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BSC RNC6900
Hardware System
Structure
BSC RNC6900V900R014

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Abbreviation
RNC

Radio Network Controller

UTRAN

Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network

CN

Core Network

CS

Circuit Switch

PS

Package Switch

CBC

Cell Broadcast Center

MPR

Main Processing Rack

EPR

Extended Processing Rack

BHCA

Busy Hour Call Attempt

MPS

Main Processing SubRack

EPS

Extended Processing SubRack

SCUa

RNC Switch and control unit REV: a

OMUa

RNC operation and maintenance unit REV:a

SPUa/SPUb

RNC signaling processing unit REV: a

DPUb/DPUe

RNC data processing unit REV: b

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Abbreviation
GCUa/GCGa

RNC General Clock Unit REV: a

RINT

WCDMA RNC Interface board

MAC

Medium Access Control

RFN

RNC Frame Number

PPS

Pulse Per Second

AEUa

RNC 32-port ATM over E1/T1/J1 interface Unit REV:a

AOUa/AOUc

RNC 2-port ATM over channelized Optical STM-1/OC-3 Interface

Unit REV:a

UOIa/UOIc

RNC 4-port ATM/IP over Unchannelized Optical STM-1/OC-3c

Interface unit REV:a

PEUa

RNC 32-port Packet over E1/T1/J1 Interface Unit REV:a

FG2a/FG2c

RNC packet over electronic 8-port FE or 2-port GE ethernet

Interface unit REV:a

GOUa/GOUc

RNC 2-port packet over Optical GE ethernet Interface Unit REV:a

POUa/POUc

RNC 2-port packet over channelized Optical STM-1/OC-3 Interface

Unit REV:a

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Chapter 1 BSC RNC6900 System Overview

Chapter 2 BSC RNC6900 Hardware Structure
Chapter 3 BSC RNC6900 Signal Flows
Chapter 4 BSC RNC6900 System Hardware Configuration

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UMTS Network Configurarion

RNCs (Radio Network Controller) and NodeBs compose the UTRAN (UMTS

Terrestrial Radio Access Network)

RNC performs system information broadcasting, handover, cell resource

allocation, radio resource management and so on

Huawei RNC is named as BSC RNC6900 UMTS

UE

UTRAN

Uu

RNC

CN

Iu
Iu-CS

Iub
CS

NodeB
Iu-PS
Iur

PS

NodeB

Iu-BC
Iub

NodeB

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BSC RNC6900 Out shape

2200mm

600mm

BSC RNC6900 subrack use the 12 U shielding subrack of

Huawei.
There are 28 slots in the subrack, the subrack backplane is

positioned in the middle, and front and rear boards are

installed on both sides of the backplane
Subrack type: MPS and EPS
BSC RNC6900 system can hold up to 1 MPR+1EPR

Main Processing Subrack (MPS*1)

Extended Processing Subrack (EPS*5)
Power distribution box*2

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DIP Switch on the Subrack

Bit

Description

1-5 Bits 1 to 5 are used for setting the subrack number. Bit 1 is the
least significant bit. If the bit is set to ON, it indicates 0. If the bit is
set to OFF, it indicates 1.
6

Odd parity check bit

Reserved, undefined, generally set to ON

Startup type of the subrack, generally set to OFF

For the new sites in BSC RNC6900, the bit is conservative and is
fixed to OFF.
Subrack No.
0

1
2
3
4
5

Bit
1
0
ON
1
OFF
0
ON
1
OFF
0
ON
1
OFF

2
0
ON
0
ON
1
OFF
1
OFF
0
ON
0
ON

3
0
ON
0
ON
0
ON
0
ON
1
OFF
1
OFF

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0
ON
0
ON
0
ON
0
ON
0
ON
0
ON

5
0
ON
0
ON
0
ON
0
ON
0
ON
0
ON

6
0
ON
1
OFF
1
OFF
0
ON
1
OFF
0
ON

7
0
ON
0
ON
0
ON
0
ON
0
ON
0
ON

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1
OFF
1
OFF
1
OFF
1
OFF
1
OFF
1
OFF

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WCDMA RNC MPS&EPS

MPS BRD configuration

WCDMA RNC operation and maintenance unit
(OMUa/ OMUc)
WCDMA RNC signaling processing unit (SPUa/SPUb)
WCDMA RNC data processing unit (DPUb/DPUe)
WCDMA RNC Switch and control unit (SCUa/ SCUb)
WCDMA RNC General Clock Unit (GCUa/GCGa)
WCDMA RNC Interface board (FG2c/GOUc)

EPSs BRD configuration

WCDMA RNC Interface Board (WINT)

WCDMA RNC signaling processing unit (SPUa/SPUb)
WCDMA RNC data processing unit (DPUb/DPUe)
WCDMA RNC Switch and control unit (SCUa/SCUb)

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UMTS BSC RNC6900 logic system

structure
Logically, the BSC RNC6900 consists of the following five subsystems:

Function:

Switching (SCU & backplane channels)

Service Processing (SPUb/DPUe)

Interface Processing ( GOUc, FG2c)

Clock Synchronization (GCUa)

OM (OMUc)

Clock (optional)

Clock synchronization
subsystem

To BTS/NodeB
To other BSCs/RNCs
To MSC

Interface
processing
subsystem

Switching
subsystem

To SGSN

OM subsystem

LMT/M2000

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Service processing
subsystem

Switching Subsystem
The switching subsystem performs the

following functions:
Provides data and signaling switching
Intra-subrack Media Access Control (MAC) switching
Provides OM channels
Distributes clock signals to each service board

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SCUa

SCUb

SCUb

The SCUb board provides maintenance

management and GE switching platform

for the subrack where the SCUb is inserted.
In this way, MAC switching can be carried
out inside the BSC RNC6900. The internal
switching contributes to interconnections
between modules in the BSC RNC6900.
The SCUb board can replace the original

SCUa board. Compared with the SCUa,

the switching capacity of the SCUb

increases significantly from 60 Gbit/s to
240 Gbit/s.

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SCUb Interconnections
Ports 0 to 7 are GE ports. Every two adjacent ports form a trunk
(Trunk refers to a group of integrated ports and belongs to the data
link layer over TCP/IP). Ports 6 and 7 are used to connect to the
GBAM.
Ports 8 to 11 are 10GE ports.

If all subracks are equipped with SCUa boards, the subracks are
connected in star topology; if all subracks are equipped with SCUb
boards, the subracks are connected in chain topology.

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Interconnections Between SCUb Boards

Inter-subrack cable connections
between SCUb boards
by using SFP+ high-speed cables
(MPR/EPR in full configuration)
Blue lines indicate the SFP+ highspeed cables.
Green lines indicate the unshielded
straight-through cables.

Connection
0-2-4
0-1-3-5

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Service Processing Subsystem

The service processing subsystem performs

the following functions:

User data and signaling processing
Radio channel ciphering and deciphering

Radio resource management and control

System information and user message tracing

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SPUb Board
Components and Functions
The SPUb board has eight subsystems.
Main control SPUa board (MPU)
Manages the user plane resources; manages the
load sharing of the user plane resources between
subracks
Maintains the load of the control plane within the
subrack; exchanges the load information on the
control planes between subracks

Main
control
signaling
SPUb

Non-main
control
signaling
SPUb

SSN0 MPU

SSN0 SPU

SSN7 SPU

SSN7 SPU

Non-main control SPUb board (SPU)

Processes upper-layer signaling over the Uu, Iu,
Iur, Iub, A, Um, Abis, and Ater interfaces

Work mode: active and standby

The processing capability of the SPUb board

is higher than the SPUa board by 75% to

100%.

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DPUe Board
Components
28 hardware threads

Functions
The DPUe board processes UMTS voice services and data services.
Selects and distributes data
Multiplexes and demultiplexes
Performs the functions of the GTP-U, IUUP, PDCP, RLC, MAC, and FP
protocols
Processes the Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service (MBMS) at
the RLC layer and the MAC layer

Work mode: resource pool

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Interface Processing system

The interface processing subsystem processes transport

network messages. It also hides the differences between

transport network messages within the BSC RNC6900.
On the uplink, the interface processing subsystem terminates

transport network messages at the interface boards.

It also transmits the user plane, control plane, and

management plane datagrams to the corresponding service
processing boards.

The processing of the signal flow on the downlink is the

reverse of the processing of the signal flow on the uplink.

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Interface Processing Subsystem Board Introduction

RINT
AEUa

32 port ATM over E1/T1/J1

Iub

AOUa

2-port ATM over channelized Optical STM-1/OC-3

Iub

AOUc

4-port ATM over channelized Optical STM-1/OC-3

IuIurIub

POUa

2 channels over channelized optical STM-1/OC-3 ports

based on IP protocol

Iub

POUc

4 channels over channelized optical STM-1/OC-3 ports

based on IP protocol

IurIub

UOIa

4 port unchannelized STM-1/OC-3c optical

IuIu-BCIurIub

UOIc

8 port unchannelized STM-1/OC-3c optical

IuIurIub

PEUa

32 channels of IP over PPP/MLPPP over E1/T1

Iub

FG2a

eight channels over FE ports or two channels over GE ports

IuIu-BCIurIub

FG2c

12 channels over FE ports or three channels over GE ports

IuIurIub

GOUa

two channels over GE optical ports

IuIu-BCIurIub

GOUc

four channels over GE optical ports

IuIurIub

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FG2c Board
Functions

Provides transmission of IP over Ethernet

10M/100M/1000M

Provides 12 channels over FE ports or 4 channels over

GE electrical ports
Provides the routing-based backup and load sharing
Supports the A, Abis, Gb, Iu, Iur, and Iub interfaces
Supports 2048 TRXs when serving as the Abis interface 10M/100M
board, supports 23040 CICs when serving as the A
interface board, and supports a maximum data flow of
1024 Mbit/s when serving as the Gb interface board

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GOUc Board
Functions

Provides four channels over GE ports, which are used for IP transmission
Provides the routing-based backup and load sharing
Supports the extraction of line clock signals
Supports the A, Abis, Gb, Iu, Iur, and Iub interfaces
Supports 2048 TRXs when serving as the Abis interface board, supports
23040 CICs when serving as the A interface board, and supports a
maximum data flow of 1024 Mbit/s when serving as the Gb interface
board
Optical module is 1250 Mbit/s

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Clock Subsystem
CN

BITS

GPS

MPS
To MBTS

I
N
T

I
N
T

GCUa
Clock module

8 kHz

S
C
U
a

19.44 MHz, 32.768 MHz, 8 kHz

8 kHz

EPS

To BTS

I
N
T

EPS

S
C
U
a

S
C
U
a

19.44 MHz, 32.768

MHz, 8 kHz

To NodeB

19.44 MHz, 32.768

MHz, 8 kHz

High-speed backplane channel

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Clock cable

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Structure of the RNC Clock Connection

RNC Line Clock

Signal Cables

RNC BITS Clock

Signal Cables

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Clock Signal Cables

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OM subsystem
OM of the BSC RNC6900 is performed in the following

scenarios: routine maintenance, emergency maintenance,

troubleshooting, device upgrade, and capacity expansion.

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OMUc
The OMUc board occupies one slot and is equipped with

one hard disk.

By using the Intel Jasper processor and Ibex Peak chip

set, the OMUc provides high-performance service

processing and calculation capabilities.
The OMUc board can be installed with a 2.5-inch SATA

hard disk of 500 GB.

The OMUc board can be installed in slots 0 to 3 or slots

20 to 27.

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Chapter 1 BSC RNC6900 System Overview

Chapter 2 BSC RNC6900 Hardware Structure
Chapter 3 BSC RNC6900 Signal Flows
Chapter 4 BSC RNC6900 System Hardware Configuration

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BSC RNC6900 System Signal Flows

BSC RNC6900 system signal flows including:

Control plane message flows

Uu interface message flow
Iub interfaces message flows
Iur/Iu interfaces message flows
User plane data flows

UMTS Signal Flow Between Iub and Iu-CS/Iu-PS

OM signal flows

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Signal Flow on the Uu Interface

Intra-RNC Control Message Flow on the Uu Interface

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Signal Flow on the Iub Interface

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Signal Flow on the Iu/Iur Interfaces

Intra-RNC Control Message Flow on the Iu/Iur Interface

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Data Flow Between Iub and Iu-CS/Iu-PS

Intra-RNC Data Flow Between Iub and Iu-CS/Iu-PS

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The OM signal flow of the BSC RNC6900

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BSC RNC6900 System Hardware

Configuration

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BSC RNC6900 Specification

BSC RNC6900 UMTS

BHCA (k)

5300

BHCA (k)(Include SMS)

7000

Traffic volume (Erlang)

167,500

PS (UL+DL) Data Throughput (Mbit/s)

40,000

Number of NodeBs

3060

Number of cells

5100

Power input
Power range
Power consumption of a
single UMTS subrack

-48 V DC
-40 V to -57 V
In ATM transmission:
l MPS: 1700 W
l EPS: 1730 W
In IP transmission:
l MPS: 1490 W
l EPS: 1450 W
Power consumption of a The cabinet power consumption equals the sum of power consumption of all
single cabinet
subracks in the cabinet.
It is recommended that the power distribution system provide a maximum of
5100 W power per cabinet to facilitate capacity expansion.

80,400

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