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SHRI GANGANAGAR
BSNL cellular service, CellOne, has more than 17.8 million cellular
customers, garnering 24 percent of all mobile users as its subscribers. That means that
almost every fourth mobile user in the country has a BSNL connection. In basic
services, BSNL is miles ahead of its rivals, with 35.1 million Basic Phone subscribers
i.e. 85 per cent share of the subscriber base and 92 percent share in revenue terms.
BSNL has more than 2.5 million WLL subscribers and 2.5 million Internet Customers
who access Internet through various modes viz. Dial-up, Leased Line, DIAS, and
Account Less Internet (CLI). BSNL has been adjudged as the NUMBER ONE ISP in
the country.
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What is DSL?
• A high speed digital communication line
• Has several advantages over other high speed communication
solutions.
• DSL runs on existing copper
• DSL helps carriers reduce congestion on their voice-switching
systems
• Very high speed.
Data Card
SALIENT FEATURES
• OCB stands for organ control bhersion.
• Digital switching system developed by CIT ALCATEL of France.
• OMC & S/N duplicated.
• Varieties of service provided are: basic telephony, ISDN, Mobile, Videotext
etc.
• Supports different types of signaling system.
• Max. no. of junctions may be 60000 and 35 types of cards can be used.
• Less space requirement.
• Automatic fault recovery and remote monitoring.
• Environmental requirement is not very stringent.
SWITCHING MATRIX
The Switching matrix is a single stage ‘t’ made up of host switching matrix
and branch selection & amplification function, SMX is duplicated.
It is OMC for supervising functions of different units and for taking suitable
actions at the event of faults. Magnetic disks each of capability 1.2 GB for various
stages.
MOBILE COMMUNICATION
Mobile phones send and receive radio signals with any number of cell site base
stations fitted with microwave antennas. These sites are usually mounted on a tower,
pole or building, located throughout populated areas, then connected to a cabled
communication network and switching system. The phones have a low-power
transceiver that transmits voice and data to the nearest cell sites, normally not more
than 8 to 13 km (approximately 5 to 8 miles) away.
When the mobile phone or data device is turned on, it registers with the mobile
telephone exchange, or switch, with its unique identifiers, and can then be alerted by
the mobile switch when there is an incoming telephone call. The handset constantly
listens for the strongest signal being received from the surrounding base stations, and
is able to switch seamlessly between sites. As the user moves around the network, the
"handoffs" are performed to allow the device to switch sites without interrupting the
call.
Cell sites have relatively low-power (often only one or two watts) radio
transmitters which broadcast their presence and relay communications between the
mobile handsets and the switch. The switch in turn connects the call to another
subscriber of the same wireless service provider or to the public telephone network,
which includes the networks of other wireless carriers. Many of these sites are
camouflaged to blend with existing environments, particularly in scenic areas.
The dialogue between the handset and the cell site is a stream of digital data that
includes digitized audio (except for the first generation analog networks). The
technology that achieves this depends on the system which the mobile phone operator
has adopted. The technologies are grouped by generation. The first-generation
systems started in 1979 with Japan, are all analog and include AMPS and NMT.
Second-generation systems, started in 1991 in Finland, are all digital and include
GSM, CDMA and TDMA.
Third-generation (3G) networks, which are still being deployed, began in 2001.
They are all digital, and offer high-speed data access in addition to voice services and
include W-CDMA (known also as UMTS), and CDMA2000 EV-DO. China will
launch a third generation technology on the TD-SCDMA standard. Operators use a
mix of predesignated frequency bands determined by the network requirements and
local regulations.
In an effort to limit the potential harm from having a transmitter close to the user's
body, the first fixed/mobile cellular phones that had a separate transmitter, vehicle-
mounted antenna, and handset (known as car phones and bag phones) were limited to
a maximum 3 watts Effective Radiated Power. Modern handheld cell phones which
must have the transmission antenna held inches from the user's skull are limited to a
maximum transmission power of 0.6 watts ERP. Regardless of the potential biological
effects, the reduced transmission range of modern handheld phones limits their
usefulness in rural locations as compared to car/bag phones, and handhelds require
that cell towers be spaced much closer together to compensate for their lack of
transmission power.
Some handhelds include an optional auxiliary antenna port on the back of the
phone, which allows it to be connected to a large external antenna and a 3 watt
cellular booster. Alternately in fringe-reception areas, a cellular repeater may be used,
which uses a long distance high-gain dish antenna or yagi antenna to communicate
with a cell tower far outside of normal range, and a repeater to rebroadcast on a small
short-range local antenna that allows any cell phone within a few meters to function
properly.
GSM
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM: originally from Groupe
Special Mobile) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. Its
promoter, the GSM Association, estimates that 82% of the global mobile market uses
the standard. GSM is used by over 3 billion people across more than 212 countries
and territories. Its ubiquity makes international roaming very common between
mobile phone operators, enabling subscribers to use their phones in many parts of the
world. GSM differs from its predecessors in that both signaling and speech channels
are digital, and thus is considered a second generation (2G) mobile phone system.
This has also meant that data communication was easy to build into the system.
The ubiquity of the GSM standard has been an advantage to both consumers
(who benefit from the ability to roam and switch carriers without switching phones)
and also to network operators (who can choose equipment from any of the many
vendors implementing GSM). GSM also pioneered a low-cost, to the network carrier,
alternative to voice calls, the Short message service (SMS, also called "text
messaging"), which is now supported on other mobile standards as well. Another
advantage is that the standard includes one worldwide Emergency telephone number,
112. This makes it easier for international travellers to connect to emergency services
without knowing the local emergency number. Newer versions of the standard were
backward-compatible with the original GSM phones. For example, Release '97 of the
standard added packet data capabilities, by means of General Packet Radio Service
(GPRS). Release '99 introduced higher speed data transmission using Enhanced Data
Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE).
The rarer 400 and 450 MHz frequency bands are assigned in some countries,
notably Scandinavia, where these frequencies were previously used for first-
generation systems.
GSM-900 uses 890–915 MHz to send information from the mobile station to
the base station (uplink) and 935–960 MHz for the other direction (downlink),
providing 124 RF channels (channel numbers 1 to 124) spaced at 200 kHz. Duplex
spacing of 45 MHz is used. In some countries the GSM-900 band has been extended
to cover a larger frequency range. This 'extended GSM', E-GSM, uses 880–915 MHz
(uplink) and 925–960 MHz (downlink), adding 50 channels (channel numbers 975 to
1023 and 0) to the original GSM-900 band. Time division multiplexing is used to
allow eight full-rate or sixteen half-rate speech channels per radio frequency channel.
There are eight radio timeslots (giving eight burst periods) grouped into what is called
a TDMA frame. Half rate channels use alternate frames in the same timeslot. The
channel data rate is 270.833 kbit/s, and the frame duration is 4.615 ms.
The transmission power in the handset is limited to a maximum of 2 watts in
GSM850/900 and 1 watt in GSM1800/1900.
GSM has used a variety of voice codecs to squeeze 3.1 kHz audio into
between 5.6 and 13 kbit/s. Originally, two codecs, named after the types of data
channel they were allocated, were used, called Half Rate (5.6 kbit/s) and Full Rate
(13 kbit/s). These used a system based upon linear predictive coding (LPC). In
addition to being efficient with bit rates, these codecs also made it easier to identify
more important parts of the audio, allowing the air interface layer to prioritize and
better protect these parts of the signal.
GSM was further enhanced in 1997 with the Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) codec,
a 12.2 kbit/s codec that uses a full rate channel. Finally, with the development of
UMTS, EFR was refactored into a variable-rate codec called AMR-Narrowband,
which is high quality and robust against interference when used on full rate channels,
and less robust but still relatively high quality when used in good radio conditions on
half-rate channels.
There are five different cell sizes in a GSM network—macro, micro, pico,
femto and umbrella cells. The coverage area of each cell varies according to the
implementation environment. Macro cells can be regarded as cells where the base
station antenna is installed on a mast or a building above average roof top level. Micro
cells are cells whose antenna height is under average roof top level; they are typically
used in urban areas. Picocells are small cells whose coverage diameter is a few dozen
meters; they are mainly used indoors. Femtocells are cells designed for use in
residential or small business environments and connect to the service provider’s
network via a broadband internet connection. Umbrella cells are used to cover
shadowed regions of smaller cells and fill in gaps in coverage between those cells.
Cell horizontal radius varies depending on antenna height, antenna gain and
propagation conditions from a couple of hundred meters to several tens of kilometers.
The longest distance the GSM specification supports in practical use is 35 kilometers
(22 mi). There are also several implementations of the concept of an extended cell,
where the cell radius could be double or even more, depending on the antenna system,
the type of terrain and the timing advance.
• The Base Station Subsystem (the base stations and their controllers).
• The Network and Switching Subsystem (the part of the network most similar
to a fixed network). This is sometimes also just called the core network.
• The GPRS Core Network (the optional part which allows packet based
Internet connections).
• All of the elements in the system combine to produce many GSM services
such as voice calls and SMS
Many operators lock the mobiles they sell. This is done because the price of
the mobile phone is typically subsidized with revenue from subscriptions, and
operators want to try to avoid subsidizing competitor's mobiles. The locking applies to
the handset, identified by its International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number,
not to the account (which is identified by the SIM card). In some countries such as
India, all phones are sold unlocked.
GSM security
GSM was designed with a moderate level of security. The system was
designed to authenticate the subscriber using a pre-shared key and challenge-
response. Communications between the subscriber and the base station can be
encrypted. The development of UMTS introduces an optional USIM, that uses a
longer authentication key to give greater security, as well as mutually authenticating
the network and the user - whereas GSM only authenticated the user to the network
(and not vice versa). The security model therefore offers confidentiality and
authentication, but limited authorization capabilities, and no non-repudiation. GSM
uses several cryptographic algorithms for security. The A5/1 and A5/2 stream ciphers
are used for ensuring over-the-air voice privacy. A5/1 was developed first and is a
stronger algorithm used within Europe and the United States; A5/2 is weaker and used
in other countries. Serious weaknesses have been found in both algorithms: it is
possible to break A5/2 in real-time with a cipher text-only attack, and in February
2008, Pico Computing, Inc revealed its ability and plans to commercialize FPGAs that
allow A5/1 to be broken with a rainbow table attack. The system supports multiple
algorithms so operators may replace that cipher with a stronger one.
BROADBAND
Broadband in telecommunications refers to a signaling method that includes or
handles a relatively wide range of frequencies, which may be divided into channels or
frequency bins. Broadband is always a relative term, understood according to its
context. The wider the bandwidth, the greater the information carrying capacity. In
radio, for example, a very narrow-band signal will carry Morse code; a broader band
will carry speech; a still broader band is required to carry music without losing the
high audio frequencies required for realistic sound reproduction. A television antenna
described as "normal" may be capable of receiving a certain range of channels; one
described as "broadband" will receive more channels. In data communications a
modem will transmit a bandwidth of 56 kilobits per seconds (kbit/s) over a telephone
line; over the same telephone line a bandwidth of several megabits per second can be
handled by ADSL, which is described as broadband (relative to a modem over a
telephone line, although much less than can be achieved over a fiber optic circuit, for
example).
In data communications
In DSL
The various forms of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) services are broadband in
the sense that digital information is sent over a high-bandwidth channel above the
baseband voice channel on a single pair of wires.
In Ethernet
In terms of infrastructure for broadband services NIB-II would put India at par
with more advanced nations. The services that would be supported includes always-on
broadband access to the Internet for residential and business customers, Content based
services, Video multicasting, Video-on-demand and Interactive gaming, Audio and
Video conferencing, IP Telephony, Distance learning, Messaging: plain and feature
rich, Multi-site MPLS VPNs with Quality of Service (QoS) guarantees. The subscribe
will be able to access the above services through Subscriber Service Selection System
(SSSS)portal.
OBJECTIVES
• To provide high speed Internet connectivity (upto 8 Mbps)
• To provide Virtual Private Network (VPN) service to the broadband customers
• To provide dial VPN service to MPLS VPN customers.
• To provide multicast video services, video-on-demand, etc. through the
Broadband Remote Access Server (BRAS).
• To provide a means to bill for the aforesaid services by either time-based or
volume-based billing. It shall provide the customer with the option to select
the services through web server
• To provide both pre-paid and post paid broadband services.
TECHNICAL CAPABILITY
The Broadband Service will be given through the state of the art Multi
Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) based IP Infrastructure, which is designed to
provide reliable routes to cover all possible destinations within and outside the
country. Layer 1 of the network will consist of a high speed Backbone comprising of
24 powerful Core Routers connected with high speed 2.5 Gbps (STM-16) links. The
routers are located on the national DWDM network interfacing at STM-16 optical
level to provide for high transmission speeds.