Frequency Band Specification

• DCS 1800
– Operates at 1800 Mhz frequency.
– Uplink operates on 1710 Mhz to 1785 Mhz
Band.
– Downlink operates on 1805 Mhz 10 1880 Mhz
Band
– Uplink/Down link separation is 95 Mhz.
– Channel spacing is 200 Khz.
– No of carrier is 374.
 Frequency band Specification
cont’
• GSM 900
– Operates at 900 Mhz frequency.
– Uplink operates on 890 to 915 Mhz Band.
– Downlink operates on 935 to 960 Mhz Band
– Duplex distance is 45 Mhz.
– Channel spacing is 200 Khz.
– No of carrier is 124.
 TDMA Structure
• Each carrier will fit 8 multiplexed time slot
which is called Frame.
Time Slot
0.577 ms

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Frame (4,615 ms)

 Burst
• A burst is a formatted sequence of bits sent
during one time slot
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Burst
  3 57 bits 1  26 bits 1  57 bits 3  

Data Flag Flag Data

Guard Guard
Period Bits Bits Period
Tail Bits Training Sequence Tail Bits
 Burst Type
• Normal Burst
• Access Burst
• Frequency Correction burst
• Synchronisation burst
• Dummy burst
 Burst Type cont’d
• Normal Burst
– The normal burst used for transmission of
traffic and for some control signaling

0.577 ms

0.546 ms

TB Encrypted bits Training sequence Encrypted bits TB GP

1 1
3 57 26 57 3 8.25
 Burst Type cont’d
• Access Burst
– Carries RACH
– Has a bigger guard period since it is used
during initial access and the MS does not know
how far it is actually from the BTS.

TB Synchronisation Encripted Bits TB Guard period

8 Sequence 41 36 3 68.25
 Burst Type cont’d
• Frequency Correction burst
– Carries FCCH channel
– Made up of 142 consecutive zeros.
– Enables MS to correct its local oscillator
locking it to that of the BTS.

TB Synchronisation Sequence TB
Gp Gp
8 41 3
 Burst Type cont’d
• Synchronisation burst
– Carries SCH channel
– Enables MS to synchronize its timings with the
BTS.
– Contains BSIC and TDMA Frame number

TB Encripted Bits Synchronisation sequence Encripted Bits TB

GP GP
8 39 64 39 3
 Burst Type cont’d
• Dummy burst
– Transmitted on the timeslot of the BCCH
carrier in the downlink.

TB Encrypted bits Training sequence Encrypted bits TB GP

1 1
3 57 26 57 3 8.25