@® MOTOROLA A GUIDE TO THE GOLAY SEQUENTIAL CODE (GSC) DIMENSION 1000 BPR Display PRIVATE PAGING PRODUCTS, FT. LAUDERDALE, FL R6-1-67Iom7™moo0O@m > POoZzZEzEr AS TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Introduction eee seeseeenenaseesneneaeeneeneonsanen seseeenaven nese secccieeeesecensenees 7 GSC Terminology. ......:cinntnninnininnnnianinnannnnannanneneveneene cecneenen Larger Number of Codes 2 Group Call Flexibility and Expanded Group Call Size ....... 3 Multi-Function Capability... 4 Efficient Battery Saver Operation 4 Fast Signalling Speed 4 Code Word Automatic Reset 6 Invalid GSC Codes (Appendix 1) 7 Code Assignment Plans (Appendix II-A) 7 Code Assignment Procedures (Appendix |I-B) 8 Available Codes and Addresses for Pagers (Appendix II!) 10 Terminal/Encoder Capacity/Inputs (Appendix |V) W GSC vs. POCSAG (Appendix V) 13 Additional References (Appendix VI) 7 Index 18PREFACE © CODING FOR PAGING SYSTEMS. ‘A paging system consists of a base station, a terminal or encoder, and a number of pagers sharing @ common RF frequency. Coded signals are used to selectively alert one pager in the system, and each pager has a unique code traditionally determined by plug-in reeds, acive filters, or acode plug Fadiio group call is @ variation of the individual selective alerting in that several people are alerted and paged simul- taneously on a common code. Terminal group call enables the formation of groups atthe terminal by special program- ‘ming of the terminal to signal two or more individually assigned codes. Group call will be explained in more detail insubsequent sections. ‘The principles listed above pertain to all types of coding. Since the Golay Sequential Code (GSC) is new to most ‘Motorola personnel, this booklet was prepared to help you understand it enough to answer the questions your cus- tomers are most likely to ask. The Golay Sequential Code is used in the DIMENSION 1000 Radio Pager, the BPR 2000 Display Pager, and the OPTRX Display Pager. © INTRODUCTION Metro Pageboy and Metry pagers have been available for ‘a number of years with binary digital coding; hundreds of thousands of such pagers ate presently in use. The Motorola binary coding Used in these systems has been improved to enable more flexibility in systems design.’ This new binary format is called Golay Sequential Code (GSC). GSC (named after the inventor of the word struc- ture, Marcel Golay) provides the following improvements and features over conventional coding schemes, 1. Larger number of codes with multiple address capability 2. Expanded group call size and flexibility Multitunction capability; tone alert, tone and voice, and data paging Efficient battery saver operation Fast signalling speed Code Word Automatic Reset for voice paging 7. Excellent falsing protection Before continuing with a further explanation of the points listed above, it wil be helpful to define some terminology used in he Golay Sequential Code © GSC TERMINOLOGY GSC BINARY WORD —A GSC binary word is a group of 23 binary bits where each bit, or segment of information, can have a value of 0 or 1. A string of 0's and 1's and their respective position define a particular GSC binary word. ‘Consult Subscriber Marketing when usingGSC and reviously used. ‘inaiy aigitalcodinginthe same system GSC CODE—A GSC code is a unique GSC binary word +1 (W1) and GSC binary word 2 (W2) combination that can be assigned to a pager. Some GSC pagers may be as- signed two codes (see Appendix it). CODE DESIGNATION — Each GSC code is designated by a five-digit decimal number (preceded by N) for non- batiery saver operation or a six-digit decimal number for battery saver operation (N) G. Go Az A; A—For Non-Batiery Saver 1G, Go Az A; Ao—For Battery Saver 2.9. Non-Battery Saver = N01360 Battery Saver 001360 1 = Preamble index {only used for battery saver) G, Go = Group Digits Ag A, Ao = Address Digits ADDRESS — Each GSC code is capable of providing four different addresses. The pager decoder can detect two bi- nary words, and i can aiso detect inverse words of com plements, Inverse binary words are created by substituting 1's for 0's and 0's for 1's within the binary string. The fst of the four addresses is defined by Wi W2 designated by the tve- oF six-digit GSC code. Three more addresses aro created by inverting ane or both of the binary words. (Wi inverse word 1; W2 = inverse word 2). Address1 W1 W2 Address2 wt WE Address Wi we Address 4 Wi W2 FUNCTION — Function describes how a pager responds. Each address listed above may be assigned a function at the time of ordering a pager. The funetion for GSC pagers may be: 1. Tone 2. Tone and Voice 3. Data (numericor alphanumeric) FUNCTIONAL ADDRESS — A functional address is the ‘complete definition of how the radio responds, or the de- ‘scription of a function assigned to a specific address. For ‘example, address 2 above might be assigned a function of tone and voice for a particular pager, thus the functional address is address 2 (wotd 1, inverse word 2), function; tone and voice. The pager signalled in this instance would “peep” and be ready for a voice message to follow. FUNCTION PLAN “A” — Since one GSC code may have four addresses, itis important that we select a systematic way of describing each of the four addresses and their ac- ‘companying functions (functional addresses). Each func- tional address is described by the GSC code (FG: Go Az ‘As Ao) and a function digit (f) from Function Plan “A”. The suffix digit (f) defines the function and which of the four possible GSC addresses the function corresponds to