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Technical Specification
Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+);
GSM Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) connection types
(3GPP TS 43.010 version 9.0.0 Release 9)
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Foreword
This Technical Specification (TS) has been produced by ETSI 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
The present document may refer to technical specifications or reports using their 3GPP identities, UMTS identities or
GSM identities. These should be interpreted as being references to the corresponding ETSI deliverables.
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Foreword . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 9
3.1 Definitions . 9
3.2 Abbreviations . 9
4 General considerations . 10
4.1 Relationship between lower layer capabilities and radio traffic channels . 10
4.2 Transparent and non-transparent lower layer capabilities . 10
4.3 The PLMN environment . 11
4.3.1 The hand-over procedure . 11
4.3.2 DTX procedure . 11
5 Framework for the description of connection types . 11
5.1 Introduction . 11
5.2 Purpose of PLMN connection types . 12
5.3 Functions associated with a PLMN connection. 12
5.4 Applications of GSM PLMN connection types . 13
5.5 PLMN connection involving several networks . 14
6 PLMN connection types . 14
6.1 Description of PLMN connection types . 14
6.1.1 Rate adaptation . 15
6.1.2 Radio Link Protocol . 16
6.1.3 Layer 2 Relay function . 17
6.1.4 Resources allocated by the PLMN network . 17
6.2 PLMN connection elements . 17
6.3 Rules of association for the attribute values of connection elements and connection types . 17
6.3.1 Information transfer mode . 18
6.3.2 Information transfer rate (kbit/s) . 18
6.3.3 Information transfer susceptance . 18
6.3.4 Establishment of connection . 18
6.3.5 Symmetry . 19
6.3.6 Connection configuration Topology . 19
6.3.7 Structure . 19
6.3.8 Channels . 19
6.3.8.1 Information channel (rate) . 19
6.3.8.2 Signalling channel (rate) . 19
6.3.9 Connection control protocol . 20
6.3.10 Information transfer coding/protocol . 20
6.3.11 Further attributes and attribute values . 20
6.4 PLMN connection types for GERAN A/Gb mode . 21
6.4.1 Limited set of PLMN connection types (for TCH/F4.8 and TCH/F9.6 channel codings) . 21
6.4.2 Limited set of PLMN connection types (for TCH/F14.4 channel coding). 27
6.4.3 Limited set of PLMN connection types (for EDGE channels) . 30
6.5 PLMN connection types for GERAN Iu mode. 32
6.5.1 Limited set of PLMN connection types (for TCH/F9.6 channel coding) . 32
6.5.2 Limited set of PLMN connection types (for TCH/F14.4 channel coding). 35
6.5.3 Limited set of PLMN connection types (for EDGE channels) . 37
7 Relationship between Telecommunication services and connection types . 39
7.1 General . 39
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7.2 Relationship between Bearer services and connection types . 40
7.3 Relationship between Teleservices and connection types . 40
7.4 Network capability to support in-call modification . 40
7.5 Network capability to support channel mode modification . 40
Annex A (informative): List of definitions of PLMN connection type attributes and values . 46
A.1 Attribute definition and their values . 46
A.2 Definition of values . . 54
Annex B (informative): Location of the transcoding, multiplexing and RA2 functions . 55
Annex C (informative): Change History . 60
History . 61
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Foreword
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1 Scope
This specification is only applicable for a GERAN PLMN. In the 2nd generation is this a GSM PLMN. In the 3rd
generation is this a PLMN that uses a GERAN as radio access network operating either in A/Gb mode or in Iu mode.
A PLMN may be described by a limited set of access interfaces (refer to 3GPP TS 24.002 and 22.001) and a limited set
of PLMN connection types to support the telecommunication services described in the 3GPP 22-series of specifications.
The present document identifies and defines these connection types in so far as they relate to the particular network
capabilities for a PLMN.
The basic lower layer capabilities of a PLMN are represented by a set of PLMN connection types. The definition of a
set of PLMN connection types provides the necessary input to identify network capabilities of a PLMN. In addition to
describing network capabilities of a PLMN, the identification of connection types facilitates the specification of
network-to-network interfaces. It may also assist in the allocation of network performance parameters.
The present document should be considered in conjunction with other 3GPP specifications with particular reference to
3GPP TS 22.001, 22.002, 22.003, 23.002, 24.002 and 44.004.
The present document provides a bridge between the service specification in the 3GPP TS 22-series of specifications
and the more detailed specifications such as the 3GPP TS 43, 44, 23, 24, 27 and 29 series. As such, it establishes a
framework for the specification and understanding of the more detailed specifications. It is therefore not a specification
against which detailed conformance testing can be performed. However, it shall be considered mandatory for the
understanding of the more detailed specifications and used to resolve issues of conflict in these specifications.
From R99 onwards the following services are no longer required by a PLMN:
• the dual Bearer Services 'alternate speech/data' and 'speech followed by data'
• the dedicated services for PAD and Packet access
• the single asynchronous and synchronous Bearer Services (BS 21.26, BS 31.34)
From Release 4 onwards the following services are no longer required by a PLMN:
- the synchronous Bearer Service non-transparent (BS 30 NT).
- the Basic Packet access
- the Teleservice Facsimile non-transparent (TS 61/62 NT).
If a PLMN network still provides these services it has to fulfil the specification of former releases.
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
• References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non-specific.
• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
• For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including
a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same
Release as the present document.
[1] Void
[2] Void
[3] 3GPP TS 22.001: " Principles of telecommunications services supported by a Public Land Mobile
Network (PLMN)".
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[4] 3GPP TS 22.002: " Circuit Bearer Services (BS) supported by a Public Land Mobile Network
(PLMN)".
[5] 3GPP TS 22.003: " Circuit Teleservices supported by a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN)".
[6] Void.
[7] 3GPP TS 23.002: "Network architecture".
[8] 3GPP TS 23.009: "Handover procedures".
[9] 3GPP TS 23.034: "High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) - Stage 2 Service Description".
[10] 3GPP TS 23.040: "Technical realization of the Short Message Service (SMS) Point-to-Point (PP)".
[11] 3GPP TS 23.041: "Technical realization of Short Message Service Cell Broadcast (SMSCB)".
[12] 3GPP TS 43.045: " Technical realization of facsimile group 3 transparent".
[13] 3GPP TS 44.001: " Mobile Station - Base Station System (MS - BSS) interface General aspects
and principles".
[14] 3GPP TS 24.002: " GSM-UMTS Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) access reference
configuration".
[15] 3GPP TS 44.004: " Layer 1 – General Requirements".
[16] 3GPP TS 44.005: " Data Link (DL) layer; General aspects".
[17] 3GPP TS 44.006: " Mobile Station - Base Station System (MS - BSS) interface Data Link (DL)
layer specification".
[18] 3GPP TS 24.007: " Mobile radio interface signalling layer 3; General aspects".
[19] 3GPP TS 24.008: " Mobile radio interface layer 3 specification".
[20] 3GPP TS 24.011: "Point-to-Point (PP) Short Message Service (SMS) support on mobile radio
interface".
[21] 3GPP TS 24.012: " Short Message Service Cell Broadcast (SMSCB) support on the mobile radio
interface".
[22] 3GPP TS 44.021: " Rate adaption on the Mobile Station - Base Station System (MS - BSS)
interface".
[23] 3GPP TS 24.022: " Radio Link Protocol (RLP) for circuit switched bearer and teleservices"
[24] 3GPP TS 45.001: " Physical layer on the radio path (General description)".
[25] 3GPP TS 45.003: " Channel coding".
[26] 3GPP TS 45.008: " Radio subsystem link control".
[27] 3GPP TS 46.031: " Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) for full rate speech traffic channels".
[28] 3GPP TS 27.001: " General on Terminal Adaptation Functions (TAF) for Mobile Stations (MS)".
[29] 3GPP TS 27.002: " Terminal Adaptation Functions (TAF) for services using asynchronous bearer
capabilities".
[30] 3GPP TS 27.003: " Terminal Adaptation Functions (TAF) for services using synchronous bearer
capabilities".
[31] 3GPP TS 48.004: " Base Station System - Mobile-services Switching Centre (BSS - MSC)
interface Layer 1 specification".
[32] 3GPP TS 48.006: " Signalling transport mechanism specification for the Base Station
System - Mobile-services Switching Centre (BSS - MSC) interface".
[33] 3GPP TS 48.008: " Mobile Switching Centre - Base Station System (MSC - BSS) interface Layer
3 specification".
[34] 3GPP TS 48.020: " Rate adaption on the Base Station System - Mobile-services Switching Centre
(BSS - MSC) interface".
[35] Void.
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[36] 3GPP TS 29.007: "General requirements on interworking between the Public Land Mobile
Network (PLMN) and the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) or Public Switched
Telephone Network (PSTN)".
[37] ITU-T Recommendation I.460: "Multiplexing, rate adaption and support of existing interfaces".
[38] ITU-T Recommendation V.110: "Support of Data Terminal Equipments (DTEs) with V-Series
interfaces by an integrated services digital network".
[39] ITU-T Recommendation V.21: "300 bits per second duplex modem standardised for use in the
general switched telephone network".
[40] ITU-T Recommendation V.22: "1 200 bits per second duplex modem standardised for use in the
general switched telephone network and on point-to-point 2-wire leased telephone-type circuits".
[41] ITU-T Recommendation V.22bis: "2 400 bits per second duplex modem using the frequency
division technique standardised for use on the general switched telephone network and on point-to-
point 2-wire leased telephone-type circuits".
[42] ITU-T Recommendation V.24: "List of definitions for interchange circuits between Data Terminal
Equipment (DTE) and Data Circuit-terminating Equipment (DCE)".
[43] ITU-T Recommendation V.26ter: "2 400 bits per second duplex modem using the echo
cancellation technique standardised for use on the general switched telephone network and on
point-to-point 2-wire leased telephone-type circuits".
[44] ITU-T Recommendation V.32: "A family of 2-wire, duplex modems operating at data signalling
rates of up to 9 600 bit/s for use on the general switched telephone network and on leased
telephone-type circuits".
[45] ITU-T Recommendation V.42bis: "Data Compression for Data Circuit terminating Equipment
(DCE) using Error Correction Procedures".
[46] ITU-T Recommendation V.120: "Support by an ISDN of data terminal equipment with V-Series
type interfaces with provision for statistical multiplexing".
[47] ITU-T Recommendation X.21: "Interface between Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) and Data
Circuit-terminating Equipment (DCE) for synchronous operation on public data networks".
[48] ITU-T Recommendation X.21bis: "Use on public data networks of Data Terminal Equipment
(DTE) which is designed for interfacing to synchronous V-series modems".
[49] ITU-T Recommendation X.25: "Interface between Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) and Data
Circuit-terminating Equipment (DCE) for terminals operating in the packet mode and connected to
public data networks by dedicated circuit".
[50] ITU-T Recommendation X.28: "DTE/DCE interface for a start-stop mode data terminal equipment
accessing the Packet Assembly/Disassembly facility (PAD) in a public data network situated in the
same country".
[51] ITU-T Recommendation X.30: "Support of X.21, X.21bis and X.20bis based Data Terminal
Equipments (DTEs) by an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)".
[52] ITU-T Recommendation X.31: "Support of packet mode terminal equipment by an ISDN".
[53] ITU-T Recommendation X.32: "Interface between Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) and Data
Circuit-terminating Equipment (DCE) for terminals operating in the packet mode and accessing a
packet switched public data network through a public switched telephone network or an integrated
services digital network or a circuit switched public data network".
[54] ITU-T Recommendation V.34 (1994): "A modem operating at data signalling rates of up to 28 800
bits for use on the general switched telephone network and on leased point-to-point 2-wire
telephone-type circuits".
[55] ITU-T Recommendation I.440 (1989): "ISDN user-network interface data link layer - General
aspects".
[56] ITU-T Recommendation I.450 (1989): "ISDN user-network interface layer 3 General aspects".
[57] ISO/IEC 6429 (1992): "Information technology - Control functions for coded character sets".
[58] 3GPP TS 23.060: " General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Service Description; Stage 2".
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[59] ITU-T Recommendation V.90 - A digital modem and analogue modem pair for use on the public
switched telephone network (PSTN) at data signalling rates of up to 56 000 bit/s downstream and
up to 33 600 bit/s upstream.
[60] 3GPP TS 21.905: " Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications "
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following definitions apply.
(DIGITAL) connection: A concatenation of (digital) transmission channels or (digital) telecommunication circuits,
switching and other functional units set up to provide for the transfer of (digital) signals between two or more points in
a telecommunication network to support a single communication.
PLMN connection: A connection that is established through PLMN between specified PLMN reference points.
PLMN connection type: A description of a set of PLMN connections which have the same characteristics.
EDGE channels: A general term referring to channels based on 8PSK modulation; i.e. TCH/F28.8, TCH/F32.0, and
TCH/F43.2.
3.2 Abbreviations
Abbreviations used in this specification are listed in 3GPP TS 21.905.
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4 General considerations
Low layer capabilities are defined in 3GPP TS 22.001 and characterized in 3GPP TS 22.002 for Bearer Services and
3GPP TS 22.003 for Teleservices. Apart from the short message service and GPRS, all Bearer Services and
Teleservices are provided using low layer capabilities in the connection mode.
Network capabilities to support the short message services are defined in 3GPP TS 23.040 and 3GPP TS 24.011 for the
point-to-point service, and in 3GPP TS 23.041 and 3GPP TS 24.012 for the cell broadcast service. Network capabilities
to support GPRS are described in 3GPP TS 23.060.
4.1 Relationship between lower layer capabilities and radio
traffic channels
The realization of low layer capabilities for the provision of telecommunication services will make use of a physical
medium consisting of a traffic channel TCH (refer to 3GPP TS 44.004) or a combination of several full rate traffic
channels (Multislot configuration for data) except for the short message point-to-point which uses a dedicated control
channel DCCH (see 3GPP TS 24.011) or the cell broadcast service which uses the CBCH (see 3GPP TS 24.012). No
multiplexing of data connections on one TCH is allowed.
Either a full rate or a half rate channel may be used depending on the requirements of the individual service. User data
rates below or equal to 4 800 bit/s may be supported either on a full rate channel or on a half rate channel. Single slot
configurations of 9.6Kbit/s and above are always supported on a full rate channel. Multislot configurations for data use
combinations of 4.8 kbit/s or 9.6 kbit/s or 14.4 kbit/s full rate traffic channels only.
Technically every MS, regardless of whether it uses a half or a full rate TCH for speech transmission, should be able to
use both half and full rate TCHs for data transmission and telematic services. However, particular designs of MS may
only provide access to a limited set of services and therefore only use limited options.
For the alternate speech and group 3 facsimile teleservice, when a full rate traffic channel is required for the speech or
data portion of the service, a full rate traffic channel will be used for the duration of the call, see 3GPP TS 22.002.
Within a PLMN, the transport of user data and access interface status information (if present) will use a rate adaptation
method based on ITU-T Recommendation V.110 except on TCH/F14.4 or EDGE channels for which PLMN specific
rate adaption is used between the mobile station and the interworking function. For the access interface, the rate
adaptation schemes used are referenced in the 3GPP TS 27-series.
On the radio path, rate adaptation leads to rates of 43.5, 32.0, 29.0, 14.5, 12.0, 6.0 and 3.6 kbit/s per TCH (see 3GPP TS
44.021). However, in multislot configurations for data the 3.6 kbit/s per TCH/F rate is excluded. At the BSS to MSC
interface, the rate adaptation scheme used is described in 3GPP TS 48.020.
Protection of information from errors on the radio path (i.e. between MS and BSS) will be implemented by use of FEC
techniques (see 3GPP TS 45.003).
4.2 Transparent and non-transparent lower layer capabilities
Two classes of low layer capabilities have been identified (see 3GPP TS 22.002 and 3GPP TS 22.003):
- a transparent class which is characterized by constant throughput, constant transit delay and variable error rate;
- a non-transparent class for which an ARQ technique is used (see 3GPP TS 24.022) on the radio path and
extended to an appropriate interworking function. This class is characterized by improved error rate with
variable transit delay and throughput. Data compression can optionally be used in combination of non-
transparent lower layer capability, to increase the data rate on the DTE/DCE interface (or the equivalent interface
depending on the TE type).
The considerations described above provide the basis for
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