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UMTS Networks : Architecture, Mobility and Services

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336 <strong>UMTS</strong> <strong>Networks</strong><br />

10.5.1.3 Call Control (CC) Protocol<br />

The CC protocol provides basic signalling mechanisms for establishing <strong>and</strong> releasing<br />

CS services (e.g., voice call or multimedia call) (Figure 10.32). The CC protocol<br />

operates between an MSC/VLR <strong>and</strong> UEs operating in CS/PS or CS-only mode. The<br />

CC protocol uses the connection service provided by the MM sublayer to carry CC<br />

protocol messages.<br />

A normal CS voice call is controlled in pretty much the same way as in ISDN<br />

telephony. Therefore, the CC protocol entity in the GMSC has to interwork with the<br />

ISUP protocol for establishment of a call path to an external ISDN network.<br />

A <strong>UMTS</strong> CS multimedia call is based on 3G-324M. The 3G-324M is a variant of<br />

ITU-T recommendation H.324. For details see 3GPP specification TS 26.111.<br />

Call establishment procedures establish CC connection between the UE <strong>and</strong> the CN<br />

<strong>and</strong> activate the voice/multimedia codec <strong>and</strong> interworking functions, if needed. The CC<br />

protocol entity in the MSC/VLR also interworks with the RANAP protocol entity in<br />

order to establish an RAB for the CS call. This means that the QoS requirements<br />

received by the CC protocol entity in the CC SETUP message have to be mapped<br />

onto a RAB request for the RANAP protocol entity in the same MSC/VLR. Only<br />

after the UTRAN has confirmed the assignment of an RAB can call establishment<br />

proceed.<br />

Established calls can be Mobile Originating (MO) or Mobile Terminating (MT). For<br />

multimedia CS calls the normal call establishment procedure applies with some extra<br />

information elements for CC protocol messages. The call release procedure, initiated by<br />

the UE or the CN, is used to release resources for the call.<br />

Call collisions as such cannot occur at the network end, because any simultaneous<br />

MO or MT calls are dealt with separately by assigned, different transaction identifiers in<br />

the CC protocol.<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

Figure 10.32 System network non-access stratum—CC protocol: (a) control-plane protocols in<br />

the system network (CS domain); (b) control-plane protocols in the system domain (PS domain)

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