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Section 11 Base Station Controller Functions 11-2 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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After completing this lesson you will be able to: Show the generic architecture of the BSC. Relate the functions that BSC performs. Objectives 11-3 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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BSC in the GSM Network TCU BSC OMC-R MSC Radio Interface A Interface Ater Interface Abis Interface NSS BSS OMN Interface Public Telephone Network MS MS S2000H&L BTS S8000 Indoor BTS S8000 Outdoor BTS Sun StorEdge A5000 Radio Interface 11-4 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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Radio Resources Management Routing Radio Call Processing MSC BTS BTS BTS BTS BSC Functions 1 - Basic Functions Traffic Concentration CAUTION: CRASH ON E12 HIGHWAY SMS-CB Management 11-5 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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BSC Self- Defence Control and Switching Chain B Passive Control and Switching Chain A Active Observation BTS and TCU Management Supervision Data + Software OMC-R Interface Management BSC Functions 2 - O&M Functions Shut down Start up 11-6 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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Signaling in the BSS BTS BSC TCU MSC OMC-R X.25 LAPD OML LAPD RSL LAPD OML CCS7 Abis Ater A 11-7 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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To BTSs To TCU and MSC To OMC-R PCM Controller PCM Controller Central Processing Unit Switching Matrix Traffic TS BTS Signaling TS TCU Signaling TS Traffic TS BTS Signaling TCU Signaling Control bus X.25 Controller BSC = Processors Hard Disk MSC Signaling MSC Signaling TS Generic Architecture of the BSC 11-8 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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X.25 Network MSC TCU TCU Ater Interface OMC-R Server Or BSC X.25 Switch DPN 100 X.25 Modem X.25 Modem X.25 Modem X.25 Modem OMN Interface A Interface BSC OMC-R Connection Options 11-9 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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BSC 6000/12000/12000HC Family Section 12 11-10 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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After completing this lesson you will be able to: Draw the two BSC cabinets and the main modules they contain; Indicate the essential differences between BSC 12000 and BSC 6000 and its consequences; Explain how the maximum number of radio sites can be reached. Objectives 11-11 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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Control Cabinet Equipment Cabinet BSC 6000/12000/12000HC 11-12 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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Dimensions and weight Height: 200 cm (67 ap.) Width: 78 cm (27 ap.) Depth: 60 cm (2 ap.) Weight: < 270 kg (595 lbs) Point loading: maximum 100 kg/cm 2 (1.420 lbs per square inch) Power supply - 48 V / - 60 V (tolerance from - 40 V to - 72 V) Operating temperature: - 5 C, + 45 C Consumption Control cabinet: 1 kW (max 2 kW), 35 A Equipment cabinet: 220 W (max 550 W), 10 A BSC 6000/12000/12000HC Characteristics 11-13 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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Control Cabinet Equipment Cabinet Switching Unit A MPU B MPU A PCM Interface BTS Signaling Concentration Switching Unit B PCM Interface Chain B Main Processing Unit CPU: OMU, MPU, BIFP Disk: MMU/MMU_IDE Protocol: SS7: CCS7, LAPD: SICD, X.25: SICX, SLS/SLS2 BSCB TSCB, RCB, ALA DDTI DDTI SWC, MSW-SWE + ECI BSC 6000/12000/12000HC Cabinets Organization RCB A RCB B Chain A 11-14 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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Functional Architecture BSC 12000HC O & M / A
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BTS C O N T R O L E Q U I P M E N T External Loops Inter SUP Ethernet Chain status (MPU Status) External Alarms ALA BTS LAPD Concentration BSCB O&M and Synchro ECI MPUA Chain A Switching Control CPU-MPU Supervision SUP2 BTSs Control CPU-BIFP SS7 CCS7 SWitching Unit 2 Mb <-> 64kb RCB Chain B Switch Contro l SWC Switching Matrix MSW V11/TTL SWE TCU/MSC PCM Interface DDTI To/From OMC-R OMN Link Switch SLS2 Hard Disk MMU-IDE LAPD SICD8V X.25 SICX O&M Control CPU-OMU TCU LAPD Concentration TSCB O & M / B
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TCU/MSC To OMC-R Multibus II 11-15 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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Physical Layout Control Cabinet Equipment Cabinet MPUA- shelf PCM shelf EQPD1 Mixed shelf EQP1 Switching matrix shelf SWG BSCB shelf EQPT MPUB- shelf PCM shelf EQPD0 M M U
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Power supplies + 5 V / - 100 A + 12 V / -4 A - 12 V / - 3 A PSUC Ethernet Connector Power supplies + 5 V / - 100 A + 12 V / -4 A - 12 V / - 3 A PSUC Fans 5 V 12 A 5 V 12 A 5 V 12 A 5 V 12 A 5 V 12 A 5 V 12 A 5 V 12 A 5 V 12 A 5 V 12 A 5 V 12 A 5 V 12 A 5 V 12 A D D T I
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Boards Layout Fans 11-16 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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To/From OMC-R O&M/A bus O&M/B bus To/From TCU/MSC To/From BTS C O N T R O L E Q U I P M E N T External Loops Inter SUP Ethernet TSCB DDTI ALA BSCB Internal PCM/A Internal PCM/B SLS2 MMU IDE ECI A MPUA Chain A CPU- MPU SUP2 SICD 8V SICX CPU- BIFP CCS7 CPU- OMU V11 64 kb/s SWC MSW-SWE RCB Multibus II SLS2 MMU IDE ECI B MPUB Chain B CPU- MPU SUP2 SICD 8V SICX CPU- BIFP CCS7 CPU- OMU V11 64 kb/s SWC MSW-SWE RCB Multibus II MPU Status MPU Status MPU Status Chain status (MPU Status) Duplex Operation 12000HC Architecture 11-17 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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CPU /MPU CPU /BIFP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Up to: 1200 Erlangs 48000 BHCAs 320 TDMA Flash EPROM = Fast Restart = Processor Pentium 120 = Processor Pentium 75 LAPD Management SICD8V Up to 64 TRXs Only for BSC 12000 Mandatory for BSC 12000 BSC 12000 12000 Versus 6000 11-18 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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BSC 6000/12000/12000HC BSC Family Life 12000 HC 100 = NO CPU 120 (or 133) 12000HC HC 100 = YES CPU 120 12000HC HC 100 = YES CPU 133 6000 CPU 66 6000 CPU 120 V9 V9 V11 V11 V11 V11 V11 V11 11-19 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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GPRS Support 12000 GPRS 12000HC GPRS 6000 GPRS V12 only From V12 11-20 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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BSC 12000 Upgrade to BSC 12000HC CPU-OMU: CPU 133 IE disk interface change: SCSI to IDE more processing capability: x2 or 3 MMU: MMU-IDE disk interface change SUP: SUP2: more processing power SLS: SLS2 improved defense mechanism IDE = Integrated Disk Electronic CPU-MPU and CPU-BIFP = CPU133 more processing capability standardization of boards inside the BSC + Optional 11-21 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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Nbr of BTS Hardware limits BSC model BSC product range Nbr of Cells Nbr of PCM/site Nbr of LAPD channels Nbr of TRX Software limits Load limits BSC Provisioning 11-22 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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BSC 12000 product portfolio 1201 1202 1203 1204 1205 BSC type 1 2 3 4 5 Maximum sites (with BSCB) 28 60 92 124 138 Maximum number of TDMA 64 128 192 256 320 Numb. of LAPD ports 8 16 24 32 40 Number of PCM (E1 or T1) 48 48 48 48 48 CCS7 links 2 4 4 4 6 TCU (with E1) 12 12 12 12 12 TCU (with T1) 14 14 14 14 14 BSC 12000 Product Configuration 11-23 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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BSC 12000 Configuration 1 - Control Cabinet BSC 12000 product portfolio 1201 1202 1203 1204 1205 BSC type 1 2 3 4 5 CPU-OMU 1 1 1 1 1 CPU-MPU 1 1 1 1 1 CPU-BIFP 1 1 2 2 2 SICX 1 1 1 1 1 SICD8V 1 2 3 4 5 SS7 1 2 2 2 3 SUP/SUP2 1 1 1 1 1 MMU/MMU-IDE 1 1 1 1 1 SLS/SLS2 1 1 1 1 1 x 2 11-24 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
TSCB 2 2 2 2 2 BSCB 12 12 12 12 12 DDTI 10/24 10/24 10/24 10/24 10/24 ALA 1 1 1 1 1 x 2 11-25 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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BSC 6000/12000/12000HC Capacity Comparison BSC product 610 610 1205 1205HC CPU MPU/BIFP type CPU66 CPU120 CPU120 CPU133 Nortel standard (Erlangs) 600 600 1200 1200 Nortel standard (BHCA) 24000 24000 48000 48000 High mobility (Erlangs) 360 600 700 1200 High mobility (BHCA) 13650 24000 26000 48000 Short call duration (Erlangs) 240 440 640 1100 Short call duration (BHCA) 23000 42000 60750 107000 11-26 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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Exercise 1 - Indication Path in Case of TCU Warning O & M / A
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BTS C O N T R O L E Q U I P M E N T External Loops Inter SUP Ethernet Chain status (MPU Status) External Alarms ALA BTS LAPD Concentration BSCB O&M and Synchro ECI MPUA Chain A Switching Control CPU-MPU Supervision SUP2 BTSs Control CPU-BIFP SS7 CCS7 SWitching Unit 2 Mb <-> 64kb RCB Multibus II Chain B Switch Control SWC Switching Matrix MSW V11/TTL SWE TCU/MSC PCM Interface DDTI To/From OMC-R OMN Link Switch SLS2 Hard Disk MMU-IDE LAPD SICD8V X.25 SICX O&M Control CPU-OMU TCU LAPD Concentration TSCB O & M / B
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TCU/MSC PCM Interface DDTI To OMC-R OMN Link Switch SLS2 LAPD SICD8V X.25 SICX Hard Disk MMU-IDE O&M Control CPU-OMU TCU LAPD Concentration TSCB 11-27 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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Exercise 1 - Indication Path in Case of TCU Warning O & M / A
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BTS C O N T R O L E Q U I P M E N T External Loops Inter SUP Ethernet Chain status (MPU Status) External Alarms ALA BTS LAPD Concentration BSCB O&M and Synchro ECI MPUA Chain A Switching Control CPU-MPU Supervision SUP2 BTSs Control CPU-BIFP SS7 CCS7 SWitching Unit 2 Mb <-> 64kb RCB Multibus II Chain B Switch Control SWC Switching Matrix MSW V11/TTL SWE TCU/MSC PCM Interface DDTI To/From OMC-R OMN Link Switch SLS2 Hard Disk MMU-IDE LAPD SICD8V X.25 SICX O&M Control CPU-OMU TCU LAPD Concentration TSCB O & M / B
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TCU/MSC PCM Interface DDTI LAPD SICD8V X.25 SICX Hard Disk MMU-IDE O&M Control CPU-OMU TCU LAPD Concentration TSCB PCM Interface DDTI To OMC 11-28 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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Exercise 2 - Signaling Path When Call Is Setting Up O & M / A
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BTS C O N T R O L E Q U I P M E N T External Loops Inter SUP Ethernet Chain status (MPU Status) External Alarms ALA O&M and Synchro ECI MPUA Chain A Switching Control CPU-MPU Supervision SUP2 BTSs Control CPU-BIFP SS7 CCS7 SWitching Unit 2 Mb <-> 64kb RCB Multibus II Chain B Switch Control SWC Switching Matrix MSW V11/TTL SWE TCU/MSC To/From OMC-R OMN Link Switch SLS2 Hard Disk MMU-IDE LAPD SICD8V X.25 SICX O&M Control CPU-OMU TCU LAPD Concentration TSCB O & M / B
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TCU/MSC LAPD SICD8V SS7 CCS7 Switching Control CPU-MPU BTSs Control CPU-BIFP BTS LAPD Concentration BSCB BTS LAPD Concentration BSCB BTS PCM Interface DDTI PCM Interface DDTI PCM Interface DDTI 11-29 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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Exercise 3 - Speech Path When Call-in-state O & M / A
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BTS C O N T R O L E Q U I P M E N T External Loops Inter SUP Ethernet Chain status (MPU Status) External Alarms ALA O&M and Synchro ECI MPUA Chain A Switching Control CPU-MPU Supervision SUP2 BTSs Control CPU-BIFP SS7 CCS7 SWitching Unit 2 Mb <-> 64kb RCB Multibus II Chain B Switch Control SWC Switching Matrix MSW V11/TTL SWE TCU/MSC To/From OMC-R OMN Link Switch SLS2 Hard Disk MMU-IDE LAPD SICD8V X.25 SICX O&M Control CPU-OMU TCU LAPD Concentration TSCB O & M / B
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BTS (BCF) DCC or DSC 8 TRXs + BCF BSC Equipment cabinet BSC Control cabinet BSCB SICD 1 10 1 11 Site #1 1 4 1 2 3 138 sites TSCB Heres a BSC 6000 #137 #138 Number of Sites That a BSC Can Handle 11-31 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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1- What main functions does the BSC perform? 2- What does the SICD/SICD8V board perform? 3- What does the CCS7 board perform? 4- What do the BSCB and TSCB boards perform? Check Your Learning 11-32 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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6- Where are located the O&M functions in the BSC? 8- How many BTSs and TRX can handle a BSC 12000 model 1205? 7- How can we distinguish a BSC 6000 from a BSC 12000? Check Your Learning 11-33 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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TransCoder Unit: Functional Description Section 13 11-34 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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After completing this lesson you will be able to: Relate what must perform the TCU; Identify benefit having remote TCUs. Objectives 11-35 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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BSC BTS BSS MSC Converts the GSM speech frames into PSTN / ISDN A-Law or -Law speech. Adapts the users data frames from BSS to V110 ISDN 64 kbps ISDN format. 1 2 A Interface TCU is the Nortel name for the Transcoder Rate Adapter Unit Ater Interface TCU TCU Functions 11-36 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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Four PCM time-slots between BTS and MSC when TCU is close to the BTSs. One PCM time-slot between BTSs and MSC when TCU is close to the MSC. = Save three PCM time-slots ! TS 1 TS 1 TS 2 TS 3 TS 4 BTS TCU TCU BTS MSC MSC Benefit Having Remote TCUs 11-37 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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Ater interface A interface LAPD TS 1 SS7 TS X.25 TS 2 * SS7 TS X.25 TS 2 * BSC MSC OMC PCM link PCM link * if used O&M Speech TS Speech TS MSC Transcoding Functional Detail Time Slot Processing Data TS Data TS MSC Rate Adaptation 11-38 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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Signaling on the BTS - TCU Interface PSTN A interface OMC Ater Interface TCU MSC NSS BSC BTS BSS The Mobile informs the MSC of the supported transcoders The MSC in turn sends this information to the BSC The BSC establishes the links from the Mobile to the TCU The BTS controls the TCU transcoders using in-band signalisation The communication starts 13 kbps + 3 kbps of remote control (Half-rate, full-rate, DTX or not DTX, SID) 11-39 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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BSC BTS GSM speech decoder Speech handler and DTX To MSC TCU Frame Processor Speech handler 13 bit linear to 8 bit A or Law Speech blocks (260 bits/20 ms) Speech on the BTS-TCU Interface 11-40 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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BSC BTS RAA 64 Kbps DTX handling To MSC TCU RA1 / RA1 RAA TAF RA0: asynchronous -> synchronous RA1: Air Interface V110 frame RA1: ISDN V110 8 or 16 kbps frame RAA: BSS (Abis-Ater) V110 frame. RA2: ISDN V110 64 kbps frame Abis Ater A FEC RA2 RA0 Frame processor FEC RA1 Users Data Rate Treatment 11-41 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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Check Your Learning 1- What are the two functions of the TCU? 2- What is the benefit having remote TCUs? 3- Why do we need rate adaptation of users data? 4- How many TDTI boards do we need per TCU? Why? 11-42 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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Section 14 TCU: Physical Presentation 11-43 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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After completing this lesson you will be able to: List the different boards of a TCU shelf; Briefly explain their role. Objectives 11-44 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
64 kbps switching matrix E1 8 TCB 9 TCB T1 Hardware Layout 11-45 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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TUC Switching matrix PCM 1 PCM0 for internal use TDTI 0 1/2 PCM 6 to PCM 15 BSC PCM 5 TDTI 2 PCM 3 TDTI 1 MSC TCB1/ TCB2 1 10 PCM 4 PCM 2 0 1 2 3 4 TDTI 0 2/2 External Communications Internal PCM Link Allocation in the TCU 11-46 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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Fans T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T D T I T D T I T D T I T U C P S U E P S U E P S U E P S U E P S U E Fans T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T D T I T D T I T D T I T U C P S U E P S U E P S U E P S U E P S U E Fans T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T D T I T D T I T D T I T U C P S U E P S U E P S U E P S U E P S U E Fans T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T C B T D T I T D T I T D T I T U C P S U E P S U E P S U E P S U E P S U E - Up to 120 speech channels when using PCM E1. DS0 # 0 assigned to PCM handling. One DS0 assigned to LAPD. - Up to 92 speech channels when using PCM T1. One DS0 assigned to LAPD. TCU shelf boards TCU shelf fans TCU shelf boards TCU shelf fans TCU shelf boards TCU shelf fans TCU shelf boards TCU shelf fans TCU Cabinet 11-47 Base Station Controller Functions PE/TRD/GR/0101 12.01/EN January, 2000 " C o n f i d e n t i a l
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Check Your Learning 2- How many speech channels can a TCU shelf drive to the MSC? 3- What is the maximum number of TCU shelves in one TCU cabinet? 4- Can you connect TCU shelves of a TCU cabinet to different BSCs? 1- How many TDTI boards do we need per TCU? Why?