Cisco ASR 5000 Series User Manual

GGSN Support in GPRS/UMTS Wireless Data Services
▀ How GGSN Works
▄ Cisco ASR 5000 Series Product Overview
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Figure 93. Virtual Dialup Access Call Flow
1. The Mobile Station (MS) goes through the process of attaching itself to the GPRS/UMTS network.
2. The MS sends an Activate PDP Context Request message that is received by an SGSN. The message contains
information about the subscriber such as the Network layer Service Access Point Identifier (NSAPI), PDP
Type, PDP Address, Access Point Name (APN), Quality of Service (QoS) requested, and PDP configuration
options.
3. The SGSN authenticates the request message and sends a Create PDP Context Request message to a GGSN
using the GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTPC, ―C‖ indicates the control signaling aspect of the protocol). The

Cisco ASR 5000 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	ASR 5000 Series
Category	Network Router
Language	English