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2G Session5
2G Session5
Session 5
CELL SELECTION
Measurements for Normal Cell Selection In case of
normal cell selection the MS has no prior knowledge on
which GSM 900 or DCS 1800 frequencies are BCCH
carriers.
Therefore the MS has to search in the beginning all RF
carriers of the corresponding system (124 carriers for PGSM, 174 carriers for E-GSM and 374 carriers for DCS
1800), and has to measure the signal strength on each
RF carrier
F4 F2
F6 F9
CONTROL CHANNEL
Ts0
BTS
BCCH F2
Down link
Frequency Correction Channel (send Network Freq & used in Doppler shift )
DL
DL
Broadcast control channel ( BTS Transmit to All MS the Max Power , Cell ID , Location Area
DL
Paging Channel ( BTS Transmit Paging to All MS in its Coverage Area on this Channel )
Up link
F2
ULStand
+ DL
Ts3
Cell Reselection
Mobile will continuously make measurements on its neighboring cells to initiate
. cell reselection if necessary
All system information messages sent on the current BCCH on the serving cell must be read by the mobile every 30 seconds to monitor changes in cell
.parameters (ex: MsTxPwrMax)
The mobile also has to read the 6 strongest BCCH of Serving Cell + neighbors
. every 5 minutes to receive its cell parameters (ex: MsTxPwrMax)
The mobile also has to read the BSIC of the 6 strongest BCCH every 30 seconds to
confirm that it is still monitoring the same cells. If a new BSIC is detected, then
.the BCCH of this BSIC will be read to receive the cell parameters