Also, the signaling does not interrupt the user data transfer so there are no side effects of performing this procedure in connected mode and while transferring data. Traking areas are administered by the core network (by the Non Access Stratum) while handovers are performed by the access network. That means that in case the new cell is in a new tracking area, the mobile has to update its tracking area list as that information was not contained in the handover messaging.įrom a logical point of view that also makes sense. Also, there's no direct communication between the MME and the mobile device during the handover procedure. For example: during an X2 handover, which is directly negotiated between two base stations, the Mobility Management Entity (MME) in core network is only informed of the handover after it has taken place. The answer to that question can be found in the message sequence charts for handovers. Quite a surprise to me so I wondered why an update is necessary in the connected state!? TS 23.401 chapter 5.3.3.0 says, however, that a tracking area update is made in both idle and connected state. The first difference to the LAU and RAU of UMTS is that the mobile can have a list of several valid tracking areas and an update only has to be made if the new cell is in a tracking area that is not part of that list. In LTE, the corresponding procedure is called a tracking area update. Only once the mobile goes to idle state and the mobile makes the decision to go to another cell on its own without reporting back, routing and location area updates come into play if the new cell is outside the current area. This makes sense as in these states the RNC in the access network is aware of the location anyway and can report location changes to the core network when necessary. no physical link is established on the high speed shared-, dedicated- or forward access channel. In UMTS, location area and routing area udpates are only done when the mobile is in idle state, i.e. Here's an interesting piece of technical insight I gained this week when going through 3GPP TS 23.401 concerning tracking area updates that I haven't seen when I went through the spec for my SAE review posts back in February ( part 1, part 2 and part 3):
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