GPRS Architecture, Operations and Troubleshooting Course

Name: GPRS Architecture, Operations and Troubleshooting Training Course
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Trace radio and packet-core procedures, isolate legacy GPRS service faults and support evidence-based migration decisions.

GPRS Architecture, Operations and Troubleshooting Course

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Tbilisi, Munich, San Diego, London, Tokyo, Bali and more
Next session: 2 – 6 November 2026, Tbilisi
Average fee: 5,750 €

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Overview

GPRS Architecture, Operations and Troubleshooting Training Course is a one-week professional course for mobile network engineers and operations teams, who leave with a GPRS Service Path and Fault-Isolation Playbook. The course links packet-radio resources, SGSN and GGSN functions, interfaces, mobility, PDP sessions, charging evidence and performance indicators. Participants analyse procedures and traces without treating GPRS as modern mobile broadband. Agile Leaders Training Center develops practical legacy packet-service capability.

Who Should Attend

Mobile network engineers supporting GSM and GPRS services
Radio engineers responsible for packet channels and resource behaviour
Packet-core specialists working with SGSN, GGSN and GTP paths
Network operations staff monitoring GPRS service performance
Technical support teams investigating attach, session and data faults

The course assumes familiarity with cellular-network terminology and IP packet concepts. It excludes detailed LTE or 5G architecture, vendor certification and non-technical mobile-service introductions.

Departments and Industries

The course supports organisations that retain, interwork with or migrate legacy GPRS services.

Mobile network operators and managed-service providers
Telecommunications network operations centres
Machine-to-machine and legacy telemetry service teams
Transport, utilities and industrial communications
Telecom engineering and technical support organisations

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Map GPRS radio, core-network and external data paths
Explain packet channels, resource allocation and PCU functions
Analyse attach, routing-area update and mobility procedures
Trace PDP context activation, APN selection and GTP tunnelling
Relate charging records and KPIs to service behaviour
Apply a structured trace-based troubleshooting and migration method

Course Agenda

Day 1: GPRS Architecture and Service Path

GSM Evolution to the Packet-Switched Domain
Mobile Station, BSS, PCU, SGSN and GGSN Function Map
Gb, Gn, Gi and Supporting Interface Matrix
Control Plane and User Plane Path Diagram
GPRS Service Dependency and Boundary Register

Day 2: Packet Radio Resources and Access

Packet Data Channel and Timeslot Structure
Temporary Block Flow and Radio Resource Sequence
Uplink and Downlink Resource Allocation Cases
Coding Scheme, Radio Quality and Throughput Relationship
Radio Access KPI and Congestion Evidence

Day 3: Core Network, Mobility and Sessions

GPRS Attach and Authentication Message Flow
Routing Area, Mobility State and Update Procedure
PDP Context, APN and Address Allocation
GTP Tunnel Establishment and Packet Path
Detach, Context Modification and Failure Cases

Day 4: Operations, Charging and Troubleshooting

Subscriber Data and Service Authorisation Checks
Quality of Service Profile and Session Evidence
SGSN and GGSN Charging Record Flow
Protocol Trace Correlation Across Radio and Core Domains
Attach, PDP, DNS and User-Plane Fault Decision Tree

Day 5: Performance and Migration Practice

Exercise: Map a Complete GPRS Service Path
Exercise: Diagnose Radio Resource and Congestion Symptoms
Exercise: Analyse Attach and PDP Context Failures
Exercise: Reconcile KPIs, Alarms and Protocol Traces
Capstone: GPRS Service Path and Fault-Isolation Playbook

Practical Exercises

Suggested activities use anonymised packet-service flows, counters, alarms and protocol traces.

Suggested activity: assign interfaces and responsibilities to each GPRS node
Suggested activity: sequence mobility and PDP session messages
Suggested activity: distinguish radio, subscriber, core and external-data faults
Suggested activity: build a coexistence, continuity or migration decision register

FAQs

Who should take GPRS technical training?

GPRS technical training suits radio, packet-core, operations and support professionals who maintain legacy packet-data services or need to interpret their procedures during coexistence and migration.

What roles do the SGSN and GGSN perform?

The SGSN manages packet-service mobility and access for attached users, while the GGSN connects GPRS packet sessions to external data networks and anchors the related tunnel path.

What is a PDP context in GPRS operations?

A PDP context holds session information needed for packet-data service, including access-point, address, quality and tunnel-related parameters used to establish and maintain the data path.

Does the course cover LTE and 5G troubleshooting?

No. It concentrates on GPRS architecture, radio access, packet-core procedures and legacy-service evidence. LTE and 5G are mentioned only where coexistence or migration context requires comparison.

Conclusion

Participants take back a GPRS Service Path and Fault-Isolation Playbook containing architecture maps, interface responsibilities, radio-resource evidence, procedure flows, KPI relationships and trace-based decision trees. It helps teams sustain required legacy services while making continuity, coexistence and migration decisions explicit.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewGPRS Architecture, Operations and Troubleshooting Training Course is a one-week professional course for mobile network engineers and operations teams, who leave with a GPRS Service Path and Fault-Isolation Playbook. The course links packet-radio resources, SGSN and GGSN functions, interfaces, mobility, PDP sessions, charging evidence and performan…

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GPRS Architecture, Operations and Troubleshooting Course