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Global Tracing

Challenges

Fault location
Complex network structure makes locating faults difficult when service failures occur.

I/S-CSCF
SMSC
ATS MGCF
IMS-HSS
Service layer IMS network

MGW PCRF
GMSC Server S/P-GW MME

CS network EPC network

Service recovery time

After locating a fault, troubleshooting is time consuming.

Customer complaints Troubleshooting

Introduction

Global tracing enables the HSS9860 to trace subscriber service messages to identify and troubleshoot

faults.

Detect service failures Trace service messages Locate faults

Benefits

Collect and analyze network faults Collect and analyze test group
to optimize network structures. service messages before
implementing new features.

NEW

Optimize network
Test new
structures
features

Locate faults Troubleshoot Detect radio

efficiently signal
rapidly coverage

Trace and collect subscriber Trace and collect a subscriber’s Trace subscriber service
service messages to locate service messages to locate fautls messages in a specific region
faults. and troubleshoot problems quickly. and analyze the coverage of
radio signals.

Technical Description
The HLR, SAE-HSS, and IMS-HSS support global tracing in the CS, EPS, and IMS domains,
respectively. The HLR, SAE-HSS, or IMS-HSS instructs the NE serving the subscribers to trace their
service messages.
In the CS domain, the MSC/VLR records subscriber activities such as location updates, MS power-on/off,
and call and SMS origination/termination in a tracing file, and then stores it on the host.

Global tracing in the CS domain

Trigger

HLR MSC/VLR
Location updates,
Traces subscriber
Use ADD UTRCTSK to create a tracing task MS power-on/off,
activities and
and call and SMS
generates tracing files.
origination/termination

Managing tracing tasks Triggering tracing tasks

fic ation
Veri 1. Sends TMFileReadyNotify
to notify
Host 2. Sends tracing files
through ULD TRCRST
Ver 3. Uploads tracing files
OMU ificati using FTP
on MSC/VLR EMS
(MSC/VLR)
EMS

Verifying tracing tasks Uploading tracing files

The HLR creates tracing tasks and activates Global Tracing. The detailed flow is as follows:

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9.MAP_INSERT_SUBSCRIBER_DATA
10.MAP_INSERT_SUBSCRIBER_DATA_ack

MSC/VLR 11.MAP_UPDATE_LOCATION_ack HLR

Global tracing in the EPS domain

4. Stores tracing parameters

2. Extracts and stores
and starts tracing and
tracing parameters.
recording sessions.

3.a INSERT_SUBSCRIBER_DATA
_REQUEST
1. Activates tracing
sessions. 3.b(4) UPDATE_LOCATION_ANSWER
3.b(3) UPDATE_LOCATION_REQUEST

EMS SAE-HSS MME/S4-SGSN

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9. Stores tracing parameters 6. Stores tracing parameters

and starts tracing and and starts tracing and
recording sessions. recording sessions.

Note:
- The SAE-HSS uses the subscriber's IMSI to query the local database for the MME/S4-SGSN serving
the subscriber. If the SAE-HSS finds the serving MME/S4-SGSN, it performs step 3.a. Otherwise, the
process does steps 3.b(1) to 3.b(4) .
- Dotted lines indicate optional procedures.

Global tracing in the IMS domain

1. Activates tracing sessions.

3. Compares subscriber identifies,

IMS-HSS
EMS starts tracing and recording sessions,
and sends the tracing records to EMS.

2. Extracts and stores tracing

parameters and creates tracing
and recording sessions.

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