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Table of Contents

1.1 About this Guideline 1.2 Overview 1.3 Dimensioning the Abis Interface 1.3.1 LM4 Abis Interface timeslot allocation 1.3.2 LM5 Abis Interface timeslot allocation 1.3.3 Example 1 1.3.4 Example 2 1.4 References

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1.1 About this Guideline

This Engineering Guideline provides a description of the physical characteristics of the Abis interface and defines how the Abis interface is dimensioned within the Lucent GSM Network.

1.2 Overview
The Abis Interface supports signalling and traffic circuits between the Base Transceiver Station(BTS) and the Base Station Controller Frame (BCF). The Abis Interface is based on the PCM30 transmission principles of the ITU-T at a data rate of 2.048 Mbit/s. The PCM30 interface carries 32 x 64 Kbit/s channels. Functions implemented at the Abis Interface are:

Transport of O&M information between the BTS and the BCF. The bandwidth of each Abis interface is shared by31 timeslots1. Some timeslots are allocated to carry traffic and others to carry signalling information. Traffic timeslots are subdivided into 4 x 16 Kbit/s subrate GSM1800/GSM900 traffic . channels.2 The situation is shown schematically in

Voice/Data traffic exchange Signalling exchange between the BCF and BTS

BTS-2000
2.048 Mb/s

BCF-2000

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TS1

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8 Bit frames

either
Bit transfer Rate

or

64Kbit/s

64Kbit Signalling link Lucent LM4 method

16 Kbit

16 Kbit

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4 Sub-rate Traffic channels in every timeslot

Lucent LM5 method LAPD signalling concentration function

3 Kbit

13 Kbit Vocoded Speech

Abis Physical Characteristics

Figure 1:Physical characteristics of the Abis Interface.

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1.3 Dimensioning the Abis Interface

Lucent BTS-2000 products can have up to 3 Abis interface connections. (e.g. 3 x E1 2.048Mbit/s links)3 1 Abis link output to provide the multidrop capability Alternatively 2 Abis interface outputs to provide the multidrop capability One exception is the Lucent BTS-Compact which has a maximum of 2 Abis interfaces.

2 Abis interfaces to a BCF

1 Abis interface to a BCF

1 Abis interface to a BCF 1 Abis link output to provide the multidrop capability.

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1.3.1 LM4 Abis Interface timeslot allocation

Each TRX connected via the Abis interface requires three timeslots. 1 for signalling Each Cell/Sector connected via the Abis interface requires 1 timeslot for O&M signalling. Example: for a 3-sectored (3,3,3) site = 3 x # TRXs + # Cells = 3 x 9 + 3 = 30 timeslots required. The Lucent BSS configuration allows a maximum of 7 multidropped BTSs on a single Abis Interface connection.4 The maximum number of TRXs which can be placed on a single Abis is 10. i.e. 3 x # TRXs + # Cells = 3 x 10 + 1 = 31 (Max. No. of timeslots available on a single Abis. A single cell cannot be split across different Abis links. An omni 11 or omni 12 cannot be supported with LM4 software release. A 3-sectored 4,4,4 or 4,4,3 can be supported by placing the 3rd cell on a second Abis. Timeslot allocation summary (LM4) 1 10 31 2 9 29 Number of Multidrops 3 4 5 6 7 9 9 8 8 8 30 31 29 30 28 # Timeslots

2 for voice traffic/data

Maximum TRXs Timeslots

SYNC

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S01

Where T =Traffic Channel ST = TRX Signalling S0n = Signalling for Cell n

Figure 2: Timeslot allocation with LM4 software release.

Multidrop indicates that more that one BTS can utilise the same Abis interface connection
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1.3.2 LM5 Abis Interface timeslot allocation

LM5 provides the LAPD Link Concentrator Function. This allows the concentration of 4 logical signalling links onto one physical timeslot on the Abis Interface. (i.e. .4 x 16Kbit/s subrate slots). This allows a more economical use of the Abis transmission capacity. Both TRX related signalling and cell(O&M) related signalling can be combined into a single timeslot, but all signalling channels sharing a timeslot must be in the same cell. Each TRX connected via the Abis interface requires:

2 timeslots for voice traffic/data 1 timeslot for signalling . 1 timeslot can accommodate signalling for: up to 4 TRXs (all TRXs must be in the same cell) OR 3 TRXs + 1 O&M ( all TRXs must be in the same cell and O&M must relate to that cell).

With these capacity increases, a single Abis interface can support up to 12 TRXs in multicell or single cell configurations

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1.3.3 Example 1
For a 3-sectored (4,4,4) site: Traffic Timeslots required = 2 x # TRXs = 2 x 12 = 24 Perform the signalling timeslot calculation on a per cell basis. # Signalling Timeslots for cell A = # TRX + 1 = 4 + 1 = 2 4 4 Signalling Timeslots required for cell B and C are the same in this example. Total # signalling channels required = 3 x 2 = 6 Total # Timeslots required = # Signalling timeslots + # Traffic timeslots = 6 + 24 = 30. The situation is shown schematically in Figure 3.

Cell 1
SYNC

Cell 2
T T T T S02 S4T T T T T

S01

S4T

TRX1

TRX2

TRX3

TRX4

TRX5

Cell 2
T T T T S03 S4T T T

Cell 3
T T T T T T

TRX10

TRX11

Where T =Traffic Channel SnT = Signalling for n TRXs S0n = Signalling for Cell n

Figure 3:Timeslot allocation for 4,4,4 configuration, with LM5 release.

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1.3.4 Example 2
For a 2 x 2-sectored 3,3 on a single Abis: Traffic Timeslots required = 2 x # TRXs = 2 x 12 = 24 Perform the signalling timeslot calculation on a per cell basis. # Signalling Timeslots for cell A = # TRX + 1 = 3 + 1 therefore 1 timeslot required 4 4 Signalling Timeslots required for cell B and C are the same in this example. Total # signalling channels required = 4 x 1 = 4 Total # Timeslots required = # Signalling timeslots + # Traffic timeslots = 4 + 24 = 28

Cell 1
SYNC

Cell 2
T T T S3T+ S02 T T T T T T

S3T+ S01

TRX1

TRX2

TRX3

TRX4

TRX5

Cell 3
S3T+ S03 T T T T T T S3T+ S04 T T

Cell 4
T T T T

TRX10

TRX11

TRX6

Where T =Traffic Chanel SnT = Signalling for n TRXs S0n = Signalling for Cell n

Figure 4: Timeslot allocation for 2 x 2 sectored 3,3 on a single Abis, using release LM5 software.

The Lucent BSS configuration at LM5 allows a maximum of 7 multidropped BTSs on a single Abis Interface connection.

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1.4 References
[Ref. 1] [Ref. 2] BSS Network Configuration Training Course (WL9011), Issue A, June 19 1997 Lucent Network Design Tool (NDT). Available through Offer Engineering, Swindon, England

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