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Cellular principles discovered by ..

First cellular mobile system was
The basic geographic unit of cellular system is .
Group of cells is called .
What are the possible cluster sizes?
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a cellular system (high
powered cells,freq reuse, small powered handsets, handover)
7. In cellular systems, continuous coverage is achieved by .
8. What is the main reason for frequency reuse?
9. Cochannel interference increases with.
10._______________ provides the permanent data base for mobile subscriber
management.
11._________________ provides authentication and encryption functions for
system security.
12.________________ database manages mobile subscribers in the home PLMN
and those roaming in a foreign PLMN.
13.Collection of CDRs ,sorting and processing is done
by_______________________
14.In packed data Mobility management and session management are done
by SGSN
15... provides a direct GPRS tunnel between different operators(BG)
16.In a GPRS network GTP tunneling is done between ____ & ____ (SGSNGGSN)
17. -----provides interface to Public data networks (GGSN)
18.Class ________ supports voice and data at a time.
19.3G network uses a spectrum of ________bandwidth (60MHZ)
20.Radio resource management in 3G is carried out by __________ (RAN)
21.The access technique in 3G is _________________ (WCDMA)
22.GPRS stands for ___________________________.
23.EDGE is a ___________technology.(2 ,2.5G, 2.75G, 3G)
24.GPRS is a ____________________ network.(Circuit Switched, Packet
Switched ,Cell Switched).
25.In GPRS implementation additional CCU(Channel codec units) are realized
in ________________.
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(BTS,BSC,SGSN,MSC)
27.The eqpt in BTS which does the coding, decoding, bit rate adaptation-trau
28.The EC is required at the MSC PSTN interface to reduce the effect of GSM
delay when the mobile is connected to the PSTN circuit-standard EC
cancels about 70 ms of delay.
29.system configuration parameters (for example Local Area Identification,
Cell Identity and Neighbor Cells)- provided by BCCH
30.The BCCH is also known as beacon.
31.The length of a TDMA frame is 4.62 ms
32.The length of a TDMA frame is therefore 4.62 ms- burst period
33.26-TDMA multiframe-for TCH
34.51-TDMA multiframe=for common channels
35.Superframe=51 x 26 TDMA frames (6.12 sec)
36. The hyperframe is the numbering period. It is 2048 x 51 x 26 x 8 BP long,
or 3 hours, 28 minutes, 53 seconds and 760 milliseconds
37.Pico cells are used mainly for indoor coverage
38.Femto cell used in home or small business
39.SIM card is protected by ..
40.What is PUK?
41.Cells with same radio channels is ..

42.A group of cells is called a cluster.

43.In cellular systems, continuous coverage is achieved by executing a ..
44.Reason for frequency reuse
45.If N increases, then performance increases
46.If N increases, then call capacity decreases per cell
47.the smallest cycle for frequency hopping and for ciphering is .. 3hours,
28 minutes, 53 seconds and 760 milliseconds
48.Umbrella cells are used to reduce . handover
49.Which of the following cells are best suited for a tunnel
(selective/micro/umbrella/macro)
50.For coastal coverage which of the following cells will be used
(selective/umbrella/macro/extended)
51.The interface between mobile handset and BTS is ..
52.The interface between BSC and BTS is ..
53.The interface between BSC and MSC is ..
54.MSCs are interconnected by .. interface
55.MSC is connected to HLR via .. Interface
56.Which of the following is the interface between MSC and VLR (A, Abis, B,C)
57.VLR-HLR interface is ..
58.For equipment validation, MSC queries EIR via . interface
59.Which type of cells is preferred where 360 deg coverage not requiredselective cell
60.Selective cells are used to fill holes in coverage area
61.The technique by which send and receive paths are separated over the
medium (duplexing)
62.Different types of duplexing techniques-FDD & TDD
63.The duplexing technique used in cdma is ..
64.technique of dynamically sharing the finite resource (radio) by multiple
users multiple access
65.When u increase the power of a cell, its size (increases, decreases,
remains the same)
66.Cellular system uses low power transmitters (T/F)
67.Which of the following not a standard cluster size (3,5,7,9)
68.As the cluster size increases, the no of channels per cell
(increases/decreases/ remains the same)
69.Which of the following cells are used in rural applications
(pico/micro/umbrella/macro
70.Which VAS is known as store and forward service?
71.SMS supports upto 160 chars
72.Different coding schemes used in gprs are CS1-4
73.The additional coding schemes in edge (MCS5-9)
74.A paging message is broadcast in in order to find the called mobile
subscriber (Within a LA).
75. The LA can be identified by the system using . the Location Area
Identity (LAI).
76.LA consists of many BTS/Cells served by the same MSC area (can be of
different BSC areas).
77.The MS consists of the Mobile Equipment and the SIM.
78.Each Mobile equipment is uniquely identified by .. (IMEI Number- 15
digit)
79.Which unique id is used to trace stolen mobile handsets ? IMEI Number
80.. is periodically changed by the system to protect the subscriber from
being identified by those attempting to monitor the radio channel. (TMSI)

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82.What are the service areas in gsm
83.What are the 3 major subsystems in GSM ?
84.NSS-Network subsystem, BSS-Base Station Subsystem(the radio
subsystem), and the
85.OSS-operation support subsystem
86.What are the 3 dominant interfaces in GSM ?
87.Um- btw MS and BTS, Abis btw BTS and BSC, A interface- btw BSC & MSC.
88.what are the service areas in GSM ?GSM service area- PLMN service areaMSC service area -Location area- Cells.
89.The total area served by the combination of all member countries where a
mobile can be serviced. is called .. ( GSM Service Area)
90. All incoming calls for a GSM/PLMN network will be routed to ... ( GMSC)
91.How many MSCs can be there in a PLMN area ( Many)
92.A mobile station can register in one MSC/VLR service area only.
93.There can be many LA(Location Areas) in a MSC/VLR area.
94.Round trip delay introducted in gsm system is . (180ms)
95.The effect of the round trip delay is nullified by . Circuit (echo canceller)
96.The vocoder used in gsm is .
97.Data rate of FR is ..
98.The link between MS and BTS is
99.The link between BSC and BTS is
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The link between BSC and MSC is
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The link between MSC and VLR is
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The link between MSC and HLR is
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The link between MSC and other MSCs is ..
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The link between MSC and EIR is
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One burst period is ..
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One hyper frame consist of . super frames
108.
How many frames constitue a traffic MF?
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One control multi frame consits of .. Frames
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One frame duration is . ms
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Modulation technique in gsm is.
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Modulation technique in edge is.
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The smallest cycle for which the organisation of all channels is
repeated is . (super frame)
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The smallest cycle for freq hopping and ciphering is .. (hyper
frames)
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One hyper frame duration is . (3hr 28mt 53 sec 760ms)
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Which channel is known as beacon
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The channel used to time synchronize mobile stations is
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Transmission of generally accessible messages is done via
channel
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Which of the following is used in uplink direction only
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Which of the following is used in downlink direction only
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Which of the following is used in both up/downlink directions