Introduction to

ZXC10-BSC

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 Content

A BSC overview
B subsystems of BSC

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A BSC Overview

 Position in system
 Hardware Architecture
 Mechanical and electrical Features
 Logical Structure
 Performance
 Working environment

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Position in system

BSS
MS

BTS BTS BSC VLR

MS BTS

HLR
MSC

PSTN

MS
ISDN
BTS BSC
BTS
BTS
MS

Um Interface A Interface
Abis Interface other MSC

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Hardware Architecture
TS SVBS TO
。
。
。 MSC

BSM HIRS SVBS

TO
CDSUS CPS
BTS

HIRS ： High-speed Interconnect Router Subsystem

CDSUS ： Channel/Data Service Unit Subsystem
SVBS ： Selector & Vocoder Bank Subsystem
TS ： Timing Subsystem
CPS ： Call Processing Subsystem
BSM ： Base Station Management Subsystem

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Mechanical and electrical Features

 BSC consists of central rack and vocoder rack.

 Central rack and vocoder rack apply standard rack and insertion box. The di
fferent types of insertion box are composed of different inserted boards.
 From top to bottom, the whole rack contains: a power distribution insertion
box, 3~5 function insertion boxes, a fan box and anti-dirt frame.
 There are three kinds of function insertion boxes:
HIRS layer: consists of PSMB, NIM, NCM, etc.
CDSU layer: consists of PSMB, CDSU （ or CDSU, CPM, TCM, GPS ） , etc.
SVBS layer: consists of PSMB, SVM, SVICM, etc.
Max.number of cards in each function insertion box:22

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Rack

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Central rack

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Vocoder Rack

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 Logical Structure
BSC 
System


HIRS CDSUS SVBS TS CPS BSM Subsystem
BSC _CDSU

CPM

SVM

GPSTM
NIM

TCM
SVICM
NCM

Module


SVE

SVP

Unit

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Performance
 Max. number of E1links of A interface: 240 （ 240 x 30 =7200 circuits ）
 Max. number of E1 links of Abis interface: 380
 Max. number of selector/vocoder :7200
 Max. traffic processing capability:5040 Erl （ 7200 x 0.7 ）
 BHCA ： 310K
 Max number of subscribers ： 170K （ 0.03 Erl per subscriber ， 5040/0.03 ）
 Max number of BTS can be connected to BSC ：
 380 （ single carrier frequency and omni-direction, 48channels/BTS,
13.2erl ， 5040/13.2 ）
 128 (single carrier frequency with three sectors,144channels/BTS , 60 traffic channel ， 39.
6erl ， 5040/39.6)
 Access Network Interfaces Interoperability Specification : IOS2.x ， IOS3.x ， IOS4.x
 Support soft handoff between BSC
 8K 、 13K QCELP and 8k EVRC vocoder
 Data service ： 9.6kbps 、 14.4kbps

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Working environment
 Long term working temperature: +15℃~+35℃
 Short term working temperature: 0℃~+45℃
 Long term working humidity: 40%~65%
 Short term working humidity: 15%~90%
 The concentration of dirt with diameter larger than 5μ
m should be ≤3×104grains/m. In addition, the dirt sho
uld not be conductive, electro-magnetic or corrosive.

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B Subsystems of BSC

 HIRS ： High-speed Interconnect Router

Subsystem
 CDSUS ： Channel Data Service Unit Subsystem
 SVBS ： Selector/Vocoder Bank Subsystem
 TS ： Timing Subsystem
 CPS ： Call Processing Subsystem

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 B Subsystems of BSC
HIRS ： High-speed Interconnect Router
Subsystem
CDSUS ： Channel Data Service Unit
Subsystem
SVBS ： Selector/Vocoder Bank Subsystem
TS ： Timing Subsystem
CPS ： Call Processing Subsystem

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HIRS

HIRS Subsystem is switching center and packet

data exchange platform of BSS 。
Function of HIRS ：
 Packet data switching
 Flow control
 Timing distribution ， monitor GPS
 Software downloading

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 HIRS Box

P N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N P
O I I I I I I I I I C C I I I I I I I I I C C O
W M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M W
A A

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 Structure of HIRS
TS
HIRS clk TOD clk Ethernet Interface
BSM
dis dis
U
co U co
gateway
I2C gateway I 2C

NCM
NCM NCM
NCM

NIM NIM NIM NIM

CPS

7 0 7 0 7 7 0 422 CPM
CPM

CDSUS
BSC_CDSU BSC_CDSU
SVBS SVBS
non-channelized E1 non-channelized E1

BDS BDS
BTS_CDSU BTS_CDSU

BDS
BTS_CDSU

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NCM —— Network Control Module

 Manage the HIRS

 Interface to Base Station Management
Subsystem
 Timing receiving and distributing

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 Structure of NCM

DISCO U- ATM LVDS

G
Gateway I/F I/F
Unit
at Unit
e
422 232 Main Control
Unite
Ethernet

CLK, Power & Reset

19.44M
． Unite
CHIP PP2S
M/S Main Control
Control Logic Unit
Signal
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 Functions of various parts

 U-gateway unit: Implements dual-bus mediation and routing the interior or

outgoing packet.
 ATM interface unit: Implements interconnection to another frame, and provides
interfaces for future expansion.
 Main control unit: The CPU system, which implements distributing various
modules’ software and configuration information; modifying, notifying and
confirming local device status; maintaining local copy of the configuration
database; detecting, isolating, reporting and recovering the HIRS network
errors; monitoring the performance of HIRS network; receiving broadcast TOD
message, controlling and maintaining GPSR (GPS receiver). Also it implements
operation and maintenance of the whole BSS system.
 Clock power supply reset unit: Provides the power supply to the board, and
1.5V power supply to the backplane; clock driving and distributing; provide
board reset signal.
 Main control logic unit: Implements active/standby competition and switchover,
in-board status detection, control and reporting.
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 NCM Panel

HL12
 HL12: Running indicator (green), with the
blinking speed representing different processes
HL14 running;
HL2  HL14: Alarm indicator (red), lighting up when a
software error occurs;
 HL2: Active indicator (green), lighting up when
the board is in active state;
SW5  SW5: Manual active/standby switchover button;
 SW3: Reset button.
SW3

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NIM － Network Interface Module

Receive/send RS-422 serial data

Receive/send data through DISCO
8 ＋ 1 redundancy
Clock receiving and distributing

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Structure of NIM

422 HDLC
Driver Unit

Back
Control Unit Buffer
Plane

GTLP DISCO
Driver Unit

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 Functions of various parts
 Control unit: Implements board startup, self-test, status error
reporting, N+1 switchover etc.
 DISCO Unit: Transmits the data in the reception buffer to the
UGATE of the NCM, or saves the data from the UGATE into the
sending buffer.
 HDLC Unit: Receives the HDLC data frames from the CPM,
NCM, SVICM or CDSU and save them into the buffer, or takes
data from the sending buffer, converts them into the HDLC
format and sends them to the CPM, NCM, SVICM or CDSU.
 422 driver: Drives the HDLC data code flow, even second and
CHIP signals.
 GLTP driver: Drives the DISCO dual-bus data and control
signals.
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NIM Panel

NIM

RUN
ALM  RUN: A green indicator, blinking when
ACT the board works normally.
 ALM: A red indicator, blinking or
lighting up in case of board failure.
RST  ACT: A green indicator, lighting up
when the board is in master mode.
 RST: Reset button.

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 Subsystem of BSC

HIRS: High-speed Interconnect Router Subsystem

CDSUS ： Channel Data Service Unit
Subsystem
SVBS ： Selector/Vocoder Bank Subsystem
TS ： Timing Subsystem
CPS ： Call Processing Subsystem

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 CDSU Subsystem

 Convert signal between RS-422 interface

and non-channelized E1,transfer signaling
and traffic data between BSC and BTS.
 BSC-CDSU and BTS-CDSU,and have the
same hardware structure.

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BSC-CDSU － Channel/Data Service Unit IN
BSC
RS422 Interface Unit

E1 Interface Unit

Route E1 Interface
Arbiter
Unit
E1 Interface

 Provide the E1 link interconnect

with BTS-CDSU ；
 Support flow control ；
Control Unit  Supply the RS-422 interface
interconnect with NIM ；
 Monitor and maintain E1 link ；
BSC-CDSU  Routing and BUS arbitration 。

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BTS-CDSU － Channel/Data Service Unit IN BTS

RS422 Interface Unit

E1 Interface

E1 Interface
Route Arbiter Unit
 Provide the E1 link interconnect
with BSC-CDSU ；
 Support daisy-chain between
BTS and provide the E1 link ；
Control Unit  Provide RS-422 interface
interconnect with CCM 。
BTS-CDSU  Monitor and maintain E1 link ；
 Flow control
 Routing and BUS arbitration

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CDSU Panel

RUN

ALM

SYNCA

SYNCB  RUN Running

 ALARM Alarm
 SYNCA Synchronization A
 SYNCB Synchronization B
 RST Reset Button
RST

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Subsystem of BSC

 HIRS: High-speed Interconnect Router

Subsystem
CDSUS ： Channel Data Service Unit
Subsystem
SVBS ： Selector/Vocoder Bank Subsystem
TS ： Timing Subsystem
CPS ： Call Processing Subsystem

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 SVBS
SVBS is the physical unit of Selector/Vocoder resource pool in
BSC,composed of 1 SVICM and 8 SVMs.
 select path ： select a path in several soft handoff path by the
quality
 Transcoding ： convert code between PCM and QCELP or
EVRC
 Echo cancellation: Echo cancellation in forward link
 Judge and implement soft handoff
 Power control
 Signaling handle

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 SVBS Box

P S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S P
O V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V O
W M M M M M M M M I I M M M M M M M M W
A C C A
M M

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 Structure of SVBS

RS422
To HIRS SVICM DISCO BUS

E1
SVM1 SVM2 SVM8

To MSC

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SVICM － Selector & Vocoder Interface Control
Module

S-HIRS
 Distribute forward traffic and signaling （ SVMSVICM  NIM ）
 Distribute reverse traffic and signaling （ SVMSVICM  NIM ）
 Distribute signaling interior SVBS （ SVMSVICM ）

Receive and Distribute Clock and TOD m

essage
Manage and control SVM
Interconnect with MSC

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Structure of SVICM

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 Functions of various parts
 SVC unit: The kernel control part of the SVICM. With a high-
performance processor as its CPU, it is responsible for the
maintenance and management of the SVBS internal software and
configuration data and the control and maintenance of various
SVMs in the SVBS;
 DISCO logic unit: Implements communication with the HIRS
network, that is, link with the HIRS network of the BSC through a
gateway;
 Gateway Unit: Implements the communication with the SVM;
 Digital Trunk Interface(DTI) unit: Implements the PCM link
between the MSC and the BSS;
 Clock generation unit: Generates the working clock (20ms)
required by the SVBS with the received system clock as reference.
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SVICM Panel

RUN  RUN: Running indicator (green), blinking during

operation;
ALM  ALARM: Alarm indicator (red), lighting up when a
software error occurs;
SYNA
 SYNA: 1st E1 connection indicator, lighting up to
indicate that the E1 link is connects;
SYNB
 SYNB: 2nd E1 connection indicator, lighting up to
SYNC indicate that the E1 link is connects;
 SYNC: 3rd E1 connection indicator, lighting up to
SYND indicate that the E1 link is connects;
 SYND: 4th E1 connection indicator, lighting up to
indicate that the E1 link is connects;
RST  RST: Reset button.

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SVM － Selector & Vocoder Module

 transcoding between PCM and QCELP or EVRC

 reverse outer-loop power control
 soft handoff
 handle layer 3 of Abis interface and layer 2 of IS-
95 signaling
 assign the timeslot

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 Function of SVM

SVE1
数据接口
 selector/vocoder processor
SVP SVE2
维护总线  selector/vocoder Element
时钟接口 HW 接口

SVE15

SVICM receive traffic data from the RS-422 port of NIM then
forward to SVM,SVP forward to SVE,SVE transcoding to PCM
and send through HW,in other direction,SVE transcoding PCM to
QCELP or EVRC,then send to SVP,then to SVICM,and then
NIM.
A SVM contain 1 SVP and 15 SVEs.
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 Structure of SVM
Clock,Reset
And Power SVE
circuit
B
DSP1 a
HW
c
…… Interface
k
Main DSP5 p
Control l
Unit a
n
Data Interface e
Unit e
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 Functions of various parts
 Main control unit: Performs the control of SVE and data
interface unit; implements selector and power control
functions; fault detection and reporting;
 Data interface unit: Provides a packet data interface for the
communication within the BSS system;
 HW interface unit: Implements PCM clock conversion and
provides PCM code flow data channel for SVE;
 SVE: Implements PCM-QCELP conversion, with 15
vocoders;
 Clock, reset and power circuit: Implements clock and board
reset of the main control unit, and provides all types of power
supplies, including 5V, 3.3V and 2.5V.

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 SVM Panel

RUN  RUN: Running indicator

ALARM (green), blinking during
working normally;
 ALARM: Alarm indicator
(red), lighting up when a
RESET software error occurs;
 RESET: Reset button.

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Subsystem of BSC

 HIRS: High-speed Interconnect Router Subsystem

CDSUS ： Channel Data Service Unit Subsystem
SVBS ： Selector/Vocoder Bank Subsystem
TS ： Timing Subsystem
CPS ： Call Processing Subsystem

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 Timing Subsystem
According to the CDMA standard,BSC and BTS independently
synchronization the timing signal provided by GPS
Timing subsystem provide such timing signal:
* PP2S
* 16chips ： 19.6608MHz
* TOD message

TS
G PC SH TMM 1 TCM

N CC HM M1 1 N CC HM M2 1

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GPSTM — GPS Timing Module

10M Hz

1PPS 1 6 c h ip

G P S Ê ± Ö Ó Ð Å ºÅ ½ Ó G PSÊ±Ö Ó 1PPS PP2S

ÊÕ µ¥Ô ª GPS Data Ë ø Ïà µ ¥ Ô ª
¿Ø Ö Æ ½ Ó ¿Ú G
10M H z
GPSTM TO D P
S
GPS天 线 部 分 T 1 9 .6 6 0 8 M H z
10M Hz M
1PPS B
1 6 c h ip
P
G P S Ê ± Ö Ó Ð Å ºÅ ½ Ó G PSÊ±Ö Ó 1PPS TO D
ÊÕ µ¥Ô ª GPS Data Ë ø Ïà µ ¥ Ô ª
¿Ø Ö Æ ½ Ó ¿Ú
¿Ø Ö Æ ½ Ó ¿Ú
GPSTM TO D

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 TCM — Timing Control Module

10MHz.A 10MHz buffer

10MHz and FDM1
selector distribution
10MHz.B circuit FDM2

16xChip PLL local rack

16Chip.A regenerator and local rack
16xChip
distribution extended rack
selector
16Chip.B circuit extended rack

PP2S local rack

PP2S.A
PP2S regenerator and local rack
selector distribution extended rack
PP2S.B
circuit extended rack

TCM
inserted
status IIC interface IIC BUS
main controller
GPSTM.A inserted status circuit
GPSTM.B inserted status

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TCM Panel

 RUN green Lights up when the TCM

works normally
 ALM red Lights up when the TCM
works abnormally
 LOCK green Lights up when the TCM
is locked
 CLK: an SMA socket, used for monitoring of
the TCM’s 16chip timing signal
 PP2S: an SMA socket, used for monitoring of
the TCM’s PP2S timing signal and for BS
testing
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Timing distributing of BSC

1.2288MHz,PP2S 1.2288MHz,PP2S,
1.2288MHz,
19.6608MHz, ,Tod,Tx_clock, CPM 8kHz,2MHz,50Hz,
PP2S,Tod
10MHz,PP2S, Rx_clock Tod
Tod
NCM
S V IC M SVM
NCM N IM
GPS G
TM P T H IR S 1
S C
T M
M NCM
GPS B N IM S V IC M SVM
TM P NCM
H IR S 2

1.2288MHz,PP2S BSC_CDS 1.2288MHz,PP2S,

19.6608MHz, ,Tod,Tx_clock, U 8kHz,2MHz,50Hz,
1.2288MHz,
10MHz,PP2S, Rx_clock Tod
PP2S,Tod
Tod

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 Subsystem of BSC

HIRS: High-speed Interconnect Router Subsystem

CDSUS ： Channel Data Service Unit
Subsystem
SVBS ： Selector/Vocoder Bank Subsystem
TS ： Timing Subsystem
CPS ： Call Processing Subsystem

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CPS
CPS is a joint point of BSS system’s resource
management and call signaling protocol processing.
Handle the signaling of ABIS interface
Radio resource management and distribution,
Trunk resource management
Processing of MTP3 and SCCP of SS7 CPM

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CPM － Call Processing Module

Control over loading of BSS;produce the message of

A and ABIS interface:establish the signaling link to
CCM and SVICM
Radio channel resource management, maintenance
and distribution
SS7 interface
Manage the database of BSS,include the
parameters,trunk resource, radio channel resource,
traffic channel resource, call record,performances
record,handoff record.

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 CPS Box

P C C C C C C C C C C C C C C P C C G T G P
S D D D D D D D D D D D D D D A P P P C P S
M S S S S S S S S S S S S S S M MMS MS M
A U U U U U U U U U U U U U U T T A
M M

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Hardware feature of CPM

According to the software function of CPM,CPM

should have the Hardware features below ：

 CPS sub-system is a joint point of BSS system’s

resource management and call signaling protocol
processing,processing all the signaling,so the CPM
should be powerful.
 CPS sub-system is a joint point of BSS system’s
resource management and call signaling protocol
processing ， so the CPM should be 1+1 hot standby

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 Structure of CPM

CPM

NIM CPU1 Debugging port

RS232/Ethernet
BDM Interface

DPRAM

M/S
Controller
Standby CPU2 Debugging port
CPM M/S RS232/Ethernet
Communication BDM Interface

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 Function of varies parts

 CPU1: Connection and communication

with the HIRS;
 Dual-port RAM: Communication path
between two CPUs;
 CPU2: The kernel of the CPM, implements
the call processing function

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 CPM panel

RUN Running Indicator

Error Status
ALM
Indicator

ACT Active/Standby
 RUN green running indication
Status Indicator
 ALM red error status indication
M/S
Active/Standby
Switch Button  ACT green active status indication
RST Reset Button
 M/S active/standby switch
TEST1
 RST reset
CPU1 Ethernet
Debugging Port
 TEST1 CPU1 debugging port
TEST2
CPU2 Ethernet
Debugging Port
 TEST2 CPU2 debugging port

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 Other Module

PAM:Power Alarm Module

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 PAM

 monitor the running status of the power supply

modules in the BSC-side frames and the equipment
room environment signals, including temperature,
humidity and smoke,
 report the result to the background operation and
maintenance console through the NCM for
processing;
 provides duplex RS232 and RS485 interfaces for the
connection of external monitoring devices and alarm
box.

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 Structure of PAM

Power
Memory
Board

Alarm box UART HDLC

Commun- Commun-
External ication CPU ication NCM
scout & Contro-
ller Contro-
control
device ller
Smog,
Sensor
Temperature,
I/F
Humidity ...

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 PAM Panel

PAM
Green led, Run
lamp
Red led, Alarm
RUN
lamp ALM

 RUN, green, indicating normal operation

Reset Botton
RST status of the board software
 AlM, red, indicating communication erro
r and environment alarm
 RST, reset of the board

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 Address scenario

Flow
SubN
contr type BssID Node Port Path Modul Unit
et
ol
2bit 2bit 3bit 1bit 4bit 4bit 4bit 4bit 8bit
For routing in
For routing in
B-HIRS
S-HIRS

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Thank You

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