ASN Call Procedure Flows ▀  
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ASN Call Procedure Flows 
This section provides information on the function of the ASN Gateway in a WiMAX network and presents call 
procedure flows for different stages of session setup. 
 
 
Functional Components for Handover 
This section describes the functional components used during handover between ASN Gateways on R4 and R6 
interfaces. 
 
Anchor ASN Gateway 
The anchor ASN Gateway is the ASN Gateway that holds the anchor data path functions for a given MS. As shown in 
the following figure, the anchor ASN Gateway hosts the following functions: 
 
  Authenticator (includes Accounting Client) 
  Anchor DP function 
  DHCP proxy 
  PMIP client 
  MIP FA 
  Anchor SFA 
  DHCP proxy function 
The ASN Gateway service IP address is the R6 and R4 tunnel endpoint and handles both R6 and R4 traffic. 
 
Anchor Session 
The following identifiers identify the anchor ASN Gateway session: 
 
  MSID 
  MS NAI 
  MS IP address 
  DHCP MAC address 
The ASN Gateway session consists of an access R6 session and a MIP FA network session. The R6 session has a GRE 
data path to a base station for an active session. In this session the ASN Gateway service IP address is the R6 and R4 
tunnel endpoint and handles both R6 and R4 traffic.