HUAWEI BSC6000 Base Station Controller BSC Product Description

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Introduction to the BSC

This describes the physical, logical, and software structures of the BSC. 1.1 BSC Physical Structure Physically, the BSC consists of the cabinet, cables, LMT, and alarm box. 1.2 BSC Software Structure The software of the BSC has a distributed structure. It is classified into the host software, OMU software, and LMT software. 1.3 BSC Logical Structure Logically, the BSC consists of several subsystems.

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1.1 BSC Physical Structure

Physically, the BSC consists of the cabinet, cables, LMT, and alarm box. Figure 1-1 shows the physical structure of the BSC. Figure 1-1 Physical structure of the BSC
OM equipment room Equipment room Optical cable to other NEs Trunk cable to other NEs Power cable to the PDF

Alarm box

Ethernet cable

Serial port cable

LMT

Ethernet cable Ethernet cable Controlling cabinet Service cabinet

LMT

LMT: Local Maintenance Terminal

Table 1-1 lists the components of the BSC. Table 1-1 Components of the BSC Component Controlling cabinet (GBCR) Service cabinet (GBSR) BSC Cables Detailed Information For details, refer to GBCR (Configuration Type A) and GBCR (Configuration Type B). For details, refer to GBSR Cabinet. For details, refer to BSC Cables.

Service cabinet

PDF: Power Distribution Frame

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Component BSC LMT

Detailed Information The LMT is a computer that is installed with the LMT software package and is connected to the OM network of the NEs. You can use the LMT to operate and maintain the NEs. For details, refer to LMT-Related Definitions. The LMT is mandatory for the BSC. The number of LMTs to be configured depends on actual requirements.

Alarm box

The alarm box generates and reports the alarm information.

1.2 BSC Software Structure

The software of the BSC has a distributed structure. It is classified into the host software, OMU software, and LMT software.

Host Software
The host software runs on various service boards. It consists of the operating system, middleware, and application software. Figure 1-2 shows the structure of the host software. Figure 1-2 Structure of the host software
Application software Middleware Operating system

Operating system The operating system is VxWorks, which is an embedded real-time operating system. Middleware The Distributed Object-oriented Programmable Realtime Architecture (DOPRA) and Platform of Advanced Radio Controller (PARC) middleware keeps the upper-level application software independent of the lower-level operating system. The middleware enables software functions to be transplanted between different platforms.

Application software Different boards are configured with different types of application software. The application software is classified into radio resource processing software, processing software on the resource control plane, BTS management software, and configuration management and maintenance software.

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OMU Software
The OMU software runs on the GBAM server or on the GOMU to perform the operation and maintenance of the BSC. Figure 1-3 shows the structure of the OMU software. Figure 1-3 Structure of the OMU software
OMU software

Middleware

Operating system

Operating system The OMU software runs on the Linux operating system. Middleware The DOPRA middleware keeps the upper-level application software independent of the lower-level operating system. Thus, the middleware enables software functions to be transplanted between different platforms.

Application software The application software performs the functions of different logical entities in the GBAM/ GOMU.

LMT Software
The LMT software, which consists of the operating system and application software, runs on the LMT. Figure 1-4 shows the structure of the LMT software. Figure 1-4 LMT software structure
Application software Operating system

Operating system The LMT runs on the Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Professional operating system.

Application software The application software provides access to operation and maintenance of the BSC. The application software is composed of the BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal, Site Maintenance Terminal System, LMT Service Manager, Local Maintenance Terminal, Performance Browser tool, and Convert Management System.

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The BSC6000 Local Maintenance Terminal provides a graphic user interface (GUI) for operation and maintenance. The Local Maintenance Terminal is also called the MML client, which provides MML commands for the users. Both of them support the maintenance and data configuration of the BSC and the BTSs concerned.

1.3 BSC Logical Structure

Logically, the BSC consists of several subsystems. Figure 1-5 shows the BSC logical structure. Figure 1-5 BSC logical structure
TDM switching subsystem

Environment Service Service Clock Power monitoring processing control subsystem subsystem subsystem subsystem subsystem

To BTS Interface To PCU/SGSN porcessing subsystem To MSC/MGW

GE switching subsystem

GBAM/GOMU

LMT/M2000

The interface processing subsystem of the BSC provides the Pb or Gb interface, depending on the types of PCU.
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When the built-in PCU is used, the interface processing subsystem provides the Gb interface to enable the communication between the BSC and the SGSN. When the external PCU is used, the interface processing subsystem provides the Pb interface to enable the communication between the BSC and the PCU.

The interface processing subsystem of the BSC cannot provide the Gb interface and Pb interface simultaneously. The interface processing subsystem supports different transmission modes over the A interface:
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When the IP transmission is used, the A interface enables the communication between the BSC and the MGW. When the TDM transmission is used, the A interface enables the communication between the BSC and the MSC/MGW.
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The interface processing subsystem of the BSC cannot support the two transmission modes simultaneously.

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