GSM Networks: Protocols, Terminology,
and Implementation
GSM Networks: Protocols, Terminology,
and Implementation
Gunnar Heine
Artech House
Boston • London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Heine, Gunnar.
[GSM—Signalisierung verstehen und praktisch anwenden. English]
GSM networks : protocols, terminology, and implementation / Gunnar Heine
p.
cm. — (Artech House mobile communications library)
Translation of: GSM—Signalisierung verstehen und praktisch anwenden.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-89006-471-7 (alk. paper)
1. Global system for mobile communications.
I. Title.
TK5103.483.H4513 1998
621.3845’6—dc21
98-51784
CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Heine, Gunnar
GSM networks : protocols, terminology, and implementation—
(Artech House mobile communications library)
1. Global system for mobile communications
I. Title
621.3’8456
ISBN 0-89006-471-7
Cover design by Lynda Fishbourne
© 1998 Franzis’ Verlag GmbH
Translated from GSM - Signalisierung verstehen und praktisch anwenden
(Franzis’ Verlag 1998)
English translation version:
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 98-51784
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Contents
1
Introduction
1
1.1 About This Book
1
1.2 Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)
2
1.2.1 The System Architecture of GSM:
A Network of Cells
3
1