DATA RATES IN GSM

TECHNOLOGY

by
SHEBIN.A.KHALAM
History
In 1st G AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone
System) developed in U.S in 1983
 In 2nd G there was introduction of CDMA,

TDMA and GSM

Between 2nd and 2.5th G of GPRS

 Between 2.5th and 3rd G there was an

introduction EDGE TECHNOLOGY

Topics of Discussion
 Mobile evolution
 Data rates in
3G
2.5G
HSCSD (High-speed circuit-switched data )
GPRS (General Packet Radio Service )
EDGE (Enhanced Data Rate for GSM
Evolution)
HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access )
UTRA (Universal Terrestrial Radio Access )
Mobile Evolution
 1st generation mobile communication
 2nd generation mobile communication
 2.5th generation mobile
communication
 3rd generation mobile communication
 3G and above
GSM Data Rates are Global
 GSM data rates with GPRS are in all operator cases
across the globe are between 30-40kb/s
 CDMA 1X user data rates vary from up to 90kb/s in a
fragmented Korean market where they have a mixture
of proprietary solutions to 43kb/s in the US, which has
been measured by Nokia
 GSM/EDGE user data rates will be 80-100kb/s with the
first handsets and then 160 to 200kb/s by end of
2003
 WCDMA networks are already in working trials and the
terminals have passed regulatory type approval (dual
mode) in Europe and Japan
 Immediacy of service will have the biggest impact on
the network load and impact costs
2.5G

 HSCSD (High-Speed Circuit Switched Data)

 GPRS (General Packet Radio Service)
144 kbps data only
 EDGE (Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution)
384 kbps data
 HSDPA (High-speed downlink packet access)
Asymmetric. 2 Mbps+ downlink.
3G Technologies
 Wideband CDMA (W-CDMA): Next Generation GSM. Uses
5 MHz channel width ⇒ 2 Mbps
 CDMA2000: Next Generation CDMA (IS-95)
1.25 MHz Channels ⇒ 144 kbps
 3x, 6x, 9x, and 12x in future
 3x (3XRTT): 3.75 MHz channel ⇒ 2 Mbps
 UWC-136: Next Generation TDMA (IS-136)
200 kHz Channels ⇒ 384 kbps or
1.6 MHz Channels ⇒ 2 Mbps
Developed by Universal Wireless Communications
Consortium (UWCC)
 Goal: Provide high-speed packet based Voice and Data
HSCSD
 High-Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD)
 First attempt to get high-speed data over
GSM
 Allows data users to get 1 to 8 slots
Data rates up to 115 kbps
 Circuit switched ⇒ Constant data rate
Not suitable for bursty data
Not widely implemented
GPRS is more widely implemented
GPRS
 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
 Standard GSM has 8 slots per 200 kHz channel
⇒ 9.6 kbps data
 GPRS allows any number of slots to a user
 4 different codings used depending upon channel
condition
 9.05 kbps to 21.4 kbps per slot
 76-171 kbps using all 8 slots.
 GPRS user can hop channels (as in CDPD). 2.5G
Technology
 EDGE
Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution

 Can increase the capacity and data throughput

typically to 3-4-fold over GPRS
 Theoretical maximum speeds of up to 473
kilobits per second (kbps)
 Average recognizable data rates between 80 and
130 kbps
 TDMA carriers must still convert to GSM, then
add GPRS before deploying EDGE technology
HSDPA
 High-Speed Downlink Packet Access for WCDMA
 Improved spectral efficiency for downlink ⇒ Asymmetric
 Up to 10 Mbps in theory, 2Mbps+ in practice
 Announced by Siemens, then by Ericsson, Alcatel, Fujitsu
 Adaptive modulation and coding (AMC)
 Multi-code (multiple CDMA channels) transmission
 Fast physical layer (L1) hybrid ARQ (H-ARQ)
 Packet scheduler moved from the radio network controller (RNC) to
the Node-B (base station)
⇒ advanced packet scheduling techniques
⇒ user data rate can be adjusted to match the instantaneous radio
channel conditions.
DATA RATES

Technology Bandwidth Data Rate/User Data Rate/User

(Theory) (Realistic)

GSM 200 kHz 9.6 kbps 9.6 kbps

GPRS 200 kHz 172 kbps 40 kbps

EDGE 200 kHz 474 kbps 100 kbps

CDMA2000 3x 3.75 MHz 2 Mbps 384 kbps

WCDMA 5 MHz 2 Mbps 1 Mbps

UMTS
 Currently six bands that are specified for the use for
UMTS/WCDMA.
 Much of the focus on UMTS is currently on frequency
allocations around 2GHz.
 Uplink Frequency: 1885- 2025 MHZ
 Downlink Frequency: 2110- 2200 MHz
 The channels are spaced by 5MHz.
 The downlink uses quadrature phase-shift keying
(QPSK) for all transport channels.
 Uplink used two separate channels so that the cycling
of the transmitter on or off does not cause interference
to the audio lines.
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