Course 562: EDGE Fundamentals

This course introduces the technical fundamentals of Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE).

• What is EDGE?
• GSM-EDGE RAN (GERAN) Evolution
• GERAN network architecture
• EDGE data rates

EDGE technology

• EDGE modulation technique
• Coding schemes
• Packet handling
• Addressing window
• Measurement accuracy
• Interleaving
• Link adaptation
• Incremental redundancy

Requirements on EDGE

• Service aspects
• EDGE Architecture
• User plane protocols
• Control plane protocols and channels

EDGE Physical Layer Technical Details

• Coding Schemes
• Puncturing Schemes
• Channel Coding
• Outer block coding
• Inner Convolutional coding
• Interleaving scheme for error bursts
• Forward Error Correction (FEC)
• Interleaving
• Network Access
• GMSK
• 8PSK

Composition

• Packet data traffic channels
• Packet common control channels
• Packet dedicated control channels

Transmission

• Channel coder
• Block encoder
• Precoding of Uplink Status Flag (USF)
• Add Tail bits
• Convolutional encoder
• Puncturing

Reception

• GMSK and 8-PSK Demodulator
• Viterbi equaliser
• Deinterleaver
• Viterbi decoding

Channel codes

• Block encoder
• Fire coder
• Precoding of uplink status flags
• Convolutional coder (1/2, 2/3 and 3/4)
• Puncturing
• Interleaver / deinterleaver
• Interleaver of depth 4 / deinterleaver
• Channel models
• Rayleigh distribution
• Rice distribution
• Propogation models for urban and rural areas
• Modulation / Demodulation
• Channel Decoder
• Viterbi decoder

RLC and MAC

• The new MAC and ELC
• Dynamic Allocation Extended Dynamic Allocation
• Fixed Allocation
• Unacknowledged Operation
• Link adaptation enhancements
• Incremental redundancy (IR)
• New data block format
• Enhanced measurements
• Resegmentation
• Retransmission strategies