USSD Call FLow

There are two types of USSD

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1. Network Initiated - Push Mode

2. User Initiated - Pull Mode

USSD Message Types for each types

 Network Initiated
o USSR - Unstructured Supplementary Service Request - First message initiated
by the network to the subscriber
o USSR ACK - Unstructured Supplementary Service Request ACK - Contains
the subscribers response to the USSR
o USSN - Unstructured Supplementary Service Notify - This message is sent by
the gateway to the subscriber.
 User Initiated
o PSSR - Process Unstructured Supplementary Service Request - First message
from the subscriber to the network. The response for this message is a USSR
from the network.
o PSSR ACK - Process Unstructured Supplementary Service Request ACK -
This message is sent by GW to the subscriber

User Initiated USSD Call Flow

MS VLR HLR USSD GW

------ *123------->
------->PSSR----->
------PSSR---------->
<------USSN---------
<------USSN------->
<------Text-------
------USSN ACK-->
----- USSN ACK--->
<--- PSSN ACK -----
<---- PSSN ACK----