UK VDF Technical Briefing BSC and RNC HW
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Foreword
The BSC6900 is an important network element (NE) of Huawei Single RAN solution. It adopts the industry-leading multiple radio access technologies, IP transmission mode,
and modular design. It features high capacity, high integration, excellent performance, and low power consumption.
The BSC6900 can be flexibly configured as a BSC6900 GSM only, BSC6900 UMTS only, or BSC6900 GU as
required in different networks
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Contents 1.
BSC/RNC 6900 Features Overview
2.
BSC / RNC 6900 Cabinet and Subrack Overview 9
3.
BSC 6900 Subsystems and Boards
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BSC6900 - VDF UK Controller Solution
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BSC6900 Features
High Integration and Effective Investment
Efficient Configuration and Maintenance
All-IP Platform meeting Network Evolution Requirements
GSM/WCDMA Co-platform and Smooth Evolution
Based on the NE68E-22 cabinet
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Flexible Hardware Configuration
GSM has three kinds of Hardware Configuration
BM/TC separated mode*
BM/TC combined mode*
A over IP mode
Division of hardware configuration is not involved in the
BSC6900 UMTS.
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GSM Capacity
Dual Switching Planes (IP+TDM)
The IP plane supports a maximum of 60 Gbit/s switching capacity.
The TDM plane supports a maximum of 128K×128K switching capacity.
A maximum of 16,384 active PDCHs are supported.
Maximum traffic: 24,000 Erl
Comprehensive BHCA: 5,900,000
Gb throughput: 1,536 Mbit/s Copyright © 2011 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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UMTS Capacity
Maximum configuration
16,750
100,500 Erlang or 24,000 Mbit/s (UL + DL) PS data throughput
50,250
3,060 NodeBs and 5,100 cells 67,000
Single-subrack solution
33,500
16,750 Erlang or 4,000 Mbit/s (UL + DL) PS data
83,750
throughput
900 NodeBs and 1500 Cells 100,500
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Contents 1.
BSC/RNC 6900 Features Overview
2.
BSC / RNC 6900 Cabinet and Subrack Overview 9
3.
BSC 6900 Subsystems and Boards
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BSC6900 Cabinet
BSC6900 cabinet
consists of a rack equipped with 1 to 3 subracks, power distribution and fans.
Boards are installed in
the front and rear. FRONT
REAR
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Main Processing Rack (MPR)
Only one MPR is configured in the BSC6900.
Components of the cabinet:
Main processing subrack (MPS)
Extended processing subrack (EPS)
Power distribution box
2
EPS
1
EPS
0
MPS
Power consumption of a GSM MPS ≤ 1200 W
Power consumption of a GSM EPS ≤ 1200 W
Power consumption of a UMTS MPS ≤ 1490 W
Power consumption of a UMTS EPS ≤ 1310 W
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MPR
Extended Processing Rack(EPR)
A BSC6900 can be configured with one EPR or
Power distribution box
no EPR.
EPS
4
EPS
3
EPS
Components of the cabinet:
5
Extended processing subrack (EPS)
Power consumption of a GSM EPS ≤ 1200 W Power consumption of a UMTS EPS ≤ 1310 W
EPR
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TransCoder Rack (TCR)
A BSC6900 can be configured with 0
Power distribution box
to 2 TCRs.
Components of the cabinet:
Transcoder subrack (TCS)
7
TCS
6
TCS
Power consumption of a GSM TCS≤
1000 W
TCR
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Power Distribution Box
2 groups of 48 V inputs in 1+1 hot backup mode
6 groups of independent 48 V outputs
Power distribution box
Subrack 2 Subrack 1 Subrack subrack 0 (1) Power distribution monitoring
(2) Run indicator
(3) Alarm indicator
(5) Power output switch
(6) Power output switch labels
board (4) Mute switch
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Subrack 436 mm
12 U
500 mm
(1) Fan box
(2) Mounting ear
(3) Guide rail
(4) Front cable trough
(5) Board
(6) Ground screw
(7) DC power input port
(8) Monitoring signal input port for
(9) DIP switch
the power distribution box
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Slots in the Subrack
The boards are installed on both the front and rear sides of the backplane, which is located in the middle of the subrack.
(1) Front
slot
(2) Backplane
(3) Rear
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BSC
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RNC
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Contents 1.
BSC/RNC 6900 Features Overview
2.
BSC / RNC 6900 Cabinet and Subrack Overview 9
3.
BSC 6900 Subsystems and Boards
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Contents 3.
BSC 6900 Subsystems and Boards
Logical Structure
Switching Subsystem
Service Processing Subsystem
Clock Subsystem
Interface Processing Subsystem
OM Subsystem
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BSC6900 Logical Structure Clock (optional) Clock synchronization subsystem To BTS/NodeB
To other RNC To MSC To SGSN
Interface processing subsystem
Switching subsystem
Service processing subsystem
OM subsystem LMT/M2000 Copyright © 2011 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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Switching Subsystem
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Switching Subsystem
The switching subsystem performs the following functions:
Provides data and signaling switching
Intra-subrack Media Access Control (MAC) switching
Intra-subrack Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) switching
Inter-subrack MAC and TDM switching
Provides OM channels
Distributes clock signals to each service board
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Network Topologies Between Subracks
MAC switching - star topology
One node functions as the center node and it is connected to each of the other nodes. The communication between the
other nodes must be switched by the center node.
TDM switching - mesh topology
There is a connection between every two nodes. When any node is out of service, the communication between other nodes is not affected.
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SCUb Board
Functions
Provides the maintenance management function
Monitors the power supply, fans, and environment of the cabinet
Supports the port trunking function
Provides configuration and maintenance of a subrack or the whole BSC
Provides a total switching capacity of 240 Gbit/s
Distributes clock signals and RFN signals for the BSC6900
Working mode
Located in slots 6 and 7
Working in dual-plane mesh topology
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Interconnections Between SCUb Boards
Inter-subrack cable connections between SCUb boards by using
SFP+ high-speed cables (BM/TC combined mode)
Blue lines indicate the SFP+ high-speed cables.
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TNUa Board
Functions
Provides 128 k * 128 k TDM switching
Allocates the TDM network resources
Supports only GSM
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TNUa Board
Diagram of the
Inter-TNUa cabling between subracks.
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Service Processing Subsystem
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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
Capability of this subsystem can be increased as required.
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Service Processing Subsystem
Data processing unit
Signaling processing unit
Data processing unit
SPU 0
DSP 0
SPU 0
DSP 0
SPU 7
DSP 21
SPU 7
DSP 21
Signaling signaling signaling processing unit processing processingunit unit
MPS MM PSPS
processing unit
Switching Subsystem
EPS MEPS PS
High-speed backplane channel Copyright © 2011 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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XPUb Board in BSC
The XPUb board has eight logical subsystems.
Main Control XPUb Board (MPU)
Subsystem 0 of the main control XPUb board is the Main Processing Unit (MPU).
Main control signaling XPUb
Non-main control signaling XPUb
SSN0 MPU
SSN0 SPU
SSN7 SPU
SSN7 SPU
It is used to manage the user plane resources, control plane resources, and transmission resources of the system.
Non-Main Control XPUb Board (SPU)
Subsystems 1 to 7 of the main control XPUb board belong to the CPU for Service (CPUS), which is used to process the services on the control plane.
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SPUb Board in RNC
The SPUb board has eight subsystems.
Main control SPUb board (MPU)
Main control signaling SPUb
Manages the user plane resources; manages the load sharing of the user
Non-main control signaling SPUb
SSN0 MPU
SSN0 SPU
SSN7 SPU
SSN7 SPU
plane resources between subracks
Maintains the load of the control plane within the subrack; exchanges the load information on the control planes between subracks
Non-main control SPUb board (SPU)
Processes upper-layer signaling over the Uu, Iu, Iur, Iub, A, Um, Abis, and Ater
interfaces
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DPUg Board
The DPUg board can process the GSM PS services on up to 1,024 simultaneously active PDCHs where signals are coded in MCS9
Processes packet links
Detects packet faults automatically.
Work mode: resource pool
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DPUf Board
Components
48 DSP chips
Functions
Converts the speech format and forwards data
Encodes and decodes voice services
Provides the Tandem Free Operation (TFO) function
Provides the voice enhancement function
Detects voice faults automatically
Supports GSM only
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DPUe Board
Components
Functions
The DPUe board processes UMTS voice services and data services.
Selects and distributes data
Multiplexes and demultiplexes
28 hardware threads
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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Clock Synchronization Subsystem
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Clock Subsystem CN
BITS
GPS*
MPS To MBTS
I N T
I N T
S C U a
GCUa Clock module
8 kHz
19.44 MHz, 32.768 MHz, 8 kHz
EPS To BTS
I N T
8 kHz S C U a
19.44 MHz, 32.768 MHz, 8 kHz
S C U a
EPS I N T
To NodeB
19.44 MHz, 32.768 MHz, 8 kHz
High-speed backplane channel Copyright © 2011 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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GCUa Board
Functions
Extracts timing signals from the external synchronization timing port and from the synchronization line signals, processes the timing signals,
and provides the timing signals and the reference clock for the entire system
Performs the fast pull-in and holdover functions on the system
clock
Generates RFN signals for the system
Supports active/standby switchover
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GCUa Board
Clock cable between the GCUa board and the SCUb board
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Interface Processing Subsystem
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Interface Processing Subsystem
Interface board categorization Transmission Mode
Connector Type Electrical port
GO
OIUa
GO
POUc
GU
FE/GE
FG2a/FG2c
GU
E1
PEUa
GU
POUa
UO
POUc
GU
GE
GOUa/GOUc
GU
E1
AEUa
UO
Channelized STM-1
AOUa/AOUc
UO
Unchannelized STM-1
UOIa/UOIc
UO
Optical port
IP
STM-1
Optical port
Electrical port ATM
Supported Mode
EIUa
TDM
Electrical port
Board
Optical port
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Transport Subsystem-Interface Board
Board categorization Electrical port ATM Optical port
AEUa
E1 Channelized STM-1 Unchannelized STM-1
AOUa
AOUc
UOIa_ATM
UOIc_ATM
E1
PEUa
FE/GE
FG2a
FG2c
Channelized STM-1
POUa
POUc
Unchannelized STM-1
UOIa_IP
Iub Iur
Electrical port Interface board
IP STM-1 Optical port
Electrical port TDM Optical port
GE
GOUa
E1
EIUa
Channelized STM-1
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GOUc
POUc
Gb Iub Iur IuCS IUPS Abis A
POUc Board
Functions
Provides four channels over the channelized STM-1/OC-3c optical ports based on TDM or IP
Supports the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
Provides the line clock recovery function
Provides the board-level Automatic Protection Switching (APS) function
Supports the A, Abis, Gb, Ater, Pb, Iur, and Iub interfaces
In TDM mode, it supports 512 TRXs when serving as the Abis interface board in POUc over TDM mode, supports 3906 CICs when serving as the A interface board, and supports 504 Mbit/s throughput when serving as the Gb interface board. In IP mode, it supports 2048 TRXs when serving as the Abis interface board and supports 23,040 CICs when serving as the A 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
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UOIc Board
Functions
Provides eight channels over unchannelized STM-1/OC3c optical ports
Supports ATM over SDH/SONET
Extracts line clock signals and sends the signals to the GCUa board
Provides the board-level Automatic Protection Switching (APS) function
Provides clock signals for NodeBs
Supports the Iu, Iur, and Iub interfaces Copyright © 2011 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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OM Subsystem
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OM Subsystem
Intranet O M U
O M U
Extranet
To M2000
S C U a
S C U a
S C U a
S C U a
EPS
MPS
HUB Ethernet cable
Alarm box
Serial port cable LMT
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Dual OM Plane
The OMU works in active and
standby mode.
The active/standby OMU boards use the same external virtual IP address to communicate with the LMT or M2000.
The active/standby OMU boards use the same internal virtual IP address to communicate with
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OMUc Board
The OMUc board works as a back administration
module (BAM) of BSC6900. It performs the following functions:
Manages the configuration, performance, and
loading, facilitates troubleshooting, and ensures security
Provides LMT or M2000 users with an interface for
OM of BSC6900
Difference
An OMUc board occupies only one slot and contains a single hard disk. Copyright © 2011 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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Hardware Redundancy Board
Redundancy Mode
SCUb
Board redundancy + port trunking on GE ports
XPUb SPUb
Board redundancy
DPUc/DPUf/DPUg
Board resource pool
GCUa
Board redundancy
UOIc/POUc
Board redundancy + MSP 1:1 or MSP 1+1 optical port redundancy
TNUa
Board redundancy
GOUc
Board redundancy + GE port redundancy or load sharing
OMUc
Board redundancy
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Summary
We did an Overview of the Features of BSC/RNC 6900
We did an Overview of the BSC/RNC Cabinet and Subracks
We did an Overview of the BSC/RNC Subsystems and Boards
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