CALL PHASE IS SUBDIVIDED INTO 4 STAGES - RADIO LINK ESTABLISHMENT - SDCCH PHASE - TCH ASSIGNMENT PHASE - ALERTING-CONVERSATION

PHASE1- RADIO LINK ETABLISHMENT

MS

BTS
CHANNEL REQUIRED

BSC

MSC

CHANNEL REQUEST (RACH)

CHANNEL ACTIVATION (SDCCH) CHANNEL ACTIVATION ACK IMMEDIATE ASSIGNMENT CMD Start T3101 IMMEDIATE ASSIGN (AGCH) SABM (SDCCH) ESTABLISH INDICATION SABM (UA) Stop T3101

CR

CC

PHASE2 - SDCCH PHASE

MS

BTS
AUTHENTICATION REQUEST

BSC

MSC

AUTHENTICATION RESPONSE

CIPHERING MODE COMMAND

CIPHERING MODE COMPLETE

SETUP

CALL PROCEEDING

PHASE3 - TCH ASSIGNMENT PHASE

MS BTS BSC
PHYSICAL CONTEXT REQUEST PHYSICAL CONTEXT CONFIRM

MSC
ASSIGNMENT REQUEST

CHANNEL ACTIVATION (TCH) CHANNEL ACTIVATION ACKNOWLEDGE ASSIGNMENT COMMAND (SDCCH) Start T3107 TCH GIVEN SABM ESTABLISH INDICATION UA

ASSIGNMENT COMPLETE Stop T3107

ASSIGNMENT COMPLETE

PHASE4 - ALERTING-CONVERSATION

MS

BTS

BSC

MSC

ALERTING

CONNECT

CONNECT ACKNOWLEDGMENT

CONVERSATION PHASE