C.3 ATCF in architectures with Mx as a roaming interface without media anchored in ATGW

23.2373GPPIP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Service ContinuityRelease 17Stage 2TS

This clause describes the case when the P-CSCF and the ATCF are in the HPLMN in architectures without IMS-level roaming interfaces. In this clause there is no media anchoring in the ATGW. It can be seen that SIP signalling is transported from the MSC server in the VPLMN to the IBCF in the VPLMN via the Mx reference point and in the HPLMN from the IBCF to the ATCF via the Mx reference point as well.

Figure C.3-1: PS to CS access transfer

1. Interaction between UE, RAN, MME/SGSN and MSC Server as specified in TS 23.216 [10]. The following step is triggered after the MSC Server has received the PS to CS request from the MME / SGSN and has allocated resources in the RAN.

2. The MSC Server initiates Access Transfer message and if supported, the MSC Server indicates its capability to support MSC Server assisted mid-call feature. The MSC Server provides all the supported Codecs for voice or voice and video in the Access Transfer message. The Access Transfer message is sent to the IBCF in the VPLMN towards the IBCF in the HPLMN.

NOTE 1: The STN-SR received by the MSC server, in conjunction with the routing tables in the MSC server ensures the proper routing of SIP signalling from the VPLMN to the HPLMN towards the ATCF via the IBCF.

3. The IBCF in the HPLMN sends the Access transfer message via the Mx reference point to the ATCF. The ATCF receives the Access Transfer message and correlates the transferred session using the C-MSISDN. As the media flow has not been anchored in the ATGW, the ATCF forwards the Access Transfer message along with priority indication if received to the SCC AS using the stored ATU-STI. If the MSC Server indicated it supported mid-call feature, it also indicates this in the message to the SCC AS.

4. The SCC AS correlates the incoming Access Transfer message. As the Session Description has changed, a remote end update is initiated according to clause 6.3.1.5.

5. The SCC AS sends an Access Transfer response to the ATCF in the HPLMN. In the case MSC Server assisted mid-call feature is supported and used, the SCC AS provides Session State Information (SSI) according to clause 6.3.2.1.4a.

6. The ATCF forwards the response to the IBCF in the HPLMN and from there to the IBCF in the visited network.

7. The IBCF in the VPLMN forwards the response to the MSC Server. If the MSC Server receives the Session State Information of more than one active or inactive speech sessions, it initiates Access Transfer towards SCC AS for the additional session according to clause 6.3.2.1.4a.

NOTE 2: The success of mid-call features depends upon the proper transport of the SIP signalling towards the ATCF and the support in ATCF.

8. Procedures according to clause 6.3.2.1.4, steps 4a and 4b are used to handle the cases where the Gm reference point is either retained upon PS handover procedure, not retained upon PS handover, or if there was no other media flow(s) in the IMS session.

Annex D (informative):
Change history

Change history

Date

Meeting

TDoc

CR

Rev

Cat

Subject/Comment

New version

2011-03

SP-51

SP-110075

0347

4

F

UE SRVCC capability support with ATCF enhancements

10.5.0

2011-03

SP-51

SP-110075

0348

1

F

Reference correction in clause 6.3.2.1.4

10.5.0

2011-03

SP-51

SP-110075

0352

1

F

Correcting the IP address change behaviour

10.5.0

2011-03

SP-51

SP-110075

0353

F

Editor’s note cleanup

10.5.0

2011-03

SP-51

SP-110075

0354

F

ATGW transcoding support clarification

10.5.0

2011-03

SP-51

SP-110069

0358

1

F

IUT authorization by the SCC AS

10.5.0

2011-03

SP-51

SP-110069

0359

1

F

Check of service profile during IUT without establishing a Collaborative Session

10.5.0

2011-03

SP-51

SP-110063

0363

2

A

Correction to correlation of charging information collected at the MSC for SRVCC in roaming scenarios

10.5.0

2011-03

SP-51

SP-110081

0361

3

B

PS-CS Single Radio Access transfer for vSRVCC

11.0.0

2011-06

SP-52

SP-110342

0366

1

F

Remove editor’s note for alerting in case of vSRVCC

11.1.0

2011-06

SP-52

SP-110342

0367

2

F

Remove editor’s note on end-to-end video codec negotiation in case of vSRVCC

11.1.0

2011-06

SP-52

SP-110337

0370

1

A

Correction of Access Transfer Information handling for ATCF

11.1.0

2011-06

SP-52

SP-110329

0376

A

Correction on Controllee UE Role

11.1.0

2011-06

SP-52

SP-110329

0378

A

Correction on Remote Leg Update for IUT

11.1.0

2011-06

SP-52

SP-110329

0380

1

A

Clarification on Controller UE initiated media transfer from Controllee UE to another Controllee UE

11.1.0

2011-06

SP-52

SP-110329

0382

1

A

Correction and Clarification on Controllee UE initiated add new media on another Controllee UE

11.1.0

2011-06

SP-52

SP-110329

0384

A

Correction and Clarification on pull mode media transfer (same IMS subscription)

11.1.0

2011-09

SP-53

SP-110461

0391

2

A

Update of retrieval of C-MSISDN

11.2.0

2011-09

SP-53

SP-110461

0395

1

A

Update of SIP message routeing due to AS PSI

11.2.0

2011-09

SP-53

SP-110461

0399

2

A

ATGW co-location clarification

11.2.0

2011-09

SP-53

SP-110461

0403

A

Clarification to SRVCC of the session in pre-alerting state

11.2.0

2011-09

SP-53

SP-110464

0400

1

B

eMPS for SRVCC on IMS level

11.2.0

2011-12

SP-54

SP-110737

0413

1

A

Source access leg release for IMS emergency sessions

11.3.0

2011-12

SP-54

SP-110737

0415

2

A

Update on interface reference between ATCF and ATGW and reference index alignment

11.3.0

2011-12

SP-54

SP-110745

0404

1

F

Clarification of predefined codecs and PS to CS transfer of speech and video

11.3.0

2011-12

SP-54

SP-110745

0405

F

Clarification of PS to CS transfer of speech and video in case of vSRVCC

11.3.0

2011-12

SP-54

SP-110747

0407

2

B

Introduction of SRVCC from CS to PS

11.3.0

2011-12

SP-54

SP-110740

0411

1

B

Clarification of emergency for SRVCC when using non-voice media

11.3.0

2011-12

SP-54

SP-110748

0417

2

B

Requirements for IUT remote end privacy preferences

11.3.0

2011-12

SP-54

SP-110748

0418

1

F

Clarification of the Source Access Leg Release procedure

11.3.0

2012-03

SP-55

SP-120075

0424

1

A

Removal of Instance ID in Session Transfer INVITE for SRVCC in alerting state

11.4.0

2012-03

SP-55

SP-120088

0420

1

F

PS to CS Dual Radio Access Transfer

11.4.0

2012-03

SP-55

SP-120088

0421

1

F

UE using ICS Capabilities in case of PS-CS Access Transfer

11.4.0

2012-03

SP-55

SP-120084

0422

F

Clarification on the media gateway between PGW/GGSN and ATGW.

11.4.0

2012-03

SP-55

SP-120084

0425

1

C

Emergency call handling in rSRVCC

11.4.0

2012-06

SP-56

SP-120242

0416

2

C

Clarification on eMPS SRVCC

11.5.0

2012-06

SP-56

SP-120250

0426

2

F

Single Radio and Dual Radio clarification

11.5.0

2012-06

SP-56

SP-120248

0427

3

F

Providing rSRVCC capability in IMS layer

11.5.0

2012-06

SP-56

SP-120245

0428

2

F

Clarification on vSRVCC additional call transfer

11.5.0

2012-06

SP-56

SP-120248

0429

F

ATU-STI alignments and corrections

11.5.0

2012-06

SP-56

SP-120250

0432

2

F

Single Radio and Dual Radio applicability

11.5.0

2012-06

SP-56

SP-120253

0431

1

B

Alerting for DRVCC

12.0.0

2012-12

SP-58

SP-120714

0439

1

A

Correction of the requirements for I2 interface and SRVCC corrections

12.1.0

2012-12

SP-58

SP-120728

0440

C

Dynamic STN for DRVCC

12.1.0

2012-12

SP-58

SP-120728

0441

2

B

Incoming alerting for DRVCC

12.1.0

2012-12

SP-58

SP-120728

0444

4

B

SRVCC before ringing (brSRVCC)

12.1.0

2012-12

SP-58

SP-120714

0448

2

A

Correction to avoid the ATCF’s STN-SR to be overwritten when a registration over I2 or non-3GPP access occurs

12.1.0

2012-12

SP-58

SP-120715

0450

2

A

Definition of the MSC Assisted Mid-call feature

12.1.0

2012-12

SP-58

SP-120728

0453

1

C

Alignment of pre-alerting between SRVCC and DRVCC

12.1.0

2012-12

SP-58

SP-120726

0455

1

A

Suppression of announcements by MSC Server

12.1.0

2013-03

SP-59

SP-130087

0457

A

I2 registration for rSRVCC

12.2.0

2013-06

SP-60

SP-130232

0458

F

Correcting PS-CS Dual Radio flow

12.3.0

2013-06

SP-60

SP-130213

0461

A

Clarification on aSRVCC mid-call

12.3.0

2013-06

SP-60

SP-130223

0463

1

A

Clarification regarding conference call participants leaving the conference

12.3.0

2013-09

SP-61

SP-130378

0467

1

A

Correction of IMEI encoding

12.4.0

2013-12

SP-62

SP-130533

0468

1

F

Correction in the definition of Pre-alerting state

12.5.0

2014-03

SP-63

SP-140111

0469

F

Voice + video media fallback to voice media in case of SRVCC in pre-alerting state or alerting phase

12.6.0

2014-06

SP-64

SP-140249

0472

A

IP-CAN access when an existing IMS voice session

12.7.0

2014-06

SP-64

SP-140252

0478

1

A

Select held session as the first transferred session for alerting + held session scenario with Mid-call feature

12.7.0

2014-12

SP-66

SP-140686

0480

1

F

Subscription for conference event package after SRVCC

12.8.0

2015-06

SP-68

SP-150230

0483

1

F

Enhanced MSC Server announcement during Session Transfer

12.9.0

2015-06

SP-68

SP-150239

0481

1

F

Notify UE conference event package after SRVCC

13.0.0

2015-12

SP-70

SP-150599

0487

1

A

Held session is being transferred first for alerting + held sessions scenario

13.1.0

2016-06

SP-72

SP-160302

0488

3

B

WLAN to CS session continuity for Emergency call over WLAN

14.0.0

2016-09

SP-73

SP-160660

0489

2

B

Robust Call Setup for VoLTE subscriber in LTE

14.1.0

2016-09

SP-73

SP-160647

0494

2

F

Support of SRVCC for eCall Over IMS

14.1.0

2016-09

SP-73

SP-160658

0496

2

B

SRVCC transcoding minimization

14.1.0

2016-09

SP-73

SP-160654

0497

1

B

Adding IMS emergency registration after SRVCC

14.1.0

2016-12

SP-74

SP-160824

0498

1

F

Robust Call Setup for VoLTE subscriber in LTE

14.2.0

2016-12

SP-74

SP-160817

0499

F

DRVCC for emergency call with S2a/S2b only

14.2.0

2017-09

SP-77

SP-170732

0504

1

B

PS to CS SRVCC for IMS emergency session in early dialogue phase

15.0.0

2017-12

SP-78

SP-170924

0503

4

B

Support of bSRVCC on terminating side

15.1.0

2018-06

SP-80

SP-180499

0506

B

Include support for eSRVCC in IMS architectures with no IMS-level roaming agreements

16.0.0

2019-03

SP-83

SP-190162

0507

2

B

Adding UDM update the STN-SR to AMF

16.1.0

2019-06

SP-84

SP-190406

0509

2

B

Introduction of support of multiple EATF instances in Emergency SRVCC procedures

16.2.0

2019-06

SP-84

SP-190411

0510

2

F

Completing introducing of 5G SRVCC

16.2.0

2019-09

SP-85

SP-190601

0512

2

A

Enabling SRVCC for emergency call transferred to EPS

16.3.0

2020-07

SP-88E

SP-200552

0514

1

F

Corrections on ATCF

16.4.0

2022-03

SP-95E

Update to Rel-17 version (MCC)

17.0.0