tree 709d22a421977d4295c400e435a95458cb31e3c8
parent 6f5945fda3a8a94098920b06ad931845e03c2989
author Minh-Quang Nguyen <minh-quang.nguyen@nutaq.com> 1510149307 -0500
committer Daniel Willmann <dwillmann@sysmocom.de> 1553170943 +0100

OC-2G: Properly handle initial TA for data transfer initiated from network

    Problem:
    1. The network can not initiate data transfer when the MS is in idle mode (after T3314 in MS expired and ms-idle-timer in PCU expired).
    This is because the PCU does not know valid location of the MS in servicing cell, i.e. valid TA at the initiation of downlink data transfer.

    Fixes:
    1. We use CONTROL_ACK_TYPE of 4 access bursts specified in SI13 in order to extract valid TA when the MS sends UPLINK PACKET CONTROL ACK message to the PCU.
    At the begining of data transfer initiated by network, the PCU sends a first PACKET DOWNLINK ASSIGNMENT message with an invalid TA and polling flag is set.
    After that PCU sends a second PACKET DOWNLINK ASSIGNMENT message with valid TA extracted from responsed UPLINK PACKET CONTROL ACK as 4 access bursts from MS
    to continue data transfer procedure. This fix works only for CONTROL_ACK_TYPE is configured as 4 access bursts in GPRS CELL OPTION of SI13.

Change-Id: I3c76e5e1b8339ddb20da23b85ba267026a0ebf34