15. Comparison of GSM & GPRS Amount of data transferred Duration of connection Billing Packet - Switched Technology Circuit – Switched Technology Type of Connection uses 4 +1 time slots Uses one out of seven time slots TDMA 14.4 to 115.2 Kbps 9.6 Kbps Data Rates GPRS GSM
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17. GPRS BACKBONE NETWORK inter-PLMN GPRS backbone External Packet Data Network (PDN) intra-PLMN GPRS backbone intra-PLMN GPRS backbone PLMN1 PLMN2 SGSN SGSN SGSN GGSN GGSN Border gateway Border gateway Gp Gn Gi Gn Gn BTS BTS BSC BSC Host Router LAN MS Gi Gn Gn Gp