Course Name: Introduction to GPRS

 

Course Length: 2 days

 

Description: GSM provides circuit-switched voice and data services.  For data services, GSM emulates a modem making it terribly inefficient.  General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) offers a more efficient packet-based data service at higher rates.  GPRS is not truly “3G”, but it is an important step forward towards that ultimate goal.  As such it is considered a “2.5G” system

 

What You Will Learn:  You will learn the basic architecture, terms and identities used in a GPRS network.  In addition we will examine some typical call flows as they relate to a GSM / GPRS network.

 

Who Will Benefit From This Course: This course is designed for anyone requiring a fundamental knowledge of how GPRS works, some common identities and terms, and how GPRS provides a smooth migration from 2G to 3G mobile networks.  Others would include network or traffic engineers, technical support and interconnection specialists.

 

Course Outline:

 

·        GPRS Architecture and Services

ü      Network Access

ü      Packet Routing

ü      Mobility Management

ü      Architecture

ü      Bearer and Supplementary Services

ü      Quality of Service

·        Session Management, Mobility Management and Routing

ü      States

ü      Interactions

ü      Procedures

ü      Attach / Detach

ü      Security

ü      Subscriber Management

 

·        Protocol Architecture

ü      Routing and address conversion

ü      Signaling Plane

ü      GPRS Backbone

 

 

 

·        Introduction to the Air Interface

ü      Multiple Access

ü      Radio Resource Management

ü      Logical Channels

ü      Mapping to Physical Channels

Course Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of telephony and signaling would be helpful, but not essential.