Mastering GPRS and EDGE

This course will enable participants to develop their understanding of what GSM, GPRS and EDGE is and what it can do, including the motivation for its development, its early history, and its present capabilities, Help the engineering team in planning, optimization and performance management for the wireless data network; exploring the linkages between technological capabilities of GSM, GPRS and EDGE and the marketing and pricing decisions that are an essential part of delivering quality to customers. The inquiring of IP mobility is also includes in this course. The main motive of the course is to provide the detailed of the GPRS & EDGE which consist of its rule and regulation, tips to improve the GPRS & EDGE Protocols,Usage of GPRS. This is course is for those who are interested in designing and system engineering profession.

Before doing this course they should know about GSM and should be master in UMTS Radio Protocols and Signaling.

The course syllabus consist of :

Introduction
Motivation for GPRS & EDGE
GPRS/EDGE handset capabilities
Capabilities & limitations of GPRS & EDGE
Role of the GGSN and SGSN
Network and protocol reference model
GPRS basic operations
MCS & CS classes
Physical layer operations
GMSK & 8PSK modulation
Physical and logical channels
Error protection techniques
Incremental Redundancy (IR) in EDGE
MAC - channel coordination (TBF, medium access modes)
RLC - Modes of operation
Internet routing protocols
BSSGP virtual circuits
Role of IP, TCP and UDP
PDP context activation
Encapsulation and tunneling (GTP)
Transparent and non-transparent access
Services in GPRS/EDGE Networks
Service APN
GPRS Mobility and Roaming
Global roaming and GRX
GPRS Billing
Concurrent GSM and GPRS services