Measures:

Logical Channel Description SACCH MESSAGES TCH MESSAGES (1/2)

Speech Data Handover Access message (uplink)

- power level of the communication - quality level of the communication - level on the beacon frequency of
the neighboring cells
Timing Advance Power Control SMS

FACCH MESSAGES
Connection establishment from

SDCCH to TCH

SDCCH MESSAGES
Request for a SDCCH assignment Request for the end of channel

End validation of a SDCCH-TCH

commutation
Characteristics of the future used BS

assignment
Order of commutation from SDCCH to

after handover
Connection establishment to BS after

TCH
SMS

handover
Validation of an handover

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 no message is sent (all bits 0)

Logical Channel Description FCCH MESSAGES AGCH MESSAGES (2/2)

SCH MESSAGES CBCH MESSAGES

For dedicated channel assignment:

Frame Number Base Station Identity Code (BSIC)

- frequency number - slot number - frequency hopping description - Timing Advance (1st estimation) - MS identification

BCCH MESSAGES
System Information type 1, 2, 2bis,

Specific information

(weather, road information 2ter, 3, 4, 7, 8 (idle mode)

RACH MESSAGES
Service request:

PCH MESSAGES
messages containing a mobile

identity for a call, a short message or an authentication

- emergency call - answer to an incoming call - outgoing call - short message - call re-establishment - inscription
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GPRS Channels DL
PBCCH PPCH PAGCH PNCH PDTCH PACCH PTCCH UL PDTCH PACCH PTCCH

BSC PCUSN

GPRS CORE NETWORK

PRACH

Packet Common Control CHannels Packet Traffic CHannels PBCCH

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PDCH = Packet Data CHannel

Traffic and Control Multiframing

Traffic channel
Frame 4.615 ms
TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TS TS TS TS TS TS TS TS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Control channel

26 traffic frames = 120 ms 0 1326 frames 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 4 3 51 x 26 traffic frames = 6.12 s 26 x 51 control frames = 6.12 s 22 46 47 23 48 24 49 50 25 1 2 3 4 21 22 23 24 25 0 1 2 3 4 46 47 48 49 50

2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047

1 Hyperframe = 2,715,648 frames= 3h 28 min. 53 s 760 ms 79

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T

1 - Traffic Channel Combination

Full Rate - Downlink & Uplink
26 frames = 120 ms

T T T T T T T T T T T T A T T T T T T T T T T T T

time

Half Rate - Downlink & Uplink

26 frames = 120 ms

T0 T1 T0 T1 T0 T1 T0 T1 T0 T1 T0 T1 A0 T1 T0 T1 T0 T1 T0 T1 T0 T1 T0 T1 T0 A1

time

T : TCH

Ti : TCH

sub-channel no. i

A : SACCH

Ai : SACCH

sub-channel no. i

: IDLE
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A

2 - Dedicated Signaling Channel Combination

A A A

Downlink
51 frames = 235 ms

D0 D0

D1 D1

D2 D2

D3 D3

D4 D4

D5 D5

D6 D6

D7 D7

A0 A4

A1 A5

A2 A6

A3 A7
time

Uplink
51 frames = 235 ms

A5 A1

A6 A2

A7 A3 A : SACCH

D0 D0

D1 D1

D2 D2

D3 D3

D4 D4

D5 D5 : IDLE

D6 D6

D7 D7

A0 A4
time

D : SDCCH

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Multiframe m-1

3 - Common Channel Combination

Downlink
C
Multiframe m 51 frames = 235.38 ms
Multiframe m+1

FS

FS

FS

FS

FS

FS

B
time

Frames repeat continuously PCH/AGCH SCH BCCH

BTS
Uplink

Physical Channel
ARFCN (n) TS (s)

MS

FCCH

51 frames = 235.38 ms R R R RR R R RR R R RR R R RR R R RR R R RR R R RRR R R R R RR R R RR R R RR RR RR R R R : PCH / C AGCH time

F : FCCH

S : SCH

B : BCCH

R : RACH

: IDLE 84

4 Common Channel Combination Downlink

51 frames = 235 ms

Logical Channel Mapping

B B C C FS FS C C C C FS FS D0 D0 D1 D1 FS FS

FS FS

D2 D2

D3 D3

FS FS

A0 A2

A1 A3
time

Uplink
51 frames = 235 ms

D3 D3

RR RR

A2 A0

A3 A1

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

D0 D0

D1 D1

RR RR

D2 D2
time

F : FCCH S : SCH B : BCCH C /PCH

: AGCH

R : RACH

A : SACCH

D : SDCCH

: IDLE 85

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Why 26 and 51 per Multiframe?

Frames

0 1

10

20

30

40

50 0 1

FS

FS

FS

FS

FS

FS

TTTTTTTTTTTTATTTTTTTTTTTT 01 12

TTTTTTTTTTTTATTTTTTTTTTTT 12 25

25 0 1

Downlink message Uplink message Mobile activity Neighboring BTS (downlink)

Measurement Windows 87 Rx (n) Rx Tx Rx Rx (n) Tx Rx (n) Rx Tx