09-07-2013, 02:51 PM
GSM NETWORK & ARCHITECTURE
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MNP Definition
"Mobile Number Portability" means the facility which allows a subscriber of a mobile telephone service to retain his mobile telephone number when he moves –
from one mobile telephone service provider to another, irrespective of the mobile technology
or
from one mobile technology to another of the same mobile telephone service provider, within such limits as may be permitted by the licensor”
"Location Routing Number” means the code assigned to every Access Provider for the purpose of implementing Mobile Number Portability;
These are 4 digit codes and have been assigned by DOT.
They have been assigned LSA wise, Operator wise and technology wise
BSNL has been allocated 42 codes in total – 21 for GSM and 21 for CDMA.
Porting Process
Eligibility Criteria for making a port request.–
Every subscriber shall be eligible to make a request for porting his mobile number. provided that
a period of 90 days has expired from the date of activation of his new mobile connection / 90 days from last porting
(b) there are no outstanding payments due to the Donor Operator by way of pending bills issued as per the normal billing cycle but before the date of application for porting;
© there is no pending request for change of ownership of the mobile number ;
(d) the mobile number sought to be ported is not sub-judice ;
(e) porting of the concerned mobile number has not been prohibited by a Court of Law.
Note :- In case of Pre – paid :- the balance amount of talk time, if any, at the time of porting shall lapse
Porting Process
The SMS text for requesting UPC by a subscriber shall be the word ‘PORT’ followed by a space followed by the ten digit mobile number which is to be ported which shall be case insensitive. (i.e. it can be port or Port etc.)
In case the subscriber’s CLI does not match with the ten digit mobile number, UPC shall not be allotted but a message shall be generated to inform such subscriber that the CLI does not match with the mobile number.
Call Routing
All call query to be done for routing mobile
terminated calls originated from any network.
Every Access Provider on whose network a call
originates shall be responsible for the correct
routing of such call in accordance with the
Location Routing Number (LRN).
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MNP Definition
"Mobile Number Portability" means the facility which allows a subscriber of a mobile telephone service to retain his mobile telephone number when he moves –
from one mobile telephone service provider to another, irrespective of the mobile technology
or
from one mobile technology to another of the same mobile telephone service provider, within such limits as may be permitted by the licensor”
"Location Routing Number” means the code assigned to every Access Provider for the purpose of implementing Mobile Number Portability;
These are 4 digit codes and have been assigned by DOT.
They have been assigned LSA wise, Operator wise and technology wise
BSNL has been allocated 42 codes in total – 21 for GSM and 21 for CDMA.
Porting Process
Eligibility Criteria for making a port request.–
Every subscriber shall be eligible to make a request for porting his mobile number. provided that
a period of 90 days has expired from the date of activation of his new mobile connection / 90 days from last porting
(b) there are no outstanding payments due to the Donor Operator by way of pending bills issued as per the normal billing cycle but before the date of application for porting;
© there is no pending request for change of ownership of the mobile number ;
(d) the mobile number sought to be ported is not sub-judice ;
(e) porting of the concerned mobile number has not been prohibited by a Court of Law.
Note :- In case of Pre – paid :- the balance amount of talk time, if any, at the time of porting shall lapse
Porting Process
The SMS text for requesting UPC by a subscriber shall be the word ‘PORT’ followed by a space followed by the ten digit mobile number which is to be ported which shall be case insensitive. (i.e. it can be port or Port etc.)
In case the subscriber’s CLI does not match with the ten digit mobile number, UPC shall not be allotted but a message shall be generated to inform such subscriber that the CLI does not match with the mobile number.
Call Routing
All call query to be done for routing mobile
terminated calls originated from any network.
Every Access Provider on whose network a call
originates shall be responsible for the correct
routing of such call in accordance with the
Location Routing Number (LRN).