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enhancement and an important step to 3G aims at providing data services to mobile users with high bandwidth efficiency and always on connectivity
The percentage of people accessing the Internet as part of their every day activities has known an explosive growth during the last decade This fact combined with the impressive penetration of mobile telephony in the last few years, has triggered a global interest towards mobile access to IP-based applications (e.g. e-commerce) and services GSM could not support data services with traffic patterns similar to those that exhibit Internet applications (bursty characteristics)
which: are inappropriate for the characteristics of Internet traffic impose a time-oriented charging scheme
GPRS:
supports high data rates;
up to 172 kbps offers fast call setup times provides always on connectivity supports QoS aware mechanisms integrates IP infrastructure into the GSM network deploys packet-switched mechanisms, which: allow for a volume-based charging discipline result in more efficient resource utilization when bursty traffic is concerned
Channel coding is used in every digital communication system to GPRS makes use of 4 different coding schemes, depending on channel conditions When 8 slots are used, the maximum data rate of 171.2 kbit/s is achieved
Data Rate kbit/s 9.05 13.4 15.6 21.4 Channel Conditions Tough Tough to Moderate Moderate Good
increase channel capacity protect against errors
Fast Data Transfer Rates Always-On Connection Robust Connectivity Broad Application Support Security Support
Speed Reliability
Distance Factor
GPRS builds upon the existing GSM infrastructure to provide a packet data service
The Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) is responsible for:
Admission control Routing, mobility management, location
management, authentication, charging Receiving and delivering data packets Address translation and mapping Encapsulation
external Packet Data Networks (PDN) or other Public Mobile Land Networks converts GPRS packets coming from SGSN into the appropriate packet data protocol (PDP) format (e.g. IP or X.25) converts the PDP addresses of incoming data packets to the GSM address of the destination user, and sends the readdressed packet sto the responsible SGSN
BSC
Intra PLMN GPRS backbone
BSC
PLMN 1
Intra PLMN GPRS backbone
SGSN
PLMN 2
Intra PLMN GPRS backbone
Class A
Simultaneous operation of GPRS and
Class B
A mobile station can register for both GPRS and
conventional GSM services, but can only use one of the 2 services at a given time
Class C
A mobile station can attach for either GPRS or
Information services as text or graphics m-commerce - not all content is delivered via the mobile network:
Location Based Services Corporate email, Internet email LAN applications Mobile Office Web browsing File transfer
GPRS provides efficient access to Packet Data Networks. GPRS is more effective for long data packet transmission than short ones.