| Course: | Data over GSM, GPRS & EDGE |
| Duration: | 2 days |
| Cost | £845 |
| ETS Reference: | ETS434 |
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Objectives:
GSM, the Global System for Mobile Communications
is the world’s dominant mobile technology with around half a billion users.
GSM supports circuit switched data at 9600
bps by allowing a telephone call to carry data.
GSM has been enhanced in an evolutionary way by adding new components to provide
GPRS, the General Packet Radio System which can deliver data at up to around
30 to 40 kbps.
EDGE, which used to stand for Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution and nowadays often stands for Enhanced Data for Global Evolution, is an upgrade to the radio interface of GPRS that trebles the data throughput, hence often also referred to as EGPRS.
This two day course briefly reviews GSM then introduces GPRS. The new components and interfaces and the additions to the air interface for GPRS are discussed. The course continues by explaining the changes to GPRS and the radio part of GSM and GPRS necessary to support EDGE.
For delegates who are familiar with GSM and GPRS, a companion course to this one is solely focussed on EDGE.
Delegates on this course should be familiar with the GSM terestrial components and the principles of the air interface.