GSM from A-Z

[2-day course, Euro 2,350.- (net) per participant]

Introduction to GSM

• History and Future of Mobile Communication
• History & Future of GSM
• Comparison – Subscriber Numbers cdma1 <-> GSM
• The GSM Family
• Legacy GSM Network Architecture
• Future Network Architecture (<-> 2006)
• Internal Structure of the IMS
• Tasks and Functions of the IMS
• HLR / AuC (Home Location Register / Authentication Center)
  • Tasks and Functions of HLR and AuC
• The MSC / VLR (Mobile Services Switching Center / Visitor Location Register)
  • Tasks and Functions of the MSC
  • Tasks and Functions of the VLR
• Tasks and Functions of the EIR (Equipment Identity Register)
• The BSC (Base Station Controller)
  • Tasks and Functions of the BSC
• The BTS (Base Transceiver Station)
  • Tasks and Functions of the BTS
• The TRAU (Transcoding Rate and Adaptation Unit)
  • Tasks and Functions of the TRAU
• The Mobile Station
• The Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)
• The Cellular Network
• Location Areas and Cells
• Identifiers of Cells and Location Areas
• Identifiers of the Mobile Station
• Meaning of the IMEI
• GSM Services
• The GSM Protocol Stack

The GSM Air-Interface

• TDMA vs. FDMA
• TDMA and FDMA in GSM
• Resolution of the Propagation Delay Problem
• The ARFCN (Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number)
• The BCCH-Carrier (Broadcast Control Channel)
• The Frame Hierarchy – Introduction
• The Frame Hierarchy – Reasons
• Logical Channel Types
• The FCCH (Frequency Correction Channel)
• The SCH (Synchronization Channel)
• Other Control Channels
• Configuration of the 51-Multiframe (Example / Downlink)
• Configuration of the 26-Multiframe (DL and UL)
• The Physical Channel in GSM
• The Different GSM-Bursts
• The Different GSM-Bursts
  • The GSM-Normal Burst – Power-vs-Time View
  • The Frequency Correction Burst
  • The Synchronization Burst
  • The Access Burst
  • The Dummy Burst
  • The Normal Burst
  • The FACCH, Stealing Resources from its Master Channel

The Signal Processing Chain in GSM

• The Signal Processing Chain – Transmit Side
• The Signal Processing Chain – Receive Side
• Modulation in GSM
  • The In-Phase – Quadrature (I/Q) Presentation
  • Consideration of MSK
  • From MSK to GMSK
  • Phase Changes and Amplitude Variation in GMSK
• Characteristics of the Radio Channel
• Rayleigh-Fading
• Rice-Fading
• Inter-Symbol-Interference
• The Receiver
• The Equalization Process
• Example Equalizer
• Demodulation
• Channel Coding – Overview
• Principles of Convolutional Coders
• Example Convolutional Coder
• The Related Trellis Diagram
• Channel Coding for Enhanced Full Rate Speech
• Interleaving of Speech Traffic Channels
• Channel Coding of the Random Access Channel
• Channel Coding of Other Control Channels
• Block Interleaving of Control Channels (Example: SACCH)
• Slow Frequency Hopping - Reasons
• Slow Frequency Hopping - Procedure
• Options for Slow Frequency Hopping
• Authentication and Ciphering Key Generation
• Ciphering in GSM
• Deciphering in GSM

Higher Layer Functions

• PLMN-Selection
• The Cell Selection / Cell Reselection Criterion
  • Cell Reselection
• Summary
• System Information Broadcast
• Summary
• Location Updating
• The Mobile Originating Call Setup
• The Mobile Terminating Call Setup
• Measurement Reporting
• Handover
  • Intra-Cell Handover
  • Intra-BSC Handover
  • Intra-MSC Handover
  • Inter-MSC Handover
• References

---

More Info:

General Information about this course
Schedule of this training course
Extract of this training course
Buy this book

---

INACON eBooks

Please have a look at our full offer

Read more ...

---