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1 Scope p. 5

This specification gives the stage 2 description of the subscriber data management handling between:

the Home Location Register (HLR) and the Visitor Location Register (VLR);
the Home Location Register (HLR/HSS) and the Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN).

A number of procedures require updating of subscriber information:

location updating;
restoration;
modification of data by the operator;
modification of data by the subscriber via the Mobile Station (MS).

Updating of subscriber information from HLR/HSS to SGSN is required in the following situations:

GPRS location updating;
EPS location updat ing;
modification of data by the operator.

Only the rules for the updating of subscriber data from the HLR to the VLR and from the HLR/HSS to the SGSN are described in this specification; these rules only apply when the MAP protocol is used for subscriber data updating (see TS 29.002). Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) specific and Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) subscriber data are out of scope of this specification. The GPRS context update from the SGSN to the GGSN and the EPC bearer context update from the SGSN to the P-GW via S-GW are out of scope of this specification.

2 References p. 5

The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present document.

References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or non-specific.
For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same Release as the present document.

[1]

TS 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".

[2]

TS 22.002: "Circuit Bearer Services (BS) supported by a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN)".

[3]

TS 22.004: "General on supplementary services".

[4]

TS 23.007: "Restoration procedures".

[5]

TS 23.008: "Organization of subscriber data".

[6]

TS 23.011: "Technical realization of Supplementary Services".

[7]

TS 23.015: "Technical realization of Operator Determined Barring (ODB)".

[8]

TS 23.060: "General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Service description; Stage 2".

[9]

TS 23.067: "Enhanced Multi-Level Precedence and Preemption service (EMLPP); Stage 2".

[10]

TS 23.078: "Customized Applications for Mobile network Enhanced Logic (CAMEL) phase 3 - Stage 2".

[11]

TS 23.081: "Line identification supplementary services; Stage 2".

[12]

TS 23.082: "Call Forwarding (CF) Supplementary Services; Stage 2".

[13]

TS 23.083: "Call Waiting (CW) and Call Hold (HOLD) Supplementary Services; Stage 2".

[14]

TS 23.084: "Multi Party (MPTY) Supplementary Service; Stage 2".

[15]

TS 23.085: "Closed User Group (CUG) Supplementary Service; Stage 2".

[16]

TS 23.086: "Advice of Charge (AoC) Supplementary Service; Stage 2".

[17]

TS 23.088: "Call Barring (CB) Supplementary Service; Stage 2".

[18]

TS 23.090: "Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD); Stage 2".

[19]

TS 23.091: "Explicit Call Transfer (ECT) Supplementary Service; Stage 2".

[20]

TS 23.093: "Technical realization of Completion of Calls to Busy Subscriber (CCBS); Stage 2".

[21]

TS 23.096: "Name Identification Supplementary Service; Stage 2".

[22]

TS 23.116: "Super-Charger technical realization; Stage 2."

[23]

TS 29.002: "Mobile Application Part (MAP) specification".

[24]

TS 29.060: "General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); GPRS Tunnelling Protocol (GTP) across the Gn and Gp Interface".

[25]

TS 22.001: "Principles of circuit telecommunications services supported by a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN)".

[26]

TS 22.003: "Circuit Teleservices supported by a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN)".

[27]

TS 42.032: " Immediate Service Termination (IST); Service Description - Stage 1".
→ to date, withdrawn by 3GPP

[28]

TS 43.035: " Immediate Service Termination (IST); Stage 2".
→ to date, withdrawn by 3GPP

[29]

TS 43.068: " Voice Group Call Service (VGCS); Stage 2".

[30]

TS 43.069: " Voice Broadcast Service (VBS); Stage 2".

[31]

TS 23.071: "Location Services (LCS); Functional Description; Stage 2".
→ to date, withdrawn by 3GPP

[32]

TS 23.135: "Multicall supplementary service; Stage 2".

[33]

TS 23.072: "Call Deflection Supplementary Service; Stage 2".

[34]

TS 23.012: "Location Management Procedures".

3 Definitions and abbreviations p. 6

3.1 Abbreviations p. 6

For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in TS 21.905 apply.

3.2 Definitions p. 7

Subscriber data to be stored in the HLR, VLR and SGSN are defined in TS 23.008, TS 23.271, TS 23.135 and in 3GPP TS 23.06x, 3GPP TS 23.08x and 3GPP TS 23.09x-series of technical specifications.

Voice Broadcast Service (VBS), Voice Group Call Service (VGCS) and enhanced Multi Level Precedence and Pre-emption Service (eMLPP) Data related to group call area, cell or dispatcher attributes is only stored in the Group Call Register (GCR) which is linked to each MSC/VLR.

The GCR and its stored data is out of scope of this specification.

Subscriber related VBS, VGCS and eMLPP Data only concerns entitlement data for these-services and is seen as shared non-GPRS subscriber data.

GPRS and non-GPRS subscriber data:

The HLR has to download data to the VLR and to the SGSN. In this specification those data sent to the VLR are called non-GPRS subscriber data and those data sent to the SGSN are called GPRS subscriber data.

Whenever the refining identifier non-GPRS or GPRS is missing a common rule is addressed which hold for both kinds of subscriber data.

Subscriber data specific to non-GPRS shall only be sent from the HLR to the VLR. Subscriber data specific to GPRS shall only be sent from the HLR to the SGSN.

Subscriber data common to both non-GPRS and GPRS (regional subscription information) are downloaded from the HLR to both entities.

Shared non-GPRS subscriber data:

Common subset of subscriber data defined to be stored in both the HLR and VLR. Subscriber data only stored in the HLR is not part of shared subscriber data. Shared subscriber data includes:

BS:

Bearer Service (see TS 22.002);

TS:

Teleservice (see TS 22.003);

BSG:

Basic Service Group (see TS 22.001, TS 22.004 and TS 23.011);

EBSG:

Elementary Basic Service Group (see TS 23.011);

CBSG:

Collective Basic Service Group (see TS 23.011);

LSA Information:

Localized Service Area Information (see 3GPP TS 23.073);

SC Information:

Super-Charger Information (see TS 23.116);

IST Information:

Immediate Service Termination Information (see 3GPP TS 43.035).

Shared GPRS subscriber data:

Common subset of subscriber data defined to be stored in both the HLR and SGSN. Subscriber data only stored in the HLR is not part of shared subscriber data. Shared GPRS subscriber data includes:

TS:

Teleservice (see TS 22.003);

PDP Context

(see TS 23.060);

LSA Information:

Localized Service Area Information (see 3GPP TS 23.073);

SC Information:

Super-Charger Information (see TS 23.116);

Charging Information

(see TS 23.060).

Mandatory data:

Data required to form a self-consistent set of subscriber data. The context governs whether a specific parameter is mandatory, e.g. the data set for a specific service may be optional, however if data for this service is present, then parameters within this data set may be mandatory.

Mandatory data is defined by the service description (see e.g. 3GPP TS 23.06x, 3GPP TS 23.08x and 3GPP TS 23.09x-series of technical specifications, TS 23.015, 3GPP TS 23.071 and TS 23.135) and by PLMN defined requirements.

Optional data:

Data which is defined as subscriber data, but which is not required to form a self-consistent set of subscriber data; the context governs whether a specific parameter is optional.

Optional data is data which is defined by the service description (see e.g. 3GPP TS 23.06x, 3GPP TS 23.08x and 3GPP TS 23.09x-series of technical specifications, TS 23.015, TS 23.271 and TS 23.135) or by PLMN defined requirements but is not defined as mandatory data.

Missing data:

Data which is mandatory in a given context but is not received nor is valid data available locally.

Unexpected data:

Data which is received and cannot be further processed. This may be either:

optional data not required in a given context; or
optional or mandatory data, required in this context but received with an unexpected value.

Overlapping data:

Two different cases of overlapping within subscriber data are possible:

two or more parameters are to be stored at the same address in the data structure (see clause 4.4);
two or more BSGs within a BSG list include or are identical with one and the same EBSG.

The following groups of non-GPRS subscriber information are defined:

Subscriber information (Group A):
- International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI);
- basic Mobile Station International ISDN Number (MSISDN);
- category;
- subscriber status;
- LMU identifier (GSM only).
Basic service information (Group B):
- Bearer Service list;
- Teleservice list.
NOTE:
VBS and VGCS entitlement data are subsumed under Teleservices.
Supplementary Service (SS) information (Group C):
- forwarding information including deflection information;
- call barring information;
- Closed User Group (CUG) information;
- eMLPP data;
- MC data;
- SS Data.
Operator Determined Barring (ODB) information (Group D):
- ODB Data for non-GPRS services;
Roaming restriction information (Group E):
- roaming restriction due to unsupported feature.
Regional subscription information (Group F):
- regional subscription data.
VBS/VGCS subscription information (Group G):
- VBS subscription data;
- VGCS subscription data.
CAMEL subscription information (Group H):
- Originating CAMEL Subscription Information (O-CSI);
- Dialled Service CAMEL Subscription Information (D-CSI);
- VMSC Terminating CAMEL Subscription Information (VT-CSI);
- Supplementary Service Invocation Notification CAMEL Subscription Information (SS-CSI);
- Translation Information Flag CAMEL Subscription Information (TIF-CSI);
- Mobile Originating Short Message Service CAMEL Subscription Information (MO-SMS-CSI);
- Mobile Terminating Short Message Service CAMEL Subscription Information (MT-SMS-CSI);
- Mobility Management Event Notification CAMEL Subscription Information (M-CSI).
LSA Information (Group I):
- LSA data.
Super-Charger (SC) Information (Group K):
- Age Indicator.
Location Services (LCS) information (Group X):
- GMLC List;
- LCS Privacy Exception List;
- MO-LR List;
- LCS Service Types.
IST Information (Group J):
- IST data.
Bearer Service Priority Information (Group L):
- Bearer Service Priority Data.
Administrative Restriction Information (Group M):
- Access Restriction Data.

The following groups of GPRS subscriber information are defined:

Subscriber information (Group P1):
- International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI);
- basic Mobile Station International ISDN Number (MSISDN);
- subscriber status.
Basic service information (Group P2):
- Teleservice list.
Operator Determined Barring (ODB) information (Group P3):
- ODB Data for GPRS services.
Roaming restriction information (Group P4):
- roaming restriction in SGSN due to unsupported feature.
Regional subscription information (Group P5):
- regional subscription data.
GPRS subscription information (Group P6):
- GPRS subscription data.
EPS subscription information (Group P6a):
- EPS subscription data.
SGSN CAMEL subscription information (Group P7):
- GPRS CAMEL subscription information;
- Mobile Originating Short Message Service CAMEL Subscription Information (MO-SMS-CSI);
- Mobile Terminating Short Message Service CAMEL Subscription Information (MT-SMS-CSI);
- Mobility Management Event for GPRS Notification CAMEL Subscription Information (MG-CSI).
LSA Information (Group P8):
- LSA data.
Super-Charger (SC) Information (Group P9):
- Age Indicator.
Charging Information (Group P10):
- Subscribed Charging Characteristics.
Location Services (LCS) information (Group P11):
- GMLC List;
- LCS Privacy Exception List;
- MO-LR Lis;
- LCS Service Types.
Administrative Restriction Information (Group P12):
- Access Restriction Data.