Traffic Case Description - Mobile Terminating
Calls
Abstract
The purpose of this document is to describe the traffic case "Mobile Terminating calls" from data
transcript point of view.
The document doesn't explain on BLOCK/SIGNAL level. This information can be found in the
FUNCTION DESCRIPTION for each function block.
Contents
1 Revision Information
2 Description
2.1 Abbreviations
2.2 Concerned Nodes
2.3 General
2.4 Call from PSTN to MS
2.5 Call from MS to National MS both Roaming in the National PLMN
2.6 Call From MS to International MS Roaming in the Same PLMN
1 Revision Information
Revision Impacts Prepared Date
A Document based on earlier CME20 DT Info Models. ERATHHE 96-09-13
B Rewritten document for a more comprehensive description. ERAMIST 97-05-26
C Updated the document to SS R7 ETOTRRE 98-09-21
2 Description
2.1 Abbreviations
BNT B-number Type CC Charging Case HPLMN Home Public Land Mobile Network IMSI
International Mobile Subscriber Identity MS Mobile Station MSISDN Mobile Station International
PSTN/ISDN Number MSRN Mobile Station Roaming Number PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network TUP Telephone User Part
2.2 Concerned Nodes
· MSC/VLR
· HLR
2.3 General
This document describes three variants of the traffic case Mobile Terminating call: "Call from PSTN to
MS", " Call from MS to national MS both roaming in the national PLMN" and Call from MS to
international MS roaming in the same PLMN.
2.4 Call from PSTN to MS
Figure 1 Mobile Terminating Calls
2.4.1 Step 1 (Figure 1)
A subscriber in the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) dials the Mobile Subscriber number
070 7571000. The PSTN switch analyses the number, removes the national prefix and sends the B-
number (70 7571000) together with extra information to the GMSC. The extra information includes
the B-Number Type (BNT) and the Numbering Plan (NP). The NP parameter (NP=1), indicates that
the B-number is based on the PSTN/ISDN Numbering Plan and the BNT parameter (BNT=4) indicates
national format.
2.4.2 Step 2 (Figure 1)
The received call set up message is analysed in the Telecommunication Service analysis (see document
"Telecommunication Service analysis ", doc. no. 10/190 46-FAD 104 08 Uen) to determine if the
requested service is offered by the network.
If the service is supported by the system, the pre B-number analysis is started in the origin specified by
the parameter BO on the incoming route.
Example 1 MML command definitions
EXROI:R=PSTNO&PSTNI, DETY=UPD, FNC=3, SP=2-400, SI=ISUP4;
EXRBC:R=PSTNI,BO=0.....;
The pre-analysis acts as a filter and then as a selector. Due to the pre-analysis, it is possible to reduce
the number of origins used in the B-number analysis tables (see subfile 15700). The pre-analysis uses
the extra information contained in the set up message originating from the MS, the B-Number Type
and the Number Plan (BNT and NAPI). The BNT received from PSTN is used in the pre B-number
analysis to distinguish between different number formats (International, National, Unknown etc.).
Example 2 MML command definitions
PNBSI:BO=0, BNT=4, OBA=2;
If the connection between PSTN and the Mobile network doesnt support the transfer of the additional
information (BNT and NAPI), block REIBA will set the parameters to default values (see parameter
list block REIBA).
The B-number analysis is started in the origin derived from the pre-analysis, OBA=2 (see subfile
15600).
Example 3 MML command definitions
ANBSI:B=2-70 757 1,
M=0-46, Add Swedish Country Code
RC=60, Routing Case to GRI route
CC=0, Charging Case
BNT=1; B-Number Type set to international format
One of the results from the B-number analysis is the Routing Case (RC). The Routing Case points to
the software route 0GRI3, used for interrogation of the HLR (see subfile 15400). For interrogation
routes no Compatibility Check (CCH) should be performed, therefore the parameter is set to NO (see
Application Information block GRI).
Example 4 MML command definitions
ANRSI:RC=60, Routing Case
SP=MM1, Sending Program
CCH=NO, Compatibility Check
R=0GRI3; Interrogation route
The interrogation route (GRI) is used to fetch a roaming number from the MSC/VLR where the mobile
subscriber is roaming. The roaming number will be used to route the call to its final destination.
Example 5 MML command definitions
EXROI:R=0GRI3,
DETY=GRI;
EXRBC:R=0GRI3,
BO=8,...
The parameter BO on the GRI route, specifies the origin where the roaming number will be analysed
after the interrogation.
The block GRI uses the received B-number in the SCCP analysis to address the HLR where the
subscriber is registered (see subfile 75500). The B-number should always be sent in international
format, to simplify the SCCP-analysis. The NA parameter (Nature of Address) in the SCCP analysis
corresponds to the BNT parameter in the B-number analysis (BNT=1 <=> NA=4).
Example 6 MML command definitions
C7GSI:TT=0, Translation Type
NP=1, Numbering Plan
NA=4, Nature of Address
NS=46 70 7571, Number Series (B-number)
GTRC=9; Global Title Routing Case to HLR
C7GCI:GTRC=9,
PSP=2-700, HLR Signalling Point
PTERM;
The Global Title Routing Case gives the Signalling Point (SP) of the HLR and the "Routing
Information Request" message is sent.
2.4.3 Step 3 (Figure 1)
The HLR receives the MAP message from the MSC/VLR and terminates it. The message doesnt need
to be analysed in the SCCP analysis, since Primary Terminating (PTERM) was specified on the GTRC
in the MSC/VLR (see above).
When the HLR is being interrogated for addressing information for the MS, a GSM BC needs to be
generated. In this case a ISDN BC was received from PSTN and sent to the Home Bearer Capability
Analysis. The outcome is a translation of the ISDN BC into a GSM BC and a further translation into a
Basic Service (BS) code. The BS code is checked to see if it is supported by the HLR.
Next a subscription check for the BS, a check for operator determined call barring services and
supplementary services is performed. The VLR address and called mobile subscribers IMSI number is
fetched from block HSD.
The HLR sends the message "Provide Roaming number" to the VLR where the subscriber is currently
roaming using the SCCP analysis (the VLR address was stored during the LU). In the SCCP message
the HLR includes its own address.
Example 7 MML command definitions
C7GSI:TT=0, Translation Type
NP=1, Numbering Plan
NA=4, Nature of Address
NS=46 70 767, Address to MSC/VLR (MSC2)
GTRC=2; Global Title Routing Case
C7GCI:GTRC=2,
PSP=2-500, MSC2 Signalling Point
PTERM;
2.4.4 Step 4 (Figure 1)
The MSC/VLR receives the MAP message, "Provide Roaming Number". On reception of this message
the MSC/VLR will invoke the Telecommunication Service analysis to check if the requested service is
supported in the node. If supported the MSC/VLR checks if the MS is attached and then temporarily
allocates and links an idle Mobile Subscriber Roaming Number (MSRN) from the defined roaming
number series to the IMSI number.
Example 8 MML command definitions
EXROI:R=MRNR0, DETY=MRNR;
MGRSI:R=MRNR0, MSRNS=46 70 76700;
MGRSC:MSRNS=46 70 76700, USAGE=PERM;
MGRNI:MSRN=46 70 7670000&&46 70 7670099;
2.4.5 Step 5 (Figure 1)
The MSRN is sent back to the GMSC via the HLR in a MAP message. The principle for the SCCP
routing is the same as described earlier.
2.4.6 Step 6 (Figure 1)
The MAP message including the roaming number is received in the GMSC and terminated in the
SCCP analysis. The MSRN is passed on to the B-number analysis, where the number is analysed in the
origin specified by the parameter BO on the GRI route (see GRI route definition, step 2).
In the B-number analysis its decided whether the MSRN belongs to an MSC within the own network
or to another PLMN. In this case the roaming number belongs to MSC2 and should therefore be routed
accordingly. If the mobile subscriber would have been roaming in MSC1(GMSC), a roaming number
would have been allocated from its MSNR series and routed according to that. In that case the MSRN
would have been terminated in MSC1s B-number analysis (see below).
In the case of a Mobile Subscriber is roaming abroad (international roaming), the roaming number will
be provided by the MSC/VLR where the MS is currently registered, for example Germany. The call
will then be routed via PSTN and the international network to its final destination in Germany (see
below).
The roaming numbers are always received in international format, which means that the pre B-number
analysis can be omitted.
Example 9 MML command definitions
ANBSI:B=8-46 70 7570, BNT=4, M=2, F=9; MSC1(MSC) Roaming Numbers
ANBSI:B=8-46 70 7670, RC=25,......; MSC2 Roaming Numbers
ANBSI:B=8-49, RC=1,......; Swedish MS roaming in Germany
ANBSI:B=9-70757 00, MTE,....; Termination of MSC1 Roaming Numbers
The roaming number is analysed and a Routing Case towards MSC2 is pointed out.
Example 10 MML command definitions
ANRSI:RC=25, R=MSC2,....... ; Routing Case towards MSC2
The call is routed out on the route MSC2, as a normal telephone call.
2.4.7 Step 7 (Figure 1)
The call is received in MSC2s pre B-number analysis origin specified on the incoming route.
Example 11 MML command definitions
EXROI:R=MSC1O&MSC1I, DETY=UPD, FNC=3, SP=2-300, SI=ISUP4;
EXRBC:R=MSC1I,BO=0.....;
PNBSI:BO=0, BNT=1, OBA=1;
ANBSI:B=1-46 707, M=2, BNT=4, F=2;
The B-number is received in international format and will therefore be modified (in origin 1) and sent
to the national analysis tree (origin 2), where it is analysed once again. This analysis is split down to be
able to separate roaming numbers from MSISDN numbers.
Example 12 MML command definitions
ANBSI:B=2-70 767 0, M=0-46, F=8.. Roaming numbers
ANBSI:B=2-70 767 1, M=0-46, RC=60..MSISDN numbers
ANBSI:B=2-70 767 2, M=0-46, RC=60..MSISDN numbers
ANBSI:B=2-70 767 3, M=0-46, RC=60..MSISDN numbers
ANBSI:B=2-70 767 4, M=0-46, RC=60..MSISDN numbers
ANBSI:B=2-70 767 5, M=0-46, RC=60..MSISDN numbers
ANBSI:B=2-70 767 6, M=0-46, RC=60..MSISDN numbers
ANBSI:B=2-70 767 7, M=0-46, RC=60..MSISDN numbers
ANBSI:B=2-70 767 8, M=0-46, RC=60..MSISDN numbers
ANBSI:B=2-70 767 9, M=0-46, RC=60..MSISDN numbers
The roaming number is forwarded to origin 8, where the number is modified before it is finally Mobile
Terminated (MTE) in origin 9. The reason for the last modification is that the number is not allowed to
be terminated in international format (BNT=1).
Example 13 MML command definitions
ANBSI:B=8-46 70 76, BNT=4, M=2, F=9;
ANBSI:B=9-70 76700, MTE, L=9, D=3-0, CC=1;
When the analysis of the roaming number has been completed the VLR checks for the connected IMSI
and releases the MSRN. After that a Telecommunication Service analysis takes place to analyse the
requested service.
To make it possible to charge Mobile Subscribers for the actual time they are using the air interface,
referred to as airtime charging or the Mobile Terminating leg, route data for the software route MTB
needs to identify an origin in the B-number analysis.
Example 14 MML command definitions
EXROI:R=MTB, DETY=MTB;
EXRBC:R=MTB, MIS3=1, BO=90;
ANBSI:B=90-46, B-number
CC=1; Charging Case
The B-number is sent to this table to be analysed, always in international format. The result parameter
is a Charging Case.
2.4.8 Step 8 (Figure 1)
The Mobile Station is paged in all cells within the location area it is registered. After B-answer the
mobile terminating DT analysis is completed.
2.5 Call from MS to National MS both Roaming in the National
PLMN
This traffic case is applicable for all calls from MS to national MS when both subscribers are roaming
in the same network. With national subscriber is meant, a subscriber roaming in the HPLMN. The
originating MS can be a national subscriber or an international subscriber, the procedure is the same.
The originating part of the call is handled as described in the document "Mobile Originating calls" doc.
no. 13/190 46-FAD 104 08 Uen with the exception, that the B-number analysis will result in a Routing
Case pointing at a interrogation route (GRI) towards the HLR instead of a PSTN route. The call is then
handled as described in the traffic case "Call from PSTN to MS" in this document (see Step 2).
2.6 Call From MS to International MS Roaming in the Same
PLMN
This traffic case is a combination of the traffic cases mobile originating call and mobile terminating
call. The originating MS can be a national subscriber or an international subscriber, the procedure is
the same. The originating part of the call will be handled as described in the traffic case description
document "Mobile Originating calls" doc. no. 13/190 46-FAD 104 08 Uen. The call is routed via
PSTN and the international network to the called mobile subscribers HPLMN. The procedure is the
same as described in section 2.4, except that the roaming number is fetched from the MSC/VLR where
the subscriber is roaming (the originating PLMN). The call is then routed on the roaming number back
to the originating PLMN. Therefrom its handled as described in section 2.4 in this document.
References
1/1553 1/APT 210 25/1 Uen A
Traffic handling 13/190 46-FAD 104 08 Uen A
Mobile Originating Calls 8/155 16-ANT 292 01/2 Uen A
Call to MS, Preparation 32/155 17 ANT 292 01/1 Uen B
Call routing to Mobile Subscriber in GMSC 38/155 17 ANT 292 01/1 Uen A
Roaming Interrogation in GMSC 21/155 17 ANT 292 01/1 Uen A
Call to Mobile Subscriber in MSC/VLR 3/190 82 CNT 216 1197 Uen A
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