.

Draft (2010-03-30)
This is the draft release of GBSS12.0.

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End-to-End MS Signaling Tracing 2 Overview of End-to-End MS Signaling Tracing

2 Overview of End-to-End MS Signaling Tracing

End-to-end MS signaling tracing is a function based on which the network administrator traces the
activities of each NE when an event occurs.
It becomes increasingly difficult to locate service faults in MSs because the communications network
becomes more and more complicated. Users can detect the section where the fault occurs only when
the information about the whole process of the MS is collected. By using the end-to-end MS signaling
tracing function, the system can completely record the service activities of an MS and then locate the
section where the fault occurs. The recorded information covers all the NEs involved in the service. If the
traced objects are reasonably defined, valid location information can be obtained without using a large
amount of processing and transmission resources of the system in the whole tracing process.

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3 Technical Description
3.1 Overview
A task of end-to-end MS signaling tracing on NEs is created on the M2000. When the MS is processing
services, the NEs record the MS signaling and other information about the MS; when the MS stops
processing services, the NEs send the MS signaling and information to the M2000 in the form of tracing
file. The M2000 interprets and summarizes the tracing files and sends the files to the MS. The following
figure shows the end-to-end MS signaling tracing procedure.

Tracing file

M2000

HLR

MSC MSC Tracing file

Tracing file

Tracing file

BSS
BSS BSS BSS

The end-to-end MS signaling tracing is activated at the MSC. The procedure for end-to-end MS signaling
tracing on an MOC is triggered through the MSC_INVOKE_TRACE message, and the procedure for
end-to-end MS signaling tracing on an incoming-BSC handover call is triggered through the
BSC_INVOKE_TRACE message.
The BSC supports end-to-end MS signaling tracing only when End2EndTraceState is set to YES(Yes).

3.2 Procedure for End-to-End MS Signaling Tracing on an MOC

in a BSC
The function of end-to-end MS signaling tracing is activated by the MSC. If the CM_Service_Req
message received from the MS indicates that end-to-end signaling tracing is required, the MSC sends
an MSC_INVOKE_TRACE message to the BSC. On receiving the message, the BSC starts end-to-end
signaling tracing.
The MSC_INVOKE_TRACE message contains such information as tracing ID and type of the
information to be recorded. The BSC then records the associated signaling in the end-to-end tracing file
according to the information. The end-to-end tracing file is saved in .tmf format on the BSC6900 LMT.
Users can view the file through the interface tracing function on the BSC6900 LMT.
After the call ends, the BSC sends the end-to-end tracing file to the M2000 through FTP. The M2000
interprets and then displays a report on the M2000 client.

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3.3 Procedure for End-to-End MS Signaling Tracing on an

Incoming-BSC Handover Call
When end-to-end MS signaling tracing is performed on a call in the source BSC and the call is to be
handed over to the target BSC, then the source BSC sends a BSC_INVOKE_TRACE message to the
MSC, which then forwards the message to the target BSC. On receiving the BSC_INVOKE_TRACE
message, the target BSC starts end-to-end MS signaling tracing. The source BSC sends the end-to-end
tracing file to the M2000.
When the call in the target BSC ends, the target BSC sends the end-to-end tracing file to the M2000.
Then, the M2000 combines the two tracing files, interprets them, and displays a report on the M2000
client.

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4 Parameters
Table 4-1 Parameters Description
Parameter ID NE MML Description
End2EndTraceState BSC6900 SET Meaning: Whether to
OTHSOFTPARA(Optional) enable end-to-end user
tracing for the BSC. If this
parameter is set to YES,
the BSC starts end-to-end
user tracing after the BSC
receives the MSC Invoke
Trace or BSS Invoke Trace
message from the MSC.

GUI Value Range: NO(No),

YES(Yes)
Actual Value Range: NO,
YES
Unit: None
Default Value: NO

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5 Counters
None

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6 Glossary
For the acronyms, abbreviations, terms, and definitions, see the Glossary.

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End-to-End MS Signaling Tracing 7 Reference Documents

7 Reference Documents
[1] 3GPP TS 12.08
[2] BSC6900 Optional Feature Description
[3] GBSS Reconfiguration Guide
[4] BSC6900 GSM Parameter Reference
[5] BSC6900 GSM MML Command Reference

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