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BURST & MULTIFRAME

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HYPERFRAME AND SUPERFRAME STRUCTURE
3h 28min 53s 760ms 1 Hyperframe = 2048 superframes = 2,715,648 TDMA frames

00 11 22 2045
2045 2046
2046 2047
2047

6.12s 1 Superframe = 1326 TDMAframes = 51(26 fr) 0r 26(51 fr) multiframes

0 11 2 33 47 48 49 50

00 11 24
24 25
25

120ms 235.38ms

00 11 22 23
23 24
24 25
25 00 11 22 48
48 49
49 50
50
Traffic 26 - Frame Multiframe Control 51 - Frame Multiframe
4.615ms

00 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 TDMA Frame

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Burst
4.615 ms = 1250 bits

0 1 2 3 1 frame
4 5 6 7

Tail bits + Information bits +

Training sequence + Guard period
577 ms = 156.25 bits

NORMAL BURST
DUMMY BURST
ACCESS BURST
FREQUENCY CORRECTION BURST
SYNCHRONIZATION BURST

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ACCESS BURST

FRAME1(4.615ms) FRAME2

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

0.577ms

8 41 bits 36 bits 3 68.25 bits

Tail Synchronisation Encrypted Tail Guard

Bits Sequence Bits Bits Period

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 FREQUENCY CORRECTION BURST

FRAME1(4.615ms) FRAME2

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

0.577ms
0.546ms
3 142 bits 3

Guard Tail Tail Guard

Fixed Data
Period Bits Bits Period

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 SYNCHRONISATION BURST

FRAME1(4.615ms) FRAME2

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

0.577ms
0.546ms
3 39 bits 64 bits 39 bits 3

Guard Tail Encrypted Synchronisation Encrypted Tail Guard

Period Bits Bits Sequence Bits Bits Period

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 NORMAL BURST

FRAME1(4.615ms)
FRAME2

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

0.577ms
0.546ms
3 57 bits 26 bits 57 bits 3

Guard Tail Flag Training Flag Tail Guard

Data Data
Period Bits Bit sequence Bit Bits Period

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 DUMMY BURST

FRAME1(4.615ms) FRAME2

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

0.577ms
0.546ms
3 57 bits 26 bits 57 bits 3

Guard Tail Flag Training Flag Tail Guard

Data Data
Period Bits Bit sequence Bit Bits Period

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Traffic Channels Combination
• Logical Channel Mapping (1/5)

Full Rate - Downlink & Uplink

26 frames = 120 ms

T T T T T T T T T T T T AT T T T T T T T T T T T time

Half Rate - Downlink & Uplink

26 frames = 120 ms

T0 T1 T0 T1 T0 T1 T0 T1 T0 T1 T0 T1 A0 T1 T0 T1 T0 T1 T0 T1 T0 T1 T0 T1 T0 A1 time

T : TCH Ti : TCH A : SACCH Ai : SACCH : IDLE

sub-channel n° i sub-channel n° i

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26 FRAME MULTIFRAME STRUCTURE
4.615 msec

00 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 00 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 00 11 22 33 44 55 66 77

T T T T T T T T T T T T S T T T T T T T T T T T T I
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
120 msec

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 Dedicated Signaling Channels Combination
• Logical Channel Mapping (2/5)
Downlink
51 frames = 235 ms
D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 A0 A1 A2 A3

D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 A4 A5 A6 A7
time

Uplink
51 frames = 235 ms
A5 A6 A7 D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 A0

A1 A2 A3 D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 A4
time

A: SACCH D: SDCCH : IDLE

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 Common Channels Combination
• Logical Channel Mapping (3/5)

Downlink
51 frames = 235 ms

FS B C FS C C FS C C FS C C FS C C

time

Uplink
51 frames = 235 ms
RRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRR R RRR RR RRRRRRRR RRRRR

time

F: FCCH S: SCH B: BCCH C: AGCH/PCH R: RACH : IDLE

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BCCH Combined
• Logical Channel Mapping (4/5)
Downlink
51 frames = 235 ms

FS B C FS C C FS D0 D1 FS D2 D3 FS A0 A1

FS B C FS C C FS D0 D1 FS D2 D3 FS A2 A3
time

Uplink
51 frames = 235 ms
D3 RR A2 A3 R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R D0 D1 R R D2

D3 R R A0 A1 R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R D0 D1 R R D2
time

F: FCCH S: SCH B: BCCH C: AGCH/PCH R: RACH A: SACCH D: SDCCH : IDLE

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Why 26 and 51 Frames per Multiframe?
0 1 10 20 30 40 50 0 1

FS B C FS C C FS C C FS C C FS C C FS

T T T T T T T T T T T T AT T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T AT T T T T T T T T T T T

01 12 25 0 1 12 25

Dowlink message

Uplink message

Neighboring BTS
(downlink)

MEASUREMENT WINDOW
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NEED FOR TIMESLOT OFFSET

BSS Downlink

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

MS Uplink

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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NEED FOR TIMESLOT OFFSET

BSS Downlink

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0

MS Uplink

5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5
3 timeslot
offset

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Mapping of Packet Logic Channel
 A radio block is a 4-normal-burst sequence that carries a
RLC/MAC PDU (Protocol Data Unit).

0 25 51

B0 B1 B2 T B3 B4 B5 I B6 B7 B8 T B9 B10 B11 I
456 bits

01234 56 7 I = Idle frame

01234 567 012 34 567 01234 567
T = Frame used for PTCCH

1 TDMA frame B0 ~ B11 = Radio blocks

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Allocation of Wireless Packet Resources

TS 0 B0 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11

TS 1 B0 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11

TS 2 B0 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11

MS1 MS2 MS3

 Wireless resource allocation and wireless transmission adopt the wireless block (BLOCK) as
the basic unit.
 Each PDCH can be used by several MSs; each MS can use multiple PDCHs at the same time.

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