HUAWEI BSC6000 Hardware and System Guide

Internal Use (Only)
Dec 31 2006
ENE040613040001 HUAWEI BSC6000
Hardware Structure and

System Description
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This course describes the hardware structure of

the HUAWEI BSC6000 system, board module
functions, system operating principles, system
signal flows, and O&M flows. In addition, this
course describes the principles of hardware
configuration and lists some typical
configurations.
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Reference
HUAWEI BSC6000 Hardware Reference
HUAWEI BSC6000 System Description
HUAWEI BSC6000 Architecture and Principles
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Purpose
After learning this course, you should understand

the following contents:
HUAWEI BSC6000 function and features
HUAWEI BSC6000 hardware structure
HUAWEI BSC6000 system principle
HUAWEI BSC6000 typical configuration
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Chapter 1 System Description

Chapter 2 Hardware Structure
Chapter 3 Working Principle
Chapter 4 Typical Configuration
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Location of the BSC6000 in the GSM Network

The HUAWEI BSC6000 is a new generation GSM BSC product after the HUAWEI
BSC32.
HLR
MSC
BTS
MS
A
BTS
MS
Gs
BSC
Pb
PCU
BTS
Gb
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MS
Um
GGSN
SGSN
PDN
Abis
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Features of the BSC6000 System

Large capacity, high integration
Supporting at most 2048TRX;
Maximum of traffic: 12,000 Erl; BHCA : 2,340,000;
Full-configuration subscriber: 600 000
In case of using the E1 interface board, a maximum of the system is four racks
In case of using the STM-1 interface board, a maximum of the system is three
racks
Low cost, low power consumption
256TRX power consumption: 1640W (including GTCS ) :
2048TRX power consumption: 6920W (including GTCS) :
Flexible configuration
Supporting multiple types of networking between BSCs and BTSs
Service-oriented hardware configuration
Multiple clock sources
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Comprehensive functions; advanced management algorithm for radio resource
The service functions is categorized into basic functions and optional functions. To protect
investment, the customer choose proper functions that are applied to a specified network
function and capacity.
HW_II Power Control Algorithm
HW_II Handover Algorithm: supporting about 10 handover algorithms, such as hierarchical
handover, layer handover, and PBGT handover
Multiple radio resource allocation technology and flexible radio channel switch mechanism
Practical O& M functions
Friendly GUI
Flexible network parameter configuration
Remote maintenance
Abundant Online Help
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Smooth capacity expansion and upgrade
Supporting smooth, in-service capacity expansion
Supporting in-service patching
Strong performance, advanced design
Supporting 2M signaling link
Supporting local multiple signaling points
Supporting TC resource pool
Supporting full-index report performance statistics
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Summary
Summary
This chapter describes the following contents:

Design mentality of the HUAWEI BSC6000 system
System specifications
Functions and Features
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Chapter 3 Working Principle
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Rack and Subrack
Board
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Abbreviation
Abbreviation
Full Name
GBCR
GSM BSC Control Processing Rack
GBSR
GSM BSC Service Processing Rack
GBAM
GSM Back Administration Module
GEPS
GSM Extended Processing Subrack
GMPS
GSM Main Processing Subrack
GTCS
GSM TransCoder Subrack
GIMS
GSM Integrated Management System
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Structure of Rack
Model: The BSC6000 uses HUAWEI N68-22 rack. The rack design
complies with the IEC60297 and IEEE standards.
Structure
Dimension: 600mm (width) x800mm (depth) x 2200mm (height)
Weight: Empty rack 150kg; full configuration 350kg
Type
The BSC6000 rack is categorized into two types:
GBCR: GSM BSC Control Processing Rack
GBSR: GSM BSC Service Processing Rack
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Rack GBCR
Power
distribution
box
GBCR (GSM BSC Control Processing Rack ):

It must be configured with main processing
subrack and GBAM server. It processes the
Subrack
BSC6000 services and performs operations and

maintenance.
In the GBCR, a GIMS and at most two
Cabling
subrack
subracks can be configured .
GIMS: GSM Integrated Management System
Air
defence
subrack
consists of the following components:
One KVM (keyboard, video and mouse)
One LAN Switch
One GBAM (GSM Back Administration
Subrack
Module) server
KVM
Dummy
panel
LAN
Switch
GBAM
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Power Distribution Box

The power distribution box has the following configurations:
Checking two channels of - 48 V input voltage
Detecting one route of external temperature sensor; detecting one route of external humidity
sensor; detecting two lightning protection components; detecting the status of six distributedpower output switches
Emitting audio and visual alarms
Communicating with the GSCU and reporting the status of the power distribution box and
exchanging O&M information with the GSCU
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Fan Box
The PFPU board and the PFCU board are configured in the fan box.
The PFPU is inserted in the rear part of the fan box. It provides power supply for nine fans, keeps
the voltage stable through a stabilizing tube, and ensures normal operations of the fans.
The PFCU is inserted in the front part of the fan box. It has the following functions:
Monitoring the running status of the fans in the fan box
Communicating with the GSCU and reporting the working status of the fan box
Detecting the temperature of the fan box, collecting temperature data with a temperature sensor
Showing the current status of fan box
and providing alarms through LED
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KVM
The KVM is a device integrating a keyboard, a
display, and a mouse. It is the operating
platform of the GBAM.
Port for mouse cable
Port for display cable
Power switch
DC input power socket
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Port for keyboard

cable
GBAM
The GBAM is a server installed with OMU software, which is used to perform operation and
maintenance for the BSC6000.
It has the following functions:
Controlling the communications between the LMT and boards, supporting data configuration
for boards through the LMT; collecting and filtering performance and alarm data
Responding to the commands from the LMT, processing the commands, and then forwarding
the commands to the boards in the BSC6000
Filtering the results from boards and then returning the results to the LMT
Front of GBAM
Rear of GBAM
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Rack GBSR
GBSR (GSM BSC Service Processing Rack ): It is only
configured with subracks. It performs service processing
functions of the BSC6000.
Power
distribution
box
One service rack can be configured with three

subracks.
According to the requirement of service quantity,
each BSC6000 system contains a maximum of three
Air
defence
subrack
service racks.
subrack
Air defence
subrack
Dummy
panel
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Subrack
Subrack: The subrack complies with the
IEC60297 standard. The width of it is 19 inches.
Fan box
A backplane is in the middle of the subrack, and
Board
boards are inserted from the front and the rear

of the subrack. Both the front subrack and the
rear subrack provide 14 slots. The slots are
numbered 0027 from the front to the rear.
Cabling
Trough
The BSC6000 contains three subracks:

GMPS main processing subrack
14
20
27
Interface
board
GEPS extension processing subrack

GTCS voice processing subrack
Mother
board
00
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06
13
Service
board
SubrackGMPS
GMPS: It performs the basic service processing and operation maintenance functions. In addition,
it provides system clock. The GMPS is configured in the GBCR. Compared with the GEPS
subrack, the GMPS also is configured with the GGCU board.
It can process the services of a maximum of 512 TRXs in full configuration.
GXPUM Slot 0 2
GTNU Slot 4 5
GSCU Slot 6 7
GGCU Slot 12 13
GEIUB Slot 18 27
GEIUT Slot 16 17
GEIUP Slot 14 15
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SubrackGEPS
GEPS: It performs basic service processing function of the BSC6000. Each BSC6000 has 03
GEPS that can be configured in the GBCR or GBSR.
It can process the services of a maximum of 512 TRXs in full configuration.
GXPUM slot 0 2
GTNU slot 4 5
GSCU slot 6 7
GEIUB slot 18 27
GEIUT slot 16 17
GEIUP slot 14 15
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SubrackGTCS
GTCS: A GTCS (GSM TransCoder Subrack ) performs transcoding, rate adaptation and submultiplexing.
When the BSC6000 uses E1 transmissions on the A interface, a GTCS provides a maximum of
3,840 speech channels.
When the BSC6000 uses STM-1 transmissions on the A interface, a GTCS provides a maximum of
7,680 speech channels.
GTNU slot 4 5
GSCU slot 6 7
GDPUC slot 8
13&0 3
GEIUT slot 14 17
GEIUA slot 18 27
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Dip switch of Subracks

The switch state ON means 0 and OFF
means 1. The highest bit of DIP corresponds
with the highest bit of the byte.
The odd parity check is used for DIP. In the
eight DIP bits, the quantity of 1 must be
odd.
Use the following method to set: First set the
DIP bit 15 and 8. DIP bit 7 is generally 0.
Bit
1
Subrack number control bit
Odd parity check bit
It is undefined, and is generally set as

0.
The automatic DIP bit of the GSCU

board in the central subrack is:
0, the starting of boards is highly
dependent on the GBAM server, namely
that the boards load from the server
after starting.
1, the starting of boards is less
dependent on the GBAM server, namely
that the boards check the validity of the
Flash file when starting, and load from
the Flash file if the Flash file is valid or
load from the server if the Flash file is
invalid.
Then count the quantity of 1 in the current

DIP bits. If the quantity is even, set DIP bit 6
as 1. If the quantity is odd, set DIP bit 6 as
0.
ON
Meaning
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Rack and Subrack
Board
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Abbreviation
Abbreviation
Full name
GGCU
GSM General Clock Unit
GSCU
GSM Switching and Control Unit
GTNU
GSM TDM Switching Unit
GXPUC
GSM extensible Processing Unit for Cell broadcast service
GXPUM
GSM extensible Processing Unit for Main service
GDPUC
GSM Data Processing Unit for CS service
GEIUA
GSM E1/T1 Interface Unit for A
GEIUB
GSM E1/T1 Interface Unit for Abis
GEIUP
GSM E1/T1 Interface Unit for Pb
GEIUT
GSM E1/T1 Interface Unit for Ater
GOIUA
GSM Optic Interface Unit for A
GOIUB
GSM Optic Interface Unit for Abis
GOIUP
GSM Optic Interface Unit for Pb
GOIUT
GSM Optic Interface Unit for Ater
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BoardGGCU
The GGCU is the general clock unit in the BSC6000. The active GGCU and
the standby GGCU are configured in slots 12 and 13 in the GMPS. The GGCU
board provides synchronous timing signals for the system
The GGCU has the following functions:
Generating and keeping synchronous clock signals
Keeping the consistency of synchronization information output from the
active and standby GGCUs
GGCU
RUN
ALM
ACT
ATN-IN
0
1
CLKOUT
Matching
Port
Function
Connector
5
6
7
8
9
COM0
CLKLIN0 TESTOUT
CLKLIN1
TESTIN
COM1
CLKOUT0
Synchronization signal output port, used to
output 8 kHz clock signals to the GSCU
COM0 1
Standby
RJ45
TESTOUT
Standby
SMB male connector
TESTIN
Standby
SMB male connector
CLKIN0 1
Synchronization clock signal input port, used to
SMB male connector
PARC
input one route of external 2.048 MHz signal and

2.048 Mbit/s code stream signals
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RJ45
BoardGSCU
The GSCU is the switching control unit in the BSC6000. The active GSCU and
the standby GSCU are inserted in slots 6 and 7 of the GMPS/GEPS/GTCS. The
GSCU board provides maintenance management of the subrack and GE
switching platform for the subrack.
The GSCU has the following functions:
Performing maintenance management of the subrack
Providing a GE platform for the subrack
Providing clock information for the other boards in the same subrack
except the GGCU
Port
Function
Matching
EHT0 9
10M/100M/1000M Ethernet ports, used to connect subracks
RJ45
EHT10
10M/100M/1000M Ethernet ports, used to connect GBAM
RJ45
11
(Only the main subrack is connected with the GBAM)
COM
Debugging port
CLKIN
TESTOUT
Clock source port, used to receive the 8 kHz clock signals

from the panel of the GGCU
Clock test signal port, used to output clock test signals
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RJ45
RJ45
SMB connector
Board GTNU
The GTNU is the TDM switching unit in the BSC6000. The active GTNU and the
standby GTNU are inserted in slots 4 and slot 5 of the GMPS/GEPS/GTCS. The
GTNU board performs the TDM switching function, which is the TDM switching
center of the system.
The GTNU has the following functions:
GTNU
RUN
ALM
TN M 5 TN M 4 TN M 3TN M 2 TN M 1 TN M 0
ACT
Providing 128 K 128 K TDM switching
LVDS
6
TDM switching LVDS

module
24
128K*128K
Rear plane
Front plane
Allocating TDM network resources, establishing, and releasing radio links
Matching
Port
PARC
TDM0 5
Function
TDM high-speed serial port, used to connect the GTNUs

between subracks
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connector
DB14
BoardGXPUM
GXPU
RUN
ALM
LINK
ACT
1 0 /1 0 0 /1 0 0 0 B A S E -T
ACT
The GXPUM is the main service processing unit in the BSC6000. The active
GXPUM and the standby GXPUM are inserted in slots 0 and 1 of the GMPS or
GEPS. One GXPUM has four built-in CPUs that perform central service
processing function.
The GXPUM has the following functions:
Paging control
System information management
Channel assignment
BTS common service management
Voice call control

Packet service control
Handover
Power control
0
1
2
3
Port
PARC
Function
10/100/1000BASE-T0 3
GE/FE Ethernet port, reserved
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Matching
connector
RJ45
BoardGXPUC
GXPU
RUN
ALM
LINK
ACT
1 0 /1 0 0 /1 0 0 0 B A S E -T
ACT
The GXPUC is the cell broadcast processing unit in the BSC6000. The
active GXPUC and standby GXPUC are inserted in slots 8 and slot 9 in
the GMPS or GEPS. The GXPUC performs the message cell broadcast
function of the system.
The GXPUC has the following functions:
Providing a port for connecting the Cell Broadcast Center (CBC)
Storing cell broadcast messages
Scheduling cell broadcast messages based on the Cell Broadcast
Channel (CBCH)
0
1
2
3
Port
Function
10/100/1000BASE-T0 3
PARC
GE/FE Ethernet port,

reserved
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Matching
connector
RJ45
Board GEIU / GOIU

GEIU
RUN
ALM
ACT
GOIU
RUN
ALM
ACT
TX
RX
E1/T1(24~31)
LOS
E1/T1(16~23)
The GEIU / GOIU can be categorized into the following types :

The GEIUB/GOIUB is the GSM E1/T1 Interface Unit for the Abis interface.
The GEIUP/GOIUP is the GSM E1/T1 Interface Unit for the Pb interface.
The GEIUT/GOIUT is the GSM E1/T1 Interface Unit for the Ater interface.
The GEIUA/GOIUA is the GSM E1/T1 Interface Unit for the A interface.
The GEIU/GOIU has the following functions:
Processing the SS7 MTP2 protocols
Processing the Link Access Procedure on the D channel (LAPD) protocols
Providing maintenance links when GTCS subracks are configured at the
MSC side
Performing inter-board Tributary Protect Switching (TPS)
E1/T1(8~15)
Interface
PARC
TESTOUT2M1 2M0
TESTOUT2M1 2M0
E1/T1(0~7)
Function
E1/T1(0
E1/T1 port, used to transmit and receive E1/T1 signals on
31)
routes 07
2M0 1
PARC
TESTOUT
2.048 MHz clock source output port, used to output the

extracted line clock as the system clock source
2.048 MHz clock output port, used to output the testing
clock of the system
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Matching
connector
DB44
SMB male
connector
SMB male
connector
BoardGEIU
The DIP switches of the GEIU board is set through the 75-ohm coaxial cable transmission mode. Reset
the DIP switches of the GEIU board if onsite engineers adopt other transmission modes.
DIP
Bit
switch
Description
75
120
S1
Used to select the impedance on E1/T1 links 07
ON
OFF
ON
OFF

23
ON
OFF
ON
OFF
31
58
Unused
ON
OFF
S3
18
Used to set the protection grounding of the

transmitting end of E1/T1 links 07
ON
OFF
S4
18

ON
OFF
S5
18

ON
OFF
S6
18

ON
OFF
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BoardGDPUC
DPUa
RUN
ALM
ACT
The GDPUC is the circuit service processing unit in the BSC6000. The
GDPUC board can be inserted in slot 0 to slot 3, slot 8 to slot 13 of the
GTCS subrack. The board performs the voice and data service
processing functions. It works in resource pool mode.
The GDPUC has the following functions:
Encoding and decoding speech services
Performing data service rate adaptation
Performing Tandem Free Operation (TFO)
Performing voice enhancement function
Automatically detecting voice faults
PARC
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Summary
Summary
This chapter describes the following contents:

Structure of the BSC6000
rack
Subrack
Structures and functions of boards
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Chapter 3 System Principle
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Module Function
System Signal Flow
Software Loading
Alarm Channel
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System Logical Structure

The BSC6000 system consists of the following logical functional subsystems:
TDM Switching Subsystem
Service Control Subsystem
GE Switching Subsystem
Interface and Signaling Processing Subsystem
Service Processing Subsystem
Clock Subsystem
Connection
between
subracks
TDM switching subsystem
Service
processing
subsystem
Service
control
subsystem
Interface
and
signaling
processing
subsystem
E1/STM-1 to BTS
E1/STM-1 to PCU
E1/STM-1 to MSC
Clock
subsystem
Connection
between
subracks
GE switching subsystem
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TDM Switching Subsystem

The Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) switching subsystem provides circuit switched domain
(CS) switching for the system.
The TDM switching subsystem has the following functions:
Providing TDM bearers for the A, Abis, Ater, and Pb interfaces
Performing TDM switching and providing circuit switched domain (CS) switching for the
system
Providing TDM bearers for the system service processing
Logical Unit
Physical entity
TDM access bearer unit
GEIUB/GOIUB, GEIUP/GOIUP, GEIUT/GOIUT, GEIUA/GOIUA
TDM switching unit
GTNU
TDM processing bearer unit
GDPUC
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TDM Switching Unit

The GTNU board operates in active and standby modes.
When other boards perform active-standby switchover, the GTNU board detects the speech
channels on the LVDS links.
When the GTNUs perform active-standby switchover, other boards detect the speech
channels on the LVDS links.
Intra-Subrack TDM Switching: Other boards in the subrack connect the active/standby boards
through the Low Voltage Differential Signal (LVDS) high-speed serial ports
GTNU (active)
Slot 0
Slot 2
GTNU (standby)
Slot 27
Connection between a board and the active GTNU through

a backplane TDM path
Connection between a board and the standby GTNU
through a backplane TDM path
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Inter-Subrack Interconnections of GTNU

Crossover Cables
0
The right figure shows the

interconnections of GTNU crossover
GTNU
3
GTNU
GTNU
GTNU
cables when four service subracks are

configured.
cables among GMPS&GEPS.
cables among GTCS
Pin14
Pin1
A
X1
X2
GTNU
2
3
W1
W2
W3
W4
X3
X4
B
Pin1
Pin14
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2
GTNU
GTNU
GTNU
GE Switching Subsystem
The Gigabit Ethernet (GE) switching subsystem performs GE switching of signaling and O&M
interface.
The hardware of the subsystem consists of the following entities:
Backplane
GSCU board
GE interface units of the boards in the subsystem
The GSCU performs operation and maintenance of its subrack and provides GE switching for the
other boards in the same subrack.
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GE Switching Unit
Intra-subrack active/standby GSCU boards: HiG interconnection; 30G bandwidth
Intra-subrack GE switching: The GSCU board provides 48G GE switching capability. The slot 14,
slot 15, slot 26, and slot 27 are distributed 1G respectively. The slot 6 and slot 7 are not distributed.
Other slots are distributed 2G respectively.
GSCU1
GSCU0
12
GE
48
GE switching
module
Inter-subrack
60G
GE
Slot 26
Connection between a board and the active GSCU through a

backplane GE path
Connection between a board and the standby GSCU
through a backplane GE path
48
Port on the backplane
Slot 2
Port on the panel
Slot 1
12
GSCU
Standby
GSCU
Active
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GSCUs to slots: 48G

The GSCU provides 12 ports for inter-subrack
interconnection: 12 x 1G
Total: 48G+12x1G=60G
GE Switching Interconnection
GSCU (main subrack)
GE 0
GE TRUNK1
GE TRUNK2
GE 1
GE 2
GE 3
GE 4
GE TRUNK3
GE 5
GE TRUNK4
GSCU (extension subrack)
GE 0
GE 0
GE 0
GE 1
GSCU0
GSCU1
GE 1
GE 1
GE 6
Four intersubrack 1G
network
cables
GSCU0
GSCU1
GSCU0
GSCU1
Extension
subrack
main
subrack
GE 7
GE 8
GE 9
GE TRUNK5
GE 10
GE TRUNK6
GE 11
CPU FE
GBAM
HiG interconnection
30G bandwidth
FE
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Extension
subrack
Structure of Inter-Subrack Interconnection

A interface
GTCS
GTCS
Main GTCS
GTCS
TC
Ater interface
Abis interface
Pb interface
GEPS
GEPS
GMPS
GEPS
BM
The subracks in the BSC6000V100R001 compose an interconnection switching

network through cascades.
GSCU star interconnection
GTNU full interconnection
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Service Control Subsystem

The service control subsystem has the following functions:
Paging control, system information management, channel assignment, voice call control, PS
service control, handover, and power control
The hardware entities:
The GXPUM board
The GXPUC board
The GBAM server
The GSCU board in the GTCS subrack
The GXPUM board performs the main service processing of the BSC6000, which includes four
CPU processing units.
The four CPU processing units have the following functions:
CPU0: paging control, system information management, channel assignment, and BTS
common service management
CPU1 3: voice call control, PS service control, handover, and power control
The GXPUC board performs the cell broadcast function; the GBAM server performs BTS O&M
management; the GSCU board in the GTCS subrack performs the TC resource pool management
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Service Processing Subsystem

The hardware entity of the service processing subsystem is the GDPUC board. It performs the
following functions:
Transcoding
Rate adaptation
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Interface and Signaling Processing Subsystem

The interface and signaling subsystem provides interfaces of BSC, BTS, and NSS, which performs
signaling processing function of data link layer.
Providing A/Abis/Pb/Ater interfaces
Supporting cell broadcast message service processing
Supporting the MTP2 protocol of SS7
BTS
Supporting the LAPD protocol
The trunk cable is categorized into the following types:

75 coaxial cable
120 twisted pair cable
120Y-shaped twisted pair cable
Port: DB44 connector
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GMPS/
GEPS
GTCS
BSC
Pb
PCU
75 Y-shaped coaxial cable
Abis
Ater
Cb
CBC
MSC
Clock Subsystem
The hardware entity of the clock subsystem is the GSM General ClocK Unit (GGCU).
The clock sources of the BSC6000 are as follows:
Building Integrated Timing Supply System (BITS)
There are two types of BITS clock: 2 MHz clock and 2 Mbit/s clock. The 2 Mbit/s clock source
has higher anti-interference capabilities than the 2 MHz clock source.
Line clock
The line clock extracted from the A interface is processed and generates 2 MHz clock and 8
kHz clock. The 2 MHz clock signals output from the A interface panel and then are sent to the
GGCU board in the GMPS subrack.
Note:
The R01 does not support this clock.
Local free-run clock
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Clock Subsystem
GGCU Reference Clock Input
To input the active-standby clock of the GGCU, you can use the signals provided by the BITS and
the 2.048MHz clock signal extracted from the upper-level clock by the interface panel in the service
subrack.
The GGCU backplane uses the interface panel of the same subrack to extract the 8 KHz clock
signals from the upper-level clocks.
Reference Clock for the GMPS or GEPS
The reference clocks are provided by the GGCU. The reference clocks generate 8kHz clock
signals through the GGCU.
GMPS: The clock signals are sent to the GSCU in the GMPS subrack through the backplane.
Then, the clock signals are sent to other boards in the same subrack.
GEPS: The clock signals are sent to the GSCU board in the GEPS subrack through the clock
cable. Then, the signals are sent to other boards through the backplane.
Reference Clock for the GTCS
Each GTCS extracts line clock from the A interface. The link clock is processed through A interface
panel and then generates 8 KHz clock signals.
The clock signals are sent to the GSCU in the subrack through the backplane. Then the clock
signals are sent to other boards in the same subrack.
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System Clock Scheme

Active/standby GGCU
In the subrack 0
Time synchronization
primary reference
Backplane
transmission
Transmission synchronization
reference source
Distribution cable
transmission
GSCU
GSCU
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Service board
GEPS
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Backplane
transmission
Backplane
transmission
Backplane
transmission
GMPS
GSCU
GEPS
Clock synchronization Interconnection

The connection of the GGCU of the main subrack and the GSCU of the extension subrack is shown
as following figure:
The active GGCU and the standby GGCU output 10-way signal channel respectively. A signal
channel of an active GGCU and that of a standby GGCU are integrated through the Y-shaped
cable.
GGCU support six service subracks, one is the GMPS, others five are the GEPSs where the
10 cables from GSCUs to GGCU can be connected at most.
X3
X2
GSCU
W3
W2
GSCU
GSCU
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GEPS
W1
GGCU
GSCU
GGCU
Y-shaped
cable
GMPS
GEPS
Any of component including GGCU, Y-shaped cable, and GSCU is faulty, the system clock still
can work normally.
Module Function
System Signal Stream
Software Loading
Alarm Path
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Signal Flow of Basic Voice Service

Voice service
BTS
Abis
interfac
e
G
E
I
U
B
G
T
N
U
GMPS/GEPS
G
E
I
U
T
G
E
I
U
T
G
T
N
U
G
D
P
U
C
Ater
interface
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E
I
U
A
MSC
A interface
GTCS
Front board
E1/T1 cable
Rear board
TDM switching
on the backplane
PS Service Signal Flow
PS service:
G
E
I
U
B
BTS
Abis
interface
G
T
N
U
G
E
I
U
P
PCU
SGSN
GMPS/GEPS
Pb interface
Gb interface
Front board
E1/T1 cable
Rear board
Backplane TDM switching
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Service Signal Flow

Abis interface
16K
16K
GEIUB
GTNU
64K
GEIUT
64K
Ater interface
GEIUT
16K
64K
GTNU
64K
GEIUA
64K
A interface
64K
64K
16K
64K
16K
Pb interface
GEIUP
GDPUC
64K
BM subrack
64K
TC subrack
A interface
GEIUB
64K
GTNU
GEIUT
16K
GEIUT
64K
GTNU
64K
GEIUA
64K
Abis interface
64K
64K
BM subrack
Voice service, non-crossover subrack switch
Voice service, crossover subrack switch
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GDPUC
(TC)
TC subrack
PS service, non-crossover subrack switch
PS service, crossover subrack switch
SS7 on the A Interface

The signals are processed through the MTP2, and
then sent to the GXPUM in the mode of internal
signaling flow
G
X
P
U
M
G
S
C
U
G
E
I
U
T
G
E
I
U
T
GMPS/GEPS
Ater
interface
GTCS
Front board
Rear board
G
T
N
U
G
E
I
U
A
MSC
A
interface
E1/T1 cable
TDM switching on the backplane
GE switching on the backplane
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Signal Flow of Cross-Subrack Call

Description of control plane cross-subrack call: When access subrack bears a heavy load, other
subracks can share signaling.
GSCU
Abis
GEIUT
Ater
GEIUT
GTNU
BM
GEIUA
TC
Abis
G
E
I
U
B
GSCU
GEIUT
GEIUT
BM
GTNU
GEIUA
TC
cross-subrack signaling flow

Normal signaling Flow
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Signaling Flow on the Abis Interface
G
X
P
U
M
G
S
C
U
G
E
I
U
B
GMPS/GEPS
The signals are processed through the LAPD,

and then sent to the GXPUM in the mode of
internal signaling flow
BTS
Abis
interface
Front board
E1/T1 cable
Rear board
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Signaling Signal Flow on the Ater Interface

Internal Signaling Signal
The signals are processed through the MTP2,
the internal signaling flow
G
X
P
U
M
G
S
C
U
G
E
I
U
T
G
E
I
U
T
GMPS/GEPS
Ater
interface
G
S
C
U
GTCS
The signals are processed through the

MTP2, and then sent to the GSCU in the
mode of internal signaling flow
Front board
E1/T1 cable
Rear board
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Signaling Signal Flow on the Pb Interface

Pb signaling signal
G
X
P
U
M
G
S
C
U
G
E
I
U
P
GMPS/GEPS
The signals are processed through the LAPD,

internal signaling flow
PCU
Pb interface
Front board
E1/T1 cable
Rear board
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O&M Flow
G
B
A
M
Service
board
G
S
C
U
Ater
GMPS
LAN Switch
G
E
I
U
T
G
E
I
U
T
Service board
HDLC link
G
S
C
U
GTCS remote
M2000
T
E1/T1 cable
Ethernet cable
GE switch on backplane
G
S
C
U
GEPS
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S
C
U
Service board
GTCS local
Module Function
System Signal Flow
Software Loading
Alarm Path
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Software Loading
The loading process is the process that a board obtains program files and data files after the service
subrack or the board starts or restarts.
The BSC6000 software loading control system has two layers:
The GBAM is the first-level center of the entire BSC software loading management. The loading
and power-on of the GBAM are independent of other boards. The GBAM processes the loading
control requests of the GSCU in the GMPS.
The GSCU in the GMPS is the second-level center of the loading control system. The GSCU
processes the loading control requests of the service boards in the GMPS, GEPS, and GTCS.
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Software Loading Path (GTCS at Local)

GTCS
GMPS
G
S
C
U
Service board
Service board
G
B
A
M
G
S
C
U
GMPS
GEPS
Main GTCS
extension GTCS
GE on the backplane
Inter-subrack Cable
GEPS
G
S
C
U
GTCS
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Service board
Service board
G
S
C
U
Software Loading Path (Remote GTCS)

GMPS
E
I
U
T
G
S
C
U
Service board
Service board
G
B
A
M
G
S
C
U
E
I
U
T
GTCS
GMPS
GEPS
Main Remote GTCS
extension GTCS
GE on the backplane
GEPS
G
S
C
U
GTCS
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Service board
Service board
G
S
C
U
Inter-subrack Cable
HDLC
Loading Software to the GSCU Board
The process of the software loading for the GSCU in GMPS is as follows:
1.
After the GSCU starts up, it broadcasts the BOOTP request.
If the GBAM is online, it processes and responds to the request.
If the GBAM is not started or is offline, the GSCU starts up and loads data from its own
flash memory, acts as a second-level loading control center, and then processes the
BOOTP requests of the other boards.
2.
After receiving the response from the GBAM, the GSCU determines whether to obtain the
latest application files from the GBAM based on the loading control characters and the
software version in the flash memory.
3.
If the GSCU needs to obtain the program files from the GBAM, it obtains the program
software from the software area in the GBAM and writes it into the flash. It then loads the
software from the flash.
4.
After the program files are loaded, the GSCU starts to load the data files. The loading
process of the data files is the same as that of the program files.
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Loading Software to the Other Boards in GMPS/GEPS
After the software of the GSCU is loaded, the loading of the software for the other boards in the
subrack starts.
1.
After a board is started, it broadcasts the BOOTP request. The request contains the physical
address of this board and the software version information stored in the flash.
2.
After the GSCU receives the BOOTP request, it transparently transmits this request to the
GSCU in the GMPS if the subrack is not the GMPS.
3.
The GSCU in the GMPS calculates the IP address of the board based on the physical
address of the board, and then obtains the loading control character from the configuration
data of the board.
If the loading control character is Load from Flash, then the GSCU in the GMPS responds to the
BOOTP request. The response carries the IP address and the loading control character, notifying
the board to obtain the program files from the flash and load them.
If the loading control character is Auto, then the GSCU in the GMPS determines whether the
software version in the flash of this board is consistent with that in the software area of the GBAM,
and then responds to the BOOTP request. The response carries the IP address and the loading
control character.
If the loading control character is Load from Server, then the GSCU directly downloads the
application files from the version section on the GBAM.
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Loading Software to the Other Boards

4.
After the program files run, the board sends a LOAD request to the GSCU in the GMPS to
query the files except the program files.
5.
The GSCU in the GMPS returns a file list to the board. Based on the file list, the board
responds to the GSCU with the file version information in the flash.
6.
The GSCU compares the version information and responds to the board with the information
(carrying the GBAM address) about the files to be updated.
7.
The board downloads the files from the software area in the GBAM and loads them.
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Loading Software to the Boards in a Remote GTCS

The GSCU in the main GTCS is a second-level loading control center. The loading of the remote
GTCSs can be independent on the Ater O&M link to some extent.
When the Ater O&M link is broken, the GSCU in the main GTCS processes the loading
requests from the boards in the subrack.
When the Ater O&M link is normal, the GSCU in the GMPS processes all the loading requests
from the remote GTCSs and the GSCU in the GTCS stops working as a loading control center.
The software loading for a remote GTCS consists of:
Loading Software to the GSCU
Loading Software to the other boards
The process of loading software to the remote service boards is similar to that of loading
software to the local service boards. The differences are as follows:
The files downloaded from the GBAM are first saved in the remote loading control center
before being downloaded to the other boards.
The remote service boards download files through Ater O&M links, which work in
active/standby mode. The bandwidth of each Ater O&M link is 164 kbit/s to 3064 kbit/s.
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Module Function
System Signal Flow
Software Loading
Alarm Path
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Connection of Alarm Box

Connection scheme: The alarm box accesses LMT client through serial ports
When an alarm is reported, the LMT uses the convert program to drive the alarm box to
generate visual and audio indications.
The user performs alarm box management, such as terminating alarm sounds and disabling
alarm indicators.
Alarm
management
module
Convert
LMT
GBAM
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Alarm box
Report of Alarm from Local Subrack

The report process of alarm from local subrack:
The service board generates alarm
The alarm is shielded and filtered on the service board, and then is reported to the GBAM
through GE switching.
The GBAM reports the alarm to LMT/EMS and records alarm log.
GMPS
Service
board
GSCU
GBAM
GEPS
Service
board
GSCU
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Convert
Alarm box
Report of Alarm from Remote Subrack

The report process of alarm from remote subrack is shown as follows:
The service board of remote subrack generates alarm.
The alarm is shielded and filtered on the service board.
The alarm is transferred to the local GEIUT through the GE switching, and then sent to the
GEIUT of main subrack through the SS7 of the Ater interface.
The local GEIUT reports the alarm to the GBAM through GE switching.
GTCS
Service
board
GMPS
GEIUT
GEIUT
GSCU
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LMT
Convert
Alarm box
Report of Alarm from BTS

Report process of alarm from BTS
The BTS generates alarm that is shielded and filtered in the BTS.
The alarm is sent to the local EIUB through the OML. After processed through the LAPD
protocol on the EIUB, the alarm is sent to the GBAM through GE switching.
GMPS
BTS
GEIUB
GSCU
GBAM
GEPS
BTS
GEIUB
GSCU
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Convert
Alarm box
Summary
Summary
This chapter describes operating process of the BSC6000, including

module function, software loading, system signal flow, and alarm
path.
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Configuration Principles
The GEIU/GOIU provide E1 port or STM-1 port. To ensure the orderliness of rack, insert the GEIU
/GOIU boards at the rear of slots.
The Abis interface supports four mulitiplexing modes, including 4: 1, 3: 1, 2: 1, and 1: 1.
Each GEIUB board at most supports 256 Lapd links
The proportion between the number of the Ater interface boards and that of A interface boards is 1: 4,
so that the multiplexing capability of the Ater interface can be supported.
Each GDPUC board can processes 968-way voice. The GDPUC board uses N+1 redundancy
configuration. All the TC resources are shared through the resource pool.
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Except the GTNU and the GSCU, other boards can be inserted at random.
But, in the configuration operation provided by the LMT, each board should be inserted in the
specified slots:
Two GSCUs should be inserted in the slot 6 and slot 7 of the GMPS/GEPS/GTCS. They
work in active/standby mode.
Two GTNUs should be inserted in the slot 4 and slot 5 of the GMPS/GEPS/GTCS. They
work in active/standby mode.
Two GGCUs should be inserted in the slot 12 and slot 13 of the GMPS. They work in
active/standby mode.
The GXPUMs can be inserted in slot 0 and slo1 of the GMPS/GEPS according to
requirements.
The GXPUCs can be inserted in slot 8 and slot 9 of the GMPS/GEPS according to
requirements.
The GDPUCs can be inserted in slot 0 to slot 3 and slot 8 to slot 13 of the GTCS according
to requirements.
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Two GEIU boards must be configured into active board and standby board.
The GEIUBs/GOIUBs can be inserted in slot 18 to slot 27 of the GMPS/GEPS according to
requirements.
The GEIUPs/GOIUPs can be inserted in slot 14 and slot 15 of the GMPS/GEPS according to
requirements.
The GEIUTs/GOIUTs can be inserted in slot 16 and slot 17 of the GMPS/GEPS and slot 14 to
slot 17 of the GTCS according to requirements.
The GEIUAs/GOIUAs can be inserted in slot 18 to slot 27 of the GTCS according to
requirements.
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Typical Configuration
Capacity of this configuration:
The BSC supports 512TRX full
rate/256TRX half rate ;
The EIUB is configured according
to the number of BTS and the
number of carrier.
Based on the service capacity,
the GDPUC is configured through
the N+1 redundancy.
The EUIP is configured optionally
according to actual services.
The GXPUC is configured
optionally according to actual
services.
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Typical Configuration
Capacity of full configuration: When a BSC6000 is fully configured, it supports 2048TRX full
rate/1024TRX half rate.
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Summary
Summary
This chapter describes the configuration principles of the BSC6000

and lists some typical configurations in the actual deployment.
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Hardware Structure and

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Chapter 1 System Description

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Location of the BSC6000 in the GSM Network

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Features of the BSC6000 System

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Features of the BSC6000 System

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Features of the BSC6000 System

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This chapter describes the following contents:

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Chapter 1 System Description

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Chapter 2 Hardware Structure

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Rack and Subrack

GSM BSC Control Processing Rack

GSM BSC Service Processing Rack

GSM Back Administration Module

GSM Extended Processing Subrack

GSM Main Processing Subrack

GSM TransCoder Subrack

GSM Integrated Management System

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GBCR (GSM BSC Control Processing Rack ):

BSC6000 services and performs operations and

In the GBCR, a GIMS and at most two

subracks can be configured .

GIMS: GSM Integrated Management System

consists of the following components:

One KVM (keyboard, video and mouse)

One LAN Switch

One GBAM (GSM Back Administration

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Power Distribution Box

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Port for mouse cable

Port for display cable

DC input power socket

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Port for keyboard

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One service rack can be configured with three

A backplane is in the middle of the subrack, and

boards are inserted from the front and the rear

The BSC6000 contains three subracks:

GEPS extension processing subrack

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