Introduction of BSC 6900

by:- Bikash kr. Gupta

BSC/RNC
MSD,Babarmahal
 Contents

• BSC6900 System Overview

• Hardware Architecture
• BSC/RNC boards and their function
• Protocols in control Plane
• Signal Flows
 Position of the BSC6900 in the network

radio network management (such as radio frequency

control) BTS handover management
call setup
• The interfaces between the BSC6900 and each NE in the UMTS network are as follows:
• Iub: the interface between the BSC6900 and the NodeB
• Iur: the interface between the BSC6900 and the RNC
• Iur-g: the interface between the BSC6900 and the BSC
• Iu-CS: the interface between the BSC6900 and the mobile switching center (MSC) or media gateway (MGW)
• Iu-PC: the interface between the BSC6900 and the serving mobile location center (SMLC)
• Iu-PS: the interface between the BSC6900 and the serving GPRS support node (SGSN)
• Iu-BC: the interface between the BSC6900 and the cell broadcast center (CBC)
• These interfaces are standard interfaces, through which the equipment from different vendors can be interconnected.
• The interfaces between the BSC6900 and each NE in the GSM network are as follows:
• Abis: the interface between the BSC6900 and the BTS
• A: the interface between the BSC6900 and the MSC or MGW
• Gb: the interface between the BSC6900 and the SGSN
• Lb: the interface between the BSC6900 and the SMLC
• The A and Gb interfaces are standard interfaces, through which equipment from different vendors can be interconnected.
 Benefits
• can be flexibly configured as a BSC6900 GSM, BSC6900 UMTS, or BSC6900 GU.
- Reduce CAPEX by reusing hardware (same BSC Rack) and sharing resources in GU mode.

• is compatible with the BSC6810 and BSC6000 hardware. Through software loading, the BSC6810 and BSC6000 in the live network can be upgraded to the BSC6900.

• All IP Platform meeting the varying needs for network evolution.

•CO-O&M terminal. (M2000, CME, Web LMT)

•CO TRM
-The IP interface board of the BSC6900 is shared between the GSM
and UMTS networks so that it can simultaneously transmit GSM and UMTS data.
-the transmission bandwidth utilization increases by 5% to 10%.
CO-RRM (sharing of radio resources)

The optimized Co-RRM algorithm maximizes the sharing of radio resources between the GSM and UMTS networks, increasing network capacity.
Electrical Specifications Sub-Item Specification
Power input –48 V DC
Power range –40 V to –57 V
Power consumption of a single MPS: ≤ 1300 W
GSM subrack
EPS: ≤ 1300 W
TCS: ≤ 1000 W

Power consumption of a single In IP transmission:

UMTS subrack
MPS: ≤ 1490 W
EPS: ≤ 1450 W

Power consumption of a single
cabinet
The cabinet power consumption equals the sum of power
consumption of all 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.

Reliability Specifications Item Specification

System availability > 99.999%
Mean time between failures (MTBF) ≥ 511,000 hours
Mean time to repair (MTTR) ≤ 1 hour
 Capacity

Specification
system capacity (Board supported by BSC 6900 v900R014)

Item

UMTS Network
Traffic(Erl) 167,500
PS(UL+DL) data throughput (Mbit/s) 40,000
No. of Node Bs 3060
No. of cells 5100

GSM network
TDM IP
Traffic(Erl) 24,000 45,000
No. of cells 2048 2048
No. of TRXs 4096 8192
Maximum no. of PDCHs to be configured (static + dynamic) 30720 61,440
Maximum no. of activated PDCHs (MCS-9) (static + dynamic) 16384 32,768
Gb interface throughput 1536 3,072
BSC6900 cabinet

Front view (left) and rear view (right) of the subrack

 Panel of the OMUc Board

(1) Captive screw (2) Ejector lever (3) Self-locking latch (4) RUN LED
(5) ALM LED (6) ACT LED (7) POWER Button (8) HDD LED
(9) OFL LED (10) COM port (11) ETH0 Ethernet port (12) ETH1 Ethernet port
(13) VGA port (14) USB port (15) ETH2 Ethernet port

• Number of CPUs-6

• Hard disk capacity-500 GB

• Memory capacity-8 GB
• Performs configuration management, performance management, fault
management, security management, and loading management for the BSC6900.

• Works as the O&M bridge of the LMT/M2000 to provide the BSC6900 O&M
interface for the LMT/M2000 and to enable communication between the
BSC6900 and the LMT/M2000.
SCUb Board (switching board)

 Enables inter-subrack connections

 switching platform for the subrack in which it is located

 Provides a total switching capacity of 240 Gbit/s

 Monitors the power supply, fans, and environment of the cabinet

 Get the clock from GCU board and distributes clock signals

 Supports the active/standby switchover

• 10 M/100 M/1000 M Ethernet ports, used for the inter-subrack

connection.

• 10 M/100 M/1000 M Ethernet ports, the two ports are not used in the
BSC6900.

• 10 Gbit/s Ethernet ports, used for the inter-subrack connection.

• Serial port for commissioning. It is not used in the BSC6900.

• Port for reference clock signal inputs, used to receive the 8 kHz s from
the GCUa/GCGa board
Panel of the GCUa/GCGa Board (clock processing board)

ANT Port for the GPS antenna. This port on the GCGa board is
used to receive the timing signals and positioning
information from the GPS satellite. This port is not used on
the GCUa board.
CLKOUT0 to Ports for providing synchronization clock signals. The ten ports
CLKOUT9 are used to provide 8 kHz clock signals and 1PPS clock signals.
COM0 Reserved
COM1 Port for RS422-level 8 kHz clock signals
TESTOUT Output port for clock signals. The clock signals are used for
testing.
TESTIN Input port for testing external clock signals
CLKIN0 and CLKIN1 Input port for BITS clock signals and line clock signals
Structure of the clock synchronization subsystem

The GCUa/GCGa board in the MPS sends the 1 PPS signals and
synchronization time packets to the SCUa board in each subrack.

The SCUa board in each subrack then sends the 1 PPS signals
and synchronization time packets to the other boards in the same
subrack. The boards generate the required RFN signals
according to the received 1 PPS (pulse per sec) signals and
synchronization time packets.

RNC Frame Number (RFN) is used to synchronize NodeBs with

the BSC6900. The node synchronization frames from the
BSC6900 to the NodeBs carry the RFN information.
Panel of the SPUb board (UMTS+GSM signaling processing board)

• The SPUb board supports 180 NodeBs, 600 cells, and

114,000 BHCAs when serving as the UMTS signaling
processing board.

• The SPUb board supports 640 TRXs, 640 cells, 640 BTSs, and
1,050,000 BHCAs when serving as the GSM signaling
processing board

• Managing the user plane resources; managing the load

sharing of the user plane resources between subracks

• Maintaining the load of the control plane within the subrack;

exchanging the load information on the control planes between
subracks
• Processing upper-layer signaling over the A, Um, Abis, Ater,
Uu, Iu, Iur, and Iub interfaces
• processing transport layer signaling
• Allocating and managing the various resources that are
necessary for service setup, and establishing signaling and
service connections.
Panel of the XPUb board (GSM signal processing board)

• Supporting 640 TRXs, 640 cells, 640 BTSs, and 1,050,000

Max equivalent BHCAs (Busy Hour Call Attempts)

• The XPUb board processes the signaling on the GSM

signaling plane.

• Processing upper-layer signaling over the A, Um, Abis, and Ater

interfaces

• Processing transport layer signaling

• Allocating and managing the various resources that are necessary for
service setup, and establishing signaling and service connections
DPUe Board (service processing board)

Processes voice and data services within the system.

The DPUe board processes UMTS voice services, UMTS data
services, and GSM data services
DPUf
Encodes and decodes GSM voice services, converts the speech frame format over
the IP speech channel, and processes voice services in the system.

-No of TCH1920

-no. of DPUf required=45,000 erl( in IP N/W)/1920 tch=23.4 i.e approx.. 24

DPUg
Processes GSM data services.
No. of active PDCHs1536 /1024(IP /TDM)
GOUc Board (interface board)

Provides four channels over GE.

Supports IP over GE.
Supports the A, Abis, Gb, Iu, Iur and Iub interfaces

Supports 2048 TRXs when serving as the abis interface board,

supports 23040 CICs(circuit identification code :1 circuit for 1 speech) when
serving as the A interface board and
supports a maximum data flow of 1024 Mbits/s when serving
as the Gb interface board
 Control plane signaling

1. RRC (Radio Resource control)

-By RRC signalling, RNC controls UE. So the RRC is the most important signalling in
UTRAN.
- Access success rate, handover success rate are all calculated based on the RRC
signalling static
-useful to analyse the fault

2. NBAP (NodeB Application protocol)

-IUB interface signalling

-used for locating NodeB’s fault.

3. RANAP (Radio Access Network Application protocol)

-Signaling between the RNC and CN

-useful for locating fault in RAB assignment, call drop in CN or in UTRAN, paging
procedure

4. RNSAP (Radio Network subsystem Application protocol)

-signaling between two RNC (IUR interface.

- useful in tracing inter-RNC handover.
Control-Plane Signal Flow

• Signaling Flow on the A Interface

• Signaling Flow on the Abis Interface

• Signaling Flow on the Gb Interface

Signaling flow on Abis-interface (control plane)

The signaling from the BTS is transmitted to the Abis interface board in the MPS/EPS over
the Abis interface.

The Abis interface board processes the signaling according to the MAC, IP, and UDP
protocols. Then, the signaling is transmitted to the signaling processing board through
the SCUa board.
Signaling flow on A-interface (control plane)

In the MPS/EPS, the XPUa board processes the signaling according to the BSSAP, SCCP, SCTP,
and M3UA protocols. Then, the signaling is transmitted to the A interface board through the SCUa
board.

The A interface board processes the signaling according to the IP protocol. Then, the signaling is
transmitted to the MSS server.
Signaling Flow on the Gb Interface (control plane)

In the MPS/EPS, the signaling processing board processes the signaling .Then, the signaling is
transmitted to the Gb interface board through the SCUa board.

The Gb interface board processes the signaling according to the IP or FR protocol. Then, the
signaling is transmitted to the SGSN over the Gb interface.
The downlink flow is the reverse of the uplink flow.
User-Plane Signal Flow
The user plane of the BSC6900 processes the user-plane
messages on each interface.

 GSM CS Signal Flow

After a CS call is established in the GSM network, the MS
and the network communicate with each other through the
CS signal flow. The method of processing the GSM CS signal
flow varies according to the transmission mode adopted on
the Abis and A interfaces and the configuration mode of the
BSC6900 subracks.

 GSM PS Signal Flow

After a PS connection is established in the GSM network, the
MS and the network communicate with each other through
the PS signal flow. The GSM PS signal flow varies according
to the transmission mode adopted on the Abis interface.

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

The UMTS signal flow between Iub and Iu-CS/Iu-PS refers to
the data transmitted between the BSC6900 and the
MSC/SGSN.
GSM CS signal flow (user plane)

Abis over IP and A over IP

fig the CS signal flow on the uplink

1. The uplink CS signals are sent from the BTS to the Abis interface board in the
MPS/EPS.

2. The Abis interface board encapsulates the CS signals in PTRAU frames, which are
then transmitted to the DPU(f) board through the SCUa board.

3. The DPUc (DPUf in NT cases) board converts PTRAU (Transcoder and rate
adaptation) frames into RTP frames (primary standard format audio/video
transport in IP network), reorders RTP frames, and eliminates jitter.

4. The SCUa board transmits the CS signals to the A interface board, and then the A
interface board transmits the signals to the MSS over the A interface .
 GSM PS signal flow(user plane)

fig: the PS signal flow on the uplink is as follows:

•The packet data is sent from the BTS to the Abis interface board in the MPS/EPS.

•The SCUa board transmits the packet data to the DPUg board.

•The DPUd (DPUg in NT cases) board converts the frame format and then transmits the data to the Gb interface
board through the SCUa board.

•The Gb interface board processes the packet data according to the IP or FR protocol and then transmits it to the SGSN over
the Gb interface.
Thank You