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What is ciphering
Ciphering modifies the contents of the eight interleaved blocks through the use of encryption
techniques to the particular mobile station and base transceiver station.
Two types of ciphering algorithms, called A3 and A5, are used in GSM to prevent unauthorized
network access and privacy for the radio transmission respectively.
How many carrier frequencies are there in GSM-900 and DCS-1800? How
much is the separation between the carrier frequencies?
124 carriers.
There are 8 channels in each carrier.
Channel separation is 200 KHz.
What is the Downlink and uplink spectrum is allocated to DCS-1800?
1800 MHz. Up link Frequency 1725-1780 MHZ.
Down link Frequency 1820-1870 MHz
What is the Downlink and uplink spectrum is allocated to GSM-900?
900 MHz. Up link Frequency 890-915 MHZ.
Down link Frequency 935-960 MHz
Three services offered by the GSM