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GSM Location Update: MS New VLR HLR Old VLR

The document describes the process of a mobile originated call in GSM. It involves the following steps: 1. The mobile station sends a location update request to the new VLR containing its IMSI. 2. The new VLR requests authentication information from the HLR. 3. The HLR sends authentication triplets to the new VLR which are used to verify the mobile station. 4. If verified, the new VLR updates the location in the HLR and the old VLR cancels the previous location. The mobile station is now attached to the new VLR.

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GSM Location Update: MS New VLR HLR Old VLR

The document describes the process of a mobile originated call in GSM. It involves the following steps: 1. The mobile station sends a location update request to the new VLR containing its IMSI. 2. The new VLR requests authentication information from the HLR. 3. The HLR sends authentication triplets to the new VLR which are used to verify the mobile station. 4. If verified, the new VLR updates the location in the HLR and the old VLR cancels the previous location. The mobile station is now attached to the new VLR.

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GSM LOCATION UPDATE

MS NEW VLR HLR OLD VLR

Location Update request


Send Authentication Information

Triplets (RAND, SERS, Kc)

Update location request

Insert Subscriber Data

Insert Subscriber Data Ack


Cancel Location

Cancel Location Ack

Update location request Ack

Update location request Ack


Description of GSM LU: -
• Mobile Set containing the IMSI ( E.212 - International Mobile Subscriber Identity) of the subscriber
and send it to New VLR.

• New VLR will perform the IMSI analysis and send the SAI (Send Authentication Information) to HLR.
SAI message Containing MGT (E.214 - Mobile Global Title) which will go on Numbering Plan -7.

• HLR will send the triplets [Chipping Key (Kc), Signed Response (SERS), Random Value (RAND) ] to
New VLR.

• New VLR will verify the triplets with MS generated triplets. After verification new VLR will send the
update location request to HLR. Update location message will go on NP =7.

• HLR will send the ISD (Insert Subscriber Data) to new VLR.

• New VLR will send the ISD acknowledgement to HLR.

• HLR will send the cancel location request to old VLR.

• Old VLR will send the cancel location acknowledgement to HLR.

• HLR will send the Location Update acknowledgement to New VLR.

• New VLR will send the Location Update acknowledgement to MS and MS will latched on to new VLR.
GPRS LOCATION UPDATE

MS SGSN HLR / AUC

GPRS Attach Request

Send Authentication Information

Triplets ( Kc, RAND, SERS)

Update Location request

Insert Subscriber Data

Insert Subscriber Data Acknowledgement

Update Location Acknowledgement

GPRS Attach Request Complete


Description Of GPRS LU

• MS sends the GPRS attach message to SGSN.

• SGSN( Service GPRS Support Node) will send the SAI to HLR.

• HLR will send the Triplets ( Kc, SERS, RAND) to SGSN.

• SGSN will verify the triplets with the MS generated triplets.

• SGSN will send the Update Location Request to HLR.

• HLR will send the ISD to SGSN.

• SGSN will send the ISD acknowledgement to HLR.

• HLR will send the Update Location Acknowledgement to SGSN.

• SGSN will send the GPRS attach response to MS.


SMS CALL FLOW

MSC1 MSC2 SMSgwy


MS1 MS2 HLR
+ VLR + VLR + SMSC
Submit SM
Forward MO SM

Ack

Ack
Send routing info

Routing info

Forward MT SM
Deliver SM

Ack
Ack
Delivery acknowledgement
Description Of SMS Flow
• MS-1 will send the submit SM to VLR -1.

• VLR -1 will send the forward MO SM message to SMSC ( Short Message Service Center).

• SMSC will send the acknowledgment to VLR -1.

• VLR -1 will send the acknowledgement to MS -1.

• SMSC will send the SRI (Send routing Info) to HLR.

• HLR will send the SRI acknowledgement to SMSC.

• SMSC will send the Forward MT SM message to VLR -2.

• VLR -2 will send the deliver SM message to MS -2.

• MS -2 will send the acknowledgement to VLR-2.

• VLR -2 will send the acknowledgement to SMSC.

• SMSC will send the delivery acknowledgement to MS -1.


MOBILE ORIGINATED CALL

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