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Contents
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Introduction ................................................................ 1
2.1
2.2
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.2.5
2.2.6
2.2.7
2.2.8
2.2.9
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Introduction
2.1
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Channel Request
RRC Connection
Request
Channel Request
Channel Release or
Immediate Assignment Reject
Immediate Assignment
up
Set
)
(UL
Setu
p (D
L)
Setup (DL)
Setup (UL)
Setup (UL)
(0) NULL
Setup (DL)
(6) CALL
PRESENT
Re
le
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e
(11) DISCONNECT
REQUEST
Release or
Release Complete
Alerting
Connect
(4) CALL
DELIVERED
Re
lea
se
Rele
ase
Call Confirmed
Disconnect (UL)
States
1,4,6,7,8,9
(12) DISCONNECT
INDICATION
Disconnect (DL)
States
4, 7, 8, 9, 10
Connect
(9) MT CALL
CONFIRMED
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ec
nn
Co
Alerting
(10) ACTIVE
(8) CONNECT
REQUEST
Connect Acknowledge
Connect
(7) CALL
RECEIVED
The state machine covers both WCDMA and GSM. The top left part shows
the WCDMA service setup, while the top right part shows the service setup
in GSM. Note that these setup procedures are generic and not unique to
the speech service. MO calls are represented by states 1-4-10; MT calls
are represented by states 6-9-7-8-10. The central part of the diagram,
including states 11 and 12, is concerned with the handling of call
disconnects.
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Each state has a tag [X]n where [X] is an (optional) letter and n is a
number. States without a letter are valid in both GSM and WCDMA; states
with G in front of the number are valid only for GSM; states with W in
front of the number are valid only for WCDMA.
Layer 3 and CC messages are represented by arrows. For certain
messages the direction (UL or DL) is indicated. Please note that the
depiction of the message traffic and state transitions is a simplified one,
with only the most important mechanisms included. Note in particular that a
transition to state NULL can take place from any state following one of the
events Blocked Call or Dropped Call; such state transitions are not shown
in the diagram.
2.2
2.2.1
Call Initialization
2.2.2
Call Attempt
2.2.3
2.2.4
Call Setup
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Call setup time in ms, measured from Call Attempt, i.e. the first call
attempt; this is not included if Call Attempt was triggered by the Setup
message (see section 2.2.2, step 2).
User setup time in ms, measured from Call Initialization (thus more
accurately reflecting the user-perceived setup time). Included only if the
Call Initialization event has been previously generated, i.e. for MO calls
in a command sequence.
2.2.5
Call Established
This event is generated when entering state Active following the message
Connect (MO call) or Connect Acknowledge (MT call).
2.2.6
Call Re-established
This event is generated when, following a radio link failure, a call is reestablished (a drop thus being prevented; the UE never leaves state
ACTIVE).
Technology-specific details:
This event can occur only if call re-establishment is enabled in the network.
If it is not, a call will be automatically dropped in this situation. The same
thing happens if the re-establishment fails (compare section 2.2.9.1).
2.2.7
Call End
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Call duration in ms, indicating the time elapsing between the event Call
Established and the message Disconnect or (if, exceptionally, no
Disconnect is received) the message Release.
2.2.8
Blocked Call
This event is generated if the call is abnormally ended before the event Call
Established is generated.
2.2.8.1 Extra Information
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"RR Cause: <str>", where <str> is a string. Included if the message that
generated the event included RR cause.
Call time in ms, indicating the time since the event Call Initialization.
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2.2.9
Dropped Call
This event is generated if the call is abnormally ended after the event Call
Established.
2.2.9.1 Extra Information
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Cause: <str>, where <str> is a string describing the cause of the drop.
Call duration in ms, indicating the time since the event Call Established.
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