Cellular wireless networks

Which of the following subsystem provides radio transmission between mobile station and MSC?

• BSS

• NSS

• OSS

• BSC

The process of transferring a mobile station from one base station to another is

• Mobile Switching

• Roaming

• Hand off

• Forward channel

MSC Consists of

• HLR

• VLR

• SIM

• EIR

The shape of the cellular region for maximum radio coverage is

• Circular

• Square

• Oval

• Hexagon

The advantage of using frequency reuse is

• Increased capacity

• Limited spectrum is required

• Same spectrum may be allocated to other network

• All of the above

Cable television is an example of

• TDMA

• FDMA

• CDMA

• SDMA

Soft handoff is

• Break before make

• Make before make

• Both A and B

• None of these

Hexagon shape is used for radio coverage for a cell because

.

• It uses the maximum area for coverage

• Fewer number of cells are required

• It approximates circular radiation pattern

• All of the above

GSM can best be called a system for

• cordless telephony

• cellular telephony

TDMA systems transmit data in a buffer and burst method. Thus, the transmission for any user is not continuous.

• TRUE

• FALSE