Packet-switched vs.

Circuit-switched Data Transfer

C ircu it S wit ch in g P acket S wit ch in g

Info
BB BB
AA AA

BB
AA
Info

BB
AA

BB
AA

Info
EN/FAD 109 0015

BB Info BB
AA AA

038 13 - LZU 108 881 Rev B Figure 12 - 1 GSM Advanced Cell Planning
 GPRS Logical Architecture
ISDN/
Um BTS PSTN

A GMSC
BSS Abis
MSC/VLR EIR
Gf
TE MT BSC Gs
AUC
MS
Gb Gr
Traffic and signaling SGSN HLR
Signaling
Gn External
TE Terminal Equipment
IP Network
MT Mobile Terminal (Internet)
MS Mobile Station IP-Backbone GGSN
BSS Base Station System
BTS Base Transceiver Station Network External
BSC Base Station Controller
GMSC Gateway Mobile Services Switching Gi IP Network
Center (Corporate
MSC Mobile Switching Center Gp
VLR Visitor Location Register LAN)
HLR Home Location Register
AUC Authentication Center Other External
EIR Equipment Identity Register
PLMN X.25 Network
SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node
EN/FAD 109 0015

GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node

Um Air Interface
A, Abis Interfaces (GSM)
Gx Interfaces (GPRS)

038 13 - LZU 108 881 Rev B Figure 12 - 2 GSM Advanced Cell Planning
 GPRS Protocols

Application
IP / X.25 IP / X.25
Relay
SNDCP SNDCP GTP GTP

LLC LLC UDP / UDP /

Relay TCP TCP
RLC RLC BSSGP BSSGP
IP IP
MAC MAC Network Network L2 L2
Service Service
GSM RF GSM RF L1bis L1bis L1 L1
Um Gb Gn Gi
MS BSS SGSN GGSN
EN/FAD 109 0015

038 13 - LZU 108 881 Rev B Figure 12 - 3 GSM Advanced Cell Planning
Multiframe structure
52 Multi-frame Structure

RLC/MAC blocks

Radio blocks

continuous timing advance idle bursts

(PTCCH)
EN/FAD 109 0015

52 TDMA frames

038 13 - LZU 108 881 Rev B Figure 12 - 4 GSM Advanced

GPRSCellSystem
PlanningSurv
2/ 038 13 - LZU 108 876 Uen Rev B
 Radio Block Structure
Header
Info + Coding Radio
Block
bits bits

M bits in 456-M bits of coding 456 bits in each

RLC/MAC block radio block

Coding Max no. of Final RLC Max data rate Target C/I
Info bits Block per TS (kbps) (dB)
RLC

CS-1 160 Data 8 ~6

RLC

CS-2 240 Data 12 ~9

RLC
CS-3 288 Data 14.4 ~12
EN/FAD 109 0015

RLC
CS-4 400 Data 20 ~17

038 13 - LZU 108 881 Rev B Figure 12 - 5 GSM Advanced Cell Planning
 bit bit

Structure of 8 7
Payload Type
6

RRBP
5 4

S/P
3 2

USF
1 8 7
Payload Type
6 5 4

Spare
3 2 1

RLC/MAC Block Octet 1

Octet 1


Control Message Contents Control Message Contents

Octet 22 Octet 22

Downlink Control Block Uplink Control Block

Header

Data

Downlink Traffic Block Uplink Traffic Block

bit bit

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Payload Type RRBP S/P USF Payload Type Countdown Value SI R
Temporary Flow Identity (TFI) FBI Octet 1 Temporary Flow Identity (TFI) TI Octet 1

Block Sequence Number (BSN) E Octet 2 Block Sequence Number (BSN) E Octet 2

Octet 3 Octet 3


EN/FAD 109 0015

RLC data RLC data

Octet Octet
N N

038 13 - LZU 108 881 Rev B Figure 12 - 6 GSM Advanced Cell Planning
 Common Resource Pool
- PDCH carrying PCCCH

BCCH
- PDCH not carrying PCCCH

Carrier
Frequencies BTS BSC

01 2 34 5 67 - CCCH, TCH or free time slot

TS

Common Resource Pool

PDCH TCH

TS - Time Slot, BTS - Base Transceiver Station, BSC - Base Station Controller
EN/FAD 109 0015

BCCH - Broadcast channel, CCCH - Common control channel, PDCH - Packed data
channel, PCCCH - Packet common control channel

038 13 - LZU 108 881 Rev B Figure 12 - 7 GSM Advanced Cell Planning
 Channel Reservation
Channel Reservation Strategy
TBF TBF
PSET1 PSET2

TBF MS5

limit MS4 MS3 MS3 MS5

MS2 MS2 MS2 MS3

MS1 MS1 MS1 MS1 MS6 MS6 MS6

PDCHs PDCHs
to GPRS idle list

Fill up fixed channels first

EN/FAD 109 0015

When no channels left under TBF-limit choose next PSET

Unused channels goes to GPRS Idle list where they stay for 5 minutes before
they are given back to CS
D 109 0015

038 13 - LZU 108 881 Rev B Figure 12 - 8 GSM Advanced Cell Planning
 GPRS MM states of MS and SGSN
IDLE IDLE

GPRS Detach
GPRS Attach GPRS Detach GPRS Attach or
Cancel Location

STANDBY timer READY STANDBY timer expiry READY

expiry or
Cancel Location

READY timer expiry

READY timer expiry or
or LLC PDU Force to STANDBY LLC PDU
Force to STANDBY transmission or reception
Abnormal RLC condition

STANDBY STANDBY
EN/FAD 109 0015

MM State Model of MS MM State Model of SGSN

038 13 - LZU 108 881 Rev B Figure 12 - 9 GSM Advanced Cell Planning
 Network Operation Modes, Gs present (I) and non-
present (II Operational
Network and III) Modes
combined Location Area and
I MSC/ Routing Area update
VLR
combined paging
BSC Gs longer sleep periods for MS
smaller paging load
SGSN MS is only paged within
Routing Area

II & III MSC/ separate Location Area and

VLR
Routing Area update
BSC MS needs to listen to two types
of paging channels
MS is paged in Location Area
EN/FAD 109 0015

SGSN
EN/FAD 109 0015

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038 13 - LZU 108 881 Rev B Figure 12 - 10 GSM Advanced Cell Planning
 MS BSS
Concurrent Uplink

PCCCH
MS on
and Downlink TBFs Establishment of
an uplink TBF

MS on one or more PDTCHs

Establishment of
a downlink TBF
Release of the
uplink TBF.

Establishment of
an uplink TBF

Release of the uplink TBF.

Release of the Downlink TBF.

PCCCH
MS on

Establishment of
a downlink TBF
more PDTCHs
MS on one or

Release of the
EN/FAD 109 0015

downlink TBF.
EN/FAD 109 0015

Etc.

038 13 - LZU 108 881 Rev B Figure 12 - 11 GSM Advanced Cell Planning
 Downlink Transfer to MS BSS
Attached MS in

on PCCCH
MS camps
Ready Mode
Establishment of a TBF
Assignment of resources etc.

MS nurses a TBF on one

or more PDTCHs
Transfer of one or more RLC
data blocks downlink, and the
associated control signalling
uplink and downlink.

Release of the TBF.

on PCCCH
MS camps

Establishment of a TBF
Assignment of resources etc.
PDTCH
MS on

EN/FAD 109 0015

Etc.
109 0015

038 13 - LZU 108 881 Rev B Figure 12 - 12 GSM Advanced Cell Planning
 Cell Re-selections rather than Handover

1 2 3

BSC/ BSC/ BSC/

PCU PCU PCU
Data Data Cell Flush Data
update
SGSN SGSN SGSN
EN/FAD 109 0015

038 13 - LZU 108 881 Rev B Figure 12 - 13 GSM Advanced Cell Planning
 Coding throughput, TU 50, ideal FH
CS-1
CS-2
Throughput per channel
20
CS-3
CS-4

10

0
EN/FAD 109 0015

0 5 10 15 20 25 30
C/I [dB]
038 13 - LZU 108 881 Rev B Figure 12 - 14 GSM Advanced Cell Planning