Tomasi – Cellular System

Items Definitions Terms

1 Stands for Standard Cellular Telephone Service CTS

An acronym for Personal Communications

2 System. PCS

Stands for Personal Communications Satellite

3 System. PCSS

An acronym for Advanced Mobile Telephone

4 System. AMPS

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

A standard cellular telephone service (CTS)

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

It was used by AMPS cellular telephones with a

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

Correspond to an approximate bandwidth of 30

8 KHz. Carson’s Rule

A transmission with simultaneous transmission in

both Full Duplex (FDX)
9 directions. or Duplexing

It is used in AMPS and occurs when two distinct

frequency Frequency-division
10 bands are provided to each user. Duplexing

A special device used in each mobile unit to allow

simultaneous transmission and reception on
11 duplex channels. Duplexer

12 Transmissions from base station to mobile units. Forward Links

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

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

Standard
Defines geographic areas used by marketing Metropolitan
18 agencies. Statistical Area

A technique used by standard telephone

subscriber to access Frequency Division
19 the AMPS system. Multiple Access

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

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

Electronic Serial
A 34 bit binary code permanently assigned to Number
21 each mobile unit. (ESN)

22 Stands for Vehicle Identification Number. VIN

23 An acronym for Network Interface Card. NIC

A four bit code which indicates whether the

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

A 15 bit binary code used by FCC to an operating

company when System Identifier
25 it issues it a license To provide AMPS (SID)
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It is one of the three analog frequencies (5970

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

One of four binary codes, also helps mobile

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

One set of channels dedicated for exchanging

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

Also termed as Voice channel, used for

propagating actual
29 voice conversations or subscriber data. User Channel

Setup or Paging
30 Another name of control channels. Channel

31 Sometimes called as Camped. Locked

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

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

receiver to Synchronization
33 instantly acquire synchronization. Word

It controls or command mobile units to do a

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

It is used to indicate the current status of the

reverse
35 control channel. Busy-idle Bits

It contains the following:

36 · Overhead Message
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System
parameter overhead messages
·
global
action overhead messages
·
control
filter messages
Typical mobile-unit control messages:
·
Initial
voice channel designation messages
·
directed
retry messages
·
alert
messages
·
change
power messages

Transmitted at a 10-kbps rate.

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

38 Transmission of voice. Blank

39 Data transmission. Burst

The entity of SS7 interoffice protocol that

distinguishes the
physical components of the switching network.
Switching Network:
·
40 Signal Intelligent Network
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Service Point
·
Signal
Control Point
·
Signal
Transfer Point

A family of mobile or portable radio

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

42 Acronym for Personal Communications Network. PCN

It is assigned to everyone which is stored the on

the SS7 Personal Telephone
43 network. Number

Artificial
Intelligence
It determines where and how the call should be Network
44 directed. (AIN)

A database that stores information about the

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

A database that stores information pertaining to Equipment

46 the identification Identification
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and type of equipment that exists in the mobile Registry

unit. (EIR)

It allows all calls to pass through the network to

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

48 The PCS equivalent of caller ID. Screen Mode

All calls except those specified by the subscriber

are
automatically forwarded to a forwarding
destination without ringing the
49 subscriber’s handset. Private Mode

No calls are allowed to pass through to the

50 subscriber. Unavailable Mode

51 PCS operating in the 1900 MHz range. PCS 1900

Interference avoidance scheme which uses voice

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

A narrowband AMPS system that increased the

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

It is developed with the intent of supporting a

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

Cellular telephone systems that use digital

55 modulation. Digital cellular

Allows one mobile unit to use a channel at the

same time by Time-division
further dividing transmissions within each cellular Multiple Accessing
56 channel. (TDMA)
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A database that stores information about

subscriber in a Visitor Location
particular MTSO serving area, such as whether Register
57 the unit is on or off (VLR)

Technique used that allows more mobile-unit

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

It stands for Electronics Industries Association

and
59 Telecommunications Industry Association. EIA/TIA

It specifies that a mobile station complying with

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

It is often called North American Time Division

Multiple
61 Accessing. IS-136.2

It was introduced to provide PSK rather than FSK

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

Allows for brief paging-type messages and Short

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

It was developed to provide a host of new

features and
services, positioning itself in a competitive within
64 the newer PCS systems. IS-136
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It is used by mobile units to request access to

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

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

It is dedicated to delivering pages and orders.

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

A logical subchannel of SPACH used to carry

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

It is used to deliver short point-to-point

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

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

70 logical sub channels. (BCCH)
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Fast Broadcasts
Broadcasts digital control channel structure Control channel
71 parameters. (F-BBCH)

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

Individual mobile units. A logical channels used SMS Broadcasts

for sending Control Channel
73 short messages. (F-BBCH)

74 Stands for Digital speech interpolation. DSI

Carries digital voice information and consists of Digital Traffic

RDTC and Channel
75 FDTC. (DTC)

It consists of an eight bit digital voice color code Coded Digital

number Verification
76 between 1 and 255 appended with four Color Code

77 Mobile-assisted handoff. MAHO

A blank-and burst type of transmission that

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

Vector sum exciter

linear predictive
79 A special speech coder. (VSLP)

A special microprocessor that is implemented on Digital Signal

the telephone Processor
80 handset. (DSP)

They are transmitted when a mobile unit begins

operating in a
81 larger diameter cell. Shortened Burst
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An access method used with standard analog

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

It allows users to differentiate from one another

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

Stands for Qualcom 9600bps Code-Excited Linear

Predictive
84 coder. QCELP

The concept is to break the message into fixed

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

high bit pseudorandom code is added to a low-bit

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

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
·
teleservices
·
supplementary
services Groupe Special
Three primary subsystem of GSM: Mobile
87 · (GSM)
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Base
Station Subsystem
·
Network
Switching Subsystem
·
Operational
Support Subsystem

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

Sometimes known as radio subsystem, provides

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

It manages switching functions for the system Network Switching

and allows MSCs Subsystem
90 to communicate with other telephone networks. (NSS)

Absolute Radio-
The available forward and reverse frequency Frequency Channel
bands are Numbers
91 subdivided into 200 KHz wide voice channels. (ARFCN)

It provides the vehicle for a new generation of

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

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

orbit and MEO
thar communicates directly with small, low-
powered mobile telephone units.
key providers in PCSS market:
·
American Personal
Mobile Satellite Communications (AMSC) Communications
· Satellite System
93 Celsat PCSS)
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·
Comsat

·
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

prominent
94 companies, agencies and governments. Iridium LC

The largest commercial venture undertaken in

the history of
95 the world. Iridium Project

A satellite based wireless personal

communications network
designed to permit a wide range of mobile
telephone services, including
96 voice, data, networking, facsimile and paging. Iridium
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FCC issued a report and order Dockett # 92-166

defining L band
frequency sharing for subscriber units in the
97 1616 MHZ to 1626.5 MHz band. October 14, 1994

1.616 GHz to 1.6265

98 L-band subscriber-to-satellite voice links. GHz

19.4 GHz to 19.6

99 Ka-band gateway downlinks. GHz

29.1 GHz to 29.3

100 Ka-band gateway uplinks GHz

23.18 GHz to 23.38

101 Ka-intersatellite cross-links GHz