Relating Terms in an Analogy
Understanding Cell Phone Provisioning
So, you got a new phone?
Your provider will need to activate (provision) the phone to work on their network.
Your Cell Phone Company
Your Cell Phone Company = They’re the DMV.
Provisioning a phone is like registering a car.
Let’s Get Registered
Handset ID:AT&T and T-Mobile = IMEIVerizon and Sprint = MEID
MIN: Mobile Identification NumberHLR: Home Location RegistersMDN: Mobile Dialable Number
Your Cell Phone Company
HLR Phone Activated
MEID MIN
MEID
MIN
HLR
MDN
Required Components
How Do They Relate?
Let’s Get Registered
Handset ID =VINMIN = License PlateHLR = The database that stores this informationMDN = Driver’s License
How Do They Relate?
Registered Vehicles
Personal Identification
VIN
Database
VINLicense Plate
Driver’s License
DMV Requirements
License Plates
OTASP: Over The Air Service Provisioning
Your Cell Phone Company
Makes sure that the VIN and License Plate match, hands the Driver’s License to the handset and allows the phone to work on the network.
Let’s Get RegisteredO
What??
The phone will provision if all of the information is correct!
Your Cell Phone Company
Let’s Get RegisteredWhich means, we can start
asking…..Can You Hear
Me Now??
Dr. Martin Cooper – Inventor of the cell phone
Let’s Review
MEID or
IMEIHLR
MDNTRINETMIN
Let’s Review
OTASP
Let’s Review
What does it mean if all of the
information is correct?
Can You Hear Me Now??
Any Questions?