Often Questions
Often Questions
Often Questions
Fast fading is also called multi-path fading, as a result of multi-path propagation. When multi-path
signals arriving at a UE, the constructive and destructive phases create a variation in signal strength.
Slow fading is also called shadowing. When a UE moves away from a cell the signal strength drops
down slowly.
Path loss
Path loss referrers to the natural diminution of the amplitude of a signal, due to MS moving
far from transmitter.
Shadow fading or slow fading
It is a slow losing of the signal strength due to the existence obstacles between the MS and
BTS.
Time dispersion
An object exist between the mobile station and BTS, this object reflects a strong signal in a
different path that perturb the overall signal received at the mobile station.
Co channel interference
Same frequency interfere each other.
POWER CONTROL
Power Control is an algorithm used to help the mobile station and BTS to send the signal
using the lowest power as possible, adjustment of the power is decided after a couple of
measurement report calculations.
SACCH
Slow Associated Control Channel (SACCH)
SACCH is called associated because it is associated with TCH or SDCCH.
Downlink: Conveys power control, timing information and Receive Signal Strength
Indicator (RSSI)
Uplink: link quality reports.
FACCH
Fast Associated Control Channel (FACCH)
The FACH is called Fast because it send the information on the whole TCH burst contrary to
the SACCH, this last takes only a part of the whole burst.
The FACCH steals the TCH burst and inserts its own information.
The FACCH is used to carry out:
User authentication
Handovers
Immediate assignment
Frequency Hopping
Base band
Baseband hopping is based on changing the TRX/TS but the frequency of the RX is fixed.
Synthesizer
The synthesizer is based on changing the frequency of the TRX.
MAIO and HSN are used to prompt the hopping,