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Configuration Principle (Global)

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Date
2014-09-12
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Contents
Contents
1 Change History..............................................................................................................................1
2 Introduction....................................................................................................................................7
2.1 Overview........................................................................................................................................................................7
2.2 Version Difference.........................................................................................................................................................7
3 Application Overview................................................................................................................10
4 Product Configurations..............................................................................................................13
4.1 BSC6910 UMTS Configurations..................................................................................................................................14
4.1.1 Cabinet Configurations..............................................................................................................................................14
4.1.2 Subrack Configurations.............................................................................................................................................15
4.1.3 Impact of the Traffic Model on Configurations........................................................................................................18
4.1.4 Hardware Capacity License Configurations..............................................................................................................20
4.1.5 Service Processing Modules......................................................................................................................................22
4.1.6 Interface Boards.........................................................................................................................................................27
4.1.7 Configuration Principles of Interface Boards and Service Boards............................................................................34
4.1.8 Board Redundancy Types..........................................................................................................................................34
4.1.9 Auxiliary Material Configurations............................................................................................................................36
4.1.10 Description of Restrictions on Inter-Subrack Switching.........................................................................................37
4.2 BSC6910 GSM Configurations....................................................................................................................................37
4.2.1 Cabinet Configurations..............................................................................................................................................37
4.2.2 Subrack Configurations.............................................................................................................................................38
4.2.3 Hardware Capacity License Configurations and Product Specifications..................................................................42
4.2.4 Service Boards...........................................................................................................................................................43
4.2.5 Interface Boards.........................................................................................................................................................47
4.2.6 General Principles for Slot Configurations...............................................................................................................50
4.2.7 Auxiliary Material Configurations............................................................................................................................51
4.3 BSC6910 GU Product Configurations.........................................................................................................................52
4.4 Examples of Typical Configurations............................................................................................................................52
4.4.1 BSC6910 UMTS Examples of Typical Configurations............................................................................................52
4.4.2 BSC6910 GSM Examples of Typical Configurations...............................................................................................59
5 Expansion and Upgrade Configurations.................................................................................63

5.1 BSC6910 UMTS Expansion and Upgrade Configurations..........................................................................................63
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5.1.1 Hardware Expansion and Upgrade Configurations...................................................................................................63

5.1.2 Examples of Hardware Expansion............................................................................................................................64
5.2 BSC6910 GSM Expansion and Upgrade Configurations.............................................................................................65
5.2.1 Precautions.................................................................................................................................................................65
5.2.2 Hardware Capacity License Expansion.....................................................................................................................70
5.2.3 Examples of Hardware Expansion............................................................................................................................71
6 Appendix.......................................................................................................................................73
6.1 Traffic Model................................................................................................................................................................73
6.1.1 UMTS Traffic Model.................................................................................................................................................73
6.1.2 GSM Traffic Model...................................................................................................................................................76
6.2 Hardware Specifications...............................................................................................................................................77
6.2.1 UMTS Hardware Specifications................................................................................................................................77
6.2.2 GSM Hardware Specifications..................................................................................................................................84
7 Acronyms and Abbreviations...................................................................................................86
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1 Change History
Change History
This chapter provides information about the changes in different versions of

SRAN9.0&GBSS15.0&RAN15.0 BSC6910 Configuration Principle (Global).
07 (2014-09-12)
This is the seventh commercial release of V100R015C00.
Compared with Issue 06 (2014-06-09) of V100R015C00, this issue does not include any new
topics.
Compared with Issue 06 (2014-06-09) of V100R015C00, this issue incorporates the following
changes.
Content
Change Description
4.1.6 Interface Boards
l Changed the uplink or downlink throughput of EXOUa IUPS

from 10 Gbit/s to 9.5 Gbit/s.
l Changed the uplink or downlink throughput of EXOUa IUB
from 10 Gbit/s to 8 Gbit/s.
Added restrictions imposed on the calculation of backplane

bandwidth for POUc boards.
4.1.2 Subrack
Configurations
Added the description that only one ESAUa board is delivered

by default for GU or UMTS.
4.1.5 Service Processing

Modules
5.2.1 Precautions
Modified the formula for calculating the number of EGPUa

boards.
Compared with Issue 06 (2014-06-09) of V100R015C00, this issue does not exclude any topics.
06 (2014-06-09)
This is the sixth commercial release of V100R015C00.
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1 Change History
topics.
changes.
Content
Change Description
5.2.1 Precautions
Modified the method of calculating the number

EGPUa boards.
05 (2014-04-30)
This is the fifth commercial release of V100R015C00.
topics.
changes.
Content
Change Description
Modified the method of estimating the number

of EXOUa boards.
4.4.1 BSC6910 UMTS Examples of

Typical Configurations
04 (2014-03-28)
This is the fourth commercial release of V100R015C00.
topics.
changes.
Content
Change Description
4.1.1 Cabinet Configurations
Changed "fan assembly" to "fan box" and

modified power consumption of fan boxes.
4.1.3 Impact of the Traffic Model on

Configurations
Modified some descriptions.
4.4.1 BSC6910 UMTS Examples of

Typical Configurations
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Content
Change Description

Configurations

of EGPUa UP boards.
4.1.5 Service Processing Modules

Configurations

of EXOUa boards.

6.2.1 UMTS Hardware Specifications
l Added the description that EGPUa CP and

UP specifications are designed for EGPUa
CP only boards and EGPUa UP only boards,
respectively.
l Added the method of calculating the
specifications of EGPUa CP&UP boards.
6.1.1 UMTS Traffic Model
l Updated the definition of the smartphone

model.
l Changed the parameter value types to
integers for all models.
l Added "PS channel switch times".
l Updated the RNC capacity for the
smartphone model.
03 (2014-01-20)
This is the third commercial release of V100R015C00.
topics.
changes.
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Content
Change Description
3 Application Overview
Extended the maximum number of NodeBs or

cells per cabinet to 10000/20000 for UMTS.
4.1.2 Subrack Configurations
Changed the default number of ESAUa boards to

be configured from 1 to 0 (4 slots are reserved
for ESAU.)

1 Change History
Content
Change Description
l Added descriptions about how to calculate

connection capabilities of IUPS interface
boards for UMTS.
l Added Iur interface board specifications for
UMTS.
Corrected the reference error.
Corrected the formula for calculating N_

EGPUa_Iub_License.
Modified the method of calculating the number

of active users carried on EGPUa CP, EGPUa
UP, and interface boards.

l Modified the smartphone traffic model and

the capacity under this traffic model.
l Added the RRC capacity under each traffic
mode.
02 (2013-06-16)
This is the second commercial release of V100R015C00.
Compared with Issue 01 (2013-02-20) of V100R015C00, this issue includes the following new
topics:
l
Configuration principles for POUc in Abis IP over E1/T1 for GSM
Configuration principles for GSM when the Abis, A, and Gb interfaces use the same board
Calculation of the numbers of Iur interface boards and their ports for UMTS when Iur
interface boards use different ports.
Compared with issue 01 (2013-02-20) of V100R015C00, this issue incorporates the following
changes.
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Content
Change Description
Added the description that the UMTS BHCA

capacity is based on smartphone traffic model
and the UMTS PS throughput capacity is based
on high-PS traffic model.

Configurations
Added pps specifications for interface boards

and the relationship between pps specifications
and bps specifications.
Added the description that the coefficient is

applicable only to IP interface boards.

1 Change History
Content
Change Description
Add the number of active users for UMTS under

typical traffic model.
Updated the configuration principles for SAU

boards for UMTS and GSM.

Added the numbers of Iur interface boards and

their ports for UMTS when Iur interface boards
use different ports.
4.2.4 Service Boards
Updated the configuration principles for GMCP

boards for GSM.
l Added the configuration principles for POUc

boards for GSM in Abis IP over E1/T1 mode.
l Added the configuration principles applied
when the Abis, A, and Gb interface uses the
same interface board.
Remove the coefficient used for calculating the

bps capabilities of GOUc/FG2c boards for GSM,
so that the calculation is in the same manner as
that for the BSC6900.
Added the description that a maximum of two

ESAUa boards are configured for UMTS and
accordingly updated the principles for arranging
slots in the MPS and the method of calculating
the number of EPSs.
4.2.6 General Principles for Slot

Configurations
Added the description that two slots are reserved

for ESAUa boards for GSM.
Compared with Issue 01 (2013-02-20) of V100R015C00, this issue excludes the following
topics.
l
Coefficient used for calculating GOUc/FG2c boards
NASP boards for UMTS and GU
01 (2013-02-20)
This is the first commercial release of V100R015C00.
Compared with Draft A (2012-06-26) of V100R015C00, this issue includes the following new
topics:
l
EXPUa boards
ENIUa hardware license
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Descriptions about license usage for the BSC6910: In the event of network swapping, the
BSC6900 license is invalid for the BSC6910 and must be quoted again, while the existing
BTS licenses are still valid and can be reused by the BSC6910.
Recommendation that an independent Iur-P interface board be configured in the basic

subrack.
Principles for configuring RNC in Pool.
Compared with Draft A (2012-06-26) of V100R015C00, this issue incorporates the following
changes.
Content
Change Description
Detailed the configuration principles for EGPUa

and EXPUa boards.
Updated the formula for calculating cabinet

power consumption.
4.1 BSC6910 UMTS Configurations
Updated the coefficients used for calculating

UMTS EGPUa boards and interface boards at
different data rates.
Changed the formula N_EGPUa_UP = MAX(a'

b', c', n') to N_EGPUa_UP = MAX(a'+b', c', n').
Compared with Draft A (2013-02-16), this issue excludes the following topics:
l
GCUb, GCGb, and TNUb boards
Limitation that POUc boards can be configured only in 10 GE slots
Draft A (2012-06-26)
This is a draft for V100R015C00.
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2 Introduction
Introduction
2.1 Overview
This document describes product specifications, configuration principles, upgrade, and capacity
expansion for BSC6910 V100R015C00.
To meet requirements in different scenarios, the BSC6910 can work in the following modes:
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BSC6910 GSM: The BSC6910 works in GSM Only (GO) mode and functions as the base
station controller (BSC).
BSC6910 UMTS: The BSC6910 works in UMTS Only (UO) mode and functions as the
radio network controller (RNC).
BSC6910 GU: The BSC6910 works in GSM&UMTS (GU) mode and functions as both
the BSC and RNC.
2.2 Version Difference

The hardware configuration for the BSC6910 UMTS is as follows:
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Minimum: one cabinet with a main processing subrack (MPS)
Maximum: two cabinets with an MPS and five extended processing subracks (EPSs)
The hardware configuration for the BSC6910 GSM is as follows:

l
Minimum: one cabinet with a main processing subrack (MPS)
Maximum: one cabinet with an MPS and two extended processing subracks (EPSs)
The mobile broadband network is experiencing an exponential growth of traffic volume, with
urgent requirement of intense coordination among different services and pacing evolution
toward cloud computing system for wireless network equipment (NE). To meet this challenge,
Huawei launches its new network controller product, the BSC6910. It uses a hardware structure
based on HW6910 R15 and a new BSC6900-based software structure.
In the UMTS network, an RNC pool can be configured by using BSC6910s alone or BSC6910s
and BSC6900s if the RNC In Pool feature is activated. RNCs within an RNC pool work in node
redundancy and resource sharing modes.
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Table 2-1 HW6910 R15 hardware

Part
Number
Name
Description
Function Description
Application
Scenario
QM1D00
EGPU00
EGPUa
Evolved
General
Processing Unit
l Manages user plane and

signaling plane resource
pools.
GSM &
UMTS
l Processes BSC and RNC

signaling plane and user
plane services.
QM1D00
EXPU00
EXPUa
Evolved
Extensible
Processing Unit
l Manages BSC user plane

and signaling plane
resource pools.
GSM
l Processes BSC and RNC

signaling plane and user
plane services.
QM1D00
EOMU00
EOMUa
Evolved
Operation and
Maintenance
Unit
Performs configuration
management, performance
management, fault
management, security
management, and loading
management.
GSM &
UMTS
QM1D00
ESAU00
ESAUa
Evolved Service
Aware Unit
Collects data about the call

history record (CHR) and preprocesses the collected data.
GSM &
UMTS
QM1D00
EXOU00
EXOUa
Evolved 10GE
Optical interface
Unit
l Provides two channels over

10 Gbit/s optical ports.
GSM &
UMTS
l Supports IP over GE.

l Used for Iu/Iub/Iur
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QM1D00
ENIU00
ENIUa
Evolved
Network
Intelligence
Unit
Provides intelligent service

identification.
GSM &
UMTS
WP1D000
SCU01
SCUb
GE Switching
network and
Control Unit
Provides MAC/GE switching

and enables the convergence of
ATM and IP networks.
GSM &
UMTS
WP1D000
FG201
FG2c
IP Interface Unit
(12 FE/4 GE,
Electric)
IP: A/Abis/Lb/Gb/Iur-g
GSM &
UMTS
WP1D000
GOU01
GOUc
IP Interface Unit
(4 GE, Optical)
IP: Iu/Iub/Iur/Iur-g
IP: Iu/Iub/Iur/Iur-g

GSM &
UMTS
2 Introduction
Part
Number
Name
Description
Application
Scenario
WP1D000
AOU01
AOUc
ATM Interface
Unit (4 STM-1,
Channelized)
ATM: Iub
UMTS
WP1D000
UOI01
UOIc
ATM Interface
Unit (8 STM-1,
Unchannelized)
ATM: Iu/Iub/Iur
UMTS
WP1D000
POU01
POUc
TDM or IP
Interface Unit (4
STM-1,
Channelized)
TDM: Abis
GSM
WP1D000
GCU01
GCUa
General Clock
Unit
Obtains the system clock

source, performs the functions
of phase-lock and holdover,
and provides clock signals.
GSM &
UMTS
QW1D000
GCG01
GCGa
GPS&Clock
Processing Unit
l Obtains the system clock

source, performs the
functions of phase-lock and
holdover, and provides
clock signals.
GSM &
UMTS
IP over STM-1: Abis
l Unlike the GCUa board, the

GCGa board can receive
and process GPS signals.
QM1B0P
BCDP00
N/A
Assembly
Cabinet
N/A
GSM &
UMTS
QM1K00P
BCS00
N/A
Backplane
Subrack,
PARCb
N/A
GSM &
UMTS
NOTICE
The BSC6900 cannot be upgraded to the BSC6910 by upgrading the software.
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Application Overview
The hardware platform of the BSC6910 is characterized by high integration, high performance,
and modular structure. These characteristics enable the BSC6910 to meet networking
requirements in different scenarios and provide operators with a high-quality network at a low
cost.
Figure 3-1 shows the exterior of a BSC6910 cabinet (N68E-22).
Figure 3-1 Exterior of a BSC6910 cabinet (N68E-22)
Figure 3-2 shows the front view and rear view of a BSC6910 cabinet.
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Figure 3-2 Front view and rear view of a BSC6910 cabinet
Table1 describes technical specifications of the BSC6910.

Table 3-1 Technical specifications of the BSC6910
Performance
Specifications
BSC6910 UMTS
When two cabinets are configured, the specifications

are as follows: 10,000 NodeBs, 20,000 cells,
64,000,000 BHCA, 120 Gbit/s PS throughput or
250,000 CS traffic (Erl)
When one cabinet is configured, the specifications are
as follows: 10000 NodeB, 20,000 cells, 32,000,000
BHCA, 60 Gbit/s PS throughput or 125,000 CS traffic
(Erl)
BSC6910 GSM
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Per cabinet: 8000 BTSs, 8000 cells, 24,000 TRXs,

150,000 traffic (Erl), 96,000 PDCHs, 150,000 Erl,
52,000,000 integrated BHCA, 8 Gbit/s PS throughput

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BSC6910 GU
When two cabinets are configured, the specifications

for a BSC6910 working in different modes are as
follows:
l UMTS (5 subracks: 1 MPS and 4 EPSs): 10000
NodeBs, 20000 cells, 53,300,000 BHCA, 99.8
Gbit/s PS throughput or 208,000 CS traffic (Erl)
l GSM (3 subracks that can be configured across
cabinets: 2 EPSs): 8000 BTSs, 8000 cells, 24,000
TRXs, 150,000 Erl, 96,000 PDCHs, 5,200,000
integrated BHCA, 8 Gbit/s PS throughput
When one cabinet is configured, the specifications for
a BSC6910 working in different modes are as follows:
l UMTS (2 subracks: 1 MPS and 1 EPS): 3330
NodeBs, 6660 cells, 21,300,000 BHCA, 39.3 Gbit/
s PS throughput or 82,000 CS traffic (Erl)
l GSM (1 EPS): 8000 BTSs, 8000 cells, 8000 TRXs,
50000 Erl, 32000 PDCHs, 17300000 integrated
BHCA, 3 Gbit/s PS throughput
N68E-22 dimensions (H x W x D): 2200 mm x 600 mm x 800 mm (86.61

in. x 23.62 in. x 31.50 in.)
Size and
Weight
Cabinet weight 350 kg

Equipment room floor load-bearing capacity 450 kg/m2
Power Supply
48 V DC input
Input voltage: 40 V DC to 57 V DC
Each subrack requires four 60 A inputs.
Power
Consumption
7100 W per cabinet
NOTE
l The BSC specifications cannot be accumulated by the specifications of boards.

l The BSC specifications are designed based on customers' requirements and the product plan. During
product specification design, business factors and technical factors, such as system load and board
quantity limitations, are taken into consideration to define an equivalent system specification.
l The definition of BHCA in GSM is different from that in UMTS. The BHCA defined in UMTS is the
number of call attempts and the BHCA capability varies with the traffic model. The BHCA defined in
GSM is the maximum number of equivalent BHCA under Huawei traffic model. All user activities,
including CS location updates, CS handovers, PS TBF setups, PS TBF releases, and PS pagings, can
be converted into equivalent BHCA. This better reflects the impact of the traffic-model change on
system performance. In full configuration, when the BHCA reaches the maximum, the system reaches
the designed maximum processing capability if the average GCP CPU usage does not exceed 75% of
the average flow control threshold.
l The UMTS BHCA capacity is based on Smartphone traffic model, the UMTS PS throughput capacity
IS based on High-PS traffic model, which are defined in 6.1.1 UMTS Traffic Model.
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4 Product Configurations
Product Configurations
The configurations of the BSC6910 can be divided as follows:

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Configurations of hardware, including the cabinets, subracks, general processing units,

operation and maintenance units, network intelligent units, interface boards, and clock
boards
Configurations of hardware capacity licenses, including licenses for "Iub Total

Throughput", "Active User" and "Evolved Network Intelligence Throughput".
This chapter describes how to configure these hardware components and calculate the required
licenses.
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4.1 BSC6910 UMTS Configurations

This section describes how to configure hardware and calculate the number of required licenses
when the BSC6910 works in the UMTS mode.
The main hardware components of the BSC6910 UMTS are service processing units, interface
boards, clock boards, subracks, and cabinets. The following sections describe the hardware
configuration scenarios and configuration methods.
The capacity of UMTS BSC6910 depends on the number and the power consumption of EGPUa
boards and the hardware actual processing capacity in the traffic model. A maximum of 128
EGPUa boards can be configured on the UMTS BSC6910 with two cabinets, excluding the pair
of EGPUa boards fixed for resource management. The EGPUa board can process services on
the control plane (CP) and user plane (UP) at one time. In Huawei Smartphone traffic model, a
maximum of 64,000,000 BHCA can be achieved on the control plane. In Huawei heavy PS
traffic model, the maximum BHCA throughput reaches 120 Gbit/s on the user plane. However
the control and user plane cannot reach the maximum value at one time. The maximum traffic
volumes on the control and user planes are closely related to the traffic model. The following
figure shows the relationship between the BHCA and the PS throughput.
Figure 4-1 Relationship between capacity of control plane and use plane

The following table lists the cabinet configuration.
Table 4-1 Cabinet configuration
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Part Number
Description
Remarks
QM1B0PBCDP00
Cabinet
N/A

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Configuration principle:
A BSC6910 can be configured with a maximum of two cabinets. A maximum of three subracks
can be configured in each cabinet.
The number of cabinets required is calculated as follows:
1.
For a new site

Number of cabinets_1 = ROUNDUP [(Number of MPSs + Number of EPSs)/3]
The number of MPSs is 1.
Number of cabinets_2 = ROUNDUP [SUM(Power consumption of all boards + power
consumption of fan assemblies)/7100]
The power consumption of a single subrack on the BSC6910 is 4000 W. The maximum
power consumption of a single cabinet on the BSC6910 is 7100 W.
Item
Pavg (W)
Subarck (Two assemblies)
200
EXOUa/EGPUa/ENIUa/ EOMUa/
ESAUa
102
GOUc/FG2c/UOIc/ AOUc/ SCUb
80
GCGa/GCUa
20
Number of cabinets = MAX (Number of cabinets_1, Number of cabinets_2)

NOTE
l Average power consumption (Pavg) is the estimated value in a typical operating environment.
The maximum power consumption mentioned in hardware description is obtained when all
devices on boards are full-loaded. This maximum power consumption cannot be obtained under
the actual system running conditions. Therefore, Pavg is provided for power consumption
calculation.
l Maximum subrack power consumption is 4000 W (including the power consumption of fans)
which is obtained when all slots of the subrack are configured with boards. It is recommended
that power distribution be configured as 4000 W per subrack. This can save power distribution
adjustment upon future capacity expansion.
l Maximum cabinet power consumption is 7100 W which is the upper limit of the heat dissipation
capability in the equipment room and obtained based on survey and research. Therefore, the
maximum cabinet power consumption is not 12,000 W.
2.
For capacity expansion

Number of cabinets = Number of cabinets required after capacity expansion Number of
cabinets configured before capacity expansion

The following table lists the subrack configuration.
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Table 4-2 Subrack configuration

Part Number
Name
Description
QM1K00PBCS00
Subrack
Unified service
architecture basic subrack
Processes basic services.
The MPS and EPS of the BSC6910 have the same physical structure; that is, they both use the
PARCb subrack. The difference is that the MPS houses the EOMUa, GCUa, GCGa, and EGPUa
boards (used for resource management), which are not housed in the EPS.
MPS configuration principle:
A BSC6910 must be equipped with one MPS only.
The MPS configurations are as follows:
1.
Slot assignment:
l 89: EGPUa (Fixed)
l 1013: EOMUa (recommended)
l 1415: GCUa or GCGa (Fixed)
l 2021: SCUb (Fixed)
l Reserve a pair of slots for the EOMUa board.
2.
If the GPS clock is not required, each BSC6910 is configured with two GCUa boards,
working in 1+1 redundancy mode. If the GPS clock is required, each BSC6910 is configured
with two GCGa boards, working in 1+1 redundancy mode.
3.
The default number of ESAUa board is one for EBC. If the customer has purchased and
used Huawei Nastar or other OSS feature such as SON, one or two ESAUa boards need to
be configured in the MPS of the BSC6900. The number of ESAUa boards is up to OSS. It
is recommend ESAUa boards are configured in fixed slots(0,1,2,3) in MPS.
4.
The EGPUa/ENIUa boards can be inserted in any vacant slots excepting fixed slots. An
MPS can provide 14 slots for the EGPUa/ENIUa board.
5.
Interface boards can be inserted only in slots 16 to 19 and slots 22 to 27. It is not advised
that EGPUa and ENIUa be inserted into these slots.
6.
AOUc, UOIc, GOUc, FG2c, and EXOUa are interface boards.

The EXOUa board can be inserted only in slots 16 to 19 and slots 22 to 25.
AOUc, UOIc, GOUc and FG2c board can be inserted only in slots 16 to 19 and slots 22 to
27. Among them, slots 16 to 19 and 22 to 25 are preferred. An MPS provides 8 slots for
EXOUa boards and 10 slots for AOUc, UOIc, GOUc and FG2c boards.
7.
Number of interface board slots provided by the MPS: 8 slots for EXOUa boards and 10
for AOUc/UOIc/GOUc/FG2c boards.
8.
An MPS provides 14 universal slots.
9.
It is recommended that the Iur-P interface board be configured in the MPS.
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The EPS configurations are as follows:

1.
Slots 20 and 21 are reserved for the SCUb board.
2.
The EGPUa/ENIUa boards can be inserted in any vacant slots excepting fixed slots; that
is, the EPS can provide 26 slots for the EGPUa/ ENIUa board.
3.
that EGPUa and ENIUa be inserted into these slots.
4.
AOUc, UOIc, GOUc, FG2c, and EXOUa are interface boards.

For the EXOUa board, only slots 16 to 19 and slots 22 to 25 are available.
For the AOUc, UOIc, GOUc, and FG2c board, slots 14 to 19 and slots 22 to 27 are all
available. And slots 16 to 19 and slots 22 to 25 are preferred. An EPS provides 8 slots for
EXOUa boards and 12 slots for AOUc, UOIc, GOUc and FG2c boards.
5.
Number of interface board slots provided by the EPS: 8 slots for EXOUa boards and 12
for AOUc/UOIc/GOUc/FG2c boards.
6.
An EPS provides 26 universal slots.
The number of required EPSs is calculated as follows:

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Number of required EPSs_1 = ROUNDUP [(Number of required EXOUa boards
Number of EXOUa boards that can be housed in an MPS)/Number of EXOUa boards
that can be housed in an EPS]
If the number of required EXOUa boards is smaller than that can be housed in an MPS,
the number of required EPSs is 0.
The MPS provides a maximum of 14 EGPUa boards.
The EPS provides a maximum of 26 EGPUa boards.
Number of required EPSs_2 = ROUNDUP [(Number of required interface boards
Number of interface boards that can be housed in an MPS)/Number of interface boards
If the number of required interface boards is smaller than that can be housed in an MPS,
the number of required EPSs_2 is 0.
The EPS provides a maximum of 8 EXOUa boards.
Number of required EPSs_3 = ROUNDUP [(Number of required EGPUa boards + Number

of required interface boards Number of universal slots provided by the MPS)/Number of
universal slots provided by one EPS]
If the number of required EGPUa boards and interface boards is smaller than the number
of universal slots provided by the MPS, the number of required EPSs_3 is 0.
The EPS provides a maximum of 10 interface boards.
The EPS provides a maximum of 12 interface boards.
Number of required EPSs_4 = ROUNDUP [(Number of required EGPUa boards + Number

of required interface boards + Number of required ENIUa boards - Number of universal
slots provided by the MPS)/Number of universal slots provided by one EPS]
If (Number of required EGPUa boards + Number of required interface boards) < Number
of universal slots provided by the MPS, the Number of required EPSs_4 is 0.
NOTE
Number of required EGPUa boards does not include the number of the fixed EGPUa boards in the main
subrack for resource management.
The MPS provides a maximum of 18 universal slots.

The EPS provides a maximum of 26 universal slots.
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Number of EPSs = MAX (Number of required EPSs_1, Number of required EPSs_2,

Number of required EPSs_3)

Number of required EPSs = Number of EPSs required after capacity expansion Number
of EPSs configured before capacity expansion
4.1.3 Impact of the Traffic Model on Configurations

Technical specifications of the BSC6910 are subject to the traffic model.
Specifications of the BSC6910 are subject to the traffic model.
1.
On the user plane

The CPU overload threshold of the BSC6910 is 70%.
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The capabilities of the EGPUa (on the user plane) and ENIUa are calculated in the traffic
model when the CPU usage reaches 70% and the PS RAB uplink/downlink rate is 64/384
kbit/s, which is the average rate of PS services and is independent from specific bearer type.
In this case, the PS throughput of the EGPUa is 2000 Mbit/s. 2000Mbit/s is also the
maximum design specification,. But in the real commercial networks, as the rapid growth
up of smart phone penetration, user plane is characterized by numerous small packets,
which leads the real throughput capacity of EGPUa cannot reach 2000Mbit/s, but decreases
with the decrement of PS RAB mean data rate in active state, as shown in Figure 4-2.
Figure 4-2 Relationship between Throughput Capacity of EGPUa UP only board and mean
data rate
PS RAB mean data rate in active state(UL+DL) = PS throughput per subscriber in BH

*3600/( PS call per sub per BH * mean hold time in Cell_DCH&Cell_FACH per PS call).
Table 4-3 Some typical PS RAB mean data rates in active state and corresponding PS
Throughput supported by EGPUa UP only board
Mean data rate (UL/DL kbps)
8/8
8/32
32/32
64/64
64/128
64/384
Throughput Capacity of
EGPUa UP board(Mbps)
222
610
800
1250
1540
2000
If PS RAB Mean data rate in active state (UL+DL)(kbps) ranges [0, 16], PS Throughput
Capacity per EGPUa UP(Mbps) = PS RAB Mean data rate * 13.75.
Capacity per EGPUa UP (Mbps) = 220+(PS RAB Mean data rate 16)* 16.67.
Capacity per EGPUa UP (Mbps) =620 + (PS RAB Mean data rate 40) * 5.83.
Capacity per EGPUa UP (Mbps) = 760 + (PS RAB Mean data rate 64) * 5.63.
Capacity per EGPUa UP (Mbps) = 1120 + (PS RAB Mean data rate 128) * 5.88.
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Capacity per EGPUa UP (Mbps) = 1520 + (PS RAB Mean data rate 128) * 1.
If PS RAB Mean data rate in active state (UL+DL)(kbps) ranges [448, ], PS Throughput
Capacity per EGPUa UP (Mbps) = 2000.
2.
Transmission and forwarding capacity of interface boards

For EXOUa, Data forwarding capacity (unit: bit/s) is measured by the throughput. The
throughput depends on the average packet length and packet forwarding capacity (unit:
packet per second, pps) in the following formula:
Throughput (bit/s) = Average packet length x Packet forwarding capacity (pps)
The board packet forwarding capacity is fixed as follows:
EXPUa: 8400000 pps
Generally, the throughput decreases with the decrement of packet length. However the
packet length is uncertain when you plan pre-sale configurations.
We provide some typical capacity in real commercial networks as follows for reference:
The typical transmission packet length of Iub interface is 150Bytes.
The typical transmission packet length of Iu-PS interface is 750Bytes.
EXOUa Iub interface board throughput (Gbps)= Min(The typical transmission packet
length of Iub interface * pps * transmission efficiency, 10) = Min
(150*8*8400000*0.8/1000000000, 10) = 8 (Gbps)
EXOUa IuPS interface board throughput (Gbps)= Min(The typical transmission packet
length of Iub interface * pps * transmission efficiency, 10) = Min
(750*8*8400000*0.8/1000000000, 10) = 10 (Gbps)
3.
On the control plane

The CPU overload threshold of the BSC6910 is 70% and base load is 10%.
BHCA supported by an EGPUa (for the control plane) board = (70% 10%)/CPU usage
consumed by a call
The CPU usage consumed by a single call is associated with the traffic model. When the
traffic model is changed, the available CPU usage of one EGPUa (for the control plane)
board remains unchanged (60%), but the CPU usage consumed by a single call changes.
Therefore, the BHCA supported by an EGPUa (for the control plane) board varies according
to the traffic model.
The traffic model on a live network changes with time and user equipment (UE) behavior.
Therefore, the system may be congested because of limited control plane processing
resources, even when the traffic in the network does not reach the claimed capacity (Erl or
throughput). When the traffic model changes, it is necessary to recalculate the control plane
processing resources required by the network. Then, necessary processing modules and
interface boards must be added according to the requirements.
4.1.4 Hardware Capacity License Configurations

The BSC6910 V100R015C00 supports the licenses for the following control items:
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"Iub Total Throughput" (including CS and PS traffic)
"Active User" (including users whose status is CELL_DCH or CELL_FACH)
"Evolved Network Intelligence Throughput"
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Table 4-4 Service boards and license control items

Service Board &
License Control Item
Specifications
EGPUa
Processes services and

allocates resources on the
user plane and control
plane.
All resource of the EGPUa board

used for user plane: 2000 Mbit/s (PS
throughput, based on Huawei High
PS traffic model) or 10,050 CS
traffic (Erl), 1400 cells, and 35,000
active users, 70000 Online Users
All resource of the EGPUa board
used for control plane: 1,668,000
BHCA (based on Huawei's
Smartphone traffic model), 700
NodeBs or 1400 cells, and 28,000
active users, 70000 Online Users
EGPUa board is always used as
CP&UP sharing board, the real
specifications of one EGPUa board
should be calculted by the ratio of
CP/UP.
Iub Total Throughput
Hardware capacity
license: Controls the Iub
interface throughput.
Max: 120 Gbit/s; Step: 50 Mbit/s
Active User
Hardware capacity
license: Controls the
number of active users.
Max: 1,000,000; Step: 1000
ENIUa
Evolved Network
Intelligence Unit
PS throughput: 8000 Mbit/s
Network Intelligence
Throughput License
Evolved Network
Intelligence Throughput
License
Maximum160 Evolved Network

Intelligence Throughput License,
one license: 50 Mbit/s.
Iub Total Throughput

The control item "Iub Total Throughput" covers both the CS and PS service traffic with a
step of 50 Mbit/s. The value of this control item is determined by the number of EGPUa
(for the user plane) boards. With this control item, the throughput processing capabilities
of the existing hardware are improved at a step of 50 Mbit/s.
Active User
The control item "Active User" refers to the number of users whose status is CELL_DCH
or CELL_FACH. The step is 1000. The value of this control item is determined by the
number of EGPUa (for the control plane) boards. With this control item, the number of
active users supported by the existing hardware is increased at a step of 1000.
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Network Intelligence Throughput License

This license can be configured for a network intelligence unit ENIUa(QM1D00ENIU00)
to increase the SA(Service Awareness) processing capability. Maximum of 160 network
intelligence throughput licenses can be configured for one ENIUa. Network intelligence
throughput licenses can be shared among the ENIUa boards of a single BSC6910 UMTS.
That is, evolved network intelligence throughput licenses form a resource pool and are not
bound to specific boards. In RAN15.0, each ENIUa provides a maximum PS throughput
of 8000 Mbit/s. Evolved Network intelligence throughput licenses are not automatically
moved with hardware. For example, when an ENIUa is moved from one BSC6910 UMTS
to another, its evolved network intelligence throughput licenses are not moved.

The following table lists the specifications of service processing modules.
Table 4-5 Specifications of service processing modules
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Name
Description
Function
Specifications
Remarks
EGPUa
Evolved
General
Processing
Unit (for the
user plane)
Processes
services and
allocates
resources on
the user plane
and control
plane.
All resource of the

EGPUa board used f
or user plane: 2000
Mbit/s (PS
throughput, based on
High-PS traffic
model) or 10,050 CS
traffic (Erl), 1400
cells, and 28,000
active users
PS throughput is
calculated based on
the UL/DL rate 64/384
kbit/s.
All resource of the

EGPUa board used f
or control plane:
1,668,000 BHCA
(based on
Smartphone traffic
model), 700 NodeBs
or 1400 cells, 35,000
active users
The BHCA is
calculated based on
Huawei's Smartphone
traffic model.

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Name
Description
Function
Specifications
Remarks
When control plane and user plane sharing one

EGPUa board, the real capacity of EGPUa
board should be calculation by the ratio of CP/
UP subsystem in this board. Eg. Ratio of CP
subsystem in the EGPUa board is p%,
PS Throughput:2000Mbps * (1-p%) (based on
High-PS traffic model) or 10,050 CS Erlang *
(1-p%);
Cell: Min{1400*p%, 1400*(1-p%)};
NodeB: Min{700*p%, 700*(1-p%)};
Active User: Min{35000*p%, 28000*(1-p
%)};
Online User: 70,000 * p%.
ENIUa
Evolved
Network
Intelligence
Unit
Provides
intelligent
service
identification.
PS throughput: 8000 Mbit/s
NOTE
Active User refers to users whose status is CELL_DCH or CELL_FACH.
The EGPUa board can process services on both the user plane and control plane. You can
calculate the number of EGPUa boards required by the control plane and that required by the
user plane, and then add the two numbers to obtain the total number of required EGPUa boards.
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Item
Descripti
on
Value
Format
Prerequisites
Calculatio
n of the
Board
Quantity
Iub PS
through
put
PS
throughpu
t over the
a Mbit/s
PS RAB mean data rate in

active state(UL+DL) = PS
throughput per subscriber in
BH *3600/( PS call per sub per
BH * mean hold time in
Cell_DCH&Cell_FACH per
PS call).
a' = a Mbps/
Throughput
Capacity
If PS RAB Mean data rate in

active state (UL+DL)(kbps)
ranges [0, 16], PS Throughput
Capacity per EGPUa UP
(Mbps) = PS RAB Mean data
rate * 13.75.
ranges [16, 40], PS
Throughput Capacity per
EGPUa UP (Mbps) = 220+(PS
RAB Mean data rate 16)*
16.67.
ranges [40, 64], PS
EGPUa UP (Mbps) =620 + (PS
RAB Mean data rate 40) *
5.83.
ranges [64, 128], PS
EGPUa UP (Mbps) = 760 +
(PS RAB Mean data rate 64)
* 5.63.
ranges [128, 196], PS
* 5.88.
ranges [196, 448], PS
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Item
Descripti
on
Value
Format
Iub
interface
Prerequisites
Calculatio
n of the
Board
Quantity

* 1.
per EGPUa
UP(Mbps)

ranges [448, ], PS
EGPUa UP (Mbps) = 2000.
Iub CS
traffic
CS traffic
over the
Iub
interface
b Erl
N/A
b' = b/
10,050
Active
users
Number of
active
users
N/A
n' = n/
28,000
Cell
number
Number of
cells
managed
by the
RNC
N/A
c' = c/1400
It is
determined
based on the
network plan.
The number of EGPUa boards required for the user plane is calculated using the following
formula:
N_EGPUa_UP = max(a' + b', c', n')
The number of licenses required for "Iub Total Throughput" is calculated using the
following formula:
N_EGPUa_Iub_License = ROUNDUP[(a+ b *24.4/1000)/50 Mbit/s]
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Item
Description
Value Format
Prerequisites
BHCA
requirement
BHCA
required by
the network
Assume that the b' = b/x

BHCA in this
traffic model is
x.
It is calculated
based on the
number of users
and traffic
model.

Calculation of
the Board
Quantity
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Item
Description
Value Format
Active users
Number of
active users
NodeB
number
Number of
NodeBs
managed by
the RNC
nb
Cell number
Number of
cells
managed by
the RNC
Prerequisites
Calculation of
the Board
Quantity
n' = n/35,000
It is calculated
based on the
number of users
and traffic
model.
nb' = nb/700
(It is determined
based on the
network plan.)
c' = c/1400
(It is determined
based on the
network plan.)
The number of EGPUa boards required for the control plane is calculated using the
following formula:
N_EGPUa_CP = max(b', n', nb', c')
N_EGPUa = ROUNDUP(N_EGPUa_CP + N_EGPUa_UP)
The number of hardware capacity licenses required for "Active User" is calculated using
the following formula:
N_EGPUa_ActiveUser_License = ROUNDUP (n/1000)
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Redundancy Configurations for Service Processing Modules:

The EGPUa board can process services on both the control plane and user plane. All the
EGPUa boards (for both the user plane and control plane) form a resource pool and work
in the N+1 redundancy mode.
Configuring ENIUa Boards Required by the User Plane and Hardware Capacity License
Item
Descriptio
n
Value Format
Iub PS
throughput
PS
throughput
over the Iub
interface
a Mbit/s
Prerequisites
Calculation of
the Board
Quantity
a' = a/8000
If the SA(Service Awareness) function needs to be provided, ENIUa must be configured.

The number of ENIUa boards required:
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N_ NIUa = ROUNDUP (a/8000) ;

Evolved Network Intelligence Throughput License = ROUNDUP (a/50)
NOTE
The ENIUa can enable hardware processing capability only when "Evolved Network Intelligence
Processing Throughput(per 50Mbps)" is loaded.
Configuration Principle of ESAUa Boards

The default number of SAU board is one for EBC. If the customer has purchased and used
Huawei Nastar or other OSS feature such as SON, one or two SAUc boards need to be
configured in the MPS of the BSC6900. The number of SAUc boards is up to OSS.
Configuration Scenarios
Number of SAU boards

(pcs)
Nastar Only
At least one in EBC and SON
Nastar, and at least one in EBC and SON

The BSC6910 supports the following interfaces:
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GE electrical interface
GE optical interface
10GE optical interface
Channelized STM-1 interface
Unchannelized STM-1 interface
Table 4-6 Interface boards
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Description
Interface
GOUc
IP Interface Unit (4 GE, Optical)
Iub/Iu/Iur/Iur-p/Iur-g
FG2c
IP Interface Unit (12 FE/4 GE, Electric)
AOUc
ATM Interface Unit (4 STM-1,

Channelized)
Iub
UOIc
ATM Interface Unit (8 STM-1,

Unchannelized)
Iub/Iu/Iur
EXOUa
Evolved 10GE Optical interface Unit (2

10GE)

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Table 4-7 Iub/Iur/Iur-g/Iur-p interface specifications

Board
Iub/Iur/Iur-g/Iur-p
Number of
Connected
NodeBs
CID/UDP
Voice
(Erl)
VP
(Erl)
UL
(Mbit/s)
DL
(Mbit/s)
UL+DL
(Mbit/s)
FG2c/
GOUc
18,000
18,00
0
2600
2600
2600
500
129,000
AOUc
18,000
5500
300
300
600
500
79,000
UOIc
18,000
9000
800
800
1200
500
79,000
EXOUa
75,000
75,00
0
8000
8000
10,000
1500
1,000,000
Table 4-8 Iu-CS/Iu-PS interface specifications

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Iu-PS
Voice
(Erl)
VP(Erl)
UL
(Mbit/s)
DL(Mbit/
s)
UL
+DL
(Mbit/
s)
IU PS
on-line
users
(TEID)
IU PS
Session
setup/
release
times
FG2c/
GOUc
18,000
9000
3200
3200
3200
200,000
5000
UOIc
18,000
9000
900
900
1800
120,000
5000
EXOUa
75,000
37,500
10,000
10,000
10,000
500,000
50,000

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NOTE
l The values of UL (Mbit/s), DL (Mbit/s), and DL (Mbit/s) are calculated based on the UL/DL rate
64/384 kbit/s.
l The service processing specifications of the Iur interface are the same as those of the Iub interface.
l The preceding tables list the maximum processing capabilities of boards. For example, values in the
Number of Connected NodeBs indicate the maximum numbers of NodeBs that can be connected. The
actual number of NodeBs is restricted by the throughput.
l VP in the preceding tables refers to the 64 kbit/s video phone service
l One active CS user consumes two CIDs/UDPs on the Iub interface board, and one active HSPA PS
user consumes three CIDs/UDPs on the Iub interface board.
l One active CS user consumes one CID/UDP on the Iu-CS interface board, and PS user consumes one
"IU PS online users"(TEID Tunnel Endpoint ID) on the Iu-PS interface board.
l Online users: specify the users in the RRC connection, including CELL_DCH, CELL_FACH,
CELL_PCH, and URA_PCH users. Active users: specify the users in CELL_DCH or CELL_FACH
status.
l The number of session setups/releases indicates the signaling processing capability of interface boards
and is applicable to the IuPS interfaces. The following table lists the mapping between the interface
signaling processing requirements and the traffic model.
Table 4-9 Session setup/release times in IuPS for every signaling procedure in traffic model
Control plane traffic parameter
Unit
IuPS session setup/

release times
CS voice call per subscriber per BH
times
Handover times per CS voice call (Inter/Intra RNC

soft handover)
times/call
PS call per subscriber per BH
times
Handover times per PS call (Inter/Intra RNC soft

handover)
times/call
PS channel switch per PS call
times/call
0.5
Cell update per PS call
times/call
0.5
NAS signaling per subscriber per BH(times)
times/per
subscriber
The following table lists the network factors that must be considered during interface board
configurations.
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Interfac
e
Item
Description
Remarks
Iub
Iub
transmission
type
Iub interface
transmission type
It is determined based on the

network plan.
The BSC6910 supports the
following Iub networking modes:
l FE Electrical (IP)
l GE Optical (IP)
l 10GE Optical (IP)
l Unchannelized STM-1 (ATM)
l Channelized STM-1 (ATM)
Iu-CS
Iub PS
throughput
PS throughput over
the Iub interface
They are calculated based on the

number of users and traffic model.
Iub CS traffic
CS traffic over the Iub

interface
Iub active users

(CID/UDP)
Number of transport
bearers for active
users supported by the
Iub interface of the
RNC
NodeB quantity
Number of NodeBs
managed by the RNC

network plan.
Iu-CS
transmission
type
Iu-CS interface
transmission type

network plan.
following Iu-CS networking modes:
l GE Optical (IP)
l 10GE Optical (IP)
l Unchannelized STM-1 (ATM)
l Channelized STM-1 (ATM)
Iu-CS CS traffic
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It is calculated based on the number

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Interfac
e
Item
Description
Remarks
Iu-PS
Iu-PS
transmission
type
Iu-PS interface
transmission type

network plan.
following Iu-PS networking modes:
l GE Optical (IP)
l 10GE Optical (IP)
l Unchannelized STM-1(ATM)
Iu-PS
throughput
Iu interface PS service
traffic
Iu-PS online
users
Number of online
users over the Iu-PS
connecting to the
RNC
IuPS session
set-up and
release
requirement in
BH
Number of sessions
that need to be
supported on the IuPS interface of RNC
It is calculated based on the number

of users and traffic model.
The following table shows how to configure the Iub interface board, (Iur interface is similar to
Iub interface).
Iub
Item
Description
Prerequisites
Iub
transmission
type
It is determined based
on the network plan.
The board
specification is
determined based on
the interface type.
The BSC6910 supports

the following Iub
networking modes:
Calculation of
the Board
Quantity
l GE Electrical (IP)
l GE Optical (IP)
l 10GE Optical (IP)
l Unchannelized
STM-1 (ATM)
l Channelized
STM-1 (ATM)
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Item
Description
Prerequisites
Calculation of
the Board
Quantity
Iub PS
throughput
a Mbit/s
Calculate the Board

real capacity for PS
throughput in Iub
interface(Gbps)=
Min[Transmission
packet length of Iub
interface (Byte) * 8 *
8400000 * 80%/
1,000,000,000,
10],or,
For EXOUa
board: a' = a/
Board real
capacity for PS
throughput in
Iub interface
(The calculation
method is the same as
that of the EGPUa UP.)
useing the default

recommended value:
8Gbps,corresponding to mean transport
packet length of
150Byte.
Iub CS
traffic
b Erl
Iub active
users (CID/
UDP)
an
NodeB
quantity
nb'
(The calculation
method is the same as
that of the EGPUa UP.)
(It refers to the number

of active users
supported by the Iub
interface. )
(It is determined based

on the network plan.)
For GOUa/
FG2c/ATM
interface board:
a' = a/ Board
specification
b' = b/Board
specification
an' = an/Board
specification
nb' = nb/Board
specification
The number of Iub boards required by the network is calculated as follows:

N_IF_IUB = ROUNDUP(MAX(a'+ b', n', nb'))
The configuration method of the Iu-CS, Iu-PS and Iur interfaces are similar to that of the Iub
interface (without considering the NodeB).
For Iur interace, if there are several Iur interaces which do not share ports with each other, the
port requirement and port specification of each interface board should be take into account.
The following table shows how to configure the IuCS/IuPS interface board
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Iu
Item
Description
Limitations
Calculation of the
Board Quantity
IuPS
Throughput
IuPS_a Mbps
Calculate the Board real

capacity for PS throughput
in IuPS interface(Gbps)
=Min[ Transmission packet
length of Iub interface
(Byte) 8*8400000 * 80%/
1000000000, 10], or,
1. EXOUa board: a' =

IuPS_a Mpbs/
IuPS real
specification of
EXOUa board.
useing the default

recommended value: 10
(Gbps).
a' = IuPS_a / Board

IuPS specification
2. FG2c board and

ATM boards:
IuCS Traffic
IuCS_b Erl
b' = IuCS_b / Board

Erlang specification
IuPS on-line
users
IuPS_users
c' = IuPS_users/Board
TEID specificaiton
IuPS session
set-up and
release
requirement
in BH
IuPS_session
s
d' = IuPS_sessions/IuPS session setup and

release requirement
If IuPS and IuCS share interface board:

N_INT_Iu(pair) = ROUNDUP[Max(a' + b', c', d')]
If IuPS and IuCS not share interface board:
N_INT_IuCS(pair) = ROUNDUP(b')
N_INT_IuPS(pair) = ROUNDUP[Max(a', c', d')]
N_INT_Iu(pair) = N_INT_IuCS + N_INT_IuPS
Redundancy Configuration for Interface Boards
The interface boards support the following backup modes:
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1+1 backup mode (Double the number of required interface boards calculated based on
actual network capacity.)
N+1 backup mode (This mode applies only to IP interface boards where the resource pools
are enabled.)
Only GOUc, FG2c, EXOUa boards support the N+1 backup mode.
By default, the 1+1 backup mode is used. In this mode, the number of required interface boards
is calculated as follows:
Sum (Iub, Iu-CS, Iu-PS, Iur) x 2
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In N+1 backup mode, if Iur, Iu-CS, and Iu-PS interfaces share one board, the number of interface
boards = ROUNDUP ((SUM(Iu-CS interfaces, Iu-PS interfaces, Iur interfaces) + 1).
If Iur, Iu-CS, and Iu-PS interfaces are separately configured on different boards, the number of
interface boards + SUM[(ROUNDUP (Iu-CS interfaces)+1, ROUNDUP(IUPS)+1, ROUNDUP
(IUR)+1)]. If some of Iur, Iu-CS, and Iu-PS interfaces share one board, the number of interface
boards is calculated based on the proceeding two formulas.
4.1.7 Configuration Principles of Interface Boards and Service

Boards
Service boards and interface boards must be distributed evenly among subracks to reduce the
CPU and swapping resources consumed during inter-subrack swaps and avoid traffic volume
restrictions caused by limited inter-subrack bandwidths. Assume that there are 12 GPU (for the
control plane) boards, 9 GPU (for the user plane) boards, 3 EXOUa boards, and 3 subracks.
Then, it is recommended that four GPU (for control plane) boards, three GPU (for the user plane)
boards, and one EXOUa board be configured in each subrack.
Iu interface boards in each subrack form a resource pool. A route to the core network is
configured on each Iu interface board.
Iub interface boards in each subrack form a transmission resource pool. Routes to all the NodeBs
are configured on each Iub interface board.
4.1.8 Board Redundancy Types

The following table lists the board redundancy types.
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Table 4-10 Board Redundancy Types

Board
Description
Redundancy Type
Number of Slots
EGPUa
Evolved General
Processing Unit
N+1 backup mode in the

resource pool
Any universal slots
EOMUa
Evolved
Operation and
Maintenance Unit
Active/standby mode
An EOMUa board is installed in

two slots in the MPS only.
Active and standby boards are
installed in four consecutive
slots starting with an oddnumbered slot. All the boards
are configured in the same plane
(rear or back plane).
ESAUa
Evolved Service
Aware Unit
Separately configured
Zero, one, or two ESAUa boards

are installed and every ESAUa
board occupies two slots.
EXOUa
Evolved 10GE
Optical interface
Unit
Active/standby mode
(recommended);
Any universal slots
ENIUa
Evolved Network
Intelligence Unit

resource pool
Any universal slots
SCUb
GE Switching
network and
Control Unit
Active/standby mode
Fixed slots
FG2c
IP Interface Unit
(12 FE/4 GE,
Electric)
Active/standby mode
(recommended);
Any universal slots
IP Interface Unit
(4 GE, Optical)
Active/standby mode
(recommended);
GOUc

resource pool

resource pool
Any universal slots

resource pool
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AOUc
ATM Interface
Unit (4 STM-1,
Channelized)
Active/standby mode
Of the two boards in each pair,

one must be installed in an oddnumbered slot and the other in
an adjacent even-numbered slot.
UOIc
ATM Interface
Unit (8 STM-1,
Unchannelized)
Active/standby mode
Of the two boards in each pair,

one must be installed in an oddnumbered slot and the other in
an adjacent even-numbered slot.
GCUa
General Clock
Unit
Active/standby mode
Fixed slots

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Board
Description
Redundancy Type
Number of Slots
GCGa
GPS&Clock
Processing Unit
Active/standby mode
Fixed slots
4.1.9 Auxiliary Material Configurations

The following table lists the auxiliary materials.
Table 4-11 Auxiliary materials
Part Number
Description
Remarks
QW1P00GEOM00
GE Optical Connector
GE optical module
QW1P0STMOM00
STM-1 Optical Connector
STM-1optical module
QM1P00GEOM01
10GE Optical Connector
10GE optical module
QW1P0FIBER00
Optical Fiber
Optical fiber
QW1P0000IM00
Installation Material Package
Installation material
suite
QMAI00EDOC00
Documentation
Electronic
documentation
WP1B4PBCBN00
Cabinet
Cabinet
Configuration principle of GE optical modules (QW1P00GEOM00):

The GE optical modules are fully configured on optical interface boards.
Number of GE optical modules = Number of WP1D000GOU01s x 4
Configuration principle of STM-1 optical modules (QW1P0STMOM00):

The STM-1 optical modules are fully configured on optical interface boards.
Number of STM-1 optical modules = (Number of WP1D000AOU01s) x 4 + (Number of
WP1D000UOI01s) x 8
Configuration principle of 10GE optical modules (QM1P00GEOM01):

The 10GE optical modules are fully configured on optical interface boards.
Number of 10GE optical modules = Number of QM1D00EXOU00 x 2
Configuration principle of the optical fibers (QW1P0FIBER00):

The optical cables are configured according to the number of optical modules required in
the BSC6910.
Number of optical fibers = (Number of 10GE optical modules + Number of GE optical
modules) x 2
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One installation material suite is configured for each BSC6910 cabinet

(WP1B4PBCBN00).
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Configuration principle of the electronic documentation (QMAI00EDOC00):

A set of electronic documentation is delivered with each BSC6910.
4.1.10 Description of Restrictions on Inter-Subrack Switching

A pair of active and standby SCUb boards can process data at 40 Gbit/s on the physical layer.
The SCUb boards in various subracks are connected in chain mode.
If either of the active and standby board becomes faulty, the processing capability is halved.
If the SCU boards are not evenly configured among the subracks or services are not evenly
deployed among the subracks, the volume of inter-subrack data flows may sharply increase.
Once the volume exceeds the capacity, services are interrupted. Therefore, all types of boards
should be evenly configured among subracks, services should be evenly deployed, and the userplane capacity should be similar.
For example,
There are 15 EGPUa boards, 8 pairs of GOUc boards for the Iub interface, and 6 subracks. Based
on the preceding configuration principles, each subrack should be configured with two or three
EGPUa boards, one or two pairs of GOUc boards. The subrack with more EGPUa boards should
be configured with more GOUc boards. The following table lists a recommended configuration.
Subrack
Number of EGPUa Boards
Number of GOUc Boards (pair)
MPS
EPS 1
EPS 2
EPS 3
EPS 4
EPS 5
4.2 BSC6910 GSM Configurations

This section describes hardware configurations and how to calculate the number of required
licenses when the BSC6910 works in the GO mode.

The following table lists the cabinet configuration.
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Table 4-12 Cabinet configurations

Part Number
Description
Remarks
QM1B0PBCDP00
Cabinet
N/A
A BSC6910 GSM can be configured with one cabinet to achieve maximum capacity. A
maximum of three subracks can be configured in each cabinet.
In GU mode, the three subracks can be distributed in two cabinets.

The following table lists the subrack configuration.
Table 4-13 Subrack Configurations
Part Number
Name
Description
QM1K00PBCS00
Subrack
Unified service
architecture basic subrack
Processes basic services.
The MPS and EPS of the BSC6910 have the same physical structure; that is, they both use the
PARCb subrack. The difference is that the MPS houses the EOMUa, GCUa, GCGa, and EGPUa/
EXPUa (for resource management) boards, which are not housed in the EPS.
Table 4-14 Fixed board configurations
Board
Logical
Function
Description
Function
Description
Configuration
Principle
EGPUa
RMP
Resource
Management
Processing
Provides the
resource
management
function.
One pair of boards is

configured on the
BSC in 1+1 backup
mode. The board is the
same as that used by
the universal service
processor (USP).
OMU
Evolved
Operation and
Maintenance
Unit
Provides the
evolved operation
and maintenance
function.

configured on the
BSC in 1+1 backup
mode. Each EOMUa
board is installed in
two slots.
/EXPUa
EOMUa
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Board
Logical
Function
Description
Function
Description
Configuration
Principle
SCUb
SCU
GE Switching
network and
Control Unit
Provides the PS
switching and
control function.

installed in each
subrack in 1+1 backup
mode. A maximum of
three pairs can be
configured on the
BSC.
GCUa/
GCGa
GCU
General Clock
unit (with GPS)
Provides the
general clock. The
GCGa supports
the GPS function.

configured on the
BSC in 1+1 backup
mode.
MPS configuration principle:

A BSC6910 must be equipped with one MPS only.
The MPS configurations are as follows:
1.
Slot assignment:
l 89: EGPUa/EXPUa (Fixed)
l 1013: EOMUa (recommended)
l 1415: GCUa or GCGa (Fixed)
l 2021: SCUb (Fixed)
2.
If the GPS clock is not required, each BSC6910 is configured with two GCUa boards,
working in 1+1 redundancy mode. If the GPS clock is required, each BSC6910 is configured
with two GCGa boards, working in 1+1 redundancy mode.
3.
If the customer uses Huawei Nastar/SON, 1~2 pcs ESAUa boards are required and be
inserted in slot 0~3 commended. MPS needs to reserve 4 slots for ESAUa even if the ESAUa
boards are not configured temporarily.
4.
The EGPUa/EXPUa boards can be inserted in any vacant slots excepting fixed slots. An
MPS can provide 14 slots for the EGPUa/EXPUa board.
5.
that EPUa and ESAUa be inserted into these slots.
6.
GOUc, FG2c, EXOUa and POUc are interface boards.

The EXOUa boards can be inserted only in slots 16 to 19 and slots 22 to 25.
The POUc, GOUc, and FG2c boards can be inserted only in slots 16 to 19 and slots 22 to
27. Among them, slots 16 to 19 and 22 to 25 are preferred.
7.
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consist of 8 10GE slots and 2 GE slots. The EXOUa board is installed in only 10GE slots
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EPS configuration principle:

The EPS configurations are as follows:
1.
Slots 20 and 21 are reserved for the SCUb board.
2.
If the customer uses Huawei Nastar, one ESAUa board is required and can be inserted in
any vacant slot.
3.
The EGPUa/EXPUa boards can be inserted in any vacant slots excepting fixed slots; that
is, the EPS can provide 26 slots for the EGPUa/EXPUa board.
4.
that EPUa and ESAUa be inserted into these slots.
5.
GOUc, FG2c, EXOUa and POUc are interface boards.

The EXOUa boards can be inserted only in slots 16 to 19 and slots 22 to 25.
The POUc, GOUc, and FG2c boards can be inserted only in slots 14 to 19 and slots 22 to
27. Among them, slots 16 to 19 and 22 to 25 are preferred.
6.
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consist of 8 10GE slots and 4 GE slots. The EXOUa board is installed in only 10GE slots
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The number of required EPSs is calculated as follows:

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For a new site

Number of required EPSs_1 = ROUNDUP ((Number of required EXOUa boards
Number of EXOUa boards that can be housed in an MPS)/Number of EXOUa boards
that can be housed in an EPS,0)
If the number of required EXOUa boards is smaller than that can be housed in an MPS,
the number of required EPSs is 0.
Number of required EPSs_2 = ROUNDUP [(Number of required interface boards
Number of interface boards that can be housed in an MPS)/Number of interface boards
If the number of required interface boards is smaller than that can be housed in an MPS,
the number of required EPSs_2 is 0.
Number of required EPSs_3 = ROUNDUP [(Number of required EGPUa/EXPUa
boards + Number of required interface boards Number of universal slots provided by
the MPS)/Number of universal slots provided by one EPS]
If the number of required EGPUa/EXPUa boards and interface boards is smaller than
the number of universal slots provided by the MPS, the number of required EPSs_3 is
0.
Number of EPSs = MAX (Number of required EPSs_1, Number of required EPSs_2,
Number of required EPSs_3)

Number of required EPSs = Number of EPSs required after capacity expansion Number
of EPSs configured before capacity expansion
Cabinet power consumption calculation

The maximum power supply a subrack is 4000 W. The maximum power consumption of a
cabinet is 7100 W.
The calculation formulas are as follows:
System power consumption = Pavg of the power consumption of all boards + Pavg of the fan
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Board
Pavg
Fan
200
EGPUa/EXPUa/ENIUa/EXOUa
102
GOUc/FG2c/POUc
80
GCGa/GCUa
20
SCUb
80
EOMUa/ESAUa
102
4.2.3 Hardware Capacity License Configurations and Product

Specifications
The BSC6910 V100R015C00 supports the licenses for the following control items:
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"BSC HW TRX Capacity (per TRX)"
"BSC HW PDCH Capacity (per PDCH)"
"Smart Service Processing Throughput (per 50 Mbps)"
Hardware
Description
LGMIBHTC
BSC TRX Hardware Capacity (per TRX)
LGMIBHDC
BSC PDCH Hardware Capacity (per PDCH)
LGW1DPIHC02
Smart Service Processing Throughput (per 50 Mbps)
BSC HW TRX Capacity (per TRX)- LGMIBHTC

BSC HW TRX Capacity (per TRX) represents the number of activated TRXs, which ranges
from 0 to 24,000. The BSC calculates the number of activated TRXs after new BTSs, cells
or TRXs are added and checks whether it is greater than the number specified by the "BSC
HW TRX Capacity (per TRX)" license.
BSC HW PDCH Capacity (per PDCH)- LGMIBHDC

BSC HW PDCH Capacity (per PDCH) represents the number of activated PDCHs, which
ranges from 0 to 96,000. The number of static PDCHs is determined before BSC
configuration. The number of dynamic PDCHs is determined by the BSC. If the number
of activated PDCHs is more than the number specified by the "BSC HW PDCH Capacity
(per PDCH)" license, configuring or allocating PDCHs is not allowed.
Before the BSC is configured, required hardware capacity licenses must be obtained.
Smart Service Processing Throughput(per 50 Mbps)- LGW1DPIHC02

Represents BSC6910 Hardware Capacity of ENIUa board.
Smart Service Processing Throughput (per 50 Mbps): is the hardware capacity license of
ENIUa boards on the BSC6910. The ENIUa can enable hardware processing capability
only when "Resource-BSC6910-LGW1DPIHC02-Evolved Network Intelligence
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Processing Throughput(per 50 Mbps)" is loaded. Each license provides a throughput of 50

Mbit/s. The maximum number of license files is calculated by dividing NIUa processing
capability and 50 Mbit/s. The ENIUa can process SA(Service Awareness) services on GSM
and UMTS sides at one time. The traffic carried on the NIUa board is the sum of traffic
over GSM Gb interfaces and UMTS Iu interfaces.
If the BSC6900 is replaced by a BSC6910, the BSC license cannot be used and needs to
be quoted again. However the existing BTS license can be directly used by using license
adjusting tools after the BSC6910 is used.
4.2.4 Service Boards

The following table lists the specifications of service boards.
Table 4-15 Service boards
EGPUa
Name
Description
Function
Description
Specification
s
Remarks
RMP
Resource
Management
Processing
Provides the
resource
management
function.
This function
allows the
resource
management
of systems.
One pair of boards

are configured on
the BSC.
GCUP
GSM BSC
Control plane
and User
plane
Processing
Processes CS
and PS
services on
both the user
plane and
control plane.
The
processing
capability of
this board is
equal to the
combined
capability of
the XPU,
DPUf, and
DPUg.
l TRX: 1000
The BHCA is
calculated based
on Huawei's
default traffic
model.
GSM BSC
Mathematics
Calculation
Processing
Provides the
IBCA
function.
N/A
GMCP
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l Cell: 600
l PDCH:
3000

The number of the

GMCP board is
calculated based
on IBCA
requirements at
network
deployment.
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EXPUa
ENIUa
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Name
Description
Function
Description
Specification
s
Remarks
NASP
Network
Assisted
Service
Process
Performs
network
assisted
service
processing.
N/A
The number of the

NASP board is
calculated based
on IBCA
requirements at
network
deployment. One
NASP board is
configured in each
BSC.
RMP
Resource
Management
Processing
Provides the
resource
management
function.
This function
allows the
resource
management
of systems.
One pair of boards

are configured on
the BSC.
GCUP
GSM BSC
Control plane
and User
plane
Processing
Processes CS
and PS
services on
both the user
plane and
control plane.
The
processing
capability of
this board is
equal to the
combined
capability of
the XPU,
DPUf, and
DPUg.
l TRX: 1000
The BHCA is
calculated based
on Huawei's
default traffic
model.
GMCP
GSM BSC
Mathematics
Calculation
Processing
Provides the
IBCA
function.
N/A
The number of the

GMCP board is
calculated based
on IBCA
requirements at
network
deployment.
NIU
Evolved
Network
Intelligence
Unit
Provides
intelligent
service
identification
.
PS throughput:
8000 Mbit/s
The ENIUa board

needs to be
configured if the
intelligent service
identification
service is required.
l BTS: 600
l Cell: 600
l PDCH:
3000

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ESAUa
Name
Description
Function
Description
Specification
s
Remarks
SAU
Evolved
Service
Aware Unit
Provides
evolved
service aware
function.
The SAU
collects, filters,
and reports the
data from
service boards
to the Nastar/
SON.
If the customer has

purchased the
Nastar/SON, 1 or 2
pcs ESAUa must
be configured on
the BSC.
Configuration principle of the EGPUa/EXPUa board:

The USP on the BSC6910 has two boards, EGPUa and EXPUa. The EXPUa board is used
for GSM network only. The USP has logical functions of RMP, GCUP, GMCP, and NASP,
as shown in the table above.
EGPUa and EXPUa boards can be used in GO and GU mode. By default, the EGPUa board
is used.
In UO mode, only the EGPUa board can be installed.
EGPUa/EXPUa configuration principle for the RMP: In GO mode, both EGPUa and
EXPUa boards can be used. By default, the EGPUa is used. In GU or UO mode, only the
EGPUa board can be installed.
EGPUa/EXPUa configuration principle for the GMCP: In GO or GU mode, both EGPUa
and EXPUa boards can be used. By default, the EGPUa is installed.
EGPUa/EXPUa configuration principle for the NASP: Only the EGPUa board can be
installed for the NASP.
Configuration principle of the RMP

Only one pair of RMP is installed in the MSP subrack in 1+1 backup mode for the entire
system.
Configuration principle of the GCUP board:

The BSC6900 and BSC6910 calculate the required number of service processing units in
different methods.
BSC6900: The numbers of control plane boards (XPUa and XPUb) are calculated based
on either the number of planned TRXs or the BHCA. The numbers of PS user plane boards
(DPUd and DPUg) are calculated based on the number of planned PDCHs. The numbers
of CS user plane boards (DPUc and DPUf) are calculated based on the predicted traffic.
BSC6910: The control plane board and user plane board are integrated on the GCUP board.
The number of GCUP boards is calculated as follows: Divide the site specifications and
the predicted specifications separately by the number of TRXs, number of PDCHs, BHCA,
or traffic. The maximum number among the obtained four numbers is the number of GCUP
boards.
Table 4-16 GCUP board specifications
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Cell
600
BTS
600
Traffic
6250
6.25 Erl per TRX
PDCH
3000
3 PDCHs per TRX
PS throughput
300 Mbit/s
3000 x 100 kbit/s, EGRPS2A
Equivalent BHCA
2,200,000
Calculated based on the actual benchmark

weight, including the PS throughput.
The BHCA is calculated based on
Huawei's default traffic model.
The number of standby GCUP boards can be manually configured (recommended

redundancy mode: N+1). By default, no standby GCUP board is configured. A minimum
of two GCPU boards are configured.
1.
Based on the number of TRXs

The number of required EGPUa boards = ROUNDUP(TotalTRXNo/
TRXNoPerEGPUa,0) Existing number of EGPUa boards + 1
2.
On the CS user plane Erlang

The number of required EGPUa boards = ROUNDUP(TotalVoiceErl/
VoiceErlPerEGPUa,0) Existing number of EGPUa boards + 1
3.
On the PS user plane PDCH Number

The number of required EGPUa boards = ROUNDUP(TotalPDCH/PDCHPerEGPUa,
0) Existing number of EGPUa boards + 1
4.
On signal plane
The number of required EGPUa boards = ROUNDUP(TotalBHCA/
BHCAPerEGPUa,0) Existing number of EGPUa boards + 1
5.
On Cell Number
The number of required EGPUa boards = ROUNDUP(TotalCellNo /
CellNoPerEGPUa,0) Existing number of EGPUa boards + 1
6.
On BTS Number
The number of required EGPUa boards = ROUNDUP(TotalBTSNo /
BTSNoPerEGPUa,0) Existing number of EGPUa boards + 1
7.
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The total number of required EGPUa boards equals the maximum number of the
proceeding three numbers.
Configuration principle of the GMCP board:

The GMCP board is configured based on IBCA requirements at network deployment. If
the IBCA function is enabled, the number of NASP boards depends on the number of
carriers that have enabled the IBCA. Generally, one GMCP boards supports 2048 carriers.
The BSC6910 RAN15.0 supports a maximum of 4096 carriers with the IBCA function.
The GMCP board uses N+1 redundancy mode. The total number of GMCP boards is
calculated using the following formula:
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Configuration principle of the NASP board:

The NASP board is configured based on Cellular-Aided Wi-Fi Detection and Selection
requirements at network deployment. If the function is enabled, one NASP board is
configured in each BSC.
Configuration principle of the ENIUa board:

The ENIUa board needs to be configured if the intelligent service identification service is
required. If the function is enabled, one ENIUa board is configured in each BSC.
Configuration principle of the ESAUa:

If the customer has purchased the Nastar/SON, 1~2 pcs ESAUa must be configured on the
BSC.

The BSC6910 supports FE electrical ports, GE optical ports and 10GE optical ports in IP
networking, and supports channelized STM-1 ports in TDM networking.
Table 4-17 Interface boards
Part Number
Name
Description
Interfaces
WP1D000FG201
FG2c
IP Interface Unit (12 FE/4

GE, Electric)
WP1D000GOU01
GOUc
IP Interface Unit (4 GE,

Optical)
QM1D00EXOU00
EXOUa
Evolved 10GE Optical

interface Unit
WP1D000POU01
POUc
TDM or IP Interface Unit

(4 STM-1, Channelized)
TDM: Abis
IP over STM-1: Abis
Table 4-18 Interface board specifications
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Part
Number
Transmis
sion Type
Port Type
Por
t
No.
TR
X
A
CIC
(64K
)
Ater
CIC
(16K)
Gb
Throughp
ut (Mbit/s)
WP1D000FG
201 (FG2c)
IP
FE/GE
electrical
port
12/4
204
8
23,0
40
N/A
2000
WP1D000GO
U01(GOUc)
IP
GE optical
port
204
8
23,0
40
N/A
2000

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Part
Number
Transmis
sion Type
Port Type
Por
t
No.
TR
X
A
CIC
(64K
)
Ater
CIC
(16K)
Gb
Throughp
ut (Mbit/s)
QM1D00EX
OU00
(EXOUa)
IP
10GE
optical port
800
0
75,0
00
N/A
8000
WP1D000PO
U01 (POUc)
TDM
CSTM-1
port
102
4
N/A
N/A
N/A
IP
IP CSTM-1
204
8
NA
NA
NA
NOTE
In Abis over TDM, the POUc supports a maximum of 1024 TRXs when both of the following conditions
are met:
l The traffic model is 6.25 Erlangs per TRX. Three PDCHs are configured on each TRX on the average
and the MCS-7 is used, or two PDCHs are configured on each TRX on the average and the MCS-9 is
used.
l In fixed Abis networking, idle timeslots and monitoring timeslots must be properly configured.
Otherwise, the number of TRXs supported by the POUc cannot reach the maximum specification.
After the VAMOS feature is enabled, extra Abis bandwidth is required, which also affects the TRX
specifications of interface boards.
Configuration principle of interface boards:

The total number of required interface boards equals the sum of interface boards required on
each interface. Interface boards work in 1+1 active/standby mode. The BSC6910 does not
support the BM/TC separated mode and therefore does not have the Ater interface. The A, Gb,
and Abis interfaces must be configured on the BM side. It is recommended to configure the A,
Gb, and Abis interfaces on different interface boards.
1.
Calculation of Abis interface boards

Select the types of interface board based on the network plan. The number of required Abis
interface boards is calculated based on either the service capability (number of supported
TRXs) or number of required ports. The number of required Abis interface boards is the
larger one of the two values.
Number of Abis interface boards = 2 x ROUNDUP (MAX (Number of TRXs in a
transmission mode/Number of TRXs supported by the interface board, Number of ports in
a transmission mode/Number of ports supported by the interface boards), 0)
The POUc must meet the following requirement:
Number of TRXs supported by the POUc x (Average number of Erlangs per TRX + Average
number of PDCHs per TRX x Number of timeslots required for PS transmission) 16,384
The following table lists the number of timeslots required for PS transmission.
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Number of timeslots required for PS

transmission
Value
CS-1
CS-2
CS-3
CS-4
MCS-1
MCS-2
MCS-3
MCS-4
MCS-5
MCS-6
MCS-7
MCS-8
MCS-9
For example:
l Assume that the POUc supports 1024 TRXs, the average number of Erlangs per TRX
is 6.25, the average number of PDCHs per TRX is 3, and the number of timeslots
required for PS transmission is 3 when MCS-7 is used. Then, the calculation result is
15,616, which is less than 16,384.
l Assume that the POUc supports 512 TRXs, the average number of Erlangs per TRX is
6.25, the average number of PDCHs per TRX is 4, and the number of timeslots required
for PS transmission is 4 when MCS-9 is used. Then, the calculation result is 22,784,
which is greater than 16,384. Therefore, the number of TRXs supported by the POUc
should be reduced to 736.
l In Abis TDM networking, the BSC6910 supports only the POUc board (TDM over
STM-1). If a TDM over E1/T1 link is used for the transmission to the BSC over Abis
interfaces, the TDM over E1/T1 must be converted to a TDM over STM-1 link by using
a device that performs optical-to-electrical conversion, for example, Huawei optical
switch node (OSN) products.
l If the BTS provides IP over E1 links, the BSC provides IP transmission links, and the
transmission equipment provides Abis interfaces for IP over E1 links, only GE interface
boards FG2c or GOUc, instead of the 10GE interface board EXOUa, can be configured
on the BSC6910.
2.
Calculation of A interface boards

Select the types of interface board based on the network plan. The number of A interface
boards is calculated based on the service capability (number of supported CICs).
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Number of A interface boards = 2 x ROUNDUP (ACICNumber/Number of CICs supported

by an A interface board, 0)
3.
Calculation of Gb interface boards

Select the types of interface board based on the network plan. The number of Gb interface
boards is calculated based on the service capability (bandwidth).
Number of Gb interface boards = 2 x ROUNDUP (Gb Throughput/BSC data flow over Gb
interface supported by the interface board, 0)
4.
Calculation of total interface boards

Number of interface boards = Number of Abis interface boards + Number of A interface
boards + Number of Gb interface boards
5.
Calculation of total interface boards when multi interface sharing INT board
For GSM every interface has it's INT board exclusive by default. And it is not recommended
to multi interface sharing one INT board for reasons below:
1)The ralationship between Abis INT board and BTS are fixed. So it is not recommended
for Abis to sharing INT board with other interface.
2)Multi interface sharing INT board only applys to small capacity BSC.
Calculation of total interface boards when multi interface sharing INT board:
Number of Interface board = 2*RoundUp(Number of Abis Interface board + Number of A
Interface board + Number of Gb Interface board, 0)
Number of Abis Interface board = MAX (Number of TRXs in a transmission mode/ Number
of TRXs supported by the interface board, Number of ports in a transmission mode/Number
of ports supported by the interface boards)
Number of A Interface board = ACICNumber/Number of CICs supported by an A interface
board
Number of Gb Interface board = GbThroughput/BSC data flow over Gb interface supported
by the interface board
4.2.6 General Principles for Slot Configurations

Services of TRXs connected to interface boards in a subrack are preferentially processed by
service processing units in the same subrack. If the resources required by a subrack exceed the
specified threshold, load sharing is implemented between subracks of the BSC. The purpose is
to reduce resources used for inter-subrack switching. Boards are configured according to the
following principles:
l
Interface boards and service processing units should be distributed as evenly as possible
among subracks. This reduces the consumption of processor resources and switching
resources by inter-subrack switching. Interface boards can be configured only in rear slots,
and service processing units can be configured in front or rear slots. It is recommended that
service processing units be configured in front slots. Under a BSC, A interface boards, Abis
interface boards, and service processing units must be distributed as evenly as possible
among subracks. Configuring the same type of board in the same subrack lowers system
reliability.
You do not have to specify the subrack and slot number for configuring M3UA links. The
number of MSUA links are equal to (recommended) or larger than the number of EGPUa
or EXPUa boards.
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General principles of board configuration:

The basic principles during network plan and design do not change by devices. The basic
principles include but not limited to the following:
Each LAC can receive more than 120 paging requests per second over the Um interface
when a single CCCH is configured. Therefore, it is recommended to configure 512
TRXs for each LAC in the case of a single CCCH. The TRX number can be adjusted
by traffic.
Consecutive PDCHs are configured so that uses can use multiple consecutive slots.
Other basic principles during GSM network plan
General principles for slot restrictions: The GCUa/GCGa, EOMUa, SCUb, and RMP
boards are inserted in fixed slots. The interface boards and service boards can be inserted
in slots within specific range. For details, see the subrack configurations part.
4.2.7 Auxiliary Material Configurations

The following table lists the auxiliary materials.
Table 4-19 Auxiliary materials
Part Number
Name
Description
QW1P0STMOM00
STM-1 Optical Connector
STM-1optical module
QW1P00GEOM00
GE Optical Connector
GE optical module
QM1P00GEOM01
10GE Optical Connector
10GE optical module
QW1P0FIBER00
Optical Fiber
Optical fiber
QW1P0000IM00
Installation Material Package
Installation material suite
QMAI00EDOC00
Documentation
Electronic documentation
Configuration principle of STM-1 optical modules (QW1P0STMOM00)

The STM-1 optical modules are fully configured on optical interface boards.
Number of STM-1 optical modules = Number of OIUa boards + Number of POUc boards
x4
Configuration principle of GE optical modules (QW1P00GEOM00):

The GE optical modules are fully configured for active and standby optical interface boards.
Number of GE optical modules = Number of GOUc boards (WP1D000GOU01) x 4
Configuration principle of 10GE optical modules (QW1P00GEOM01):

The 10GE optical modules are fully configured on optical interface boards.
Number of 10GE optical modules = Number of QM1D00EXOU00 x 2
Configuration principle of the optical fibers (QW1P0FIBER00):

Number of optical fibers = (Number of STM-1 optical ports + Number of GE optical ports
+ Number of 10GE optical ports) x 2
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Configuration principle of the installation material suite (QW1P0000IM00):

One installation material suite is configured for each BSC6910 cabinet
(WP1B4PBCBN00).
Configuration principle of the electronic documentation (QMAI00EDOC00):

A set of electronic documentation is delivered with each BSC6910.
4.3 BSC6910 GU Product Configurations

The following describes the hardware configuration principles of the BSC6910 GU:
1.
GSM boards and UMTS boards should not be configured in the same subrack.
2.
One to three GSM subracks can be configured. One to five UMTS subracks can be
configured.
3.
The total number of GSM and UMTS subracks should be smaller than or equal to six.
4.
Number of cabinets = ROUNDUP[(Number of GSM subracks + Number of UMTS

subracks)/3]. A maximum of two cabinets (excluding the cabinets housing TC subracks)
can be configured.
5.
The GSM network does not support ATDM and has no BM/TC separated configuration
mode.
6.
In GU mode, ENIUa boards processing the SA(Service Awareness) function are separately
configured on the GSM and UMTS networks.
7.
One ESAUa board can be configured in the BSC6910 GU mode.
The preceding principles apply to BSC6910 GU deployment and capacity expansion.

The procedure for configuring a newly deployed BSC6910 GU is as follows:
Step 1 Obtain the GSM and UMTS network parameter values.
Step 2 Perform dimensioning to obtain the GSM and UMTS network requirements respectively.
Step 3 Calculate the UMTS configuration and GSM configuration based on the network requirements.
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If the capacity required by the GSM configuration and UMTS configuration does not exceed
the BSC6910 GU specifications (that is, the total number of GSM subracks and UMTS subrack
does not exceed six), then configuration calculation is complete. If the total required capacity
exceeds the maximum specifications of one BSC6910 GU or the number of slots required for
the interface boards exceeds the limitation, an extra BSC6910 GU needs to be added.
4.4 Examples of Typical Configurations

4.4.1 BSC6910 UMTS Examples of Typical Configurations
The procedure of typical configuration can be carried out as follow steps.
Step 1 Requirement Input
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Operator provides the network requirement which should include the information as listed in
below table.
Table 4-20 Network specifications
Parameter
Value
Total subscribers
800,000
Total NodeBs
600
Total cells
3000
Voice Traffic per CS voice sub in BH(Erlang )
0.02
CS voice call duration (sec.)
75
Handover times per CS call
CS Voice call per sub per BH
0.96
PS call per sub per BH
Proportion of SHO for CS call
0.3
Handover times per PS call
Mean holding time (MHT) in DCH/H/FACH state per PS call(sec)
52
Mean holding time (MHT) in PCH per PS call(sec)
PS channel switch times per PS call
Cell update times per PS call
Proportion of SHO for PS call
0.3
PS throughput (Including R99 and HSPA, UL+DL) per PS sub in BH

(bps)
4500
NAS(Attach,Dettach, LAU, RAU) and SMS per sub per BH
3.6
Iub interface type
10GE
Iu/Iur interface type
10GE
Ratio of traffic over Iur interfaces to Iub interfaces
8%
Enable the SA (Service Awareness)
Yes
ESAUa for the Nastar
Yes
GPS support
Yes
Step 2 Calculate the capacity requirements.

By dimension procedure, the requirement of operator can be described as following:
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l Total IuPS throughput requirement(based on sample input, the value is 3600Mbps)

= Total Subscribers * PS throughput (Including R99 and HSPA, UL+DL) per PS sub in BH
(bps) = 800,000*4500 bps= 3600Mbps
l Total IuCS Erlang requirement (based on sample input, the value is 16,000Erl)
= Total Subscribers * Voice Traffic per CS voice sub in BH(Erlang ) = 800,000 * 0.02=16000
l Total IuPS TEID requirement: (based on sample input, the value is 23111);
= Total Subscribers * [Mean holding time (MHT) in DCH/H/FACH state per PS call(sec) +
Mean holding time (MHT) in PCH per PS call(sec)] * PS call per sub per BH/3600 = 800,000
*(52 +0)*2/3600 = 23111
l Times of session setups and releases on the IuPS interface (based on the sample input, the
value is 493 times per second)
= Total Subscribers * [PS call per sub per BH*(1 + PS channel switch times per PS call *
0.5 + Cell update times per PS call * 0.5)]/3600 = 800,000 * [2*(1 +3*0.5 + 3*0.5 )]/3600
= 1778
l Total Iub PS throughput requirement(based on sample input, the value is 4680Mbps)
= Total Subscribers * PS throughput (Including R99 and HSPA, UL+DL) per PS sub in BH
(bps) * (1+ Proportion of SHO for PS call)= 800,000*4500*(1+0.3) bps= 4680Mbps
l Total Iub CS Erlang requirement (based on sample input, the value is 20800Erl)
= Total Subscribers * Voice Traffic per CS voice sub in BH(Erlang ) * (1+ Proportion of
SHO for CS call)= 800,000 * 0.02*(1+0.3) =20,800
l Total BHCA requirement (based on sample input, the value is 2368000)
= Total Subscribers * (CS Voice call per sub per BH + PS call per sub per BH ) = 800,000
* (0.96 + 2) = 2368000
l Total NodeB quantity requirement (based on sample input, the value is 600)
= Total NodeBs=600
l Total Cell quantity requirement (based on sample input, the value is 3000)
= Total Cells= 3,000
l Total Active users requirement (based on sample input, the value is 39,111)
= Total Subscribers * [Mean holding time (MHT) in DCH/H/FACH state per PS call(sec) *
PS call per sub per BH/3600 + Voice Traffic per CS voice sub in BH(Erlang )] = 800,000 *
(52 * 2/3600 + 0.02) = 39,111
l Total Online users requirement (based on sample input, the value is 39,111)
= Total Subscribers * {[Mean holding time (MHT) in DCH/H/FACH state per PS call(sec)
+ Mean holding time (MHT) in PCH state per PS call(sec)] * PS call per sub per BH/3600
+ Voice Traffic per CS voice sub in BH(Erlang)} = 800,000 *[(52+0) * 2/3600 + 0.02] =
39111
l Total Iub CID/UDP requirement(based on sample input, the value is 124800);
= Total Subscribers * {Mean holding time (MHT) in DCH/H/FACH state per PS call(sec) *
PS call per sub per BH/3600 * [1 +2*(1+Proportion of SHO for PS call)] + Voice Traffic
per CS voice sub in BH(Erlang ) * 2 * (1+ Proportion of SHO for CS call)} = 800,000 * {52
* 2/3600*[1 + 2 *(1+0.3)] + 0.02*2*(1+0.3) } = 124,800
l Under this traffic model, the BHCA supported by each EGPUa CP only board is 107,418:
CP Load per subscriber (unit: CPU usage) = [CS Voice call per sub per BH * (W1 + Handover
times per CS call*W2) + PS call per sub per BH * (w3 + PS channel switch times per PS
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call*w7 + Cell update times per PS call*w8 + Handover times per PS call* w6) + NAS
(Attach,Dettach, LAU, RAU) and SMS per sub per BH* w9]/3600 =14.96%/3600 = 0.0042%
Subscriber number supported by each EGPUa CP only board = (70%-10%)*14/ CP Load
per subscriber = (70%-10%)*14/0.0042% = 200,000
BHCA capacity supported by each EGPUa CP only board = Subscriber number supported
by each EGPUa CP only board * (CS Voice call per sub per BH + PS call per sub per BH)
= 200,000*(0.96+ 2 ) = 592,000.
l Under this traffic model, the real PS throughput capacity supported by each EGPUa UP board
is 1283Mbps
PS RAB mean data rate (UL+DL) (kbps) = [PS throughput (Including R99 and HSPA, UL
+DL) per PS sub in BH (bps) * 3600/1000] /[PS call per sub per BH * Mean holding time
(MHT) in DCH/H/FACH state per PS call(sec)]= 4,500*3600/1000/(2*52)=155.8
155.8kbps ranges in [128, 196], PS Throughput Capacity per EGPUa(Mbps) = 1120 + (PS
RAB Mean data rate - 128) * 5.88 = 1120+(155.8-128)*5.88 = 1283 Mbps.
Step 3 Hardware Configuration and Capacity License Configurations (Using HW6910 R15 Hardware)
1.
Number of EGPUa boards required for the user plane

Item
Description
Calculation of the Board

Quantity
Iub PS
throughput
PS throughput over the Iub

interface
a' = Total Iub PS throughput

requirement/ Real PS throughput
capacity supported by each EGPUa
UP board = 4680/1283=3.65
Iub CS traffic
CS traffic over the Iub interface
b' = Total Iub CS Erlang

requirement / Traffic (Erl) supported
by each EGPUa UP Only board =
20,800/10,050 = 2.07
Active users
Number of active users

supported by the Iub interface
n' = Total Active users requirement/

Number of active users supported by
each EGPUa UP Only board =
39,111/28,000 = 1.40
Cell quantity
Number of cells managed by

the RNC
c' = Total Cell quantity requirement /

Number of cells supported by each
EGPUa UP Only board = 3000/1400
= 2.14
N_EGPUa_UP = Max(a'+ b', c', n')=Max(3.65+ 2.07, 1.40, 2.14) = 5.72

The number of licenses required for "RNC Throughput HW Capacity License (per 50 Mbit/
s)" is calculated as follows:
N_ EGPUa_Iub_License = ROUNDUP[(Total Iub PS Throughput requirement + Total Iub
CS Erlang requirement*12.2*2/1000) / 50 ]
= ROUNDUP[(4680(Mbps)+20,800(Erlang)*12.2(kbps)*2/1000) / 50Mbps] = 104
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Item
Description
Calculation of the Board

Quantity
BHCA requirement
BHCA required by the

network
Calculate the BHCA capacity

of each EGPUa board in this
traffic model
b' = Total BHCA
requirement / BHCA
capacity supported by each
EGPUa CP only board =
2,368,000/ 592,000 = 4
Active users
Number of active users

supported on the control plane
n' =Total Active users

requirement / Number of
active users supported by
each EGPUa CP Only board
=39,111/35,000 = 1.12
Online Users
Number of online users

supported on the control plane
m' = Total Online users

online users supported by
=39,111/70,000 = 0.56
NodeB quantity
Number of NodeBs managed

by the RNC
nb' = Total NodeB quantity

NodeBs supported by each
EGPUa CP Only board =
600/700 = 0.86
Cell quantity
Number of cells managed by

the RNC
c' = Total Cell quantity

Cells supported by each
EGPUa CP Only board =
3000/1400 = 2.14
N_EGPUa_CP = max(b', n', m', nb', c') = max(4, 1.12, 0.56, 0.86, 2.14 ) = 4
The number of licenses required for "RNC Active User HW Capacity License" is calculated
as follows:
N_EGPUa_ ActiveUser_License = ROUNDUP(39,111/1000) = 40
One EGPUa board can be used on the CP and UP at one time. The EGPUa board is in N
+1 backup mode. In this case,
N_EGPUa = ROUNDUP(N_EGPUa_CP + N_EGPUa_UP) +1 = ROUNDUP(5.72+4) +
1 = 11
NOTE
N_EGPUa does not include the fixed N_EGPUa boards for resource management.
3.
Number of ENIUa and corresponding Hardware license

The ENIUa board is in N+1 backup mode.
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N_ ENIUa = ROUNDUP(4680/8000) + 1 = 2
The number of licenses required for " Network Intelligence Throughput " is calculated as
follows:
N_Network_Intelligence_Throughput = ROUNDUP(4680 / 50 ) = 94
NOTE
Only the corresponding optional features are configured, this item is valid. Or else N_ ENIUa = 0
and N_Network_Intelligence_Throughput = 0.
4.
Number of required EXOUa boards
Iub
Item
Value
Iub transmission
type
10GE
Optical
(IP)
Iub PS throughput
4680
Mbps
Calculation of Board Quantity
Real capacity for PS throughput of EXOUa in

Iub interface(Gbps)= Min[Transmission
packet length of Iub interface (Byte) * 8 *
8400000 * 80%/1,000,000,000, 10], or, useing
the default recommended value: 8(Gbps).
If using the default recommended value 8
(Gbps) as the specification.
ba' = Total Iub PS throughput requirement /
Iub interface = 4680/1000/8 = 0.59
IuCS
IuPS
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20800
bb' = Total Iub CS Erlang requirement /Traffic

(Erl) supported by each EXOUa board =
20,800/ 75,000 = 0.28
NodeB quantity
600
bn' = Total NodeB quantity requirement /

Number of NodeBs supported by each EXOUa
board = 600/1500 = 0.4
Iub active users

(CID/UDP)
124800
an' = Total Iub CID/UDP requirement / Iub

UDP number supported by each EXOUa board
=124,800/500,000 = 0.25
Iu-CS transmission
type
10GE
Optical
(IP)
Iu-CS traffic
16000
Iu-PS transmission
type
10GE
Optical
(IP)
cb' = Total IuCS Erlang requirement/Traffic

(Erl) supported by each EXOUa board =
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Item
Value
Calculation of Board Quantity
Iu-PS throughput
3600
Mbps

IuPS interface(Gbps)= Min(transmission
packet length of IuPS interface (Byte) * 8 *
8400000 * 80%/1000000000, 10), or, useing
the default recommended value: 10(Gbps).
If using the default recommended value 10
(Gbps) as the specification.
pb' = Total Iub PS throughput requirement /
Iub interface = 3600/1000/10 = 0.36
Iu-PS online users
23111
pu' = Total IuPS TEID requirement / IuPS

TEID number supported by each EXOUa
board = 23,111/500,000 =0.05
Iu-PS session setup and release
1778
ps' = Times of session setups and releases on

the IuPS interface / IuPS Setup&Reconfigure
Sessions number supported by each EXOUa
board = 1778/50,000 = 0.04
In view of the that Iub, Iu-CS, and Iu-PS interface boards are configured separately and are
in N+1 backup mode, the number of required interface boards is as follows:
(1)N_IUB_IF = ROUNDUP[Max(ba'+bb', bn', bu')] +1 = ROUNDUP[Max(0.59+0.28, 0.4,
0.25)] + 1 = 2
(2)N_IUCSIUR_IF = ROUNDUP( [cb'+ 8%*( ba'+ bb')] + 1= ROUNDUP[0.21 + 0.08*
(0.84 + 0.28)] + 1 = 2
(3)N_IUPS_IF = ROUNDUP[Max(pb', pu', ps')] +1= ROUNDUP[Max(0.36, 0.05, 0.04)]
+1=2
N_EXOUa = N_IUB_IF + N_IUCSIUR_IF + N_IUPS_IF = 6
5.
Number of ESAUa (QM1D00ESAU00)

The number of ESAUa boards is deermined by the OSS feature. The default configuration
numer of ESAUa board is 1 in UO mode and GU mode for EBC. Slots 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the
MPS are reserved for two ESAUa boards.
6.
Number of GCGa boards (WP1D000GCG01):

N_GCGa (pair) = 1
7.
Number of required EPS (QM1P00UEPS01)

The number of fixed slots in MPS is 14, includes 4 slots for 1 pair of EOMUa, 2 slots for
GCGa, 4 slots reserved for ESAUa, 2 slots for SCUb, 2 slots for EGPUa(RMP). The
remained 14 slots can be used for EGPUa(CP or UP) and EXOUa.
Number of EPS = ROUNDUP [(N_EGPUa(11)+ N_EXOUa(6)+ E_NIUa(2) - 14) /26 ] =
1
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Number of cabinets = ROUNDUP[(MPS number+ Number of required EPS)/3] =

ROUNDUP(2/3, 0) =1.
In summary, the following table lists the configurations that can meet network requirements.
Item
Name
For
Short
Part Number
Qua
ntit
y
Cabinet
N/A
WP1B4PBCBN00
Main processing subrack
MPS
QM1P00UMPS01
Extended processing subrack
EPS
QM1P00UEPS01
GE Switching and Control Unit
SCUb
WP1D000SCU01
Evolved Operation and Maintenance

Unit
EOMUa
QM1D00EOMU00
Clock board
GCGa
WP1D000GCG01
Evolved General Processing Unit for

User Plane
EGPUa
QM1D00EGPU00
11
RNC Throughput Hardware Capacity

(per 50Mbps)
QM1SRTHWCL00
103
RNC Active User Hardware Capacity

(per 1000 Active Users)
QM1SRAUHCL00
40
10
Evolved 10GE Optical interface Unit
EXOUa
QM1D00EXOU00
11
Evolved Network Intelligence Unit
ENIUa
QM1D00ENIU00
13
Evolved Service Aware Unit
ESAUa
QM1D00ESAU00
14
Evolved Network Intelligence

Processing Throughput (per 50Mbps)
QM1S00ENIU00
94
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4.4.2 BSC6910 GSM Examples of Typical Configurations

The procedure of typical configuration can be carried out as follow steps.
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Step 1 Requirement Input

Operator provides the network requirement which should include the information as listed in
below figure.
Here give a sample, the input information is as follows:
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Parameter
Value
voice traffic /sub/BH (Erlang)
0.02
voice call duration (seconds)
60
SMS/LA setup duration(seconds)
percent of Mobile originated calls
50%
percent of Mobile terminated calls
50%
average LUs/sub/BH
1.2
average IMSI Attach/sub/BH
0.15
average IMSI Detach/sub/BH
0.15
average MOCs/sub/BH
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Parameter
Value
average MTCs/sub/BH
0.6
MR report/sub/BH
144
average MO-SMSs /sub/BH
0.6
average MT-SMSs /sub/BH
average intra-BSC HOs /sub/BH
1.1
average inter-BSC HOs /sub/BH
0.1
paging retransfer /sub/BH
0.56
Grade of Service (GoS) on Um interface
0.01
Grade of Service (GoS) on A interface
0.001
percent of HR (percent of Um interface resources occupied by

HR voice call)
50%
Step 2 Dimension
The following figure shows the dimensions that are used for calculating the configurations.
Step 3 Network capacity

Get the Network Capacity requirement to calculate the hardware requirement.
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Item
Name
Configuration Before
Capacity Expansion
Subracks (MPS and EPS)
B1
Evolved General Processing Unit (EGPUa)

or Evolved Extensible Processing Unit
(EXPUa)
B2

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Item
Name
Configuration Before
Capacity Expansion
Interface board
B3
Cabinet
B4
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5 Expansion and Upgrade Configurations
Expansion and Upgrade Configurations
5.1 BSC6910 UMTS Expansion and Upgrade Configurations

The service processing capability of the BSC6910 improves by adding the hardware.
Capacity expansion follows the minimum hardware configuration principle
5.1.1 Hardware Expansion and Upgrade Configurations

The following table lists the boards of the BSC6910 V100R015C00.
Table 5-1 Boards of the BSC6910 V100R015C00
Hardware Version
Boards
HW6910 R15
SCUb, GCGa, GCUa, AOUc, UOIc, FG2c, GOUc, EGPUa,

EXOUa, EOMUa, ESAUa, ENIUa
The following table lists the list of the hardware components to be added of HW6910 RAN15.0
hardware.
Table 5-2 List of the hardware components to be added (HW6910 RAN15.0 hardware)
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Item
Name
Configuration
Before Capacity
Expansion
Configuration
After Capacity
Expansion
Added
Quantity
Cabinet
A1
B1
B1 A1
MPS
A2
B2
B2 A2
EPS
A3
B3
B3 A3
Clock board
A4
B4
B4 A4

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Item
Name
Configuration
Before Capacity
Expansion
Configuration
After Capacity
Expansion
Added
Quantity
Evolved General
Processing Unit (for
Control Plane)
A5
B5
B5 A5
Evolved General
Processing Unit for
User Plane
A6
B6
B6 A6
Interface boards
A7
B7
B7 A7
NOTE
A1 through A7 and B1 through B7 indicate the number of components.
5.1.2 Examples of Hardware Expansion

Before capacity expansion, the network configurations are as follows:
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Traffic: 10,050 Erl
Transmission rate: 2000 Mbit/s (based on the uplink and downlink transmission rates 64
kbit/s and 384 kbit/s)
BHCA: 1,668,000 (using the Smartphone traffic model)
Number of NodeBs: 700
Number of cells: 1400
IP transmission (10GE optical port) over the Iub, Iu-CS, and Iu-PS interfaces
Iub, Iu-CS, and Iu-PS interface boards working in 1+1 active/standby mode
After capacity expansion, the network configurations are as follows:

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Traffic: 20,100 Erl
Transmission rate: 4000 Mbit/s (based on the uplink and downlink transmission rates 64
kbit/s and 384 kbit/s)
BHCA: 3,336,000 (using the Smartphone traffic model)
Number of NodeBs: 1400
Number of cells: 2800
IP transmission (10GE optical port) over the Iub, Iu-CS, and Iu-PS interfaces
Iub, Iu-CS, and Iu-PS interface boards working in 1+1 active/standby mode
The following table lists the hardware configurations before and after capacity expansion. The
numbers of hardware components to be added are calculated according to the procedure
described in section 4.1.2 Subrack Configurations.
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Table 5-3 Capacity expansion from configuration 1 to configuration 2

Configurati
on
Number
of
Cabinet
s
Number
of
Subrack
s
Number of
EGPUa boards
for the User
Plane
Number of
EGPUa Boards
for the Control
Plane
Number
of
EXOUa
Boards
Configuration
1 (before
capacity
expansion)
Configuration
2 (after
capacity
expansion)
Number of
components
to be added
The slot configurations are as follows:

NOTE
It is recommended that boards be evenly distributed in every subrack, following the related configuration
principles.
5.2 BSC6910 GSM Expansion and Upgrade Configurations

Capacity expansion can be performed through the following methods:
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Improving the service processing capability of the system through hardware expansion
Improving the service processing capability of the system by configuring capacity licenses
The two methods can be adopted separately or together according to the requirements of network
services. Follow the minimum hardware configuration principle during capacity expansion.
5.2.1 Precautions
The BSC6900 cannot be upgraded to the BSC6910 by upgrading the software, but can be
upgraded by migrating the hardware. If the BSC6900 is upgraded to BSC6910, the BSC license
of BSC6900 can be used for the BSC 6910 after the license is quoted again. However the BTS
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license of the BSC6900 that has been quoted can be directly used for the BSC6910 by using
license adjusting tools.
The BSC6910 supports only the SCUb, EOMUa, ESAUa, GCUa, GCGa, EGPUa/EXPUa,
FG2c, GOUc, EXOUa, and POUc boards.
The EGPUa/EXPUa board used in the BSC6910 replaces the XPUb, DPUf (for A interfaces
using IP transmission), and DPUg boards used in BSC6900.
In the BSC6910 V100R015C00, the Ater and Pb interfaces are removed from the transmission
network. The Abis interface supports IP and TDM transmission modes, whereas other external
interfaces only support IP transmission mode.
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Part
Number
Name
Remarks
WP1D000F
G201
FG2c
1. Number of required A interface boards = 2 x ROUNDUP

(((MaxACICPerBSCIP Number of FG2c boards
functioning as the A interface board/2 x ACICPerFG2c)/
ACICPerFG2c), 0)
NOTE
The number of required A interface boards depends on the number
of ports and the number of equivalent CIC circuits on the A interface.
In capacity expansion scenarios, the capacity specifications and
number of ports supported by the existing FG2c boards must be
subtracted from the total required capacity.
2. Number of required Abis interface boards = 2 x ROUNDUP

((MAX (ROUNDUP (AbisIPFEGENo/GEPortPerFG2c, 0) x
GEPortPerFG2c-Number of FG2c boards functioning as the
Abis interface board/2 x GEPortPerFG2c)/GEPortPerFG2c,
(TRXNoFEGE -Number of FG2c boards functioning as the
Abis interface board/2 x TRXNoPerFG2c)/
TRXNoPerFG2c), 0)
NOTE
When the Abis interface uses IP transmission, the Abis interface
boards must be configured. The number of required Abis interface
boards depends on the number of FE/GE ports and the number of
TRXs. In capacity expansion scenarios, the originally supported
TRXs must be subtracted from the total required TRXs. In addition,
the number of ports supported before capacity expansion should also
be considered.
3. Number of required Gb interface boards = 2 x ROUNDUP

((MAX(ROUNDUP(MAX(GbIPFEGENo/
GEPortPerFG2c, 0) x GEPortPerFG2c Number of FG2c
boards functioning as the Gb interface board/2 x
GEPortPerFG2c)/GEPortPerFG2c), (GbIPTputPerBSCNumber of FG2c boards functioning as the Gb interface
board/2 x (GbTputPerFG2c/1024))/GbTputPerFG2c/1024),
0)
NOTE
When the built-in PCU is used, Gb interface boards must be
configured. The number of required Gb interface boards depends on
the number of ports and the traffic on the Gb interface. The originally
supported traffic must be subtracted from the total supported traffic.
4. The number of FG2c boards to be configured is equal to the

total number of all the preceding boards.
WP1D000
GOU01
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The GOUc has different interface from the FG2c but has the same
service capacity, number of GE ports, GE port specifications,
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Part
Number
Name
Remarks
QM1D00E
XOU00
EXOUa
EXOUa functioning as the interface board before capacity

expansion
(MAX ((TotalAIP10GENo Number of EXOUa boards
functioning as A interface board/2 x 10GEPortPerEXOUa)/
10GEPortPerEXOUa, (TotalAIPCIC Number of EXOUa
boards functioning as A interface board/2 x
AIPCICPerEXOUa)/AIPCICPerEXOUa), 0)
NOTE
The quantity depends on the number of ports and the number of
equivalent CIC circuits on the A interface. In capacity expansion
scenarios, the capacity specifications and number of ports supported
by the existing EXOUa boards must be subtracted from the total
required capacity.

(MAX ((TotalAbisIP10GENo Number of EXOUa boards
functioning as Abis interface board/2 x
10GEPortPerEXOUa)/10GEPortPerEXOUa,
(TotalTRXNo10GE Number of EXOUa boards functioning
as Abis interface board/2 x TRXNoPerEXOUa)/
TRXNoPerEXOUa), 0)
NOTE
The quantity depends on the number of ports and the number of TRXs
on the Abis interface. In capacity expansion scenarios, the originally
supported TRXs must be subtracted from the total required TRXs. In
addition, the number of ports supported before capacity expansion
should also be considered.

(MAX ((TotalGbIP10GENo Number of EXOUa boards
functioning as Gb interface board/2 x 10GEPortPerEXOUa)/
10GEPortPerEXOUa, (TotalGbIPTput Number of EXOUa
boards functioning as Gb interface board/2 x
GbTputPerEXOUa)/GbTputPerEXOUa), 0)
NOTE
The quantity depends on the number of ports and the traffic on the
Gb interface. The originally supported traffic must be subtracted
from the total supported traffic.
4. The number of EXOUa boards to be configured is equal to

the total number of all the preceding boards.
FG2c or GOUc functioning as the interface board before capacity
expansion (The calculation principle for GOUc is the same as
that for FG2c.)
(MAX (((TotalAIPCIC Number of FG2c boards
functioning as A interface board/2 x AIPCICPerFG2c)/
AIPCICPerEXOUa), 0)
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Part
Number
Name
Remarks
NOTE
The quantity depends on the number of ports and the number of
equivalent CIC circuits on the A interface. In capacity expansion
scenarios, the capacity specifications and number of ports supported
by the existing FG2c or GOUc boards must be subtracted from the
total required capacity.

(MAX ((TotalTRXNo Number of FG2c boards functioning
as Abis interface board/2 x TRXNoPerFG2c)/
TRXNoPerEXOUa), 0)
NOTE
on the Abis interface. In capacity expansion scenarios, the originally
supported TRXs must be subtracted from the total required TRXs.

(MAX ((TotalGbIPTput Number of FG2c boards
functioning as Gb interface board/2 x GbTputPerFG2c)/
GbTputPerEXOUa), 0)
NOTE
The quantity depends on the number of ports and the traffic on the
Gb interface. The originally supported traffic must be subtracted
from the total supported traffic.
4. The number of EXOUa boards to be configured is equal to

the total number of all the preceding boards.
WP1D000P
OU01
POUc
1. Number of required Abis interface boards (TDM) = 2 x

ROUNDUP (MAX ((TotalAbisTDMSTM1No Number of
POUc boards functioning as Abis interface board/2 x
STM1PortPerPOUc)/ STM1PortPerPOUc, (TotalTRXNo
Number of POUc boards functioning as Abis interface board/2
x TRXNoPerPOUc)/TRXNoPerPOUc), 0)
2. Number of required Abis interface boards (IP) =2*ROUNDUP
( MAX( (TotalAbisIPSTM1No - Number of POUc boards
functioning as Abis interface board /2* STM1PortPerPOUc)/
STM1PortPerPOUc, (TotalTRXNo- Number of POUc boards
functioning as Abis interface board /2* TRXPerPOUcIP)/
TRXPerPOUcIP,0)
NOTE
on the Abis interface. Each BTS must be configured with at least one E1
port by default. If the BTSs are cascaded on the live network, only the
BTS at the highest level is connected to an E1 port on the BSC.
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Part
Number
Name
Remarks
QM1D00E
GPU00
EGPUa
1. Calculating the number of required EGPUa based on the

number of TRXs:
Number of required EGPUa boards = ROUNDUP
(TotalTRXNo/TRXNoPerEGPUa, 0) Number of existing
EGPUa boards
traffic in the CS services:
(TotalVoiceErl/VoiceErlPerEGPUa, 0) Number of existing
EGPUa boards
number of PDCHs in the PS services:
(TotalPDCH/PDCHPerEGPUa, 0) Number of existing
EGPUa boards
4. On BHCA
The number of required EGPUa boards = ROUNDUP
(TotalBHCA/BHCAPerEGPUa,0) Existing number of
EGPUa boards
The value of TotalBHCA depends on the number of users and
traffic model.
5. Based on the number of cells
(TotalCellNo / CellNoPerEGPUa,0) Existing number of
EGPUa boards
6. Based on the number of sites
(TotalBTSNo / BTSNoPerEGPUa,0) Existing number of
EGPUa boards
7. The number of EGPUa boards to be configured is equal to
the maximum value of all the preceding boards.
QM1D00E
XPU00
EXPUa
Same as EGPUa
GMIPEPR
ACK00
GEPS
Number of processing subracks = ROUNDUP(MAX(Total

number of interface boards 10/14, (Total number of interface
boards + Total number of user plane boards 18)/24, 0))
QM1B0PB
CBN00
Cabinet
5.2.2 Hardware Capacity License Expansion

Before hardware capacity expansion, sufficient hardware capacity licenses for "BSC HW TRX
Capacity (per TRX)" and "BSC HW PDCH Capacity (per PDCH)" must be obtained. The
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number of licenses to be increased depends on the difference in TRX or PDCH capacity before
and after capacity expansion.
5.2.3 Examples of Hardware Expansion

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Total Replacement
An operator may want to increase equipment integration and achieve a larger capacity with
existing cabinets and subracks. In this case, a total replacement is recommended.
In a total replacement, the capacity is considered first. The Unistar quotation template is
used to work out a BSC equipment list based on the specifications of the new hardware
version. The boards required for the capacity expansion are determined through a
comparison with existing boards that can be reused. Boards that cannot be reused must be
removed.
The procedure for a total replacement is as follows:
Step 1 Fill in the Unistar calculation table and calculate the configuration required after the capacity
expansion.
Step 2 Record the board and equipment configurations before the capacity expansion.
Step 3 The components required in the capacity expansion are the components after the capacity
expansion minus those before the capacity expansion.
Item
Name
Configuration
Before Capacity
Expansion
Configuration
After Capacity
Expansion
Number of
Components
to Be Added
Subracks
(MPS, EPS)
A1
B1
B1 A1
Evolved
General
Processing
Unit (600
TRXs)
A2
B2
B2 A2
Interface
boards
A3
B3
B3 A3
Cabinets
A4
B4
B4 A4
----End
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Incremental Algorithm
If an operator wants to keep the original equipment without large-scale modifications to
the legacy network, new boards are used only for newly added sites and carriers. If the new
quotation template does not support mixed insertion of boards and the frontline personnel
want to simplify operations, use the original quotation template and the incremental
algorithm.
The core idea is to reuse as much legacy equipment as possible.
The purpose of mixed insertion is to use boards of different specifications in the same
logical or physical interface.
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The procedure for the incremental algorithm is as follows:

Step 1 Fill in the Unistar calculation table with the quotation parameters of the new hardware version
after the capacity expansion. By doing this, you get the configuration required after the capacity
expansion. In the Dimension Calculator window, you can view the capacity after the capacity
expansion.
Step 2 Fill in the Unistar calculation table with the quotation parameters of the original hardware version
before the capacity expansion. By doing this, you can obtain the configurations of each interface
board before the capacity expansion. In the Dimension Calculator window, you can view the
capacity before the capacity expansion.
Step 3 Subtract the hardware support capability before the capacity expansion from the capacity
required after the expansion. By doing this, you can obtain the capacity support capability
required for the expansion.
NOTE
Generally, the traffic volume over the Gb interface is light. One pair of boards can cope even during a
capacity expansion. Therefore, set the capacity increase on the Gb interface to 0.
Item
Name
Configuration
Required After
the Capacity
Expansion
Maximum
Support
Capability Before
the Capacity
Expansion
Increased
Support
Capability
Required by the
Capacity
Expansion
TRX support
capability
A1
B1
B1 - A1
Abis QTY
A2
B2
B2 - A2
A CIC QTY
A3
B3
B3 - A3
BHCA
A5
B5
B5 - A5
Gb interface
traffic
A6
A6
B6 - A6
...
...
...
...
Step 4 Determine the boards required by the capacity expansion.

Process the initial result about the required hardware based on the configuration principle.
Step 5 Calculate whether additional cabinets, subracks, and auxiliary materials are required for the
capacity expansion.
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Appendix
6.1 Traffic Model

The BSC6910 UMTS supports the flexible configuration of control plane and user plane data
in different scenarios. In each scenario, the capacity configured for the BSC6910 UMTS depends
on actual traffic models.
There are 2 traffic models for the BSC6910 UMTS:
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High-PS traffic model

This model is applicable in scenarios where subscribers use much more data services than
voice services. In this model, the average PS throughput per user is high.
Traffic model for mart phones

In this model, control plane signaling is frequently exchanged and user plane data is
transmitted mainly through small packets.
The capacity under UMTS BSC6910 typical configurations in the high-PS traffic model, and
smartphones traffic model are described as follows.
1.
High-PS Traffic Model
Table 6-1 High-PS traffic model for the BSC6910 UMTS (per user in busy hours)
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Item
Specification
Description
CS voice traffic
volume
3 mE
AMR speech service, 0.144 BHCA
CS data traffic volume
0.2 mE
UL 64 kbit/s/DL 64 kbit/s CS data service,

0.0053 BHCA
PS throughput
43,500 bit/s
UL 64 kbit/s/DL 384 kbit/s, 3 BHCA

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Item
Specification
Description
Proportion of soft
handovers
30%
Proportion of calls using more than two radio

links simultaneously to all calls
Handover times per CS

call (SHO) (times/call)
Average number of handovers per CS call
Handover times per PS

Average number of handovers per PS call
NAS signaling per

subscriber per BH
(times)
3.6
Including all CN-UE signaling: LA update, RA

update, IMSI attach/detach, and GPRS attach/
detach
Iur traffic
8%
The amount of Iub traffic(in percent) that is

directed to another RNC
The following table lists the capacity of the BSC6910 UMTS in typical configurations (one
cabinet that has three subracks installed and 2 cabinets with six subracks installed). In this table,
the BSC6910 UMTS uses the high-PS traffic model.
Table 6-2 Capacity of the BSC6910 UMTS in typical High-PS configurations
Subscriber
s
Supported
CS Voice
Service
Capacity
(Erlang)
PS
Service
Capacity
(Iub UL
+DL)
(Mbit/s)
BHCA
(k)
Active
Users
Online
Users
Subrack
Combination
1,380,000
5,700
59,500
4,300
210,000
420,000
1 MPS + 2 EPSs
2,760,000
11,400
120,000
8,600
420,000
840,000
1 MPS + 5 EPSs
NOTE
l The CS voice service capacity, PS service capacity, and BHCA can reach the maximum at the same
time.
l The number of on-net subscribers indicates the number of users who have accessed a UMTS network
within a busy hour.
l The number of active users indicates the total number of users who are in the CELL_DCH and
CELL_FACH state.
l The number of online users indicates the total number of users who are in the CELL_DCH,
CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH, and URA_PCH state.
2.
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Table 6-3 Smartphones traffic model for the BSC6910 UMTS

Item
Specificatio
n
Description
CS voice traffic volume
30 mE
AMR speech service, 0.7 CS BHCA per

subscriber
PS throughput
1600 bit/s
8 PS BHCA per subscriber
Proportion of soft
handovers
34%
Proportion of calls using more two radio links

simultaneously to all calls
Handover times per CS

Average number of handovers per CS call
Handover times per PS

Average number of handovers per PS call
PS channel switch times

per PS call
2.3
Including all switch between different

connected RRC states and channels per PS call
NAS signaling per

subscriber per BH (times)
2.8
Including all CN-UE signaling: LA update, RA

update, IMSI attach/detach, GPRS attach/
detach, and SMS
Iur traffic
8%
The amount of Iub traffic(in percent) that is

directed to another RNC
The following table lists the capacity of the BSC6910 UMTS in typical configurations. In this
table, the BSC6910 UMTS uses the traffic model for smart phones.
Table 6-4 Capacity of the BSC6910 UMTS in typical smartphone configurations
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Subscriber
s
Supported
CS Voice
Service
Capacity
(Erlang)
PS
Service
Capacity
(Iub UL
+DL)
(Mbit/s)
BHCA
(k)
Active
Users
Online
Users
Subrac
k
Combi
nation
3,600,000
122,000
5800
32,000
665,000
1,000,000
1MPS
+2EPS
7,490,000
250,000
11,900
64,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
1MPS
+5EPS

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NOTE
l The CS voice service capacity, PS service capacity, and BHCA can reach the maximum at the same
time.
l The number of on-net subscribers indicates the number of users who have accessed a UMTS network
within a busy hour.
l The number of active users indicates the total number of users who are in the CELL_DCH and
CELL_FACH state.
l The number of online users indicates the total number of users who are in the CELL_DCH,
CELL_FACH, CELL_PCH, and URA_PCH state.
6.1.2 GSM Traffic Model

Table 6-5 GSM Traffic Model
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Parameter
Value
voice traffic /sub/BH (Erlang)
0.02
voice call duration (seconds)
60
percent of Mobile originated calls
50%
percent of Mobile terminated calls
50%
average LUs/sub/BH
1.2
average IMSI Attach/sub/BH
0.15
average IMSI Detach/sub/BH
0.15
average MOCs/sub/BH
0.6
average MTCs/sub/BH
0.6
MR report/sub/BH
144
average MO-SMSs /sub/BH
0.6
average MT-SMSs /sub/BH
average intra-BSC HOs /sub/BH
1.1
average inter-BSC HOs /sub/BH
0.1
paging retransfer /sub/BH
0.56
Grade of Service (GoS) on Um interface
0.01
Grade of Service (GoS) on A interface
0.001
percent of HR (percent of Um interface resources occupied by HR

voice call)
50%
Uplink TBF Est & Rel / Second/TRX
1.75
Downlink TBD Est & Rel/Second/TRX
0.9

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Parameter
Value
PS Paging / Sub/BH
1.25
1.
Table 6-6 provides the capacity of a BSC6910 GSM in Abis over TDM, A over TDM, and
GB over IP modes.
Table 6-6 Capacity of a BSC6910 GSM in Abis over TDM, A over TDM modes
2.
Specifications
1 MPS
1 MPS+1 EPS
1 MPS+2
EPSs
Maximum number of cabinets
Maximum number of TRXs
6000
15,000
24,000
Maximum number of equivalent

BHCA (k)
13,000
32,500
52,000
Maximum traffic volume (Erlang)
37,500
93,750
150,000
Maximum number of active PDCHs

(MCS-9)
24,000
60,000
96,000
Table 6-7 provides the capacity of a BSC6910 GSM in Abis over TDM and A over IP
modes.
Table 6-7 Capacity of a BSC6910 GSM in Abis over TDM and A over IP modes
Specifications
1 MPS
1 MPS+1 EPS
1 MPS+2
EPSs
Maximum number of cabinets
Maximum number of TRXs
3000
6500
10,000
Maximum number of equivalent

BHCA (k)
6500
14,085
21,667
Maximum traffic volume (Erlang)
18,750
40,625
62,500
Maximum number of active PDCHs

(MCS-9)
12,000
26,000
40,000
6.2 Hardware Specifications

The following table lists the UMTS hardware specifications.
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Table 6-8 UMTS Hardware Specifications
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Parameter Name
Meaning
Specifica
tions
Board
NodebPerEGPUa
CP
Number of NodeBs supported by

700
EGPUa CP Only
CellPerEGPUaCP
Number of cells supported by

1400
EGPUa CP Only
CellPerEGPUaUP

each EGPUa UP Only board
1400
EGPUa UP Only
CellPerEGPUa

each EGPUa board when EGPUa
works as both CP and UP (The
ratio of CP of hardware is p%)
Min
[1400*p,
1400*(1p)]
EGPUa
ActiveUserPerEG
PUaCP
Number of active users supported

by each EGPUa CP Only board
35,000
EGPUa CP Only
ActiveUserPerEG
PUaUP

by each EGPUa UP Only board
28000
EGPUa UP Only
ActiveUserPerEG
PUa

by each EGPUa board when
EGPUa works as both CP and UP
(The ratio of CP of hardware is p
%)
Min
[35000*p,
28000*(1p)]
EGPUa
OnlineUserPerEG
PUaCP
Number of online users supported

by each EGPUa CP Only board
70,000
EGPUa CP Only
OnlineUserPerEG
PUaUP

70,000
EGPUa UP Only
OnlineUserPerEG
PUa

%)
Min
[70000*p,
70000*(1p)]
EGPUa

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Parameter Name
Meaning
Specifica
tions
Board
BHCAPerEGPUa
CP
BHCA supported by each EGPUa

CP Only board
Under
Huawei
typical
smartphon
e traffic
model,
this
specificati
on is
1.668kk
BHCA
1.668KK.
The real
capacity
should be
calculated
under real
network
traffic
model.
EGPUa CP Only
ErlPerEGPUaUP
Traffic (Erl) supported by each

EGPUa UP Only board
10050
EGPUa UP Only

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Parameter Name
Meaning
Specifica
tions
Board
PsThtPerEGPUaU
P
PS throughput (Mbit/s) supported

x=PS Rab
mean data
rate in
active
state;
EGPUa UP Only
y=
PsThtPerE
GPUaUP.
If x in [0,
16],
y=13.75*
x
If x in [16,
40],
y=220
+16.67*x
If x in [40,
64],
y=620
+5.83*x
If x in [64,
128],
y=760
+5.63*x
If x in
[128,
196],
y=1120
+5.88*x
If x in
[196,
448],
y=1520
+1.9*x
If x in
[448, ],
y=2000
BHCAPerEGPUa
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board when EGPUa works as
both CP and UP (The ratio of CP
of hardware is p%)
BHCAPer
EGPUaCP
*p%

EGPUa
80
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Parameter Name
Meaning
Specifica
tions
Board
ErlPerEGPUa

EGPUa board when EGPUa
works as both CP and UP (The
ratio of CP of hardware is p%, and
the ratio of CS of UP hardware is
q%)
ErlPerEG
PUaUP*
(1-p%)*q
%
EGPUa
PsThtPerEGPUa

%, and the ratio of CS of UP
hardware is q%)
PsThtPerE
GPUaUP*
(1-p%)*
(1-q%)
EGPUa
MaxInterSubrackSwitchSCUb
Inter-subrack switching
capability (Gbit/s) of each pair of
SCUb boards
40
SCUb
NodebPerGOUc/
NodebPerFG2c

each GOUc or FG2c board
500
GOUc/FG2c
ErlPerGOUc/
18,000
GOUc/FG2c
ErlPerFG2c

GOUc or FG2c board
IubUdpPerGOUc/
IubUdpPerFG2c
Iub UDP number supported by

each GOUc/FG2c board
129,000
GOUc/FG2c
IuPSTeidPerGOU
c/
IuPSTeidPerFG2c
IuPS TEID number supported by

200,000
GOUc/FG2c
IuPSSessionsPerGOUc/
IuPSSessionsPerF
G2c
IuPS Setup&Reconfigure
Sessions number supported by
5000
GOUc/FG2c
IubPsThrPerGOU
c/
IubPsThrPerFG2c
PS DL and UL throughput (Mbit/

s) supported by the GOUc/FG2c
board functioning as the Iub
interface board
2600
GOUc/FG2c
IuPsThrPerGOUc/
IuPsThrPerFG2c

s) supported by the GOUc/FG2c
board functioning as the Iu
interface board
3200
GOUc/FG2c
NodebPerEXOUa

each EXOUa board
1500
EXOUa
ErlPerEXOUa

EXOUa board
75,000
EXOUa

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Parameter Name
Meaning
Specifica
tions
Board
IubUdpPerEXOU
a
Iub UDP number supported by

each EXOUa board
1,000,000
EXOUa
IuPSTeidPerEXO
Ua
IuPS TEID number supported by

each EXOUa board
500,000
EXOUa
IuPSSessionsPerEXOUa
IuPS Setup&Reconfigure
Sessions number supported by
each EXOUa board
50,000
EXOUa
IubPsThrPerEXO
Ua
PS DL and UL throughput (Gbit/

s) supported by the EXOUa board
functioning as the Iub interface
board
Min
{Average
transmissi
on packet
length of
Iub
interface *
8400000
*80%/
10000000
00, 10},
or,
EXOUa
Using the
default
recommen
ded value:
8 (Gbps)
IuPsThrPerEXOU
a
PS DL and UL throughput (Gbit/

s) supported by the EXOUa board
functioning as the Iu interface
board
Min
{Average
transmissi
on packet
length of
IuPS
interface *
8,400,000
*80%/
10000000
00, 10},
or,
EXOUa
Using the
default
recommen
ded value:
10(Gbps)
NodebPerAOUc
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500

AOUc
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Parameter Name
Meaning
Specifica
tions
Board
ErlPerAOUc

AOUc board
18,000
AOUc
IubUlPsThrPerAOUc
PS UL throughput (Mbit/s)
supported by the AOUc board
board
300
AOUc
IubDlPsThrPerAOUc
PS DL throughput (Mbit/s)
supported by the AOUc board
board
300
AOUc
IuUlDlPsThrPerAOUc

s) supported by the AOUc board
functioning as the Iu interface
board
700
AOUc
NodebPerUOIc

each UOIc board
500
UOIc
ErlPerUOIc

UOIc board
18,000
UOIc
IubUlPsThrPerUO
Ic
PS UL throughput (Mbit/s)
supported by the UOIc board
board
800
UOIc
IubDlPsThrPerUO
Ic
PS DL throughput (Mbit/s)
supported by the UOIc board
board
800
UOIc
IubUlDlPsThrPerUOIc

s) supported by the UOIc board
board
1200
UOIc
PortNumGOUc/
PortNumFG2c
The port numbers supported by

GOUc/FG2c
GOUc/FG2c
PortNumEXOUa
The port numbers supported by

EXOUa
EXOUa
Stm1PortNumAO
Uc
The STM-1 port numbers

supported by AOUc
AOUc
Stm1PortNumUO
Ic
The STM-1 port numbers

supported by UOIc
UOIc

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Parameter Name
Meaning
Specifica
tions
Board
PsThtPerENIUa

by each ENIUa board
8000
ENIUa
6.2.2 GSM Hardware Specifications

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Board Specifications
Parameter
Name
Meaning
Specifica
tions
Board
TrxPerEGP
Ua
Number of TRXs supported by each

EGPUa/EXPUa board
1000
EGPUa/EXPUa
BHCAPer
EGPUa
BHCA supported by each EGPUa/EXPUa

board
2,200,000
EGPUa/EXPUa
ErlPerEGP
Ua
Traffic (Erlang) supported by each EGPUa/

EXPUa board
6250
EGPUa/EXPUa
PDCHPerE
GPUa
Number of PDCHs supported by each

EGPUa/EXPUa board
3000
EGPUa/EXPUa
10GEPortP
erEXOUa
Number of 10GE ports supported by the

EXOUa board
EXOUa
TRXNoPer
EXOUa
Number of TRXs supported by the EXOUa

board over the Abis interface in IP
transmission mode
8000
EXOUa
ACICPerE
XOUa
Number of CICs supported by the EXOUa

board over the A interface in IP transmission
mode
75,000
EXOUa
GbTputPer
EXOUa
Throughput (Mbit/s) supported by the

EXOUa board over the Gb interface in IP
transmission mode
8000
EXOUa
GEPortPer
FG2c
Number of GE ports supported by the FG2c

board
FG2c
FEPortPer
FG2c
Number of FE ports supported by the FG2c

board
12
FG2c
GEPortPer
GOUc
Number of GE ports supported by the GOUc

board
GOUc
GbTputPer
FG2c
Throughput (Mbit/s) supported by the FG2c

or GOUc board over the Gb interface in IP
transmission mode
2000
FG2c/GOUc

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Parameter
Name
Meaning
Specifica
tions
Board
TRXNoPer
FG2c
Number of TRXs supported by the FG2c or

GOUc board over the Abis interface in IP
transmission mode
2048
FG2c/GOUc
ACICPerF
G2c
Number of CICs supported by the FG2c or

GOUc board over the A interface in IP
transmission mode
23,040
FG2c/GOUc
LogicalPor
tPerFG2c
Number of logical ports supported by the

FG2c or GOUc board in IP transmission
mode
490
FG2c/GOUc
STM1Port
PerPOUc
Number of STM-1 ports supported by the

POUc board
POUc
TRXHRPe
rPOUcTD
M
Number of TRXs supported by the POUc

board in TDM transmission mode
1024
POUc: TDM
TRXPerPO
UcIP
Number of TRXs supported by the POUc

board in IP transmission mode
2048
POUc: IP
MaxInterS
ubrackIPS
witch
Maximum switching capability between

subracks of the BSC
40 Gbit/s
BSC
Board Usage
Each type of board on the BSC6910 has its specifications, which are calculated by
collectively considering the capacity on various aspects (including BHCA capacity, TRX
capacity, CIC capacity, and bandwidth capacity). The specifications for a board indicate
the capacity for a board running with long-term stability.
When a board is processing services, its bandwidth capacity, service parsing and forwarding
capacity, and signaling parsing and forwarding capacity must be taken into consideration.
Therefore, Huawei uses the board usage to represent the board capacity.
Board usage = Traffic volume on the BSC/Maximum board specification
For example:
The specification of the GOUc board over the A interface is 23040 CICs, and the number
of serving CICs is 10000. Therefore, the board usage is 43.4% (10000/23040 x 100%).
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7 Acronyms and Abbreviations
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Table 7-1 Acronyms and abbreviations
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Acronym and
Abbreviation
Full Name
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
CN
Core Network
CP
Control Plane
EPS
Extension process subrack
GPS
Global Positioning System
Iu
Interface between RNC and CN
Iub
Interface between RNC and NodeB
Iur
Interface between RNC and RNC
MPS
Main process subrack
NodeB
Base station in WCDMA networks
RNC
Radio Network Controller
UP
User Plane

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5.1.1 Hardware Expansion and Upgrade Configurations...................................................................................................63

7 Acronyms and Abbreviations...................................................................................................86

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This chapter provides information about the changes in different versions of

4.1.6 Interface Boards

l Changed the uplink or downlink throughput of EXOUa IUPS

4.2.5 Interface Boards

Added restrictions imposed on the calculation of backplane

Added the description that only one ESAUa board is delivered

4.1.5 Service Processing

Modified the formula for calculating the number of EGPUa

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Modified the method of calculating the number

4.1.6 Interface Boards

Modified the method of estimating the number

4.4.1 BSC6910 UMTS Examples of

4.1.1 Cabinet Configurations

Changed "fan assembly" to "fan box" and

4.1.3 Impact of the Traffic Model on

Modified some descriptions.

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4.1.3 Impact of the Traffic Model on

Modified the method of estimating the number

4.1.5 Service Processing Modules

Modified the method of estimating the number

4.1.6 Interface Boards

l Added the description that EGPUa CP and

6.1.1 UMTS Traffic Model

l Updated the definition of the smartphone

Extended the maximum number of NodeBs or

4.1.2 Subrack Configurations

Changed the default number of ESAUa boards to

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4.1.6 Interface Boards

l Added descriptions about how to calculate

4.1.5 Service Processing Modules

Corrected the formula for calculating N_

4.1.5 Service Processing Modules

Modified the method of calculating the number

4.1.6 Interface Boards

l Modified the smartphone traffic model and

Configuration principles for POUc in Abis IP over E1/T1 for GSM

Added the description that the UMTS BHCA

4.1.3 Impact of the Traffic Model on

Added pps specifications for interface boards

4.1.6 Interface Boards

Added the description that the coefficient is

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6.1.1 UMTS Traffic Model

Add the number of active users for UMTS under

4.1.2 Subrack Configurations

Updated the configuration principles for SAU