ETSI TS 123 272 V15.0.0 (2018-07)

Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM); Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; Circuit Switched (CS) fallback in Evolved Packet System (EPS); Stage 2 (3GPP TS 23.272 version 15.0.0 Release 15)

ETSI TS 123 272 V15.0.0 (2018-07)

Name:ETSI TS 123 272 V15.0.0 (2018-07)   Standard name:Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM); Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; Circuit Switched (CS) fallback in Evolved Packet System (EPS); Stage 2 (3GPP TS 23.272 version 15.0.0 Release 15)
Standard number:ETSI TS 123 272 V15.0.0 (2018-07)   language:English language
Release Date:25-Jul-2018   technical committee:3GPP SA 2 - Architecture
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ETSI TS 123 272 V15.0.0 (2018-07)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM);
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS);
LTE;
Circuit Switched (CS)
fallback in Evolved Packet System (EPS);
Stage 2
(3GPP TS 23.272 version 15.0.0 Release 15)

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 References . 8
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 10
3.1 Definitions . 10
3.2 Abbreviations . 10
4 Overall Description . 11
4.1 General Considerations . 11
4.2 Reference Architecture . 11
4.2.1 Reference points . 12
4.3 Functional entities . 12
4.3.1 UE . 12
4.3.2 MME . 12
4.3.3 MSC . 14
4.3.4 E-UTRAN . 14
4.3.5 SGSN . 15
4.3.6 BSS . 15
4.3.7 RNS . 15
4.4 Control plane . 16
4.4.1 MME - MSC Server . 16
4.5 Co-existence with IMS services . 16
4.6 Emergency Calls . 16
4.6.1 General . 16
4.6.2 Procedures to handle emergency call setup with IMSI . 16
4.6a Interaction with IMS Emergency session . 17
4.7 CSFB Priority Call Handling. 17
4.8 CS services handling in specific cases . 17
4.8.1 SGs paging without LAI . 17
4.8.2 Handling of SGs paging when MME cannot retrieve the S-TMSI . 18
5 Mobility Management . 18
5.1 General . 18
5.1A TAI list and LAI allocation . 18
5.2 Attach procedure . 18
5.3 Detach procedure . 21
5.3.1 UE-initiated Detach procedure . 21
5.3.1A UE-initiated Detach procedure for GERAN/UTRAN with ISR activated . 21
5.3.2 MME-initiated Detach procedure . 22
5.3.2A SGSN-initiated Detach procedure with ISR activated . 22
5.3.3 HSS-initiated Detach procedure . 23
5.3.4 Administration of the MME - MSC/VLR Association . 23
5.4 TA/LA Update procedure . 24
5.4.0 General . 24
5.4.1 Combined TA/LA Update Procedure . 24
5.4.2 Periodic TA and LA Update Procedure . 26
5.4.3 Non-EPS Alert procedure . 26
5.4.4 Void . 26
5.5 Idle Mode Signalling Reduction . 26
5.6 Mobility Management for SMS over SGs only UEs . 28
5.7 Access to CS services after selecting a non-3GPP access . 28
6 Mobile Originating Call . 28
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6.1 General . 28
6.2 Mobile Originating call in Active Mode - PS HO supported . 29
6.3 Mobile Originating call in Active Mode – No PS HO support . 31
6.4 Mobile Originating call in Idle Mode . 35
6.5 Returning back to E-UTRAN . 36
6.6 Mobile Originated or Mobile terminated call rejected by the MME . 37
7 Mobile Terminating Call . 38
7.1 General . 38
7.2 Mobile Terminating call in idle mode . 38
7.3 Mobile Terminating call in Active Mode - PS HO supported . 41
7.4 Mobile Terminating call in Active Mode - No PS HO support . 44
7.5 Roaming Retry for CS fallback . 48
7.5a Roaming Forwarding for CS fallback . 50
7.5b Coexistence of Roaming Retry and Roaming Forwarding for CS fallback . 52
7.6 Returning back to E-UTRAN . 52
7.7 Interaction with ISR . 52
7.7.1 Void . 52
7.7.2 Mobile Terminating Call when ISR is active and SGs is active between MSC/VLR and MME . 53
7.7.3 Void . 54
7.8 Mobile Terminating Call when SGs is not active . 54
8 Other CS Services . 54
8.1 General . 54
8.2 Short Message Service (SMS) . 54
8.2.1 General . 54
8.2.2 Mobile originating SMS in Idle Mode . 54
8.2.3 Mobile originating SMS in Active Mode . 56
8.2.3a Multiple Mobile originating SMSs . 56
8.2.4 Mobile terminating SMS in idle mode . 56
8.2.4a Mobile Terminated SMS in extended Idle mode DRX and in PSM . 57
8.2.4a.1 General . 57
8.2.4a.2 Procedure for Deployment Option1 and Deployment Option 2 . 58
8.2.4a.3 Procedure for Deployment Option 3 . 60
8.2.5 Mobile terminating SMS in Active Mode . 60
8.2.5a Multiple Mobile terminating SMSs . 61
8.2.5b Simultaneous Mobile terminating and Mobile originating SMSs . 61
8.2.5c Unsuccessful Mobile terminating SMS delivery attempt . 61
8.2.5d Non-SMS Mobile terminating activity during SMS delivery . 61
8.2.5e Non-SMS Mobile originating activity during SMS delivery . 61
8.2.5f Mobile Terminating SMS when ISR is active and SGs is active between MSC/VLR and MME . 62
8.2.6 Co-Existence with SMS over generic 3GPP IP access . 62
8.3 Location Services (LCS) . 62
8.3.1 MO-LR procedure . 62
8.3.1.1 General . 62
8.3.1.2 MO-LR in Active Mode with IMS VoIP session - PS HO supported . 63
8.3.1.3 MO-LR in Active Mode with IMS VoIP session - No PS HO supported . 64
8.3.2 MT-LR procedure . 64
8.3.2.1 MT-LR procedure if UE is not in IMS VoIP session . 64
8.3.2.2 MT-LR procedure while UE is in IMS VoIP session . 65
8.3.3 NI-LR procedure . 66
8.3.4 Returning back to E-UTRAN . 66
8.3.5 Co-Existence with Other Location Services . 66
8.3.5.1 Co-Existence with SUPL . 66
8.4 Other CS Services . 66
8.4.0 General . 66
8.4.1 Mobile-Initiated CS Services . 66
8.4.1.1 Mobile-Initiated CS Services if UE is not in IMS VoIP session . 66
8.4.1.2 Mobile-Initiated CS Services while UE is in IMS VoIP session. 67
8.4.2 NW-Initiated CS Services . 67
8.4.2.1 NW-Initiated CS Services if UE is not in IMS VoIP session . 67
8.4.2.2 NW-Initiated CS Services while UE is in IMS VoIP session . 68
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8.4.3 Returning back to E-UTRAN . 69
Annex A (informative): Void . 70
Annex B (normative): CS Fallback to 1xRTT . 71
B.1 Overall Description . 71
B.1.1 General Considerations . 71
B.1.2 Reference Architecture . 71
B.1.2.1 Reference points . 72
B.1.3 Functional entities . 72
B.1.3.1 UE . 72
B.1.3.2 MME . 72
B.1.3.3 E-UTRAN . 73
B.1.4 Co-existence with IMS services . 73
B.1.5 CSFB Priority Call Handling. 73
B.2 Procedures . 74
B.2.1 Mobility Management . 74
B.2.1.1 1x RTT CS Pre-Registration over EPS Procedure . 74
B.2.1.2 S102 Tunnel Redirection . 75
B.2.1.3 UE-initiated Detach Procedure . 76
B.2.2 Mobile Originating Call in Active Mode . 76
B.2.2a Mobile Originating call in Idle Mode . 78
B.2.3 Mobile Terminating Call . 78
B.2.3a Enhanced CS fallback to 1xRTT Procedure . 80
B.2.3a.1 General . 80
B.2.3a.2 Mobile Originating Call without concurrent PS handover, or with concurrent non-optimised PS
handover or optimised idle-mode PS handover. 81
B.2.3a.3 Mobile Originating Call with concurrent optimised PS handover . 84
B.2.3a.4 Mobile Terminating Call without PS handover, or with concurrent non-optimised PS handover or
optimised idle-mode PS handover . 85
B.2.3a.5 Mobile Terminating Call with concurrent optimised PS handover . 86
B.2.3a.6 Interaction between enhanced CS Fallback to 1xRTT and optimised PS handover. 87
B.2.3b Mobile Originated or Mobile terminated call rejected by the MME . 87
B.2.4 Short Message Service (SMS) . 89
B.2.4.1 General . 89
B.2.4.2 Mobile originating SMS . 89
B.2.4.3 Mobile terminating SMS . 90
B.2.5 Emergency Calls . 91
B.3 CS Fallback for UEs with dual Rx configuration . 91
B.3.1 General Considerations . 91
B.3.2 Procedures for leaving E-UTRAN . 92
B.3.3 Procedures for returning to E-UTRAN . 93
Annex C (normative): SMS in MME . 94
C.1 General . 94
C.2 Architecture . 94
C.3 Reference Points . 95
C.3.1 General . 95
C.3.2 S6a . 95
C.3.3 S6c .
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