ETSI TS 101 376-5-2 V3.5.1 (2017-03)

GEO-Mobile Radio Interface Specifications (Release 3); Third Generation Satellite Packet Radio Service; Part 5: Radio interface physical layer specifications; Sub-part 2: Multiplexing and Multiple Access; Stage 2 Service Description; GMR-1 3G 45.002

RTS/SES-00426

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 09-Mar-2017
• Technical Committee: SES SCN - Satellite Communications and Navigation
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Due Date: 24-Feb-2017
• Completion Date: 10-Mar-2017
• Mandate: M/496

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ETSI TS 101 376-5-2 V3.5.1 (2017-03)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
GEO-Mobile Radio Interface Specifications (Release 3);
Third Generation Satellite Packet Radio Service;
Part 5: Radio interface physical layer specifications;
Sub-part 2: Multiplexing and Multiple Access;
Stage 2 Service Description;
GMR-1 3G 45.002

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GMR-1 3G 45.002 2 ETSI TS 101 376-5-2 V3.5.1 (2017-03)



Reference
RTS/SES-00426
Keywords
3G, GMPRS, GMR, GPRS, GSM, GSO,
interface, MES, mobile, MSS, MUX, radio,
satellite, S-PCN, TDMA

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 7
Foreword . 7
Modal verbs terminology . 8
Introduction . 8
1 Scope . 10
2 References . 10
2.1 Normative references . 10
2.2 Informative references . 11
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 11
3.1 Definitions . 11
3.2 Abbreviations . 11
4 General . 11
5 Logical channels . 11
5.1 General . 11
5.2 Traffic channels . 12
5.2.1 General . 12
5.2.2 Speech traffic channels . 12
5.2.3 Data traffic channels . 12
5.2.4 Summary of traffic channel characteristics . 12
5.2.5 Packet Data Traffic CHannels (PDTCH) (A/Gb mode only) . 12
5.2.5a Packet Data Traffic Channels (PDTCH3) (Iu mode only) . 13
5.2.6 Packet Mode Dedicated Channels (Iu mode only) . 14
5.3 Control channels . 15
5.3.1 General . 15
5.3.2 Broadcast channels . 15
5.3.2.1 Frequency Correction CHannel (FCCH) . 15
5.3.2.2 GPS Broadcast control CHannel (GBCH) . 15
5.3.2.3 Broadcast Control CHannel (BCCH) . 15
5.3.3 Common Control Channel (CCCH) . 15
5.3.4 Dedicated control channels . 15
5.3.5 Cell Broadcast CHannel (CBCH) . 15
5.3.6 Packet Common Control CHannels (PCCCH) . 16
5.3.7 Packet dedicated control channels . 16
6 The physical resource . 16
6.1 General . 16
6.2 Radio frequency channels. 16
6.2.1 Spot beam allocation . 16
6.2.2 Downlink and uplink . 16
6.3 Timeslots and TDMA frames . 16
6.3.1 General . 16
6.3.2 Timeslot number . 16
6.3.3 TDMA frame number . 16
7 Bursts . 17
7.1 General . 17
7.2 Timing . 17
7.2.1 Half-symbol period . 17
7.2.2 Useful duration . 17
7.2.3 Guard period . 18
7.3 Multiple unique word patterns in bursts . 18
7.4 Types of bursts . 18
7.4.0 General . 18
7.4.1 BACH burst . 18
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7.4.1.0 General . 18
7.4.1.1 BACH3 burst. 18
7.4.2 BCCH burst . 19
7.4.3 CICH burst . 19
7.4.4 DC2 burst . 19
7.4.5 DC6 burst . 19
7.4.6 DKAB bursts . 19
7.4.6.0 General . 19
7.4.6.1 KAB3 burst . 19
7.4.7 FCCH burst . 20
7.4.7.0 General . 20
7.4.7.1 FCCH3 burst . 20
7.4.8 NT3 burst . 21
7.4.8.0 General . 21
7.4.8.1 NT3 burst for encoded speech . 21
7.4.8.2 NT3 burst for FACCH . 21
7.4.9 NT6 burst . 21
7.4.10 NT9 burst . 21
7.4.11 RACH burst . 21
7.4.11.0 General . 21
7.4.11.1 RACH3 burst. 21
7.4.12 SDCCH burst . 21
7.4.13 Packet Normal Bursts (PNB) . 22
7.4.13.0 General . 22
7.4.13.1 Burst header . 26
7.4.13.1.0 General . 26
7.4.13.1.1 Guard bits . 26
7.4.13.1.2 Unique Word (UW) . 26
7.4.13.1.3 PUblic Information (PUI) field . 27
7.4.13.1.4 Transition symbols . 27
7.4.13.2 Encoded PRivate Information (PRI) . 28
7.4.13.3 Formats of packet normal burst . 28
7.4.13.3.0 General . 28
7.4.13.3.1 Void . 28
7.4.13.3.2 PNB(4,3). 28
7.4.13.3.3 PNB(5,3). 29
7.4.13.3.4 PNB(1,6). 29
7.4.13.3.5 PNB(2,6). 30
7.4.13.3.6 LDCP coded PNB2(5,12)/Downlink . 30
7.4.13.3.7 LDPC coded PNB2(5,12)/Uplink . 31
7.4.13.3.8 LDPC coded PNB2(5,3)/Downlink . 31
7.4.13.3.9 LDPC coded PNB2(5,3)/Uplink . 32
7.4.13.3.10 PNB3(5,12)/Uplink . 33
7.4.13.3.11 PNB3(5,12)/Downlink . 33
7.4.13.3.12 PNB3(5,3)/Uplink . 34
7.4.13.3.13 PNB3(5,3)/Downlink . 35
7.4.13.3.14 PNB3(10,3) Downlink . 36
7.4.13.3.15 PNB3(1,3) Burst . 37
7.4.13.3.16 PNB3(1,6) burst . 38
7.4.13.3.17 PNB3(1,8) burst . 39
7.4.13.3.18 P NB3(2,6) . 40
7.4.14 Packet Access Burst (PAB) . 41
7.4.15 Packet Keep-Alive Burst (PKAB) . 41
7.4.16 DC12 burst . 43
8 Logical-physical channel mapping . 44
8.1 General . 44
8.1.0 Abstract . 44
8.1.1 Frequency-domain description. 44
8.1.2 Time-domain description . 44
8.1.2.1 Physical channels . 44
8.1.2.2 Logical channels . 44
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8.2 Physical Channel (PC) types and names . 44
8.3 Logical channel parameters . 44
8.4 Permitted channel configurations . 45
8.5 Logical channel frame sequencing concepts . 45
8.5.0 General . 45
8.5.1 Simple frame sequence . 45
8.5.1.0 General . 45
8.5.1.1 Simple frame sequence subchannels . 45
8.5.2 Simple paired-frame sequence . 45
8.5.2.0 General . 45
8.5.2.1 Simple paired-frame sequence subchannels . 45
8.5.3 Configured paired-frame sequence (A/Gb mode only) . 45
8.5.3.0 General . 45
8.5.3.1 CBCH configuration . 45
8.5.3a CBCH configuration (Iu mode only) . 46
8.5.4 Statistically multiplexed paired-frame sequence (A/Gb mode only) . 46
8.5.4.0 General . 46
8.5.4.1 Pool size . 46
8.5.4.2 Statistically multiplexed paired-frame sequence subchannels . 46
8.5.4.3 Example using SDCCH . 46
8.5.5 System information cycle sequencing. 46
8.5.5.0 General . 46
8.5.5.1 Physical-Channel-Relative Timeslot Number (PCRTN) . 46
8.5.5.2 System-Information-Relative Frame Number (SIRFN) . 46
8.5.5.3 Graphical representation of system information cycle timeslots . 46
8.6 Mapping of logical channels to BCCH/CCCH . 46
8.6.0 General . 46
8.6.1 Fixed reserved-slot logical channels . 46
8.6.1.0 General . 46
8.6.1.1 FCCH . 47
8.6.1.1a FCCH3 . 47
8.6.1.2 CICH . 47
8.6.1.3 BCCH . 47
8.6.2 Optional reserved-slot logical channels . 47
8.6.2.0 General . 47
8.6.2.1 PCH . 48
8.6.2.2 BACH . 49
8.6.3 Unreserved-slot logical channels . 49
8.6.4 Mapping of CBCH (Iu mode) . 49
8.7 Mapping of logical channels to normal CCCH . 49
8.7a Mapping of logical channels to SI extended/AGCH/CCCH (Iu mode only) . 50
8.8 Mapping in time of packet logical channels onto physical channels . 51
8.8.1 General . 51
8.8.2 Mapping of the uplink channels . 51
8.8.2.1 Mapping of uplink packet traffic channel (PDTCH/U) and PACCH/U . 51
8.8.2.2 Mapping of the packet timing advance control channel (PTCCH/U) (A/Gb mode only) . 52
8.8.2.3 Mapping of the uplink PCCCH, i.e. PRACH (A/Gb mode only) . 52
8.8.2.3a Mapping of the uplink PCCCH, i.e. PRACH3 (Iu mode only) . 52
8.8.3 Mapping of the downlink channels . 53
8.8.3.1 Mapping of the (PDTCH/D) and PACCH/D . 53
8.8.3.2 Mapping of the PTCCH/D (A/Gb mode only) . 53
8.8.3.3 Mapping of the PBCCH . 53
8.8.3.4 Mapping of the PCCCH . 53
8.8.4 Mapping of PBCCH data . 53
8.8.5 Permitted combination of packet data channels . 53
8.9 Multislot configurations . 54
8.9.0 General . 54
8.9.1 Multislot configurations for circuit switched connections .
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