• 2G Training Overview by Michael Quek

1. GSM among other systems

Objectives
After this chapter the student will:
· be able to name and describe the most important mobile systems available
· be able to explain the difference between 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation mobile systems
· be familiar with the standardisation work and organisation of GSM
· be able to name and describe the most important services in a GSM network
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2. System introduction
Objectives
After this chapter the student will:
· be able to describe the different nodes in a GSM network.
· be able to describe geographical subdivision of a GSM network.
· be able to describe the most common identity numbers.
· be able to describe some basic traffic cases.
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3. Air Interface
Objectives
After this chapter the student will:
· be able to describe the structure of the air interface.

· be able to understand the build-up of a burst.
· be able to recognise the different logical channels and their functions.
· be able to understand how the different logical channels are mapped on physical ones.
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4. Access and Radio Theory
Objectives
After this chapter the student will:
· be able to describe the general problems of radio transmission.
· be able to describe the solutions for these problems as specified inGSM.
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5. Cell planning
Objectives
After this chapter the student will be able to:
· discuss the relations between re-use distance, traffic capacity and speech quality.
· understand the different steps in the cell planning process.
· define C/I and C/A and state their limits in GSM.
· assign frequencies to different cells and calculate the received capacity.
· understand the procedure for estimating the cell coverage.
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6. Mobile Station
Objectives
After this chapter the student will:
· be able to describe the role of the ME in the Mobile Network.
· be able to describe the characteristics and security aspects of the SIM card.
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