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GSM - Architecture, Protocols and Services, Third Edition

Name: GSM - Architecture, Protocols and Services, Third Edition
ISBN: 9780470030707

by Jörg Eberspächer, Hans-Jörg Vögel, Christian Bettstetter, Christian Hartmann

February 2009

Intermediate to advanced

338 pages

9h 40m

English

Wiley

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Preface
1. Introduction
1.1. The idea of unbounded communication1.2. The success of GSM1.3. Classification of mobile communication systems1.4. Some history and statistics of GSM1.5. Overview of the book
2. The mobile radio channel and the cellular principle
2.1. Characteristics of the mobile radio channel2.2. Separation of directions and duplex transmission2.2.1. Frequency Division Duplex2.2.2. Time Division Duplex2.3. Multiple access2.3.1. Frequency Division Multiple Access2.3.2. Time Division Multiple Access2.3.3. Code Division Multiple Access2.3.3.1. Direct sequence CDMA2.3.3.2. Frequency hopping CDMA2.3.4. Space Division Multiple Access2.4. Cellular principle2.4.1. Definitions2.4.2. Carrier-to-interference ratio2.4.3. Formation of clusters2.4.4. Traffic capacity and traffic engineering2.4.5. Sectorization of cells2.4.6. Spatial filtering for interference reduction (SFIR)2.4.6.1. C/I improvement and blocking probability2.4.6.2. Outage probability2.4.6.3. Numerical results
3. System architecture and addressing
3.1. System architecture3.2. The SIM concept3.3. Addressing3.3.1. International mobile station equipment identity3.3.2. International mobile subscriber identity3.3.3. Mobile subscriber ISDN number3.3.4. Mobile station roaming number3.3.5. Location area identity3.3.6. Temporary mobile subscriber identity3.3.7. Other identifiers3.4. Registers and subscriber data3.4.1. Location registers (HLR and VLR)3.4.2. Security-related registers (AUC and EIR)3.4.3. Subscriber data3.5. Network interfaces and configurations3.5.1. Interfaces3.5.2. Configurations
4. Air interface – physical layer
4.1. Logical channels4.1.1. Traffic channels4.1.2. Signaling channels4.1.3. Example: connection setup for incoming call4.1.4. Bit rates, block lengths and block distances4.1.5. Combinations of logical channels4.2. Physical channels4.2.1. Modulation4.2.2. Multiple access, duplexing and bursts4.2.3. Optional frequency hopping4.2.4. Summary4.3. Synchronization4.3.1. Frequency and clock synchronization4.3.2. Adaptive frame synchronization4.4. Mapping of logical onto physical channels4.4.1. 26-frame multiframe4.4.2. 51-frame multiframe4.5. Radio subsystem link control4.5.1. Channel measurement4.5.1.1. Channel measurement during idle mode4.5.1.2. Channel measurement during a connection4.5.2. Transmission power control4.5.3. Disconnection due to radio channel failure4.5.4. Cell selection and operation in power conservation mode4.5.4.1. Cell selection and cell reselection4.5.4.2. Discontinuous reception4.6. Channel coding, source coding and speech processing4.7. Source coding and speech processing4.8. Channel coding4.8.1. External error protection: block coding4.8.1.1. Block coding for speech traffic channel4.8.1.2. Block coding for data traffic channels4.8.1.3. Block coding for signaling channels4.8.2. Internal error protection: convolutional coding4.8.2.1. Speech traffic channels4.8.2.2. Data traffic channels4.8.2.3. Convolutional decoding4.8.3. Interleaving4.8.3.1. Full-rate speech channel, TCH/F2.4 and FACCH4.8.3.2. Other data traffic channels4.8.3.3. Half-rate speech channel4.8.3.4. Signaling channels4.8.4. Mapping onto the burst plane4.8.5. Improved codecs for speech services: half-rate codec, enhanced full-rate codec and adaptive multi-rate codec4.8.5.1. Half-rate codec4.8.5.2. Enhanced full-rate codec4.8.5.3. Adaptive multi-rate codec4.9. Power-up scenario
5. Protocols
5.1. Protocol architecture planes5.2. Protocol architecture of the user plane5.2.1. Speech transmission5.2.2. Transparent data transmission5.2.3. Nontransparent data transmission5.3. Protocol architecture of the signaling plane5.3.1. Overview of the signaling architecture5.3.1.1. Physical layer5.3.1.2. Layer 2: LAPDm5.3.1.3. Layer 35.3.1.4. Radio resource management5.3.1.5. Mobility management5.3.1.6. Connection management5.3.1.7. Message transfer part5.3.1.8. BSS application part5.3.1.9. BTS management5.3.1.10. Mobile application part5.3.2. Transport of user data in the signaling plane5.4. Signaling at the air interface (Um)5.4.1. Layer 1 of the MS-BTS interface5.4.1.1. Layer 1 services5.4.1.2. Layer 1: Procedures and peer-to-peer signaling5.4.2. Layer 2 signaling5.4.3. Radio resource management5.4.3.1. Connection setup and release5.4.3.2. Channel change5.4.3.3. Handover5.4.3.4. Activation of ciphering5.4.3.5. Other signaling procedures5.4.4. Mobility management5.4.4.1. Common MM procedures5.4.4.2. Specific MM procedures5.4.4.3. MM connection management5.4.5. Connection management5.4.6. Structured signaling procedures5.4.7. Signaling procedures for supplementary services5.4.8. Realization of SMS5.5. Signaling at the A and Abis interfaces5.6. Security-related network functions: authentication and encryption5.6.1. Protection of subscriber identity5.6.2. Verification of subscriber identity5.6.3. Generating security data5.6.4. Encryption of signaling and payload data5.7. Signaling at the user interface
6. Roaming and handover
6.1. Mobile application part interfaces6.2. Location registration and location update6.3. Connection establishment and termination6.3.1. Routing calls to MSs6.3.1.1. Effect of the MSRN assignment on routing6.3.1.2. Placement of the protocol entities for HLR interrogation6.3.2. Call establishment and corresponding MAP procedures6.3.2.1. Outgoing connection setup6.3.2.2. Incoming connection setup6.3.3. Call termination6.3.4. MAP procedures and routing for short messages6.4. Handover6.4.1. Overview6.4.2. Intra-MSC handover6.4.3. Decision algorithm for handover timing6.4.4. MAP and inter-MSC handover6.4.4.1. Basic handover between two MSCs6.4.4.2. Subsequent handover
7. Services
7.1. Classical GSM services7.1.1. Teleservices7.1.1.1. Voice7.1.1.2. Fax transmission7.2. Popular GSM services: SMS and MMS7.2.1. SMS7.2.2. EMS7.2.3. MMS7.2.3.1. MMS architecture7.3. Overview of GSM services in Phase 2+7.4. Bearer and teleservices of GSM Phase 2+7.4.1. Advanced speech call items7.4.1.1. Voice broadcast service7.4.1.1.1. System concept and group call register.7.4.1.1.2. Call establishment and logical channels.7.4.1.2. Voice Group Call Service7.4.1.2.1. Logical channels.7.4.1.3. Enhanced Multi-Level Precedence and Pre-emption7.4.2. New data services and higher data rates: HSCSD, GPRS and EDGE7.5. Supplementary services in GSM Phase 2+7.5.1. Supplementary services for speech7.5.2. Location service7.6. Service platforms7.6.1. CAMEL: GSM and INs7.6.2. Service platforms on the terminal side7.6.2.1. SIM application toolkit7.6.2.2. Mobile station application execution environment7.7. Wireless application protocol7.7.1. Wireless markup language7.7.2. Protocol architecture7.7.3. System architecture7.7.4. Services and applications
8. Improved data services in GSM: GPRS, HSCSD and EDGE
8.1. GPRS8.1.1. System architecture of GPRS8.1.2. Services8.1.2.1. Bearer services and supplementary services8.1.2.2. Quality of service8.1.2.3. Simultaneous use of packet-switched and circuit-switched services8.1.3. Session management, mobility management and routing8.1.3.1. Attachment and detachment procedure8.1.3.2. Session management and PDP context8.1.3.3. Routing8.1.3.4. Location management8.1.4. Protocol architecture8.1.4.1. Transmission plane8.1.4.1.1. GPRS backbone: SGSN-GGSN.8.1.4.1.2. Air interface.8.1.4.1.3. Subnetwork dependent convergence protocol.8.1.4.1.4. Data link layer.8.1.4.1.5. Physical layer.8.1.4.1.6. BSS-SGSN interface.8.1.4.2. Routing and conversion of addresses8.1.5. Signaling plane8.1.6. Interworking with IP networks8.1.7. Air interface8.1.7.1. Multiple access and radio resource management8.1.7.2. Logical channels8.1.7.3. Mapping of packet data logical channels onto physical channels8.1.7.4. Channel coding8.1.8. Authentication and ciphering8.1.8.1. User authentication8.1.8.2. Ciphering8.1.8.3. Subscriber identity confidentiality8.1.9. Summary of GPRS8.2. HSCSD8.2.1. Architecture8.2.2. Air interface8.2.3. HSCSD resource allocation and capacity issues8.3. EDGE8.3.1. The EDGE concept8.3.2. EDGE physical layer, modulation and coding8.3.3. EDGE: effects on the GSM system architecture8.3.4. ECSD and EGPRS8.3.5. EDGE Classic and EDGE Compact

9. Beyond GSM and UMTS: 4G
A. Data communication and networking
A.1. Reference configurationA.2. Overview of data communicationA.3. Service selection at transitions between networksA.4. Bit rate adaptationA.5. Asynchronous data servicesA.5.1. Transparent transmission in the mobile networkA.5.2. Nontransparent data transmissionA.5.3. PAD access to public packet-switched data networksA.5.3.1. Asynchronous connection to PSPDN PADsA.5.3.2. Dedicated PAD access in GSMA.6. Synchronous data servicesA.6.1. OverviewA.6.2. Synchronous X.25 packet data network accessA.6.2.1. Basic packet modeA.6.2.2. Dedicated packet modeA.7. Teleservices: fax
B. Aspects of network operation
B.1. Objectives of GSM NMB.2. Telecommunication management networkB.3. TMN realization in GSM networks
C. GSM Addresses
Additional Addresses for GPRS
D. List of Acronyms
References

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Appendix A. Data communication and networking

For the third edition of this book, we have moved this chapter on classical GSM data services from the main body to an appendix because we believe that with the advent of GSM Phase 2+ services, such as HSCSD and most prominently GPRS, the classical GSM data services are of minor importance and hardly used anymore. However, we did not want to remove them completely from the book and rather present them in this appendix for completeness.

Reference configuration

GSM was conceived in accordance with the guidelines of ISDN. Therefore, a reference configuration is also defined for GSM systems, similar to that used in ISDN systems. Using the reference configuration, one can get an impression of the range of services and the kinds of interfaces to be provided by MSs. Furthermore, the reference configuration indicates at which interface which protocols or functions terminate and where adaptation functions may have to be provided.

The GSM reference configuration comprises the functional blocks of a MS (Figure A.1) at the user-network interface Um. The mobile equipment is subdivided into a Mobile Termination (MT) and various combinations of Terminal Adapter (TA) and TE, depending on the kind of service access and interfaces offered to the subscriber.

At the interface to the mobile network, the air interface Um, MT units are defined. An integrated mobile speech or data terminal is represented only by an MT0. The MT1 unit goes one step further and offers ...

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Appendix A. Data communication and networking

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