Channel Concept: Part-2





Logical Channel:


Control Channel:
Traffic Channel:




Traffic channels (TCH) are used to carry voice or data:

-Typically uses one time slot per frame

-Gross data rate per TCH: 22 kbps

Effective data rate lower because of forward error correction 






Logical Channel Summary (2G):

Channel Combination:
The different logical channel types mentioned are grouped into what are called channel combination. The four most common channel combinations are listed below:
1.       Full Rate Traffic Channel Combination – TCH8/FACCH + SACCH
2.       Broadcast Channel Combination – BCCH + CCCH
3.       Dedicated Channel Combination – SDCCH8 + SACCH8
4.       Combined Channel Combination – BCCH+CCCH+SDCCH4+SACCH4
5.       Half Rate Traffic Channel Combination – TCH16/FACCH + SACCH
The Half Rate Channel Combination (when introduced) will be very similar to the Full Rate Traffic Combination.



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