WCDMA HLR Operation LZT 123 3977/1 R7A

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WCDMA HLR Operation LZT 123 3977/1 R7A


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WCDMA HLR OPERATION...................................................................1
1 SYSTEM NODES CN 4.0 ............................................................12
INTRODUCTION..................................................................................13
SYSTEM NODES.................................................................................14
WCDMA RAN..................................................................................................14
CN – CORE NETWORK .................................................................................15
OSS-RC – OPERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR RADIO AND CORE......19
OTHER NODES..............................................................................................19
2 BASIC HLR OPERATION ...........................................................23
HLR FUNCTIONS ................................................................................24
HLR IMPLEMENTATION .....................................................................25
HLR CONFIGURATIONS ...............................................................................25
HLR SUSBYSTEMS .......................................................................................26
HOME LOCATION REGISTER SUBSYSTEM ...............................................27
AXE HARDWARE SUPPORTED BY THE HLR .............................................38
AUTOMATED BACKUP HANDLING ..............................................................48
FUNCTIONS OF HRS.....................................................................................49
3 HLR INTERFACE TO C7/SS7.....................................................51
INTRODUCTION..................................................................................52
THE HLR C7/SS7 INTERFACE ...........................................................54
MOBILE APPLICATION PART (MAP) ............................................................54
E******* VARIANT PROTOCOL................................................................55
STANDARD MAP V2/MAP V3 WITH EXTENSION AREA .............................55
MOBILE APPLICATION PART VERSION 3 (MAP V3) ..................................59
MAP POLICING IN THE HLR .........................................................................62
NO. 7 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT.......................................................65
NO. 7 SUPERVISION .....................................................................................65
HIGH SPEED SIGNALLING LINK ..................................................................66
SCCP CONGESTION CONTROL ..................................................................69
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SIGNALLING OVER IP ...................................................................................74
CUSTOMER ADMINISTRATION INTERFACE 3RD GENERATION
(CAI3G) IN HLR ..............................................................................................83
4 HLR INTERFACE TO AUC .........................................................86
THE HLR-AUC CONNECTION............................................................87
WCDMA AUTHENTICATION DATA HANDLING ...........................................91
5 HLR INTERFACE TO MSC SERVER..........................................94
LOPCATION UPDATING TRAFFIC CASE..........................................95
IMSI NUMBER SERIES ANALYSIS ...............................................................97
MOBILE TERMINATING CALL PROCEDURE..................................100
ATM LINK INTERFACE .....................................................................105
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................105
GENERAL CONCEPTS................................................................................106
INFORMATION MODEL ...............................................................................108
DATA TRANSCRIPT EXAMPLE...................................................................114
WCDMA MOBILE TERMINATED SPEECH CALL ............................115
6 HLR INTERFACE TO SGSN-W ................................................119
THE HLR/SGSN-W CONNECTION: GR INTERFACE ......................121
INTEGRATION OF THE GR INTERFACE....................................................124
INITIATION OF THE SIGNALING TOWARDS THE SGSN-W .....................124
7 SUBSCRIPTION OPERATION AND SUPPLEMENTARY
SERVICES.................................................................................127
INTRODUCTION................................................................................128
SERVICE CONCEPT .........................................................................128
SUBSCRIPTION ................................................................................129
PROFILES ....................................................................................................129
CONNECTION OR DISCONNECTION OF MOBILE SUBSCRIBERS .........132
MODIFICATION OF SUBSCRIBER DATA ...................................................132
MODIFICATION OF SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICES SUBSCRIBER
DATA.............................................................................................................133
MASSIVE CHANGE OF SUBSCRIBER DATA IN THE HLR........................134
CONDITIONAL SUBSCRIBER LIST, PRINT................................................135
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ADDITIONAL MSISDNS ADMINISTRATION ...............................................136
DUAL NUMBER ADMINISTRATION ............................................................136
IMSI CHANGEOVER ....................................................................................137
LOCATION RESET.......................................................................................140
HLR SUBSCRIBER RELATED COMMANDS OVERVIEW ..........................141
SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICE SUBSCRIBER PROCEDURES ........143
CALL FORWARDING SERVICES................................................................143
MONITORING OF CALL FORWARDING REGISTRATION.........................145
FORWARD-TO NUMBER ANALYSIS ..........................................................146
OPTIMAL ROUTING FOR LATE CALL FORWARDING ..............................148
SUPPRESSION OF ANNOUNCEMENT AT DIVERTED CALL....................150
CALL WAITING AND CALL HOLD SUBSCRIPTION ...................................151
MULTI-PARTY SERVICE SUBSCRIPTION .................................................151
CALLING LINE IDENTIFICATION SERVICE SUBSCRIPTION....................151
CONNECTED LINE IDENTIFICATION SERVICE SUBSCRIPTION ............152
EXPLICIT CALL TRANSFER........................................................................152
CALL BARRING SERVICES .............................................................158
OPERATOR DETERMINED BARRING........................................................159
OPERATOR DETERMINED BARRING IN THE HLR FOR INTER-ZONAL
CALLS...........................................................................................................160
OPERATOR DETERMINED BARRING IN THE HLR FOR CALL
FORWARDED-TO NUMBERS .....................................................................161
OPERATOR DETERMINED BARRING IN THE HLR FOR PACKET
ORIENTED SERVICES ................................................................................162
MOBILE POSITIONING SUPPORT...................................................163
GENERAL SERVICE DESCRIPTION...........................................................163
GSM MOBILE POSITIONING SUPPORT FOR PS AND CS........................163
TRAFFIC CASE EXAMPLE ..........................................................................165
HLR EXCHANGE DATA ...............................................................................166
SPATIAL TRIGGERS SUPPORT IN HLR ....................................................168
ENHANCED MULTI-LEVEL PRECEDENCE AND PRE-EMPTION
(EMLPP).............................................................................................170
SERVICE DESCRIPTION.............................................................................170
HLR EXCHANGE DATA ...............................................................................171
WIRELESS PRIORITY SERVICE IN HLR .........................................173
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REMOTE SUBSCRIBER PROCEDURE MECHANISM.....................174
SHORT MESSAGE SERVICES.........................................................175
SHORT MESSAGE ROAMING ROUTING...................................................177
SET MESSAGE WAITING DATA .................................................................178
NOTE MS PRESENT....................................................................................178
SHORT MESSAGE ALERT ..........................................................................179
HIGH PENETRATION NOTIFICATION ........................................................179
HLR SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE CENTER ..............................................180
HOME NETWORK SERVICES AND CONTROL FOR MT-SMS (MT-SMSCSI,
CAMEL PH4) IN HLR............................................................................180
8 ACTIVITIES IN HRS AND IN FUNCTIONS...............................184
ACTIVITIES IN HLR...........................................................................186
HANDLING OF HLR EXCHANGE PROPERTIES........................................186
DEFINING OWN CALLING ADDRESS ........................................................186
ADMINISTRATION AND ANALYSIS OF NUMBER SERIES .......................187
DIFFERENTIATION OF COUNTRIES SHARING THE SAME COUNTRY
CODE WITHIN A WORLD ZONE .................................................................188
ADMINISTRATION OF ZONE CODES.........................................................190
BASIC MOBILITY HANDLING IN HLR .........................................................193
HLR RESTORATION PROCEDURES..........................................................193
FILE OUTPUT OF SUBSCRIBER DATA AND FILE INPUT OF
SUBSCRIBER DATA, SENDING OF RESET TO THE VLR.........................195
FILE INPUT OF SUBSCRIBER DATA..........................................................196
COMMAND-INITIATED SENDING OF RESET TO VLRS............................197
ROAMING RESTRICTION PER HLR...........................................................198
ROAMING SERVICE RESTRICTION IN HLR ..............................................198
MS PURGING IN HLR ..................................................................................202
IMMEDIATE SERVICE TERMINATION IN HLR...........................................203
SUPPORT OF SUBSCRIPTION TYPE DEPENDENT ANALYSIS...............207
MOBILE SUBSCRIBER PRIORITY LEVEL IN CHANNEL ALLOCATION
IN HLR ..........................................................................................................209
HLR ROAMING AREA CHARACTERISTICS ADMINISTRATION ...............210
CLOSED USER GROUP ..............................................................................211
UNSTRUCTURED SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICE DATA (USSD)...............215
LOGS IN HLR ...............................................................................................219
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COUNTERS IN THE MEASUREMENT DATABASE FOR TRAFFIC AND
EVENTS MEASUREMENT...........................................................................220
SUPPORT OF MOBILE TRAFFIC RECORDING .........................................222
GLOBAL EQUAL ACCESS...........................................................................223
INTELLIGENT NETWORK FUNCTIONS...........................................225
ACCESS TO MOBILE IN SERVICES IN THE HLR ......................................225
RETRIEVE INFORMATION FROM THE HLR AND SCP .............................226
ADMINISTRATION OF DETECTION POINTS IN HLR ................................228
SUPPORT OF CAMEL IN THE HLR ............................................................230
HOME NETWORK INITIATED CALLS (GSMSCF INITIATED CALLS,
CAMEL PH4) IN HLR....................................................................................236
EXTENDED CAMEL SUPPORT IN THE HLR..............................................238
ANYTIME INTERROGATION IN THE HLR ..................................................239
CAMEL SUPPORT IN HLR FOR CONDITIONAL TRIGGERING
CRITERIA .....................................................................................................241
CHARGING........................................................................................242
ADVICE OF CHARGE SERVICES ...............................................................242
IMMEDIATE CALL ITEMIZATION SUBSCRIPTION.....................................243
ACCOUNT CODES.......................................................................................244
GPRS CHARGING CHARACTERISTICS SUPPORT IN HLR .....................244
9 CS DATACOM SERVICES........................................................247
GENERAL..........................................................................................248
SERVICE CONCEPTS .................................................................................249
MULTIPLE NUMBERING SCHEME .............................................................252
SINGLE NUMBERING SCHEME..................................................................253
ISDN ORIGINATING DATA CALL ................................................................254
CS DATACOM BASE.........................................................................256
DATA TRANSMISSION INTERWORKING UNIT (DTI) PLATFORMS .........256
BEARER SERVICE FOR WCDMA...............................................................257
BEARER SERVICE FOR GSM.....................................................................258
NON-TRANSPARENT SERVICE (NT) .........................................................261
MODEM SERVICES .....................................................................................261
UDI/RDI TOWARDS ISDN/PLMN.................................................................263
DATA COMPRESSION ......................................................................263
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FRAME TUNNELING MODE.............................................................265
HIGH SPEED DATACOM SERVICE..................................................267
GENERAL.....................................................................................................267
HIGH-SPEED CIRCUIT-SWITCHED DATA (HSCSD) .................................269
14.4 KBPS CHANNEL CODING...................................................................272
3G.324M MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT....................................................273
WCDMA BIT TRANSPARENT SERVICE .....................................................278
BEARER CAPABILITY IN HLR.....................................................................278
10 PS DATACOM IN HLR..............................................................280
GPRS IN HLR ....................................................................................281
GENERAL.....................................................................................................281
GPRS SUPPORT IN HLR (GSM R11 / WCDMA R4) ...................................283
GPRS DATA.......................................................................................283
GPRS SUBSCRIPTION DATA .....................................................................283
GPRS SUBSCRIBER DATA.........................................................................285
GPRS DATA ADMINISTRATION .......................................................296
ADMINISTRATION OF GPRS SUBSCRIPTION DATA................................296
ADMINISTRATION OF GPRS SUBSCRIBER DATA.........................300
ADMINISTRATION OF SUBSCRIBER PDP-CONTEXT DATA LIST ...........300
ADMINISTRATION OF GPRS HLR DATA ...................................................304
EDGE SUPPORT IN HLR ..................................................................306
GENERAL.....................................................................................................306
11 HLR NODE REDUNDANCY......................................................309
HLR REDUNDANCY IN THE NETWORK..........................................310
DESCRIPTION..............................................................................................310
CONCEPTS ..................................................................................................311
HLR TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION .........................................................315
SIGNALING POINT RELAY (SPR) ...............................................................316
NETWORK CONFIGURATION..........................................................316
SIGNALING BETWEEN REDUNDANT HLRS ..................................317
REDUNDANCY CONTROL ..........................................................................318
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UPDATE SUBSCRIBER DATA.....................................................................320
HLR REDUNDANCY STATES ...........................................................322
BEHAVIOR IN NORMAL STATE ..................................................................322
BEHAVIOR IN SEPARATED STATE............................................................323
BEHAVIOR IN FAILURE STATE ..................................................................326
BEHAVIOR IN SINGLE STATE ....................................................................328
BEHAVIOR IN HALTED STATE ...................................................................329
BEHAVIOR IN SINGLE-MANUAL STATE ....................................................330
REDUNDANT SUBSCRIBERS.....................................................................330
CHANGING SUBSCRIBER DATA BY COMMAND......................................331
INITIATION OF HLR REDUNDANCY...........................................................332
INITIATION OF HALTED STATE..................................................................333
THE RECOVERY PROCEDURE..................................................................334
HANDLING OF TRAFFIC TO/FROM THE NETWORK .....................337
INFLUENCES ON VLR AND SGSN UPDATING..........................................337
RECEPTION OF AUTHENTICATION VECTORS ........................................337
INFLUENCES ON INCOMING OPERATIONS.............................................338
START / RESTART.......................................................................................338
CONNECTION OR DISCONNECTION OF OTHER SUBSYSTEMS ...........338
CAPABILITIES ..............................................................................................338
SOG REDUNDANCY FUNCTIONALITY ......................................................339
12 APPENDIX A: MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITY....................342
NUMBER PORTABILITY ...................................................................343
GENERAL.....................................................................................................343
CONCEPT.....................................................................................................343
TECHNICAL SOLUTION ...................................................................345
DIRECT ROUTING .......................................................................................345
INDIRECT ROUTING....................................................................................348
INDIRECT ROUTING WITH REFERENCE TO THE SUBSCRIPTION
NETWORK....................................................................................................349
SEND ROUTING INFORMATION......................................................350
OTHER TRAFFIC CASES ............................................................................351
SCCP OR TCAP ANALYSIS..............................................................351
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NP STRUCTURE ...............................................................................352
SRF...............................................................................................................352
MAPFU..........................................................................................................353
13 APPENDIX B: ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS...............354


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