ABSTRACT

In Chapter 1, we briefly introduced the two basic location management functions

for call setup: location registration and call delivery, and also described the handoff

management function when an MT moves from one cell to the other. We now discuss

Call Setup

Location Registration

Call Delivery

Authentication

Database Updates

Database Queries

Terminal Paging

FIGURE 2.1: Call setup in PLMN

all these activities in more detail for a public land mobile network (PLMN) and a

mobile IP (mobile Internet protocol) network.