VIGIE : A learning tool for cellular air interfaces (GSM, GPRS, UMTS, WiFi)
Résumé
One of the difficulties encountered in the teaching of mobile radio networks is to present in a simple way the interaction and the sequencing
of various tasks, which must be carried out by the
mobile station (MS) and the network over the air
interface. The comprehension of these processes
is facilitated when they are presented in a visual
form that can be understood in real-time, when the
common MS-Network tasks such as voice call (MS
oriented or MS terminated), short message service
(SMS) are going on. This paper describes the
architecture of the VIGIE (Visualisation and
Interpretation of GSM/GPRS for Institutes & Ecole)
software, developed in Java to display the
exchanges of these tasks between the MS and the
network. The uniqueness in the architecture of this tool is revealed in terms of its modularity. Finally the current work done on the development of the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) logical
screen and the Downlink Signaling Counter (DSC)
graphical screen are described.