| Part I Introduction - Cellular Mobile Radio
1.0 The Global Scenario for Cellular Mobile Radio
1.1 Situation of Global Cellular Mobile Radio before Digital
2.0 The Transition from Analog to digital Cellular Radio
2.1 The Capacity Syndrome
2.2 Aspects of quality
2.3 Some Political and Economics Aspects
2.4 Focusing on Regions
Part II Digital Cellular Mobile Radio - GSM
3.0 GSM - A Digital Cellular Mobile Radio System
3.1 Development and Introduction of the GSM Standard
3.2 Services Offered in a GSM System
3.3 What is a Cellular Network?
3.4 System Architecture
3.5 Registration
3.6 Call Establishment
3.7 Handover/Handoff
3.8 Security Parameters
4.0 Layers and Signaling Principles in the GSM System
4.1 Signaling in the GSM Network
4.2 The ISO/OSI Layer Structure
4.3 The Seven Layers of the ISO/OSI Model
5.0 The physical Layer - Layer 1
5.1 Access to Trunking Systems
5.2 The Radio Channel
5.3 The Frequencies
5.4 Radio Frequency Power Levels
5.5 Transmission on the Radio Channels
5.6 Pulsed Transmissions
5.7 Timing Advance and Power Control
5.8 Burst Structures
5.9 Cell Sizes
5.10 Logical Channels
5.11 Frame Structures
5.12 Examples of how a Mobile Station Behaves
5.13 Speech Coding in GSM
5.14 Channel Coding
5.15 Digital Modulation
5.16 Frequency Hopping
6.0 The Data Link Layer - Layer 2
6.1 Tasks of the Data Link Layer
6.2 Frame Formats
6.3 Fields and Parameters
6.4 Example of a Layer 2 Trace
Part III Testing GSM
7.0 The Network Layer - Layer 3
7.1 Sublayers of Layer 3
7.2 Structure of a Layer 3 Message
7.3 Example of a Layer 3 Message
7.4 Example of a Signaling Process Call Establishment
7.5 A Layer 3 Signaling Trace
7.6 Timers
7.7 Signaling Architecture in GSM PLMN
8.0 Testing - Analog Versus Digital GSM Systems
8.1 Transition from Analog to Digital Testing
8.2 Introduction to the Measurements
8.3 Transmitter Measurements
8.4 Receiver Measurements
8.5 GSM Signaling Tests
9.0 Testing a GSM Mobile Station
9.1 Structure of a Mobile Station
9.2 Preparation for Testing
9.3 Transmitter Tests
9.4 Receiver Tests
9.5 Additional RF Tests on a Mobile Station
9.6 GSM Mobile Station Signaling Tests
10.0 Testing A GSM Base Station
10.1 Structure of a Base Station
10.2 The ABIS Interface
10.3 Preparations for the Measurements at a BTS
10.4 Measurements on GSM Base Stations
11.0 Applications for GSM Test Equipment
11.1 Design Laboratory
11.2 Type Approval and Acceptance Test
11.3 Production Test
11.4 Service and Maintenance
11.5 Network Planning
Part IV Competing Cellular Standards
12.0 North American Digital Cellular and Personal Digital Cellular
12.1 TDMA in the United States
12.2 Dual - Mode Access
12.3 Modulation
12.4 NADC Frame Structure
12.5 NADC Time Slots
12.6 NADC Implementation
12.7 Personal Digital Cellular
12.8 Testing NADC and PDC Radios
13.0 Code Division Multiple Access
13.1 CDMA in the United States
13.2 The Cocktail Party Effect
13.3 Diversity in CDMA
13.4 CDMA Dual - Mode Band
13.5 CDMA Forward Channel
13.6 CDMA Reverse Channel
13.7 CDMA Base Station Traffic Channel
13.8 CDMA Reverse Traffic Channel
13.9 Power Control Loops
13.10 Mobile Testing
Length:
Approximately 45 class hours and 15 lab/workshop hours
Method of Evaluation:
1. A mid-term examination, worth 30% of the final grade
2. A final examination, worth 40% of the final grade
3. Several assignments, worth 30% of the final grade
Teaching Method:
The course is to be offered in a standard lecture format.
Textbooks:
An Introduction to GSM,1995
Siegmund H. Redl, Matthias K. Weber, Malcolm W. Oliphant
Artech House
Location:
All classes will be conducted at the campus of the Institute.
Theory/Skill Objectives:
Upon completion of this subject, the successful student will:
1. Have a comprehensive understanding of GSM System including layers and signaling principles in
the GSM system.
2. Have basic knowledge about the functional description of the system and its architecture,
operation, and procedures.
3. Have basic knowledge on practical matter, such as testing issues, testing a GSM Mobile Station,
testing a GSM Base Station, and application for GSM test equipment.
4. Have considerable understanding on important competitive digital cellular radio systems, such as
The North American digital cellular system (NADC or D-AMPS) and the code division multiple access (CDMA) system. |