EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates For

Global Evolution)

Prepared by: Guided by:

Rushikesh B. Gajjar Mr. T.P.Dave
Mrs. N.D.Mehta
 EDGE
• Packet-switched Enhancement For GPRS
(EGPRS)

• Circuit-switched Data Enhancement (ECSD)

• EDGE increases the data transmission rates &

spectrum efficiency.
 INTRODUCTION
• The GSM standards is being developed to support
mobile services with radio interface data rates
even over 400 kbit/s. This work is being
performed under the ETSI.

• The major change in the GSM standard into

EDGE standard is the 8PSK modulation.
 What Is EDGE?
• EDGE is a global radio based high speed mobile
data standard that can be introduced into
GSM/GPRS & IS-136 networks.

• The idea behind EDGE is to increase the data rate

that can be achieved with the 200-kHz GSM radio
carrier by changing the type of modulation used.
•EDGE amounts to a global evolution of the CS-
GSM network, PS-GPRS network & the D-AMPS
networks.
• A multi-slot mobile supporting ECSD on 4 time
slots can reach a throughput up to 172.8 Kbps.

• EGPRS allows throughputs up to 475 Kbps on 8

time slots.

• EDGE compact supports 384 Kbps mandated

packet data rates but in a spectrum limited
network.
• EDGE is an official 3G cellular technology that
can be deployed within an operator's existing 850,
900, 1800 and 1900 MHz spectrum bands. A
powerful enhancement to GSM/GPRS networks,
EDGE increases data rates by a factor of three
over GPRS and doubles data capacity using the
same portion of an operators’ valuable spectrum.

• EDGE employs three advanced techniques in the

radio link that allow EDGE to achieve extremely
high spectral efficiency for narrowband cellular-
data25 services
The resulting throughput per time slot with EDGE
can vary from 8.8 kbps under adverse conditions to
59.2 kbps with a very good carrier-to-interference
(C/I) ratio.
• By sending more data in each time slot, EDGE
also increases spectral efficiency by 150% relative
to GPRS using coding schemes 1 and 2, and by
100% relative to GPRS using coding schemes 1
through 4.

• EDGE makes full use of the capacity in the

available radio spectrum. In this regard, EDGE is
as effective a technique for expanding data
capacity as the AMR codec is for expanding voice
capacity.
Figure illustrates downlink throughput (kbps per
time slot) versus path-loss distance out to 11 Km.
The average gain over this distance for EGPRS over
GPRS coding schemes 1-4 is 2.6.
Figure depicts throughput per time slot versus C/I:
• 15% of the coverage area, shown in the yellow
section, experiences a two-fold performance
improvement relative to GPRS (coding schemes 1-
2)

• 70% (in the green and blue sections) experiences a

four times performance improvement

• 15% (in the pink section) experiences a five times

performance improvement
“Evolved EDGE” objectives include:
• Co-existing with existing frequency planning,
facilitating deployment in existing networks

• Co-existing with legacy mobile stations by

allowing both old and new stations to share the
same radio resources

• Avoiding impacts on infrastructure by enabling

improvements through a software upgrade
EDGE Technology
EDGE Modulation Technique
Coding Schemes
Enhanced General Packet Radio
Service
The Architecture Of EGPRS
Technical Differences between
GPRS and EGPRS