WIRELESS PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

INTERSYSTEM OPERATIONS
INTERIM STANDARD 41
DAVID GOODMAN DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY dgoodman@poly.edu 718-260-3221
EL501 Fall 2002 David Goodman, September 25, 2002

Functions
Instersystem handoff (base stations with difference MSCs) Roaming: services provided by a system that is not the terminals home system
Registration Call origination Call to a terminal

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IS 41 Architecture
EIR VLR G F CSS Um E BS A Ai MSC C Di B D HLR H AC VLR

MSC

PSTN

ISDN

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Communications for Intersystem Handoff

voice trunks SYSTEM A data link SYSTEM B

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Start of Call
MSC A is anchor and serving MSC
MSC-B
B S B S

MSC-A

PSTN
B S

MSC-C

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Terminal moves
MSC B is candidate
B S B S

MSC-B

MSC-A

PSTN
B S

MSC-C

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Terminal moves
MSC B is target
MSC-B
B S B S

MSC-A

PSTN
B S

MSC-C

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Handoff forward
MSC B is serving
MSC-B
B S B S

MSC-A

PSTN
B S

MSC-C

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Messages for handoff forward

New MSC location phase New Base Station Terminal Prior Base Station detect weak signal handoff request Prior MSC
MEASUREMENT REQUEST INVOKE

measurement request measure signal strength measurement report

MEASUREMENT REQUEST RESULT

handoff phase select new voice channel

FACILITIES DIRECTIVE INVOKE FACILITIES DIRECTIVE RESULT

transmit new SAT

HANDOFF

handoff command send ST for 50 ms turn off transmitter tune to new voice channel receive new SAT turn on transmitter transmit new SAT

detect SAT confirm voice channel connection

MOBILE ON CHANNEL

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Terminal moves
MSC A is candidate then target
B S B S

MSC-B

MSC-A

PSTN
B S

MSC-C

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Handoff back
MSC A is serving
B S B S

MSC-B

MSC-A

PSTN
B S

MSC-C

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Terminal moves
MSC C is candidate then target

MSC-B

B S

B S

MSC-A

PSTN
B S

MSC-C

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Handoff forward
MSC C is serving

MSC-B

B S

B S

MSC-A

PSTN
B S

MSC-C

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Terminal moves
MSC B is candidate then target

MSC-B

B S

B S

MSC-A

PSTN
B S

MSC-C

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Handoff forward
MSC B is serving

MSC-B

B S

B S

MSC-A

PSTN
B S

MSC-C

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Terminal moves
MSC B is candidate then target

MSC-B

B S

B S

MSC-A

PSTN
B S

MSC-C

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Handoff to third
MSC B is serving

MSC-B

B S

B S

MSC-A

PSTN
B S

MSC-C

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Messages for handoff to third

(AMPS)
MSC-B New MSC handoff phase select new voice channel New Base Station Terminal Prior Base Station MSC-C Prior MSC MSC-A Anchor MSC

HANDOFF TO THIRD INVOKE FACILITIES DIRECTIVE INVOKE FACILITIES DIRECTIVE RESULT HANDOFFTO THIRDRESULT

transmit new SAT

handoff command
HANDOFF

send ST for 50 ms turn off transmitter tune to new voice channel receive new SAT turn on transmitter transmit new SAT

detect SAT confirm voice channel connection

MOBILE

ON CHANNEL

INVOKE FACILIITIES RELEASE INVOKE FACILITIES RELEASE RESULT

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Communications for Roaming

DATA HOME SYSTEM NETWORK (SS7 OR X.25) VISITED SYSTEM

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REGISTER

VLR

VISITED SYSTEM
MS Um BS A

B MSC

REGISTER

REGISTER

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REGISTER
HOME SYSTEM
MSC C HLR

A CK

RE G IS

TE R
VLR

VISITED SYSTEM
CSS Um BS A

B MSC

REGISTER

REGISTER

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REGISTER
HOME SYSTEM
MSC C HLR

CANCEL
RE G IS

CANCEL
VLR

ACK
TE R
VLR

ACK MSC

A CK

PRIOR SYSTEM

VISITED SYSTEM
CSS Um BS A

B MSC

REGISTER

REGISTER

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Registration
Prior M SC P rior VLR HLR Serving VLR Serving M SC S erving Base

registration info st ore info

REGISTRATION NOTIFY INVOKE

st ore info
REGISTRATION NOTIFY INVOKE

change info
REGISTRATION NOTIFY RESULT REGISTRATION NOTIFIY RESULT REGISTRATION CANCEL INVOKE

remove inf o
REGISTRATION CANCEL RESULT REGISTRATION CANCEL INVOKE

remove inf o

REGISTRATION CANCEL RESULT

QUALIFICATION REQUEST INVOKE QUALIFICATION REQUEST RESULT PROFILE REQUEST INVOKE PROFILE REQUEST RESULT

st ore info

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Call to a roaming subscriber

Home M SC receive call set up request
LOCATION REQUEST INVOKE ROU REQUEST INVOKE TE ROUTE REQUEST INVOKE ROUTE REQUEST RESULT ROUTE REQUEST RESULT LOCATION REQUEST RESULT

HLR

S erving VLR

Serving M SC

Serving B ase

Terminal

call set up request (temporary phone number)

page command

PAG E

detect MIN conversat ion call set up

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