13.4.3 Call Forwarding on No Reply (CFNRy)

23.2053GPPBearer-independent circuit-switched core networkRelease 17Stage 2TS

The procedures specified in 3GPP TS 23.082 [12] for the Call Forwarding on No Reply supplementary service shall be followed. The following clauses describe the additional requirements for the bearer independent CS core network.

13.4.3.1 MGW selection and incoming side bearer establishment

The MGW selected for the mobile terminating call is used. The incoming side bearer has already been established by the mobile terminating call procedures.

13.4.3.2 IU/A-interface release

If the call is not answered within the period defined by the no reply condition timer the call towards the served mobile subscriber will be released as described in the clause for call clearing.

13.4.3.3 Notification to the Calling Subscriber

If the served mobile subscriber has requested that the calling subscriber shall receive a notification about the call forwarding, a notification is sent to the calling party. If the notification is implemented using intermediate tones or announcements the MSC server requests the MGW to play an announcement/tone to the calling party, as described in clause 14.6, before establishing the call to the forwarded-to subscriber.

13.4.3.4 Initial addressing

The call towards the forwarded-to subscriber is established as a basic call. If out-of-band transcoder control is applied for a speech call, it shall be performed in accordance with 3GPP TS 23.153 [3]. After the possible generation of in-band information has been completed (bullet 2 in figure 13.10) the MSC server shall indicate in the IAM that no Continuity message will follow from the preceding node because the incoming side bearer has already been established.

The MGW-id can be provided to the succeeding node in the IAM.

13.4.3.5 Establishment of bearer towards the forwarded-to subscriber

The bearer establishment towards the forwarded-to subscriber is performed as described for the mobile originating call, network side bearer establishment, using either forward or backward bearer establishment. The MSC server also requests the MGW to both-way through-connect the bearer.

13.4.3.6 Failure handling in MSC server

The failures are handled as described for the basic mobile originating call.

13.4.3.7 Example

Figure 13.9 shows the network model for call forwarding no reply. The "squared" line represents the call control signalling. The "dotted" line represents the bearer control signalling and the bearer. Note that for a TDM access case there is no separation of call and bearer control signalling. The MSC server replaces the bearer termination for the served mobile subscriber (TB) with the bearer termination for the forwarded-to subscriber (TC) in an existing context in the MGW. The bearer termination TA is used for the bearer towards the preceding MGW (calling subscriber).

Figure 13.9: CFNRy (Network model)

Figure 13.10 shows the message sequence example for the call forwarding on no reply with a possible announcement. In the example, after the call and the bearer towards the access have been released the MSC server requests the MGW to remove the bearer termination for the served mobile subscriber, and optionally requests the MGW to play an announcement and to notify the announcement completion. When the possible announcement has been completed the MSC server requests the establishment of the call towards the forward-to subscriber.

Figure 13.10: CFNRy (message sequence chart)