Gprs
General Packet Radio Service Mario Baldi
(Technical University of Torino) mario.baldi[at]polito.it staff.polito.it/mario.baldi
© M. Baldi: see page 2
GPRS
Politecnico di Torino
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GPRS - 2 © M. Baldi: see page 2
Generalities
Based on the existing GSM infrastructure Packet switching functionality
Better data transfer rates Statistical multiplexing
Traffic based billing
Migration Path to 3G Networks
GPRS - 3 © M. Baldi: see page 2
Service Types
Point-to-Point
Internet access by user
Point-to-Multipoint
Delivery of
(Technical University of Torino) mario.baldi[at]polito.it staff.polito.it/mario.baldi
© M. Baldi: see page 2
GPRS
Politecnico di Torino
Copyright Notice
This set of transparencies, hereinafter referred to as slides, is protected by copyright laws and provisions of International Treaties. The title and copyright regarding the slides (including, but not limited to, each and every image, photography, animation, video, audio, music and text) are property of the authors specified on page 1. The slides may be reproduced and used freely by research institutes, schools and Universities for non-profit, institutional purposes. In such cases, no authorization is requested. Any total or partial use or reproduction (including, but not limited to, reproduction on magnetic media, computer networks, and printed reproduction) is forbidden, unless explicitly authorized by the authors by means of written license. Information included in these slides is deemed as accurate at the date of publication. Such information is supplied for merely educational purposes and may not be used in designing systems, products, networks, etc. In any case, these slides are subject to changes without any previous notice. The authors do not assume any responsibility for the contents of these slides (including, but not limited to, accuracy, completeness, enforceability, updated-ness of information hereinafter provided). In any case, accordance with information hereinafter included must not be declared. In any case, this copyright notice must never be removed and must be reported even in partial uses.
GPRS - 2 © M. Baldi: see page 2
Generalities
Based on the existing GSM infrastructure Packet switching functionality
Better data transfer rates Statistical multiplexing
Traffic based billing
Migration Path to 3G Networks
GPRS - 3 © M. Baldi: see page 2
Service Types
Point-to-Point
Internet access by user
Point-to-Multipoint
Delivery of
References: Wikipedia: General Packet Radio Service, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Packet_ Radio_Service B. Ghribi and L. Logrippo, “Understanding GPRS: The GSM Packet Radio Service”, Computer Networks, vol. 34, pp. 763–779, 2000 Herman Rao Yi-Bing Lin, I. Chlamtac, “General Packet Radio Service (GPRS): Architecture, Interfaces, and Deployment”, Journal of Wireless Communiations and Mobile Computing, vol. 1, n. 1, 2001. GPRS - 47 © M. Baldi: see page 2