UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network

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UTRA architecture
UTRAN !short for "Uned Node Bs, and Radio Network Controllers (RNC).
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T"e RNC
#ro$ides control functionalities for one or %ore Node Bs. A Node B and an RNC can &e t"e
sa%e de$ice, alt"ou'" ty#ical i%#le%entations "a$e a se#arate RNC located in a central
office ser$in' %ulti#le Node Bs. (es#ite t"e fact t"at t"ey do not "a$e to &e #"ysically
se#arated, t"ere is a lo'ical interface &etween t"e% known as t"e )u&. T"e RNC and its
corres#ondin' Node Bs are called t"e Radio Network Su&syste% (RNS). T"ere can &e %ore
t"an one RNS #resent in a UTRAN.
There are four interfaces connecting the UTRA internally or e#ternally to other functional
entities$ %u, Uu, %ub and %ur.
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The %u interface is an e#ternal interface that connects the R) to
the )ore et*ork !)+. The Uu is also e#ternal, connecting the ode , *ith the User
-.uipment !U-+. The %ub is an internal interface connecting the R) *ith the ode ,. And at
last there is the %ur interface *hich is an internal interface most of the time, but can,
e#ceptionally be an e#ternal interface too for some net*ork architectures. The %ur connects t*o
R)s *ith each other.
See also
U/T0 $ Universal /obile Telecommunications 0ystem
1-RA $ 10/ -21- Radio Access et*orks
References
3. 4vervie* of The Universal /obile Telecommunication 0ystem by Petri Possi,
U/T0 World, 5uly '66'
'. UTRA overall description !Release 33+ by 7rd 1eneration Partnership Pro8ect9
Technical 0pecification 1roup Radio Access et*ork, 2ecember '63'
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