Mobility Management

Location Management UMTS

Location Area Update :The location update procedure allows a mobile device to inform the cellular network,
whenever it moves from one location area to the next. Mobiles are responsible for detecting location area codes. When
a mobile finds that the location area code is different from its last update, it performs another update by sending to the
network, a location update request, together with its previous location, and its Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
(TMSI).

Routing Area Update :The routing area is the PS domain equivalent of the location area. A "routing area" is
normally a subdivision of a "location area". Routing areas are used by mobiles which are GPRS-attached. GPRS is
optimized for "bursty" data communication services
Location Related Areas
Location Area Identifications (1)
Location Area Identifications (2)
Routing Area Update Procedure
Routing Area Update Procedure
RAU procedure will happen in the following two
case:
MS entered a new Route Area
Periodic RAU ( after periodic timer expires)
Inter-SGSN RAU
The new SGSN find the old SGSN from the old RAI
Old SGSN stop downlink signaling, transfer MM context
and PDP context to new SGSN
Tunnelling N-PDU to the new SGSN
-Update PDP context and subscriber data