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Frequency
Correction Control Channel (FCCH) and
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Synchronization
Channel (SCH) - downlink
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mobile
stations listen to the FCCH and SCH to acquire time
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synchronization
with base station
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FCCH
transmits a unique radio burst (F burst with 142 bits set
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to 0)
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SCH
immediately follows FCCH, and its burst (S burst with 64
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bit
training sequence) gives cell’s burst numbering - all
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frequencies
in cell follow same numbering
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n |
exactly
one set of FCCH and SCH channels per cell, by
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definition
on TN 0, on a non-hopping frequency called the
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beacon
frequency
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