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Mobile Communications

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Hà Nội, 9-2010
 General Packet Radio Service
(GPRS)

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 General Packet Radio Service
(GPRS)

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 GPRS Network Architecture
RF air
interface

BTS
BSC MSC/VLR SMSC HLR

Packet
Control Unit
(PCU)

SGSN GGSN

Charging
Gateway
SGSN Function
PDN

Billing
 GPRS system architecture

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How is GPRS seen by external networks and
GPRS users?
HOST
155.222.33.55
GPRS
SUBNETWORK

SUBNETWORK
155.222.33.XXX

"Router"

SUBNETWORK SUBNETWORK
191.200.44.XXX 131.44.15.XXX

Packet Corporate 2
Corporate 1 Data
Router
network
network
Router
(Internet)

Local Local
HOST area area HOST
191.200.44.21 network network 131.44.15.3
 Salient Features of GPRS
 Important step on the path to 3G

 Standardized by ETSI

 GPRS is an overlay network over the GSM

 Provides Data Packet delivery service

 Support for leading internet communication protocols

 Billing based on volume of data transferred

 Utilizes existing GSM authentication and privacy

procedures..
procedures
 Advantage of GPRS
 Use of packet-
packet-switching technology

 Enables multiple users to share air interface

resources

 Users feel their services to be “always on”

on”

 GPRS is primarily for data communication and

not for voice communication.

 GPRS communicates using TCP/IP protocol

similar to the internet.
 GPRS
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 Applications
Standard data network protocol based
 IP based applications
• WWW, FTP, Telnet, ...
• Any conventional TCP/IP based applications
 X.25 based applications
• Packet Assembly/Disassembly (PAD) type approach
GPRS specific protocol based
 Point
Point--to
to--point applications
• Toll road system, UIC train control system
 Point
Point--to
to--multipoint applications
• Weather info, road traffic info, news, fleet management
SMS delivery (GPRS as a bearer for SMS)
Mobility Management state model in GPRS
 QoS Profile for GPRS Bearers
 Describes applications characteristics and QoS
requirements
 4 parameters:
• Service precedence
 3 classes
• Reliability parameter
 3 classes
• Delay parameters
 4 classes
• Throughput parameter
 Maximum and mean bit rates
QoS Precedence classes (from [GSM 03.60])

Reliability classes (from [GSM 02.60])

SDU (Service Data Unit)

 Delay classes (from [GSM 02.60])

Peak throughput classes (from [GSM 03.60])

Mean throughput classes (from [GSM 03.60])
 PDP and PDF contexts

PDP : Packet Data Protocol PDF : Packet Data Flow

NSAPI : Network layer Service Access Point Identifier

Channel coding schemes applied per time slot

• The Packet Data Traffic Channels (PDTCHs) use four different channel
coding schemes, described in [GSM 04.60] to transfer the packet data
traffic. Above table lists the used channel coding schemes and the data
rates that can be obtained by using these coding schemes per time slot.

• The maximum data rate that can be obtained on PDTCH channels is

8*21.4 kb/s = 171.2 kb/s
i.e., (8 time slots) * (Maximum data rate for CS-4 for a time slot).
 PDP Context
 PDP: Packet Data Protocol (PDP) is a network protocol
used by an external packet data network interfacing to
GPRS.

 PDP Context: Information sets held in MS and GSNs

for a PDP address

 NSAPI: Network Service Access Point Identifier. An

integer value in the range [0; 15], identifying a certain
PDP Context.
PDP Context Activation Procedure

+ IP assignment
+ Roaming
 SIM300
Features
 Tri or Quad-
Quad-Band GSM/GPRS
 40x33x2.85mm 60- 60-pin ENTERY board to board connector
 Support sleep mode(about 3mA)
 Embeded TCP/IP protocol
 Autobauding
 Support RTC function
 Over--temperature automatic shutdown
Over
 Operation temperature -20~55
20~55℃℃
 Supply voltage 3.4-
3.4-4.5V
 Support FAX and USSD

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 SIM508 and SIM548
Features
 Tri or quad-
quad-band GSM/GPRS+GPS
 80PIN CONNECTOR
 GSM part based on SIM300C
 GPS receiver with SiRFstar III GSC3f chip set
 Processor type ARM7/TDMI
 Software version: SiRF GSW3
 Two serial GPS interfaces
 55±0.15 x 34±
Size: 55± 34±0.15 x 2.9±
2.9±0.3 mm

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 SIM508 and SIM548
Application
 PND (Personal Navigation Device)

 AVL (Auto Vehicle Location)

 Tracing

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