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GSM Fundamentals
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Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
 Grasp basic idea of GSM system such as
frequency spectrum, frequency reuse etc.
 Grasp the structure of the GSM system and the
protocol used.
 Grasp certain numbers that refer to BSS
 Grasp the 4 kinds of channel combination and
understand the idea of multi-frame.
 Know some radio techniques
 Get the idea of EDGE

Page 2
References
 BSS Feature Description
 BSS Signaling Analysis Manual
 BSC Technical Manual

Page 3
Chapter 1 GSM System Overview
Chapter 2 GSM Network Structure
Chapter 3 Service Area and Number Planning
Chapter 4 Channels on the Wireless Interface
Chapter 5 Radio Techniques
Chapter 6 GPRS & EDGE Introduction

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GSM system overview
 The GSM system is a frequency- and time-division cellular system,
each physical channel is characterized by a carrier frequency and a
time slot number
 Cellular systems are designed to operate with groups of low-power
radios spread out over the geographical service area. Each group of
radios serve MSs presently located near them. The area served by
each group of radios is called a CELL
 Uplink and downlink signals for one user are assigned different
frequencies, this kind of technique is called Frequency Division Duplex
(FDD)
 Data for different users is conveyed in time intervals called slots ,
several slots make up a frame. This kind of technique is called Time
Division Multiple Access (TDMA)

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GSM Development
1989 Standard Protocol for GSM take effect
1991 GSM system began to provide service in Europe(2G)
1992 System was named as Global System for

Mobile Communication
1994 Provide services for the whole world
1996 Micro Cell Technique is used in GSM system

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Cell Technique
Macro Cell and Micro Cell
 A certain radio coverage area formed by a set of transceivers that
connected to a set of antennas is called a CELL.
 Macro Cell
 In the beginning , High-Power BTSs are adopted to provide services.

The BTS covers a wider area , but its frequency utilization is not
efficient. So , it can only provide a few channels for subscribers.
 Micro Cell
 Later the Low-Power BTS joins the system for getting a better service
area with high capacity . At the same time it adopts the frequency reuse
technique to improve the efficiency of the frequency utilization and also
the whole capacity of the network.

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Multiple Access Technique
 Multiple Access Technique allows many subscribers to use the

same communication medium.
 There are three kinds of basic Multiple Access Technique :
FDMA , TDMA and CDMA.
 GSM system adopt FDD-TDMA (FDMA and TDMA together).

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FDMA
 FDMA uses different frequency

channels to accomplish
Frequency communication.
 The whole frequency spectrum
available is divided into many
individual channels (for
transmitting and
receiving) ， every channel can
support the traffic for one
subscriber or some control
Time information.

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TDMA
 TDMA accomplishes the

communication in different
Frequency
timeslot.
 A carrier is divided into
channels based on time.
Different signals occupy
different timeslots in certain
sequence , that is , many
signals are transmitted on
the same frequency in
Time different time.

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CDMA
 CDMA accomplishes the
Frequency communication in different
code sequences.
 Special coding is adopted
before transmission, then
different information will
lose nothing after being
mixed and transmitted
together on the same
frequency and at the
same time.
Time

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The Frequency Spectrum
GSM 900
Uplink Downlink
890 915 935 960MHz
Duplex Separation: 45MHz

Channel Bandwidth: 200KHz

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DCS 1800
Base Station Receive Base Station Transmit
1710 1785 1805 1880MHz
Duplex Separation: 95MHz

Channel Bandwidth: 200KHz

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Frequency
Frequency Range Downlink
Uplink Frequency Point
Spectrum (MHz) Frequency
Available
450.4~457.6 Fu(n)=450.6+0.2(n-
GSM 450 259<=n<=293 Fd(n)=Fu(n)+10
460.4~467.6 259)
478.8~486
GSM 480 Fu(n)=479+0.2(n-306) 306<=n<=340 Fd(n)=Fu(n)+10
488.8~496
824~849 Fu(n)=824.2+0.2(n-
GSM 850 128<=n<=251 Fd(n)=Fu(n)+45
869~894 128)
0<=n<=124
E-GSM 880~915 Fu(n)=890+0.2n
975<=n<=102 Fd(n)=Fu(n)+45
900 925~960 Fu(n)=890+0.2(n-1024)
3
0<=n<=124
R-GSM 876~915 Fu(n)=890+0.2n
955<=n<=102 Fd(n)=Fu(n)+45
900 921~960 Fu(n)=890+0.2(n-1024)
3
1850~1910 Fu(n)=1850.2+0.2(n-
PCS 1900 512<=n<=810 Fd(n)=Fu(n)+80
1930~1990
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Frequency Reuse
 The frequency resource of mobile system is very limited.
 The different Subscribers can use the same frequency in

different places.
 The quality of communication must be ensured.

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Frequency Reuse
7(Site)X 1(Cell) reuse 2
7 23
6 4

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Frequency Reuse
5 7
1 3
9 11
6 8
2 4
10 12
4 site X 3 cells reuse

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Cell Types
Omni
Omni-directional Cell
1
1
120
120 Degree Cell degree 2
3

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Page 19
GSM-GPRS Network Component
PSTN
MSC/VLR GMSC ISDN
GSM /GPRS BSS
BSC
MS HLR/AUC
BTS
PCU
SS7
BSC SMS system
MS
BTS
GPRS Backbone Internet,
SGSN Intranet
GGSN
OMC CG BG
Other PLMN

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Interface Between Different Entities
PSTN
MSC/VLR GMSC ISDN
GSM /GPRS BSS
A
Abis BSC
MS HLR/AUC
BTS C/D/Gs
PCU
SS7
BSC Gb SMS system
MS Um Gr/Gs/Gd/Ge Gc
BTS
GPRS backbone Internet,
SGSN Gi Intranet
Ga GGSN
OMC CG BG
Gp Other PLMN

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Mobile Station—MS
MS=ME+SIM
International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI)

– Mobile Equipment
International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI)

– Subscriber Identity Module

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Subscriber Identity Module – SIM
 International Mobile Subscriber Identity
(IMSI)
SIM
 Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity
(TMSI)
 Location Area Identity (LAI)
 Subscriber Authentication Key (Ki)

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Base Station Subsystem – BSS
MSC
 The Base Station Controller –
BSC BSS
 The Base Transceiver Station
TC/SM
TC/SM
– BTS
 The Trans-coder – TC and

BSC
BSC
Sub multiplexer (SM)
BTS
BTS

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Packet Control Unit-----PCU
MSC
 Packet data
switching
 Bridge between
SGSN and BSC BSS

 Provide Pb and TC/SM
TC/SM GPRS
Backbone
Gb interface
BSC
BSC PCU
PCU SGSN
SGSN
BTS
BTS

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The Network Switching System
NSS AUC
AUC
HLR
HLR
OMC EIR
EIR
EC
EC PSTN
MSC/VLR
MSC/VLR
Mobile-service Switching Center – MSC

Home Location Register – HLR
Visitor Location Register – VLR
Equipment Identity Register – EIR
Authentication Center – AUC BSS
Echo Cancellor – EC

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Mobile-service Switching Center – MSC
 Call Processing
 Operations and Maintenance Support
 Interface management
 Inter-network & Inter-working
 Billing

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Home Location Register – HLR
 Subscriber ID (IMSI and MSISDN)

 Current subscriber VLR (current location)
 Supplementary service information
 Subscriber status (registered/deregistered)
 Authentication key and AuC functionality

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Visitor Location Register – VLR
 Mobile Status (IMSI attached / detached / busy / idle etc.)
 Location Area Identity(LAI)
 Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity(TMSI)
 Allocating the Roaming Number

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Equipment Identity Register – EIR
 White List
 Black List IMEI is Checked In White List

 Grey List
If NOT found
EIR focus on the

IMEI is Checked in Black/Grey List
equipment , not the
subscriber!!

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OMC Functional Architecture
Event/Alarm Security
Management Management
MMI
OS DB
Fault Configuration
Management Management
Performance
Management

Page 31

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Service Area
Service Area
PLMN
PLMN service
service area
area PLMN service area
MSC service area... MSC service area...
Location area... Location area...

......
cell cell

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LAI
MCC MNC LAC
Location Area Identification
The LAI is the international code for a location area.
MCC: Mobile Country Code ， It consists of 3 digits .

For example: The MCC of China is "460"
MNC: Mobile Network Code ， It consists of 2 digits .
For example: The MNC of China Mobile is "00"
LAC: Location Area Code ， It is a two bytes hex code.
The value 0000 and FFFF is invalid.
For example: 460-00-0011

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CGI
CGI: Cell Global Identification
The CGI is a unique international identification for a cell

The format is LAI+CI
LAI: Location Area Identification
CI: Cell Identity. This code uses two bytes hex code to
identify the cells within an LAI.
For example : 460-00-0011-0001

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BSIC
BSIC （ Base Station Identification Color Code)
NCC BCC
BSIC
NCC: PLMN network color code. It comprises 3 bit. It

allows various neighboring PLMNs to be
distinguished.
BCC: BTS color code. It comprises 3 bit, used to
distinguish different cells assigned the same
frequency!

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MSISDN
CC NDC SN
National (significant)
Mobile number
Mobile station international
ISDN number
CC: Country Code. For example: The CC of China is "86".

NDC: National Destination Code. For example: The NDC of
China Telecom is 139, 138, 137, 136, 135.
SN: Subscriber Number. Format:H0 H1 H2 H3 ABCD
Example: 86-139-0666-1234

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IMSI
Not more than 15 digits
3 digits 2 digits
MCC MNC MSIN

NMSI
IMSI
MCC: Mobile Country Code ， It consists of 3 digits .

For example: The MCC of China is "460" 。
MNC: Mobile Network Code ， It consists of 2 digits .
For example: The MNC of China Telecom is "00" 。
MSIN: Mobile Subscriber Identification Number. H1H2H3 S ABCDEF
For example: 666-9777001
NMSI: National Mobile Subscriber Identification ， MNC and MSIN
form it together.
For Example of IMSI : 460-00-666-9777001

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TMSI
TMSI: Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identification)
 The TMSI is assigned only after successful subscriber

authentication.
 The VLR controls the allocation of new TMSI numbers and notifies
them to the HLR.
 TMSI is used to ensure that the identity of the mobile subscriber
on the air interface is kept secret.
 The TMSI consists of 4 bytes( 8 HEX numbers) and determined by
the operator.

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IMEI
IMEI: International Mobile Station Equipment Identification
TAC FAC SNR SP
IMEI
TAC:
TAC: Type
Type approval
approval code,
code, 66 bit,
bit, determined
determined by by the
the type
type approval
approval center
center
FAC:
FAC: Final
Final assembly
assembly code,
code, 22 bit,
bit, ItIt isis determined
determined byby the
the manufacturer.
manufacturer.
SNR:
SNR: Serial
Serial number,
number, 66 bits,
bits, ItIt isis issued
issued byby the
the manufacturer
manufacturer of of the
the MS.
MS.
SP:
SP: 11 bit
bit ,, Not
Not used.
used.
Check
Check the
the IMEI
IMEI in
in your
your MS
MS :: *#06#
*#06#

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Page 41
Physical Channel and Logical Channel
The physical channel is the medium over which the

information is carried: 200KHz and 0.577ms
The logical channel consists of the information carried

over the physical channels
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3
Timeslot The
Theinformation
informationcarried
carriedin
inone
onetime
time
slot
slotis
iscalled
calledaa“burst”
“burst”
TDMA FRAME TDMA FRAME

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Two types of Logical Channel
Traffic Channel (TCH) :

Transmits traffic information, include data
and speech.
Control Channel (CCH) :

Or Signaling Channel, transmits all kinds of
control information.

Page 43
Traffic Channel (TCH)
TCH
Traffic Channels
Speech Data
TCH/FS TCH/HS
TCH/9.6 TCH/2.4
TCH Traffic Channel
TCH/FS Full rate Speech Channel
TCH/HS Half rate Speech Channel
TCH/9.6 Data Channel 9.6kb/s
TCH/4.8 Data Channel 4.8kb/s TCH/4.8
TCH/2.4 Data Channel 2.4Kb/s

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Control Channel (CCH)
CCH (Control Channels)
DCCH BCH
SDCCH ACCH
BCCH Synch. CH.
FACCH SACCH CCCH

SCH FCCH
Broadcast Control Channel – BCCH RACH CBCH

Common Control Channel – CCCH
Dedicated Control Channel – DCCH
Associated Control Channel – ACCH PCH/AGCH

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Broadcast Control Channel – BCCH
CCH
The information carried on the BCCH
is monitored by the MS
BCH
periodically when it is in idle mode
BCCH: Broadcast Control Channel
FCCH: Frequency Correction Channel Synch.

BCCH Channels
SCH: Synchronization Channel
SCH FCCH

Page 46
Common Control Channel – CCCH
The CCCH is responsible for CCH

transferring control information
between all mobiles and the
network.
CCCH
RACH: Random Access Channel
PCH: Paging Channel

RACH CBCH
AGCH: Access Granted Channel uplink downlink
CBCH: Cell Broadcast Channel

PCH/AGCH
downlink

Page 47
Dedicated Control Channel – DCCH
CCH
DCCH is assigned to a single
wireless connection for
measurement and handover
purpose. DCCH
SDCCH: Stand-alone Dedicated
Control Channel
ACCH: Associated Control Channel
SACCH: Slow Associated SDCCH ACCH
Control Channel
FACCH: Fast Associated Control
Channel
FACCH SACCH

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Uplink Logical channel
CCH
RACH CCCH
SDCCH
SACCH DCCH DCH
FACCH
TCH/F
TCH
TCH/H

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Downlink Logical channel
FCCH
BCCH SCH
CCH BCCH
PCH
CCCH
AGCH
SDCCH
DCCH SACCH
DCH FACCH
TCH/F
TCH
TCH/H

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How to use these channels?
Power-off
Search for frequency correction burst FCCH
Search for synchronous burst SCH
Extract system information BCCH
Idle mode
Monitor paging message

PCH
Send access burst
RACH
Allocate signaling channel
Dedicated mode
AGCH
Set up the call SDCCH
Allocate voice channel SDCCH
Conversation TCH
Release the call FACCH
Idle mode

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Packet logic channel
 Packet data channel (PDCH) TCH
 Comprising packet service channel and packet control channel
TCH
 Packet service channel (PDTCH)
 Combined into the single-directional service channel
BCCH
 Packet control channel
CCCH
SACCH
 Broadcast control channel: PBCCH
 Public control channel: PPCH, PRACH, PAGCH
 Private control channel: PACCH, PTCCH

Page 52
GSM Logical Channel Combination
Main BCCH combination – FCCH + SCH + BCCH + CCCH

SDCCH combination – SDCCH/8 + SACCH/8
Combined BCCH – BCCH + CCCH +SDCCH/4 + SACCH/4
TCH/FR combination – TCH/F + FACCH/F + SACCH/F
TCH/HR combination – TCH/H + FACCH/H + SACCH/H

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Combination of packet logic channel
 Packet logic channels (PDCH) can be combined via the following three modes
 Mode 1: PBCCH+PCCCH+PDTCH+PACCH+PTCCH;
 Mode 2: PCCCH+PDTCH+PACCH+PTCCH;
 Mode 3: PDTCH+PACCH+PTCCH
 In case of small GPRS traffic, GPRS and circuit services use the same BCCH
and CCCH in the cell. In this case, only combination mode 3 is needed in the cell
 With the increase of traffic, the packet public channel should be configured in the
cell. Channel combination mode 1 and mode 2 should be adopted

Page 54
GSM Multi-frames
TDMA Frames
0 1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
0 1 2 3 4 46 47 48 49 50
51 – Frame Multi-frames
CONTROL
CHANNELS
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GSM Multi-frames
TDMA Frames
0 1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
0 1 2 3 4 21 22 23 24 25
26 – Frame Multi-frames
TRAFFIC
CHANNELS

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Page 57
Power Control
Both Uplink and Downlink
power settings can be
controlled independently
5W
and individually.
0.8W
Saves battery power
Reduces co-channel and
adjacent channel interference
8W
BCCH -------
Does not attend Power control

Page 58
DTX and VAD
Discontinuous Transmission – DTX
Voice Activity Detection – VAD
Battery Saving
Interference reduction

Page 59
Timing Advance (TA)
The mobile phone should
send the signal in advance!
TA
Transmission delay t
Transmission delay t

Page 60
Multi-path Fading
 Diversity
 Frequency Hopping
Time Dispersion

Page 61
Diversity – What’s Diversity?
Receive diversity provides an effective technique for both

overcoming the impact of fading across the radio channel and
increasing the received signal to interference ratio.
The former is achieved by ensuring “uncorrelated” (i.e. low enough

correlated) fading between antenna branches i.e. not all antennas
experience fades at the same time.

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Kinds of Diversity t
Time diversity
Coding, interleaving
Frequency diversity
f
Frequency hopping
Space diversity
Multiple antennas
Polarization diversity
Dual-polarized antennas
Multi-path diversity
Equalizer

Page 63
Frequency Hopping
Frequency
f0
f1
f2
f3
f4
Frame
Time

Page 64

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GSM Development Evolution
3G
2Mbps
2.5G IMT-2000
384kbps
EDGE
2G 115 kbps
57.6 kbps GPRS
9.6 kbps HSCSD
GSM

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Data rate of EDGE and GPRS
Kbps 59.2
60.0
54.4
50.0 GPRS 44.8

EGPRS
40.0
29.6
30.0
21.4 22.4
20.0 17.6
15.6 14.8
13.4
11.2
9.0 8.8
10.0
0.0
CS-1 CS-2 CS-3 CS-4 MCS-1 MCS-2 MCS-3 MCS-4 MCS-5 MCS-6 MCS-7 MCS-8 MCS-9
GMSK 8PSK

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Huawei EDGE Test Result
Downlink, 4 TS, MCS-9 ：

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 The basic idea of GSM
Summary
 The frequency spectrum used in GSM
 The structure of GSM
 Certain service area and numbers
 Some radio techniques used in GSM
 Evolution of GSM

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 BSS Feature Description

 BSS Signaling Analysis Manual

 BSC Technical Manual

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1989 Standard Protocol for GSM take effect

1991 GSM system began to provide service in Europe(2G)

1992 System was named as Global System for

1994 Provide services for the whole world

1996 Micro Cell Technique is used in GSM system

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 In the beginning , High-Power BTSs are adopted to provide services.

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 Multiple Access Technique allows many subscribers to use the

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 FDMA uses different frequency

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 TDMA accomplishes the

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890 915 935 960MHz

Duplex Separation: 45MHz

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Base Station Receive Base Station Transmit

1710 1785 1805 1880MHz

Duplex Separation: 95MHz

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 The frequency resource of mobile system is very limited.

 The different Subscribers can use the same frequency in

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7(Site)X 1(Cell) reuse 2

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4 site X 3 cells reuse

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International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI)

International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI)

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 International Mobile Subscriber Identity

 Location Area Identity (LAI)

 Subscriber Authentication Key (Ki)

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 The Base Station Controller –

 The Trans-coder – TC and

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SGSN and BSC BSS

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Mobile-service Switching Center – MSC

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 Subscriber ID (IMSI and MSISDN)

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 Mobile Status (IMSI attached / detached / busy / idle etc.)

 Location Area Identity(LAI)