Section: 4.1.3.3 GMM mobility management states on the network side
Content: In this subsubclause, the possible states are described for the GMM on the network side. Subclause 4.1.3.3.1 summarises the main states. The corresponding substates are described in subclause 4.1.3.3.2. However, it should be noted that this subclause does not include a description of the detailed behaviour of the network in the single states and does not cover abnormal cases. Thus, figure 4.1c/3GPP TS 24.008[ Mobile radio interface Layer 3 specification; Core network protocols; Stage 3 ]  is rather intended to give an overview of the state transitions than to be a complete state transition diagram. A detailed description of the behaviour of the MS is given in subclause 4.2. Especially, with respect to the behaviour of the MS in abnormal cases it is referred to subclause 4.7.