NOKIA - BSC3i

1000/2000
High
Capacity Base
Station Controller

Nokia Base Station Controller

Product Family

General Evolution of Nokia BSC

Products

Comparison between BSC2i and

BSC3i configurations

BSC capacity evolution

3 times more CS and over 4 times more
PS

Nokia BSC3i High Capacity

Base Station Controller - BSC3i 1000/2000

Modularity for scalable capacity

steps

HW - Whats new?

Ethernet based Message Bus (EMB)

CP816-A CPU for all computer units
10 + 1 BCSU units
5 PCU plug-in units per BCSU
Bit based group switch for 2048 PCMs (GSW2KB)
ETS2 for STM-1 or OC-3 interface
Max. 16 ETS2 units
ETS2 contains 2 x STM-1/OC-3 functions
STM-1 = 63 x E1 PCM (ETSI)
OC-3 = 84 x T1 PCM (ANSI)
ET16
Full height ET interface plug-in unit
E1/T1 interfaces in steps of 16, max 800 E1/T1s

Nokia BSC technical

architecture

EMB Ethernet Message

Bus

BSC3i LAN connection

principle

STM-1 / OC-3
Introduction

PDH and SDH/Sonet

Connectivity

SDH/Sonet Optical
Interface

Functional units
(Cartridge Types)
BCSU, BSC Signaling Unit (BCSU)
MCMU, Marker and Cellular Management Unit
(MCMU)
OMU, Operation & Maintenance Unit (OMU)
including System Disk and Magneto-Optical Drive
PCU, Packet Control Unit (integrated in the BCSU)
CLS, Clock & Synchronization Unit (CLOC, CLAC)
SET, SDH/Sonet Exchange Terminal (GTIC)
ET, Exchange Terminal (ETC)
GSWB, Bit Group Switch (GSW2KB)
SWU, LAN Switching Units (LANU)

BSC3i Cartridges in 1st Cabinet

(Computer Units)

BSC3i Cartridges in 1st Cabinet

(Other Units)

BSC3i Functional Units in 2nd

Cabinet

BSC3i Processing Unit

CP816-A, Pentium III Central
Processing Unit

Second Generation Packet Control

Unit PCU2-D

BSC3i Group Switch

GSW2KB

BSC3i clock unit

BSC3i clock repeater

BSC3i SET units

BSC3i ET units

BSC3i Cabling to
environment

Nokia NetAct link options

S12 HW Introduction
BSC3i 660 > BSC3i 1000
Hardware Upgrade

Comparing S11.5 HW and S12

HW

Optional BSC3i 660 to BSC3i

1000 Capacity Upgrade

Optional BSC3i 660 to BSC3i

1000 Capacity Upgrade

S12 Hardware
Requirements
General BSC hardware (HW) requirement:
All BSCs need Pentium processing power with S12 release. BSS12 will therefore
require High Capacity BSC, i.e. BSCi, BSC2i or BSC3i product configurations as
stated in BSC SW TN 796
Memory requirement for all computer units (MCMU, OMU, BCSU) is 512 MB
Both first and second generation Packet Control Units (PCU1 & PCU2) can still be
used with S12 basic release.
Application SW related HW requirements:
New Application SW products Dual Dual Transfer Mode (DTM), Extended Dynamic
Allocation (EDA) and High Multislot Classes (HMC) require second generation
PCU2 HW
Application specific HW requirements are highlighted in feature dependency tables
of the BSS12 FUD documentation
BSC HW requirements are described in BSS12 FUD and BSC HW TN 154