| ==Phrack Inc.== | |
| Volume Four, Issue Forty, File 6 of 14 | |
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| * * | |
| * Cellular Telephony * | |
| * Part II * | |
| * * | |
| * by * | |
| * Brian Oblivion * | |
| * * | |
| * * | |
| * Courtesy of: Restricted-Data-Transmissions (RDT) * | |
| * "Truth Is Cheap, But Information Costs." * | |
| * * | |
| * June 1, 1992 * | |
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| In Phrack 38, I discussed the history of cellular telephony, monitoring | |
| techniques, and a brief description of its predecessors. In Part II, I'll | |
| describe the call processing sequences for land-originated and mobile- | |
| originated calls, as well as the signaling formats for these processes. I | |
| apologize for the bulk of information, but I feel it is important for anyone | |
| who is interested in how the network communicates. Please realize that there | |
| was very little I could add to such a cut and dried topic, and that most is | |
| taken verbatim from Industry standards, with comments and addendum salt and | |
| peppered throughout. | |
| Call-Processing Sequences | |
| Call-Processing Sequence for Land-Originated Calls | |
| MTSO Cell Site Mobile Unit | |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |
| 1 -- Transmits setup channel data on paging channel | |
| 2 ----------------------------Scans and locks on | |
| paging channel | |
| Receives incoming call --- 3 | |
| and performs translations | |
| Sends paging message ----- 4 | |
| to cell site | |
| 5 -- Reformats paging | |
| message | |
| 6 -- Sends paging message | |
| to mobile unit via | |
| paging channel | |
| 7 ----------------------------Detects Page | |
| 8 ----------------------------Scans and locks on | |
| access channel | |
| 9 ----------------------------Seizes setup channel | |
| 10 ----------------------------Acquires sync | |
| 11 ----------------------------Sends service request | |
| 12 -- Reformats service request | |
| 13 -- Performs directional locate | |
| 14 -- Sends service request to MTSO | |
| Selects voice channel --- 15 | |
| Sends tx-on command to -- 16 | |
| cell site | |
| 17 -- Reformats channel designation message | |
| 18 -- Sends channel designation message to mobile | |
| unit via access channel | |
| 19 -----------------------------Tunes to voice | |
| channel | |
| 20 -----------------------------Transponds SAT | |
| 21 -- Detects SAT | |
| 22 -- Puts on-hook on trunk | |
| Detects off-hook -------- 23 | |
| Sends alert order ------- 24 | |
| 25 -- Reformats alert order | |
| 26 -- Sends alert order to mobile unit via blank- | |
| and-burst on voice channel | |
| 27 -----------------------------Alerts User | |
| 28 -----------------------------Sends 10-kHz tone | |
| 29 -- Detects 10-kHz tone | |
| 30 -- Puts on-hook on trunk | |
| Detects on-hook --------- 31 | |
| Provides audible ring --- 32 | |
| 33 -- Detects absence of 10-kHz tone | |
| 34 -- Puts off-hook on trunk | |
| Detects off-hook -------- 35 | |
| Removes audible ring ---- 36 | |
| and completes connection | |
| Time | |
| Call-Processing Sequence for Mobile-Originated Calls | |
| MTSO Cell Site Mobile Unit | |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |
| 1 -- Transmits setup channel | |
| data on paging channel | |
| 2 --------------------------- Scans and locks-on | |
| paging channel | |
| 3 --------------------------- User initiates call | |
| 4 --------------------------- Scans and locks-on | |
| access channel | |
| 5 --------------------------- Seizes setup channel | |
| 6 --------------------------- Acquires sync | |
| 7 --------------------------- Sends service request | |
| 8 -- Reformats service request | |
| 9 -- Performs directional Locate | |
| 10 -- Sends service request to MTSO | |
| Selects voice channel ---- 11 | |
| Sends tx-on command to --- 12 | |
| cell site | |
| 13 -- Reformats channel designation message | |
| 14 -- Sends channel designation message to mobile | |
| unit via access channel | |
| 15 --------------------------- Tunes to voice | |
| channel | |
| 16 --------------------------- Transponds SAT | |
| 17 -- Detects SAT | |
| 18 -- Puts off-hook on trunk | |
| Detects off-hook --------- 19 | |
| Completes call through --- 20 | |
| network Time | |
| Let me review the frequency allocation for Wireline and non-Wireline systems. | |
| Remember that the Wireline service is usually provided by the area's telephone | |
| company, in my area that company is NYNEX. The non-Wireline companies are | |
| usually operated by other carriers foreign to the area, in my area we are | |
| serviced by Cellular One (which is owned by Southwestern Bell). Each company | |
| has its one slice of the electro-magnetic spectrum. The coverage is not | |
| continuous, remember that there are also 800 MHz trunked business systems that | |
| also operate in this bandwidth. Voice channels are 30 KHz apart and the Data | |
| channels are 10 KHz apart. | |
| Frequency Range Use | |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| 870.000 - 879.360 Cellular One (mobile input 825.000 - 834.360) | |
| 880.650 - 890.000 NYNEX (mobile input 835.650 - 845.500) | |
| 890.000 - 891.500 Cellular One (mobile input 845.000 - 846.500) | |
| 891.500 - 894.000 NYNEX (mobile input 846.500 - 849.000) | |
| 879.390 - 879.990 Cellular One (data) | |
| 880.020 - 880.620 NYNEX (data) | |
| The data streams are encoded NRZ (Non-return-to-zero) binary ones and zeroes | |
| are now zero-to-one and one-to-zero transitions respectively. This is so the | |
| wideband data can modulate the transmitter via binary frequency shift keying, | |
| and ones and zeroes into the modulator MUST now be equivalent to nominal peak | |
| frequency deviations of 8 KHz above and below the carrier frequency. | |
| PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER - Signaling on the Control Channels | |
| The following information will be invaluable to the hobbyist that is monitoring | |
| cellular telephones via a scanner and can access control channel signals. All | |
| information released below is EIA/TIA -- FCC standard. There are a lot of | |
| differences between cellular phones, but all phones must interface into the | |
| mobile network and talk fluently between each other and cell sites. Therefore, | |
| the call processing and digital signaling techniques are uniform throughout the | |
| industry. | |
| MOBILE CALL PROCESSING | |
| Calling: | |
| Initially, the land station transmits the first part of its SID to a mobile | |
| monitoring some control channel, followed by the number of paging channels, an | |
| ESN request, then mobile registration, which will either be set to 0 or 1. | |
| When registration is set to one, the mobile will transmit both MIN1 and MIN2 | |
| during system access, another 1 for discontinuous (DTX) transmissions, read | |
| control-filler (RCF) should be set to 1, and access functions (if combined with | |
| paging operations) require field setting to 1, otherwise CPA (combined paging | |
| access) goes to 0. | |
| Receiving: | |
| As the mobile enters the Scan Dedicated Control Channels Task, it must examine | |
| signal strengths of each dedicated control channel assigned to System A if | |
| enabled. Otherwise System B control channels are checked. The values assigned | |
| in the NAWC (Number of Additional Words Coming) system parameter overhead | |
| message train will determine for the mobile if all intended information has | |
| been received. An EDN field is used as a crosscheck, and control-filler | |
| messages are not to be counted as part of the message. Should a correct BCH | |
| code be received along with a non-recognizable overhead message, it must be | |
| part of the NAWC count train but the equivalent should not try and execute the | |
| instructions. | |
| Under normal circumstances, mobiles are to tune to the strongest dedicated | |
| control channel, receive a system parameter transmission, and, within 3 | |
| seconds, set up the following: | |
| o Set SID's 14 most significant bits to SID1 field value. | |
| o Set SID's least significant bit to 1, if serving system status | |
| enables, or to zero if not. | |
| o Set paging channels N to 1 plus the value of N-1 field. | |
| o Set paging channel FIRSTCHP as follows: | |
| If SIDs = SIDp then FIRSTCHPs = FIRSTCHPp (which is an 11-bit | |
| paging channel). | |
| If SIDs = SIDp and serving system is enabled, set FIRSTCHPs to | |
| initial dedicated channel for system B. | |
| If SIDs = SIDp and serving system is disabled, set FIRSTCHPs to | |
| first dedicated control channel for system B. | |
| o Set LASTCHPs to value of FIRSTCHPs + Ns -1. | |
| o Should the mobile come equipped for autonomous registration, it | |
| must: | |
| o Set registration increment (REGINCRs) to its 450 default | |
| value. | |
| o Set registration ID status to enabled. | |
| I know that was a little arcane sounding but it's the best you can do with | |
| specifications. Data is data, there is no way to spruce it up. From here on | |
| out a mobile must begin the Paging Channel Selection Task. If this cannot be | |
| completed on the strongest dedicated channel, the second strongest dedicated | |
| channel may be accessed and the three second interval commenced again. | |
| Incomplete results should result in a serving system status check and an | |
| enabled or disabled state reversed, permitting the mobile to begin the Scan. | |
| Dedicated control Channels Task when channel signal strengths are once more | |
| examined. | |
| Custom local operations for mobiles may be sent and include roaming mobiles | |
| whose home systems are group members. A new access channel may be transmitted | |
| with a new access field set to the initial access channel. Autonomously | |
| registered mobiles may increment their next registered ID by some fixed value, | |
| but the global action message must have its REGINCR field adequately set. | |
| Also, so that all mobiles will enter the Initialization Task and scan dedicated | |
| control channels, a RESCAN global action message must be transmitted. | |
| Mobile stations may be required to read a control-filler message before | |
| accessing any system on a reverse control channel. | |
| System access for mobiles is sent on a forward control channel in the following | |
| manner. Digital Color Code (DCC) identifies the land is carried with the | |
| system parameter overhead message overload class fields are set to zero among | |
| the restricted number, and the remainder set to 1. Busy-to-idle status (BIS) | |
| access parameters go to zero when mobiles are prevented from checking on the | |
| reverse control channel and the message must be added to the overhead. When | |
| mobiles can't use the reverse control channel for seizure messages attempts or | |
| busy signals, access attempt parameters must also be included in the overhead. | |
| And when a land station receives a seizure precursor matching its digital color | |
| code with 1 or no bit errors, busy idle bits signals on the forward control | |
| channel must be set to busy within 1.2 milliseconds from the time of the last | |
| bit seizure. Busy-idle bit then must remain busy until a minimum of 30 msec | |
| following the final bit of the last word of the message has been received, or a | |
| total of 175 msec has elapsed. | |
| Channel Confirmation | |
| Mobiles are to monitor station control messages for orders and respond to both | |
| audio and local control orders even though land stations are not required to | |
| reply. MIN bits must be matched. Thereafter, the System Access Task is | |
| entered with a page response, as above, and an access timer started. | |
| This time runs as follows: | |
| o 12 seconds for an origination | |
| o 6 seconds for page response | |
| o 6 seconds for an order response | |
| o 6 seconds for a registration | |
| The last try code is then set to zero, and the equipment begins the Scan Access | |
| Channels Task to find two channels with the strongest signals which it tunes | |
| and enters the Retrieve Access Attempts Parameters Task. | |
| This is where both maximum numbers of seizure attempts and busy signals are | |
| each set to 10. A read control-filler bit (RCF) will then be checked: If the | |
| RCF equals zero, the mobile then reads a control-filler message, sets DCC and | |
| WFOM (wait for overhead message train before reverse control channel access) to | |
| the proper fields and sets the proper fields and sets the appropriate power | |
| level. Should neither the DCC field nor the control-filler message be received | |
| and access time has expired, the mobile station goes to Serving System | |
| Determination Task. But within the allowed access time, the mobile station | |
| enters the Alternate Access Channel Task. BIS is then set to 1 and the WFOM | |
| bit is checked. If WFOM equals 1, the station enters the Update Overhead | |
| Information Task; if WFOM equals 0, a random delay wait is required of 0 to 200 | |
| msec, +/- 1 msec. Then, the station enters the Seize Reverse Control Channel | |
| Task. | |
| Service Requesting is next. This task requires that the mobile continue to | |
| send is message to the land station according to the following instructions: | |
| o Word A is required at all times. | |
| o Word B has to be sent if last try access LT equals 1 or if E requires | |
| MIN1 and/or MIN2, and the ROAM status is disabled, or if the station | |
| has been paged with a 2-word control message. | |
| o Word C is transmitted with S (serial number) being 1 | |
| o Word D required if the access is an origination | |
| o Word E transmitted when the access is an origination and between 9 | |
| and 16 digits are dialed. When the mobile has transmitted its | |
| complete message, an unmodulated carrier is required for another 25 | |
| milliseconds before carrier turnoff. After words A through E have | |
| been sent, the next mobile task depends on the type of access. | |
| Order confirmation requires entry into the Serving System Determination Task. | |
| Origination means entry into the Await Message Task. | |
| Page response, is the same as Origination. | |
| Registration requires Await Registration Confirmation, which must be completed | |
| within 5 seconds or registration failure follows. The same is true for Await | |
| Message since an incomplete task in 5 seconds sends the mobile into the Serving | |
| System Determination Task. Origination or Page response requires mobile update | |
| of parameters delivered in the message. If R equals 1, the mobile enters the | |
| Autonomous Registration Task, otherwise, it goes to the Initial Voice Channel | |
| Confirmation Task. Origination access may be either an intercept or reorder, | |
| and in these instances, mobiles enter the Serving System Determination Task. | |
| The same holds true for a page response access. But if access is an | |
| origination and the user terminates his call during this task, the call has to | |
| be released on a voice channel and not control channel. | |
| If a mobile station is equipped for Directed Retry and if a new message is | |
| received before all four words of the directed retry message, it must go to the | |
| Serving System Determination Task. There the last try code (LT) must be set | |
| according to the ORDQ (order qualifier) field of the message as follows: | |
| If 000, LT sets to 0 | |
| If 0001, LT sets to 1 | |
| Thereafter, the mobile clears the list of control channels to be scanned in | |
| processing Directed Retry (CCLIST) and looks at each CHANPOS (channel position) | |
| field contained in message words three and four. For nonzero CHANPOS field, | |
| the mobile calculates a corresponding channel number by adding CHANPOS to | |
| FIRSTCHA minus one. Afterwards, the mobile has then to determine if each | |
| channel number is within the set designated for cellular systems. A true | |
| answer requires adding this/these channel(s) to the CCLIST. | |
| Awaiting Answers | |
| Here, an alert timer is set for 65 seconds (0 to +20 percent). During this | |
| period the following events may take place: | |
| o Should time expire, the mobile turns its transmitter off and enters | |
| the Serving System Determination Task. | |
| o An answer requires signaling tone turnoff and Conversation Task | |
| entry. | |
| o If any of the messages listed hereafter are received within 100 | |
| milliseconds, the mobile must compare SCC digits that identify stored | |
| and proper SAT frequencies for the station to the PSCC (present SAT | |
| color code). If not equivalent, the order is ignored. If correct, | |
| then the following actions taken for each order: | |
| Handoff: Signaling extinguished for 500 msec, signal tone off, | |
| transmitter off, power lever adjusted, new channel tuned, new SAT, new | |
| SCC field, transmitter on, fade timer reset, and signaling tone on. | |
| Wait for an answer. | |
| Alert: Reset alert timer for 65 seconds and stay in | |
| Waiting for Answer Task. | |
| Stop Alert: Extinguish signaling tone and enter Waiting for Order Task. | |
| Release: Signaling tone off, wait 500 msec, then enter Release Task. | |
| Audit: Confirm message to land station, then stay in | |
| Waiting for Answer Task. | |
| Maintenance: Reset alert timer for 65 seconds and remain in | |
| Waiting for Answer Task. | |
| Change Power: Adjust transmitter to power level required and send | |
| confirmation to land station. Remain in | |
| Waiting for Answer Task. | |
| Local Control: If local control is enabled and order received, examine LC | |
| field and determine action. | |
| Orders other than the above for this type of action are | |
| ignored. | |
| Conversation | |
| In this mode, a release-delay timer is set for 500 mSec. If Termination is | |
| enabled, the mobile sets termination status to disabled and waits 500 mSec | |
| before entering Release Task. The following actions may then execute: | |
| o Upon call termination, the release delay timer has to be checked. | |
| If time has expired, the Release Task is entered; if not expired, | |
| the mobile must wait until expiration and then enter Release Task. | |
| o Upon user requested flash, signaling tone turned on for 400 mSec. | |
| But should a valid order tone be received during this interval, | |
| the flash is immediately terminated and the order processed. The | |
| flash, of course, is not then valid. | |
| o Upon receipt of the following listed orders and within 100 mSec, | |
| the mobile must compare SCC with PSCC, and the order is ignored | |
| if the two are not equal. But if they are the same, the following | |
| can occur: | |
| Handoff: Signaling tone on for 50 mSec, then off, transmitter off, | |
| power level adjusted, new channel tuned, adjust new SAT, set SCC to SCC | |
| field message value, transmitter on, fade timer reset, remain in | |
| Conversation Task. | |
| Send Called Address: Upon receipt within 10 seconds of last valid flash, | |
| called address sent to land station. Mobile remains in | |
| Conversation Task. Otherwise, remain in Conversation Task. | |
| Alert: Turn on signaling tone, wait 500 mSec, then enter | |
| Waiting for Answer Task. | |
| Release: Check release delay timer. If time expired, mobile enters | |
| Release Task; but if timer has not finished, then mobile must | |
| wait and then enter Release Task when time has expired. | |
| Audit: Order confirmation sent to land station while remaining in | |
| Conversation Task. | |
| Maintenance: Signaling tone on, wait 500 mSec, then enter Waiting for | |
| Answer Task. | |
| Change Power: Adjust transmitter to power level required by order | |
| qualification code and send confirmation to land station. | |
| Remain in Conversation Task. | |
| Local Control: If local control in enabled and local control order received, | |
| the LC field is to be checked for subsequent action and | |
| confirmation. | |
| Orders other than the above for this type of action are ignored. | |
| Release | |
| In the release mode the following steps are required: | |
| o Signaling tone sent for 1.8 sec. If flash in transmission when | |
| signaling tone begun, it must be continued and timing bridged so | |
| that action stops within 1.8 sec. | |
| o Stop signaling tone. | |
| o Turn off transmitter. | |
| o The mobile station then enters the Serving System | |
| Determination Task. | |
| The above is the Cellular System Mobile/Land Station Compatibility | |
| Specification. The following shall be Signaling Formats which are also found | |
| in the above document. I converted all these tables by HAND into ASCII so | |
| appreciate them. It wasn't the easiest thing to do. But I must say, I | |
| definitely understand the entire cellular operation format. | |
| There are two types of continuous wideband data stream transmissions. One | |
| is the Forward Control Channel which is sent from the land station to the | |
| mobile. The other is the Reverse Control Channel, which is sent from the | |
| mobile to the land station. Each data stream runs at a rate of 10 kilobit/sec, | |
| +/- 1 bit/sec rate. The formats for each of the channels follow. | |
| - Forward Control Channel | |
| The forward control channel consists of three discrete information streams. | |
| They are called stream A, stream B and the busy-idle stream. All three streams | |
| are multiplexed together. Messages to mobile stations with the least | |
| significant bit of their MIN number equal to "0" are sent on stream A, and | |
| those with a "1" are sent on stream B. | |
| The busy-idle stream contains busy-idle bits, which are used to indicate the | |
| status of the reverse control channel. If the busy-idle bit = "0" the reverse | |
| control channel is busy, if it equals "1" it is idle. The busy-idle bit is | |
| located at the beginning of each dotting sequence, word sync sequence, at the | |
| beginning of the first repeat of word A and after every 10 message bits | |
| thereafter. | |
| Mobile stations achieve synchronization with the incoming data via a 10 bit | |
| dotting sequence (1010101010) and an 11 bit word sync sequence (11100010010). | |
| Each word contains 40 bits, including parity and is repeated 5 times after | |
| which it is then referred to as a "block". For a multiword message, the second | |
| word block and subsequent word blocks are formed the same as the first word | |
| block including the dotting and sync sequences. A "word" is formed when the 28 | |
| content bits are encoded into a (40, 28; 5) BCH (Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem) | |
| code. The left-most bit shall be designated the most-significant bit. | |
| The Generator polynominal for the (40, 28;5) BCH code is: | |
| 12 10 8 5 4 3 0 | |
| G (X) = X + X + X + X + X + X + X | |
| B | |
| Each FOCC message can consist of one or more words. Messaging transmitted over | |
| the forward control channel are: | |
| - Mobile station control message | |
| - Overhead message | |
| - Control-filler message | |
| Control-filler messages may be inserted between messages and between word | |
| blocks of a multiword message. | |
| Message Formats: Found on either stream A or B | |
| - Mobile Station Control Message | |
| The mobile station control message can consist of one, two, or four words. | |
| Word 1 (abbreviated address word) | |
| +--------+-------+---------------------------------------+-----------+ | |
| | T t | | | | | |
| | 1 2 | DCC | Mobile Identification Number 1 | P | | |
| | | | 23-0 | | | |
| +--------+-------+---------------------------------------+-----------+ | |
| bits: 2 2 24 12 | |
| Word 2 (Extended Address Word) | |
| +------+-----+-----------+------+--------+-------+----------+-----+ | |
| | T T |SCC =| | RSVD | LOCAL | CRDQ | ORDER | | | |
| | 1 2| 11 | MIN2 | = 0 | | | | | | |
| | = +-----+ 3-24 +------+-----+--+-------+----------| P | | |
| | 10 |SCC =| | VMAC | CHAN | | | |
| | | 11 | | | | | | |
| +------+-----+-----------+------------+---------------------+-----+ | |
| 2 2 10 3 11 12 | |
| Word 3 (First Directed-Retry Word) | |
| +------+-----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------+--------+ | |
| | T T | SCC | | | | RSVD | | | |
| | 1 2| = | CHANPOS | CHANPOS | CHANPOS | = | | | |
| | = | | | | | 000 | P | | |
| | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| +------+-----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------+--------+ | |
| 2 2 7 7 7 3 12 | |
| Word 4 (Second Directed-Retry Word) | |
| +------+-----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------+--------+ | |
| | T T | SCC | | | | RSVD | | | |
| | 1 2| = | CHANPOS | CHANPOS | CHANPOS | = | | | |
| | = | | | | | 000 | P | | |
| | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| +------+-----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------+--------+ | |
| 2 2 7 7 7 3 12 | |
| The interpretation of the data fields: | |
| T T - Type field. If only Word 1 is send, set to 00 in Word 1. | |
| SCC - SAT color code (discussed previously) | |
| ORDER - Order field. Identifies the order type (see table below) | |
| ORDQ - Order qualifier field. Qualifies the order to a specific | |
| action | |
| LOCAL - Local control field. This field is specific to each system. | |
| The ORDER field must be set to local control for this field to | |
| be interpreted. | |
| VMAC - Voice Mobile Attenuation Code field. Indicates the mobile | |
| station power level associated with the designated voice | |
| channel. | |
| CHAN - Channel number field. Indicates the designated voice channel. | |
| CHANPOS- CHANnel POSition field. Indicates the position of a control | |
| channel relative to the first access channel (FIRSTCHA). | |
| RSVD - Reserved for future use, all bits must be set as indicated. | |
| P - Parity field. | |
| Coded Digital Color Code | |
| +--------------------------------------------+ | |
| | Received DCC 7-bit Coded DCC | | |
| | 00 0000000 | | |
| | 01 0011111 | | |
| | 10 1100011 | | |
| | 11 1111100 | | |
| +--------------------------------------------+ | |
| Order and Order Qualification Codes | |
| +-------+-------------+---------------------------------------------------+ | |
| | Order | Order | | | |
| | Code |Qualification| Function | | |
| | | Code | | | |
| +-------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| | 00000 000 page (or origination) | | |
| | 00001 000 alert | | |
| | 00011 000 release | | |
| | 00100 000 reorder | | |
| | 00110 000 stop alert | | |
| | 00111 000 audit | | |
| | 01000 000 send called-address | | |
| | 01001 000 intercept | | |
| | 01010 000 maintenance | | |
| | | | |
| | 01011 000 charge power to power level 0 | | |
| | 01011 001 charge power to power level 1 | | |
| | 01011 010 charge power to power level 2 | | |
| | 01011 011 charge power to power level 3 | | |
| | 01011 100 charge power to power level 4 | | |
| | 01011 101 charge power to power level 5 | | |
| | 01011 110 charge power to power level 6 | | |
| | 01011 111 charge power to power level 7 | | |
| | | | |
| | 01100 000 directed retry - not last try | | |
| | 01100 001 directed retry - last try | | |
| | | | |
| | 01101 000 non-autonomous registration - don't reveal location | | |
| | 01101 001 non-autonomous registration - make location known | | |
| | 01101 010 autonomous registration - don't reveal location | | |
| | 01101 011 autonomous registration - make location known | | |
| | | | |
| | 11110 000 local control | | |
| | | | |
| | All other codes are reserved | | |
| | | | |
| +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| Forward Voice Channel | |
| The forward voice channel (FVC) is a wideband data stream sent by the land | |
| station to the mobile station. This data stream must be generated at a 10 | |
| kilobit/Sec +/- .1 bit/Sec rate. The Forward Voice Channel format follows: | |
| +-----------+------+--------+-----+------+--------+-----+------+------ | |
| || | | Repeat | | | Repeat | | | | |
| || | word | | | word | | | word | | |
| || Dotting | sync | 1 of | dot | sync | 2 of | dot | sync | | |
| || | | | | | | | | | |
| || | | Word | | | Word | | | | |
| +-----------+------+--------+-----+------+--------+-----+------+------ | |
| 101 11 40 37 11 40 37 11 | |
| -----+--------+-----+------+--------+-----+------+--------+ | |
| | Repeat | | | Repeat | | | Repeat || | |
| | | | word | | | word | || | |
| | 9 of | dot | sync | 10 of | dot | sync | 11 of || | |
| | | | | | | | || | |
| | Word | | | Word | | | Word || | |
| -----+--------+-----+------+--------+-----+------+--------+ | |
| 40 37 11 40 37 11 40 | |
| A 37-bit dotting sequence and an 11-bit word sync sequence are sent to permit | |
| mobile stations to achieve synchronization with the incoming data, except at | |
| the first repeat of the word, where the 101-bit dotting sequence is used. Each | |
| word contains 40 bits, including parity, and is repeated eleven times together | |
| with the 37-bit dotting and 11-bit word sync; it is then referred to as a word | |
| block. A word block is formed by encoded the 28 content bits into a (40, 28) | |
| BCH code that has a distance of 5 (40, 28; 5). The left-most bit (as always) | |
| is designated the most-significant bit. The 28 most significant bits of the | |
| 40-bit field shall be the content bits. The generator polynominal is the same | |
| as that used for the forward control channel. | |
| The mobile station control message is the only message transmitted over the | |
| forward voice channel. The mobile station control message consists of one | |
| word. | |
| Mobile Station Control Message: | |
| +-------+-------+------+-----------+-------+------+-------+------+ | |
| | T T | SCC = | | RSVD = | LOCAL | ORDQ | ORDER | | | |
| | 1 2 | 11 | | 000 ... 0 | | | | | | |
| | = +-------| PSCC +-----------+-------+------+-------+ P | | |
| | | SCC = | | RSVD = | VMAC | CHANNEL | | | |
| | 10 | 11 | | 000 ... 0 | | | | | |
| +-------+-------+------+-----------+-------+--------------+------+ | |
| 2 2 2 8 3 11 12 | |
| Interpretation of the data fields: | |
| T T - Type field. Set to '10'. | |
| 1 2 | |
| SCC - SAT color code for new channel (see SCC table) | |
| PSCC - Present SAT color code. Indicates the SAT color code | |
| associated with the present channel. | |
| ORDER - Order field. Identifies the order type. (see Order table) | |
| ORDQ - Order qualifier field. Qualifies the order to a specific | |
| action (see Order table) | |
| LOCAL - Local Control field. This field is specific to each system. | |
| The ORDER field must be set to local control (see Order table) | |
| for this field to be interpreted. | |
| VMAC - Voice mobile attenuation code field. Indicates the mobile | |
| station power level associated with the designated voice | |
| channel. | |
| RSVD - Reserved for future use; all bits must be set as indicated. | |
| P - Parity field. | |
| Reverse Control Channel | |
| The Reverse Control Channel (RECC) is a wideband data stream sent from the | |
| mobile station to the land station. This data stream runs at a rate of 10 | |
| kilobit/sec, +/- 1 bit/sec rate. The format of the RECC data stream follows: | |
| +---------+------+-------+------------+-------------+-----------+----- | |
| | Dotting | Word | Coded | first word | Second word | Third word| | |
| | | sync | DCC | repeated | repeated | repeated | | |
| | | | | 5 times | 5 times | 5 times | | |
| +---------+------+-------+------------+-------------+-----------+----- | |
| bits: 30 11 7 240 240 240 | |
| Dotting = 01010101...010101 | |
| Word sync = 11100010010 | |
| All messages begin with the RECC seizure precursor with is composed of a 30 bit | |
| dotting sequence (1010...101), and 11 bit word sync sequence (11100010010), and | |
| the coded digital color code. | |
| Each word contains 48 bits, including parity, and is repeated five times after | |
| which it is referred to as a word block. A word is formed by encoding 36 | |
| content bits into a (48, 36) BCH code that has a distance of 5, (48 36; 5). | |
| The left most bit shall be designated the most-significant bit. The 36 most | |
| significant bits of the 48 bit field shall be the content bits. | |
| The generator polynomial for the code is the same for the (40,28;5) code used | |
| on the forward channel. | |
| Each Reverse Control Channel message can consist of one of the five words. The | |
| types of messages to be transmitted over the reverse control channel are as | |
| follows: | |
| o Page Response Message | |
| o Origination Message | |
| o Order Confirmation Message | |
| o Order Message | |
| These messages are made up of combination of the following five words: | |
| Word A - Abbreviated Address Word | |
| +---+------+---+---+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+---+ | |
| | F | | | | | RSVD | S | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | = | NAWC | T | S | E | = | C | MIN 1 | P | | |
| | | | | | | | | 23 - 0 | | | |
| | 1 | | | | | 0 | M | | | | |
| +---+------+---+---+---+------+---+-----------------------------------+---+ | |
| 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 24 12 | |
| Word B - Extended Address Word | |
| +---+------+-------+------+-------+----+------+-----------------------+---+ | |
| | F | | | | | | RSVD | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | = | NAWC | LOCAL | ORDQ | LOCAL | LT | = | MIN 2 | P | | |
| | | | | | | | | 33-24 | | | |
| | 0 | | | | | | 00..0| | | | |
| +---+------+-------+------+-------+----+------+-----------------------+---+ | |
| 1 3 5 3 5 1 8 10 12 | |
| Word C - Electronic Serial Number Word | |
| +---+--------+--------------------------------------+---------------+ | |
| | F | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | = | NAWC | SERIAL (ESN) | P | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | 1 | | | | | |
| +---+--------+--------------------------------------+---------------+ | |
| 1 3 32 12 | |
| Word D - First Word of the Called-Address | |
| +---+------+-------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-------+---+ | |
| | F | | 1st | 2nd | | | | | 7th | 8th | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | = | NAWC | DIGIT | DIGIT | ... | ... | ... | ... | DIGIT | DIGIT | P | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| +---+------+-------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-------+---+ | |
| 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 | |
| Word E - Second Word of the Called-Address | |
| +---+------+-------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-------+---+ | |
| | F | NAWC | 9th | 10th | | | | | 15th | 16th | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | = | = | DIGIT | DIGIT | ... | ... | ... | ... | DIGIT | DIGIT | P | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 0 | 000 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| +---+------+-------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-------+---+ | |
| 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 | |
| The interpretation of the data fields is as follows: | |
| F - First word indication field. Set to '1' in first word and '0' | |
| in subsequent words. | |
| NAWC - Number of additional words coming field. | |
| T - T field. Set to '1' to identify the message as an origination | |
| or an order; set to '0' to identify the message as an order | |
| response or page response. | |
| S - Send serial number word. If the serial number word is sent, | |
| set to '1'; if the serial number word is not sent, set to | |
| '0'. | |
| SCM - The station class mark field | |
| ORDER - Order field. Identifies the order type. | |
| ORDQ - Order qualifier field. Qualifies the order confirmation to a | |
| specific action. | |
| LOCAL - Local control field. This field is specific to each system. | |
| The ORDER field must be set to locate control for this field | |
| to be interpreted. | |
| LT - Last-try code field. | |
| MIN1 - Mobile Identification number field part one. | |
| MIN2 - Mobile Identification number field part two. | |
| SERIAL - Electronic Serial Number field. Identifies the serial number | |
| of the mobile station. | |
| DIGIT - Digit field (see table below) | |
| RSVD - Reserved for future use; all bits must be set as indicated. | |
| P - Parity field. | |
| Called-address Digit Codes | |
| +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| | Digit Code Digit Code | | |
| | | | |
| | 1 0001 7 0111 | | |
| | 2 0010 8 1000 | | |
| | 3 0011 9 1001 | | |
| | 4 0100 0 1010 | | |
| | 5 0101 * 1011 | | |
| | 6 0110 # 1100 | | |
| | Null 0000 | | |
| | | | |
| | NOTE: | | |
| | 1. The digit 0 is encoded as binary 10, not binary zero. | | |
| | 2. The code 0000 is the null code, indicated no digit present | | |
| | 3. All other four-bit sequences are reserved, and must not be | | |
| | transmitted. | | |
| | | | |
| +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| Examples of encoding called-address information into the called address words | |
| follow: | |
| If the number 2# is entered, the word is as follows: | |
| +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ | |
| | NOTE | 0010 | 1100 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | P | | |
| +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ | |
| If the number 13792640 is entered, the word is as follows: | |
| +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ | |
| | NOTE | 0001 | 0011 | 0111 | 1001 | 0010 | 0110 | 0100 | 1010 | P | | |
| +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ | |
| As you can see the numbers are coded into four bits and inserted sequentially | |
| into the train. Notice that when the number is longer than 8 numbers it is | |
| broken into two different Words. | |
| If the number 6178680300 is entered, the words are as follows: | |
| Word D - First Word of the Called-Address | |
| +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ | |
| | NOTE | 0110 | 0001 | 0111 | 1000 | 0110 | 1000 | 1010 | 1010 | P | | |
| +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ | |
| 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 | |
| Word E - Second Word of the Called-Address | |
| +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ | |
| | NOTE | 0010 | 1010 | 1010 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 | P | | |
| +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---------+ | |
| 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 | |
| NOTE = four bits which depend on the type of message | |
| Reverse Voice Channel | |
| The reverse voice channel (RVC) is a wideband data stream sent from the mobile | |
| station to the land station. This data stream must be generated at a 10 | |
| kilobit/second +/- 1 bit/sec rate. The format is presented below. | |
| +-------------+------+----------+-----+------+----------+-----+------+---- | |
| || | | Repeat 1 | | | Repeat 2 | | | | |
| || | word | | | word | | | word | | |
| || Dotting | sync | of | Dot | sync | of | Dot | sync | | |
| || | | | | | | | | | |
| || | | Word 1 | | | Word 1 | | | | |
| +-------------+------+----------+-----+------+----------+-----+------+---- | |
| 101 11 48 37 11 48 37 11 | |
| ---+----------+-----+------+----------+-----+------+----------+-----+---- | |
| | Repeat 3 | | | Repeat 4 | | | Repeat 5 | | | |
| | | | word | | | word | | | | |
| | of | Dot | sync | of | Dot | sync | of | Dot | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Word 1 | | | Word 1 | | | Word 1 | | | |
| ---+----------+-----+------+----------+-----+------+----------+-----+---- | |
| 48 37 11 48 37 11 48 37 | |
| ---+------+----------+-------- -------+----------+ | |
| | | Repeat 1 | | Repeat 5 || | |
| | word | | | || | |
| | sync | of | ... | of || | |
| | | | | || | |
| | | Word 2 | | Word 2 || | |
| ---+------+----------+-------- -------+----------+ | |
| A 37-bit dotting sequence and an 11-bit word sync sequence are sent to permit | |
| land stations to achieve synchronization with the incoming data, except at the | |
| first repeat of word 1, where a 101-bit dotting sequence is used. Each word | |
| contains 48 bits, including parity, and is repeated five times together with | |
| the 37-bit dotting and 11-bit word sync sequences; it is then referred to as a | |
| word block. For a multi-word message, the second word block is formed the same | |
| as the first word block including the 37-bit dotting and 11-bit word sync | |
| sequences. A word is formed by encoding the 36 content bits into a (48, 36) | |
| BCH code that has a distance of 5, (48, 36; 5). The left-most bit (earliest in | |
| time) shall be designated the most-significant bit. The 36 most-significant | |
| bits of the 48-bit field shall be the content bits. The generator polynomial | |
| for the code is the same as for the (40, 28; 5) code used on the forward | |
| control channel. | |
| Each RVC message can consist of one or two words. The types of messages to be | |
| transmitted over the reverse voice channel are as follows: | |
| o Order Confirmation Message | |
| o Called-Address Message | |
| The message formats are as follows: | |
| Order Confirmation Message: | |
| +---+------+---+-------+------+-------+-----------+---------+ | |
| | F | NAWC | T | | | | RSVD | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | = | = | = | LOCAL | ORDQ | ORDER | = | P | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 1 | 00 | 1 | | | | 000 ... 0 | | | |
| +---+------+---+-------+------+-------+-----------+---------+ | |
| 1 2 1 5 3 5 19 12 | |
| Called-Address Message | |
| Word 1 - First Word of the Called-Address | |
| +---+------+---+-------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-------+---+ | |
| | F | NAWC | T | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 1st | 2nd | | | | | 7th | 8th | | | |
| | = | = | = | Digit | Digit | ... | ... | ... | ... | Digit | Digit | P | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 1 | 01 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| +---+------+---+-------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-------+---+ | |
| 1 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 | |
| Word 2 - Second Word of the Called-Address | |
| +---+------+---+-------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-------+---+ | |
| | F | NAWC | T | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 9th | 10th | | | | | 15th | 16th | | | |
| | = | = | = | Digit | Digit | ... | ... | ... | .. | Digit | Digit | P | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 0 | 00 | 0D| | | | | | | | | | | |
| +---+------+---+-------+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-------+---+ | |
| 1 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 | |
| The fields are descriptions a the me as those for the Reverse Control channel | |
| above. | |
| Overhead Message | |
| A three-bit OHD field is used to identify the overhead message types. Overhead | |
| message type codes are listed in the table below. They are grouped into the | |
| following functional classes: | |
| o System parameter overhead message | |
| o Global action overhead message | |
| o Registration identification message | |
| o Control-filler message | |
| Overhead messages are send in a group called an overhead message train. The | |
| first message of the train must be the system parameter overhead message. The | |
| desired global action messages and/or a registration ID message must be | |
| appended to the end of the system parameter overhead message. The total number | |
| of words in an overhead message train is one more than the value of the NAWC | |
| field contained in the first word of the system parameter overhead message. | |
| The last word in the train must be set to '0'. For NAWC-counting purposes, | |
| inserted control-filler messages must not be counted as part of the overhead | |
| message train. | |
| The system parameter overhead message must be sent every .8 +/- .3 seconds on | |
| each of the following control channels: | |
| o combined paging-access forward channel. | |
| o Separate paging forward control channel | |
| o Separated access forward control channel when the control-filler | |
| message is sent with the WFOM bit set to '1'. | |
| The global action messages and the registration identification message are sent | |
| on an as needed basis. | |
| o The system parameter for overhead message consists of two words. | |
| 0 Word 1 | |
| +-------+-----+----------+------+------+-----+------------+ | |
| | T T | | | RSVD | | OHD | | | |
| | 1 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | = | DCC | SID1 | = | NAWC | = | P | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | 11 | | | 000 | | 110 | | | |
| +-------+-----+----------+------+------+-----+------------+ | |
| 2 2 14 3 4 3 12 | |
| Word 2 | |
| +-------+-------+-----+-----+------+------+-----+------+--- | |
| | T T | | | | | | | RSVD | | |
| | 1 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | = | DCC | S | E | REGH | REGR | DTX | = | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 11 | | | | | | | 0 | | |
| +-------+-------+-----+-----+------+------+-----+------+--- | |
| 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 | |
| ---+-------+-----+-----+----------+-----+-------+-----------+ | |
| | | | | | | OHD | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | N - 1 | RCF | CPA | CMAX - 1 | END | = | P | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 111 | | | |
| ---+-------+-----+-----+----------+-----+-------+-----------+ | |
| 5 1 1 7 1 3 12 | |
| Overhead Message Types | |
| +----------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| | Code Order | | |
| +----------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| | 000 Registration ID | | |
| | 001 Control-filler | | |
| | 010 reserved | | |
| | 011 reserved | | |
| | 100 global action | | |
| | 101 reserved | | |
| | 110 Word 1 of system parameter message | | |
| | 111 Word 2 of system parameter message | | |
| +----------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| The interpretation of the data fields: | |
| T T - Type field. Set to '11' indicating an overhead word. | |
| 1 2 | |
| OHD - Overhead message type field. The OHD field of Word 1 is set | |
| to '110' indicating the first word of the system parameter | |
| overhead message. The OHD field of Word 2 is set to '111' | |
| indicating the second word of the system parameter overhead | |
| message. | |
| DCC - Digital Color Code field. | |
| SID1 - First part of the system identification field | |
| NAWC - Number of Additional Words Coming field. In Word 1 this | |
| field is set to one fewer than the total number of words in | |
| the overhead message train. | |
| S - Serial number field. | |
| E - Extended address field. | |
| REGH - Registration field for home stations. | |
| REGR - Registration field for roaming stations. | |
| DTX - Discontinuous transmission field. | |
| N-1 - N is the number of paging channels in the system. | |
| RCF - Read-control-filler field. | |
| CPA - Combined paging/access field | |
| CMAX-1 - CMAX is the number of access channels in the system. | |
| END - End indication field. Set to '1' to indicate the last word | |
| and '0' if not the last word. | |
| RSVD - Reserved for future use, all bit must be set as indicated. | |
| P - Parity field. | |
| Each global action overhead message consists of one word. Any number of global | |
| action messages can be appended to a system parameter overhead message. | |
| Here are the global action command formats: | |
| Rescan Global Action Message | |
| +-------{-------+------+---------------+-------+-------+-------------+ | |
| | T T | | ACT | RSVD = | | OHD | | | |
| | 1 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | = | DCC | = | | END | = | P | | |
| | | | | 000 ... 0 | | | | | |
| | 11 | | 0001 | | | 100 | | | |
| +-------+-------+------+---------------+-------+-------+-------------+ | |
| 2 2 4 16 1 3 12 | |
| Registration Increment Global Action Message | |
| +-------+-----+------+---------+--------+-------+-------+------------+ | |
| | T T | | ACT | | | | OHD | | | |
| | 1 2 | | | | RSVD = | | | | | |
| | = | DCC | = | REGINCR | | END | = | P | | |
| | | | | | 0000 | | | | | |
| | 11 | | 0010 | | | | 100 | | | |
| +-------+-----+------+---------+--------+-------+-------+------------+ | |
| 2 2 4 12 4 1 3 12 | |
| New Access Channel Set Global Action Message | |
| +-------+-------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+----------+ | |
| | T T | | ACT | | | | OHD | | | |
| | 1 2 | | | | RSVD = | | | | | |
| | = | DCC | = | NEWACC | | END | = | P | | |
| | | | | | 00000 | | | | | |
| | 11 | | 0110 | | | | 100 | | | |
| +-------+-------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+----------+ | |
| 2 2 4 11 5 1 3 12 | |
| Overload Control Global Action Message | |
| +-------+-----+-------+---+---+---+-- --+---+---+---+-----+-----+------+ | |
| | T T | | ACT | O | O | O | | O | O | O | | OHD | | | |
| | 1 2 | | | L | L | L | | L | L | L | | | | | |
| | = | DCC | = | C | C | C | ... | C | C | C | END | = | P | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 11 | | 0110 | 0 | 1 | 2 | | 13| 14| 15| | 100 | | | |
| +-------+-----+-------+---+---+---+-- --+---+---+---+-----+-----+------+ | |
| 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 12 | |
| Access Type Parameters Global Action Message | |
| +-------+-----+------+-------+-----------+-------+-------+-----------+ | |
| | T T | | ACT | | | | OHD | | | |
| | 1 2 | | | | RSVD = | | | | | |
| | = | DCC | = | BIS | | END | = | P | | |
| | | | | | 0 ... 000 | | | | | |
| | 11 | | 1001 | | | | 100 | | | |
| +-------+-----+------+-------+-----------+-------+-------+-----------+ | |
| 2 2 4 1 15 1 3 12 | |
| Access Attempt Parameters Global Action Message | |
| +-------+-------+---------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--- | |
| | T T | | ACT | | | | | |
| | 1 2 | | | MAXBUSY | MAXSZTR | MAXBUSY | | |
| | = | DCC | = | | | | | |
| | | | | - PGR | - PGR | - OTHER | | |
| | 11 | | 1010 | | | | | |
| +-------+-------+---------+-----------+-----------+-----------+--- | |
| 2 2 4 4 4 4 | |
| ------+-----------+-------+-------+-----------+ | |
| | | | OHD | | | |
| | MAXSZTR | | | | | |
| | | END | = | P | | |
| | - OTHER | | | | | |
| | | | 100 | | | |
| ------+-----------+-------+-------+-----------+ | |
| 4 1 3 12 | |
| Local Control 1 Message | |
| +-------+-------+-------+-----------------+-------+-------+----------+ | |
| | T T | | ACT | | | OHD | | | |
| | 1 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | = | DCC | = | LOCAL CONTROL | END | = | P | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | 11 | | 1110 | | | 100 | | | |
| +-------+-------+-------+-----------------+-------+-------+----------+ | |
| 2 2 4 16 1 3 12 | |
| Local Control 2 Message | |
| +-------+-------+-------+-----------------+-------+-------+----------+ | |
| | T T | | ACT | | | OHD | | | |
| | 1 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | = | DCC | = | LOCAL CONTROL | END | = | P | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | 11 | | 1111 | | | 100 | | | |
| +-------+-------+-------+-----------------+-------+-------+----------+ | |
| 2 2 4 16 1 3 12 | |
| The interpretation of the data fields are as follows: | |
| T T - Type field. Set to '11' indicating overhead word. | |
| 1 2 | |
| ACT - Global action field (see table below). | |
| BIS - Busy-idle status field. | |
| DCC - Digital Color Code. | |
| OHD - Overhead Message type field. Set to '100' indicating the | |
| global action message. | |
| REGINCR - Registration increment field. | |
| NEWACC - News access channel starting point field. | |
| MAXBUSY - Maximum busy occurrences field (page response). | |
| - PGR | |
| MAXBUSY - Maximum busy occurrences field (other accesses). | |
| - OTHER | |
| MAXSZTR - Maximum seizure tries field (page response). | |
| - PRG | |
| MAXSZTR - Maximum seizure tries field (other accesses). | |
| - OTHER | |
| OLCN - Overload class field (N = 0 to 15) | |
| END - End indication field. Set to '1' to indicate the last word | |
| of the overhead message train; set to '0' if not last word. | |
| RSVD - Reserved for future use, all bits must be set as indicated. | |
| LOCAL - May be set to any bit pattern. | |
| CONTROL | |
| P - Parity field. | |
| The registration ID message consists of one word. When sent, the message must | |
| be appended to a system parameter overhead message in addition to any global | |
| action messages. | |
| +-------+-------+-------------+-------+-------+-----------+ | |
| | T T | | | | OHD | | | |
| | 1 2 | | | | | | | |
| | = | DCC | REGID | END | = | P | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | 11 | | | | 000 | | | |
| +-------+-------+-------------+-------+-------+-----------+ | |
| 2 2 20 1 3 12 | |
| The interpretation of the data fields: | |
| T T - Type field. Set to '11' indicating overhead word. | |
| DCC - Digital color code field. | |
| OHD - Overhead message type field. Set to '000' indicating the | |
| registration ID message. | |
| REGID - Registration ID field. | |
| END - End indication field. Set to '1' to indicate last word of | |
| the overhead message train; set to '0' if not. | |
| P - Parity field. | |
| The control-filler message consists of one word. It is sent whenever there is | |
| no other message to be sent on the forward control channel. It may be inserted | |
| between messages as well as between word blocks of a multiword message. The | |
| control-filler message is chosen so that when it is sent, the 11-bit word | |
| sequence will not appear in the message stream, independent of the busy-idle | |
| bit status. | |
| The control-filler message is also used to specify a control mobile | |
| attenuation code (CMAC) for use by mobile stations accessing the system on the | |
| reverse control channel, and a wait-for-overhead-message bit (WFOM) indicating | |
| whether or not mobile stations must read an overhead message train before | |
| accessing the system. | |
| +-------+-----+------+------+------+--+------+---+------+----+-----+-----+ | |
| | T T | | | | RVSD | | RVSD | | | | OHD | | | |
| | 1 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | = | DCC |010111| CMAC | = |11| = | 1 | WFOM |1111| = | P | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 11 | | | | 00 | | 00 | | | | 001 | | | |
| +-------+-----+------+------+------+--+------+---+------+----+-----+-----+ | |
| 2 2 6 3 2 2 2 1 1 4 3 16 | |
| Interpretation of the data fields: | |
| T T - Type field. Set to '11' indicating overhead word. | |
| 1 2 | |
| DCC - Digital color code field. | |
| CMAC - Control mobile attenuation field. Indicates the mobile | |
| station power level associated with the reverse control | |
| channel. | |
| RVSD - Reserved for future use; all bits must be set as indicated. | |
| WFOM - Wait-for-overhead-message field. | |
| OHD - Overhead message type field. Set to '001' indicating the | |
| control-filler word. | |
| P - Parity field. | |
| Data Restrictions | |
| The 11-bit sequence (11100010010) is shorter than the length of a word, and | |
| therefore can be embedded in a word. Normally, embedded word-sync will not | |
| cause a problem because the next word sent will not have the word-sync sequence | |
| embedded in it. There are, however, three cases in which the word-sync | |
| sequence may appear periodically in the FOCC stream. They are as follows: | |
| o the overhead message | |
| o the control-filler message | |
| o Mobile station control messages with pages to mobile stations with | |
| certain central office codes. | |
| These three cases are handled by: | |
| 1. Restricting the overhead message transmission rate to about once per | |
| second | |
| 2. designing the control-filler message to exclude the word-sync | |
| sequence, taking into account the various busy-idle bits | |
| 3. Restricting the use of certain office codes | |
| If the mobile station control message is examined with the MIN1 separated into | |
| NXX-X-XXX as described earlier (where NXX is the central office code, N | |
| represents a number from 2 - 9, and X represents a number from 0-9) the order | |
| and order qualifications table can be used to deduce when the word-sync word | |
| would be sent. If a number of mobile stations are paged consecutively with the | |
| same central office code, mobile stations that are attempting to synchronize to | |
| the data stream may not be able to do so because of the presence of the false | |
| word sync sequence. Therefore, the combinations of central office codes and | |
| groups of line numbers appearing in the following table must not be used for | |
| mobile stations. | |
| RESTRICTED CENTRAL OFFICE CODES | |
| +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| | Central | | |
| | T T DCC NXX X XXX Office Thousands | | |
| | 1 2 Code Digit | | |
| +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| | 01 11 000100(1)0000 ... ... 175 0 to 9 | | |
| | 01 11 000100(1)0001 ... ... 176 0 to 9 | | |
| | 01 11 000100(1)0010 ... ... 177 0 to 9 | | |
| | 01 11 000100(1)0011 ... ... 178 0 to 9 | | |
| | 01 11 000100(1)0100 ... ... 179 0 to 9 | | |
| | 01 11 000100(1)0101 ... ... 170 0 to 9 | | |
| | 01 11 000100(1)0110 ... ... 181 0 to 9 | | |
| | 01 11 000100(1)0111 ... ... 182 0 to 9 | | |
| | 0Z 11 100010(0)1000 ... ... 663 0 to 9 | | |
| | 0Z 11 100010(0)1001 ... ... 664 0 to 9 | | |
| | 0Z 11 100010(0)1010 ... ... 665 0 to 9 | | |
| | 0Z 11 100010(0)1011 ... ... 666 0 to 9 | | |
| | 0Z Z1 110001(0)0100 ... ... 899 0 to 9 | | |
| | 0Z Z1 110001(0)0101 ... ... 800 0 to 9 | | |
| | 0Z ZZ 111000(1)0010 ... ... 909 0 to 9 | | |
| | 00 ZZ 011100(0)1001 0ZZZ ... 568 1 to 7 | | |
| | 00 ZZ 111100(0)1001 0ZZZ ... 070 1 to 7 | | |
| | 00 ZZ 001110(0)0100 10ZZ ... 339 8,9,0 | | |
| | 00 ZZ 011110(0)0100 10ZZ ... 595 8,9,0 | | |
| | 00 ZZ 101110(0)0100 10ZZ ... 851 8,9,0 | | |
| | 00 ZZ 111110(0)0100 10ZZ ... 007 8,9,0 | | |
| | 0Z ZZ 000011(1)0100 0010 ... 150 2 | | |
| | 0Z ZZ 000111(1)0001 0010 ... 224 2 | | |
| | 0Z ZZ 001011(1)0001 0010 ... 288 2 | | |
| | 0Z ZZ 001111(1)0001 0010 ... 352 2 | | |
| | 0Z ZZ 010011(1)0001 0010 ... 416 2 | | |
| | 0Z ZZ 010111(1)0001 0010 ... 470 2 | | |
| | 0Z ZZ 011011(1)0001 0010 ... 544 2 | | |
| | 0Z ZZ 011111(1)0001 0010 ... 508 2 | | |
| | 0Z ZZ 100011(1)0001 0010 ... 672 2 | | |
| | 0Z ZZ 100111(1)0001 0010 ... 736 2 | | |
| | 0Z ZZ 101011(1)0001 0010 ... 790 2 | | |
| | 0Z ZZ 101111(1)0001 0010 ... 864 2 | | |
| | 0Z ZZ 110011(1)0001 0010 ... 928 2 | | |
| | 0Z ZZ 110111(1)0001 0010 ... 992 2 | | |
| | 0Z ZZ 111011(1)0001 0010 ... 056 2 | | |
| | 0Z ZZ 111111(1)0001 0010 ... ... 2 | | |
| +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| 1. In each case, Z represents a bit that may be 1 or 0. | |
| 2. Some codes are not used as central office codes in the US at this time. | |
| They are included for completeness. | |
| 3. The bit in parentheses is the busy-idle bit. | |
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| Well there is your signaling in a nutshell. Please note I hardly have the most | |
| up-to-date signalling data. Basically what was presented here was a skeleton, | |
| the bare bones without all the additions. There are some additions that are | |
| system specific. As I get updates I'll be sure to share them with the rest of | |
| you. I would be interested in any feedback, so, if you have something to say, | |
| send it to: | |
| oblivion@atdt.org | |
| In the last article I said that there would be a listing of SID codes | |
| accompanying the article. Well, I forgot to edit that line out, but if you | |
| would like a copy of it, just mail me at the above address an you shall receive | |
| one. | |
| In the next article I will be going in-depth on the actual hardware behind the | |
| Mobile telephone, the chip sets, and its operation. I will also publish any | |
| updates to the previous material I find, as well as information on the | |
| transitory NAMPS system that will be used to bridge the existing AMPS cellular | |
| network over to the ISDN compatible fully digital network. | |
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