GPRS
Gateway to Third Generation Mobile Networks
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2002
328 pages
978-1-58053-607-3 (ISBN)
Description
This innovative new book, from leading industry experts Gunnar Heine and Holger Sagkob, puts a focus on GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) but also explains the alternative and complementary technologies HSCSD, EDGE, IS-136 HS. It teaches you how the packet data standard GPRS can help you to expand your network towards third generation, meeting the demands of the most-sophisticated mobile data applications. The book focuses on the specifics and procedures of the air-interface, while giving you a thorough understanding of IP related protocols and a detailed presentation of all the important protocol scenarios that you may encounter in GPRS and HSCSD. Other discussions include an introduction to GSM and TDMA, data transmission protocols, and terrestrial interfaces. An extensive glossary provides answers to many of the technical questions that may arise while utilizing GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE or IS-136 HS technology. Packed with more than 200 illustrations that support key topics.
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Content
- GPRS: Gateway to Third Generation Mobile Networks
- Contents vii
- Preface xiii
- References xvi
- 1 The Basics: Principles of GSM and Influences on GPRS 1
- 1.1 The Network Architecture of GSM 1
- 1.2 The Mulitple Access Processes: SDMA, FDMA, and TDMA 10
- 1.3 Chronological Sequence of Uplink and Downlink Transmission 13
- 1.4 Problems of Transmission Delay in TDMA Systems--Timing Advance Control 14
- 1.5 Frame Hierachy and Logical Channels in GSM 17
- 1.6 The GSM Signal Processing Chain 23
- 1.7 Data Services in GSM 42
- References 47
- 2 Introduction to GPRS 49
- 2.1 The History--From GSM to UMTS 49
- 2.2 Definitions: Circuit Switched and Packet Switched 55
- 2.3 Problems of Packet Switching in Mobile Communication 61
- 2.4 The Combined GSM/GPRS Network Architecture 70
- 2.5 The Mobile Station in GPRS 83
- References 88
- 3 The Air Interface in GPRS 89
- 3.1 The 52 Multiframe 89
- 3.2 The Packet Data Channel 92
- 3.3 Timing Advance Control in GPRS 101
- 3.4 The Coding Schemes CS-1 to CS-4 106
- 3.5 Identification of Data Packets 116
- 3.6 Access to the GPRS Network 119
- 3.7 Resource Allocation in GPRS 125
- 3.8 The Operation of the PACCH in Uplink and Downlink Direction 135
- 3.9 The Termination of a TBF--Release of Resouces 137
- 4 QoS, Mobility, and Session Mangement in GPRS 143
- 4.1 GPRS Mobility Management 143
- 4.2 QoS in GPRS 169
- 4.3 Session Mangement in GPRS 175
- 5 The GPRS Protocol Stack 187
- 5.1 The RLC/MAC Protocol 189
- 5.2 The LLC Protocol 203
- 6 Introduction to HSCSD 211
- 6.1 Overview 211
- 6.2 The Essential Innovations in HSCSD 215
- 6.3 Connection Chain Using Nontransparent/Asymmetrical Data Service as an Example 232
- 6.4 Selected Details 238
- References 283
- List of Acronyms 285
- About the Authors 293
- Index 295
