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MTC Flow

Chirag Joshi

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CALL INITIATION (MO)

MS

BTS

BSC

Switching NW

Called Party Number

CM(SDCCH)

Setup
DI(Setup)
Setup

Call Proceeding
DR(Call
Proceeding)
CM(SDCCH)

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Call Proceeding

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)
RR(SDCCH)

Assign Command
SABM

Est Ind

UA
RR(FACCH)

Assign Complete

DI(Ass Com)
Ass Complete
Rf Ch Release
Rf Ch Rel Ack

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3 | Alcatel-Luce

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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4 | Alcatel

RR CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT (MT)

MS

BTS

BSC

Switching NW
Paging

Paging Command
Paging Request
RR(PCH)
RR(RACH)

Channel Request

IMSI/TMSI & Pgn Grp

With TA

Channel Required
Channel Activation
Channel Activation
Acknowledge
Imm Ass Command

RR(AGCH)

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Imm Assignment

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IMSI/TMSI & LAC

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)

MM(SDCCH)

MM(SDCCH)

Auth Req

Auth Resp
DI (Auth Resp)
Auth Response

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11 | Alcatel

CIPHERING MODE SETTING (MT)

MS

BTS

BSC

Switching NW

Ciph Mode Cmd

Encryption Cmd

RR(SDCCH)

Ciph Mode
Command

RR(SDCCH)

Ciph Mode
Complete
DI (Ciph Mode
Com)
Ciph Mode Com

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12 | Alcatel-

TMSI REALLOCATION (MT)

MS

BTS

BSC

Switching NW

TMSI reallocation
Cmd
DR(TMSI reallocation)

MM(SDCCH)

MM(SDCCH)

TMSI reallocation
Cmd
TMSI reallocation
Com
DI(TMSI reallocation)
TMSI reallocation
Com

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13 | Alcatel

CALL INITIATION (MT)

MS

BTS

BSC

Switching NW

Setup
DR(Setup)

CM(SDCCH)

CM(SDCCH)

Setup

Call Confirmed
DI(Call Confirmed)
Call Confirmed

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14 | Alcatel

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)
RR(SDCCH)

Assign Command
SABM
UA

RR(FACCH)

Assign Complete

Est Ind
DI(Ass Com)
Ass Complete
Rf Ch Release
Rf Ch Rel Ack

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CALL CONFIRMATION AND CALL ACCEPT (MT)

MS
CM(FACCH)

BTS

BSC

Switching NW

Alerting
DI(Alerting)
Alerting

CM(FACCH)

Connect
DI (Connect)
Connect
Connect Ack
DR(Connect Ack)

CM(FACCH)

Connect Ack

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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)

CM(FACCH)

CM(FACCH)

Connect
Connect Ack
DI(Connect Ack)
Connect Ack

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CALL RELEASE

MS

BTS

BSC

Switching NW

Disconnect

DI(Disconnect)
Disconnect
Release
DR(Release)
Release
MM(FACCH)

Release Complete
DI(Release Complete)

Release Complete
Clear Command

MM(FACCH)
Ch Release
Ch Release
Deact SACCH
Disc
UA

Rel Ind
Rf Ch Release

Rf Ch Rel Ack
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Clear Complete

RELEASE

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RELEASE

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