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| Volume Four, Issue Forty, File 6 of 14 |
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| * * |
| * Cellular Telephony * |
| * Part II * |
| * * |
| * by * |
| * Brian Oblivion * |
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| * * |
| * Courtesy of: Restricted-Data-Transmissions (RDT) * |
| * "Truth Is Cheap, But Information Costs." * |
| * * |
| * June 1, 1992 * |
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| In Phrack 38, I discussed the history of cellular telephony, monitoring |
| techniques, and a brief description of its predecessors. In Part II, I'll |
| describe the call processing sequences for land-originated and mobile- |
| originated calls, as well as the signaling formats for these processes. I |
| apologize for the bulk of information, but I feel it is important for anyone |
| who is interested in how the network communicates. Please realize that there |
| was very little I could add to such a cut and dried topic, and that most is |
| taken verbatim from Industry standards, with comments and addendum salt and |
| peppered throughout. |
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| Call-Processing Sequences |
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| Call-Processing Sequence for Land-Originated Calls |
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| MTSO Cell Site Mobile Unit |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 1 -- Transmits setup channel data on paging channel |
| 2 ----------------------------Scans and locks on |
| paging channel |
| Receives incoming call --- 3 |
| and performs translations |
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| Sends paging message ----- 4 |
| to cell site |
| 5 -- Reformats paging |
| message |
| 6 -- Sends paging message |
| to mobile unit via |
| paging channel |
| 7 ----------------------------Detects Page |
| 8 ----------------------------Scans and locks on |
| access channel |
| 9 ----------------------------Seizes setup channel |
| 10 ----------------------------Acquires sync |
| 11 ----------------------------Sends service request |
| 12 -- Reformats service request |
| 13 -- Performs directional locate |
| 14 -- Sends service request to MTSO |
| Selects voice channel --- 15 |
| Sends tx-on command to -- 16 |
| cell site |
| 17 -- Reformats channel designation message |
| 18 -- Sends channel designation message to mobile |
| unit via access channel |
| 19 -----------------------------Tunes to voice |
| channel |
| 20 -----------------------------Transponds SAT |
| 21 -- Detects SAT |
| 22 -- Puts on-hook on trunk |
| Detects off-hook -------- 23 |
| Sends alert order ------- 24 |
| 25 -- Reformats alert order |
| 26 -- Sends alert order to mobile unit via blank- |
| and-burst on voice channel |
| 27 -----------------------------Alerts User |
| 28 -----------------------------Sends 10-kHz tone |
| 29 -- Detects 10-kHz tone |
| 30 -- Puts on-hook on trunk |
| Detects on-hook --------- 31 |
| Provides audible ring --- 32 |
| 33 -- Detects absence of 10-kHz tone |
| 34 -- Puts off-hook on trunk |
| Detects off-hook -------- 35 |
| Removes audible ring ---- 36 |
| and completes connection |
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| Time |
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| Call-Processing Sequence for Mobile-Originated Calls |
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| MTSO Cell Site Mobile Unit |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 1 -- Transmits setup channel |
| data on paging channel |
| 2 --------------------------- Scans and locks-on |
| paging channel |
| 3 --------------------------- User initiates call |
| 4 --------------------------- Scans and locks-on |
| access channel |
| 5 --------------------------- Seizes setup channel |
| 6 --------------------------- Acquires sync |
| 7 --------------------------- Sends service request |
| 8 -- Reformats service request |
| 9 -- Performs directional Locate |
| 10 -- Sends service request to MTSO |
| Selects voice channel ---- 11 |
| Sends tx-on command to --- 12 |
| cell site |
| 13 -- Reformats channel designation message |
| 14 -- Sends channel designation message to mobile |
| unit via access channel |
| 15 --------------------------- Tunes to voice |
| channel |
| 16 --------------------------- Transponds SAT |
| 17 -- Detects SAT |
| 18 -- Puts off-hook on trunk |
| Detects off-hook --------- 19 |
| Completes call through --- 20 |
| network Time |
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|
| Let me review the frequency allocation for Wireline and non-Wireline systems. |
| Remember that the Wireline service is usually provided by the area's telephone |
| company, in my area that company is NYNEX. The non-Wireline companies are |
| usually operated by other carriers foreign to the area, in my area we are |
| serviced by Cellular One (which is owned by Southwestern Bell). Each company |
| has its one slice of the electro-magnetic spectrum. The coverage is not |
| continuous, remember that there are also 800 MHz trunked business systems that |
| also operate in this bandwidth. Voice channels are 30 KHz apart and the Data |
| channels are 10 KHz apart. |
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| Frequency Range Use |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 870.000 - 879.360 Cellular One (mobile input 825.000 - 834.360) |
| 880.650 - 890.000 NYNEX (mobile input 835.650 - 845.500) |
| 890.000 - 891.500 Cellular One (mobile input 845.000 - 846.500) |
| 891.500 - 894.000 NYNEX (mobile input 846.500 - 849.000) |
| 879.390 - 879.990 Cellular One (data) |
| 880.020 - 880.620 NYNEX (data) |
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| The data streams are encoded NRZ (Non-return-to-zero) binary ones and zeroes |
| are now zero-to-one and one-to-zero transitions respectively. This is so the |
| wideband data can modulate the transmitter via binary frequency shift keying, |
| and ones and zeroes into the modulator MUST now be equivalent to nominal peak |
| frequency deviations of 8 KHz above and below the carrier frequency. |
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| PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER - Signaling on the Control Channels |
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| The following information will be invaluable to the hobbyist that is monitoring |
| cellular telephones via a scanner and can access control channel signals. All |
| information released below is EIA/TIA -- FCC standard. There are a lot of |
| differences between cellular phones, but all phones must interface into the |
| mobile network and talk fluently between each other and cell sites. Therefore, |
| the call processing and digital signaling techniques are uniform throughout the |
| industry. |
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| MOBILE CALL PROCESSING |
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| Calling: |
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| Initially, the land station transmits the first part of its SID to a mobile |
| monitoring some control channel, followed by the number of paging channels, an |
| ESN request, then mobile registration, which will either be set to 0 or 1. |
| When registration is set to one, the mobile will transmit both MIN1 and MIN2 |
| during system access, another 1 for discontinuous (DTX) transmissions, read |
| control-filler (RCF) should be set to 1, and access functions (if combined with |
| paging operations) require field setting to 1, otherwise CPA (combined paging |
| access) goes to 0. |
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| Receiving: |
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| As the mobile enters the Scan Dedicated Control Channels Task, it must examine |
| signal strengths of each dedicated control channel assigned to System A if |
| enabled. Otherwise System B control channels are checked. The values assigned |
| in the NAWC (Number of Additional Words Coming) system parameter overhead |
| message train will determine for the mobile if all intended information has |
| been received. An EDN field is used as a crosscheck, and control-filler |
| messages are not to be counted as part of the message. Should a correct BCH |
| code be received along with a non-recognizable overhead message, it must be |
| part of the NAWC count train but the equivalent should not try and execute the |
| instructions. |
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| Under normal circumstances, mobiles are to tune to the strongest dedicated |
| control channel, receive a system parameter transmission, and, within 3 |
| seconds, set up the following: |
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| o Set SID's 14 most significant bits to SID1 field value. |
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| o Set SID's least significant bit to 1, if serving system status |
| enables, or to zero if not. |
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| o Set paging channels N to 1 plus the value of N-1 field. |
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| o Set paging channel FIRSTCHP as follows: |
| If SIDs = SIDp then FIRSTCHPs = FIRSTCHPp (which is an 11-bit |
| paging channel). |
| If SIDs = SIDp and serving system is enabled, set FIRSTCHPs to |
| initial dedicated channel for system B. |
| If SIDs = SIDp and serving system is disabled, set FIRSTCHPs to |
| first dedicated control channel for system B. |
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| o Set LASTCHPs to value of FIRSTCHPs + Ns -1. |
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| o Should the mobile come equipped for autonomous registration, it |
| must: |
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| o Set registration increment (REGINCRs) to its 450 default |
| value. |
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| o Set registration ID status to enabled. |
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| I know that was a little arcane sounding but it's the best you can do with |
| specifications. Data is data, there is no way to spruce it up. From here on |
| out a mobile must begin the Paging Channel Selection Task. If this cannot be |
| completed on the strongest dedicated channel, the second strongest dedicated |
| channel may be accessed and the three second interval commenced again. |
| Incomplete results should result in a serving system status check and an |
| enabled or disabled state reversed, permitting the mobile to begin the Scan. |
| Dedicated control Channels Task when channel signal strengths are once more |
| examined. |
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| Custom local operations for mobiles may be sent and include roaming mobiles |
| whose home systems are group members. A new access channel may be transmitted |
| with a new access field set to the initial access channel. Autonomously |
| registered mobiles may increment their next registered ID by some fixed value, |
| but the global action message must have its REGINCR field adequately set. |
| Also, so that all mobiles will enter the Initialization Task and scan dedicated |
| control channels, a RESCAN global action message must be transmitted. |
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| Mobile stations may be required to read a control-filler message before |
| accessing any system on a reverse control channel. |
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| System access for mobiles is sent on a forward control channel in the following |
| manner. Digital Color Code (DCC) identifies the land is carried with the |
| system parameter overhead message overload class fields are set to zero among |
| the restricted number, and the remainder set to 1. Busy-to-idle status (BIS) |
| access parameters go to zero when mobiles are prevented from checking on the |
| reverse control channel and the message must be added to the overhead. When |
| mobiles can't use the reverse control channel for seizure messages attempts or |
| busy signals, access attempt parameters must also be included in the overhead. |
| And when a land station receives a seizure precursor matching its digital color |
| code with 1 or no bit errors, busy idle bits signals on the forward control |
| channel must be set to busy within 1.2 milliseconds from the time of the last |
| bit seizure. Busy-idle bit then must remain busy until a minimum of 30 msec |
| following the final bit of the last word of the message has been received, or a |
| total of 175 msec has elapsed. |
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| Channel Confirmation |
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| Mobiles are to monitor station control messages for orders and respond to both |
| audio and local control orders even though land stations are not required to |
| reply. MIN bits must be matched. Thereafter, the System Access Task is |
| entered with a page response, as above, and an access timer started. |
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| This time runs as follows: |
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| o 12 seconds for an origination |
| o 6 seconds for page response |
| o 6 seconds for an order response |
| o 6 seconds for a registration |
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| The last try code is then set to zero, and the equipment begins the Scan Access |
| Channels Task to find two channels with the strongest signals which it tunes |
| and enters the Retrieve Access Attempts Parameters Task. |
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| This is where both maximum numbers of seizure attempts and busy signals are |
| each set to 10. A read control-filler bit (RCF) will then be checked: If the |
| RCF equals zero, the mobile then reads a control-filler message, sets DCC and |
| WFOM (wait for overhead message train before reverse control channel access) to |
| the proper fields and sets the proper fields and sets the appropriate power |
| level. Should neither the DCC field nor the control-filler message be received |
| and access time has expired, the mobile station goes to Serving System |
| Determination Task. But within the allowed access time, the mobile station |
| enters the Alternate Access Channel Task. BIS is then set to 1 and the WFOM |
| bit is checked. If WFOM equals 1, the station enters the Update Overhead |
| Information Task; if WFOM equals 0, a random delay wait is required of 0 to 200 |
| msec, +/- 1 msec. Then, the station enters the Seize Reverse Control Channel |
| Task. |
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| Service Requesting is next. This task requires that the mobile continue to |
| send is message to the land station according to the following instructions: |
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| o Word A is required at all times. |
| o Word B has to be sent if last try access LT equals 1 or if E requires |
| MIN1 and/or MIN2, and the ROAM status is disabled, or if the station |
| has been paged with a 2-word control message. |
| o Word C is transmitted with S (serial number) being 1 |
| o Word D required if the access is an origination |
| o Word E transmitted when the access is an origination and between 9 |
| and 16 digits are dialed. When the mobile has transmitted its |
| complete message, an unmodulated carrier is required for another 25 |
| milliseconds before carrier turnoff. After words A through E have |
| been sent, the next mobile task depends on the type of access. |
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| Order confirmation requires entry into the Serving System Determination Task. |
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| Origination means entry into the Await Message Task. |
| Page response, is the same as Origination. |
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| Registration requires Await Registration Confirmation, which must be completed |
| within 5 seconds or registration failure follows. The same is true for Await |
| Message since an incomplete task in 5 seconds sends the mobile into the Serving |
| System Determination Task. Origination or Page response requires mobile update |
| of parameters delivered in the message. If R equals 1, the mobile enters the |
| Autonomous Registration Task, otherwise, it goes to the Initial Voice Channel |
| Confirmation Task. Origination access may be either an intercept or reorder, |
| and in these instances, mobiles enter the Serving System Determination Task. |
| The same holds true for a page response access. But if access is an |
| origination and the user terminates his call during this task, the call has to |
| be released on a voice channel and not control channel. |
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| If a mobile station is equipped for Directed Retry and if a new message is |
| received before all four words of the directed retry message, it must go to the |
| Serving System Determination Task. There the last try code (LT) must be set |
| according to the ORDQ (order qualifier) field of the message as follows: |
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| If 000, LT sets to 0 |
| If 0001, LT sets to 1 |
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| Thereafter, the mobile clears the list of control channels to be scanned in |
| processing Directed Retry (CCLIST) and looks at each CHANPOS (channel position) |
| field contained in message words three and four. For nonzero CHANPOS field, |
| the mobile calculates a corresponding channel number by adding CHANPOS to |
| FIRSTCHA minus one. Afterwards, the mobile has then to determine if each |
| channel number is within the set designated for cellular systems. A true |
| answer requires adding this/these channel(s) to the CCLIST. |
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| Awaiting Answers |
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| Here, an alert timer is set for 65 seconds (0 to +20 percent). During this |
| period the following events may take place: |
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| o Should time expire, the mobile turns its transmitter off and enters |
| the Serving System Determination Task. |
| o An answer requires signaling tone turnoff and Conversation Task |
| entry. |
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| o If any of the messages listed hereafter are received within 100 |
| milliseconds, the mobile must compare SCC digits that identify stored |
| and proper SAT frequencies for the station to the PSCC (present SAT |
| color code). If not equivalent, the order is ignored. If correct, |
| then the following actions taken for each order: |
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| Handoff: Signaling extinguished for 500 msec, signal tone off, |
| transmitter off, power lever adjusted, new channel tuned, new SAT, new |
| SCC field, transmitter on, fade timer reset, and signaling tone on. |
| Wait for an answer. |
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| Alert: Reset alert timer for 65 seconds and stay in |
| Waiting for Answer Task. |
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| Stop Alert: Extinguish signaling tone and enter Waiting for Order Task. |
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| Release: Signaling tone off, wait 500 msec, then enter Release Task. |
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| Audit: Confirm message to land station, then stay in |
| Waiting for Answer Task. |
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| Maintenance: Reset alert timer for 65 seconds and remain in |
| Waiting for Answer Task. |
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| Change Power: Adjust transmitter to power level required and send |
| confirmation to land station. Remain in |
| Waiting for Answer Task. |
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| Local Control: If local control is enabled and order received, examine LC |
| field and determine action. |
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| Orders other than the above for this type of action are |
| ignored. |
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| Conversation |
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| In this mode, a release-delay timer is set for 500 mSec. If Termination is |
| enabled, the mobile sets termination status to disabled and waits 500 mSec |
| before entering Release Task. The following actions may then execute: |
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| o Upon call termination, the release delay timer has to be checked. |
| If time has expired, the Release Task is entered; if not expired, |
| the mobile must wait until expiration and then enter Release Task. |
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| o Upon user requested flash, signaling tone turned on for 400 mSec. |
| But should a valid order tone be received during this interval, |
| the flash is immediately terminated and the order processed. The |
| flash, of course, is not then valid. |
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| o Upon receipt of the following listed orders and within 100 mSec, |
| the mobile must compare SCC with PSCC, and the order is ignored |
| if the two are not equal. But if they are the same, the following |
| can occur: |
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| Handoff: Signaling tone on for 50 mSec, then off, transmitter off, |
| power level adjusted, new channel tuned, adjust new SAT, set SCC to SCC |
| field message value, transmitter on, fade timer reset, remain in |
| Conversation Task. |
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| Send Called Address: Upon receipt within 10 seconds of last valid flash, |
| called address sent to land station. Mobile remains in |
| Conversation Task. Otherwise, remain in Conversation Task. |
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| Alert: Turn on signaling tone, wait 500 mSec, then enter |
| Waiting for Answer Task. |
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| Release: Check release delay timer. If time expired, mobile enters |
| Release Task; but if timer has not finished, then mobile must |
| wait and then enter Release Task when time has expired. |
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| Audit: Order confirmation sent to land station while remaining in |
| Conversation Task. |
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| Maintenance: Signaling tone on, wait 500 mSec, then enter Waiting for |
| Answer Task. |
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| Change Power: Adjust transmitter to power level required by order |
| qualification code and send confirmation to land station. |
| Remain in Conversation Task. |
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| Local Control: If local control in enabled and local control order received, |
| the LC field is to be checked for subsequent action and |
| confirmation. |
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| Orders other than the above for this type of action are ignored. |
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| Release |
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| In the release mode the following steps are required: |
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| o Signaling tone sent for 1.8 sec. If flash in transmission when |
| signaling tone begun, it must be continued and timing bridged so |
| that action stops within 1.8 sec. |
| o Stop signaling tone. |
| o Turn off transmitter. |
| o The mobile station then enters the Serving System |
| Determination Task. |
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| The above is the Cellular System Mobile/Land Station Compatibility |
| Specification. The following shall be Signaling Formats which are also found |
| in the above document. I converted all these tables by HAND into ASCII so |
| appreciate them. It wasn't the easiest thing to do. But I must say, I |
| definitely understand the entire cellular operation format. |
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| There are two types of continuous wideband data stream transmissions. One |
| is the Forward Control Channel which is sent from the land station to the |
| mobile. The other is the Reverse Control Channel, which is sent from the |
| mobile to the land station. Each data stream runs at a rate of 10 kilobit/sec, |
| +/- 1 bit/sec rate. The formats for each of the channels follow. |
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| - Forward Control Channel |
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| The forward control channel consists of three discrete information streams. |
| They are called stream A, stream B and the busy-idle stream. All three streams |
| are multiplexed together. Messages to mobile stations with the least |
| significant bit of their MIN number equal to "0" are sent on stream A, and |
| those with a "1" are sent on stream B. |
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| The busy-idle stream contains busy-idle bits, which are used to indicate the |
| status of the reverse control channel. If the busy-idle bit = "0" the reverse |
| control channel is busy, if it equals "1" it is idle. The busy-idle bit is |
| located at the beginning of each dotting sequence, word sync sequence, at the |
| beginning of the first repeat of word A and after every 10 message bits |
| thereafter. |
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| Mobile stations achieve synchronization with the incoming data via a 10 bit |
| dotting sequence (1010101010) and an 11 bit word sync sequence (11100010010). |
| Each word contains 40 bits, including parity and is repeated 5 times after |
| which it is then referred to as a "block". For a multiword message, the second |
| word block and subsequent word blocks are formed the same as the first word |
| block including the dotting and sync sequences. A "word" is formed when the 28 |
| content bits are encoded into a (40, 28; 5) BCH (Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem) |
| code. The left-most bit shall be designated the most-significant bit. |
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| The Generator polynominal for the (40, 28;5) BCH code is: |
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| 12 10 8 5 4 3 0 |
| G (X) = X + X + X + X + X + X + X |
| B |
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| Each FOCC message can consist of one or more words. Messaging transmitted over |
| the forward control channel are: |
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| - Mobile station control message |
| - Overhead message |
| - Control-filler message |
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| Control-filler messages may be inserted between messages and between word |
| blocks of a multiword message. |
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| Message Formats: Found on either stream A or B |
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| - Mobile Station Control Message |
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| The mobile station control message can consist of one, two, or four words. |
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| Word 1 (abbreviated address word) |
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| +--------+-------+---------------------------------------+-----------+ |
| | T t | | | | |
| | 1 2 | DCC | Mobile Identification Number 1 | P | |
| | | | 23-0 | | |
| +--------+-------+---------------------------------------+-----------+ |
| bits: 2 2 24 12 |
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| Word 2 (Extended Address Word) |
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| +------+-----+-----------+------+--------+-------+----------+-----+ |
| | T T |SCC =| | RSVD | LOCAL | CRDQ | ORDER | | |
| | 1 2| 11 | MIN2 | = 0 | | | | | |
| | = +-----+ 3-24 +------+-----+--+-------+----------| P | |
| | 10 |SCC =| | VMAC | CHAN | | |
| | | 11 | | | | | |
| +------+-----+-----------+------------+---------------------+-----+ |
| 2 2 10 3 11 12 |
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| Word 3 (First Directed-Retry Word) |
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| +------+-----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------+--------+ |
| | T T | SCC | | | | RSVD | | |
| | 1 2| = | CHANPOS | CHANPOS | CHANPOS | = | | |
| | = | | | | | 000 | P | |
| | 10 | 11 | | | | | | |
| +------+-----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------+--------+ |
| 2 2 7 7 7 3 12 |
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| Word 4 (Second Directed-Retry Word) |
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| +------+-----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------+--------+ |
| | T T | SCC | | | | RSVD | | |
| | 1 2| = | CHANPOS | CHANPOS | CHANPOS | = | | |
| | = | | | | | 000 | P | |
| | 10 | 11 | | | | | | |
| +------+-----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------+--------+ |
| 2 2 7 7 7 3 12 |
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| The interpretation of the data fields: |
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| T T - Type field. If only Word 1 is send, set to 00 in Word 1. |
| SCC - SAT color code (discussed previously) |
| ORDER - Order field. Identifies the order type (see table below) |
| ORDQ - Order qualifier field. Qualifies the order to a specific |
| action |
| LOCAL - Local control field. This field is specific to each system. |
| The ORDER field must be set to local control for this field to |
| be interpreted. |
| VMAC - Voice Mobile Attenuation Code field. Indicates the mobile |
| station power level associated with the designated voice |
| channel. |
| CHAN - Channel number field. Indicates the designated voice channel. |
| CHANPOS- CHANnel POSition field. Indicates the position of a control |
| channel relative to the first access channel (FIRSTCHA). |
| RSVD - Reserved for future use, all bits must be set as indicated. |
| P - Parity field. |
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| Coded Digital Color Code |
| +--------------------------------------------+ |
| | Received DCC 7-bit Coded DCC | |
| | 00 0000000 | |
| | 01 0011111 | |
| | 10 1100011 | |
| | 11 1111100 | |
| +--------------------------------------------+ |
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| Order and Order Qualification Codes |
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| +-------+-------------+---------------------------------------------------+ |
| | Order | Order | | |
| | Code |Qualification| Function | |
| | | Code | | |
| +-------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ |
| | 00000 000 page (or origination) | |
| | 00001 000 alert | |
| | 00011 000 release | |
| | 00100 000 reorder | |
| | 00110 000 stop alert | |
| | 00111 000 audit | |
| | 01000 000 send called-address | |
| | 01001 000 intercept | |
| | 01010 000 maintenance | |
| | | |
| | 01011 000 charge power to power level 0 | |
| | 01011 001 charge power to power level 1 | |
| | 01011 010 charge power to power level 2 | |
| | 01011 011 charge power to power level 3 | |
| | 01011 100 charge power to power level 4 | |
| | 01011 101 charge power to power level 5 | |
| | 01011 110 charge power to power level 6 | |
| | 01011 111 charge power to power level 7 | |
| | | |
| | 01100 000 directed retry - not last try | |
| | 01100 001 directed retry - last try | |
| | | |
| | 01101 000 non-autonomous registration - don't reveal location | |
| | 01101 001 non-autonomous registration - make location known | |
| | 01101 010 autonomous registration - don't reveal location | |
| | 01101 011 autonomous registration - make location known | |
| | | |
| | 11110 000 local control | |
| | | |
| | All other codes are reserved | |
| | | |
| +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
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| Forward Voice Channel |
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|
| The forward voice channel (FVC) is a wideband data stream sent by the land |
| station to the mobile station. This data stream must be generated at a 10 |
| kilobit/Sec +/- .1 bit/Sec rate. The Forward Voice Channel format follows: |
|
|
| +-----------+------+--------+-----+------+--------+-----+------+------ |
| || | | Repeat | | | Repeat | | | |
| || | word | | | word | | | word | |
| || Dotting | sync | 1 of | dot | sync | 2 of | dot | sync | |
| || | | | | | | | | |
| || | | Word | | | Word | | | |
| +-----------+------+--------+-----+------+--------+-----+------+------ |
| 101 11 40 37 11 40 37 11 |
|
|
| -----+--------+-----+------+--------+-----+------+--------+ |
| | Repeat | | | Repeat | | | Repeat || |
| | | | word | | | word | || |
| | 9 of | dot | sync | 10 of | dot | sync | 11 of || |
| | | | | | | | || |
| | Word | | | Word | | | Word || |
| -----+--------+-----+------+--------+-----+------+--------+ |
| 40 37 11 40 37 11 40 |
|
|
| A 37-bit dotting sequence and an 11-bit word sync sequence are sent to permit |
| mobile stations to achieve synchronization with the incoming data, except at |
| the first repeat of the word, where the 101-bit dotting sequence is used. Each |
| word contains 40 bits, including parity, and is repeated eleven times together |
| with the 37-bit dotting and 11-bit word sync; it is then referred to as a word |
| block. A word block is formed by encoded the 28 content bits into a (40, 28) |
| BCH code that has a distance of 5 (40, 28; 5). The left-most bit (as always) |
| is designated the most-significant bit. The 28 most significant bits of the |
| 40-bit field shall be the content bits. The generator polynominal is the same |
| as that used for the forward control channel. |
|
|
| The mobile station control message is the only message transmitted over the |
| forward voice channel. The mobile station control message consists of one |
| word. |
|
|
|
|
| Mobile Station Control Message: |
|
|
| +-------+-------+------+-----------+-------+------+-------+------+ |
| | T T | SCC = | | RSVD = | LOCAL | ORDQ | ORDER | | |
| | 1 2 | 11 | | 000 ... 0 | | | | | |
| | = +-------| PSCC +-----------+-------+------+-------+ P | |
| | | SCC = | | RSVD = | VMAC | CHANNEL | | |
| | 10 | 11 | | 000 ... 0 | | | | |
| +-------+-------+------+-----------+-------+--------------+------+ |
| 2 2 2 8 3 11 12 |
|
|
| Interpretation of the data fields: |
|
|
| T T - Type field. Set to '10'. |
| 1 2 |
|
|
| SCC - SAT color code for new channel (see SCC table) |
| PSCC - Present SAT color code. Indicates the SAT color code |
| associated with the present channel. |
| ORDER - Order field. Identifies the order type. (see Order table) |
| ORDQ - Order qualifier field. Qualifies the order to a specific |
| action (see Order table) |
| LOCAL - Local Control field. This field is specific to each system. |
| The ORDER field must be set to local control (see Order table) |
| for this field to be interpreted. |
| VMAC - Voice mobile attenuation code field. Indicates the mobile |
| station power level associated with the designated voice |
| channel. |
| RSVD - Reserved for future use; all bits must be set as indicated. |
| P - Parity field. |
|
|
|
|
| Reverse Control Channel |
|
|
| The Reverse Control Channel (RECC) is a wideband data stream sent from the |
| mobile station to the land station. This data stream runs at a rate of 10 |
| kilobit/sec, +/- 1 bit/sec rate. The format of the RECC data stream follows: |
|
|
| +---------+------+-------+------------+-------------+-----------+----- |
| | Dotting | Word | Coded | first word | Second word | Third word| |
| | | sync | DCC | repeated | repeated | repeated | |
| | | | | 5 times | 5 times | 5 times | |
| +---------+------+-------+------------+-------------+-----------+----- |
| bits: 30 11 7 240 240 240 |
|
|
| Dotting = 01010101...010101 |
|
|
| Word sync = 11100010010 |
|
|
|
|
| All messages begin with the RECC seizure precursor with is composed of a 30 bit |
| dotting sequence (1010...101), and 11 bit word sync sequence (11100010010), and |
| the coded digital color code. |
|
|
| Each word contains 48 bits, including parity, and is repeated five times after |
| which it is referred to as a word block. A word is formed by encoding 36 |
| content bits into a (48, 36) BCH code that has a distance of 5, (48 36; 5). |
| The left most bit shall be designated the most-significant bit. The 36 most |
| significant bits of the 48 bit field shall be the content bits. |
|
|
| The generator polynomial for the code is the same for the (40,28;5) code used |
| on the forward channel. |
|
|
| Each Reverse Control Channel message can consist of one of the five words. The |
| types of messages to be transmitted over the reverse control channel are as |
| follows: |
|
|
| o Page Response Message |
| o Origination Message |
| o Order Confirmation Message |
| o Order Message |
|
|
| These messages are made up of combination of the following five words: |
|
|
| Word A - Abbreviated Address Word |
|
|
| +---+------+---+---+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+---+ |
| | F | | | | | RSVD | S | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | = | NAWC | T | S | E | = | C | MIN 1 | P | |
| | | | | | | | | 23 - 0 | | |
| | 1 | | | | | 0 | M | | | |
| +---+------+---+---+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+---+ |
| 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 24 12 |
|
|
|
|
| Word B - Extended Address Word |
|
|
| +---+------+-------+------+-------+----+------+-----------------------+---+ |
| | F | | | | | | RSVD | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | = | NAWC | LOCAL | ORDQ | LOCAL | LT | = | MIN 2 | P | |
| | | | | | | | | 33-24 | | |
| | 0 | | | | | | 00..0| | | |
| +---+------+-------+------+-------+----+------+-----------------------+---+ |
| 1 3 5 3 5 1 8 10 12 |
|
|
|
|
| Word C - Electronic Serial Number Word |
|
|
| +---+--------+--------------------------------------+---------------+ |
| | F | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | = | NAWC | SERIAL (ESN) | P | |
| | | | | | |
| | 1 | | | | |
| +---+--------+--------------------------------------+---------------+ |
| 1 3 32 12 |
|
|
|
|
| Word D - First Word of the Called-Address |
|
|
| +---+------+-------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-------+---+ |
| | F | | 1st | 2nd | | | | | 7th | 8th | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | = | NAWC | DIGIT | DIGIT | ... | ... | ... | ... | DIGIT | DIGIT | P | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| +---+------+-------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-------+---+ |
| 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 |
|
|
|
|
| Word E - Second Word of the Called-Address |
|
|
| +---+------+-------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-------+---+ |
| | F | NAWC | 9th | 10th | | | | | 15th | 16th | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | = | = | DIGIT | DIGIT | ... | ... | ... | ... | DIGIT | DIGIT | P | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 0 | 000 | | | | | | | | | | |
| +---+------+-------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-------+---+ |
| 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 |
|
|
|
|
| The interpretation of the data fields is as follows: |
|
|
| F - First word indication field. Set to '1' in first word and '0' |
| in subsequent words. |
|
|
| NAWC - Number of additional words coming field. |
| T - T field. Set to '1' to identify the message as an origination |
| or an order; set to '0' to identify the message as an order |
| response or page response. |
| S - Send serial number word. If the serial number word is sent, |
| set to '1'; if the serial number word is not sent, set to |
| '0'. |
| SCM - The station class mark field |
| ORDER - Order field. Identifies the order type. |
| ORDQ - Order qualifier field. Qualifies the order confirmation to a |
| specific action. |
| LOCAL - Local control field. This field is specific to each system. |
| The ORDER field must be set to locate control for this field |
| to be interpreted. |
| LT - Last-try code field. |
| MIN1 - Mobile Identification number field part one. |
| MIN2 - Mobile Identification number field part two. |
| SERIAL - Electronic Serial Number field. Identifies the serial number |
| of the mobile station. |
| DIGIT - Digit field (see table below) |
| RSVD - Reserved for future use; all bits must be set as indicated. |
| P - Parity field. |
|
|
|
|
| Called-address Digit Codes |
| +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
| | Digit Code Digit Code | |
| | | |
| | 1 0001 7 0111 | |
| | 2 0010 8 1000 | |
| | 3 0011 9 1001 | |
| | 4 0100 0 1010 | |
| | 5 0101 * 1011 | |
| | 6 0110 # 1100 | |
| | Null 0000 | |
| | | |
| | NOTE: | |
| | 1. The digit 0 is encoded as binary 10, not binary zero. | |
| | 2. The code 0000 is the null code, indicated no digit present | |
| | 3. All other four-bit sequences are reserved, and must not be | |
| | transmitted. | |
| | | |
| +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
|
|
| Examples of encoding called-address information into the called address words |
| follow: |
|
|
| If the number 2# is entered, the word is as follows: |
|
|
| +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |
| | NOTE | 0010 | 1100 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | P | |
| +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |
|
|
| If the number 13792640 is entered, the word is as follows: |
|
|
| +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |
| | NOTE | 0001 | 0011 | 0111 | 1001 | 0010 | 0110 | 0100 | 1010 | P | |
| +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |
|
|
| As you can see the numbers are coded into four bits and inserted sequentially |
| into the train. Notice that when the number is longer than 8 numbers it is |
| broken into two different Words. |
|
|
| If the number 6178680300 is entered, the words are as follows: |
|
|
| Word D - First Word of the Called-Address |
|
|
| +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |
| | NOTE | 0110 | 0001 | 0111 | 1000 | 0110 | 1000 | 1010 | 1010 | P | |
| +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |
| 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 |
|
|
| Word E - Second Word of the Called-Address |
|
|
| +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |
| | NOTE | 0010 | 1010 | 1010 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | P | |
| +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ |
| 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 |
|
|
| NOTE = four bits which depend on the type of message |
|
|
|
|
| Reverse Voice Channel |
|
|
| The reverse voice channel (RVC) is a wideband data stream sent from the mobile |
| station to the land station. This data stream must be generated at a 10 |
| kilobit/second +/- 1 bit/sec rate. The format is presented below. |
|
|
| +-------------+------+----------+-----+------+----------+-----+------+---- |
| || | | Repeat 1 | | | Repeat 2 | | | |
| || | word | | | word | | | word | |
| || Dotting | sync | of | Dot | sync | of | Dot | sync | |
| || | | | | | | | | |
| || | | Word 1 | | | Word 1 | | | |
| +-------------+------+----------+-----+------+----------+-----+------+---- |
| 101 11 48 37 11 48 37 11 |
|
|
| ---+----------+-----+------+----------+-----+------+----------+-----+---- |
| | Repeat 3 | | | Repeat 4 | | | Repeat 5 | | |
| | | | word | | | word | | | |
| | of | Dot | sync | of | Dot | sync | of | Dot | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | Word 1 | | | Word 1 | | | Word 1 | | |
| ---+----------+-----+------+----------+-----+------+----------+-----+---- |
| 48 37 11 48 37 11 48 37 |
|
|
| ---+------+----------+-------- -------+----------+ |
| | | Repeat 1 | | Repeat 5 || |
| | word | | | || |
| | sync | of | ... | of || |
| | | | | || |
| | | Word 2 | | Word 2 || |
| ---+------+----------+-------- -------+----------+ |
|
|
| A 37-bit dotting sequence and an 11-bit word sync sequence are sent to permit |
| land stations to achieve synchronization with the incoming data, except at the |
| first repeat of word 1, where a 101-bit dotting sequence is used. Each word |
| contains 48 bits, including parity, and is repeated five times together with |
| the 37-bit dotting and 11-bit word sync sequences; it is then referred to as a |
| word block. For a multi-word message, the second word block is formed the same |
| as the first word block including the 37-bit dotting and 11-bit word sync |
| sequences. A word is formed by encoding the 36 content bits into a (48, 36) |
| BCH code that has a distance of 5, (48, 36; 5). The left-most bit (earliest in |
| time) shall be designated the most-significant bit. The 36 most-significant |
| bits of the 48-bit field shall be the content bits. The generator polynomial |
| for the code is the same as for the (40, 28; 5) code used on the forward |
| control channel. |
|
|
| Each RVC message can consist of one or two words. The types of messages to be |
| transmitted over the reverse voice channel are as follows: |
|
|
| o Order Confirmation Message |
| o Called-Address Message |
|
|
| The message formats are as follows: |
|
|
|
|
| Order Confirmation Message: |
|
|
| +---+------+---+-------+------+-------+-----------+---------+ |
| | F | NAWC | T | | | | RSVD | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | = | = | = | LOCAL | ORDQ | ORDER | = | P | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | 1 | 00 | 1 | | | | 000 ... 0 | | |
| +---+------+---+-------+------+-------+-----------+---------+ |
| 1 2 1 5 3 5 19 12 |
|
|
|
|
| Called-Address Message |
|
|
| Word 1 - First Word of the Called-Address |
|
|
| +---+------+---+-------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-------+---+ |
| | F | NAWC | T | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 1st | 2nd | | | | | 7th | 8th | | |
| | = | = | = | Digit | Digit | ... | ... | ... | ... | Digit | Digit | P | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 1 | 01 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| +---+------+---+-------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-------+---+ |
| 1 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 |
|
|
| Word 2 - Second Word of the Called-Address |
|
|
| +---+------+---+-------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-------+---+ |
| | F | NAWC | T | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 9th | 10th | | | | | 15th | 16th | | |
| | = | = | = | Digit | Digit | ... | ... | ... | .. | Digit | Digit | P | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 0 | 00 | 0D| | | | | | | | | | |
| +---+------+---+-------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-------+---+ |
| 1 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 |
|
|
|
|
| The fields are descriptions a the me as those for the Reverse Control channel |
| above. |
|
|
| Overhead Message |
|
|
| A three-bit OHD field is used to identify the overhead message types. Overhead |
| message type codes are listed in the table below. They are grouped into the |
| following functional classes: |
|
|
| o System parameter overhead message |
| o Global action overhead message |
| o Registration identification message |
| o Control-filler message |
|
|
| Overhead messages are send in a group called an overhead message train. The |
| first message of the train must be the system parameter overhead message. The |
| desired global action messages and/or a registration ID message must be |
| appended to the end of the system parameter overhead message. The total number |
| of words in an overhead message train is one more than the value of the NAWC |
| field contained in the first word of the system parameter overhead message. |
| The last word in the train must be set to '0'. For NAWC-counting purposes, |
| inserted control-filler messages must not be counted as part of the overhead |
| message train. |
|
|
| The system parameter overhead message must be sent every .8 +/- .3 seconds on |
| each of the following control channels: |
|
|
| o combined paging-access forward channel. |
| o Separate paging forward control channel |
| o Separated access forward control channel when the control-filler |
| message is sent with the WFOM bit set to '1'. |
|
|
| The global action messages and the registration identification message are sent |
| on an as needed basis. |
|
|
| o The system parameter for overhead message consists of two words. |
|
|
|
|
| 0 Word 1 |
|
|
| +-------+-----+----------+------+------+-----+------------+ |
| | T T | | | RSVD | | OHD | | |
| | 1 2 | | | | | | | |
| | = | DCC | SID1 | = | NAWC | = | P | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | 11 | | | 000 | | 110 | | |
| +-------+-----+----------+------+------+-----+------------+ |
| 2 2 14 3 4 3 12 |
|
|
|
|
| Word 2 |
|
|
| +-------+-------+-----+-----+------+------+-----+------+--- |
| | T T | | | | | | | RSVD | |
| | 1 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | = | DCC | S | E | REGH | REGR | DTX | = | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | 11 | | | | | | | 0 | |
| +-------+-------+-----+-----+------+------+-----+------+--- |
| 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
|
|
| ---+-------+-----+-----+----------+-----+-------+-----------+ |
| | | | | | | OHD | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | N - 1 | RCF | CPA | CMAX - 1 | END | = | P | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 111 | | |
| ---+-------+-----+-----+----------+-----+-------+-----------+ |
| 5 1 1 7 1 3 12 |
|
|
|
|
| Overhead Message Types |
| +----------------------------------------------------------+ |
| | Code Order | |
| +----------------------------------------------------------+ |
| | 000 Registration ID | |
| | 001 Control-filler | |
| | 010 reserved | |
| | 011 reserved | |
| | 100 global action | |
| | 101 reserved | |
| | 110 Word 1 of system parameter message | |
| | 111 Word 2 of system parameter message | |
| +----------------------------------------------------------+ |
|
|
| The interpretation of the data fields: |
|
|
| T T - Type field. Set to '11' indicating an overhead word. |
| 1 2 |
| OHD - Overhead message type field. The OHD field of Word 1 is set |
| to '110' indicating the first word of the system parameter |
| overhead message. The OHD field of Word 2 is set to '111' |
| indicating the second word of the system parameter overhead |
| message. |
| DCC - Digital Color Code field. |
| SID1 - First part of the system identification field |
| NAWC - Number of Additional Words Coming field. In Word 1 this |
| field is set to one fewer than the total number of words in |
| the overhead message train. |
| S - Serial number field. |
| E - Extended address field. |
| REGH - Registration field for home stations. |
| REGR - Registration field for roaming stations. |
| DTX - Discontinuous transmission field. |
| N-1 - N is the number of paging channels in the system. |
| RCF - Read-control-filler field. |
| CPA - Combined paging/access field |
| CMAX-1 - CMAX is the number of access channels in the system. |
| END - End indication field. Set to '1' to indicate the last word |
| and '0' if not the last word. |
| RSVD - Reserved for future use, all bit must be set as indicated. |
| P - Parity field. |
|
|
| Each global action overhead message consists of one word. Any number of global |
| action messages can be appended to a system parameter overhead message. |
|
|
| Here are the global action command formats: |
|
|
|
|
| Rescan Global Action Message |
|
|
| +-------{-------+------+---------------+-------+-------+-------------+ |
| | T T | | ACT | RSVD = | | OHD | | |
| | 1 2 | | | | | | | |
| | = | DCC | = | | END | = | P | |
| | | | | 000 ... 0 | | | | |
| | 11 | | 0001 | | | 100 | | |
| +-------+-------+------+---------------+-------+-------+-------------+ |
| 2 2 4 16 1 3 12 |
|
|
| Registration Increment Global Action Message |
|
|
| +-------+-----+------+---------+--------+-------+-------+------------+ |
| | T T | | ACT | | | | OHD | | |
| | 1 2 | | | | RSVD = | | | | |
| | = | DCC | = | REGINCR | | END | = | P | |
| | | | | | 0000 | | | | |
| | 11 | | 0010 | | | | 100 | | |
| +-------+-----+------+---------+--------+-------+-------+------------+ |
| 2 2 4 12 4 1 3 12 |
|
|
| New Access Channel Set Global Action Message |
|
|
| +-------+-------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+----------+ |
| | T T | | ACT | | | | OHD | | |
| | 1 2 | | | | RSVD = | | | | |
| | = | DCC | = | NEWACC | | END | = | P | |
| | | | | | 00000 | | | | |
| | 11 | | 0110 | | | | 100 | | |
| +-------+-------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+----------+ |
| 2 2 4 11 5 1 3 12 |
|
|
|
|
| Overload Control Global Action Message |
|
|
| +-------+-----+-------+---+---+---+-- --+---+---+---+-----+-----+------+ |
| | T T | | ACT | O | O | O | | O | O | O | | OHD | | |
| | 1 2 | | | L | L | L | | L | L | L | | | | |
| | = | DCC | = | C | C | C | ... | C | C | C | END | = | P | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 11 | | 0110 | 0 | 1 | 2 | | 13| 14| 15| | 100 | | |
| +-------+-----+-------+---+---+---+-- --+---+---+---+-----+-----+------+ |
| 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 12 |
|
|
|
|
| Access Type Parameters Global Action Message |
|
|
| +-------+-----+------+-------+-----------+-------+-------+-----------+ |
| | T T | | ACT | | | | OHD | | |
| | 1 2 | | | | RSVD = | | | | |
| | = | DCC | = | BIS | | END | = | P | |
| | | | | | 0 ... 000 | | | | |
| | 11 | | 1001 | | | | 100 | | |
| +-------+-----+------+-------+-----------+-------+-------+-----------+ |
| 2 2 4 1 15 1 3 12 |
|
|
|
|
| Access Attempt Parameters Global Action Message |
|
|
| +-------+-------+---------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--- |
| | T T | | ACT | | | | |
| | 1 2 | | | MAXBUSY | MAXSZTR | MAXBUSY | |
| | = | DCC | = | | | | |
| | | | | - PGR | - PGR | - OTHER | |
| | 11 | | 1010 | | | | |
| +-------+-------+---------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--- |
| 2 2 4 4 4 4 |
|
|
| ------+-----------+-------+-------+-----------+ |
| | | | OHD | | |
| | MAXSZTR | | | | |
| | | END | = | P | |
| | - OTHER | | | | |
| | | | 100 | | |
| ------+-----------+-------+-------+-----------+ |
| 4 1 3 12 |
|
|
|
|
| Local Control 1 Message |
|
|
| +-------+-------+-------+-----------------+-------+-------+----------+ |
| | T T | | ACT | | | OHD | | |
| | 1 2 | | | | | | | |
| | = | DCC | = | LOCAL CONTROL | END | = | P | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | 11 | | 1110 | | | 100 | | |
| +-------+-------+-------+-----------------+-------+-------+----------+ |
| 2 2 4 16 1 3 12 |
|
|
|
|
| Local Control 2 Message |
|
|
| +-------+-------+-------+-----------------+-------+-------+----------+ |
| | T T | | ACT | | | OHD | | |
| | 1 2 | | | | | | | |
| | = | DCC | = | LOCAL CONTROL | END | = | P | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | 11 | | 1111 | | | 100 | | |
| +-------+-------+-------+-----------------+-------+-------+----------+ |
| 2 2 4 16 1 3 12 |
|
|
|
|
| The interpretation of the data fields are as follows: |
|
|
| T T - Type field. Set to '11' indicating overhead word. |
| 1 2 |
| ACT - Global action field (see table below). |
| BIS - Busy-idle status field. |
| DCC - Digital Color Code. |
| OHD - Overhead Message type field. Set to '100' indicating the |
| global action message. |
| REGINCR - Registration increment field. |
| NEWACC - News access channel starting point field. |
| MAXBUSY - Maximum busy occurrences field (page response). |
| - PGR |
| MAXBUSY - Maximum busy occurrences field (other accesses). |
| - OTHER |
| MAXSZTR - Maximum seizure tries field (page response). |
| - PRG |
| MAXSZTR - Maximum seizure tries field (other accesses). |
| - OTHER |
| OLCN - Overload class field (N = 0 to 15) |
| END - End indication field. Set to '1' to indicate the last word |
| of the overhead message train; set to '0' if not last word. |
| RSVD - Reserved for future use, all bits must be set as indicated. |
| LOCAL - May be set to any bit pattern. |
| CONTROL |
| P - Parity field. |
|
|
| The registration ID message consists of one word. When sent, the message must |
| be appended to a system parameter overhead message in addition to any global |
| action messages. |
|
|
| +-------+-------+-------------+-------+-------+-----------+ |
| | T T | | | | OHD | | |
| | 1 2 | | | | | | |
| | = | DCC | REGID | END | = | P | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | 11 | | | | 000 | | |
| +-------+-------+-------------+-------+-------+-----------+ |
| 2 2 20 1 3 12 |
|
|
| The interpretation of the data fields: |
|
|
| T T - Type field. Set to '11' indicating overhead word. |
| DCC - Digital color code field. |
| OHD - Overhead message type field. Set to '000' indicating the |
| registration ID message. |
| REGID - Registration ID field. |
| END - End indication field. Set to '1' to indicate last word of |
| the overhead message train; set to '0' if not. |
| P - Parity field. |
|
|
|
|
| The control-filler message consists of one word. It is sent whenever there is |
| no other message to be sent on the forward control channel. It may be inserted |
| between messages as well as between word blocks of a multiword message. The |
| control-filler message is chosen so that when it is sent, the 11-bit word |
| sequence will not appear in the message stream, independent of the busy-idle |
| bit status. |
|
|
| The control-filler message is also used to specify a control mobile |
| attenuation code (CMAC) for use by mobile stations accessing the system on the |
| reverse control channel, and a wait-for-overhead-message bit (WFOM) indicating |
| whether or not mobile stations must read an overhead message train before |
| accessing the system. |
|
|
| +-------+-----+------+------+------+--+------+---+------+----+-----+-----+ |
| | T T | | | | RVSD | | RVSD | | | | OHD | | |
| | 1 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | = | DCC |010111| CMAC | = |11| = | 1 | WFOM |1111| = | P | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 11 | | | | 00 | | 00 | | | | 001 | | |
| +-------+-----+------+------+------+--+------+---+------+----+-----+-----+ |
| 2 2 6 3 2 2 2 1 1 4 3 16 |
|
|
| Interpretation of the data fields: |
|
|
| T T - Type field. Set to '11' indicating overhead word. |
| 1 2 |
| DCC - Digital color code field. |
| CMAC - Control mobile attenuation field. Indicates the mobile |
| station power level associated with the reverse control |
| channel. |
| RVSD - Reserved for future use; all bits must be set as indicated. |
| WFOM - Wait-for-overhead-message field. |
| OHD - Overhead message type field. Set to '001' indicating the |
| control-filler word. |
| P - Parity field. |
|
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|
| Data Restrictions |
|
|
| The 11-bit sequence (11100010010) is shorter than the length of a word, and |
| therefore can be embedded in a word. Normally, embedded word-sync will not |
| cause a problem because the next word sent will not have the word-sync sequence |
| embedded in it. There are, however, three cases in which the word-sync |
| sequence may appear periodically in the FOCC stream. They are as follows: |
|
|
| o the overhead message |
| o the control-filler message |
| o Mobile station control messages with pages to mobile stations with |
| certain central office codes. |
|
|
| These three cases are handled by: |
|
|
| 1. Restricting the overhead message transmission rate to about once per |
| second |
| 2. designing the control-filler message to exclude the word-sync |
| sequence, taking into account the various busy-idle bits |
| 3. Restricting the use of certain office codes |
|
|
|
|
| If the mobile station control message is examined with the MIN1 separated into |
| NXX-X-XXX as described earlier (where NXX is the central office code, N |
| represents a number from 2 - 9, and X represents a number from 0-9) the order |
| and order qualifications table can be used to deduce when the word-sync word |
| would be sent. If a number of mobile stations are paged consecutively with the |
| same central office code, mobile stations that are attempting to synchronize to |
| the data stream may not be able to do so because of the presence of the false |
| word sync sequence. Therefore, the combinations of central office codes and |
| groups of line numbers appearing in the following table must not be used for |
| mobile stations. |
|
|
|
|
| RESTRICTED CENTRAL OFFICE CODES |
| +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
| | Central | |
| | T T DCC NXX X XXX Office Thousands | |
| | 1 2 Code Digit | |
| +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
| | 01 11 000100(1)0000 ... ... 175 0 to 9 | |
| | 01 11 000100(1)0001 ... ... 176 0 to 9 | |
| | 01 11 000100(1)0010 ... ... 177 0 to 9 | |
| | 01 11 000100(1)0011 ... ... 178 0 to 9 | |
| | 01 11 000100(1)0100 ... ... 179 0 to 9 | |
| | 01 11 000100(1)0101 ... ... 170 0 to 9 | |
| | 01 11 000100(1)0110 ... ... 181 0 to 9 | |
| | 01 11 000100(1)0111 ... ... 182 0 to 9 | |
| | 0Z 11 100010(0)1000 ... ... 663 0 to 9 | |
| | 0Z 11 100010(0)1001 ... ... 664 0 to 9 | |
| | 0Z 11 100010(0)1010 ... ... 665 0 to 9 | |
| | 0Z 11 100010(0)1011 ... ... 666 0 to 9 | |
| | 0Z Z1 110001(0)0100 ... ... 899 0 to 9 | |
| | 0Z Z1 110001(0)0101 ... ... 800 0 to 9 | |
| | 0Z ZZ 111000(1)0010 ... ... 909 0 to 9 | |
| | 00 ZZ 011100(0)1001 0ZZZ ... 568 1 to 7 | |
| | 00 ZZ 111100(0)1001 0ZZZ ... 070 1 to 7 | |
| | 00 ZZ 001110(0)0100 10ZZ ... 339 8,9,0 | |
| | 00 ZZ 011110(0)0100 10ZZ ... 595 8,9,0 | |
| | 00 ZZ 101110(0)0100 10ZZ ... 851 8,9,0 | |
| | 00 ZZ 111110(0)0100 10ZZ ... 007 8,9,0 | |
| | 0Z ZZ 000011(1)0100 0010 ... 150 2 | |
| | 0Z ZZ 000111(1)0001 0010 ... 224 2 | |
| | 0Z ZZ 001011(1)0001 0010 ... 288 2 | |
| | 0Z ZZ 001111(1)0001 0010 ... 352 2 | |
| | 0Z ZZ 010011(1)0001 0010 ... 416 2 | |
| | 0Z ZZ 010111(1)0001 0010 ... 470 2 | |
| | 0Z ZZ 011011(1)0001 0010 ... 544 2 | |
| | 0Z ZZ 011111(1)0001 0010 ... 508 2 | |
| | 0Z ZZ 100011(1)0001 0010 ... 672 2 | |
| | 0Z ZZ 100111(1)0001 0010 ... 736 2 | |
| | 0Z ZZ 101011(1)0001 0010 ... 790 2 | |
| | 0Z ZZ 101111(1)0001 0010 ... 864 2 | |
| | 0Z ZZ 110011(1)0001 0010 ... 928 2 | |
| | 0Z ZZ 110111(1)0001 0010 ... 992 2 | |
| | 0Z ZZ 111011(1)0001 0010 ... 056 2 | |
| | 0Z ZZ 111111(1)0001 0010 ... ... 2 | |
| +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
|
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|
| 1. In each case, Z represents a bit that may be 1 or 0. |
| 2. Some codes are not used as central office codes in the US at this time. |
| They are included for completeness. |
| 3. The bit in parentheses is the busy-idle bit. |
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|
|
| Well there is your signaling in a nutshell. Please note I hardly have the most |
| up-to-date signalling data. Basically what was presented here was a skeleton, |
| the bare bones without all the additions. There are some additions that are |
| system specific. As I get updates I'll be sure to share them with the rest of |
| you. I would be interested in any feedback, so, if you have something to say, |
| send it to: |
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| oblivion@atdt.org |
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| In the last article I said that there would be a listing of SID codes |
| accompanying the article. Well, I forgot to edit that line out, but if you |
| would like a copy of it, just mail me at the above address an you shall receive |
| one. |
|
|
| In the next article I will be going in-depth on the actual hardware behind the |
| Mobile telephone, the chip sets, and its operation. I will also publish any |
| updates to the previous material I find, as well as information on the |
| transitory NAMPS system that will be used to bridge the existing AMPS cellular |
| network over to the ISDN compatible fully digital network. |
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