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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS);
LTE;
Mobile Application Part (MAP)
specification for Gateway Location Register (GLR)
(3GPP TS 29.120 version 17.0.0 Release 17)
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3GPP TS 29.120 version 17.0.0 Release 17 1 ETSI TS 129 120 V17.0.0 (2022-04)
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3GPP TS 29.120 version 17.0.0 Release 17 3 ETSI TS 129 120 V17.0.0 (2022-04)
Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Legal Notice . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 References . 8
3 Abbreviations . 8
4 The entities and interfaces within the mobile network utilising the GLR . 9
4.1 The entities of the mobile system . 9
4.2 The Interfaces within the mobile services . 9
5 Overload and compatibility overview . 9
5.1 Overload control for MAP entities . 9
5.2 Compatibility . 9
6 Requirements concerning the use of SCCP and TC . 10
6.1 Use of SCCP. 10
6.1.1 SCCP Class . 10
6.1.2 Sub-System Number (SSN) . 10
6.1.3 SCCP addressing . 10
6.1.3.1 Introduction . 10
6.1.3.2 The Gateway Location Register (GLR) . 10
6.1.3.2.1 Addressed by the VLR . 10
6.1.3.2.2 Addressed by the HLR . 10
6.1.3.2.3 Addressed by the GMSC . 11
6.1.3.2.4 Addressed by the IM-GSN . 11
6.1.3.3 The Intermediate MSC (IM_MSC) . 11
6.1.3.3.1 Addressed by the GMSC . 11
6.1.3.3.2 Addressed by the GMLC . 11
6.1.3.4 The Intermediate GSN (IM_GSN) . 11
6.1.3.5 Summary table . 11
6.2 Use of TC . 12
7 General on MAP services . 13
7.1 Common MAP services . 13
7.1.1 MAP-U-ABORT service . 13
8 Mobility services . 14
8.1 General . 14
8.2 Location Management services . 15
8.3 Authentication Management services . 15
8.4 Subscriber management services . 15
8.5 Fault recovery services . 16
8.6 Subscriber Information services . 16
9 Operation and maintenance services . 16
9.1 General . 16
9.2 MAP_SEND_IMSI service . 16
10 Call handling services . 17
10.1 General . 17
10.2 MAP_PROVIDE_ROAMING_NUMBER service . 17
10.3 MAP_SET_REPORTING_STATE service . 17
10.4 MAP_STATUS_REPORT service . 17
10.5 MAP_REMOTE_USER_FREE service . 17
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11 Supplementary services related services . 18
11.1 General . 18
11.2 MAP_REGISTER_SS service. 18
11.3 MAP_ERASE_SS service . 18
11.4 MAP_ACTIVATE_SS service . 18
11.5 MAP_DEACTIVATE_SS service . 18
11.6 MAP_ INTERROGATE _SS service . 19
11.7 MAP_ REGISTER_PASSWORD service . 19
11.8 MAP_ GET_PASSWORD service . 19
11.9 MAP_ PROCESS_UNSTRUCTURED_SS_REQUEST service . 19
11.10 MAP_ UNSTRUCTURED_SS_REQUEST service . 20
11.11 MAP_UNSTRUCTURED_SS_NOTIFY service . 20
11.12 MAP_REGISTER_CC_ENTRY service . 20
11.13 MAP_ERASE_CC_ENTRY service . 20
12 Short message service management services . 20
12.1 General . 20
12.2 MAP-READY-FOR-SM service . 21
12.3 MAP-MT-FORWARD-SHORT-MESSAGE service . 21
13 Network-Requested PDP Context Activation services . 21
13.1 General . 21
13.2 MAP_SEND_ROUTING_INFO_FOR_GPRS service . 21
13.3 MAP_FAILURE_REPORT service . 22
14 Void . 22
15 Element of procedure . 22
15.1 SDL descriptions . 22
16 Mapping onto TC services . 23
17 Abstract syntax of the MAP protocol . 24
17.1 General . 24
17.2 Packages specifications . 24
17.3 Application contexts . 25
18 General on MAP user procedure . 26
19 Mobility procedures . 27
19.1 Location management Procedures . 27
19.1.1 Location updating . 29
19.1.1.1 General . 29
19.1.1.2 Detailed procedure in the GLR . 30
19.1.2 Location Cancellation . 43
19.1.2.1 General . 43
19.1.2.2 Detailed procedure in the GLR . 44
19.1.3 Purge MS . 49
19.1.3.1 General . 49
19.1.3.2 Detailed procedure in GLR . 49
19.2 Fault recovery procedures . 54
19.2.1 RESET procedure . 54
19.2.1.1 HLR failure case . 54
19.2.1.2 GLR failure case . 54
19.2.1.3 Detailed procedure in GLR . 54
19.2.2 VLR restoration: the restore data procedure in the GLR . 58
19.2.2.1 General . 58
19.2.2.2 Detailed procedure in GLR . 58
20 Operations and maintenance procedures . 65
20.1 General . 65
20.2 Subscriber data management procedures . 65
20.2.1 General . 65
20.2.2 Procedures in the GLR . 67
20.2.2.1 Subscriber deletion procedure . 67
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20.2.2.2 Subscriber data modification procedure . 67
20.3 Subscriber Identity procedure . 77
20.3.1 Subscriber identity procedure in the GLR . 78
21 Call handling procedures . 81
21.1 General . 81
21.2 Retrieval of routing information . 82
21.2.1 General . 82
21.2.2 Process in the GLR to provide a roaming number . 83
21.2.3 Process in the GLR to provide subscriber information . 86
21.3 Setting of Reporting State . 89
21.3.1 General . 89
21.3.2 Process in the GLR to set the reporting state . 89
21.4 Status Reporting . 92
21.4.1 General . 92
21.4.2 Process in the GLR for Status Reporting . 92
21.5 Remote User Free . 94
21.5.1 General . 94
21.5.2 Process in the GLR for Remote User Free . 95
22 Supplementary services procedures . 98
22.1 Functional supplementary service processes . 98
22.1.1 Functional supplementary service process co-ordinator for GLR. 98
22.1.2 Call completion supplementary service process co-ordinator for GLR . 100
22.2 Registration procedure . 102
22.2.1 General . 102
22.2.2 Procedures in the GLR . 103
22.3 Erasure procedure . 105
22.3.1 General . 105
22.3.2 Procedures in the GLR . 106
22.4 Activation procedure . 106
22.4.1 General . 106
22.4.2 Procedures in the GLR . 106
22.5 Deactivation procedure . 108
22.5.1 General . 108
22.5.2 Procedures in the GLR . 109
22.6 Interrogation procedure . 109
22.6.1 General . 109
22.6.2 Procedures in the GLR . 109
22.7 Password registration procedure . 109
22.7.1 General . 109
22.7.2 Procedures in the GLR . 109
22.8 Mobile Initiated USSD procedure . 109
22.8.1 Procedures in the GLR .
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