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[[overview]]
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== Overview
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This manual should help you getting started with OsmoSMLC. It will cover
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aspects of configuring and running the OsmoSMLC.
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[[intro_overview]]
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=== About OsmoSMLC
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OsmoSMLC is the Osmocom implementation of a Serving Mobile Location Center.
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A Perform Location Request is initiated by the MSC via BSSMAP on the
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A-interface, for a specific subscriber. The request is typically passed on via
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BSSMAP-LE on the Lb-interface to the SMLC. If required, the SMLC may request the
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subscriber's Timing Advance (a.k.a. Access Delay) from the BSC via BSSLAP
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(encapsulated BSSLAP APDU in a BSSMAP-LE Connection Oriented Information
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message). The SMLC may combine several location and velocity estimate methods to
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form a GAD PDU containing the resulting geographic location information.
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So far, OsmoSMLC implements only Timing Advance based positioning. In TA-based
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positioning, the Timing-Advance information received from the BSC is combined
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with the preconfigured latitude and longitude of the serving cell to form a
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location estimate. This is returned to the BSC via the Lb-interface, and in
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turn to the MSC via the A-interface.
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Location Services (LCS) are described in 3GPP TS 43.059 <<3gpp-ts-43-059>>.
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Messages for LCS on the A-interface (BSSMAP, between BSC and MSC) are described
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in 3GPP TS 48.008 <<3gpp-ts-48-008>>, on the Lb-interface (BSSMAP-LE between BSC
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and SMLC) in 3GPP TS 49.031 <<3gpp-ts-49-031>>. The resulting geographic
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location and possibly velocity information is encoded in GAD, described in 3GPP
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TS 23.032 <<3gpp-ts-23-032>>.
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== Lb Interface
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The Lb interface connects BSC to SMLC and consists of BSSMAP-LE/SCCP/M3UA. It
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is routed via an STP instance, as is typical for SCCP. The BSSMAP-LE messages
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may encapsulate BSSLAP and GAD PDUs.
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OsmoSMLC by default connects to an STP at 127.0.0.1:2905, and registers with
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its own point-code, default is 0.23.6, on SSN "SMLC (BSSMAP-LE)" (SSN code
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252).
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A BSC on an Lb link typically uses SSN "BSC (BSSMAP-LE)" (SSN code 250). Each
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BSC connecting to the SMLC must have a distinct own point-code. OsmoBSC's own
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default point-code is 0.23.3, but when more than one BSC is in use, BSC point
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codes should be configured explicitly.
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OsmoSMLC waits for BSC instances to establish Lb interface connections. It does
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not require knowledge of individual BSCs' point-codes (OsmoSMLC does require
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preconfigured cell location information, see <<cell-locations>>).
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On establishing the Lb link, a BSC should send a BSSMAP-LE RESET; the Lb link
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is usable for per-subscriber connections as soon as OsmoSMLC responds with a
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BSSMAP-LE RESET ACKNOWLEDGE.
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