pdf_gross.gifGSM from A-Z

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

backtotop.gifIntroduction to GSM

Course Description

  • 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

backtotop.gif 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

backtotop.gif 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

backtotop.gifHigher 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
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