GSM Pocket Guide

gsmpocket.pdf

This guide  includes the following Topics:

GSM system architecture

The Base station controller (BSC)

the mobile switching center (MSC):

The Home location register (HLR);

The visitor location register (VLR

The authentication center (AuC):

The mobile station (MS)

The equipment identity register (EIR):

The base station subsystem (BSS

Operation and Maintenance Center (OMC)

The base transceiver station (BTS)

Interfaces and protocols

GSM1900

GSM1800

GSM900

Logical channels on the air interface

The air interface Um

GSM Channels on Air Interface

Traffic channels on the air interface

Burst formats

The Abis interface

Protocols on the A interface

The A interface

MSC protocols

MSC-based interfaces

Alarm monitoring

Test and measurement problems in GSM

and more.........................

Source: W&G