GSM training course description

GSM is in widespread use today. This seminar gives an comprehensive overview of GSM.

What will you learn

• Explain what GSM is.
• Describe the architecture of the GSM network.
• Describe the GSM protocol stack.

GSM training course details

GSM training course contents

• Introduction

History of GSM, analogue networks, digital networks, PCS1900.

• GSM services

Telephony, digital encoding, data rates, Group 3 fax, SMS, Supplementary services.

• GSM architecture

Mobile station Mobile Equipment (ME), Subscriber Identity Module (SIM).

• Base Station Subsystem

Base Transceiver Station (BTS), Base Station Controller (BSC).

• Network Subsystem

Mobile Services Switching Centre (MSC), Home Location Register (HLR), Visitor Location Register (VLR), Equipment Identity Register (EIR), Visitor Location register (VLR), Authentication Centre (AuC)

• Radio Link Aspects

Bands, FDMA, TDMA, Traffic channels, Control channels, Speech coding, Channel coding and modulation, Multipath equalisation, Frequency hopping.

• GSM signalling

SS7 overview, GSM SS7 nodes, Base Station Subsystem Application Part (BSSAP), Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP), Mobile Application Part (MAP).

• Interfaces

Um, Abis and A interfaces.

• Mobility and call processing in GSM

Attach & location update process, mobile originate, mobile termination, handovers.

• GSM services

Tele services, Bearer services, supplementary services, SMS, security.

• GSM futures

GPRS, UMTS.

Learning path

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