LOGICAL CHANNELS

Informations transmitted between the BTS and the MS are

1. User data & 2. control signaling.
It depends kind of information transmitted, we refer to
different logical channels.
These logical channels are mapped onto the physical
channels ( Time Slots).
Digital speech is sent on a logical channel, named
TCH, which during the transmission can be allocated a
certain physical channel say channel Timeslot7 (TS7).
Any Timeslot of any carrier can be used for a number of
different purposes.
Channelization is completed by data communication notion
of virtual circuits or logical channels.
Logical Channels are divided into two categories
1. Traffic Channel –TCH
2. Control Channel- CCH
Logical Channels
Logical
Channels

Control Traffic
Channels Channels

Full-Rate
Half-Rate
Common Dedicated
Broadcast Control
Control
Channels Channels
Channels

FCCH RACH SDCCH

SCH PCH SACCH
BCCH AGCH FACCH
 GSM
LOGICAL CHANNELS
• USER INFORMATION( TRAFFIC)
• SIGNALLING INFORMATION (CONTROL)
 GSM
CONTOL CHHANELS OVER LOGICAL CHANNELS
• Intended to carry signalling and synchronisation

THREE TYPES OF CONTROL CHANNELS

• Broadcast control channel BCCH

• Common control channel CCCH
• Dedicated control channel DCCH
 OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS
• Subscribers are not allocated dedicated channels

• TCH Allocated to users only when needed

• Hence IDLE MODE & DEDICATED MODE

• DEDICATED MODE
-- When a full Bi -directional P to P CHL
has been allocated during an established call
• IDLE MODE MODE
-- When MS is powered on (active)
without being in dedicated mode
 GSM
THREE TYPES OF CONTROL CHANNELS
Broadcast control channel BCCH
P- MP For Freq Correction FCCH
For Syncronisation SCH
BCCH
Common control channel CCCH

For ACCESS Management PCH

RACH
AGCH
Dedicated control channel DCCH
P- P For Registration SDCCH
,authentication SACCH
& Handover FACCH