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co-channel interfere. Through using the digital modulation, front error correct and equilization
technologies, GSM system can contain more co-channel interfere. This indicate that in GSM
system, the cells occupy the same frequency can get more closer than analog system. Then the
GSM system has better frequency usage and has bigger user capacity.
GSM system adopts TDMA and FDMA modulations, and the whole frequency band is
divided into two bands (uplink band and downlink band). Mobile use the uplink channel to
transmit signal, and base station use the downlink channel to transmit signal. Each channel
occupies 200KHz bandwidth, and is identified by one number as ARFCN. Other than frequency
division, GSM also use time division technology. Each ARFCN is shared by 8 time slots. Each
mobile just occupies one time slot in one ARFCN, then waiting for the corresponding time slot in
the next frame. As figure 2 shows, there are 4 TCH channel, each channel occupies one specific
ARFCN and time slot, 3 TCH channel in one ARFCN, but the time slot is different, the other TCH
channel is on another ARFCN. The data is modulated into the carrier using GMSK methods.
The continuous signal bursts can be transmitted in different frequencies, which is called
frequency hopping. Frequency hopping reduces the influence of RF fading, and improves the
security and secrecy of data link. GSM mobile just need transmit one burst in each frame, doesn’t
need to transmit continuously, so it makes the mobile more effective to save power.
The GSM system can automatically hand over the mobile from one cell to another cell,
which the user doesn’t feel unconvenience. The mobile can detect the signal strength of the
neighbor cell, and if the signal of the neighbor cell is bigger, it will inform the base station, and
the base station will switch it to the neighbor cell. All the procedure is done automatically, so the
user can’t fell it.
4.4 Service area
The GSM operator determine the area in which the user can send and receive call, if the
mobile exceed the area, signal (no operation) appear then the user can not send or receive call,