GSM Call Setup

Presented By:
•Md. Enamul Hoque
Prince
•Level:4 Term:2
•CSE,CUET
Communication Engineering
GSM Call Setup
 AUC

HLR • MS Mobile Station = phone + SIM card

BSC • BTS Base Transceiver Station
• BSC Base Station Controller
• HLR Home Location Register
• MSC Mobile services Switching Centre
• VLR Visitor Location Register
• AUC Authentication Centre
Stand-alone or integrated in HLR
VMS EIR • EIR Equipment Identity Register
For blacklisting stolen and unwanted
equipment
• SMSC Short Message Service ”Support” Centre
PrePaid • VMS Voice Messaging System
Node MSC SMSC • PrePaid Node Hosting prepaid service system
• IN Intelligent Network services
• PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
• PABX Private Automatic Branch Exchange
IN INTERNET

PSTN PSTN
PABX MSC BSC
Fixed network International
 BSC HLR

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 BSC HLR

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 BSC HLR

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 BSC HLR

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 BSC
Base Station Controller

• The call request reaches the BSC from

the BTS and is forwarded to MSC.
• After call is established, the BSC will
perform decoding of the call (in typical
config.)
 BSC HLR

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 BSC HLR

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 BSC HLR

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 • Checks A number.
• To whom is A subscriber calling?
(Checks B number)
• Example : A subscriber has GP prepaid.

MSC
Mobile Switching Centre
 BSC HLR

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 BSC HLR

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 BSC HLR

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
• Does the A subscriber have
money left on his/her account?
• When the call is established and on-going
the subscriber’s account is decremented
accordingly.

PrePaid Node
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 • Where is the B subscriber?
• MSC interrogates in HLR.
(HLR = Home Location Register)

MSC
Mobile Switching Centre
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
• HLR says ’I am the home of the B subscriber and I
know where he/she is right now’ (i.e. which VLR)
• Tells this VLR ’Give me a visitor address
for this subscriber’ (MSRN)

HLR
Home Location Register
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 • Hosting MSC/VLR returns B
subscriber’s assigned MSRN.

MSC
Mobile Switching Centre
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 • ’Thanks for the visitor address!’
• ’I will send this address to the MSC
that requested for it.’

HLR
Home Location Register
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 • ’Thank you, HLR!’
• Speech connection is set up
towards the MSC/VLR where the B
subscriber is residing.

MSC
Mobile Switching Centre
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 • Setting up a speech connection towards
BSC.

MSC
Mobile Switching Centre
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 • BSC will now send a paging signal to all
the BTSs that it covers.
• Coding of speech when call is
established.

BSC
Base Station Controller
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
• The B subscriber has now many choices:
• He/she may answer.
• He/she may be busy.
• The mobile (MS) may be forwarded.
• The mobile may be turned off or outside coverage area.
• And more...
• What happens next depends on the B
subscriber’s condition and what he/she
chooses to do.
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
 HLR
BSC

VMS EIR
Voicemail

PrePaid MSC SMSC

IN INTERNET

MSC BSC
PSTN PSTN PABX
Fixed Network International
Thank you!