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Code: NES_SK_1279

Duration: 40 Hrs / 4 Weeks / Customized

Mode: Online / Offline / Onsite

Modules Covered in the Course

Introduction to GSM and GSM-R Networks

• What is GSM-R?
• The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
• GSM Evolution
• GSM-R Market
• GSM-R Equipment
• GSM-R Users
• GSM-R Features
• GSM-R Standards

GSM Network Architecture

• Fixed and Mobile Networks
• GSM Network Domain
• Release 99 Architecture
• Circuit Switched Domain
• The Mobile Station (MS)
• The Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card
• BTS Functions
• BTS Capacity
• The Base Station Controller (BSC)
• Mobile-services Switching Centre (MSC)
• GSM Databases
• Operations and Maintenance Centre (OMC)
• Release 4 Architecture
• GSM Identities
• GSM Cells
• MSC Areas
• Location Area (LA)

GPRS Network Architecture

• Introduction to GPRS
• Circuit Switching and Packet Switching
• Packet-Switched Technology
• An Internet Subnetwork
• Packet Creation
• Routing Through the Network
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Packet Switching
• GPRS Network Elements
• Packet Control Unit (PCU)
• Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN)
• Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN)
• GSM/GPRS Interworking

GSM-R Network Architecture

• GSM-R Network Architecture
• EIRENE Cab Radio
• Cab Radio – Physical Requirements
• Trainborne Equipment
• Operational Radio (OPH)
• General Purpose Radio (GPH)
• Shunting Radio
• Power Classes.
• Subscriber Identity Module
• Base Transceiver Station
• Base Station Controller
• Network Switching System
• HLR and VLR Databases
• The Group Call Register (GCR)
• Acknowledgement Centre & Service Control Point
• GSM-R Fixed Terminal
• Train Locator

GSM-R Services

• GSM Telecommunication Services
• Bearer Services for GSM-R
• GSM Teleservices
• GSM-R Teleservices
• Supplementary Services Overview
• GSM-R Supplementary Services
• EIRENE Special Features
• Short Message Service (SMS)
• Cell Broadcast Service (CBS)

GSM-R Identities

• GSM/GPRS Identities
• Head Codes
• Functional Numbering
• GSM-R FN Format
• Call Types (CTs)
• Call Type 1 (CT1) – Short Dialling Codes
• Call Types 2, 3 and 4
• Functional Codes for CTs 2, 3 and 4
• Call Type 2 (CT2)
• Call Type 5 (CT5)
• Maintenance & Shunting Teams–Call Type 6
• Call Type 7 (CT7)
• Train Controllers – Call Type 7
• Call Type 8 (CT8)
• Breakout and PSTN Access Codes
• Functional Number Example

GSM-R Coverage

• GSM-R Radio Spectrum
• The Cellular-Network Philosophy
• Frequency Reuse
• Reuse Distance
• Frequency Reuse for Railway Networks
• Environmental Effects on Radio Waves
• Cell Configurations
• Cell Types
• Coverage
• GSM-R Coverage
• BTS Configuration – Pseudo-omni
• Pseudo-omnis at Railway Junctions
• BTS Configuration – Macro Sectored
• The Cellular-Network Philosophy
• Leaky Feeders
• Tunnel Solutions
• Location Areas (LAs)
• Group Call Areas (GCAs)

Network Access

• GSM Operational Modes
• GPRS Mobile States
• State Changes
• GSM and GPRS Cell Selection
• Cell Selection
• System Information (SI)
• Cell Reselection
• Dedicated Mode Procedures
• Discontinuous Transmission (DTX)
• Handovers
• Types of Handovers
• Handover Triggers

GSM-R Procedures

• Registration
• Registering a Train
• Basic FM Registration Process
• Deregistration
• Forced Deregistration
• Call Types
• Standard Point-to-Point Call
• User to User Signaling (UUS)
• Location Dependent Address Call
• Short Codes and Group Call Identities
• Urgent Point-to-Point Call to Signaller
• Enhanced Multi Level Precedence & Pre emption
• Mobile Originated Short Code 1299
• Mobile Originated eMLPP Call
• Mobile-Terminated eMLPP Call
• Call Waiting and Call Hold
• Voice Group Call Service (VGCS)
• VGCS Architecture
• VGCS Users
• Notification of Group Call Activity or Availability
• Group Membership
• Group Call Reference
• Handovers in GSM-R
• Voice Group Call Service Initiation
• Uplink Access
• Voice Group Call Service Termination
• Voice Broadcast Calls
• Voice Broadcast Service
• Voice Broadcast Service Termination
• Railway Emergency Call (REC)
• Railway Emergency Call (REC) – 299
• Acknowledgement to an Emergency Call – 1612
• Point to Point Text Messages
• Shunting Mode
• PA Announcements
• Enhanced Railway Emergency Calls (eREC)
• eREC Registration/Deregistration
• USSD Sector ID Update Method

European Train Control System

• European Train Control System (ETCS)
• ETCS Level 1
• ETCS Level 2
• ETCS Level 3
• Radio Coverage Requirements
• ETCS and GPRS