Access Control GBSS14.

Feature Parameter Description

Issue Date

01 2012-04-28

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Contents

Contents
1 Introduction to This Document .............................................................................................1-1
1.1 Scope ............................................................................................................................................ 1-1 1.2 Intended Audience......................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.3 Change History.............................................................................................................................. 1-1

2 Overview of Access Control ..................................................................................................2-1 3 Principles ....................................................................................................................................3-1 4 Strategy .......................................................................................................................................4-1 5 Parameters..................................................................................................................................5-1 6 Counters ......................................................................................................................................6-1 7 Glossary ......................................................................................................................................7-1 8 Reference Documents .............................................................................................................8-1

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1 Introduction to This Document

1 Introduction to This Document

1.1 Scope
This document describes the concept, implementation, and technical principle of the access control feature. The feature involved is GBFD-511002 Access Control Class(ACC).

1.2 Intended Audience

It is assumed that users of this document are familiar with GSM basics and have a working knowledge of GSM telecommunication. This document is intended for:

Personnel working on Huawei GSM products or systems System operators who need a general understanding of this feature

1.3 Change History

This section provides information on the changes in different document versions. There are two types of changes, which are defined as follows:

Feature change: Feature change: refers to the change in the access control feature of a specific product version. Editorial change Editorial change: refers to the change in wording or the addition of the information that was not described in the earlier version

Document Issues
The document issues are as follows:

01 (2012-04-28) Draft A (2012-02-15)

01 (2012-04-28)
This is the first release of GBSS14.0. Compared with issue draft A (2012-02-15) of GBSS14.0, issue 01 (2012-04-28) of GBSS14.0 has no change.

Draft A (2012-02-15)
This is the draft release of GBSS14.0. Compared with issue 01 (2011-03-31) of GBSS13.0, issue Draft A (2012-02-15) of GBSS14.0 has no change.

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2 Overview of Access Control

2 Overview of Access Control

With the access control (ACC) feature, the BSC can control the number of MSs accessing the network at a certain time by allowing only the MSs of a certain ACC class to access the network. In this manner, the BSS overload or MSC overload caused by the simultaneous access of numerous MSs can be avoided. In addition, the ACC feature uses a sliding window mechanism to enable the MSs of all ACC classes to access the network. Thus, radio services are available for all MSs, especially in emergencies. In emergencies such as during natural disasters, the traffic in the network increases sharply. The traffic may increase to an extent that exceeds the network capacity. In such a case, subscribers have difficulties in making calls, and the radio network may be down. To solve this problem, the ACC feature controls the number of MSs accessing the network in emergencies by allowing only the MSs of certain ACC classes to access the network. Thus, normal operation of the radio network is ensured.

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3 Principles

3 Principles
When registered in a GSM network, an MS is assigned a common ACC class, ranging from Class 0 to Class 9, Class 10 to emergency call, or a special ACC class, ranging from Class 10 to Class 15. The BSC indicates in the system messages the access classes of the MSs that are allowed to access the network. The ACC feature uses a window sliding mechanism to allow only the MSs of a certain ACC class to access the network at a certain time. The size and speed of the sliding window is specified in the ACCCTRLPY parameter. There are 16 ACC classes. Class 0 to Class 9 are common classes and are specified for common voice and data services; Class 10 to emergency call, Class 11 to Class 15 are special classes and are specified for services such as emergency call. Currently, the BSC controls only the access of MSs of Class 0 to Class 9. The ACC feature is implemented by the MS, BSS, and MSC/VLR as a joint effort. The principles are as follows: 1. The access class of MSs of special classes is set to a high priority. 2. When an MSC/VLR is excessively overloaded and the access side of the MSC/VLR is congested, the BSC under the MSC/VLR controls the access of the MSs in certain cells. Only the MSs having high access priorities and certain MSs of common classes use the RACH to access the radio network. 3. The BSC broadcasts the class in which MSs are allowed to access a network. 4. The MS matches its class information stored in the SIM card and that in the broadcast information. If allowed, the MS uses the RACH to access the radio network. Otherwise, the access of the MS is barred.

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4 Strategy

4 Strategy
When ACCCTRLEN is set to YES(Yes), the ACC feature is enabled in a cell. After the feature is enabled, the BSC determines the MSs allowed to access the network by sending the ACC classes through system messages according to the policy specified in ACCCTRLPY. If the current ACC policy is changed or the MS uses another policy, the BSC sends the ACC classes again through system messages. The value range of ACCINDEX is 0 to 31. Each control policy is configured with ACCWPOS, ACCWSIZE, and ACCWSP. ACCWSP specifies the sliding speed of the ACC sliding window, ACCWPOS specifies the starting point of the ACC sliding window, and Access Control Window Size specifies the ACC sliding window size in an access control policy. MSs of the ACC access classes that are specified in the sliding window are not allowed to access the network. For example, if ACCINDEX is set to 1, ACCWPOS to 0, ACCWSIZE to 2, and ACCWSP to 120s, the MSs of Class 0 and Class 1 are barred from the radio network during the first period (first 120s); the MSs of Class 2 and Class 3 are barred from the radio network during the second period (second 120s), and so on. Figure 4-1 shows the time assignment principle. Figure 4-1 Assignment of ACC classes by time
MS Class
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 120

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Time (ms)

The description of Figure 4-1 is as follows: The sliding window mechanism allows the BSC to send ACC classes based on ACCWSP and ACCWSIZE. In this manner, MSs in different ACC classes can access the radio network and radio services are available for all MSs even in emergencies.

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5 Parameters

5 Parameters
Table 5-1 Parameter description Parameter ID ACCCTRLEN NE BSC6900 MML Command Description

SET GCELLCCBASIC Meaning: This parameter specifies whether the access control function is enabled in a cell. When the function is enabled, the BSC determines which MSs in the cell to be connected to the network by sending the ACC classes through system messages according to the specified policy in Access Control Policy. GUI Value Range: NO(No), YES(Yes) Actual Value Range: NO, YES Default Value: NO(No) Unit: None

ACCCTRLPY

BSC6900

SET GCELLCCBASIC Meaning: This parameter specifies the index of the access control policy that is used in a cell. GUI Value Range: 0~31 Actual Value Range: 0~31 Default Value: None Unit: None

ACCINDEX

BSC6900

ADD BSCACCCTRLP Meaning: This parameter specifies the index of MOD BSCACCCTRLP an access control (ACC) policy. It is used to identify an ACC policy. RMV BSCACCCTRLP GUI Value Range: 0~31 Actual Value Range: 0~31 Default Value: None Unit: None

ACCWPOS

BSC6900

ADD BSCACCCTRLP Meaning: This parameter is used to specify the MOD BSCACCCTRLP starting point of the ACC sliding window in an access control policy. GUI Value Range: 0~9 Actual Value Range: 0~9 Default Value: 0 Unit: None

ACCWSIZE

BSC6900

ADD BSCACCCTRLP Meaning: This parameter is used to specify the MOD BSCACCCTRLP ACC sliding window size in an access control policy. MSs of the ACC access classes that are specified in the sliding window are not allowed to access the network. GUI Value Range: 1~10 Actual Value Range: 1~10 Default Value: 2

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5 Parameters

Parameter ID

NE

MML Command

Description Unit: None

ACCWSP

BSC6900

ADD BSCACCCTRLP Meaning: This parameter is used to specify the MOD BSCACCCTRLP sliding speed of the ACC sliding window in an access control policy. GUI Value Range: 15~7200 Actual Value Range: 15~7200 Default Value: 120 Unit: s

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6 Counters

6 Counters
There are no specific counters associated with this feature.

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7 Glossary

7 Glossary
For the acronyms, abbreviations, terms, and definitions, see the Glossary.

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8 Reference Documents

8 Reference Documents
[1] BSC6900 Feature List [2] BSC6900 Optional Feature Description [3] BSC6900 GSM Parameter Reference [4] BSC6900 GSM MML Command Reference

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