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University of Information Technology & Sciences (UITS) 17/A, North Gulshan C/A, Gulshan-2, Dhaka-1212 Bangladesh Thesis Supervisor Mohammad Tawrit. M Sc Engineer, Adjunct Faculty, University of Information Technology & Sciences (UITS), Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1 Acknowledgments I would like to express thanks to Mr. All Mamun, Asst Manager, IT and Billing, Dhaka Phone. Many thanks for Mr. Mostafiz, Asst. Manager Network Operation, Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd. for the information he provided regarding the Base Station Subsystem of Teletalk Bangladesh Limited. I acknowledge the help extended by the officers and officials of Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd. for the information they have supplied, without which this thesis would have lost all its merits. Special thanks for Mr. Mohammad Tawrit, Adjunct Faculty, UITS and DGM, Network & Operation, Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd. for his valuable advice, supervision and input. Specially he has taught me the basic and professional skill about Telecommunication Network. Student Name : Md. Khondakar Mashiur Rahman University of Information Technology and Science ID : 060561 Program : M.Sc. in Telecommunication 2 Abstract The main objective of this study was to analyze the feasibility of migration from GSM Technology to UMTS technology. To accomplish the study at first the basic features of both GSM and UMTS has been explained. To make the study more effective and practical, a GSM operator was searched for. Teletalk started their GSM Network operation with Phase 2+ way back in April, 2005 and it is still continuing with the same technology. With growing demand in the market it is seriously contemplating to migrate into Release 3 (UMTS). The migrated system will definitely provide many advantages like addition of new applications video stream taking advantage the high bandwidth of 3G technology. But, there is other side of the coin too. First of all, it involves lot of investment. Then comes the cost of the 3G Mobile Station. Teletalk is also skeptical about the increase in ARPU with these added benefits offered to the subscriber. All such issues have been duly taken care in this study one by one. The other issue popped up regarding introduction of UMTS is whether to introduce the service globally through out the network or to introduce it on an island basis and then expand its territory in phases. All the pros and cons of such strategic decisions have been analyzed in the process. Along with that the technical hitches that might come in migrating to 3G services have been taken care in details. Finally a recommendation has been given for Teletalk about the strategic decision it should take at the moment regarding its migration to UMTS. 3 Contents Introduction ………………………………………………………………………. Chapter- 1 : Migration Path 1.1. Teletalk GSM ……………………………………….………….. …... 7 1.2. Teletalk migration from GSM to 3G ……………………….………. 7 1.3. Advantage of 3G over 2.5G ………………….……………….… 8 1.4. Obstacles of 3G service for Teletalk ………….………………….. 9 1.5. 3G Service for Teletalk Network ……………………………..…. 9 Chapter- 2 : Network Architecture 2.1. Existing GSM/GPRS Architecture ……………………….………… 10 2.2. Mapping GSM/GPRS Architecture Into 3G ……………….……… 11 2.3. Teletalk Base Station Subsystem …………………………….. 13 2.4. Mapping Base Station Sub System into 3G …………………… 15 2.5. Teletalk Network Switching Subsystem ……………….……..… 18 2.6. Mapping Network Switching Subsystem into 3G ………….…….. 20 Chapter- 3 : Technology involved in GSM Network & 3G Network 3.1. Teletalk GSM/3G Area Identities ……………………………..…. 22 3.2. Teletalk GSM/3G Subscriber Code …………………………………. 23 3.3. Teletalk Example Identities and Code ………………………..…. 24 3.4. Network Security …………………..………………………………. 25 3.5. Mapping Network Security into 3G ………………………….…… 27 3.6. Location Update …………………………………………….………. 28 3.7. Mapping Location Update into 3G ……….. ………………………… 29 3.8. Teletalk Handover ………………………………………..……… .. 29 3.9. Mapping Teletalk Handover into 3G ……………………………. 31 3.10. GPRS PDP Context …………………………………….………… 33 3.11. Mapping GPRS PDP Context into 3G …………………… 34 3.12. Mapping Call Handling into 3G Call Handling ……………... …… 35 4 Chapter- 4 : Radio Access Network 4.1. Radio Interface in Physical Layer ……………………….…. ….. 37 4.2. Mapping Radio Interface of Physical Layer into 3G ……….. ……. 40 4.3. Teletalk Radio Interface in Logical Layer .………………...… ….. 43 4.4. Mapping Logical Interface Channels into 3G Radio Interface …… 44 Chapter- 5 : Signaling & NSS Dimensioning 5.1. GSM Signaling of Teletalk ……………………………………… ……. 48 5.2 Mapping GSM Signaling into 3G ……………………………. …… 51 5.3. Dimensioning Signaling Interface ………………..…………. …….. 55 Chapter- 6 : Network Planning 6.1. Teletalk GSM Radio frequency planning ……………………….. …. 56 6.2. Mapping GSM Radio frequency planning into 3G ……………… … 58 6.3. GSM Capacity & Coverage Planning while migrating into 3G…... …. 60 6.4. Mapping GSM Capacity and Coverage into 3G ……………….. …. 61 6.5. Additional Cost for Migration in 3G ……………………………………...63 6.6. Payback Period ………………………………………………...... … 63 Recommendation ……………………………….……………………………………… 64 Reference …………………………………………………………………………….. 65 5 Introduction To study the technology of 2.5G of Teletalk network and migrating it into 3G according to WCDMA method of UMTS with coexisting of current GSM network by obtaining sufficient coverage over the entire service area to ensure that high quality voice service and high bandwidth of data service will be offered to the subscribers. BSS and NSS part the system has been migrated in 3G Migration from 2.5G towards 3G would be based on the following steps: 1. Migration path from GSM/GPRS to 3G network 2. Migration of GSM network architecture into 3G network architecture. 3. Migration of GSM Technology into 3G Technology. 4. Migration of GSM Radio Access network into 3G Radio Access network. 5. Migration of GSM signaling system into 3G signaling systems 6. Migration of GSM network planning into 3G network planning. 3G Teletalk Cellular Mobile system has been design where both GSM BTS & UMTS Node B, GSM BSC & UMTS RNC, GSM Network Switching Subsystem (NSS) & UMTS Network Switching System (NSS) will use the same platform. UMTS Network Switching System will design for both Circuit Switched (CS) domain for speech, video telephony, real-time data transfer & Packet Switched (PS) domain for non real-time data transfer. Migrated 3G system of Teletalk will provide following services: Video on Demand Game on Demand Video Telephony Multimedia Applications Tele-shopping Electronic newspaper with image and sounds Tele-Banking financial services Database information services Email Voice Data rate = 384kbit/s for Macro cell 6 Chapter – 1 Migration Path 1.1. GSM Positioning of Teletalk The second generation of cellular services (2G) of Teletalk Bangladesh Limited as characterized by the GSM standard is a TDM-based technology. GSM run over Plysynchronization Channel (PDH)/Synchronization Channel (SDH) access networks, relying on a wide variety of wire line and wireless transport solutions. The present positioning of Teletalk in GSM evolution path is shown in Figure 1.1. Fig. 1.1 GSM concepts with Teletalk Position General Packet Radio Service (GPRS): The relatively new 2.5G (GPRS) data service is still very much a TDM-based technology, providing an interim solution. 1.2. Teletalk Migration from GSM to 3rd Generation (3G) WCDMA technique is the standard modulation technique for 3G Radio Access Network. WCDMA technique is appropriate for migration from Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)/ General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) to Third Generation (3G). According to following diagram (Fig. 1.2) Teletalk has the choice to slowly evolve along a migration path toward the original objectives of 3G to obtain the smoothest possible transition from the 2nd to the 3rd generation of mobile communications [4]. The cell parameters of 3G are Radius = several kilometers (according to Antenna NodeB parameter set) Transfer rate = 384 kbit/s Mobility = 120 km/h or high 500 km/h Fig. 1.2 3G Migration Path 7 CDMA / WCDMA: CDMA is Code Division Multiple Access. WCDMA stand for Wideband Code Division Multiple Access. WCDMA does not assign a specific frequency to each user. Instead every channel uses the full available spectrum. Individual conversations are encoded with a pseudo-random digital sequence. Direct-sequence CDMA permits multiple users to access a single radio frequency carrier by allocating a discrete code to each. This code is used to spread the user’s data stream over a wide bandwidth for transmission over the radio link. The receiver uses the appropriate code to “dispread” the user’s required signal to reproduce the original data stream. The use of codes to distinguish individual channels also allows adjacent base stations to use the same carrier. In all cases, for bi-directional communication, separate radio frequency carriers are used for uplink (mobile station to base station) and downlink (base station to mobile station). 1.3. Advantage of 3G over 2.5G Migration to 3G Mobile System has got the following advantages: Migration based on GSM core network & core network protocol. Migration based on GSM core network & as core network protocol will be similar. Save GSM investment Reuse of GSM supplementary services. PS – packet switch network as a result easy to compatible with LAN, WAN 3G is a path to migrate to 4G. 144 Kbps- user in high-speed motor vehicles can speed up to 500 km/hour 384 Kbps- pedestrians standing or moving slowly over small areas speed up to 120 km/hour 2 Mbps in low range