4 Timing of transmitted signals

3GPP45.010GSM/EDGE Radio subsystem synchronizationTS

The timing of signals transmitted by the MS, BTS and CTS-FP is defined in 3GPP TS 45.002.

i) The MS can use the timing of receipt of the synchronization burst to set up its timebase counters as follows:

QN is set by the timing of the training sequence;

TN = 0 when the synch burst is received;

FN = 51 ((T3‑T2) mod (26)) + T3 + 51 x 26 x T1 when the synch burst is received, (where T3 = (10 x T3′) + 1, T1, T2 and T3′ being contained in information fields in synchronization burst).

ii) For Compact, the MS can use the timing of receipt of the synchronization burst to set up its timebase counters as follows:

QN is set by the timing of the training sequence;

FN = (R1 x 51 + R2) x 52 + 51 when the synch burst is received (where R1 and R2 are contained in information fields in synchronization burst);

TN is determined from TG as described in 3GPP TS 45.002, where TG is contained in information fields in synchronization burst.

iii) For CTS, the timebase counters are set as follows:

QN is set by the timing of the training sequence;

TN is set according to the CTSBCH-SB position (see Annex C);

T4 = 51 when the CTSBCH-SB is received (prior to attachment);

FN = (51 ((T3‑T2) mod (26)) + T3 + 51 x 26 x T1) mod (2715648) when the CTS-MS receives the last CTSAGCH burst of the non-hopping access procedure, where T2 = T4 mod (26), and T1 and T3 being contained in this CTS immediate assignment message.

iv) For EC-GSM-IoT, the MS can use the timing of receipt of the synchronization burst on EC-SCH to set up its timebase counters as follows:

QN is set by the timing of the training sequence;

TN = 1 when the synch burst is received

FN = RFNQH + 51 x 26 x 512 x QUARTER_HYPERFRAME_INDICATOR

where,

RFNQH = FN within a quarter hyperframe = (51 x 52 x T1′) + (4 x 51 x T2′ + 51 x T2”) + T3 when the synch burst is received,

T1′, T2′ are contained in information fields in the synchronization burst, and,

T2” is signalled through the cyclic shift pattern used on the EC-SCH, see 3GPP TS 45.003.

T3 is determined e.g. by the device through the identification of the mapping of the FCCH, or EC-SCH, onto the specific TDMA frames within the 51-multiframe.

QUARTER_HYPERFRAME_INDICATOR is obtained in the immediate assignment, see 3GPP TS 44.018.

NOTE: Depending on the coverage condition, the MS may optionally use the timing of receipt of the synchronization burst (SCH) to set up its timebase counters as described in i).

Thereafter, the timebase counters are incremented as in subclause 3.2.

(When adjacent BTS’s are being monitored for handover purposes, or for cell reselection purposes in group receive mode, the MS may choose to store the values of QN, TN and FN for all the BTS’s whose synchronization bursts have been detected relative to QN, TN and FN for its current serving BTS).