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CHAPTER 20 CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEM

# DEFINITIONS TERMS

Stands for Standard Cellular Telephone

1) CTS
Service

An acronym for Personal Communications

2) PCS
System.

Stands for Personal Communications Satellite

3) PCSS
System.

An acronym for Advanced Mobile Telephone

4) AMPS
System.

Bell Telephone
5) Proposed the cellular telephone concept in 1971.
Laboratories

A standard cellular telephone service (CTS) initially

6) AMPS
placed into operation on Oct. 13, 1983.

It was used by AMPS cellular telephones with a

usable audio-frequency band from 300 Hz to 3 KHz Narrowband Frequency
7)
and a maximum frequency deviation of + 12 KHz Modulation (NBFM)
for 100% modulation.

Correspond to an approximate bandwidth of 30

8) Carson’s Rule
KHz.

A transmission with simultaneous transmission in Full Duplex (FDX)

9)
both direction. or Duplexing

10) It is used in AMPS and occurs when two distinct Frequency-division

frequency bands are provided to each user. Duplexing
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A special device used in each mobile unit to allow

11) simultaneous transmission and reception on Duplexer
duplex channels.

12) Transmissions from base station to mobile units. Forward Links

13) Transmissions from mobile units to base stations. Reverse Links

14) Another name for forward links. Down Links

15) Another term for reverse link. Uplink

Additional frequencies of 10 MHz to the original40

16) MHz band which increased the number of simplex Expanded Spectrum
channels by 166 for a total of 832 (416 Full duplex)

Cellular Geographic
17) Specified frequencies in a small geographic area.
Serving Areas (CGSA)

Defines geographic areas used by marketing Standard Metropolitan

18)
agencies. Statistical Area

A technique used by standard telephone Frequency Division

19)
subscriber to access the AMPS system. Multiple Access

A 34 bit binary code which in the U.S. represents Mobile Identification

20)
the standard 10-digit telephone number. Number (MIN)

A 34 bit binary code permanently assigned to Electronic Serial

21)
each mobile unit. Number (ESN)

22) VIN
Stands for Vehicle Identification Number.

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23) An acronym for Network Interface Card.

NIC

A four bit code which indicates whether the

24) terminal has access to all 832 AMPS channel Station Class Mark (SCM)
or only 666.

A 15 bit binary code used by FCC

25) to an operating company when it issues it a license System Identifier (SID)
To provide AMPS

It is one of the three analog frequencies

(5970 Hz, 6000 Hz, or 6030 Hz) that helps mo Supervisory Audio Tone
26)
bile system distinguish one base station from (SAT)
a neighboring base station.

One of four binary codes, also helps mobile

27) system distinguish one base station from a Digital Color Code (DCC)
neighboring base station.

One set of channels dedicated for exchanging

28) control information between mobile units and Control Channels
base stations.

Also termed as Voice channel, used for

29) propagating actual voice conversations or User Channel
subscriber data.

Another name of control channels.

30) Setup or Paging Channel

31) Sometimes called as Camped. Locked

32) A sequence of alternating 1s and 0s. Dotting Scheme

33) Synchronization Word

A unique sequence of 1s and 0s that enables the

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receiver to instantly acquire synchronization.

It controls or command mobile units to do a Mobile Station Control

34) particular task when the mobile unit has not Messages
been assigned a voice channel.

It is used to indicate the current status of the

35) Busy-idle Bits
reversecontrol channel.

It contains the following:

 System parameter overhead
messages
 global action overhead messages
 control filter messages

36) Typical mobile-unit control messages: Overhead Message

 Initial voice channel designation
messages
 directed retry messages
 alert messages
 change power messages

Transmitted at a 10-kbps rate.

Control data includes:
 page responses Control Data
37)
 access request
 registration requests

38) Transmission of voice. Blank

39) Data transmission. Burst

The entity of SS7 interoffice protocol that

distinguishes the physical components of the
switching network.
Intelligent Network
40)
Switching Network:
 Signal Service Point
 Signal Control Point
 Signal Transfer Point
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A family of mobile or portable radio comuni

cations services which provides servIces to
the individuals and business and is integra
ted with a variety of competing networks. Personal Communications
41) Differences in PCS and cellular telephone System (PCS)
system:
 Smaller Size
 all digital
 additional features

Acronym for Personal Communications

42) PCN
Network.

It is assigned to everyone which is stored the Personal Telephone

43)
on the SS7 network. Number

It determines where and how the call should be Artificial Intelligence

44)
directed. Network (AIN)

A database that stores information about the

Home Location
user,including home subscription information
45) Register (HLR)
and what supplementary services the user is
subscribed to.

A database that stores information pertaining to

Equipment Identification
46) theidentification and type of equipment that
Registry (EIR)
exists in the mobile unit.

It allows all calls to pass through the network

47) to the subscriber except for a minimal Available Mode
number of telephone numbers that can be blocked.

48) Screen Mode

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The PCS equivalent of caller ID.

All calls except those specified by the sub

scriber are automatically forwarded to a for
49) Private Mode
warding destination without ringing the
subscriber’s handset.

No calls are allowed to pass through to the

50) Unavailable Mode
subscriber.

51) PCS operating in the 1900 MHz range. PCS 1900

Interference avoidance scheme which uses

52) voice companding to provide synthetic Interference (MRI)
voice channel quieting.

A narrowband AMPS system that increased

53) the capacity of the AMPS system in large N-AMPS
cellular market.

It is developed with the intent of supporting

United States Digital
54) a higher user density within a fixed
Cellular
bandwidth frequency spectrum.

Cellular telephone systems that use digital

55) Digital cellular
modulation.

Allows one mobile unit to use a channel at

Time-division Multiple
56) the same time by further dividing
Accessing (TDMA)
transmissions within each cellular channel.

Visitor Location Register

57) A database that stores information about
(VLR)
subscriber in a particular MTSOserving

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area, such as whether the unit is on or off

Technique used that allows more mobile-unit

58)
subscribers to use a system at virtually the Time-Sharing Channels
Same time within a given geographical area.

It stands for Electronics Industries

59) Association and Telecommunications EIA/TIA
Industry Association.

It specifies that a mobile station complying

with the IS-54 standard must be capable of Dual Mode
60)
operating in either the analog AMPS or the
digital (USDC) mode for voice transmissions.

It is often called North American Time

61) IS-136.2
Division Multiple Accessing.

It was introduced to provide PSK rather than

FSK on dedicated USDC control channels to in
crease the control data rates and provide
62) IS-54 Rev.C
additional specialized services such as
paging and short messaging between
private mobile user groups.

Allows for brief paging-type messages and

Short e-mail messages that can be read on Short Message Service
63)
the mobile phone’s display and entered
using the keypad.

It was developed to provide a host of new

64) features and services, positioning itself in a IS-136
competitive within the newer PCS systems.

It is used by mobile units to request access

Random Access Channel
to the cellular telephone system. It is a
65) (RACH)
unidirectional channel specified for
transmissions from mobile-base units only.

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SMS point-to-point
It is used to transmit information from base stations Paging and access
66)
to specific mobile stations. response
Channel (SPACH)

It is dedicated to delivering pages and orders.

It transmit :

 paging messages
67) Paging Channel (PCH)
 message-waiting messages
 user alerting messages
 call history count updates
 shared secret data updates

A logical subchannel of SPACH used to carry

Access Response Channel
68) assignments to another resource or other
(ARCH)
responses to the mobile station’s access attempt.

It is used to deliver short point-to-point

69) SMS Channel (SMSCH)
messages to a specific mobile station.

It refers to : F-BCCH, E-BCCH and S-BCCH logical

70) Channel (BCCH)
sub channels.

Broadcasts digital control channel structure Fast Broadcasts Control

71)
parameters. channel (F-BBCH)

Extended Broadcasts
Carries less critical broadcast information than F-
72) Control Channel (E-BBCH)
BCCH intended for mobile units.

Individual mobile units.

SMS Broadcasts Control
73) A logical channels used for sending short
channel (F-BBCH)
messages.

74) Stands for Digital speech interpolation. DSI

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Carries digital voice information and consists of

RDTC and FDTC. Digital Traffic Channel
75)
(DTC)

It consists of an eight bit digital voice color code Coded Digital Verification
76)
number between 1 and 255 appended with four Color Code

77) Mobile-assisted handoff. MAHO

A blank-and burst type of transmission that

replaces
Fast Associated Control
78) digitized speech information with control and
Channel (FACCH)
super
vision messages with in a subscriber’s time slot.

Vector sum exciter linear

79) A special speech coder.
predictive (VSLP)

A special microprocessor that is implemented on Digital Signal Processor

80)
the telephone handset. (DSP)

They are transmitted when a mobile unit begins

81) Shortened Burst
operating in a larger diameter cell.

An access method used with standard analog

AMPS which use frequency channelization
82) approach to FDMA
frequency spectrum management.

It allows users to differentiate from one another by

Code Division Multiple
83) a unique code rather than a frequency or time
Accessing (CDMA)
assignment.

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Stands for Qualcom 9600bps Code-Excited Linear

Predictive coder.
84) QCELP

The concept is to break the message into fixed

85) sized blocks of data with each block transmitted Frequency Hopping
in sequence except on a different carrier.

high bit pseudorandom code is added to a low-

bit rate information signal to generate a high bit
86) rate pseudorandom signal closely resembling Direct-Sequence
noise that contains both the original data signal
and the pseudo random code must be known.

It is a study group which is sometimes referred to

as Pan-European cellular system. This is now
known as the Global System for Mobile
Communications.
Classification of GSM telephone services:
 Bearer Services Groupe Special Mobile
87)  teleservices (GSM)
 supplementary services

Three primary subsystem of GSM:

 Base Station Subsystem
 Network Switching Subsystem
 Operational Support Subsystem

Integrated Services
88) All-digital data Network.
Digital Network (ISDN)

Sometimes known as radio subsystem, provides

Base Station SUbsystem
89) and manages radio frequency transmission paths
(BSS)
between mobile units and the mobile switching
center (MSC)

It manages switching functions for the system and Network Switching

90)
allows MSCs to communicate with other Subsystem (NSS)
telephone networks.
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Absolute Radio-Frequency
The available forward and reverse frequency
91) Channel Numbers
bands are subdivided into 200 KHz wide voice
(ARFCN)
channels.

It provides the vehicle for a new generation of

Mobile Satellite Systems
92) wireless telephone services called Personal
(MSS)
Communications Satellite System (PCSS)

It uses low earth-orbit (LEO) and medium earth

orbit and MEO thar communicates diretly with
small, low-powered mobile telephone units.
key providers in PCSS market:
 American Mobile Satellite
Communications (AMSC)
 Celsat
Personal Communications
 Comsat
93) Satellite System (PCSS)
 Constellation Communications (ARIES)
 Ellipsat (Ellipso)
 INMARSAT
 LEOSAT
 Loral/qualcomm (global star)
 TMI communications
 TWR (Odysse)
 Iridium LLC

An international consortium owned by a host of

94) prominent companies, agencies and Iridium LC
governments.

The largest commercial venture undertaken in the

95) Iridium Project
history of the world.

A satellite based wireless personal

communications network designed to permit a
Iridium
96) wide range of mobile telephone services,
including voice, data, networking,facsimile and
paging.
97)
FCC issued a report and order Dockett # 92-166 October 14, 1994
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defining L band frequency sharing for subscriber

units in the 1616 MHZ to 1626.5 MHz band.

98) L-band subscriber-to-satellite voice links. 1.616 GHz to 1.6265 GHz

99) Ka-band gateway downlinks.

19.4 GHz to 19.6 GHz
100) Ka-band gateway uplinks
29.1 GHz to 29.3 GHz

101) Ka-intersatellite cross-links 23.18 GHz to 23.38 GHz

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