Timing advance

Timing advance

In the GSM cellular mobile phone standard, timing advance value corresponds to the length of time a signal from the mobile phone takes to reach the base station. GSM uses TDMA technology in the radio interface to share a single frequency between several users, assigning sequential timeslots to the individual users sharing a frequency. Each user transmits periodically for less than one-eighth of the time within one of the eight timeslots. Since the users are various distances from the base station and radio waves travel at the finite speed of light, the precise time at which the phone is allowed to transmit a burst of traffic within a timeslot must be adjusted accordingly. Timing Advance (TA) is the variable controlling this adjustment.

Technical Specifications 3GPP TS 05.10 and TS 45.010 describe the TA value adjustment procedures. The TA value is normally between 0 and 63, with each step representing an advance of one symbol period (approximately 3.69 microseconds). With radio waves travelling at about 300,000,000 metres per second (that is 300 metres per microsecond), one TA step then represents a change in round-trip distance (twice the propagation range) of about 1,100 metres. This means that the TA value changes for each 550-metre change in the range between a mobile and the base station.

A continually adjusted TA value avoids interference to and from other users in adjacent timeslots, thereby minimising data loss and maintaining call quality.

Timing Advance is significant for privacy and communications security, as its combination with other variables can allow locating and tracking the mobile phone user.

External links

* [http://www.3gpp.org 3GPP The current standardisation body for GSM with free standards available] .
* [http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/0510.htm 3GPP TS 05.10 Radio Subsystem Synchronization] (for Phase 1, Phase 2, R96, R97, R98, R99).
* [http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/45010.htm 3GPP TS 45.010 Radio Subsystem Synchronization] (for Rel-4, 5, 6).


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