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- From: fischman@nynexst.com (Gary Fischman)
- Subject: Re: Technical info on cellular wanted
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.201816.16347@nynexst.com>
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- Organization: NYNEX Science & Technology, Inc
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 20:18:16 GMT
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- In article 55n@world.std.com, glenn@world.std.com (Glenn S Meader) writes:
- >I am looking for technical info on how cellular phones with cell sites.
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- >For example I am curious about the following issues:
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- >1. Exactly what frequencies are used for cellular calls
- There are two licenses granted by the FCC in any given service area. (I assume
- you are talking about the North American Cellular System.)
- The spectrum allocated in total is from 824.040 MHz to 893.970 MHz. The equation
- for channel # to frequency mapping is:
- Mobile: 1 < Channel < 799 .03 Channel + 825.000
- 990 < Channel < 1023 .03 (Channel - 1023) + 825.000
- Land: 1 < Channel < 799 .03 Channel + 870.000
- 990 < Channel < 1023 .03 (Channel - 1023) + 870.000
- >2. What frequencies are used as control channels?
- Control channels are from 313 to 333 on the A system, 334 to 354 on the B system.
- In addition, there are upper control channels that I can never remember, but are
- in the middle 700s.
- >3. How does a cell site signal a cellular phone to ring?
- The cell system sends a message on the Forward Control Channel on all setup channels
- and at all cell sites which is decoded by *all* cellular phones tuned into that
- system. Encoded in the message are the ESN (Serial number) of the phone and the
- MIN (Phone number). When a phone recognizes its MIN and ESN, it responds on the
- cell site it has been monitoring. The cell site then sends acknowledges the page
- response at which time the mobile unit is allowed to page. When the phone is
- answered, the mobile sends a message saying the page has been responded to. At that
- point, the cell site sends a message telling the mobile which frequency to tune to
- for a voice channel.
- >4. How does a cellular phone tell the cell site that it wants to make a call?
- Essentially the same as responding to a page, but the mobile initiates by sending
- a message requesting access to the system along with the phone number it wants to
- call. If there is an available channel, the cell site responds with the channel
- the mobile is supposed to tune to.
- >5. How does the cell site tell the cellular phone to switch frequencies
- > when the call is being handed off to another cell site?
- The audio is blanked for a very short time during which the Forward Voice channel
- message is sent telling the phone what channel to tune to. The mobile unit then
- responds. After tuning to the new frequency, the audio is unmuted.
- >6. What kinds of status and control messages are exchanged between cellular
- > phones and cell sites and how are they encoded?
- That is much too broad a question to answer here. You should pick up a book on the
- subject or a copy of IS-54.
- >
- >Are there books on this? Magazine articles? FTP-able files?
- The Cellular Radio Handbook - A Reference for Cellular System Operation.
- Neil Boucher, Quantum Publishing, ISBN - 0 - 930633-15-6
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- Gary J. Fischman
- NYNEX Science & Technology
- fischman@nynexst.com
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