SIST ETS 300 604 E7:2003

• Abstract:

  SUBJECT V.24 signalling

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 30-Nov-2003
• ICS: 33.040.35 - Telephone networks
• ICS: 33.070.50 - Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)
• ICS: 33.080 - Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
• Technical Committee: SS EIT - Technical Board for the electrotechnical, information technology and telecommunications fields
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Due Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Completion Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Ref Project: ETSI ETS 300 604 ed.7 (1999-03) - Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2) (GSM); General requirements on interworking between the Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) or Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) (GSM 09.07 version 4.13.1)

SIST ETS 300 604 E7:2003 is the Slovenski standard identical to ETS 300 604 Edition 7 from ETSI, for GSM Phase 2 interworking between a PLMN and the ISDN or PSTN. It specifies MSC/IWF requirements for speech and data calls, including bearer capability handling, compatibility and subscription checking, modem-based interworking, V.24 signalling, and V.110 frame synchronization. The scope identifies V.24 signalling as the subject area, and the document turns that into practical rules for call setup, adaptation, and recovery across fixed and mobile networks.

What does SIST ETS 300 604 E7:2003 specify?

SIST ETS 300 604 E7:2003 specifies how a GSM PLMN interworks with the PSTN and ISDN through the MSC/IWF. The scope treats voice and non-voice calls separately, and it distinguishes PSTN from ISDN because PSTN access can be analogue and lacks D-channel signalling.

The document is organized around network characteristics, interworking classes, compatibility and subscription checking, PSTN interworking, ISDN interworking, and V.110 frame synchronization. Annex A gives SDLs for interpreting the ISDN routing logic in subclause 10.2.2, and Annex B gives the change request history.

Annex	What it covers
Annex A	Informative SDLs that support interpretation of the ISDN routing procedures in subclause 10.2.2
Annex B	Informative change request history

Main clauses used in practice:

• Clause 6 - network characteristics
• Clause 7 - interworking classifications
• Clause 8 - compatibility and subscription checking
• Clause 9 - interworking to PSTN
• Clause 10 - interworking to ISDN
• Clause 11 - V.110 frame synchronization

What are the key requirements of SIST ETS 300 604 E7:2003?

SIST ETS 300 604 E7:2003 defines the interworking behavior that an MSC/IWF must apply when a GSM call reaches the PSTN or ISDN. The most important requirements are about recognizing the network type, checking compatibility, mapping bearer capabilities, and maintaining data synchronization.

Network characteristics and interworking classes

Clause 6 and clause 7 define the network characteristics and the main interworking classes. The standard uses those characteristics to separate service interworking, network interworking, signalling interworking, numbering, and supplementary service interworking.

In practice, this means the operator or vendor must decide whether the call is speech, data, transparent, non-transparent, or alternate speech/data, and then apply the correct path through the MSC/IWF.

Compatibility and subscription checking

Clause 8 requires compatibility checking on low layer compatibility and high layer compatibility, using the relevant information elements. The standard also ties subscription checking to GSM 02.01.

In practice, a call should only proceed when the requested bearer service matches the network capability and the subscriber is allowed to use it. If the requested service cannot be supported, the call is rejected rather than partially established.

PSTN interworking

Clause 9 covers PSTN interworking. For data calls, the MSC/IWF checks the received GSM bearer capability against the PSTN bearer service, which is treated as 3.1 kHz audio. If the request does not fit, the call fails with an error cause showing that the network cannot support the service.

For PSTN data interworking, the document uses a modem-based interworking function. It also defines transparent and non-transparent support, including rate adaptation, network independent clocking (NIC), and the DTE/Modem interface filtering that carries the V.24-style control and status behavior.

ISDN interworking

Clause 10 covers ISDN interworking and assumes standardized associated signalling such as DSS1 and ISUP. For speech, the standard says that no special interworking is required at the interworking point because the transcoder provides A-law PCM at 64 kbit/s.

For data, the ISDN side is handled through modem pool interworking for 3.1 kHz audio, while the detailed handling of mobile-originated and mobile-terminated calls is split into circuit-switched and packet cases. The clause also states how the calling address is handled in mobile-originated calls and how the basic MSISDN is used.

Bearer capability mapping and field handling

Tables 6A and 6B define how bearer capability information is mapped between GSM 04.08 and ETS 300 102-1. These tables cover items such as transfer mode, information transfer capability, structure, duplex mode, rate adaptation, user rate, modem type, and the user information layer protocols.

In practice, these tables tell implementers which combinations can be carried through, which fields are inserted from defaults, and which values cause the call to be cleared or rejected. This is the part that matters most when an MSC/IWF must preserve call setup meaning across different signalling systems.

Transparent, non-transparent, and alternate speech/data support

Clause 9 and clause 10 both separate transparent from non-transparent data handling. The standard gives different MSC/IWF rate adaptation schemes, protocol layer structures, data buffering rules, flow-control handling, break indication handling, and synchronization behavior for each case.

It also limits alternate speech/data behavior. For ISDN interworking, some BS61 and BS81 combinations are rejected when unrestricted digital information is requested. In practice, this prevents the network from offering a service path that the fixed network side cannot support.

Synchronization and recovery

Clause 11 defines initial V.110 frame synchronization and the action to take if synchronization is lost. It also ties synchronization behavior to the BSS/MSC link and the fixed-network side.

In practice, this means the implementation must detect loss of framing, resynchronize according to V.110 behavior, and keep the call alive where the procedure allows it. This is important for long-lived data calls, where even short synchronization failures can disrupt user data.

What terms does SIST ETS 300 604 E7:2003 define?

SIST ETS 300 604 E7:2003 defines the terminology that drives bearer and compatibility handling.

• MSC/IWF - The Mobile-services Switching Centre Interworking Functions that support interworking between the PLMN and the fixed network.
• Bearer capability information - The information element that describes the lower layer characteristics required within the network.
• Low layer compatibility information - The information element that describes the terminal’s lower layer characteristics.
• High layer compatibility information - The information element that describes the terminal’s higher layer characteristics.
• Compatibility information - The combined out-of-band information used for compatibility checking and terminal/function/service selection at the ISDN-type user-network interface.
• Progress indicator - The information used to tell the terminal that network interworking has taken place.
• Out-of-band parameter exchange - Parameter exchange over an associated or non-associated signalling link such as SS No 7.
• Autobauding type 1 - A non-transparent data option where the MSC/IWF may negotiate speed and modem type within the limits of the user speed indicated by the mobile station.

Who uses SIST ETS 300 604 E7:2003?

SIST ETS 300 604 E7:2003 is used by GSM network engineers, MSC and IWF equipment vendors, fixed-network interworking designers, terminal adaptor and modem developers, and conformance test laboratories. It is also relevant to operators and quality teams that need to verify call setup, bearer selection, modem negotiation, and synchronization across PLMN-to-PSTN and PLMN-to-ISDN connections.

In practice, these users apply it when they configure interworking functions, map GSM bearer capabilities to fixed-network signalling, and test speech, facsimile group 3, and data calls.

What changed in SIST ETS 300 604 E7:2003 from the previous edition?

SIST ETS 300 604 E7:2003 is identified as ETS 300 604 Edition 7 and as GSM 09.07 version 4.13.1. The foreword states that substantive changes are reflected by the middle version digit and editorial changes by the last digit, and that later approved revisions are reissued with updated release information.

Which standards are used with SIST ETS 300 604 E7:2003?

SIST ETS 300 604 E7:2003 relies on a set of GSM, CCITT, and ETS references for signalling, bearer handling, and data adaptation. The most relevant ones are:

Standard(s)	What they contribute
CCITT G.711, I.460, V.25, V.110	Voice PCM, rate adaptation, modem/call procedures, and V.110 data support
ETS 300 102-1, ETS 300 121	ISDN basic call control and ISUP use for interconnection
GSM 01.04, 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.81-02.88	GSM abbreviations, services, bearer services, teleservices, and supplementary services
GSM 03.03, 03.08, 03.11, 03.45, 03.46, 03.50	Numbering, subscriber data, supplementary services, facsimile, and speech transmission planning
GSM 04.08, 04.21, 04.22	Radio layer 3, rate adaptation, and RLP on the MS-BSS and BSS-MSC interfaces
GSM 07.01, 07.02, 07.03, 07.05	Terminal adaptation and DTE/DCE interface behavior for asynchronous and synchronous services
GSM 08.20, 08.60	BSS-MSC rate adaptation and in-band control of remote transcoders/rate adaptors
GSM 09.02, 09.03, 09.05, 09.06	MAP, interworking signalling, PAD access, and packet-data interworking

What does the SIST ETS 300 604 E7:2003 document contain?

SIST ETS 300 604 E7:2003 contains a network-characteristics table, service and network interworking classifications, and detailed bearer-service mapping tables between GSM, ISDN, and PSTN. It also contains the octet-by-octet mapping rules in Tables 6A and 6B for bearer capability information, including the handling of modem type, user rate, rate adaptation, and protocol layer fields.

The figures show the interworking arrangements and rate adaptation structures for PSTN and ISDN cases, including transparent and non-transparent paths. Annex A adds SDLs to help interpret the routing procedure in subclause 10.2.2, which is useful for design review and test-case development.

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Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2) (GSM); General requirements on
interworking between the Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and the Integrated
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Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETS 300 604 Edition 7
ICS:
33.040.35 Telefonska omrežja Telephone networks
33.070.50 Globalni sistem za mobilno Global System for Mobile
telekomunikacijo (GSM) Communication (GSM)
33.080 Digitalno omrežje z Integrated Services Digital
integriranimi storitvami Network (ISDN)
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EUROPEAN ETS 300 604
TELECOMMUNICATION March 1999
STANDARD Seventh Edition
Source: SMG Reference: RE/SMG-040907PR6
ICS: 33.020
Key words: Digital cellular telecommunications system, Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)
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GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR
MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2);
General requirements on interworking between the Public Land
Mobile Network (PLMN) and the Integrated Services Digital
Network (ISDN) or Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
(GSM 09.07 version 4.13.1)
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights.7
Foreword .7
1 Scope .9
2 Normative references.9
3 Definitions and abbreviations .12
4 Introduction.13
5 Not used.14
6 Network Characteristics .14
6.1 Key Characteristics of Networks Concerned .14
6.1.1 Characteristics of PLMNs.14
6.1.2 Characteristics of PSTNs .14
6.1.3 Characteristics of ISDN.15
7 Interworking classifications .15
7.1 Service interworking.15
7.2 Network interworking .15
7.3 Signalling interworking .18
7.4 Numbering .18
7.5 Supplementary service interworking.18
8 Compatibility and subscription checking .18
9 Interworking to PSTN .18
9.1 Speech Calls.18
9.1.1 Interworking indications to PLMN terminal.18
9.1.2 Transmission aspects .18
9.1.3 Generation of In-band Tones and Announcements (PLMN-PSTN).18
9.2 Data Calls .19
9.2.1 Network interworking mobile originated .19
9.2.1.1 Selection of interworking function.19
9.2.1.2 Modem Selection.19
9.2.1.3 DTE/Modem interface (Filtering) .20
9.2.1.4 Mapping of BC-IE from GSM 04.08 to ISUP (or other).21
9.2.2 Network Interworking Mobile terminated PSTN Originated.21
9.2.3 Transparent service support .25
9.2.3.1 Not used .25
9.2.3.2 Rate adaptation process in MSC/IWF .25
9.2.3.3 Mapping of signalling MS/MSC/IWF to modem interface
requirements.25
9.2.3.4 Establishment of end-to-end terminal synchronizations .26
9.2.3.5 Network Independent Clocking (NIC).27
9.2.4 Non-transparent service support.27
9.2.4.1 MSC-IWF Rate adaptation scheme.27
9.2.4.2 Protocol layer structure in the MSC/IWF .27
9.2.4.3 Re-constitution of user data.27
9.2.4.4 Layer 2 relay functionality .28
9.2.4.5 In band signalling mapping flow control.28
9.2.4.5.1 Conditions requiring flow control
towards the fixed network .28

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9.2.4.5.2 Conditions requiring flow control
towards the MS . 29
9.2.4.6 Data buffers . 29
9.2.4.6.1 Transmit buffers (towards MS). 29
9.2.4.6.2 Receive buffers (from MS) . 29
9.2.4.7 Transportation of the Break condition. 29
9.2.4.8 In band signalling mapping modem status information. 29
9.2.4.9 Support of out-band flow control . 30
9.2.4.10 Establishment of end-to-end terminal synchronizations . 30
9.3 Interworking Alternate Speech / Data Calls. 31
9.3.1 Alternate Speech/Data Interworking. 31
9.3.1.1 General . 31
9.3.1.2 Mobile originated PSTN terminated calls. 31
9.3.1.3 PSTN originated mobile terminated calls. 31
9.3.2 Speech followed by data interworking . 32
9.3.2.1 General . 32
10 Interworking to the ISDN. 32
10.1 Speech Calls . 32
10.2 Data Calls. 32
10.2.1 Network interworking mobile originated. 33
10.2.1.1 Circuit switched calls. 33
10.2.1.2 Packet calls. 33
10.2.2 Network interworking mobile terminated . 33
10.2.2.1 Circuit switched calls. 48
10.2.2.2 Packet calls. 48
10.2.3 Transparent service support (see GSM 03.10) . 48
10.2.3.1 MSC - IWF rate adaptation scheme . 48
10.2.3.2 Rate adaptation process in MSC/IWF . 48
10.2.3.3 Mapping of signalling MS/MSC/IWF to modem interface
requirements . 48
10.2.3.4 Establishment of end-to-end terminal synchronizations . 49
10.2.3.5 Network independent Clocking (NIC). 50
10.2.4 Non-transparent service support (see GSM 03.10). 50
10.2.4.1 MSC - IWF Rate adaptation scheme. 50
10.2.4.2 Protocol layer structure in the MSC/IWF. 50
10.2.4.3 Re-constitution of user data . 50
10.2.4.4 Layer 2 relay functionality. 50
10.2.4.5 In band signalling mapping flow control . 51
10.2.4.5.1 Conditions requiring flow control - if
flow control is provided - towards the
fixed network . 51
10.2.4.5.2 Conditions requiring flow control
towards the MS . 51
10.2.4.6 Data buffers . 52
10.2.4.6.1 Transmit buffers (towards MS). 52
10.2.4.6.2 Receive buffers (from MS) . 52
10.2.4.7 BREAK Indication. 52
10.2.4.8 Signalling mapping modem status information or in band
rate adapted frame information. 52
10.2.4.9 Support of out-band flow control . 52
10.2.4.10 Synchronizations. 52
10.2.4.10.1 V110 Frame synchronizations. 52
10.2.4.10.2 RLP Frame start indication. 52
10.2.4.10.3 L2R Frame synchronizations. 53
10.2.4.10.4 Establishment of end-to-end terminal
synchronizations. 53
10.2.5 DTE/Modem interface (Filtering) . 53
10.3 Interworking Alternate speech data calls . 54
10.3.1 Alternate speech data bearer interworking. 55
10.3.1.1 General . 55
10.3.1.2 Mobile originated ISDN terminated . 55
10.3.1.3 ISDN originated mobile terminated . 55

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10.3.2 Speech followed by data interworking.56
10.3.2.1 General.56
11 V.110 Frame Synchronization .56
11.1 Initial V.110 frame synchronization .56
11.2 Action on loss of V.110 frame synchronization for non transparent services .56
11.3 Action on loss of V.110 frame synchronization for transparent services .56
Annex A (informative): SDLs.58
Annex B (informative): Change Request History .60
History.61

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Intellectual Property Rights
IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The
information pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-
members, and can be found in SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially
Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in respect of ETSI standards", which is available free of charge from the
ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web server (http://www.etsi.org/ipr).
Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI.
No guarantee can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in SR 000 314 (or the
updates on the ETSI Web server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present
document.
Foreword
This European Telecommunication Standard (ETS) has been produced by the Special Mobile Group
(SMG) Technical Committee of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
This ETS identifies the Mobile-services Switching Centre (MSC) Interworking Functions (IWFs) and
requirements to support interworking between:
a) Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN);
b) PLMN and Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).
The contents of this ETS is subject to continuing work within SMG and may change following formal SMG
approval. Should SMG modify the contents of this ETS, it will be resubmitted for OAP by ETSI with an
identifying change of release date and an increase in version number as follows:
Version 4.x.y
where:
4 indicates GSM Phase 2;
x the second digit is incremented for all changes of substance, i.e. technical enhancements,
corrections, updates, etc.
y the third digit is incremented when editorial only changes have been incorporated in the
specification.
Transposition dates
Date of adoption of this ETS: 26 March 1999
Date of latest announcement of this ETS (doa): 30 June 1999
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this ETS (dop/e): 31 December 1999
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 December 1999

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1 Scope
The purpose of this European Telecommunication Standard (ETS) is to identify the Mobile-services
Switching Centre (MSC)/Interworking Functions (IWFs) and requirements to support interworking
between:
i) PLMN and PSTN;
ii) PLMN and ISDN.
It is not possible to treat ISDN and PSTN as one type of network, even when both ISDN and PSTN
subscribers are served by the same exchange because of the limitations of the PSTN subscribers access
i.e. analogue connection without D-channel signalling.
Within this ETS, the requirements for voice and non-voice (data) calls are considered separately.
2 Normative references
This ETS incorporates by dated and undated reference, provisions from other publications. These
normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text and the publications are listed
hereafter. For dated references, subsequent amendments to or revisions of any of these publications
apply to this ETS only when incorporated in it by amendment or revision. For undated references, the
latest edition of the publication referred to applies.
[1] CCITT Recommendation G.711: "Pulse code modulation (PCM) of voice
frequencies".
[2] CCITT Recommendation I.460: "Multiplexing, rate adaption and support of
existing interfaces".
[3] CCITT Recommendation V.25: "Automatic answering equipment and/or parallel
automatic calling equipment on the general switched telephone network
including procedures for disabling of echo control devices for both manually and
automatically established calls".
[4] CCITT Recommendation V.110: "Support of data terminal equipments (DTEs)
with V-series interfaces by an integrated services digital network".
[5] ETS 300 102-1 Edition 1: "Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN);
User-network interface layer 3 Specifications for basic call control".
[6] ETS 300 121: "Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Application of the
ISDN User Part (ISUP) of CCITT Signalling System No.7 for international ISDN
interconnections (ISUP version 1)".
[7] GSM 01.04 (ETR 100): "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2);
Abbreviations and acronyms".
[8] GSM 02.01 (ETS 300 500): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Principles of telecommunications services supported by a GSM
Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN)".
[9] GSM 02.02 (ETS 300 501): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Bearer Services (BS) supported by a GSM Public Land Mobile
Network (PLMN)".
[10] GSM 02.03 (ETS 300 502): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Teleservices supported by a GSM Public Land Mobile Network
(PLMN)".
[11] GSM 02.04 (ETS 300 503): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); General on supplementary services".

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[12] GSM 02.81 (ETS 300 514): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Line identification supplementary services - Stage 1".
[13] GSM 02.82 (ETS 300 515): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Call Forwarding (CF) supplementary services - Stage 1".
[14] GSM 02.83 (ETS 300 516): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Call Waiting (CW) and Call Hold (HOLD) supplementary services -
Stage 1".
[15] GSM 02.84 (ETS 300 517): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); MultiParty (MPTY) supplementary services - Stage 1".
[16] GSM 02.85 (ETS 300 518): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Closed User Group (CUG) supplementary services - Stage 1".
[17] GSM 02.86 (ETS 300 519): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Advice of charge (AoC) supplementary services - Stage 1".
[18] GSM 02.88 (ETS 300 520): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Call Barring (CB) supplementary services - Stage 1".
[19] GSM 03.03 (ETS 300 523): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Numbering, addressing and identification".
[20] GSM 03.08 (ETS 300 526): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Organization of subscriber data".
[21] GSM 03.11 (ETS 300 529): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Technical realization of supplementary services".
[22] GSM 03.45 (ETS 300 538): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Technical realization of facsimile group 3 transparent".
[23] GSM 03.46 (ETS 300 539): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Technical realization of facsimile group 3 non-transparent".
[24] GSM 03.50 (ETS 300 540): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Transmission planning aspects of the speech service in the GSM
Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) system".
[25] GSM 04.08 (ETS 300 557): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Mobile radio interface layer 3 specification".
[26] GSM 04.21 (ETS 300 562): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Rate adaption on the Mobile Station - Base Station System (MS -
BSS) Interface".
[27] GSM 04.22 (ETS 300 563): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Radio Link Protocol (RLP) for data and telematic services on the
Mobile Station - Base Station System (MS - BSS) interface and the Base Station
System - Mobile-services Switching Centre (BSS - MSC) Interface".
[28] GSM 07.01 (ETS 300 582): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); General on Terminal Adaptation Functions (TAF) for Mobile Stations
(MS)".
[29] GSM 07.02 (ETS 300 583): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Terminal Adaptation Functions (TAF) for services using
asynchronous bearer capabilities".

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[30] GSM 07.03 (ETS 300 584): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Terminal Adaptation Functions (TAF) for services using synchronous
bearer capabilities".
[31] GSM 07.05 (ETS 300 585): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Use of Data Terminal Equipment - Data Circuit terminating
Equipment (DTE - DCE) interface for Short Message Service (SMS) and Cell
Broadcast Service (CBS)".
[32] GSM 08.20 (ETS 300 591): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Rate adaption on the Base Station System - Mobile-services
Switching Centre (BSS - MSC) interface".
[33] GSM 08.60 (ETS 300 597): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Inband control of remote transcoders and rate adaptors for full rate
traffic channels".
[34] GSM 09.02 (ETS 300 599): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Mobile Application Part (MAP) specification".
[35] GSM 09.03 (ETS 300 600): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Signalling requirements on interworking between the Integrated
Services Digital Network (ISDN) or Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
and the Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN)".
[36] GSM 09.05 (ETS 300 602): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Interworking between the Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and
the Packet Switched Public Data Network (PSPDN) for Packet
Assembly/Disassembly facility (PAD) access".
[37] GSM 09.06 (ETS 300 603): "Digital cellular telecommunications system
(Phase 2); Interworking between a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and a
Packet Switched Public Data Network/Integrated Services Digital Network
(PSPDN/ISDN) for the support of packet switched data transmission services".
NOTE: As regards ETS 300 102-1 [5], the edition 1 of this ETS from 1990 shall be used, with
one exception: the encoding of the field modem type in the ISDN BC-IE shall be
handled as specified in table 6A and 6B.

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3 Definitions and abbreviations
Use is made of the following terms within this ETS. These terms refer to information requirements
necessary to support interworking functions, some of these terms will be identifiable with their use in other
GSM specifications.
For the purposes of this ETS, the following definitions apply:
bearer capability information: Specific information defining the lower layer characteristics required
within the network.
low layer compatibility information: Information defining the lower layer characteristics of the terminal.
high layer compatibility information: Information defining the higher layer characteristics of the
terminal.
compatibility information: This term subsumes the entirety of Bearer Capability, Low Layer
Compatibility, High Layer Compatibility, Progress Indicator and Address Information conveyed out-of-band
prior to call establishment for the support of compatibility checking and terminal/function/service selection
at the ISDN-type user-network interface.
protocol identifier: Information defining the specific protocols utilized for the support of data transfer by a
terminal.
progress indicator: Information supplied to indicate to the terminal that network interworking has taken
place.
out-of-band parameter exchange: Information exchanged via an associated or non-associated
signalling link e.g. SS No 7.
PSTN: Subscriber to network interface supports only analogue terminals.
ISDN: Subscriber to network interface supports digital or analogue terminals, plus a standardized user to
network associated signalling system and a standardized inter-network signalling system.
autobauding type 1: This information element value may be contained in the setup or call confirm
messages from the mobile station in association with a non transparent data service. This implies that the
MSC/IWF may select any speed and modem type according to what it can negotiate with the remote
modem on the PSTN/ISDN. The maximum speed to be used by the MSC/IWF is the user speed indicated
in the setup/call confirm message.
multi self selecting speed modem: This term applies to V series modems capable of handling one or
more lower speeds as a fall back position. When such a modem is requested in the call setup or call
confirm message from the MS in association with a non transparent service, the MSC/IWF may select any
of the speeds supported according to the negotiation with the remote modem on the PSTN/ISDN. In this
instance the maximum starting negotiation speed to be used by the MSC/IWF is the one indicated by the
user speed in the setup/call confirm message.
In addition to those below abbreviations used in this ETS are listed in GSM 01.04.
ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Coded Modulation
DP Dial Pulse
ITC Information Transfer Capability
LE Local Exchange
NT Network Termination
PABX Private Automatic Branch Exchange
SPC Stored Program Control
SS No.7 Signalling System No.7
TE Terminal Equipment
TA Terminal Adaptor
TUP Telephone User Part (of Signalling System No.7)
DSS1 Digital Subscriber Signalling 1
UNI User Network Interface
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4 Introduction
General Network Interworking Scenarios are described in GSM 09.01. Since the numbering plan for the
ISDN era (E.164) includes the numbering plan for the telephone network (E.163), it is not possible to
distinguish by the number whether a given subscriber is a PSTN or ISDN subscriber. Further, in some
countries both PSTN and ISDN subscribers will be connected to the same exchange, so the only
difference for this type of combined network will be in the nature of the customer access. In this document
a PSTN is considered to support only an analogue interface towards the subscriber. An ISDN shall be
considered to support digital interface towards the subscriber. In addition, the ISDN is considered to
support a standardized outband signalling protocol both between the subscriber and the network and
within the network, i.e. DSS1 and ISUP, thus enabling the generation and transport of Compatibility
Information for compatibility checking and terminal/function/service selection at the user-network interface
as well as for MSC/IWF selection.
There now exist networks which do not fall into either of these categories in that they provide for digital
connectivity from subscriber to subscriber through the network. The subscribers have access to a wide
range of services by a limited set of standard multi-purpose user network interfaces. However, these
networks do not support the standardized inter-exchange signalling protocol throughout, in that they are
e.g. using TUP or National User Part (NUP). These types of network support 64 kbit/s connections, so in
service support are comparable to ISDN, however, the signalling system provided may not support
transport of all Compatibility Information allowed for in the standardized ISDN signalling. This document
will therefore identify interworking to PSTN and ISDN on the principle of the network characteristics as
identified in the previous paragraph. The aforementioned existing networks then constitute one particular
case in the ISDN interworking scenarios. These cases will be itemized when the implication of the various
degrees of exhaustiveness of the Compatibility Information - delivered via the ISDN - used for deducting a
GSM Basic Service needs to be set forth.
When two dissimilar networks are required to interwork in order to support a communication between two
subscribers, one on each network, a number of Interworking Functions (MSC/IWFs) are required to
support the communication. Some of these are related to the differences in signalling and are dealt with in
GSM 09.03.
Examples of other aspects of interworking are:
i) the need or otherwise of echo control devices;
ii) the need or otherwise of modem pools and network-based rate adaptation.
For the purposes of determining the required MSC/IWFs, it is necessary, however, to consider separately
each type of interworking (i.e. PLMN-ISDN and PLMN-PSTN) since, in the worst case, "PSTN" could refer
to an essentially analogue network with electromechanical switching not controlled by software and
without common-channel signalling.
Some facilities associated with alternate speech and data may not be available with version 1 of the MAP.
Version 1 of the Mobile Application Part (MAP) does not support transfer between the HLR and VLR, and
VLR and VMSC of multiple bearer capabilities. In addition, version 1 of the MAP does not support in-call
modification and channel mode modification following an inter-MSC handover.

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5 Not used
6 Network Characteristics
6.1 Key Characteristics of Networks Concerned
Table 1: Key Characteristics of Networks Concerned
Characteristic GSM PLMN ISDN PSTN
Subscriber Interface Digital Digital Analogue
User-network signalling GSM 04.08 DSS1, other UNIs loop-disconnect and DTMF
User-terminal equipment MT0, MT1 or MT2 Digital TE Analogue TE (e.g. dial pulse
supported functions (ISDN NT, TE1 or telephones PABXs modem
(see GSM 04.02) TE2+TA) equipped DTEs)
see e.g. I.411
Inter-exchange signalling SS No.7 ISUP TUP+, SS No.7 ISUP Channel associated
MAP TUP+, TUP, NUP (e.g. R2, No.4, No.5) or
common channel (e.g. No.6)
Transmission facilities Digital Digital Analogue
Exchange types Digital Digital Analogue/digital
Information transfer mode Circuit Circuit/Packet Circuit
Information transfer capability Speech, digital Speech, digital 3.1 kHz audio
unrestricted, alternate unrestricted, (voice/voice- band data)
speech/ group 3 fax etc. 3.1 kHz audio,
video etc.
6.1.1 Characteristics of PLMNs
The GSM PLMN is fully defined in the GSM Technical Specifications.
6.1.2 Characteristics of PSTNs
Because of the efforts at an early stage to standardize ISDNs in different countries, the differences
between any two ISDNs will be small compared with the differences between PSTNs, which have evolved
in different ways in different countries. In some cases the evolution has occurred over many decades, and
therefore each PSTN is distinct, and for a recommendation on interworking, it is necessary to make
certain assumptions about a generalized PSTN.
Whilst the key characteristics of PSTNs are given in table 1 above, the specific MSC/IWFs needed to
allow interworking between a PLMN and a PSTN will depend on the nature of the PSTN concerned.
Table 2 below gives a number of categories that can be used to classify PSTNs and a number of
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Table 2: Characteristics of PSTNs
Category Possibilities within Category
Type of subscriber a) PSTN with loop disconnect subscriber signalling (10 pps)
signalling b) PSTN with DTMF subscriber signalling
Type of interexchange a) PSTN with channel-associated signalling
signalling b) PSTN with common-channel signalling
Type of interexchange a) Analogue
transmission b) Digital
Type of exchange a) PSTN with electro-mechanical switching
switching b) PSTN with electronic (non-digital) switching
c) PSTN with electronic digital switching
Type of exchange a) Non-SPC
control b) SPC
NOTE: Under each category, it is possible that a PSTN will have a combination of the
possibilities rather than only one.
6.1.3 Characteristics of ISDN
For the "standardized ISDN" in principle taken into account here, these are defined in the ETS-series.
7 Interworking classifications
7.1 Service interworking
Service interworking is required when the Teleservices at the calling and called terminals are different. No
service interworking, except for facsimile group 3 (GSM Teleservice 61 or 62 interworking with standard
facsimile group 3 service), has been identified as a requirement of the GSM system for PSTN/ISDN
network based services.
7.2 Network interworking
Network interworking is required whenever a PLMN and a non-PLMN together are involved to provide an
end-to-end connection and may be required in instances of PLMN to PLMN connections.
The concept of Bearer Services was developed for the ISDN and has been extended to the PLMN. A
bearer service is defined (in GSM 02.01) as:
A type of telecommunication service that provides the capability for the transmission of signals between
user-network interfaces.
Bearer services are described by a number of attributes, where an attribute is defined as a specified
characteristic of an object or element whose values distinguish that object or element from others.
For the purpose of this TS, a PSTN is assumed to provide a bearer service which equates to an ISDN
3.1 kHz audio bearer service.
Refer to GSM 02.02 for complete list of bearer services. Refer to GSM 04.08 for coding of Bearer
Capabilities.
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Table 3: Bearer Service Interworking
Bearer service category in GSM Bearer Service in GSM Bearer service in Service in PSTN
PLMN ISDN
Circuit mode unstructured with
Asynchronous Data 300 bit/s
unrestricted digital capability
Asynchronous Data 1.2 kbit/s
Transparent and
Asynchronous Data 1 200/75 Not Applicable
Non transparent
bit/s
Cct mode
Asynchronous Data 2.4 kbit/s
structured
64 kbit/s
unrestricted
Asynchronous Data 4.8 kbit/s
Asynchronous Data 9.6 kbit/s
Circuit mode unstructured with
Synchronous Data 1.2 kbit/s
unrestricted digital capability
Transparent
Synchronous Data 2.4 kbit/s
Synchronous Data 4.8 kbit/s
Synchronous Data 9.6 kbit/s
Circuit mode unstructured with Packet Services Packet Services
unrestricted digital capability. see GSM 09.06 See GSM 09.06
Non-transparent
3.1 kHz Audio Ex PLMN
Asynchronous Data 300 bit/s
Transparent and
Non-transparent
Cct Mode
Asynchronous Data 1.2 kbit/s
3.1 kHz Audio
Asynchronous Data
Cct Mode
1 200/75 bit/s
3.1 kHz Audio
Asynchronous Data 2.4 kbit/s
Asynchronous Data 4.8 kbit/s
Asynchronous Data 9,6 kbit/s
3.1 kHz Audio Ex PLMN Synchronous Data 1.2 kbit/s
Transparent Synchronous Data 2.4 kbit/s
Synchronous Data 4.8 kbit/s
Synchronous Data 9.6 kbit/s
3.1 kHz Audio Ex PLMN
See GSM 09.06 See GSM 09.06
Non Transparent
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Table 3: Bearer Service Interworking (concluded)
Bearer service category Bearer Service Bearer service Service
in GSM PLMN in GSM PLMN in ISDN in PSTN
Alternate speech /data circuit alternate speech/
mode unstructured with 3.1 kHz asynchronous
audio ex PLMN (with user rates 300 to
Transparent 9 600 bit/s as above)
alternate speech/
synchronous
(with user rates 1 200 to
9 600 bit/s as above)
Cct mode Cct mode
Alternate speech/data circuit alternate speech/
3.1 kHz Audio 3.1 kHz Audio
mode unstructured with 3.1 kHz asynchronous
audio ex PLMN (with user rates 300 to
non transparent 9 600 bit/s as above)
Circuit mode with speech Cct mode speech followed by Cct mode
followed data 3.1 kHz audio
by data 300 to 9 600 bit/s
Transparent and Non asynchronous as above
transparent
Table 4: Network interworking of GSM Teleservices
Teleservice in Lower layer capabilities Bearer service Service
GSM PLMN addressed in the GSM Bearer in ISDN in PSTN
Capabilities IE
Telephony Unstructured with speech Speech or Cct mode Cct Mode
capability
Emergency calls Unstructured with speech 3.1 kHz audio 3.1 kHz audio
capability
Alternate speech/ Data Cct duplex synchronous Cct mode 3.1 kHz Cct mode 3.1 kHz
facsimile group 3 access audio audio
alternate speech
group 3 fax
Automatic Data Cct duplex synchronous Cct mode 3.1 kHz
Facsimile group 3 access audio
group 3 fax
This table does not identify any relationship between Teleservices in the GSM PLMN with those in the
ISDN/PSTN, it is merely to identify the interworking of the lower network layers of that teleservice with the
network layers i.e. bearer service in the ISDN/PSTN.

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7.3 Signalling interworking
See GSM 09.03.
7.4 Numbering
See GSM 03.03.
7.5 Supplementary service interworking
For general aspects of supplementary services refer to GSM 03.11, GSM 03.8x and 03.9x series.
Not every supplementary service may be used in combination with each basic service. The applicability of
each supplementary service for a basic service is defined in GSM 02.8x and 02.9x-series. Certain
application rules are also set out in GSM 02.03, 09.05 and 09.06.
This clause only deals with data service specific aspects of supplementary services, i.e. MSC/IWF
functions concerned in combination with supplementary services. This interworking is described in
GSM 02.04, GSM 02.8x, and 02.9x-series, GSM 03.11, GSM 03.8x and GSM 03.9x-series, if applicable.
8 Compatibility and subscription checking
Compatibility checking is carried out on the following items:
a) Low layer compatibility - utilizing low layer compatibility and bearer capability information elements.
b) High layer compatibility - utilizing high layer compatibility information element.
The use of the progress indicator for compatibility checking is outside the scope of this ETS.
Indication of compatibility requirements is carried out as described in subclause 9.2.2 under "a) Functional
operation" or "b) Mobile subscriber indicates requirement in call confirmation message" and subclause
10.2.2 "Network interworking mobile terminated".
For subscription checking, relevant for the interworking described in clauses 9 and 10 of this ETS, refer to
GSM 02.01.
9 Interworking to PSTN
9.1 Speech Calls
9.1.1 Interworking indications to PLMN terminal
An indication to inform the PLMN terminal that:
i) instead of receiving out-of-band indications for certain types of failure conditions, a tone or
announcement will be received in-band from the PSTN;
ii) the available compatibility information will be not exhaustive for deducing a GSM Basic Service and
there will be a limitation on address - the terminal may be required to accept the call on the basis of
indicating its compatibility requirements;
iii) (if a DTE) in-band handshaking signals should be anticipated.
9.1.2 Transmission aspects
Includes control of Speech Processing and Echo Control Devices, see GSM 03.50.
9.1.3 Generation of In-band Tones and Announcements (PLMN-PSTN)
In-band tones and announcements shall be provided for all speech and 3.1 kHz audio bearer services
between a PLMN and a PSTN.
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9.2 Data Calls
Low Layer Compatibility Checking on the received GSM bearer capability information element will be
carried out by the MSC/IWF to check if the call setup is compatible to the bearer service (3.1 kHz audio)
provided by a PSTN and to the IWFs provided by the PLMN.
In case the call setup does not conform to these requirements (e.g. an information transfer capability
value "unrestricted digital information" is requested), the call shall fail with an error cause indicating that
the network is unable to support the service requested.
As well as compatibility checking subscription checking shall be performed. If the subscription check fails
the call setup shall be rejected.
For the case where the MS offers negotiable values in the GSM bearer capability information element
(e.g. both transparent and non-transparent connection element) refer to the definitions specified in
GSM 07.01.
For interworking of data calls between a PLMN and a PSTN a modem will be utilized to provide the
interworking function.
PLMN
TE MT RA MODEM PSTN MODEM
IW F
V.series
Figure 1: PLMN PSTN interworking for circuit switched calls
9.2.1 Network interworking mobile originated
9.2.1.1 Selection of interworking function
The interworking function will need to negotiate with the user to establish the appropriate modem selection
e.g. data rate, modulation scheme, etc. In addition, it will also be required to convert the signalling format,
from a combination of out of band and in band, to that suitable for controlling the modem and the
autocalling line procedure function where applicable. In the following modem selection procedures it is
assumed that the interworking function and modems will be associated with each MSC. As an alternative,
a centralized modem resource is possible as a network provider option. Signalling between the MSC and
the centralized modem resource is outside the scope of this ETS.
For a data call originated by a circuit mode data terminal on the PLMN, the modem selection is done by
using the element "modem type" in the call set-up message (bearer capability).
In addition, other elements of the call setup will indicate the user rate, etc. to be used via that modem. The
use of this information however means that the network is only able to select a modem from the modem
pool which conforms to the speed which the terminal is utilizing at the DTE/DCE interface at the mobile
station (e.g. V.22 for 1 200bps). The exception to this is where the user has selected the non transparent
service in which case either an autobauding or multi self selecting speed modem (e.g. V.32) may be used.
9.2.1.2 Modem Selection
In general terms the indication of the bearer capability parameter "Information Transfer Capability" will be
utilized in the call set-up message to determine when the modem should be selected in the call.
In cas
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