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The GSM System
Brief History
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GSM Brief history..
• Formed as Groupe Spécial Mobile (GSM) in 1982 inorder to develop as a pan-European mobile cellular radiosystem
• GSM became later the acronym for Global System for
Mobile communications• GSM criteria:
– Spectrum efficiency
– International roaming
– Low mobile and base stations costs
– Good subjective voice quality
– Compatibility with other systems such as ISDN (IntegratedServices Digital Network)
– Ability to support new services
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• The most important events in the developmentof the GSM system are presented in the Table 1.
Year Events
1982 CEPT establishes a GSM group in order to develop the standards for a pan-European cellular mobile
system
1985 Adoption of a list of recommendations to be generated by the group
1986 Field tests were performed in order to test the different radio techniques proposed for the air interface
1987 TDMA is chosen as access method (in fact, it will be used with FDMA) Initial Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) signed by telecommunication operators (representing 12 countries)
1988 Validation of the GSM system
1989 The responsability of the GSM specifications is passed to the ETSI
1990 Appearance of the phase 1 of the GSM specifications
1991 Commercial launch of the GSM service
1992 Enlargement of the countries that signed the GSM- MoU> Coverage of larger cities/airports
1993 Coverage of main roads GSM services start outside Europe
1995 Phase 2 of the GSM specifications Coverage of rural areas
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• Since the appearance of GSM, other
digital mobile systems have beendeveloped.
• See table next slide
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• Table 2: Mobile cellular systems
Year Mobile Cellular System
1981 Nordic Mobile Telephony (NMT), 450>
1983 American Mobile Phone System (AMPS)
1985 Total Access Communication System (TACS) Radiocom 2000 C-Netz
1986 Nordic Mobile Telephony (NMT), 900>
1991 Global System for Mobile communications> North American DigitalCellular (NADC)
1992 Digital Cellular System (DCS) 18001994 Personal Digital Cellular (PDC) or Japanese Digital Cellular (JDC)
1995 Personal Communications Systems (PCS) 1900- Canada>
1996 PCS-United States of America>
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Introduction to Mobile SystemsCellular System Concept
Mobile base stations
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Cluster size (N)
• Group of adjacent cells that determine thenearest co-channel cell neighbor forfrequency reuse.
• Cells in the same cluster use differentfrequencies of transmission
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Where i and j are number of cells
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The factor N is called the cluster size and is given
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To find the nearest co-channel neighbor of a
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Interference
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D - the distance between centers of the nearest co-channel cells
Q - the co-channel reuse ratio
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Table 1. Co-channel reuse ratio,S/I for some values of N
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Decreasing the co channelinterference - sectorisation
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Decreasing the co channelinterference - sectorisation
Table 2. Co-channel reuse ratio, S/I for values of N=7 using sectorialstructure
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• The density of population in a country is sovaried that different types of cells areused:
– Macrocells
– Microcells
– Selective cells
– Umbrella cells
Types of cells
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Macrocells
Macrocells
The macrocells are large cells for remoteand sparsely populated areas.
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Microcells
Microcells
– These cells are used for densely populatedareas.
– By splitting the existing areas into smallercells, the number of channels available isincreased as well as the capacity of the cells.
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The power level of the transmitters used inthese cells is then decreased.
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Selective cells
Selective cells
– It is not always useful to define a cell with a fullcoverage of 360 degrees. In some cases, cells with aparticular shape and coverage are needed.
– A typical example of selective cells are the cells thatmay be located at the entrances of tunnels where acoverage of 360 degrees is not needed. In this case,a selective cell with a coverage of 120 degrees isused.
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Umbrella cells • In very small cells handovers are more frequent
among the different small neighboring cellsresulting in overloading the network.
• The problem, is solved using an umbrella cellthat covers several microcells.
• The power level inside an umbrella cell isincreased compared to the power levels used inthe microcells that form the umbrella cell.
• When the speed of the mobile is too high, themobile is handed off to the umbrella cell. The
mobile will then stay longer in the same cell (inthis case the umbrella cell).• This will reduces the number of handovers and
the load of the network.
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Umbrella cell
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The GSM network
Architecture of the GSM network
The GSM technical specifications define thedifferent entities that form the GSM network bydefining their functions and interfacerequirements.
The GSM network can be divided into four mainparts:
The Mobile Station (MS).
The Base Station Subsystem (BSS).The Network and Switching Subsystem (NSS).
The Operation and Support Subsystem (OSS).
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GSM architecture
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Architecture of the GSM network
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Mobile station
• A Mobile Station consists of two mainelements:
– The mobile equipment or terminal (cell phone)
– The Subscriber Identity Module (SIM).
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Terminal
• There are a variety of terminals distinguished principallyby – their power
– application:
•`Fixed' terminals are installed in cars with maximumallowed output power of 20 W.
• Portable terminals also installed in vehicles withmaximum allowed output power of 8W.
• The handheld terminals take power of up to 2 W.
• Evolution of technology is progressively reducingmaximum allowed power to 0.8 W and below
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The SIM
• Smart card that identifies the terminal.
• Element that personalizes a terminal
• Provides access to all the subscribedservices.
• SIM card makes the terminal operational.
• The SIM card is protected by a four-digitPersonal Identification Number (PIN).
• The SIM card contains some parametersof the user such as its International MobileSubscriber Identity (IMSI).
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SIM functions
user data security (PIN code)
Data storage
store and handle the user information
phone number register
Short Messages (SMS)
user list of preference for PLMN choosing at roaming
store Kc and Ki parameters
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SIM architecture
Internal SIM structure
SIM connections
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MCC MNC
Mobile
Country
Code
3 digit
Mobile
Network
Code
1 v. 2 digit
MSIN
Mobile
Subscriber
Identity
Number
max. 15 digit
IMSI
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The Base Station Subsystem
• The BSS connects the Mobile Station andthe NSS. It is in charge of the transmissionand reception. The BSS can be divided
into two parts: – The Base Transceiver Station (BTS) or Base
Station.
– The Base Station Controller (BSC).
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The Base Transceiver Station
• The BTS corresponds to the transceiversand antennas used in each cell of thenetwork.
• A BTS is usually placed in the center of acell. Its transmitting power defines the sizeof a cell.
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Each BTS has between one and sixteentransceivers depending on the density ofusers in the cell.
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The Base Station Controller
• The BSC controls a group of BTS and managestheir radio resources.
• A BSC is principally in charge of:
– handovers, – frequency hopping,
– exchange functions
– control of the radio frequency power levels of the
BTSs.
•
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The Network and SwitchingSubsystem
Its main role is to manage the
• Communications between the mobileusers and other users, such as mobileusers, ISDN users, fixed telephony users,etc.
• It also includes data bases needed in
order to store information about thesubscribers and to manage their mobility.The different components of the NSS are
described below.
The Mobile services Switching
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The Mobile services SwitchingCenter (MSC)
It is the central component of the NSS.
• The MSC performs the switching functionsof the network.
• It also provides connection to othernetworks.
The Gateway Mobile services
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The Gateway Mobile servicesSwitching Center (GMSC)
• A gateway is a node interconnecting twonetworks.
• The GMSC is the interface between themobile cellular network and the PSTN. It isin charge of:
– routing calls from the fixed network towards a
GSM user. – The GMSC is often implemented in the same
machines as the MSC.
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Home Location Register (HLR)
• The HLR is considered as a very importantdatabase that stores information of thesubscribers belonging to the coverage area of aMSC.
• It also stores the current location of thesesubscribers and the services to which they haveaccess.
• The location of the subscriber corresponds tothe SS7 address of the Visitor Location Register(VLR) associated to the terminal.
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Visitor Location Register (VLR)
• The VLR contains information from a subscriber's HLRnecessary in order to provide the subscribed services tovisiting users.
• When a subscriber enters the covering area of a new
MSC, the VLR associated to this MSC will requestinformation about the new subscriber to itscorresponding HLR. The VLR will then have enoughinformation in order to assure the subscribed serviceswithout needing to ask the HLR each time a
communication is established.• The VLR is always implemented together with a MSC; so
the area under control of the MSC is also the area undercontrol of the VLR.
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The Authentication Center (AuC)
• The AuC register is used for securitypurposes.
• It provides the parameters needed forauthentication and encryption functions.
• These parameters help to verify the user'sidentity.
The Equipment Identity Register
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The Equipment Identity Register(EIR)
• The EIR is also used for security purposes. It isa register containing information about themobile equipments.
• More particularly, it contains a list of all validterminals. A terminal is identified by itsInternational Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI).
• The EIR allows then to forbid calls from stolen orunauthorized terminals (e.g, a terminal whichdoes not respect the specifications concerningthe output RF power).
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The Operation and SupportSubsystem (OSS)
• The OSS is connected to the differentcomponents of the NSS and to the BSC, in order
to control and monitor the GSM system.• It is also in charge of controlling the traffic load
of the BSS.
• some of the maintenance tasks are transferredto the BTS. This transfer decreases considerablythe costs of the maintenance of the system.
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The geographical areas of theGSM network
Different areas that form a GSM network.
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