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contents:
Mobile Communication
Overview
Related Knowledge About GSM
Main Components in GSM
The Interface and Protocol Between Entities
Wireless Area Partition
Numbering Plan
Mobile Service Management
Security Management
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Mobile Communication
Overview

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2 The second generation mobile communication

- digital cellular mobile communication
Feature:
1) Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
Narrow Band Code Division Multiple Access
(N-CDMA)
2) digital signal
3) narrow band
Main mode:

GSM DAMPS N-CDMA

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3 The third generation mobile communication IMT2000 (3G)

Feature:
1) Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
2) digital signal
3) broadband
2000 means: frequency is 2000MHZ,
maximum service rate is 2000kbit/s.
Main mode:

CDMA2000 WCDMA
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Related Knowledge About

GSM

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Digital Public Land Mobile Communication Network - PLMN

NSS
BSS

HLR/AUC

EIR

No.7 MAP

BTS
Abis

No.7 BSSAP
A

BSC

No.7 MAP TUP

MSC/VLR

MS

PLMN
PSTN

No.7 TUP

X.25
Um

MSC/VLR

BTS

ISDN

SC
OMC
Signaling

X.25/ No.7

Voice

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MS:Mobile Station
BSC:Base Station Controller
BTS:Base Transceiver Station
MSC:Mobile Switching Center
HLR:Home Location Register
VLR:Visitor Location Register
AUC:Authentication Center
EIR:Equipment Identity Register
SC:Short Message Center
OMC:Operation and Maintenance Center
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1. Main components of GSM

MS (Mobile Station)
BSS (Base Station Sub-system)
NSS (Network Switching Sub-system)
OMC (Operation and Maintenance Center)

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1.1 Mobile Station

Function: It is the device of mobile subscriber.
It includes mobile terminal and SIM card.
Attention:
Physical mobile terminal and mobile subscriber
are different.

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1.2 Base Station sub-System

Function: It provides trunks between wireless part and
fixed part of PLMN network.
- BSC
- BTS
BTS is in charge of wireless transmission,
BSC performs the control and management function

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1.3 Mobile Switching sub-System

Function: It performs GSM switching function as well as
manage mobile subscriber. It is the interface between GSM
network and other network (such as PLMN, PSTN etc).
It includes 6 functional units:
- MSC

- VLR

- HLR

- AUC

- EIR

- SC

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1.3.1 Mobile Switching Center (MSC)

Function:
It is responsible for setting up, managing and clearing
connections as well as routing the calls to the proper cell.
It provides the interface to the telephone system as well as
provisioning for charging and accounting service.
MSC get data for call handling from 3 databases:
VLR/HLR/AUC
GMSC (gateway): It is used to query the mobile subscriber
location information and connect the route to the VMSC which
the subscriber in at that time.
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1.3.2 Visitor Location Register (VLR)

VLR is a dynamic database, it stores all related information
of mobile subscribers that enter into its coverage area,which
enables MSC to set up incoming and outgoing calls.
Subscriber parameters include: subscriber number
(MSISDN), location area identity (LAI), users status,
services subscriber can use and so on.
When the subscriber leaves this area, it should register in
another VLR and old VLR will delete all the data about this
subscriber.
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1.3.3 Home Location Register (HLR)

HLR: It is a static database. When a user apply for mobile service,
all data about this subscriber will be stored in HLR.
Information:
- basic service information: including MSISDN, IMSI, the
telecom service, support service,users type, and so on;
- Supplement service information;
- The mobile location information (MSC/VLR address), so as
to realize the call route to the MS and billing.
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