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Introduction

Uplink/Downlink     FDMA     Frequencies     Number Identifiers     MSISDN     IMSI     TMSI     IMEI     IMEISV     MSRN    

Network Architecture

Mobile Station     Base Transceiver Station     Base Station Controller     Mobile Switching Center     Gateway MSC    
Home Location Register     Visitor Location Register     Equipment Identity Register     Authentication Center    

Authentication & Encryption

Introduction     Authentication Procedures     Ciphering Procedures    

Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)

Introduction     Time Slots     Data Rates     Burst Structure     Normal Burst     Frequency Correction Burst     Synchronization Burst
Access Burst     Data Throughput     Frame Structure     TDMA Frame     Multiframes     Superframes     Hyperframes    

Logical Channels

Signaling Channels     Broadcast Channels  (BCCH  FCCH  SCH  CBCH)      Common Control Channels  (PCH  RACH  AGCH)
SDCCH     Associated Control Channels  (FACCH  SACCH)      Signal Channel Mapping

Traffic Channels     Encoded Speech     Data     Traffic Channel Mapping     ARFCN Mapping     Frequency Hopping

Timing Advances

Access Burst     Duration of a Bit     Propagation Delay     Max Cell Size     Determining a TA     Distance of a TA    

GSM Events

IMSI Attach     IMSI Detach     Location Update     Mobile-Originated Call     Mobile-Terminated Call    

Speech Coding

Analog/Digital Conversion     Speech Coding     Block Coding     Convolutional Coding     Reordering & Partioning    

Cell Selection and Reselection

Signal Strength     RXQUAL     Cell Selection and Reselection     C1     C2     Cell Reselection Offset     Cell Reselection Hysteresis     Cell Bar Access     Cell Bar Qualifier