Mobile (GSM)
Outline
GSM Network
Overview
1. Radio Station System (RSS)
Mobile Station (MS)
Base Station Sub-system (BSS)
1-Radio StationSystem
a. Mobile Station
Mobile Equipment (ME)
Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)
Subscriber Identity
Module(SIM)
International Mobile Subscriber
Identity (IMSI)
This number identifies the MS subscriber. It is
only transmitted over the air during initialization.
Subscriber Identity
Module(SIM)
Location Area Identity (LAI)
Identifies the current location of the subscriber
b. Base Station
subsystem (BSS)
The Base Transceiver Station
BTS
The Base Station Controller
BSC
The Transcoder XCDR or TRAU
BTS Functionality
BSC Functionality
BSS Functionality
Transcoder (XCDR)
TRAU or XCDR is used for
Transcoding-----compresses/decompresses the incoming
speech data from 64kbps to 13 kbps or
12.2 or 5.6 kbps
Rate Adaption----filters out the useful
data coming from MSC
2- Network switching
subsystem(NSS)
Mobile Services Switching Centre
MSC
Home Location Register HLR
Visitor Location Register VLR
Equipment Identity Register EIR
Authentication Centre AUC
InterWorking Function IWF
Echo Canceller EC
Mobile Switching
Centre(MSC)
Brain of GSM
Responsible for Mobility Resource
Management
Interface between BSS and other
network Operators like PSTN,ISDN
PDN etc.
MSC Functionality
Operations and Maintenance Support
Includes database management, traffic
metering and measurement, and a man
machine interface
Internetwork Interworking
Manages the interface between the GSM
network and the PSTN
Billing
Collects call billing data
Equipment Identity
Register (EIR)
The EIR contains a centralized
database for validating the
International Mobile Equipment
Identity (IMEI).
This database is concerned solely
with MS equipment and not with the
subscriber who is using it to make or
receive a call.
EIR Database
White List
Contains those IMEIs which are known to have
been assigned to valid MS equipment
Black List
Contains IMEIs of MS which have been reported
stolen or which are to be denied service for some
other reason
Grey List
Contains IMEIs of MS which have problems (for
example, faulty software) These are not, however,
sufficiently significant to warrant a black listing.
Authentication Centre
(AUC)
The AUC is a processing system that
performs the authentication function.
It will normally be co-located with the
Home Location Register (HLR) as it will be
required to continuously access and update,
as necessary, the system subscriber records
Contains different Keys and algos, using
which it generates Triples(Kc , SRES and
RAND) used for authentication
Interworking Function
(IWF)
The IWF provides the function to
enable the GSM system to interface
with the various forms of public and
private data networks currently
available.
The basic features of the IWF are
listed below.
Data rate adaption.
Protocol conversion.
3-Operations and
Maintenance System (OMS)
The operations and maintenance system
provides the capability to manage the GSM
network remotely.
This area of the GSM network is not currently
tightly specified by the GSM specifications, it
is left to the network provider to decide what
capabilities they wish it to have.
Divided in to
The Network Management Centre (NMC)
The Operations and Maintenance Centre (OMC)
Event/Alarm Management.
Fault Management.
Performance Management.
Configuration Management.
Security Management.
Acronyms
BSSAP
Base Station System Application Part
BSSMAP Base Station System Management
Application
Part
DTAP
Direct Transfer Application Part
ISUP
ISDN User Part
MAP
Mobile Application Part
SCCP
Signaling Connection Control Part
TUP
Telephone User Part
TCAP
Transaction Capabilities Application Part
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