A brief Overview of the GSM Radio Interface

Thierry Turletti
Telemedia Networks and Systems Group
Laboratory for Computer Science
Massachussets Institute of Technology
turletti@lcs.mit.edu
March 1, 1996

Abstract:

This technical memorandum contains a compilation of several papers, reports and books relative to the GSM-900 radio interface. It is not exhaustive and it is restricted to the Traffic Channel/Full-Rate Speech (TCH/FS).

• Keywords
• Contents
• Introduction
• Radio Transmission Aspects
• From Speech to Radio Waves
  • The GSM Speech Coding
  • The GSM Channel Coding
    • Error Detecting Codes
    • Convolutional Coding / Decoding
  • Interleaving / De-interleaving
  • Ciphering / Deciphering
  • Modulation / Demodulation
  • RF Power levels
• References
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