1 BSC RNC 6900 Hardware Structure and System Description 1

2014 Security Level: Internal Use
BSC /RNC6900
Hardware Structure
and System
Description
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 The BSC /RNC6900 is an important
network element of Huawei Single RAN
solution. It adopts the industry-leading
multiple radio access technologies, IP
transmission mode, and modular design.
The BSC /RNC6900 can be flexibly
configured as a BSC /RNC6900 GSM,
BSC /RNC6900 UMTS, or BSC /RNC6900
GU as required in different networks.
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 Know the functions and features of BSC /RNC6900
 Master the hardware structure of BSC /RNC6900
 Master the signal flow
 Master the typical configuration of BSC /RNC6900

Reference
 BSC /RNC6900 Technical Description

 BSC /RNC6900 Hardware Description

 Chapter 1 BSC /RNC6900 System Description
 Chapter 2 BSC /RNC6900 Hardware Structure
 Chapter 3 BSC /RNC6900 Signal Flow
 Chapter 4 BSC /RNC6900 Typical Configuration

Location
The interfaces between the BSC /RNC6900 GSM and
each NE in the UMTS network are as follows:
 Iub Interface: the interface between the NodeB and RNC.
 Iur Interface: the interface between the RNC and RNC.
 Iu-CS Interface: the interface between the MSC and MGW.
 Iu-PS Interface: the interface between the RNC and SGSN
 Iu-BC Interface: the interface between the RNC and CBC
The interfaces between the BSC /RNC6900 GSM and

each NE in the GSM network are as follows:
 Abis Interface: the interface between the BTS and BSC
 A Interface: the interface between the BSC and MSC or MGW
 Gb Interface: the Interface between the BSC and SGSN

BSC /RNC6900 New
Features
BSC /RNC6900V9R11C00
Transmission
Frame Unitary Unitary OM SMP Multi-kernel and Resource Pool resource
Boards Management
Unitary
 Unitary logic  Configuration  XPUb
Frame  Maintenance  DPUe  Unitary  Unitary Control
 Alarm  POUc Resource Plane
 Performance  FG2c Management  GBSC Control
 OS  GOUc  Co-Transmission Plane Optimize
 Internal  UOIc
Communication  AOUc
BSC6000/BSC6810

BSC /RNC6900 Product Characters－
multi-mode amalgamation
GSM&UMTS cabinet
GSM&UMTS co-cabinet
RNC BSC
RNC
Software
RNC BSC upgrade
RNC
RNC BSC
BSC
• Smooth evolution from BSC to RNC with software upgrade

• Reducing CAPEX by reusing hardware
• Dynamic capacity adjustment between 2G&3G

BSC /RNC6900 Product Characters－Co
OAM
Configuration PM
Management Management
Unified OAM toolkits: Easier 2G/3G trouble shooting
Fault
Management
Network
Optimization
Unified CME : Simultaneous 2G/3G data configuration,
correctness and efficiency guaranteed
Unified GENEX : Unified 2G/3G network planning,

performance evaluation and performance trouble shooting
• Centralized OMC for GSM&UMTS, unified platform for network construction, 2G/3G network
planning, performance evaluation and trouble shooting etc.
• Simplifying the network architecture, reducing co-ordination and maintenance effort, man
power and OPEX Saving

TRM
FP
FP
FP
FP
FP
FP
UDP UDP
Interface board
IP IP SW IP IP SW
UNI-BTS 3G 3G IP
Router Router
/ 2G 2G /
pTRAU
pTRAU
PPP
pTRAU
pTRAU
PPP
Co-transmission UNI-BSC
UNI-BTS
pTRAU
Without Co-trans Co-trans

UMTS / GSM UMTS + GSM
Traffic 10
rejection 9
Traffic Gain (%)

6
Multiplexi 5
ng 4 5-10% Gain
Gain 3
• With unified transport resource management,

1
0 0.2 0.1 0.05 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.005 0.002 0.001

GOS
bandwidth can be shared by UMTS&GSM.

RRM
Service direction on UMTS/GSM Load control between UMTS/GSM
Heavy Heavy
UMTS UMTS Load Load
Load control by
inter-RAT HO
Cs service PS service
Heavy Heavy
GSM GSM
Load Load
3G/2G cell load consideration make it more 3G/2G cell load consideration make traffic
accurate for the service direction, better load spread in UMTS&GSM evenly, network
performance achieved usage efficiency improved
Huawei Lab Simulation

BSC6000 BSC6810 and BSC
/RNC6900 Evolution Paths
GBSS8.1/RAN10 GBSS9.0/RAN11 GBSS12.0/RAN12
BSC BSC
BSC6810 BSC6810 SW upgrade with Legacy
SW upgrade HW + New HW (expansion) /RNC6900 /RNC6900
RNC Only RNC Only
Naming changing to BSC

/RNC6900
SW upgrade with SW upgrade with Legacy
Legacy HW + HW + New HW (optional) BSC
New HW BSC
(optional) /RNC6900 /RNC6900
Dual mode Dual mode
SW upgrade with Legacy
HW + New HW (optional)
Naming changing to BSC

/RNC6900
SW upgrade with Legacy BSC BSC

BSC6000 HW + New HW (expansion) /RNC6900
/RNC6900
BSC Only BSC Only
2008Q3 2009Q1 2006 2009Q2 2008 2009 2010Q1
Note : Legacy HW is HW available from GBSS8.1/RAN10.0 for BSC /RNC6900

BSC /RNC6900 Capacity Index
 Typical configuration specifications of the BSC /RNC6900
GSM(BM/TC separated and Abis over non-IP R11 board)
BSC /RNC6900 GSM only
Item 1MPS+1TCS 1MPS+1EPS+2TCS 1MPS+2EPS+2TCS
Number of 2 2 2
cabinets
BHCA(K) 1750 3500 5250
Traffic volume 6500 13000 19500
（Erl）
Number of TRXs 1024 2048 3072
Number of active 4096 8192 12288
PDCHs（MCS-9）

 Chapter 1 BSC /RNC6900 System Description
 Chapter 4 BSC /RNC6900 Typical Configuration

2.1 Frame and Subrack

2.2 Board Introduction
2.3 Cable Introduction

BSC900 Hardware--Cabinet
 The BSC /RNC6900 uses the Huawei N68E-22 cabinet and the
Huawei N68-21-N cabinet.
 The two models of cabinets have the same appearance.N68E-22 is

divided into a single-door cabinet or a double-door cabinet.
Item Specification
Height of the 46U
available space
Weight Empty cabinet≤100 kg
Cabinet in full
configuration≤300 kg
Input voltage -40 V to -57 V

range

BSC900 Hardware--Cabinet
 The BSC /RNC6900 GSM cabinet is
classified into main processing rack (MPR),
extended processing rack (EPR), and
transcoder rack (TCR).

BSC900 Hardware--Subrack
 The BSC /RNC6900 GSM subrack has a standard width of 19 inches. The
height of each subrack is 12 U. The boards are installed on the front and
rear sides of the backplane, which is positioned in the center of the subrack.
 A subrack provides 28 slots. The slots on the front of the subrack are
numbered from 0 to 13, and those on the rear are numbered from 14 to 27.

BSC900 Hardware--Subrack
 Classification of BSC /RNC6900 GSM subracks
Rear View
Front View
Item Index
Height of the subrack 12U 1 Fan box 2 Mounting ear 3 Guide rail
Weight of the subrack Empty: 25kg; 4 Front cable 5 Boards 6 Grounding

trough screw
Full configuration≤57kg
7 DC power 8 Port for the 9 Cover plate
Consumption l MPS subrack: 1000W input port monitoring signal of the DIP
cable of the power switch
l EPS subrack: 1000W
distribution box
l TCS subrack:1000W

DIP Switch on the Subrack
 The DIP switch on the subrack has eight bits numbered in ascending
order from 1 to 8
 If the bit is set to ON, it indicates 0. If the bit is set to OFF, it indicates 1.

DIP Switch on the Subrack
Subrack Subrack code

number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Subrack 0 ON ON ON ON ON ON ON OFF
Subrack 1 OFF ON ON ON ON OFF ON OFF
Subrack 2 ON OFF ON ON ON OFF ON OFF
Subrack 3 OFF OFF ON ON ON ON ON OFF
Subrack 4 ON ON OFF ON ON OFF ON OFF
Subrack 5 OFF ON OFF ON ON ON ON OFF
The function of the switch 6?



BSC /RNC6900 Overall Structure
 The overall structure of the BSC /RNC6900
 Switching Subsystem;
 Service Processing Subsystem;
 Clock Synchronization Subsystem;
 Interface Synchronization Subsystem;
 OM Subsystem.
GO-Mode

Switching Subsystem
 Functions
 Provides intra-subrack Medium Access Control (MAC) switching
 Provides intra-subrack Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) switching
 Distributes clock signals to the service processing boards
 Provides inter-subrack switching
 Provides switching channels for traffic data
 Provides OM channels
 Hardware Involved
 TDM switching－ TNUa board
 MAC switching－ SCUa board

Board——TNUa
 The TNUa is the TDM switching unit in the BSC /RNC6900.
GTNU
 The active and standby TNUa are inserted in slot 4 and slot 5.
RUN
ALM
The TNUa board performs the TDM switching function, which
ACT
is the TDM switching center of the system.

TNM0
 The TNUa has the following functions:

TNM1
 Providing 128 K ×128 K TDM switching

TNM2
 Allocating TDM network resources, establishing, and releasing

radio links
TNM3
TNM4
Matching
TNM5
Port Function
connector
TDM high-speed serial port, used to connect DB14
TDM0～5
the TNUaS between subracks
PARC

Board——SCUa
 The SCUa is the switching control unit in the BSC
SCUa
/RNC6900.
 The active and standby SCUa are inserted in slot 6 and 7.
RUN
ALM
ACT
The SCUa board provides maintenance management of the
RESET
LINK
ACT
subrack and GE switching platform for the subrack.
0
1  The SCUa has the following functions:

2
3  Performing maintenance management of the subrack

LINK
ACT
 Providing a GE platform for the subrack

4
10/100/1000BASE-T
7
 Providing clock information for the other boards in the same
LINK
ACT
8
subrack except the GCUa
9 Port Function Matching
10
EHT0～9 10M/100M/1000M Ethernet ports, used to connect subracks RJ45
11
10M/100M/1000M Ethernet ports, used to connect GBAM (Only the RJ45
EHT10～11
COM
main subrack is connected with the GBAM)

COM Debugging port RJ45
CLKIN
Clock source port, used to receive the 8 kHz clock signals from the RJ45
TESTOUT CLKIN
panel of the GGCU
PARC TESTOUT Clock test signal port, used to output clock test signals SMB connector

Service Processing Subsystem
 Functions
 User data transfer
 Radio channel ciphering and deciphering
 System admission control
 Data integrity protection
 Mobility management
 Cell broadcast service control
 Data volume reporting
 Radio access management
 CS service processing
 PS service processing
 Radio resource management and control
 System information and user message tracing

Service Processing Subsystem
 Hardware Involved
 XPUa/b board, SPUa/b board, DPUa/b/c/d/e board
 Board Specification
 XPU/SPU is the signaling processing unit
 SPU board can process GSM/UMTS signaling panel, XPU board can process
GSM signaling panel
 SPU board Works for BSC /RNC6900 GU mode
 XPU board Works for BSC /RNC6900 GSM only mode
 The postfix of “a” board contain 4 logic subsystem, and the postfix of “b” board
contain 8 logic subsystem
 Services Process Unit DPUa/b/c/d/e

Board Introduction-XPU/SPU
 Loaded with different software, the XPUa board is functionally
XPUa
RUN
divided into main control XPUa board and non-main control
ALM
ACT
XPUa board.
 The 0 subsystem of main control XPU/SPU
board is MPU, used to manage the user panel
and signaling plane resources within the
subrack and process the signaling.
Main control Non-Main
LINK
ACT
0
 The subsystem of non-main control XPU/SPU XPUa control XPUa
10/100/1000BASE-T
2
board is CPU, used to process the signaling.
3
 For GSM Only mode, one MPU for the system

is enough. If the system upgrade to GU mode,
one MPU should for one subrack.
PARC

Board Introduction——DPUc
 Function
DPUa
 DPUc process CS services and perform the voice coding and

RUN
ALM
ACT
decoding function. It works as subrack system pool mode.
 Provides the speech format conversion and data forwarding
functions when configured in BM subrack.
 Provides the Tandem Free Operation (TFO) function
 Provides the voice enhancement function
 Detects voice faults automatically
 DPUd board works for GSM services.
PARC

Board introduction——DPUd
DPUa
 Function
RUN
 The DPUd is the Data Processing Unit for PS services. It can be
ALM
ACT
installed in slots 8–11 in MPS and 8-27 in EPS，it processes the
packet services for the BSC.
 Each DPUd supports 1024 activated PDCHs at the same time,
and all the PDCHs support MSC-9 coding.
 Packet links processing function.
 PS fault self-detection.
 DPUd board works for GSM services.
PARC

Subsystems Five: Interface Board System
Board Physical Board specification Scene
Type Board
EIUa Transmits, receives, encodes, and decodes 32 E1s/T1s. GSM Only

OIUa Provides one STM-1 port for TDM transmission GSM Only、GU
Old FG2a Provides eight channels over FE ports or two channels over GSM Only、GU
Boards GE electrical ports
GOUa Provides two channels over GE optical ports GSM Only、GU
PEUa Provides 32 channels of E1s/T1s for HDLC transmission GSM Only、GU
Extracts line clock signals
Multi- FG2c Provides 12 channels over FE ports or four channels over GSM Only、GU
kernel GE electrical ports
Boards GOUc Provides four channels over GE optical ports GSM Only、GU
POUc Provides four channels over channelized optical STM-1/OC- GSM Only、GU
3 ports based on IP protocol
Extracts line clock signals

Mapping for Interface Board and Version
Physical Function Interface Type
Board Abis Ater A Gb Pb
PEUa FR BSC V9R8C01
HDLC BSC V9R8C01
IP mBSCV9R11 mBSCV9R11
FG2a IP BSC V9R8C01 BSC V9R8C01 BSC V9R8C01
GOUa IP BSC V9R8C01 BSC V9R8C01
POUc TDM+ HDLC mBSC V9R11 mBSC V9R11 mBSC V9R11 mBSC V9R11 mBSC V9R11
IP mBSC V9R11 mBSC V9R11 mBSC V9R11
FG2c IP mBSC V9R11 mBSC V9R11 mBSC V9R11
GOUc IP mBSC V9R11 mBSC V9R11 mBSC V9R11
EIUa Abis TDM BSC V9R1
Ater TDM BSC V9R1
Pb TDM BSC V9R1
A TDM BSC V9R1
OIUa Abis TDM BSC V9R1
Ater TDM BSC V9R1
Pb TDM BSC V9R1
A TDM BSC V9R1

Co-Transmission for the Interface Board
Physical Function Interface Board Sharing
Board Iub Iu(Iur/IuCS/Iu Abis A Ater Gb
PS)
FG2a IP Iub/Iu Co-Interface board Abis/A Co-Interface board Gb Separated

GOUa IP Iub/Iu Co-Interface board Abis/A Co-Interace board Gb Separated
AOUc ATM Iub/Iu Co-Interface board
UOIc ATM Iub/Iu Co-Interface board
IP Iub/Iu/Abis/A(Ater) 共接口板
POUc TDM+ HDLC Abis/A(Ater)/Gb(Pb) Co-Interface board
IP Iub/Iu/Abis/A(Ater) Co-Interface board
FG2c IP Iub/Iu/Abis/A(Ater)/Gb(Pb) Co-Interface board
GOUc IP Iub/Iu/Abis/A(Ater)/Gb(Pb) Co-Interface board
EIUa Abis TDM
Ater TDM
Pb TDM
A TDM
OIUa Abis TDM
Ater TDM
Pb TDM
A TDM

Board Introdction-FG2c
 The FG2c board supports IP over Ethernet transmission.
 The FG2c board performs the following functions:

 Provides 12 channels over FE ports or four channels over GE
electrical ports
 Provides the link aggregation function at the MAC layer
 Provides the routing-based backup and load sharing
 Supports the transmission of data over all its Ethernet ports on the
basis of the synchronized clock signals
 Supports the Abis、A、Gb、Iu、Iub interfaces
Port Function Connector type
10/100BASE-T 10M/100M Ethernet ports, used to transmit 10/100M RJ45
signals
10/100/1000BASE-T 10M/100M/1000M Ethernet ports, used to transmit RJ45
10/100/1000M signals
2M0、2M1 Port for 2 MHz clock signal outputs male connector

Board Introduction-GOUc
 As an optical interface board, the GOUc board supports IP
over Ethernet transmission.
 The GOUc board performs the following functions:

 Provides four channels over GE optical ports
 Provides the routing-based backup and load sharing
 Extracts line clock signals
 Supports the Abis, A, and Gb,Iu, Iub interfaces
Port Function Connector

Type
RX Optical port, used to transmit and receive optical signals. TX LC/PC

refers to the transmitting optical port, and RX refers to the
TX
receiving optical port.
2M0、2M1 Port for 2 MHz clock signal outputs SMB male

connector

Board Introduction-POUc
 As an interface board, the POUc board supports IP over
channelized STM-1/OC-3 transmission.
 The POUc board performs the following functions:
 Provides four channels over channelized optical STM-1/OC-3 ports based
on IP protocol
 Supports the PPP function
 Extracts line clock signals
 Provides the Automatic Protection Switching (APS) function between the
active and standby POUc boards
 Supports the A, Abis, Gb, Ater,Pb, Iu, Iub interfaces

RX Optical port, used to transmit and receive optical signals. TX refers to the LC/PC
transmitting optical port, and RX refers to the receiving optical port.
TX
2M0 Output ports for clock signals. These ports are used to transmit the 2 MHz line SMB male
2M1 clock signals to the GCUa/GCGa board. The clock signals are extracted from connector
upper-level devices and serve as the clock sources of the BSC /RNC6900
system.
Subsystems Four: Clock Subsystem
 Clock Source
 Bits clock
 Line clock
 GPS
 Reference Clock for the MPS or EPS

 The reference clocks are provided by the GCUa. The reference clocks generate
8kHz clock signals through the GCUa.
 MPS: The clock signals are sent to the SCUa in the MPSa subrack through the
backplane. Then, the clock signals are sent to other boards in the same subrack.
 EPS: The clock signals are sent to the SCUa board in the EPSa subrack through
the clock cable. Then, the signals are sent to other boards through the backplane.
 Reference Clock for the TCS

 Each TCS extracts line clock from the A interface. The line clock is processed
through A interface panel and then generates 8 KHz clock signals.
 The clock signals are sent to the SCUa in the subrack through the backplane. Then
the clock signals are sent to other boards in the same subrack.

Structure of the Clock Synchronization
Subsystem
CN BITS GPS
RSS
To BTS/NodeB R R GCUa/GCGa S
I I C
N N Clock module U
T T 8kHz 8kHz a
19.44MHz, 32.768MHz, 8KHz
RBS 8kHz RBS

To BTS/NodeB R S S R
I C C I
To BTS/NodeB
N U U N
T a a T
19.44MHz, 32.768MHz, 19.44MHz, 32.768MHz,

8KHz 8KHz
High-speed backplane channel Clock cable

Board——GCUa
 The GCUa is the general clock unit in the BSC /RNC6900. The
active and standby GCUa are configured in slots 12 and 13 in the
GGCU MPS. The GGCU board provides synchronous timing signals for the
RUN system
ALM
ACT
 The GCUa has the following functions:

0
1
 Generating and keeping synchronous clock signals
2
 Keeping the consistency of synchronization information output from the active
CLKOUT
and standby GCUa

4
5
6 ATN-IN Reserved SMA male connector

7
Ports for transmitting synchronization clock signals. The ten RJ45
8
CLKOUT0~9 ports are used to transmit the 8 kHz clock signals to the
9
CLKIN port on the panel of the SCUa board.
COM0
COM1 COM0,COM1 Reserved RJ45

CLKLIN0 TESTOUT
TESTOUT Reserved SMB male connector

TESTIN
TESTIN Input port for testing external clock signals SMB male connector
CLKLIN1
Synchronization clock input port, used to receive the 2.048 SMB male connector
PARC CLKIN0-1
MHz clock signals or 2.048 Mbit/s code stream signals

Subsystems Five: O&M Subsystem
Internal
network
S S
C C
U U EPS
a a
O O S S
M M C C
U U U U MPS
a a a a
LANSWITCH
Internet cable
M2000 Serial cable
External
WEB LMT network

Board Introduction —— OMU
 The OMUa board works as a bridge for the communication
between the WebLMT and the other boards in the BSC /RNC6900.
 Function
 Performing the configuration management, performance
management, fault management, security management, and loading
management functions for the system
 To control the communication between the LMT/M2000 and the SCUa
board of the BSC /RNC6900
(1) Captive screw (2) Shielding finger (3) Ejector lever (4) LED (RUN)
(5) LED (ALM) (6) LED (ACT) (7) Button (RESET) (8) Button
(SHUTDOWN)
(9) USB port (10) Ethernet port (ETH0) (11) Ethernet port (ETH1) (12) Ethernet port
(ETH2)
(13) COM port (14) VGA port (15) LED (HD) (16) LED(OFFLINE)
(17) Hard disk (18) Screw for fixing the hard disk



TDM Switching Subsystem
 Intra-Subrack: Other boards in the subrack connect with TNUa
(Active/Standby) through LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signal) high
speed serial ports of backplane.
 Inter-Subrack: TDM units of every subrack fully interconnected with

each other through TNUa crossover cables.
Board TNUa Board

TNUa（Active）
（Active）
TNUa
TNUa（Standby）
Board （Standby） Board
In full intra-subrack
LVDS TDM path of backplane
interconnection, 2 cables
Inter-TNUa Cable support 8K bandwidth.

Inter-Subrack Interconnections of
TNUa Crossover Cables
0＃
TNUa TNUa
1＃ 2＃
TNUa TNUa TNUa TNUa

Interconnection Between SCUa
 Active/standby SCUa boards: HiG interconnection; 30G bandwidth.
 Intra-subrack : The SCUa board provides 48G GE switching capability
through backplane.
 Inter-subrack : The SCUa boards are connected in star topology
through intercross cable using the GE ports on SCUa.
RBS
Other board
Switchin
g and
control
Other board unit Other board
Switchin
g and
control
unit Other board
Other board
Switchin
RSS g and
control
Other board
unit
High-speed Network cable
backplane channel RBS

The Physical Cable Between Subracks
 SCUa in MPS subrack
 GE0～7 interconnect with EPS, open the port by MML command.
 GE8/9 interconnect with main TCS
 GE10/11 interconnect with GBAM
 SCUa in EPS subrack

 GE0～1 interconnect with MPS

Interconnection Between Subrack
A interface
TCS
TCS TCS
TC
Ater interface Abis interface
Pb interface
EPS
MPS EPS
BM
 Subracks of BSC6000 compose an interconnection switching network

through cascade.
SCUa Star interconnection
TNUa Full interconnection

Clock Synchronization Interconnection
 The connection of the GCUa of the main
subrack and the extension subrack is
shown:
 The active and standby GCUa output 10-way
signal channel respectively. A signal channel of
an active GCUa and that of a standby GCUa
are integrated through the Y-shaped cable.
 Any of component including GCUa, Y-shaped
cable, and SCUa is faulty, the system clock
still can work normally.

 Chapter 1 BSC /RNC6900 System
Description
 Chapter 2 BSC /RNC6900 Hardware
Structure
 Chapter 4 BSC /RNC6900 Typical
Configuration

GSM CS Signal Flow
 Abis over TDM+A over TDM

GSM CS Signal Flow
 Abis over HDLC/IP+A over TDM

GSM CS Signal Flow
 Abis over TDM+A over IP
 Abis over HDLC/IP+A over IP

GSM PS Signal Flow (Inner-PCU)
 Abis over TDM
 Abis over HDLC/IP

Signaling Flow on the A Interface
 Abis over TDM+A over TDM
 the signaling processing board XPUa processes the signaling
according to the MTP3, SCCP, and BSSAP protocols.
 A Over IP
 The A interface board processes the MTP2 protocol

Signaling Flow on the Abis Interface
 Abis over TDM/IP/HDLC

Signaling Flow on the Gb Interface
 Gb Over IP
 the signaling processing board processes the signaling
according to the NS and BSSGP protocols. 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.

OM Signal Flow

 Chapter 1 BSC /RNC6900 System
Description
 Chapter 2 BSC /RNC6900 Hardware
Structure
 Chapter 4 BSC /RNC6900 Typical
Configuration

Specification of the Board
 XPUa/XPUb
 350TRX/XPUa 640TRX/XPUb
 No. of XPUa=TRX No./350TRX No. of XPUb=TRX No./640TRX
 For GSM only system, we can be configured just one main control XPU,
which configured as RGCP
 The control panel optimized for BSC /RNC6900, XPUa/XPUb can
congfigured in different subrack with Transcode board and interface board
averagely.

Specification of the Interface Board
Physi Function Interface Type

cal Abis Ater A Gb Pb
Board
POUc TDM+ 512TRX 7168CIC 3906CIC 395Mbps mBSC
HDLC V9R11
IP 2048TRX 23040CIC 23040CIC
FG2c IP 2048TRX 23040 790Mbps
GOUc IP 2048TRX 23040 790Mbps
EIUa Abis TDM 256TRX
Ater TDM 968CIC
Pb TDM 968CIC
A TDM 968CIC
OIUa Abis TDM 512TRX
Ater TDM 1890CIC
Pb TDM 1890CIC
A TDM

Typical
Configuration
 Parameter Description

Typical
Configuration
 Parameter Description

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 BSC /RNC6900 Technical Description

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The interfaces between the BSC /RNC6900 GSM and

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• Smooth evolution from BSC to RNC with software upgrade

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Unified OAM toolkits: Easier 2G/3G trouble shooting

Unified GENEX : Unified 2G/3G network planning,

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Without Co-trans Co-trans

Traffic Gain (%)

• With unified transport resource management,

0 0.2 0.1 0.05 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.005 0.002 0.001

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Huawei Lab Simulation

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Naming changing to BSC

Naming changing to BSC

SW upgrade with Legacy BSC BSC

2008Q3 2009Q1 2006 2009Q2 2008 2009 2010Q1

Note : Legacy HW is HW available from GBSS8.1/RAN10.0 for BSC /RNC6900

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BSC /RNC6900 GSM only

Item 1MPS+1TCS 1MPS+1EPS+2TCS 1MPS+2EPS+2TCS

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2.1 Frame and Subrack

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 The two models of cabinets have the same appearance.N68E-22 is

Input voltage -40 V to -57 V

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Weight of the subrack Empty: 25kg; 4 Front cable 5 Boards 6 Grounding

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Subrack Subrack code

The function of the switch 6?

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2.1 Frame and Subrack

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is the TDM switching center of the system.

 The TNUa has the following functions:

 Providing 128 K ×128 K TDM switching

 Allocating TDM network resources, establishing, and releasing

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1  The SCUa has the following functions:

3  Performing maintenance management of the subrack

 Providing a GE platform for the subrack

main subrack is connected with the GBAM)

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 For GSM Only mode, one MPU for the system

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 DPUc process CS services and perform the voice coding and