5.29.2009

First commercial LTE

Here we are - first real LTE network has been launched recently. At the moment it's just 1 site without any live customer, but it's lust a beginning.
Site was built by Ericsson for TeliaSonera, which going to have fully live network in Stockholm in 2010. It's really interesting that Nordic countries are pushing ahead fast in testing and deploying the Long Term Evolution networks. Last month Tele2 Sweden and Telenor Sweden announced their plans to build nationwide LTE network through a new joint venture, dubbed Net4 Mobility.
Unfortunately, Ericsson didn't share technical details of LTE site. There is no details about number of base stations and supported downlink/uplink speeds. But as vice president and head of product area radio at Ericsson said "The unveiling of this site shows that LTE is no longer the story of the future; it is the story of today".
Small note. LTE still has problems with legacy voice and SMS services, so the story going to be very interesting.

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MAP operation codes

I always remember just few of the most important MAP operation codes values, but sometimes need to quickly find out which MAP operation is hidden under digital value. Below is the list of almost all MAP operation codes, that are used in GSM networks. Most popular ones are in bold. You can bookmark this page (link is static) to have quick access for this data.

MAP Message

Operation Code

updateLocation 

2

cancelLocation

3

provideRoamingNumber 

4

noteSubscriberDataModified 

5

resumeCallHandling 

6

insertSubscriberData 

7

deleteSubscriberData 

8

registerSS 

10

eraseSS 

11

activateSS 

12

deactivateSS 

13

interrogateSS 

14

authenticationFailureReport 

15

registerPassword 

17

getPassword 

18

releaseResources 

20

mt-ForwardSM-VGCS 

21

sendRoutingInfo 

22

updateGprsLocation 

23

sendRoutingInfoForGprs 

24

failureReport 

25

noteMsPresentForGprs 

26

sendEndSignal 

29

processAccessSignalling 

33

forwardAccessSignalling 

34

reset 

37

forwardCheckSS-Indication 

38

checkIMEI 

43

mt-ForwardSM

44

sendRoutingInfoForSM 

45

mo-ForwardSM 

46

reportSM-DeliveryStatus

47

activateTraceMode 

50

deactivateTraceMode 

51

sendIdentification 

55

sendAuthenticationInfo

56

restoreData 

57

sendIMSI 

58

processUnstructuredSS-Request

59

unstructuredSS-Request

60

unstructuredSS-Notify

61

anyTimeSubscriptionInterrogation

62

informServiceCentre 

63

alertServiceCentre 

64

anyTimeModification 

65

readyForSM 

66

purgeMS 

67

prepareHandover 

68

prepareSubsequentHandover 

69

provideSubscriberInfo 

70

anyTimeInterrogation 

71

setReportingState 

73

statusReport 

74

remoteUserFree 

75

provideSubscriberLocation

83

noteMM-Event 

89

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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