
SARA-G450 - System integration manual
UBX-18046432 - R08
System description
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C1-Public
reports a summary of cellular radio access technologies characteristics of SARA-G450
modules.
Item
SARA-G450
Mobile Station Class
B
1
GSM/GPRS protocol stack
3GPP Release 99
GSM/GPRS bands
GSM 850 MHz
E-GSM 900 MHz
DCS 1800 MHz
PCS 1900 MHz
GSM/GPRS Power Class
Class 4 (33 dBm)
for 850/900 bands
Class 1 (30 dBm)
for 1800/1900 bands
Packet Switched Data rate
GPRS multi-slot class 12
2
Coding scheme CS1-CS4
Up to 85.6 kbit/s DL
3
Up to 85.6 kbit/s UL
Table 2: SARA-G450 modules GSM/GPRS characteristics summary
1.2
Architecture
summarizes the architecture of SARA-G450 modules, illustrating the internal blocks of the
modules, consisting of the RF, baseband and power management main sections, and the available
interfaces.
V_BCKP (RTC)
V_INT (I/O)
26 MHz
32.768 kHz
RF
transceiver
Power
Management
Unit
Baseband
ANT
Switch
PA
VCC (supply)
Memory
Power-off
Power-on
SIM card
SIM card detection
UART (primary main)
UART (secondary auxiliary)
DDC (I
2
C)
Analog audio (MIC & SPK)
GPIOs
Antenna detection
VSEL (I/O voltage selection)
UART (flashing & tracing)
32.768 kHz over GPIO
Figure 1: SARA-G450 modules block diagram
1
Device can be attached to both GPRS and GSM services (i.e. Packet Switch and Circuit Switch mode) using one service at a
time. For example, if an incoming call occurs during data transmission, the data connection is suspended to allow the voice
communication. Once the voice call has terminated, the data service is resumed.
2
GPRS multi-slot class 12 implies a maximum of 4 slots in Down-Link (reception) and 4 slots in Up-Link (transmission) with 5
slots in total. The SARA-G450 modules can be configured as GPRS multi-slot class 10 by means of AT command.
3
The maximum bit rate of the module depends on the current network settings.