The GSM evolution : mobile packet data services

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Stuckmann, Peter

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Haboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, 2003

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9780470848555

Subject Term:

Global system for mobile communications

Packet switching (Data transmission)

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In the context of the evolution towards 3rd Generation (3G) mobile radio networks, packet switched data services like the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and the Enhanced GPRS (EGPRS) are currently being introduced into GSM and TDMA/136 systems world-wide. For network operators, equipment vendors and system integrators dimensioning rules have to be developed to plan and estimate the needed radio capacity that is needed for the predicted amount of user data. The GSM Evolution comprehensively provides the basics of GPRS and EGPRS comprising the radio interface and the system and protocol architecture will be described in detail.
Besides the introduction of WCDMA and UMTS as 3rd Generation Mobile Radio Networks, the further developed GSM networks, including GPRS and EDGE capabilities will be able to provide 3G services as well. Such enhanced GSM networks will be introduced in the next few years world-wide and will stay operational beyond 2010.
* Presents the basics of GPRS and EGPRS - the radio interface and system and protocol architecture
* Provides an in-depth description of GPRS, EDGE and GERAN networks
* Describes the evolution of GSM/GPRS networks towards GSM/EDGE Radio Access Networks (GERAN) and the GERAN standard
* Highlights the modulation and coding techniques for EDGE and network architecture for GERAN
* Discusses the traffic performance of GSM/GPRS and GERAN and the suitability of the performance results for radio network dimensioning
Ideal for all practitioners in the area of mobile radio and networking, network operators, planners, system integrators, vendors and application developers, researchers in the area of mobile radio and networking and also electrical engineering and computer science students, content providers, technical managers, regulators and sales personnel.

Author Notes

Peter Stuckmann is the author of The GSM Evolution: Mobile Packet Data Services, published by Wiley.

Preface	p. ix
1 Introduction	p. 1
1.1 The IMT-2000 Family of Systems	p. 1
1.2 GPRS and EDGE	p. 3
1.3 Traffic Engineering	p. 3
1.4 Outline	p. 4
2 Packet Data Support in GSM Networks	p. 7
2.1 GSM--Global System for Mobile Communication	p. 7
2.1.1 GSM History	p. 7
2.1.2 Specifications and Phases	p. 8
2.1.3 Logical Architecture	p. 9
2.1.4 GSM Mobile Station	p. 11
2.1.5 GSM Numbers and Addresses	p. 12
2.1.6 Basic Telecommunication Services	p. 12
2.1.7 Radio Interface	p. 14
2.2 GPRS--General Packet Radio Service	p. 21
2.2.1 Design Approach	p. 22
2.2.2 Logical Architecture	p. 22
2.2.3 Service Types	p. 23
2.2.4 Parallel Use of Services	p. 25
2.2.5 Radio Interface	p. 25
3 Data Transmission in GPRS Networks	p. 31
3.1 GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP)	p. 31
3.2 Base Station Subsystem GPRS Protocol (BSSGP)	p. 32
3.2.1 Flow Control between SGSN and BSS	p. 32
3.2.2 BSS Context	p. 33
3.2.3 BSS Packet Flow Context Creation	p. 34
3.2.4 BSS Packet Flow Context Modification	p. 35
3.2.5 BSS Packet Flow Context Deletion	p. 35
3.3 Sub-Network Dependent Convergence Protocol (SNDCP)	p. 35
3.4 Logical Link Control (LLC)	p. 36
3.4.1 Layer Entities and Service Access Points	p. 37
3.4.2 Logical Link Identifiers	p. 37
3.4.3 LLC Frame Structure	p. 37
3.4.4 LLC Frame Transmission	p. 38
3.4.5 Ciphering	p. 41
3.5 Radio Link Control (RLC) and Medium Access Control (MAC)	p. 41
3.5.1 Multiplexing Principles	p. 41
3.5.2 RLC/MAC Block Structure	p. 43
3.5.3 RLC Functions	p. 45
3.5.4 MAC Functions	p. 52
3.5.5 TBF Setup	p. 52
3.5.6 RLC Block Transfer	p. 54
3.5.7 Channel Coding Schemes	p. 56
3.6 Physical Layer (PL)	p. 57
4 GPRS Signaling	p. 59
4.1 The GPRS Control Plane	p. 59
4.2 Mobility Management	p. 60
4.2.1 Location Area and Routing Area	p. 60
4.2.2 Mobility Management Procedures	p. 63
4.2.3 Location Management Procedures	p. 67
4.2.4 GPRS Roaming	p. 75
4.3 Session Management	p. 76
4.3.1 The IP Interworking Model	p. 76
4.3.2 PDP Context Handling	p. 77
4.3.3 Session Management States	p. 78
4.3.4 Session Management Procedures	p. 79
4.4 Quality of Service Management	p. 83
4.4.1 General Aspects	p. 83
4.4.2 GPRS QoS Management	p. 86
4.4.3 QoS Attributes According to GPRS Release 97/98	p. 89
4.4.4 QoS Profile Information Element	p. 91
4.4.5 QoS in GPRS Release 99	p. 92
4.4.6 QoS in the Core Network Applying DiffServ	p. 93
5 EDGE and Evolution to GERAN	p. 97
5.1 EDGE--Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution	p. 97
5.1.1 8-PSK Modulation versus GMSK Modulation	p. 98
5.1.2 Modulation and Coding Schemes	p. 99
5.1.3 Link Quality Control	p. 101
5.1.4 Flow Control Modifications for EDGE	p. 104
5.1.5 The EDGE Compact Concept	p. 104
5.2 GERAN--GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network	p. 105
5.2.1 GERAN System Architecture	p. 106
5.2.2 GERAN Protocol Architecture	p. 107
5.2.3 Core Network Evolution	p. 111
6 Evolving Applications and Traffic Models for GPRS and 3G	p. 117
6.1 WWW Applications	p. 117
6.1.1 Adapted Mosaic WWW Model	p. 119
6.1.2 Choi's Behavioral Model of Web Traffic	p. 120
6.2 E-mail Application	p. 121
6.2.1 SMTP, POP3 and IMAP	p. 121
6.2.2 E-mail Traffic Model	p. 121
6.3 File Transfer Applications	p. 123
6.3.1 FTP Protocol	p. 123
6.3.2 FTP Traffic Model	p. 124
6.4 WAP-based Applications	p. 125
6.4.1 WAP Release 1.x	p. 125
6.4.2 WAP Release 2.0	p. 126
6.4.3 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)	p. 127
6.4.4 WAP Traffic Model	p. 129
6.5 Streaming Applications	p. 130
6.5.1 Video Streaming	p. 130
6.5.2 Audio Streaming	p. 139
6.6 Voice over IP	p. 142
6.6.1 Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)	p. 142
6.6.2 Audio Codecs	p. 143
6.6.3 Performance Issues	p. 145
6.6.4 Voice Traffic Characteristics	p. 147
6.6.5 Packet Voice Traffic Model	p. 150
7 The (E)GPRS Simulator GPRSim	p. 151
7.1 Structure of the (E)GPRS Simulator	p. 151
7.2 Packet Traffic Generators	p. 153
7.2.1 Internal Structure	p. 153
7.2.2 Implementation	p. 154
7.3 Traffic Generator for Circuit-switched Services	p. 155
7.4 Channel Management	p. 156
7.5 Quality of Service Management	p. 157
7.5.1 QoS Profile and Aggregate BSS QoS Profile	p. 157
7.5.2 PDP Context	p. 157
7.5.3 GPRS Register (GR)	p. 158
7.5.4 Connection Admission Control (CAC)	p. 158
7.5.5 Scheduler	p. 160
7.6 The SNDCP Layer	p. 161
7.7 The LLC Layer	p. 162
7.8 The RLC/MAC Layer	p. 164
7.8.1 RLC/MAC in the Base Station	p. 164
7.8.2 RLC/MAC in the Mobile Station	p. 172
7.9 Transceiver	p. 176
7.9.1 Channel Models	p. 176
7.9.2 Mobility Model	p. 178
7.9.3 Radio Propagation Model	p. 181
7.10 Input-Output Behavior	p. 182
7.10.1 Initialization	p. 182
7.10.2 Output/Statistics	p. 183
7.10.3 Graphical Presentation	p. 183
7.11 Web Interface	p. 183
8 Traffic Performance of GPRS and EGPRS	p. 187
8.1 General Simulation Parameter Settings	p. 187
8.2 Performance and Capacity Measures	p. 188
8.3 Simulation Results for GPRS	p. 189
8.3.1 Fixed PDCH Scenarios	p. 189
8.3.2 Effect of the Multislot Capability	p. 193
8.3.3 On-demand PDCH Scenarios	p. 193
8.3.4 Remarks on Mixed Configurations with Fixed and On-demand PDCHs	p. 196
8.3.5 Summary of GPRS Performance	p. 196
8.4 Simulation Results for EGPRS and Comparison with GPRS	p. 197
8.4.1 Effect of the Modulation and Coding Schemes	p. 197
8.4.2 Effect of LQC on the Block Error Probability	p. 199
8.4.3 Performance Evaluation Regarding Different LQC Mechanisms	p. 201
8.4.4 Summary of EGPRS Performance	p. 202
8.5 Performance of Evolving Mobile Applications	p. 202
8.5.1 WAP in Comparison to Internet Applications over GPRS	p. 205
8.5.2 Traffic Mix with WAP and WWW/e-mail over GPRS	p. 206
8.5.3 Video Streaming over GPRS and EGPRS	p. 207
8.5.4 Summary of the Traffic Performance of Evolving Applications	p. 209
8.6 Performance Gain through QoS Management	p. 209
8.6.1 Scenario Parameter Settings	p. 210
8.6.2 Simulation Results Neglecting the Core Network	p. 210
8.6.3 Simulation Results Considering the Core Network	p. 212
8.6.4 Summary of the Performance Gain through QoS Management	p. 213
Acronyms	p. 215
Bibliography	p. 223
Index	p. 233

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