Development of the Mobile Network from GSM to UMTS

The Mobile Station (MS), the Base Transceiver Station (BTS), the Base Station Controller (BSC, the Base Station Subsystem (BSS), the Mobile Services Switching Centre (MSC), the Home Location Register (HLR), the Visitor Location Register (VLR). The new network entities required for GPRS. How billing will work in the GPRS network. System architecture. The Radio Network Controller (RNC) and Node B functionality. Protocol model. The Iu interface for Circuit and Packet switching. The Iur interface and RNSAP. RNC node B interface and NBAP. MMS architectural elements. MMS Relays and Servers, MMS user agents, MMS user databases.

CAMEL Services

The supplementary services supported by Camel and what they can provide to the customer. This includes CLIP,CLIR, COLP, COLR, Call Forwarding, Call Holding, Closed User Groups (CUGs) and Advice of Charge (AOC)

SMS and MMS Applications

2 way SMS enables interactive mobile applications. Micro-payments system that allows the user multiple payment methods. SMS voting for real time voting on mobile devices. Content Publishing Deliver relevant and timely information by SMS to subscriber base. Works for time critical update services and notifications, as well as latest news and views. Submission of a Multimedia Message in the originator MMSE, Reception of a Multimedia Message in the recipient MMSE, Multimedia Message Notification, Retrieval of a Multimedia Message in the recipient MMSE

Intranet/Internet Access Over GPRS/HSCSD

Connection via Direct Link, Leased Line Point to Point, Connection via the Internet, Tunneling and IPsec, Backup connectivity. Connection via the Internet versus connection via Leased line. Security Requirements. Value Added Services. Comparisons between connectivity over GPRS and HSCSD.

Service Provisioning and Activation

Customer Service Descriptions for small and medium enterprises. Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting (AAA). Quality of Service (QoS). Support functions, Provisioning of GPRS network settings. Possible applications and connectivity.