* gsm protocol intro as far as needed * distinction smartphone / featurephone * feature phones * single processor (BP) for gsm stack + UI * smartphones * dual processor (AP / BP) * baseband processor like in feature phone * additional application processor for OS/UI * PDA + phone in a box * different interconnects * closer look at baseband chipset architecture * DBB (MCU+DSP) * integrated peripherals * GSM TDMA timer / interrupt * A5 ciphering unit * GEA ciphering unit * low power timers / RTC crystal calibration for power saving * synchronous clock architecture * AFC / VCTCXO * ABB * RF Frontend * VCO + PLL + mixer * RF PA * Antenna switch (MEMS or diode) * integrated frontend modules * introduction to GSM software architecture * layer 1 * synchronous part * asynchronous part * layer 2 * layer 3 * telephony API * actual UI * AT command parser or related * misc * gprs * edge * 3g * multi-sim * more powerful feature phones * glossary * references