GSM
Global System for Mobile (GSM) is a
second generation cellular standard
developed to cater voice services and data
delivery using digital modulation
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M SC
M SC
VL R
O & M
VL R
HLR
BSC ARCHITECTURE
FUNCTIONAL UNITS
MSC
TCSM
ET
CLS
BCSU
ET
GSWB
MCMU
OMU
BTS
MSC
TCSM2E
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ET
ET
ET
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ET
A IF
BSC
BTS
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TRU
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ET
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MS
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Ater IF
SGSN
Gb IF
Abis IF
Air IF
INTERFACES
A-interface to the MSC
Ater interface to TCSM2E
Abis interface to the BTS direction
X.25 connection to the OMC
CHANNELS
The physical channel in the GSM is the time slot
The logical channel is the information that goes
through the physical channel
Both user data and signaling are logical
channels
User data is carried on traffic channel (TCH)
which is defined as 26 TDMA frames
There are lots of control channels for signaling
BROADCAST
CHANNELS
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DEDICATED
CHANNELS
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CONTRO
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CHANNE
LS
DEDICATED
CONTROL
CHANNELS
TRAFFIC
CHANNELS
SCH BCCH CBCH PCH RACH AGCH SDCCH SACCH FACCH TCH Data
SIGNALING
What is signaling?
Signaling refers to exchange of information between the call components
required to provide and maintain service
call release
call maintaining
call control
control of services
charging data
location update
handover
subscriber administration
short messages service
call establishing