GPRS

Presented By:JOHN NAYAK(22)

SEMINAR ON GPRS
GPRS- General Packet Radio Service
provides a direct link into the Internet
from a GSM phone

INTRODUCTION TO GPRS
GPRS will undoubtedly speed up a handset's
Internet connection - but it remains to be
seen exactly how much speed can be achieved
out of the system
GPRS works by aggregating a number of
separate data channels. This is possible
because data is being broken down into small
'packets' which are re-assembled by the
receiving handset back into their original
format.

GPRS ARCHITECTURE
GPRS Subscriber Terminals
GPRS BSS
GPRS Networks Node
GPRS Mobility Management

GPRS SUBSCIBER TERMINALS

New terminals are required because existing GSM
phones do not handle the enhanced air interface,
nor do they have the ability to packetize traffic
directly.
A variety of terminals will exist, as described in a
previous section, including a high-speed version of
current phones to support high-speed data access.
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GPRS BSS
Each BSC will require the installation of one or
more PCUs and a software upgrade. The PCU
provides a physical and logical data interface out
of the base station system (BSS) for packet data
traffic.
The BTS may also require a software upgrade,
but typically will not require hardware
enhancement.
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GPRS NETWORKS NODE

In the core network, the existing MSCs are
based upon circuit-switched central-office
technology, and they cannot handle packet
traffic.
Thus two new components, called GPRS
Support Nodes, are added:
Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN)
Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN)
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GPRS MOBILITY MANAGEMENT

Mobility management within GPRS builds on the
mechanisms used in GSM networks.
As a MS moves from one area to another,
mobility management functions are used to
track its location within each mobile network.

WORKING OF GPRS
Each voice circuit in GSM transmits the speech
on a secure 14kbps digital radio link between the
mobile phone and a nearby GSM transceiver
station.
The GPRS service joins together multiple speech
channels to provide higher bandwidth data
connections for GPRS data users. The radio
bandwidth remains the same, it is just shared
between the voice users and the data users.

GPRS MOBILE DEVICES(cont)

The three standard methods to connect
your computer to GPRS mobile phone are:
1 Infrared
2 Data-cable
3 Bluetooth

GPRS Roaming
In the short term don't expect to be able to
roam to many countries with GPRS, many
networks are still negotiating to set up roaming
agreements. Technically there are two type of
GPRS Roaming
1
2

Home Network Roaming

Local Network Roaming

GPRS SECURITY
The radio interface is considered to be
relatively secure being controlled by the GSM
network's security - (SIM card + HLR).
Security issues arise when data needs to leave
the GPRS network to be delivered to either
the Internet or a company LAN.
Internet connectivity is the cheapest and
most common - and here you can take charge
of security by encrypting sensitive data.

FEATURES OF GPRS
Key User Features of GPRS
Key Network Features of GPRS

KEY USER FEATURES OF GPRS

Speed
Immediacy
New and Better Applications
Service Access

KEY NETWORK FEATURES OF

GPRS
Packet Switching
Spectrum Efficiency
Internet Aware
Supports TDMA and GSM

APPLICATIONS OF GPRS
E-Commerce
Banking
Financial Trading
Unified Messaging

GENERAL APPLICATIONS OF
GPRS
CommunicationsE-mail and fax;
Intranet/Internet
access
Value-added services (VAS)Information services;
games
E-commerceRetail;
ticket
purchasing;
banking;
financial trading
Location-based applicationsNavigation; traffic
conditions; airline/rail schedules; location finder
Vertical
applicationsFreight
delivery;
fleet
management; sales-force automation
Advertising

CONCLUSION
From this we can conclude that ECommerce,Banking ,Financial Trading,
Unified Messaging are the fields where
GPRS is very much advantageous.
But the areas like limited cell
capacity,lower speeds,and other certain
limitations are the areas where it needs
to improve.

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