BCH,CCCH and DCCH Channel of GSM BCH (Broadcast Channels) BCCH(Broadcast Control Channels) Downlink Only. Broadcast information of the serving cell (System Information). Transmitted on timeslot zero of BCCH carrier. Read only by idle mobile at least once every 30 secs. SCH (Synchronization Channels) Downlink Only Carries information for frame synchronization. Contains frame number and BSIC … Read more
RACH(Random Access Channel) Uplink only. Used by the MS when making its first access to the Network. The reason for access could be initiation of a call or a page response. AGCH (Access Grant Channel) Downlink only. Used for acknowledgement of the access attempt sent on RACH. Used by the network to assign a signaling … Read more
Paging Control Channel(PCCH) A downlink channel that transfers paging information and system information change notifications. This channel isused for paging when the network does not know the location cell of the UE Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH) Provides system information to all mobile terminals connected to the eNodeB. A downlink channel for broadcasting system control information … Read more
It is used in the configuration of cells of low traffic density and small capacity. The Combined BCCH is only configured at timeslot 0. Channel combination: FCCH?SCH?BCCH?CCCH+SDCCH/4+SACCH/4 SDCCH/4: Stand-alone dedicated control channel. Each TDMA multiframe with 51 frames has 4 SDCCH; SACCH/4: Slow SDCCH/4 associated control channel; Compared with the main BCCH channel, 4 signaling … Read more
As shown above, CCCH=PCH+RACH+AGCH; downlink CCCH=PCH+AGCH; and uplink CCCH=RACH. In the above combinations, combination 3 and 4 must be allocated to slot 0 of the BCCH carrier configured for the cell; while combination 5 must be allocated to timeslots 2, 4 and 6 of the BCCH carrier. The FACCH works in the frame stealing mode, … Read more