Protocol

MAP

Mobile Application Part

Lab ready Full lab

GSM/UMTS Mobile Application Part over TCAP for location update, authentication, SMS, and subscriber data management. Operation codes and ASN.1 structures dominate traces between HLR, VLR, MSC, and SMSC. Diameter and HTTP APIs replace many flows in LTE/5G cores, but MAP remains on interconnects.

Domains

Tags

gsmsmshlrvlr

Sources

  • 3GPP TS 29.002 (MAP)

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