# HG changeset patch # User Mychaela Falconia # Date 1732762439 0 # Node ID afebef67e8d45980d588e20625ac0ddf6cfa574c # Parent ed314cc25b8d3bbb3ceb05140183d18bcfae074b tmo/CSD-tests: document Experiment 7 diff -r ed314cc25b8d -r afebef67e8d4 tmo/CSD-tests --- a/tmo/CSD-tests Tue Nov 26 20:56:33 2024 +0000 +++ b/tmo/CSD-tests Thu Nov 28 02:53:59 2024 +0000 @@ -226,9 +226,37 @@ version, but some kind of law of chance: time of day, space weather, phase of the moon... +Experiment 7 +============ + +Earlier in Experiment 4 I observed that T-Mobile network does not pass through +CSD call indication: when I dialed CSD calls from subscriber line A to +subscriber line B, the destination MS would receive a voice call, while the +calling side presumably invoked modem emulation IWF. Just for the sake of +completeness and due diligence, I decided to also test the case of ISDN-mode +CSD as opposed to modem emulation, i.e., ITC set ot UDI instead of 3.1 kHz. In +this experiment I dusted off two of my legacy T-Mobile SIMs that aren't my +"personal" one in the Pirelli DP-L10, put those two SIMs into a pair of FCDEV3B +boards, and powered up both FCDEV3Bs simultaneously. I then set AT+CBST=71,0,0 +on both MS and tested dialing calls from one to the other in both directions, +both voice and CSD. Results: + +* On voice calls, the destination MS once again received MT SETUP message + containing _no_ bearer capability IE. + +* ISDN-mode CSD calls were rejected by the network. The MO call got as far as + CALL PROCEEDING message and channel assignment (the network assigned TCH/F9.6 + to the MO leg), but then came a DISCONNECT message with cause 21 (call + rejected) and indicated location 0011 ("transit network"). + +* I didn't test analog-mode CSD, as that mode was already tested earlier in + Experiment 4. + NT mode: need for further debugging =================================== +(This section was written following Experiment 6.) + The flaky nature of NT mode calls for further debugging: since we see MS-initiated DISCONNECT on those tries when it fails, we really need to know exactly what is making the MS unhappy. But this debugging is made difficult by @@ -345,11 +373,13 @@ unreliable. * When I tried replicating in the present time (2024-11) the just-described - result from many years ago, I had no success: see description of Experiment 4 - above. Now when I dial a CSD call from one of my legacy T-Mobile SIMs to - another, the receiving MS gets an MT SETUP message that contains no BC IE at - all, same as with calls coming from outside PSTN, the call rings as voice, - and gets assigned TCH/AHS like other speech calls. And because the modem- - emulating CSD IWF in the MO direction initially emits silence while waiting - for the answering modem, silence is what the receiving phone hears in this - errant setup. + result from many years ago, I had no success: see description of Experiments + 4 and 7 above. Now when I dial a CSD call from one of my legacy T-Mobile + SIMs to another, the receiving MS gets an MT SETUP message that contains no + BC IE at all, same as with calls coming from outside PSTN, the call rings as + voice, and gets assigned TCH/AHS like other speech calls. And because the + modem-emulating CSD IWF in the MO direction initially emits silence while + waiting for the answering modem, silence is what the receiving phone hears in + this errant setup. (The just-described behavior happens when ITC is set to + 3.1 kHz on the MO CSD call; if I change it to UDI which I never tried in the + past, the network rejects the MO call instead.)