Wireless & Mobile Networks

Instructor: Ahmar Rashid

Quiz 3
Maximum Marks: 30 Name__________________________Regn.No.__________________Faculty________________ 1- Which of the following is not a valid GMS network? GSM 9000 2- Which of the following multiplexing schemes are used in GSM ? SDM, FDM & TDM (all of these) 3- UTRA TDD / TD-CDMA is a 3G cellular technology. Which of the following cellular technologies did not merge/evolve into UTRA TDD / TD-CDMA? cdmaOne 4- In GSM 900, down-link direction ARFCN (Absolute Radio Frequency Carrier Number) of 50 corresponds to which frequency band? ( 1 ARFCN 124) 945.2 - 945.4 MHz ( (50 /124) 24.8 + 935 = 945 ) Hint: (GSM 900 f uplink range is 890.2 to 915 MHz and there is a buffer of 20.2 MHZ between the upper boundary of total uplink frequency band and the lower boundary of total downlink frequency band ) 5- Which of the following devices stores the authentication parameters for mobile terminals and encryption of user data on the air interface? AUC 6- Which of the following is true in GSM architecture? typically, there is one VLR per MSC area 7- Which of the following is true for the GSM specification? the MSC and VLR may or may not reside on the same switch 8- Which of the following IDs is assigned to an MS when it passes the authentication phase for the first time under the MSC (powered on or location update)? TMSI 9- Which of the following IDs is the subscribers permanent phone number ? MSISDN 10- MSRN, a temporary number used to route the call has significance in case of Mobile to Mobile Call Mobile Terminated Call (PSTN to Mobile) The answer was: 1 and 3

11- SDCCH is a _______________channel used for signaling in higher layers full duplex 12- IMSI is stored in HLR, VLR & mobile SIM 13- IMEI is stored in _________ EIR 14- Which of the following is correct regarding an MS in a GSM system? communication between MT and TE takes place over a bus using AT commands, which serves as a TA ( Normenclature: MT: Mobile Terminal Equipment ) TA: Terminal Adapter TE: Terminal

15- Which of the following is not a function of EIR? it stores permanent data about subscribers, including a subscriber's service profile and location information 16- What are the components of OSS (Operation Subsystem) of GSM? AUC, EIR and OMC 17- Which of the following is not a function of MSC? channel coding and decoding 18- Which of the following is a function of BTS as well as BSC ? frequency hopping 19- A is a GSM Standard Interface between ________ and________ i. MS and BTS ii. BTS and BSC iii. BSC and MSC iv. MSC and MSC v. RSS and NSS (iii), (iv) & (v) are true 20- Abis is a GSM Standard Interface between ________ and________ i. MS and BTS ii. BTS and BSC iii. BSC and MSC iv. MSC and MSC only (ii) is true