Module 1: Introduction

• Development
• GSM Today
• Evolution from GSM to the 3rd Generation
• HSCSD
• GPRS
• EDGE
• UMTS
• Quiz
  

Module 2: GSM Services

• Classification
• Bearer Services
• Teleservices
• Supplementary Services
• Line Identification Services
• Call Offering Services
• Call Completion Services
• Multi Party Supplementary Services
• Closed User Groups (CUG)
• Advice of Charge
• Call Restriction Services
• Value Added Services
• Quiz 
     

Module 3:  Network Architecture

• Network Elements and their Basic Functions
• Base Station Subsystem (BSS)
• Network Subsystem (NSS)
• Operation & Maintenance Subsystem (OMS)
• Additional GSM Components
• GSM Network Topology
• Quiz
     
  

Module 4:  BSS Interfaces

• The BSS Interfaces
• The A Interface
• The A-ter Interface
• Fullrate vs. Enhanced Fullrate Speech Codec
• Discontinuous Transmission
• The A-bis Interface
• The Terrestrial Interfaces - Summary
• The Air Interface Um
• Basic Principles of Transmission
• The Physical Channels
• The Logical Channels
• Channel Coding
• Quiz
    
  

Module 5:  NSS Interfaces

• SS7 Signalling and NSS Interfaces
• The OSI Reference Model
• The SS7 System
• Message Transfer Part (MTP)
• Telephone User Part (TUP)
• Signalling Connection and Control Part (SCCP)
• SS7 Applications in GSM Networks
• Base Station Subsystem Application Part (BSSAP)
• Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP)
• Mobile Application Part (MAP)
• Protocols of the GSM Elements
• Protocol Structure in the MSC
• Protocol Structure in the HLR and the BSC
• Communication between Network Elements
• Other GSM Signalling Protocols
• Overview of the NSS Interfaces
• Quiz

Module 6:  Basic Procedures

• Numbers-Identities-Codes
• Mobile Subscriber ISDN Number (MSISDN)
• International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI)
• HLR Entries
• Mobile Station Roaming Number (MSRN)
• Handover Number (HON)
• Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (TMSI) and Location Area Identity (LAI)
• International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI)
• Cell Global Identity (CGI)
• Base Station Identity Code (BSIC)
• Procedures
• Registration of the Mobile Station on the Network
• Location Update and Authentication
• Mobile Terminated Call (MTC) and Encoding
• Mobile Originated Call (MOC) and IMEI Checking
• Handover
• Intra Cell - Intra BSC Handover 
• Inter Cell - Intra BSC Handover
• Inter Cell - Inter BSC Handover
• Inter MSC Handover
• Quiz