GSM – Architecture, Protocols and Services
Third Edition
J . E be rs pä c he r, H . -J . Vöge l, C . B e tts te tte r a nd C . Ha rtma nn
GSM – Architecture, Protocols and Services Third Edition
© 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN: 978- 0- 470- 03070- 7
GSM – Architecture,
Protocols and Services
Third Edition
Jörg Eberspächer
Technische Universität München, Germany
Hans-Jörg Vögel
BMW Group Research & Technology, Germany
Christian Bettstetter
University of Klagenfurt, Austria
Christian Hartmann
Technische Universität München, Germany
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2009 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Originally published in the German language by B.G. Teubner GmbH as “Jörg Eberspächer/Hans-Jörg
Vögel/Christian Bettstetter: GSM Global System for Mobile Communication. 3. Auflage
(3rd edition).”
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Eberspaecher, Joerg.
GSM, Global System for Mobile Communication. English
GSM : architecture, protocols and services / Joerg Eberspaecher . . . [et al.]. – 3rd ed.
p. cm.
Prev. ed.: GSM switching, services, and protocols, 2001.
ISBN 978-0-470-03070-7 (cloth)
1. Global system for mobile communications. I. Eberspaecher, J. (Joerg) II. Title.
TK5103.483.E2413 2008
621.3845’6–dc22
2008034404
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 978-0-470-03070-7 (H/B)
Set in 10/12pt Times by Sunrise Setting Ltd, Torquay, UK.
Printed in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham, Wiltshire.
Contents
Preface xi
1 Introduction 1
1.1 The idea of unbounded communication . ................... 1
1.2 The success of GSM . . . ........................... 3
1.3 Classificationofmobilecommunicationsystems................ 3
1.4 SomehistoryandstatisticsofGSM....................... 5
1.5 Overview of the book . . . ........................... 7
2 The mobile radio channel and the cellular principle 9
2.1 Characteristicsofthemobileradiochannel................... 9
2.2 Separation of directions and duplex transmission ............... 12
2.2.1 FrequencyDivisionDuplex ...................... 13
2.2.2 TimeDivisionDuplex ......................... 13
2.3 Multiple access . . . . . . ........................... 13
2.3.1 Frequency Division Multiple Access . . . ............... 14
2.3.2 Time Division Multiple Access . ................... 15
2.3.3 Code Division Multiple Access . ................... 17
2.3.4 Space Division Multiple Access . ................... 18
2.4 Cellularprinciple ................................ 22
2.4.1 Definitions ............................... 23
2.4.2 Carrier-to-interferenceratio ...................... 24
2.4.3 Formationofclusters.......................... 25
2.4.4 Trafficcapacityandtrafficengineering ................ 26
2.4.5 Sectorizationofcells.......................... 28
2.4.6 Spatialfilteringforinterferencereduction(SFIR)........... 31
3 System architecture and addressing 43
3.1 Systemarchitecture............................... 43
3.2 TheSIMconcept ................................ 45
3.3 Addressing ................................... 46
3.3.1 International mobile station equipment identity . . . . ........ 46
3.3.2 International mobile subscriber identity . ............... 47
3.3.3 MobilesubscriberISDNnumber.................... 47
3.3.4 Mobilestationroamingnumber .................... 48
