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31-398: TMSI may refer to: Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity , data sent between a mobile phone and its network Trimethylsilyl iodide , a chemical compound Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title TMSI . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

62-414: A Node B . A group of base stations is named a location area, or a routing area . 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 (LAC). When a mobile finds that the location area code is different from its last update, it performs another update by sending to

93-471: A Radio Network Controller (RNC) in UMTS. The BSC / RNC is the intelligence behind the base stations; it handles allocation of radio channels, receives measurements from the mobile phones, and controls handovers between base stations. Each location area has an assigned unique identifier, made up of numbers, called a "location area code" (LAC). The LAC is broadcast by each base station at regular intervals. Within

124-462: A TMSI may be set by a VLR, SGSN, or MME. In the least-precise case, TMSI is randomly assigned by the VLR to every mobile in the area, the moment it is switched on, in order to support identity confidentiality. The number is local to a location area, and so it has to be updated each time the mobile moves to a new geographical area. The VLR, SGSN, and MME must be capable of correlating an allocated TMSI with

155-534: A chance to notify the network with an IMSI detach and then switched on right after it has been turned off. Considering the fact that the mobile is still associated with the Mobile Switching Center/ Visitor Location Register (MSC/VLR) of the current location area, there is no need for any kind of IMSI attachment procedures to be done. There are several reasons why a mobile may provide updated location information to

186-467: A communication terminal or else just by using the subscriber identity in the visited network. Roaming is technically supported by a mobility management, authentication , authorization and billing procedures. A "location area" is a set of base stations that are grouped together to optimize signaling. Typically, tens or even hundreds of base stations share a single Base Station Controller (BSC) in GSM, or

217-548: A location area, each base station is assigned a distinct "cell identifier" (CI) number, see also Cell Global Identity . If the location areas are large and moderately populated, there will likely be a high number of mobiles operating simultaneously, resulting in very high paging traffic. This is due to the fact that every paging request has to be broadcast to every base station in the location area. Ultimately, this wastes bandwidth and power on mobile devices by requiring them to listen for broadcast messages too often. Similarly if on

248-541: A method to convert the IMSI into a number that can be used for routing to international SS7 switches. E.214 can be interpreted as implying that there are two separate stages of conversion; first determine the MCC and convert to E.164 country calling code then determine MNC and convert to national network code for the carrier's network. But this process is not used in practice and the GSM numbering authority has clearly stated that

279-401: A one-stage process is used [1] . In North America, the IMSI is directly converted to an E.212 number with no modification of its value. This can be routed directly on American SS7 networks. After this conversion, SCCP is used to send the message to its final destination. For details, see Global Title Translation . This example shows the actual practice which is not clearly described in

310-498: A roaming agreement). If the subscriber is not from the provider's network, the IMSI must be converted to a Global Title, which can then be used for accessing the subscriber's data in the remote HLR . This is mainly important for international mobile roaming . Outside North America, the IMSI is converted to the Mobile Global Title (MGT) format, standard E.214 , which is similar to an E.164 number. E.214 provides

341-404: Is a number that uniquely identifies every user of a cellular network . It is stored as a 64-bit field and is sent by the mobile device to the network. It is also used for acquiring other details of the mobile in the home location register (HLR) or as locally copied in the visitor location register . To prevent eavesdroppers from identifying and tracking the subscriber on the radio interface,

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372-406: Is also required of a stationary mobile that reselects coverage from a cell in a different location area, because of signal fade. Thus, a subscriber has reliable access to the network and may be reached with a call, while enjoying the freedom of mobility within the whole coverage area. When a subscriber is paged in an attempt to deliver a call or SMS and the subscriber does not reply to that page then

403-437: Is available. Roaming is one of the fundamental mobility management procedures of all cellular networks . Roaming is defined as the ability for a cellular customer to automatically make and receive voice calls, send and receive data, or access other services, including home data services, when travelling outside the geographical coverage area of the home network , by means of using a visited network. This can be done by using

434-407: Is basically a radio network of individual cells, known as base stations. Each base station covers a small geographical area which is part of a uniquely identified location area . By integrating the coverage of each of these base stations, a cellular network provides a radio coverage over a much wider area. For GSM, a base station is called a base transceiver station (BTS), and for UMTS it is called

465-457: 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, such as wireless internet/intranet, and multimedia services. It is also known as GSM-IP (" Internet Protocol ") because it will connect users directly to Internet Service Providers The bursty nature of packet traffic means that more paging messages are expected per mobile, and so it

496-400: Is worth knowing the location of the mobile more accurately than it would be with traditional circuit-switched traffic. A change from routing area to routing area (called a "Routing Area Update") is done in an almost identical way to a change from location area to location area. The main differences are that the "Serving GPRS Support Node" ( SGSN ) is the element involved. The tracking area is

527-632: The LTE counterpart of the location area and routing area. A tracking area is a set of cells. Tracking areas can be grouped into lists of tracking areas (TA lists), which can be configured on the User Equipment (UE). Tracking area updates are performed periodically or when the UE moves to a tracking area that is not included in its TA list. Operators can allocate different TA lists to different UEs. This can avoid signaling peaks in some conditions: for instance,

558-504: The UICC . An IMSI is usually presented as a 15-digit number but can be shorter. For example, MTN South Africa 's old IMSIs that are still in use in the market are 14 digits long. The first 3 digits represent the mobile country code (MCC), which is followed by the mobile network code (MNC), either 2-digit (European standard) or 3-digit (North American standard). The length of the MNC depends on

589-615: The IMSI is sent as rarely as possible and a randomly-generated TMSI is sent instead. The IMSI is used in any mobile network that interconnects with other networks. For GSM , UMTS and LTE networks, this number was provisioned in the SIM card and for cdmaOne and CDMA2000 networks, in the phone directly or in the R-UIM card (the CDMA equivalent of the SIM card). Both cards have been superseded by

620-809: The IMSI of the MS to which it is allocated. An MS may be allocated three TMSIs; one for services provided through the MSC (the TMSI), one for services provided through the SGSN (the packet-TMSI or P-TMSI), and one for the services provided the MME (the MME-TMSI or M-TMSI; a part of the GUTI). The network can also change the TMSI of the mobile at any time. And it normally does so, in order to avoid

651-460: The TMSI is in paging a mobile. "Paging" is the one-to-one communication between the mobile and the base station. The most important use of broadcast information is to set up channels for "paging". Every cellular system has a broadcast mechanism to distribute such information to a plurality of mobiles. Size of TMSI is 4 octet with full hex digits but can't be all FF because the SIM uses 4 octets with all bits equal to 1 to indicate that no valid TMSI

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682-541: The UEs of passengers of a train may not perform tracking area updates simultaneously. On the network side, the involved element is the Mobility Management Entity (MME). MME configures TA lists using NAS messages like Attach Accept, TAU Accept or GUTI Reallocation Command. International Mobile Subscriber Identity The international mobile subscriber identity ( IMSI ; / ˈ ɪ m z iː / )

713-515: The identifier for the physical SIM card itself (or now the virtual SIM card if it is an eSIM ). The IMSI lives as part of the profile (or one of several profiles if the SIM and operator support multi-IMSI SIMs) on the SIM/ICCID. IMSI analysis is the process of examining a subscriber's IMSI to identify the network the IMSI belongs to, and whether subscribers from that network may use a given network (if they are not local subscribers, this requires

744-439: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TMSI&oldid=1178109858 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity A GSM or UMTS network, like all cellular networks ,

775-403: The network, a location update request, together with its previous location, and its Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (TMSI). The mobile also stores the current LAC in the SIM card, concatenating it to a list of recently used LACs. This is done to avoid unnecessary IMSI attachment procedures in case the mobile has been forced to switch off (by removing the battery, for example) without having

806-407: The network. Whenever a mobile is switched on or off, the network may require it to perform an IMSI attach or IMSI detach location update procedure. Also, each mobile is required to regularly report its location at a set time interval using a periodic location update procedure. Whenever a mobile moves from one location area to the next while not on a call, a random location update is required. This

837-424: The other hand, there are too many small location areas, the mobile device must contact the network very often for changes of location, which will also drain the device’s battery. Therefore, it is important to strike a balance between the size of the location area and the number of mobile device users in the location area . The routing area is the packet-switched domain equivalent of the location area. A "routing area"

868-522: The standards. Translation rule: Therefore, 284011234567890 becomes 359881234567890 under the E.214 numbering plan. Translation rule: Therefore, 310150123456789 becomes 14054123456789 under the E.214 numbering plan. The result is an E.214 compliant Global Title, ( Numbering Plan Indicator is set to 7 in the SCCP message). This number can now be sent to Global Title Analysis. Translation rule: Therefore, 284011234567890 becomes 284011234567890 under

899-477: The subscriber from being identified, and tracked by eavesdroppers on the radio interface. This makes it difficult to trace which mobile is which, except briefly, when the mobile is just switched on, or when the data in the mobile becomes invalid for one reason or another. At that point, the global "international mobile subscriber identity" ( IMSI ) must be sent to the network. The IMSI is sent as rarely as possible, to avoid it being identified and tracked. A key use of

930-596: The subscriber is marked as absent in both the MSC/VLR and the Home Location Register (HLR) (Mobile not reachable flag MNRF is set). The next time the mobile performs a location update, the HLR is updated and the mobile not reachable flag is cleared. The Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (TMSI) is the identity that is most commonly sent between the mobile and the network. Depending on the necessary precision,

961-499: The value of the MCC, and it is recommended that the length is uniform within a MCC area. The remaining digits are the mobile subscription identification number (MSIN) within the network's customer base, usually 9 to 10 digits long, depending on the length of the MNC. The IMSI conforms to the ITU E.212 numbering standard. IMSIs can sometimes be mistaken for the ICCID ( E.118 ), which is

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