Welcome

EDGE TECHNOLOGY
AN EVOLUTION IN
MOBILE
TECHNOLOGY

By : Sumit Kohli
 AIM OF THE
PRESENTATION
 To familiarize the audience what EDGE
TECHNOLOGY is all about.

 To explain it’s advantage over other technology.

 FUTURE SCOPE of the existing technology.

 EDGE
(Enhanced Data Rate for GSM
Evolution)

 What is Edge?

 How dose EDGE works ?

 Impact of EDGE on existing Networks?

 WHAT IS EDGE
 Edge (Enhance data rate for GSM evolution) is a radio signaling
technology for 3G mobile networks.

 EDGE use for mobile service such as downloading of video and

music clips full multimedia messaging high-speed colors internet
access and e-mail on the move.

 Enhance data rate for GSM evolution (EDGE) is a digital mobile

phone technology.

 It is generally classified as a 2.75G network technology.

 HOW DOES EDGE
WORKS ?
Edge work by improving the signaling interface
used to communicate over the radio wave.

Typically edge enhance three time the performance

of GPRS achieving an data rate 80 to 160 kbps per
user with mobile terminals.
 Impact of EDGE
on Existing GSM/GPRS
Networks

 Hardware upgrade to the BSS (new transceiver in each

cell)
 Software upgrade to the BS and BSC
 No change in the core networks
 New terminals
- Terminal which provides 8PSK in the uplink and the
downlink
- Terminal which provides GMSK in the uplink and
8PSK in the downlink
Courtesy: http://www.gsmworld.com/technology/index.shtml
 Transmission techniques

 In addition to Gaussian minimum-shift keying

(GMSK), EDGE uses higher-order PSK/8 phase shi
keying (8PSK).

 EDGE produces a 3-bit word for every change in

carrier phase. This effectively triples the gross data
rate offered by GSM
EDGE
Architecture
Modulation and Coding scheme

(MCS)
 Modulation and Coding  Speed 
 Modulation
scheme (MCS) (kbit/s/slot)
MCS-1 8.80 GMSK
MCS-2 11.2 GMSK
MCS-3 14.8 GMSK
MCS-4 17.6 GMSK
MCS-5 22.4 8-PSK
MCS-6 29.6 8-PSK
MCS-7 44.8 8-PSK
MCS-8 54.4 8-PSK
MCS-9 59.2 8-PSK
 ADVANTAGES OF
EDGE
Faster data transfer rates up to 384 kbps

(And more economical)

ODAY TECHNOLOGY EDGE TECHNOLOGY

Higher data throughput

 ADVANTAGES

 Balanced improved bit rate at all radio

conditions
 No hardware, software change to GSM core
networks
 Supports download various file types
 Handle four times the traffic of standard GPRS
 Smart & adaptive antennas
 ADVANTAGES

 Triples gross data rate by GSM

 Circuit-switched and packet-switched
traffic coexist
 Rapid Internet and WAP access
 Service available for EDGE phones
without tariff charge
 Avoids creating new system
 DISADVANTAGES
 EDGE requires base station modifications

 Extra mobile terminal hardware and software

required
 CONCLUSION
 EDGE technology has succeeded the technology
previously used in mobile phones.
 Low risk of investment thanks to the dual mode
of GSM/EDGE (Slot by slot)
 It support the same technology as GPRS but it has
got higher data rates of more than 400kbits/sec
 EDGE allows the delivery of advanced mobile
services such as the downloading of video and
music clips, full multimedia messaging, high- speed
Internet access and e-mail on the move.
THANK YOU