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Chapter 8: Mobile Station to SGSN Interface - part 2

How the TLLI is transmitted Mobility Management (MM) GPRS attach procedure Cell updates Routing Area (RA) updates Subnetwork-Dependent Convergence Protocol (SNDCP)

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How the TLLI is transmitted

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Mobility Management (MM)

Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) Provides information for Mobile Station (MS) to
Detect when it has entered a new cell or Routing Area (RA) Determine when to perform periodic RA updates

If needed then it faces 3 scenarios

cell update RA update combined update

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GPRS attach
Mobile station provides its identity Identity is either Packet Temporary Mobile Subscription identity (P_TMSI) or International Mobile Subscription Identity (IMSI)
If P_TMSI is valid then P_TMSI and RAI (Routing Area Identity) is provided
foreign Temporary Logical Link Identifier on RLC/MAC layer until valid P_TMSI is allocated

Else IMSI is provided

random TLLI on RLC/MAC layer until valid P_TMSI is allocated

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Cell updates
Cell update in the packet idle mode Cell update in the packet transfer mode

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Cell update in the packet idle mode

Normally MS stays in the cell selection and reselection mode Reselection if better quality signal from another cell
1. MS celected a new cell in RA. No handover but network knows where MS is 2. Cell update by sending uplink LLC containing MS identity to SGSN 3. SGSN records cell change

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Cell update in packet transfer mode

Better quality signal can be provided
1. Cell is in transfer mode. LCC retransmissions increase 2. MS is constantly in reselection mode 3. MS releases its Temporary Block Flow (TBF) for current cell and establishes it with a new cell 4. LLC starts receiving new packets. If some were lost LLC will ask for retransmissions (this requires acknowledged mode)

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Routing Area (RA) updates (Intra-SGSN)

Occurs when MS realizes that it is on a new RA or periodic RA updater timer has expired
1. MS sends RA update request (old RAI and the update type, type can be periodic or normal 2. This is preceded by an access request (?) 3. SGSN allocates a new P_TMSI and sends it and RA UPDATE ACCEPT to MS

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Inter-SGSN RA update

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Subnetwork-Dependent Convergence Protocol (SNDCP)

Network layer protocols are intended to operate over services redrived from a wide variety of subnetworks and data links

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SNDCP features
Supports Network packet priority management packet segmentation single-layer connection for multiple network layers (address management and priorities)

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SNDCP service functions

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SNDCP layer - NSAPIs

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SNDCP Compression and Decompression

Segmentation if length > max_length_of_LCC_information_frame

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