ETSI GSM 03.16 : 050300

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions and abbreviations
  3.1 Abbreviations
  3.2 Definitions
4 General on handling of subscriber information
  4.1 Updating of the VLR and the SGSN in framed operation
  4.2 Updating of VLR and the SGSN in stand alone operation
  4.3 Order of information and distribution over message
      boundaries
  4.4 Abstract data structure of shared subscriber data
  4.5 Handling of supplementary service data with respect
      to basic service data
Annex A (informative): Status of Technical Specification
        GSM 03.16
History

Defines Stage 2 of the subscriber data management handling between the Home Location Register (HLR) and the Visitor Location Register (VLR). Only the rules for the updating of subscriber data from the HLR to the VLR are described in this specification. Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) specific and Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) subscriber data are not within the scope of this specification. V5.3.0: Covers VLR behaviour when receiving subscriber data after HLR restoration.