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GSM Network

SCP
PSTN/ISDN

SSP
STP

IN

ISUP

Gw-MSC

HLR
AuC

Billing
Center

C, D

SMS-GW

VLR

MSC
GSM
04.08

gsm
SCF

BSS

UE

Circuit domain

GSM & GPRS


SCP
PSTN/ISDN

SSP
STP

ISUP

Gw-MSC

gsm
SCF

IN
HLR
AuC

PDN

IP Services
Gi
Gc

GGSN

C, D

Billing
Center

CGw

Ga

VLR

SMS-GW

Gn

Gr

MSC

GSM
04.08+

Data,
voice,
video
call

Ga

SGSN
A

Gb

BSS

UE

Circuit domain

Packet domain

GSM
04.08+

WCDMA/UMTS
SCP

gsm
SSP
SCF
STP IN, CAMEL

PSTN/ISDN
ISUP

Gw-MSC

HLR+
AuC

PDN

IP Services

Gi+
Gc+

GGSN
C+, D+

Billing
Center

CGw

Ga+

SMS-GW

VLR

Gn+

Gr+

3G-MSC
GSM
04.08++

Data,
voice,
video
call

Ga+

3G-SGSN
Iu-cs

Iu-ps

UTRAN

UE

Circuit domain

Packet domain

GSM
04.08++

GSM/UMTS Bit rate, Mobility and Services

High
(Car / Train)

Voice

EDGE
CS Data
Fax

Mobility

Text Messaging

GSM
HSCSD
GPRS

UMTS

Low
(stationary)
9.6

14.4

76.0 GPRS
HSCSD

384.0 EDGE

Bit Rate, Kbps

UMTS 2 Mb/s

2.5G

3G Evolution
GSM
HSCSD
15.2 kbps

GPRS
170 kbps

TDMA
CDPD
43.2 kbps
PDA/PDC-P
14.4 kbps

cdmaOne
76.8 kbps
WLAN
IEEE 802.11b
11 Mbps

3.5G

EDGE
473 kbps

EDGE Ph2
GRAN
473 kbps
TD-SCDMA
Ph 2
2 Mbps

TD-SCDMA
284 kbps
WCDMA FDD
2 Mbps
CDMA2000 1x
307 kps

HyperLAN2
54 Mbps
IEEE 802.11 a/h
54 Mbps

WCDMA TDD 2 Mbps


WCDMA HSDPA 10 Mbps

1XEV-DO (HDR) 2.4 Mbps


1XEV-DV (HDR) 5.4 Mbps
Harmonized
HyperLAN2
And IEEE 802.11a

WiMAX/HyperMAN also in the mix


Ref: Honkasalo et al, WCDMA and WLAN for 3G and Beyond, IEEE Wireless Communication, Apr 2002

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