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GSM - Global System For Mobile Communication: Debby Nahl Fall 2004
GSM - Global System For Mobile Communication: Debby Nahl Fall 2004
GSM - Global System For Mobile Communication: Debby Nahl Fall 2004
DISCUSSION TOPICS
History Building Blocks System Architecture Features (Basic and Advanced) Advantages of GSM Future whats next
HISTORY
Early 80s Europe was experiencing rapid growth in the analog cellular telephone systems 1982 Conference of European Posts and Telegraphs (CEPT) GSM (Groupe Special Mobile) group was formed to study and develop a panEuropean public land mobile system GSM mandate was to develop a standard to be common for the countries that created it provide service to the entire European continent
HISTORY
contd. GSM criteria
Good subjective speech quality Low terminal and service cost Support for international roaming one system for all of Europe Ability to support handheld terminals Support for range of new services and facilities Enhanced Features ISDN compatibility Enhance privacy Security against fraud
HISTORY
contd.
Late 1980s GSM work was transferred to the European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI) and SGM (Special Mobile Group) was created Document the functionality and interaction of every aspect of the GSM network 1987 ETSI oversees the creation of GSM MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) Association
HISTORY
contd. Formal objective of the GSM MoU Association is the promotion and evolution of the GSM systems and GSM platforms Concepts of a published international standard and a constantly evolving common standard are unique to GSM
Work groups throughout the world specifically designed to allow interested parties to meet and work on finding solutions to systems enhancements that will fit into existing programs of GSM operators
HISTORY
contd. Phase I of GSM specifications was published in 1990 International demand was so great that the system name was changed from Groupe Special Mobile to Global Systems for Mobile Communications (still GSM) Commercial service started in mid-1991 1992 first paying customers were signed up for service By 1993 there were 36 GSM networks in 22 countries Early 1994 there were 1.3 million subscribers worldwide By 1996 there were more than 25 million subscribers worldwide By October 1997 it had grown to more than 55 million subscribers worldwide
Building Blocks
AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone System TACS Total Access Communication System NMT Nordic Mobile Telephone System
Building Blocks
contd.
AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone System analog technology used in North and South America and approximately 35 other countries operates in the 800 MHz band using FDMA technology
Building Blocks
contd.
TACS Total Access Communication System variant of AMPS deployed in a number of countries primarily in the UK
Building Blocks
contd. NMT Nordic Mobile Telephone System analog technology deployed in the Benelux countries and Russia
System Architecture
Mobile Station (MS)
Mobile Equipment (ME) Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)
Network Subsystem
Mobile Switching Center (MSC) Home Location Register (HLR) Visitor Location Register (VLR) Authentication Center (AUC) Equipment Identity Register (EIR)
System Architecture
Call Hold
- Put a caller on hold to take another call
Call Barring
- All calls, outgoing calls, or incoming calls
Call Forwarding
- Calls can be sent to various numbers defined by the user
Advice of Charge
- tally of actual costs of phone calls
Roaming
- services and features can follow customer from market to market
User demands
seamless Internet-Intranet access wide range of available services compact, lightweight and affordable terminals simple terminal operation open, understandable pricing structures for the whole spectrum of available services
Advantages of GSM
Crisper, cleaner quieter calls Security against fraud and eavesdropping International roaming capability in over 100 countries Improved battery life Efficient network design for less expensive system expansion Efficient use of spectrum Advanced features such as short messaging and caller ID A wide variety of handsets and accessories High stability mobile fax and data at up to 9600 baud Ease of use with over the air activation, and all account information is held in a smart card which can be moved from handset to handset