OCB-283

INTRODUCTION
DEVELOPED BY CIT ALCATEL OF FRANCE . HAS GOT SIMILARITIES WITH ITS PREDECESSOR E-10B ALSO KNOWN AS OCB-181 IN FRANCE. FIRST OCB-283 EXCHANGES OF R11 VERSION WERE COMMISSIONED IN BREST (FRANCE) AND BEIJING (CHINA) IN 1991. FIRST OCB283 EXCHANGE CAME TO INDIA IN 1993. UPGRADED AND VERSION R-20 WAS VALIDATED IN JAN 1994. THE EXCHANGES SUPPLIED TO INDIA BELONG TO R-21 VERSION. R-22 &R-23 FAILED.PRESENTLY R-24 IS WORKING.

SALIENT FEATURES
IT IS A DSS WITH SINGLE TSTAGE SWITCH. A MAX OF 2048 PCMs CAN BE CONNECTED. SUPPORTS MFR2,CAS AND CC#7 SIGNALLING SYSTEMS. PROVIDES BASIC TELEPHONY,ISDN,DATA COMMUNICATION, CELLULAR AND OTHER VALUW ADDED SERVICES. SYSTEM HAS AUTOMATIC RECOVERY FEATURE.
WHEN A SERIOUS FAULT OCCURS IN A CONTROL UNIT ,IT GIVES A MESSAGE TO SMM (O&M UNIT). THE SMM PUTS THIS UNIT OOS,LOADS THE S/W OF THIS UNIT IN A BACK-UP UNIT AND BRINGS IT INTO SERVICE.DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAMMES ARE RUN ON THE FAULTY UNIT AND REPORT IS PRINTED .

SALIENT FEATURES CONTD...

HAS GOT DOUBLE REMOTING FACILITY.
SUBSCRIBERS ACCESS UNIT CSND CAN BE PLACED AT A REMOTE PLACE AND CONNECTED TO THE MAIN EXCHANGE THROUGH PCM LINKS.FURTHER,LINE CONCENTRATORS CAN ALSO BE PLACED AT A REMOTE LOCATION AND CONNECTED TO THE CSNL OR CSND THROUGH PCMs.

VARIOUS UNITS OF OCB-283 ARE CONNECTED OVER TOKEN RINGS FOR FAST EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION SO THAT COMPLICATED WIRING BETWEEN VARIOUS UNITS IS AVOIDED. TO AVOID LOSS OF REVENUE SUBS CHARGE ACCOUNTS ARE AUTOMATICALLY SAVED IN THE DISC ONCE IN A DAY. HANDLES 8,00,000BHCA AND 25,000 ERLANGS OF TRAFFIC.A MAX OF 2,00,000 SUBS OR 60,000 CIRCUITS CAN BE CONNECTED.

SALIENT FEATURES CONTD...

X-GE CAN BE MANAGED LOCALLY OR FROM AN NMC THROUGH 64KBPS LINK. ALL CONTROL UNITS ARE IMPLEMENTED ON THE SAME TYPE OF H/W. THIS IS CALLED A STATION.
DEPENDING ON THE REQUIREMENT OF PROCESSING CAPACITY S/W OF EITHER ONE OR SEVERAL CONTROL UNITS CAN BE LOCATED ON THE SAME STATION.FOR ALL THESE CONTROL UNITS ,ONLY ONE BACK-UP STATION IS PROVIDED ENABLING AUTOMATIC RECOVERY IN CASE OF FAULT.

SYSTEM IS MADE OF ONLY 35 TYPES OF CARDS EXCLUDING CARDS USED IN CSN. BEING MODULAR EXPANSION IS EASILY CARRIED OUT BY ADDING NECESSARY H/W &S/W.

SALIENT FEATURES CONTD...

THE SMMs ( O&M UNITS ) ARE DUPLICATED WITH ONE ACTIVE AND OTHER HOT STANDBY.

IN CASE OF FAULTS ,SWITCH OVER TAKES PLACE IMMEDIATELY.MOREOVER,AS THE DISKS ARE CONNECTED TO BOTH SMMs,THERE IS NO NECESSITY OF CHANGING CABLES FROM ONE SYSTEM TO ANOTHER.

THE HARD DISC IS VERY SMALL IN SIZE, COMPACT AND MAINTANENCE FREE.

IT HAS A VERY HUGE CAPACITY OF 1.2 GIGA BYTES ( LATEST 4 TO 8 GIGA BYTES).THE DETAIL BILLING DATA IS REGULARLY SAVED IN THE DISC ITSELF,FROM WHERE THEY CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO MAGTAPE FOR PROCESSING.

THE SPACE REQUIREMENT IS VERY SMALL.

NO SEPARATE ROOM IS REQUIRED FOR OMC.THERE IS NO FIXED OR RIGID RACK AND SUITE CONFIGURATION IN THE SYSTEM.FALSE FLOOR AND CEILING ARE NOT ESSENTIAL. SYSTEM CAN WORK FROM 50 C TO 450 C,THOUGH

THE OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE IS 220 C.

THE ALCATEL FAMILY

ALCATEL 1100 PACKET ALCATEL SWITCHING ALCAETEL 1100 1400 VANS IN ALCATEL 1000 E 10 ALCATEL ALCATEL 900 1300 MOBILE TMN ALCATEL TELEPHONY 1000 BROAD BAND ATM

VANS VALUE ADDED NETWORK SERVICES

TMN TLECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT NETWORK

FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE
X-GE HAS GOT THREE BASIC SUBSYSTEMS: SUBSCRIBER ACCESS SUBSYSTEM CONNECTION & CONTROL SUBSYSTEM OPERATION & MAINTANENCE SUBSYSTEM SUBSCRIBER ACCESS SUBSYSTEM: TREATED AS AN INDEPENDENT ENTITY EVERY SUBSCRIBER CONNECTING EQUIPMENT RACK IS GIVEN A SIGNALLING POINT NUMBER TO OPERATE IN COMMON CHANNEL SIGNALLING MODE WITH REST OF THE EXCHANGE SUBSYSTEMS.

 CONTROL & CONNECTION SUBSYSTEM CONSISTS OF: CONTROL EQUIPMENT:

PROCESS MONITOR CONTROL THE CALL SETUP AND RELEASE

SUBSYSTEMS CONTD...

CONNECTION & SWITCHING EQUIPMENTS:

SWITCHING MATRIX EQUIPMENT FOR PERFORMING DIGITAL TIME SWITCHING OF SPEECH PATH CONNECTION EQUIPMENTS FOR CONNECTING PCM ( DIGITAL) JUNCTIONS FROM OTHER EXCHANGES AND RSUS AUXILIARY EQUIPMENTS FOR TONES ,FREQUENCIES & OTHER AUXILIARIES FOR SIGNALLING PROTOCOL HANDLING

OPERATION AND MAINTANENCE SUBSYSTEM:

FOR OPERATION AND MAINTANENCE OF EXCHANGE BY OPERATORS OR THROUGH REMOTE NMC.

CONNECTION UNITS
THESE PROVIDE FACILITY TO CONNECT SUBSCRIBERS OR CIRCUITS FROM AN EXTERNAL PCM AND TRANSFER THESE SPEECH SAMPLES ON TO SELECTED TIME SLOTS CALLED VOICE CHANNELS ON A LR LINK TOWARDS SWITCHING MATRIX AND VICE-VERSA. S.NO 1 2 3 NAME SUBSCRIBER CONNECTION UNITS CIRCUIT CONNECTION UNITS FUNCTIONAL NAME CSNL,CSND,CSED SMT (URM)

FREQUENCY SMA (ETA) GENERATOR,SENDER,RECEIVER COMMON CHANNEL SIGNALLING PROTOCOL HANDLER SMA (PUPE)

CONTROL UNITS
THESE UNITS PROVIDE CONTROL OF CALLS ON THE BASIS OF STORED PROGRAMMES. THEY PROCESS THE CALLS ON THE RECEPTION OF DIALLED DIGITS FROM CALLING SUB/CKT AND TAKE PART IN HANDLING OF CALL SET-UP AND RELEASE BY : PROCESSING MONITORING MEASURING CHARGING OF CALLS AND ALL OTHER CONTROL FUNCTIONS NEEDED FOR WORKING OF A X-GE.

CONTROL UNITS
CONTROL UNITS COMPRISE OF THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS MR MULTIREGISTER CALL HANDLER,SET-UP & RELEASE OF CALL TR TRANSLATOR TRANSLATION OF DIGIT,DATABANK OF SUBS & CKTS IN FILES MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN COMMON CONTROL AND CONNECTION UNITS COMPUTING THE CHARGE OF A CALL , KEEPING METERS PROCESSES AND MAKES CONNECTIONS IN SWITCHING MATRIX ON THE ORDERS FROM MR OR MQ. MANAGE THE CCS#7 N/W FOR SIGNALLING.

MQ MARKER

TX

CHARGER

GX MATRIX SYS HANDLER

PC

CCS N/W CONTROLLER

S/N & O&M UNITS

SWITCHING NETWORK PROVIDES FACILITY FOR CONNECTING THE LRs (INTERNAL PCMs) COMIMG FROM CONNECTION UNITS AND PERFORMS SWITCHING OPERATION FOR CALLING SUBS TS ONTO CALLED SUBS TS AND VICE VERSA FOR A TWO WAY CONNECTION PER CALL OF TELEPHONY. O&M UNITS AND MAINTANENCE PERIPHERALS: ALSO KNOWN AS OMCOPERATION AND MAINTANENCE CENTRE. PROVIDES ACCESS FOR MAN-MACHINE DIALOGUES FOR THE HUMAN OPERATORS TO INTERACT AND COMMAND THE WORKING OF X-GE EQUIPMENT.

CSNL CSND

LR(4MBPS)

SMX

DT

BT

MCX LR

CKTS

SMT URM

LR COM

ETA

PUPE
SMA

COMMUNICATION MULTIPLEX
OM MQ TMN GX MR TX TR PC

HARDWARE UNITS
SMT: TRUNK MULTIPROCESSING STATION SMA:AUXILIARY MULTIPROCESSING STATION SMC:CONTROL MULTIPROCESSING STATION SMX:SWITCH MULTIPROCESSING STATION STS:SYNCHRONISATION AND TIME BASED STATION SMM:MAINTANENCE MULTIPROCESSING STATION CSN:SUBSCRIBER DIGITAL SELECTION STATION TOKEN RINGS: MIS: INTERSTATION MULTIPLEXER MAS:STATION ACCESS MULTIPLEXER MAL:ALARM MULTIPLEXER LP: LINKS FOR SPEECH

LR
REMOTE CONCEN TRATOR

CSNL

LR

CSNL

CSND
PCM JUNCTIONS

LR

SMT

SWITCH ING MATRIX SINGLE T SMX

LR

SMA

MAS

CONTROL UNIT - SMC

MIS
OPERATION AND MAINTANENCE UNIT SMM-A&B

NMC

SUBSCRIBER ACCESS UNIT-CSN

CSN IS DESIGNED TO EQUIP EITHER WITH ANALOGUE OR DIGITAL SUBs OR BOTH. THE CARDS FOR ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL SUBS ARE DIFFERENT ,BUT CAN BE EQUIPPED IN ANY SLOT OF THE SHELF. CSN CAN BE PLACED EITHER IN THE X-GE SWITCH ROOM(CSNL) OR AT A REMOTE LOCATION(CSND). SUBSCRIBER CARD SHELF IS KNOWN AS CONCENTRATOR. CONCENTRATOR CAN BE PLACED AT THE RACK (CNL-LOCAL CONCENTRATOR)OR AT A REMOTE LOCATION(CNE-REMOTE CONCENTRATOR).

CSN CONTD...
CSNL IS CONNECTED TO SWITCHING MATRIX(SMX) THROUGH A MINIMUM OF 1GLR OR A MAXIMUM OF 2GLRS.( GROUP OF 8 LRs AND EACH LR IS A PCM LINK HAVING 32 TIME SLOTS). THE CSND IS CONNECTED TO SMT RACK THROUGH A MINIMUM OF 2PCMS TO A MAXIMUM OF 16 PCMS. CSED OF E10B CAN ALSO BE CONNECTED TO SMT. THE MESSAGE INTERCHANGES BETWEEN CSN AND CUS TAKE PLACE ON LOCAL VERSION OF CCS#7.

ARCHITECTURE OF CSN
THE CSN RACK HAS ONE BASIC RACK AND UPTO THREE EXTENSION RACKS. CSN CONSISTS OF: DIGITAL CONTROL UNIT UCN CONCENTRATORS CNL OR CNE. DIGITAL CONTROL UNIT: IT IS THE INTERFACE BETWEEN CONCENTRATORS AND THE EXCHANGE. IT IS IN THE BASIC RACK. THE BASIC RACK IS PLACED IN SW ROOM FOR CSNL AND AT A REMOTE LOCATION FOR CSND.

UCN
CONTROL & CONNECTION AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT UNIT UCX PROCESSING GROUP THERE ARE TWO SUCH GTA UNITS TO CONTROL THE IN CASE OF STAND-ALONE LOGIC OF THE CSN. OPERATION (i.e.WHEN THEY OPERATE IN PILOT CSND IS ISOLATED FROM & STANDBY MODE. MAIN EXCHANGE): GENERATES TONES AND THE ACTIVE UCX RECORDED CONTROLS THE WORKING ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR OF CSN AND UPDATES LOCAL COMMUNICATION STANDBY UCX. DECODES DTMF DIALLING ANY FAULT IN THE TESTS THE SUBSCRIBER ACTIVE UCX ,THE LINES CONNECTED TO THE SWITCHOVER TAKES LOCAL CONCENTRATORS. PLACE WITHOUT EFFECTING THE TRAFFIC.

CONCENTRATORS
THE SHELF WHICH ACCOMODATES SUB LINE CARDS IS KNOWN AS CONCENTRATOR. THE CONCENTRATORS LOCATED WITH THE DIGITAL CONTROL UNIT ARE KNOWN AS LOCAL CONCENTRATORS (CNL) WHILE LOCATED AT A REMOTE LOCATION SRE KNOWN AS REMOTE CONCENTRATORS (CNE). WHEN A REMOTE CONCENTRATOR IS USED THEN TO CONNECT ITS PCMS TO DIGITAL CONTROL UNIT AN INTERFACE SHELF ICNE IS REQUIRED. THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF A CONCENTRATOR IS 256 SUBSCRIBERS.

NAMING RULES
MAXIMUM 5 CHARACTERS,6TH RESERVED FOR VARIANTS

1
SUB-ASSEMBLY FAMILY ( CONTROL, SN etc)

TYPE OF INDIVIDULISATION PHYSICAL ENTITY OF SUB-ASSEMBLY

1ST LETTER SUBASSEMBLIES FAMILY

A COMMAND STATION OR COMMAND BOARD TRUNK / AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT CONTROL STATION

R
T

CONNECTION NETWORK AND TIME BASE

SUBSCRIBER DIGITAL ACCESS UNIT

NAMING RULES CONTD...

2ND LETTER TYPE OF PHYSICAL ENTITY
A B C E F G L P R S BACKPLANE ADAPTATION DEVICE SUBRACK(MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY,BACKPLANE etc) ELECTRONIC CARD POWER SUPPLY BACKPLANE GATE ARRAY LEADS (LINKS) EXTENDER RACK PLUG

CN & ITS CARDS

THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF CARDS ARE EQUIPPED IN A CONCENTRATOR : ANALOGUE SUBSCRIBERS - TABAS DISCRIMINATED ANALOGUE SUBS - TABAE 2B+D DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER -TABN 3G 30B+D DIGITAL ACCESS -TADP WHEN ALL THE CONCENTRATORS ARE LOCAL A MAX OF 19 CONCENTRATORS CAN BE EQUIPPED IN ONE CSN HAVING 4 RACKS. WHEN ALL ARE REMOTE OR AT LEAST 2 ARE REMOTE A MAX OF 20 CONCENTRATORS CAN BE EQUIPPED .

CNL CONFIGURATION
CONNECTING INTERFACE POWER SUPPLY POWER SUPPLY POWER SUPPLY

UCN

CNL4

CNL9

CNL14

CNL0
CNL1 CNL2 CNL3

CNL5
CNL6 CNL7 CNL8

CNL10
CNL11 CNL12 CNL13

CNL15
CNL16 CNL17 CNL18

CNE CONFIGURATION
CONNECTING INTERFACE
UCN ICNE PCM MAX 42 PCMs

CNE 0

CNE 1

CNE 19 MAX 20 CNE

CNL & CNE CONFIGURATION

CONNECTING INTERFACE

CNE 1

UCN CNL 1 CNL 2 CNE 2

CNL 3
ICNE CNE 17

MAXIMUM 20 CN (CNL + CNE)