tem Applications for Telecommunications Jay Liebowitz Polynomial Signal Processing V. John Mathews and Giovanni L. Sicuranza Digital Signal Estimation Robert J. Mammone, Editor Digital Communication Receivers: Synchronization, Channel Estimation, and Signal Processing Heinrich Meyr, Marc Moeneclaey, and Stefan A. Fechtel Synchronization in Digital Communications, Volume I Heinrich Meyr and Gerd Ascheid Business Earth Stations for Telecommunications Walter L. Morgan and Denis Rouffet Wireless Information Networks Kaveh Pahlavan and Allen H. Levesque Satellite Communications: The First Quarter Century of Service David W.E. Rees Fundamentals of Telecommunication Networks Tarek N. Saadawi, Mostafa Ammar, with Ahmed El Hakeem Analogue and Digital Microwave Links: Theory and Design Carlos Salema Microwave Radio Links: From Theory to Design Carlos Salema Meteor Burst Communications: Theory and Practice Donald L. Schilling, Editor Digital Communication over Fading Channels, 2nd Edition Marvin K. Simon and Mohamed-Slim Alouini Digital Signal Processing: A Computer Science Perspective Jonathan (Y) Stein Vector Space Projections: A Numerical Approach to Signal and Image Processing, Neural Nets, and Optics Henry Stark and Yongyi Yang Signaling in Telecommunication Networks John G. van Bosse Telecommunication Circuit Design, 2nd Edition Patrick D. van der Puije Worldwide Telecommunications Guide for the Business Manager Walter H. Vignault CHAPTER Introduction to GSM Introduction to GSM Chapter 1 Objectives When you complete the reading in this chapter, you will be able to Describe the main components of a GSM network. Describe the mobile services. Understand how a mobile performs an attach or detach procedure in GSM. Discuss the modulation techniques used for GSM. Understand the access methods used. Describe the overall cellular operation of a radio network. Welcome to an overview of the General Packet Radio Services (GPRS). GPRS is a radio service that was designed to run on Global Systems for Mobile (GSM), a worldwide stand