The document provides a detailed explanation of the four generations of mobile communications including their basic concepts, components, and transmission methods. It discusses the architecture and features of 1G networks like Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS) and Nordic Mobile Telephony (NMT), as well as 2G networks exemplified by the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). The document also touches on goals and major networks of 2G and provides an introduction to 3G.
16. XIV
Evolution - Data Only
1XEV-DO
Evolution ( Data – Voice )
1XEV-DV
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
AAA
Access Grant Channel
AGCH
Advanced Mobile Phone System
AMPS
Authentication Register
AR
Amplitude shift keying
ASK
Authentication Center
AUC
Broadcast Control Channel
BCCH
Broadcast Channels
BCH
Binary Frequency Shift Keying
BFSK
Base Station Controller
BSC
BS Identity Code
BSIC
Base Station System
BSS
Base Transceiver Station
BTS
Calling Channel
CC
Common Control Channels
CCCH
Control Channel
CCH
Code Division Multiple Access
CDMA
Circuit Switched
CS
Digital AMPS
DAMPS
Data Channel
DC
Dedicated Control Channels
DCCH
Digital Cellarer System
DCS
Discrete Fourier Transform
DFT
Digital Subscriber Line
DSL
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
DSSS
Dedicated Traffic Channel
DTCH
Equipment Identity Register
EIR
17. XV
Enhance Data Rates For Global Evolution
EDGE
European Telecommunications Standard Institute
ETSI
Fast Associated Control Channel
FACCH
Frequency Correction Channel
FCCH
Frequency Division Multiplexing
FDM
Frequency Division Multiple Access
FDMA
Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum
FHSS
Frequency Modulation
FM
Frequency shift keying
FSK
Gateway GPRS Support Node
GGSN
Gateway Mobil Switching Center
GMSC
Minimum Shift Keying Gaussian
GMSK
General Packet Radio Service
GPRS
Global System for Mobile Communications
GSM
Home Agent
HA
Home Location Register
HLR
High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
HSDPA
High-Speed Uplink Packet Access
HSUPA
Home Subscriber Server
HSS
Internet Protocol
IP
Inter-system Interference
ISI
Integrated Services Digital Network
ISDN
Line of sight
LOS
Long Term Evolution
LTE
Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service
MBMS
Multicast Channel
MCH
Mobility Management Entity
MME
Manufacturers code
MFR
The Mobile Identification Number
MIN
Multicast Traffic Channel
MTCH
Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output
MIMO
18. XVI
Mobile Station
MS
Mobile Switching Center
MSC
Minimum shift keying
MSK
Mobile Telephone System
MTS
Nordic Mobile Telephone
NMT
Non Line of sight
NLOS
Nippon Telephone and Telegraph
NTT
Operation and Maintenance Center
OMC
Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing
OFDM
Physical Broadcast Channel
PBCH
Paging Channel
PCH
Paging Control Channel
PCCH
Physical Control Format Indicator Channel
PCFICH
Packet control unit
PCU
Policy Control and charging Rules Function
PCRF
PDN Gate Way
P-GW
Personal Digital Assistant
PDA
Physical Downlink Shared Channel
PDSCH
Protocol Data Unit
PDU
Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channel
PHICH
Physical Multicast Channel
PMCH
Personal Identification Number
PIN
Physical Random Access Channel
PRACH
Packet Switched
PS
Phase shift keying
PSK
Public Telephone Switched Network
PSTN
Physical Uplink Shared Channel
PUSCH
Physical Uplink Control Channel
PUCCH
Quarter Phase shift keying
QPSK
quadrature amplitude modulation
QAM
19. XVII
Random Access Channel
RACH
Radio Network Control
RNC
Radio Network Sub-system
RNS
Radio Telephone Mobile System
RTMS
Physical Random Access Channel
PRACH
A Secret Authentication Key
SAK
Slow Associated Control Channel
SACCH
The Supervisory Audio Tone
SAT
Stand-alone Dedicated Control Channel
SDCCH
Serving GPRS Support Node
SGSN
Synchronization Channel
SCH
Single Carrier frequency Domain Multiple Access
SC-FDMA
The System Identification Numbers
SID
Subscriber Identity Module
SIM
Subscriber Identity Security
SIS
Signal Noise Ratio
SNR
The Signaling Tone
ST
Serving Gate Way
S-GW
Total Access Communications System
TACS
Traffic Channel
TCH
Half Rate TCH
TCH / H
Half Rate Speech Channel
TCH / HS
Full Rate TCH
TCH / F
Full Rate Speech Channel
TCH / FS
Time Division Multiple Access
TDMA
User Equipment
UE
Universal Mobile Telecommunication System
UMTS
UMTS Subscriber Identity Module Card
USIM Card
UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
UTRAN
Voice Active Detection
VAD
20. XVIII
Visitor Location Register
VLR
Wideband - Code Division Multiple Access
WCDMA
Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks
WMAN
Access Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave
WIMAX
Wireless Fidelity
Wi-Fi
86. Subscriber Terminal
GPRS
GSM
Packets
GPRS
Class A , Class B , Class C
:Class A terminals
GSM & GPRS
simultaneously
Class B terminals
GSM & GPRS
Class C terminals
GPRS Base Station Subsystem
BSS
(PCU
BSS
BTS