ASN Paging Controller and Location Registry Overview  
▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Product Overview 
Figure 66.  Location Update Flow 
ASN BS
ASN-GW/
Local-PC
MS/SS
1
2
3
5
4
ASN-GW/PC/
Authenticator/DPF
Serving ASN
6
7
9
10
8
Anchor ASN
 
Table 47.  Location Update Procedure Flow Description 
The MS initiates a secure Location Update procedure by sending a RNG-REQ message to serving ASN BS, which includes 
the Ranging Purpose Indication TLV set to indicate Idle Mode Location Update, the PC ID TLV which points to the anchor 
ASN Gateway acting as the anchor PC function for the MS, and the HMAC/CMAC tuple. 
The serving ASN BS sends an R6 LU_Req message to the serving ASN Gateway and starts timer TR6_LU_Req. The 
message may include the PG ID, Paging Offset, and Paging Cycle TLVs if the serving ASN BS proposes an update to these 
parameters. 
The serving ASN Gateway (associated with the local Paging Controller) sends an R4 LU_Req message to the anchor PC 
(associated with Anchor ASN Gateway) and starts timer TR6_LU_Req. The message may include the PG ID, Paging 
Offset, and Paging Cycle TLVs if the serving ASN Gateway proposes an update to these parameters. Note: This message 
may be relayed by several intermittent ASNs before reaching the anchor PC (Anchor ASN Gateway).