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LISA-U2 series - System Integration Manual
UBX-13001118 - R25 System description Page 29 of 182
When a GPRS connection is established, there is a different VCC current consumption profile also
determined by the transmitting and receiving bursts. In contrast to a GSM call, during a GPRS
connection more than one slot can be used to transmit and/or more than one slot can be used to
receive. The transmitted power depends on network conditions, which set the peak current
consumption, but if following the GPRS specifications, the maximum transmitted RF power is
reduced when more than one slot is used to transmit, so the maximum peak of current consumption
is not as high as can be in the case of a GSM call.
If the module transmits in GPRS class 12 connected mode in the GSM 850 or in the E-GSM 900 band
at the maximum power control level, the current consumption can reach up to 1600 mA (with
unmatched antenna). This happens for 2.307 ms (width of the 4 transmit slots/bursts) with a
periodicity of 4.615 ms (width of 1 frame = 8 slots/bursts), so with a 1/2 duty cycle, according to GSM
TDMA. If the module is in GPRS connected mode in the DCS 1800 or in the PCS 1900 band, the current
consumption figures are lower than in the GSM 850 or in the E-GSM 900 band, due to 3GPP
transmitter output power specifications (see the LISA-U2 series Data Sheet [1]).
Figure 12 reports the current consumption profiles in GPRS class 12 connected mode, in the GSM 850
or in the E-GSM 900 band, with 4 slots used to transmit and 1 slot used to receive.
Time [ms]
RX
slot
unused
slot
TX
slot
TX
slot
TX
slot
TX
slot
MON
slot
unused
slot
RX
slot
unused
slot
TX
slot
TX
slot
TX
slot
TX
slot
MON
slot
unused
slot
GSM frame
4.615 ms
(1 frame = 8 slots)
Current [A]
GSM frame
4.615 ms
(1 frame = 8 slots)
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
2.5
2.0
Peak current
depends on TX
power and actual
antenna load
Figure 12: VCC current consumption profile versus time during a GPRS/EDGE connection (4TX slots, 1 RX slot)
In case of EDGE connections, the VCC current consumption profile is very similar to the GPRS current
profile, so the image shown in Figure 12, representing the current consumption profile in GPRS class
12 connected mode, is valid for the EDGE class 12 connected mode as well.