GSM LOCATION UPDATE

MS

NEW VLR

HLR

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

OLD VLR

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

MS1

MSC1
+
VLR

MS2

Submit SM

MSC2
+
VLR

Forward MO
SM

SMSgw
y+
SMSC

HLR

Ack

Ack

Deliver
SM

Forward MT
SM

Ack
Ack
Delivery acknowledgement

Send routing
info
Routing
info

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