SIST ETS 300 574 E3:2003

• Abstract:

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• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 30-Nov-2003
• ICS: 33.040.20 - Transmission systems
• ICS: 33.070.50 - Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)
• Technical Committee: SS EIT - Technical Board for the electrotechnical, information technology and telecommunications fields
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Due Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Completion Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Ref Project: ETSI ETS 300 574 ed.3 (1996-08) - Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2) (GSM); Multiplexing and multiple access on the radio path (GSM 05.02)

SIST ETS 300 574 E3:2003 is the Slovenian adoption of ETS 300 574 Edition 3 from ETSI. It specifies how the GSM Phase 2 radio path is multiplexed and shared, including physical channels, bursts, timeslots, TDMA frames, frequency hopping, and the mapping of logical channels onto radio resources. Engineers, radio network planners, and test teams use it to define and verify GSM radio subsystem channel behavior.

What does SIST ETS 300 574 E3:2003 specify?

SIST ETS 300 574 E3:2003 specifies the physical channels of the GSM radio subsystem needed to support the logical channels. It also describes the logical channels themselves, the split of the radio resource in frequency and time, and the rules for mapping logical channels onto physical channels.

The document is organized into:

• Clause 1 - scope, normative references, and abbreviations
• Clause 2 - general overview
• Clause 3 - logical channels
• Clause 4 - physical resource
• Clause 5 - physical channels and bursts
• Clause 6 - mapping of logical channels onto physical channels
• Section 7 - mapping tables for channel combinations and timing relationships

This structure matters in practice because it separates the channel definitions from the implementation rules. A reader can first identify which logical service is being carried, then determine the radio frequency, timeslot, burst, and frame pattern needed to carry it.

What are the key requirements of SIST ETS 300 574 E3:2003?

Channel classes and what they carry

SIST ETS 300 574 E3:2003 divides logical channels into traffic channels and control channels in clause 3. Traffic channels carry encoded speech or user data, while control channels carry signalling and synchronization information.

• Clause 3.2 defines full-rate traffic channels (TCH/F) and half-rate traffic channels (TCH/H), then splits them into speech and data variants. In practice, this tells implementers which channel types are available for voice and user data services.
• Clause 3.3 defines broadcast, common, and dedicated control channels. This is the basis for system information broadcast, random access, paging, and dedicated signalling.
• Clause 3.3.2 defines FCCH, SCH, and BCCH. These channels support frequency correction, frame synchronization, base transceiver station identification, and broadcast system information, so they are the channels that let a mobile find and understand the cell.
• Clause 3.3.3 defines PCH, RACH, and AGCH. These channels handle paging, access requests, and access grants, which are the main entry path for idle mobiles.
• Clause 3.3.4 defines dedicated signalling channels such as SACCH, FACCH, and SDCCH. These are used after access, during call setup, and for ongoing control of an active connection.
• Clause 3.3.5 assigns CBCH to short message service cell broadcast (SMSCB). That matters when a cell must deliver broadcast text to mobiles.
• Clause 3.4 and clause 6.4 restrict which channels may be combined on a basic physical channel. In practice, network design must follow these allowed combinations rather than assembling channels arbitrarily.

Radio resource, timing, and bursts

SIST ETS 300 574 E3:2003 defines the radio resource in clause 4 and the burst formats in clause 5.

• Clause 4.2 separates the cell allocation (CA) and mobile allocation (MA), and identifies the BCCH carrier. This is the basis for planning which frequencies belong to the cell and which are available to a particular mobile.
• Clause 4.3 defines the TDMA frame structure, the timeslot numbering, and the cyclic frame number (FN). This timing is essential for synchronization, interleaving, and encryption-related frame use.
• Clause 5.2 defines the burst types: normal burst (NB), frequency correction burst (FB), synchronization burst (SB), dummy burst, and access burst (AB). Each burst has a different bit layout, so the radio interface must transmit the correct structure for the channel in use.
• Clause 5.2.8 defines the guard period and the need for ramping between bursts. This is important for radio performance because it limits interference into adjacent time slots and channels.

Mapping logical channels onto physical channels

SIST ETS 300 574 E3:2003 sets out how logical channels are placed on timeslots and frequencies in clause 6 and Section 7.

• Clause 6.2 defines frequency hopping using CA, FN, MA, MAIO, and HSN. In practice, this tells the BTS and the mobile how to select the RF channel for each frame.
• Clause 6.2.4 states that frequency hopping is not permitted on the BCCH carrier for any timeslot supporting BCCH. That protects the broadcast control channel from hopping behavior.
• Clause 6.3 uses the Section 7 tables to map logical channels in time. The tables show burst type, repeat length, and interleaved blocks, which are the practical inputs for implementation and verification.
• Clause 6.5 defines how C0 is used, how dummy bursts fill unused downlink timeslots on C0, and how CCCHs are placed. That matters for cell configuration because the broadcast carrier must always present a valid downlink signal.
• Clause 6.5.2 and 6.5.3 define how CCCH_GROUP and PAGING_GROUP are derived from the International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI). This is the paging logic that determines which mobiles listen to which paging blocks.
• Clause 6.5.4 defines Short Message Service Cell Broadcast (SMSCB) timing on the CBCH. It gives the transmission pattern that operators must follow when broadcasting cell messages.

What terms does SIST ETS 300 574 E3:2003 define?

• Traffic channel (TCH) - A logical channel used to carry encoded speech or user data.
• Broadcast control channel (BCCH) - The downlink channel that carries general cell information for mobiles in the cell.
• Common control channel (CCCH) - The group of common control functions that includes paging, random access, and access grant handling.
• Stand alone dedicated control channel (SDCCH) - A dedicated signalling channel used for control procedures before or outside traffic channel use.
• Mobile allocation index offset (MAIO) - The offset used when selecting the next frequency in a hopping sequence.
• Hopping sequence number (HSN) - The parameter that selects the hopping algorithm, including cyclic or pseudo-random hopping behavior.
• Frame number (FN) - The cyclic TDMA frame counter used in timing, hopping, and synchronization.

Who uses SIST ETS 300 574 E3:2003?

SIST ETS 300 574 E3:2003 is used by GSM radio engineers, base station designers, mobile device implementers, and conformance test laboratories. Network planners use it to choose channel combinations, paging structure, and hopping behavior for a cell.

Quality and test teams use it to check that the radio subsystem sends the right burst types on the right timeslots and frames. Buyers and integrators use it to confirm that a BTS, chipset, or test tool supports the GSM Phase 2 radio channel structure expected in operation.

Which standards are used with SIST ETS 300 574 E3:2003?

• GSM 01.04 - Provides the abbreviations and acronyms used throughout the specification.
• GSM 03.03 - Defines numbering, addressing, and identification, including the identifiers used by the broadcast and synchronization channels.
• GSM 04.03 - Defines MS-BSS channel structures, access capabilities, and the permitted channel combinations referenced in clause 6.
• GSM 04.06 - Provides the MS-BSS data link layer specification used by the signalling channels.
• GSM 04.08 - Provides mobile radio interface layer 3 and the BCCH parameters used to derive channel behavior.
• GSM 05.03 - Defines channel coding for the bits carried in the bursts.
• GSM 05.04 - Defines modulation, which underpins how the bursts are transmitted.
• GSM 05.05 - Defines radio transmission and reception, the RF channel structure, and ramping behavior.
• GSM 05.08 - Defines radio subsystem link control and the mapping of SID frames during DTX operation.
• GSM 05.10 - Defines radio subsystem synchronization and how the TDMA frame number is calculated.

What does the SIST ETS 300 574 E3:2003 document contain?

The document contains definitions of logical channels, physical resource concepts, burst formats, hopping rules, and time-domain mapping rules. Section 7 presents the main mapping tables that show which logical channels can be carried on which timeslots and frequencies, the burst type to use, and the interleaving pattern for each case.

It also includes the hopping sequence generation method, including the table used by the non-cyclic hopping algorithm. For implementation, the document provides the practical details needed to configure a BTS, align mobiles to the frame structure, and verify paging, access, broadcast, and traffic channel behavior in testing.

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2003
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Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2) (GSM); Multiplexing and multiple
access on the radio path (GSM 05.02)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETS 300 574 Edition 3
ICS:
33.040.20 Prenosni sistem Transmission systems
33.070.50 Globalni sistem za mobilno Global System for Mobile
telekomunikacijo (GSM) Communication (GSM)
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN ETS 300 574
TELECOMMUNICATION August 1996
STANDARD Third Edition
Source: ETSI TC-SMG Reference: RE/SMG-020502PR2
ICS: 33.060.50
Key words: Digital cellular telecommunications system, Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)
Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2);
Multiplexing and multiple access on the radio path
(GSM 05.02)
ETSI
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© European Telecommunications Standards Institute 1996. All rights reserved.

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Whilst every care has been taken in the preparation and publication of this document, errors in content,
typographical or otherwise, may occur. If you have comments concerning its accuracy, please write to
"ETSI Editing and Committee Support Dept." at the address shown on the title page.

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Contents
Foreword .5
1 Scope .7
1.1 Normative references .7
1.2 Abbreviations .7
2. General.7
3. Logical channels.8
3.1 General .8
3.2 Traffic channels .8
3.2.1 General.8
3.2.2 Speech traffic channels.8
3.2.3 Data traffic channels.8
3.3 Control channels.8
3.3.1 General.8
3.3.2 Broadcast channels.9
3.3.2.1 Frequency correction channel (FCCH).9
3.3.2.2 Synchronization channel (SCH).9
3.3.2.3 Broadcast control channel (BCCH) .9
3.3.3 Common control type channels, known when combined as a common
control channel (CCCH): .10
3.3.4 Dedicated control channels.10
3.3.5 Cell Broadcast Channel (CBCH).10
3.4 Combination of channels .10
4. The physical resource .10
4.1 General .10
4.2 Radio frequency channels .10
4.2.1 Cell allocation and mobile allocation .10
4.2.2 Downlink and uplink .10
4.3 Timeslots and TDMA frames.11
4.3.1 General.11
4.3.2 Timeslot number .11
4.3.3 TDMA frame number.11
5. Physical channels.11
5.1 General .11
5.2 Bursts.12
5.2.1 General.12
5.2.2 Types of burst and burst timing.12
5.2.3 Normal burst (NB) .12
5.2.4 Frequency correction burst (FB).13
5.2.5 Synchronization burst (SB).13
5.2.6 Dummy burst.13
5.2.7 Access burst (AB).14
5.2.8 Guard period .14
5.3 Physical channels and bursts .14
5.4 Radio frequency channel sequence.15
5.5 Timeslot and TDMA frame sequence.15
5.6 Parameters for channel definition and assignment .15
5.6.1 General.15
5.6.2 General parameters .15
5.6.3 Specific parameters .15
6. Mapping of logical channels onto physical channels.16
6.1 General .16

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6.2 Mapping in frequency of logical channels onto physical channels . 16
6.2.1 General . 16
6.2.2 Parameters . 16
6.2.3 Hopping sequence generation. 16
6.2.4 Specific cases. 18
6.2.5 Change in the frequency allocation of a base transceiver station . 18
6.3 Mapping in time of logical channels onto physical channels. 18
6.3.1 General . 18
6.3.2 Key to the mapping table of section 7. 18
6.3.3 Mapping of TCH/F9.6, TCH/F4.8, TCH/H4.8 and TCH/H2.4 . 19
6.3.4 Mapping of BCCH data. 19
6.3.5 Mapping of SID Frames. 19
6.4 Permitted channel combinations. 19
6.5 Operation of channels and channel combinations . 20
6.5.1 General . 20
6.5.2 Determination of CCCH_GROUP and PAGING_GROUP . 21
6.5.3 Determination of specific paging multiframe and paging block index. 21
6.5.4 Short Message Service Cell Broadcast (SMSCB). 22
History. 36

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Foreword
This third edition European Telecommunication Standard (ETS) has been produced by the Special Mobile
Group (SMG) Technical Committee (TC) of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
This ETS defines the physical channels of the radio sub-system required to support the logical channels
used within the Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2).
This ETS correspond to GSM technical specification, GSM 05.02 version 4.6.1.
The specification from which this ETS has been derived was originally based on CEPT documentation,
hence the presentation of this ETS may not be entirely in accordance with the ETSI/PNE rules.
Reference is made within this ETS to GSM Technical Specifications (GSM-TSs) (note).
NOTE: TC-SMG has produced documents which give the technical specifications for the
implementation of the Digital cellular telecommunications system. Historically, these
documents have been identified as GSM Technical Specifications (GSM-TSs). These
TSs may have subsequently become I-ETSs (Phase 1), or ETSs (Phase 2), whilst
others may become ETSI Technical Reports (ETRs). GSM-TSs are, for editorial
reasons, still referred to in GSM ETSs.
Transposition dates
Date of adoption of this ETS (doa): 31 August 1996
Date of latest announcement of this ETS (doa): 30 November 1996
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this ETS (dop/e): 31 May 1997
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 May 1997

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1 Scope
This European Telecommunication Standard (ETS) defines the physical channels of the radio sub-system
required to support the logical channels. It includes a description of the logical channels and the definition
of frequency hopping, TDMA frames, timeslots and bursts.
1.1 Normative references
This ETS incorporates by dated and undated reference, provisions from other publications. These
normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text and the publications are listed
hereafter. For dated references, subsequent amendments to or revisions of any of these publications
apply to this ETS only when incorporated in it by amendment or revision. For undated references, the
latest edition of the publication referred to applies.
[1] GSM 01.04 (ETR 100): "Digital cellular telecommunication system (Phase 2);
Abbreviations and acronyms".
[2] GSM 03.03 (ETS 300 523): "Digital cellular telecommunication system
(Phase 2); Numbering, addressing and identification".
[3] GSM 04.03 (ETS 300 552): "Digital cellular telecommunication system
(Phase 2); Mobile Station - Base Station System (MS - BSS) interface Channel
structures and access capabilities".
[4] GSM 04.06 (ETS 300 555): "Digital cellular telecommunication system
(Phase 2); Mobile Station - Base Station System (MS - BSS) interface Data Link
(DL) layer specification".
[5] GSM 04.08 (ETS 300 557): "Digital cellular telecommunication system
(Phase 2); Mobile radio interface layer 3 specification".
[6] GSM 05.03 (ETS 300 575): "Digital cellular telecommunication system
(Phase 2); Channel coding".
[7] GSM 05.04 (ETS 300 576): "Digital cellular telecommunication system
(Phase 2); Modulation".
[8] GSM 05.05 (ETS 300 577): "Digital cellular telecommunication system
(Phase 2); Radio transmission and reception".
[9] GSM 05.08 (ETS 300 578): "Digital cellular telecommunication system
(Phase 2); Radio subsystem link control".
[10] GSM 05.10 (ETS 300 579): "Digital cellular telecommunication system
(Phase 2); Radio subsystem synchronisation".
1.2 Abbreviations
Definitions and abbreviations used in this specification are listed in GSM 01.04.
2. General
The radio subsystem is required to support a certain number of logical channels that can be separated
into two overall categories as defined in GSM 04.03:
i) The traffic channels (TCH's).
ii) The control channels.
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More information is given about these logical channels in section 3 which also defines a number of special
channels used by the radio sub-system.
Section 4 of this document describes the physical resource available to the radio sub-system, section 5
defines physical channels based on that resource and section 6 specifies how the logical channels shall
be mapped onto physical channels. Figure 1 depicts this process.
3. Logical channels
3.1 General
This section describes the logical channels that are supported by the radio subsystem.
3.2 Traffic channels
3.2.1 General
Traffic channels (TCH's) are intended to carry either encoded speech or user data. Two general forms of
traffic channel are defined:
i) Full rate traffic channel (TCH/F). This channel carries information at a gross rate of 22.8
kbits/s.
ii) Half rate traffic channel (TCH/H). This channel carries information at a gross rate of 11.4
kbit/s.
The specific traffic channels available in the categories of speech and user data are defined in the
sections following.
3.2.2 Speech traffic channels
The following traffic channels are defined to carry encoded speech:
i) Full rate traffic channel for speech (TCH/FS).
ii) Half rate traffic channel for speech (TCH/HS).
3.2.3 Data traffic channels
The following traffic channels are defined to carry user data:
i) Full rate traffic channel for 9.6 kbit/s user data (TCH/F9.6).
ii) Full rate traffic channel for 4.8 kbit/s user data (TCH/F4.8).
iii) Half rate traffic channel for 4.8 kbit/s user data (TCH/H4.8).
iv) Half rate traffic channel for ≤ 2.4 kbit/s user data (TCH/H2.4).
v) Full rate traffic channel for ≤ 2.4 kbit/s user data (TCH/F2.4)
3.3 Control channels
3.3.1 General
Control channels are intended to carry signalling or synchronization data. Three categories of control
channel are defined: broadcast, common and dedicated. Specific channels within these categories are
defined in the sections following.

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3.3.2 Broadcast channels
3.3.2.1 Frequency correction channel (FCCH)
The frequency correction channel carries information for frequency correction of the mobile station. It is
required only for the operation of the radio sub-system.
3.3.2.2 Synchronization channel (SCH)
The synchronization channel carries information for frame synchronization of the mobile station and
identification of a base transceiver station. It is required only for the operation of the radio sub-system.
Specifically the synchronization channel shall contain two encoded parameters:
a) Base transceiver station identity code (BSIC): 6 bits (before channel coding) consists of 3 bits
of PLMN colour code with range 0 to 7 and 3 bits of BS colour code with range 0 to 7 as
defined in GSM 03.03.
b) Reduced TDMA frame number (RFN): 19 bits (before channel coding) =
T1 (11 bits) range 0 to 2047 = FN div ( 26 x 51)
T2 (5 bits) range 0 to 25  = FN mod 26
T3' (3 bits) range 0 to 4   = (T3 - 1) div 10
where
T3 (6 bits) range 0 to 50 = FN mod 51
and
FN = TDMA frame number as defined in section 4.3.3.
GSM 04.06 and GSM 04.08 specify the precise bit ordering, GSM 05.03 the channel coding of the above
parameters and GSM 05.10 defines how the TDMA frame number can be calculated from T1, T2, and
T3'.
3.3.2.3 Broadcast control channel (BCCH)
The broadcast control channel broadcasts general information on a base transceiver station per base
transceiver station basis. Of the many parameters contained in the BCCH, the use of the following
parameters, as defined in GSM 04.08 are referred to in section 6.5:
a) CCCH_CONF which indicates the organization of the common control channels:
From this parameter, the number of common control channels (BS_CC_CHANS) and
whether or not CCCH or SDCCH are combined (BS_CCCH_SDCCH_COMB = true or false)
are derived as follows:
CCCH_CONF BS_CC_CHANS BS_CCCH_SDCCH_COMB
000 1 false
001 1 true
010 2 false
100 3 false
110 4 false
b) BS_AG_BLKS_RES which indicates the number of blocks on each common control channel
reserved for access grant messages:
3 bits (before channel coding) range 0 to 7.

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c) BS_PA_MFRMS which indicates the number of 51 TDMA frame multiframes between
transmission of paging messages to mobiles of the same paging group:
3 bits (before channel coding) range 2 to 9.
3.3.3 Common control type channels, known when combined as a common control channel
(CCCH):
i) Paging channel (PCH): Downlink only, used to page mobiles.
ii) Random access channel (RACH): Uplink only, used to request allocation of a SDCCH.
iii) Access grant channel (AGCH): Downlink only, used to allocate a SDCCH or directly a TCH.
3.3.4 Dedicated control channels
i) Slow, TCH/F associated, control channel (SACCH/TF)
ii) Fast, TCH/F associated, control channel (FACCH/F)
iii) Slow, TCH/H associated, control channel (SACCH/TH)
iv) Fast, TCH/H associated, control channel (FACCH/H)
v) Stand alone dedicated control channel (SDCCH/8)
vi) Slow, SDCCH/8 associated, control channel (SACCH/C8)
vii) Stand alone dedicated control channel, combined with CCCH (SDCCH/4)
viii) Slow, SDCCH/4 associated, control channel (SACCH/C4)
3.3.5 Cell Broadcast Channel (CBCH)
The CBCH, downlink only, is used to carry the short message service cell broadcast (SMSCB). The
CBCH uses the same physical channel as the SDCCH.
3.4 Combination of channels
Only certain combinations of channels are allowed as defined in GSM 04.03. Section 6.4 lists the
combinations in relation to basic physical channels.
4. The physical resource
4.1 General
The physical resource available to the radio sub-system is an allocation of part of the radio spectrum. This
resource is partitioned both in frequency and time. Frequency is partitioned by radio frequency channels
(RFCHs) divided into bands as defined in GSM 05.05. Time is partitioned by timeslots and TDMA frames
as defined in section 4.3 of this document.
4.2 Radio frequency channels
4.2.1 Cell allocation and mobile allocation
GSM 05.05 defines radio frequency channels (RFCHs), and allocates numbers to all the radio frequency
channels available to the system. Each cell is allocated a subset of these channels, defined as the cell
allocation (CA). One radio frequency channel of the cell allocation shall be used to carry synchronization
information and the BCCH, this shall be known as BCCH carrier. The subset of the cell allocation,
allocated to a particular mobile, shall be known as the mobile allocation (MA).
4.2.2 Downlink and uplink
The downlink comprises radio frequency channels used in the base transceiver station to mobile station
direction.
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The uplink comprises radio frequency channels used in the mobile station to base transceiver station
direction.
4.3 Timeslots and TDMA frames
4.3.1 General
A timeslot shall have a duration of 3/5200 seconds (≈ 577 μs). Eight timeslots shall form a TDMA frame (≈
4.62 ms in duration).
At the base transceiver station the TDMA frames on all of the radio frequency channels in the downlink
shall be aligned. The same shall apply to the uplink (see GSM 05.10).
At the base transceiver station the start of a TDMA frame on the uplink is delayed by the fixed period of 3
timeslots from the start of the TDMA frame on the downlink (see Figure 2).
At the mobile station this delay will be variable to allow adjustment for signal propagation delay. The
process of adjusting this advance is known as adaptive frame alignment and is detailed in GSM 05.10.
The staggering of TDMA frames used in the downlink and uplink is in order to allow the same timeslot
number to be used in the downlink and uplink whilst avoiding the requirement for the mobile station to
transmit and receive simultaneously. The period includes time for adaptive frame alignment, transceiver
tuning and receive/transmit switching (see Figure 4).
4.3.2 Timeslot number
The timeslots within a TDMA frame shall be numbered from 0 to 7 and a particular timeslot shall be
referred to by its timeslot number (TN).
4.3.3 TDMA frame number
TDMA frames shall be numbered by a frame number (FN). The frame number shall be cyclic and shall
have a range of 0 to FN_MAX where FN_MAX = (26 x 51 x 2048) -1 = 2715647 as defined in GSM 05.10.
The frame number shall be incremented at the end of each TDMA frame.
The complete cycle of TDMA frame numbers from 0 to FN_MAX is defined as a hyperframe. A
hyperframe consists of 2048 superframes where a superframe is defined as 26 x 51 TDMA frames. A 26
TDMA frame multiframe is used to support traffic and associated control channels and a 51 TDMA frame
multiframe is used to support broadcast, common control and stand alone dedicated control (and their
associated control) channels. Hence a superframe may be considered as 51 traffic/associated control
multiframes or 26 broadcast/common control multiframes.
The need for a hyperframe of a substantially longer period than a superframe arises from the
requirements of the encryption process which uses FN as an input parameter.
5. Physical channels
5.1 General
A physical channel uses a combination of frequency and time division multiplexing and is defined as a
sequence of radio frequency channels and time slots. The complete definition of a particular physical
channel consists of a description in the frequency domain, and a description in the time domain.
The description in the frequency domain is addressed in section 5.4, the description in the time domain is
addressed in section 5.5.
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5.2 Bursts
5.2.1 General
A burst is a period of R.F. carrier which is modulated by a data stream. A burst therefore represents the
physical content of a timeslot.
5.2.2 Types of burst and burst timing
A timeslot is divided into 156.25 bit periods. A particular bit period within a timeslot is referenced by a bit
number (BN), with the first bit period being numbered 0, and the last (1/4) bit period being numbered 156.
In the sections following the transmission timing of a burst within a timeslot is defined in terms of bit
number. The bit with the lowest bit number is transmitted first.
Different types of burst exist in the system. One characteristic of a burst is its useful duration. This
document, in the sections following, defines four full bursts of 147 bits useful duration, and one short burst
of 87 bits useful duration. The useful part of a burst is defined as beginning from half way through bit
number 0. The definition of the useful part of a burst needs to be considered in conjunction with the
requirements placed on the phase and amplitude characteristics of a burst as specified in GSM 05.04 and
05.05.
The period between bursts appearing in successive timeslots is termed the guard period. Section 5.2.8
details constraints which relate to the guard period.
5.2.3 Normal burst (NB)
Bit Number Length Contents Definition
(BN) of field of field
0 - 2 3 tail bits (below)
3 - 60 58 encrypted bits (e0 . e57) 05.03
61 - 86 26 training sequence bits (below)
87 - 144 58 encrypted bits (e58 . e115) 05.03
145 - 147 3 tail bits (below)
(148 - 156 8,25 guard period (bits) section 5.2.8)
- where the 'tail bits' are defined as modulating bits with states as follows:
(BN0, BN1, BN2) = (0, 0, 0) and
(BN145, BN146, BN147) = (0, 0, 0)
- where the 'training sequence bits' are defined as modulating bits with states as given in the following
table according to the training sequence code, TSC. For broadcast and common control channels,
the TSC must be equal to the BCC, as defined in GSM 03.03 and as described in this technical
specification in section 3.3.2.
Training Training sequence bits
Sequence (BN61, BN62 . BN86)
Code (TSC)
0 (0,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,1,1)
1 (0,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1)
2 (0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0)
3 (0,1,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0)
4 (0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1)
5 (0,1,0,0,1,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,1,1,0,1,0)
6 (1,0,1,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,1,1,1)
7 (1,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0)
Under certain circumstances only half the encrypted bits present in a normal burst will contain complete
information. For downlink DTX operation on TCH-FS and TCH-HS, when a traffic frame (as defined in
GSM 06.31) is scheduled for transmission and one of its adjacent traffic frames is not scheduled for
transmission, the other half of the encrypted bits in the normal bursts associated with the scheduled traffic
frame shall contain partial SID information from any associated SID frame, with the appropriate stealing
flags BN60 or BN87 set to 0. In other cases the binary state of the remaining bits is not specified.

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5.2.4 Frequency correction burst (FB)
Bit Number length Contents Definition
(BN) of field of field
0 - 2 3 tail bits (below)
3 - 144 142 fixed bits (below)
145 - 147 3 tail bits (below)
(148 - 156 8,25 guard period (bits) section 5.2.8)
- where the 'tail bits' are defined as modulating bits with states as follows:
(BN0, BN1, BN2) = (0, 0, 0) and
(BN145, BN146, BN147) = (0, 0, 0)
- where the 'fixed bits' are defined as modulating bits with states as follows:
(BN3, BN4 . BN144)   = (0, 0 . 0)
NOTE: This burst is equivalent to unmodulated carrier with a +1625/24 kHz frequency offset,
above the nominal carrier frequency.
5.2.5 Synchronization burst (SB)
Bit Number Length Contents Definition
(BN) of field of field
0 - 2 3 tail bits (below)
3 - 41 39 encrypted bits (e0 . e38) 05.03
42 - 105 64 extended training sequence bits (below)
106 - 144 39 encrypted bits (e39 . e77) 05.03
145 - 147 3 tail bits (below)
(148 - 156 8,25 guard period (bits) section 5.2.8)
- where the 'tail bits' are defined as modulating bits with states as follows:
(BN0, BN1, BN2) = (0, 0, 0) and
(BN145, BN146, BN147) = (0, 0, 0)
- where the 'extended training sequence bits' are defined as modulating bits with states as follows:
(BN42, BN43 . BN105) = (1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,
1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1)
5.2.6 Dummy burst
Bit Number Length Contents Definition
(BN) of field of field
0 - 2 3 tail bits (below)
3 - 144 142 mixed bits (below)
145 - 147 3 tail bits (below)
(148 - 156 8,2
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