SRVCC (Single Radio Voice Call Continuity)

Overview
SRVCC R10 Architecture
SR- SR-
VCC VCC

Um / Uu
BTS Abis / BSC A / IuCS HLR /
NodeB Iub RNC MSS HSS
SR-
VCC
GSM / WCDMA

Sv MMTel
SCC AS
MTAS
ISC
SR-
VCC I2 SR- Mw /
SR-
VCC VCC Mg /
S1-MME
SRVCC Mw Mx B
A handover MME Gm P-CSCF I-/S-
ATCF CSCF

S11 Iq
Mb
SR-
SR- Mb VCC
VCC

e-Uu S1-U

eNodeB S&P
GW ATGw
LTE SGi Mb

Serving Network Home Network

SR- SRVCC
VCC
functionality
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 SRVCC Overview
Prepare
Handover
Access
transfer
GERAN ATCF &
UTRAN MSS B
SCC AS
GSM / WCDMA
Sv
MMTel
SRVCC IMS
A
handover
LTE EPC
LTE Moving UE

LTE SRVCC handover

CS coverage

IMS Telephony Voice to CS handover

– Handover triggered by LTE RAN.
Handover signalling from MME in EPC to MSC
(via the Sv reference point)
– MSC prepares handover and connects CS leg to IMS
– ATCF and SCC AS executes access transfer

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SRVCC procedures
Preparation (“STN-SR” flow)

BTS BSC HLR /

MSS HSS
NodeB RNC
GSM / WCDMA
Push “STN-SR”
SCC AS MMTel

MTAS
“STN-SR” “STN-SR”

MME P-CSCF Register I-/S-

ATCF “STN-SR” CSCF B

Attach
UE SRVCC support

Register

eNodeB EPG MRS

A LTE

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SRVCC procedures
Focus on media plane
MSS
MSSinitiates
first reserves
SRVCC
handover
resourcesby in “dialing”
2G/3G.
IMS using STN-SR and
BTS BSC sending HO msg to UE.
NodeB RNC MSS
GSM / WCDMA Call setup
“STN-SR”
SRVCC HO
“STN-SR” SCC AS MMTel
MME prepares for
MTAS
SRVCC handover and “STN-SR”
informs MSS (including “STN-SR”
SRVCC STN-SR).
handover MME SBG I-/S-
P-CSCF CSCF B

Handover
trigger to UE
SRVCC HO Based on the information
from MSS, SBG directs
MRS to redirect media to
eNodeB EPG
MSS instead over LTE.
MRS
A LTE
eNodeB detects that UE
needs to perform
handover (based on bad
coverage or load in the
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SRVCC procedures
6. Media is 3b. The MSS set up a call leg
established to the ATCF using the STN-
towards UE SR number. And performs
HO towards Access
network
BTS BSC
NodeB RNC MSS
GSM / WCDMA 4. The ATCF finds
the anchored call
and executes
SCC AS MMTel
session transfer
3a. The MSS and RAN
prepares to receive a MTAS
handover
SRVCC B
handover MME P-CSCF I-/S-
ATCF CSCF
1. The eNodeB
decides to do
SRVCC HO

HO request

S&P
Signaling
eNodeB GW ATGw
A
Voice media
LTE
2. The MME
handles the Serving Network 5. TheHome
ATGWNetwork
is updated
SRVCC HO via with new media
the Sv interface destination for
transferred party
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SRVCC Execution
MSC Server Target Target
UE E-UTRAN MME IMS
MGW MSC BSS

1: Measurement Reports

Decision for Handover

2: HO Required
3: PS to CS Req
(Target ID, STN-SR,
IMSI; C MSISDN...)

4: Prep HO Req

5: HO Req/Ack

6: Prep HO Resp.

7: Establish Circuit

8: Initiation of Session Transfer (STN-SR)

10: PS to CS Resp.

11: Handover Command 9. Session transfer and

release of IMS access leg.
12: HO from E-UTRAN Command

13: UE tunes
to GERAN

14: Handover Detection

15: HO Complete

16: HO Complete

17: Answer

18: PS to CS Complete/Ack

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SRVCC Execution

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Srvcc to UTRAN Config
• Target cell SRVCC capability administration
• Parameter srvccCapability on ExternalUTRANCellFDD
• NOSUPPORT 0
• CS_ONLY_SUPPORTED 1
• PS_AND_CS_SUPPORTED 2

• Frequency priority for VoIP

• Parameter voicePrio, set on UtranFreqRelation and EutranFreqRelation
•Instead of connectedModeMobilityPrio used for non-voice connections, voicePrio is used
for all UEs with at least one QCI1-bearer, prioritizing voice traffic (QCI=1) separately of non-
voice traffic, independently of SRVCC feature state.

• Licensing
• SRVCC Handover to UTRAN license controls whether to perform SRVCC handover to WCDMA :
featureStateSRVCCtoUTRAN
• Feature featureStateServiceTriggeredMobility enable to further tune radio mobility events
(A1/B2/A5 etc.) for Voice Traffic. Events considered in the following examples are:
QciProfilePredefined=qci1,measReportConfigParams
• a1ThresholdRsrpPrimOffset / a2ThresholdRsrpPrimOffset
• b2Threshold1RsrpOffset / b2Threshold2RscpUtraOffset
• a5Threshold1RsrpOffset / a5Threshold2RsrpOffset

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Sample SRVCC DT Log
 Beginning of Call, VOLTE call set up

*In this example, the call already granted ims signaling(qci5),only

coversational call(Qci1) set up involve when VOLTE call set uo
 Start of SRVCC Flow

Trigger for NW to initiate

SRVCC

*In this example, the call already granted ims signaling(qci5),only

coversational call(Qci1) set up involve when VOLTE call set uo