GSM Overview

Objectives
At the end of the module the student is able to: Make you familiar with most GSM network elements (NEs) Name the three subsystems of GSM Describe the benefits of a Release 4 core network Get basic knowledge of Call Process

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GSM PLMN Organisation

Air A
Network Switching Subsystem Switching Mobility Management Connection Management Charging

MS

BSS NMS

NSS
O&M

Base Station Subsystem Radio Resource Management Radio Link Management

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Network Management System Fault Management Configuration Management Performance

Several Important Terms

IMEI IMSI MSISDN TMSI MSISDN

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Base Station Subsystem

BSC
TC

BTS BTS

BSC
TC

BTS

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Elements: Base Station Controller (BSC), Base Transceiver Station (BTS), and Transcoder and Rate Adaptation Unit (TRAU, TC) Functions: Radio path control, BTS and TC control, synchronisation with MSC Air and A interface signalling, connection establishment MSNSS Mobility management, speech transcoding
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Base Station Controller (BSC)

BSC

Connection establishment between the MS and the NSS

Mobility management Statistical raw data collection Air- and A-interface signalling support BTS and TRAU Control

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Base Transceiver Station (BTS)

Air interface signalling Ciphering Speech processing (channel coding, interleaving, and burst
formatting) Generation of alarms and statistics Baseband/Radio frequency transformation
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Network Management Subsystem

MSC GMSC VLR HLR EIR AC

AC EIR HLR

Mobile services Switching Ce Gateway MSC Visitor Location Register Home Location Register Equipment Identity Register Authentication Centre

HLR

VLR

GMSC
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MSC

Mobile services Switching Centre (MSC)

MSC
Call control Mobility management Initiation of paging Collection of changing information often associated with VLR

GMSC
Call control Interrogation of HLR Collection of changing information often used for interworking with external networks

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Registers in the NSS

VLR

HLR

Identification numbers of subscribers Subscriber Profile Security information Routing Information Services that the subscriber can use

EIR
Lists for Mobile Equipment (ME) checks

AC
Data for authentication (SIM) and ciphering

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MSC Server + MGW concept

Separation of control and user plane traffic

User plane is optimised within the same access network site

MSC Server

Site 1

Only control plane is routed to the core network site

RNC2

RNC2

RNC4

RNC4

MGW

Transport Network

Site 2
User plane is optimised between access network sites

Site 4
User plane is optimised for PSTN calls
RNC3 RNC3 MGW

Site 3
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MGW

Inter-Site

POI

PSTN

Interfaces
VLR

BSS

NSS
VLR EIR

D
HLR AC

B Um Abis
BT S BT S BSC
TC

Ater

(G)MSC

(G)MSC
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GSM network architecture

Base Station Subsystem
Mobile Stations
Base Station Controller

Network Management Subsystem

Database Server
Data Communication Network
Network Planning System Workstations Network Measurement System

Base Transceiver Stations

Communications Server

Network Switching Subsystem

Home Location Register/ Authentication Centre/ Equipment Identity Register TCP/IP Data Communications Server Transcoder Submultiplexer Voice mail Short Message Service Centre IN Service Control Point

Digital Cross Connect

Mobile Switching Centre/ Visitor Location Register

PSTN/ISDN

A-Interface
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Air Interface

X.25 Interface

Abis Interface

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Generic GSM architecture

BSS - Base Station Subsystem

VLR
BTS BTS BSC MSC
IWF

OMC HLR

EIR BSC
PSTN ISDN PSPDN

AC

BTS
BTS BTS

NSS - Network Subsystem NMS - Network Management System

Transcoder

MS Air Abis A

SC

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Nokia Implementation of GSM architecture

BSS - Base Station Subsystem BTS BTS BTS BTS BTS

DX 200 BSC DX 200 TCSM

DX 200 MSC/VLR

DX 200 HLR/AC/EIR

NSS - Network Subsystem

PSTN ISDN PSPDN

NSS Site

NMS / 2000 Network Management System

Air

Abis

SMSC

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NetAct Framework

Workflow WorkflowManager Manager Planner Planner Configurator Configurator& & Provisioning Provisioning Monitor Monitor Service ServiceQuality Quality Manager Manager Common network typology Common WEB GUI Reporter Reporter Administrator Administrator 3rd 3rdParty PartyTools Tools Rating Rating& & Charging Charging

Unified UnifiedMediation Mediation and Adaptation and Adaptation

Network Network

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Basic Process of GSM

Basic Process of GSM

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Basic Call

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To know more:

3GPP specifics. (http://www.3gpp.org/)

24 serials: 24008 23 serials: 23018 32 serials: Network Management related

ITU: (http://www.itu.int/net/home/index.aspx) GSM World (

http://www.gsmworld.com/technology/edge/index.shtml)

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Retrospection
GSM network elements (NEs) Name the three subsystems of GSM Describe the benefits of a Release 4 core network Get basic knowledge of Call Process

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Thanks a lot
Q/A

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