Service Processing Board

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4.4.7.2 Service Processing Board

4.4.7.2 Service Processing Board

This section describes the service processing board including EGPUa, EGPUb, ENIUa, and DEUa in the BSC6910.

Figure 1 shows the panel of the board.

Figure 1 Panel of the board

Principles for Installing Boards

Boards must be installed according to Table 1.

Table 1 Principles for Installing Boards

Short Full name Principles for Installing Boards

name

DEUa Data Enhancement Processing Unit It is preferentially configured in the MPS. The
REV:a number of DEUa boards to be configured in a
subrack depends on actual requirements and the
number of slots. The number of DEUa boards that
are recommended for a given subrack depends on the
number of DPU boards configured in that subrack.
The more DPU boards that are configured in a given
subrack, the more DEUa boards should also be
configured in the subrack. In the MPS, the DEUa
board can be installed in slots 0 to 9, slots 16 to 19,
and slots 22 to 27. In the EPS, the DEUa board can
be installed in slots 0 to 19, slots 22 to 27.
Table 1 Principles for Installing Boards

Short Full name Principles for Installing Boards

name

EGPUa Evolved General Processing Unit 2 EGPUa boards are installed in slots 8 and 9 of the
REV:a MPS to manage resources, EGPUa boards to process
services, install at least two boards in each subrack.
The number of boards to be installed depends on site
requirements and the number of available slots. In
the MPS, the EGPUa board can be installed in slots 0
to 9, slots 16 to 19, and slots 22 to 27. In the EPS, the
EGPUa board can be installed in slots 0 to 19, slots
22 to 27.

EGPUb Evolved General Processing Unit 2 EGPUb boards are installed in slots 8 and
REV:b 9 of the MPS to manage resources, EGPUb
boards to process services, install at least two
boards in each subrack. The number of boards to
be installed depends on site requirements and the
number of available slots. In the MPS, the
EGPUb board can be installed in slots 0 to 9, slots
16 to 19, and slots 22 to 27. In the EPS, the
EGPUb board can be installed in slots 0 to 19,
slots 22 to 27.

In scenarios where the SCUb board is

installed , install the EGPUb board in slot 0 to 7,
16 to 19, or 22 to 25 if the EGPUb board is used
to identify services and measure the quality of PS
services. Otherwise, the function of identifying
services and measuring the quality of PS services
cannot be fully performed due to insufficient
switching capability.

ENIUa Evolved Network Intelligence Unit If the subrack is a Main Processing Subrack (MPS),
REV:a the ENIU board can be configured only in slots 0 to
7, 10 to 13, 16 to 19, and 22 to 27. If the subrack is
not an MPS, the ENIU board can be configured only
in slots 0 to 19 and 22 to 27. If SCUb boards are
configured in a subrack, the ENIU board must be
 Table 1 Principles for Installing Boards

Short Full name Principles for Installing Boards

name

configured in slots 0 to 7, 16 to 19, or 22 to 25 of the

subrack. If the ENIU board is configured in other
slots, the ENIU board cannot reach its specifications
due to limitations in the switching capability.

Functions of the Board

Table 2 shows the functions of the boards.

Table 2 Functions of the Board

Board DEUa EGPUa/EGPUb ENIUa

Logical UUEP Logical function: NIU

Function
UCUP

RMP

NASP

GASP

UMSP

NIU

NOTE:

Only the EGPUb board supports

the logical function of the NIU.
Table 2 Functions of the Board

Board DEUa EGPUa/EGPUb ENIUa

Functions The DEUa board The EGPUa/EGPUb board Performs service awareness
provides the following supports multiple functions and PS service quality
functions: through software configuration: measurement functions:

Provides the GCUP: GSM BSC Identifies services

channel decoding control-plane and user-plane
function of the service processing Measures the quality of
Seamless Crystal PS services
Voice feature, UCUP: UMTS RNC
improving voice control-plane and user-plane User Experience
service quality service processing Improvement on APPs
during soft
handovers. RMP: Resource
management processing
Provides the
channel decoding GMCP: GSM BSC
function of the
mathematics calculation
Crystal Voice in
processing
Deep Coverage
feature, improving
voice service quality NASP: Network
during soft and non- assisted service processing
soft handovers.
GASP: General
Supports the application service
channel decoding of processing
SRB over DCH
uplink coverage UMSP: Universal
enhancement. When multi-RAT service
the uplink coverage processing
is limited, the RNC
performs the re- NIU: Identifies
decoding and virtual services and measures the
HARQ processing quality of PS services.
on the uplink SRB
over DCH data that NOTE:
is incorrectly
decoded by the Only the EGPUb board supports
NodeB. This the logical function of the NIU.
decreases the SRB
BLER and improves
Table 2 Functions of the Board

Board DEUa EGPUa/EGPUb ENIUa

the cell uplink edge

coverage.

Provides the
enhanced eTrFO to
resolve the one-way
audio problem. In
the adaptive
multirate
narrowband (AMR-
NB) TrFO scenario,
when the local rate
adjustment fails, and
voice frames that do
not meet the peer
rate requirement
exist on the uplink,
the local RNC
performs the code
conversion.
Specifically, the
local RNC converts
the rate of 12.2
kbit/s to the target
rate in the RATE
CONTROL
message. This
conversion resolves
the one-way audio
problem caused by
voice frame rate
inconsistency of the
called and calling
parties.

Provides uplink
coverage
improvement during
access to improve
user experience in
network access,
Table 2 Functions of the Board

Board DEUa EGPUa/EGPUb ENIUa

especially in weak-
coverage scenarios.

The corresponding relations between the logical functions and subsystems show in Table 3 and Table 4.

Table 3 Board functions and subsystems

Board Logical Function Subsystems

Function Type

EGPUa/EGPUb RMP Resource management 1 NDM subsystem

processing
TRP subsystem

1 URSCM subsystem

2 POOLOM subsystems

EGPUa/EGPUb NASP Network assisted 1 NDM subsystem

service processing
1 TRM subsystem

14 NASP subsystems

EGPUa/EGPUb GASP General application 1 NDM subsystem

service processing
15 universal multi-RAT
service processing subsystems
Table 3 Board functions and subsystems

Board Logical Function Subsystems

Function Type

EGPUa/EGPUb UCUP UMTS RNC control- 1 NDM subsystem

plane and user-plane
service processing 1 TRM subsystem

14 UMTS control-
plane/user-plane subsystems

EGPUa/EGPUb UMSP Universal multi-RAT 1 NDM subsystem

service processing
15 TRM subsystems

14 universal multi-RAT
service processing subsystems

EGPUb NIU Service identification 1 NDM subsystem

and service quality
evaluation 15 NIU subsystems

Table 4 shows functions of subsystems

Table 4 Functions of subsystems

Subsystem Functions

NDM subsystem Manages board faults, board configuration, and routine maintenance.
Table 4 Functions of subsystems

Subsystem Functions

TRM subsystem Manages transmission resources, including allocating and managing

transmission resources required for setting up services.

TRP subsystem Implements system-level load sharing on GSM/UMTS transmission

resources.

Universal multi-RAT service Processes multi-RAT coordination services.

processing subsystem

NASP subsystem Performs network assisted WLAN identification.

URSCM subsystem Implements load sharing on system-level UMTS service processing

resources; dynamically adjusts resources on the UMTS control plane
and user plane; automatically adjusts the distribution of UMTS
NodeBs/cells in service processing boards.

POOLOM subsystem Collects traffic statistics on the overflow RNC user plane.

UMTS control-plane subsystem Processes UMTS RNC control-plane protocols, including L3

protocols on the Uu interface and protocols on the Iu, Iur, and Iub
interfaces.

UMTS user-plane subsystem Processes UMTS RNC user-plane protocols, including L2 protocols
on the Uu interface and protocols on the Iu, Iur, and Iub interfaces.

UMTS Resource Management Switches board-level information, including information such as the
 Table 4 Functions of subsystems

Subsystem Functions

Agent Subsystem(URSCA) license usage and cell load.

NIU subsystem Identifies services and evaluates service quality.

Technical specifications

Table 5 shows technical specifications.

Table 5 Technical specifications

Item DEUa EGPUa/EGPUb ENIUa

Dimension 248mm32.3mm395.4mm
s (H x W x
D)

Power 70W EGPUa:130W 130W

consumpti
on EGPUb:120W

Weight 1.40kg EGPUa:2.5kg 2.5kg

EGPUb:2.3kg

Processing Decoding a When used to When the service

capability maximum of 9000 Erlang process UMTS RNC awareness function is
Table 5 Technical specifications

Item DEUa EGPUa/EGPUb ENIUa

12.2 kbit/s seamless control-plane and user- used, the ENIUa board
crystal voice services or plane services, the supports the UL+DL data
3600 Erlang 23.85 kbit/s EGPUa/EGPUb board stream at 8000 Mbit/s.
seamless crystal voice supports:
services. When the PS service
2,000 Mbit/s quality measurement
Decoding a (PS throughput rate) function is used, the
maximum of 260000 (sum of uplink and ENIUa board supports the
Erlang CS services for downlink. uplink: 64 UL+DL data stream at
the Crystal Voice in Deep kbit/s; downlink: 384 4800 Mbit/s.
Coverage feature. kbit/s)
If User Experience
Decoding the SRB 10,050 Improvement on APPs is
over DCH uplink Erlang (CS voice enabled, an ENIUa board
coverage enhancement service) can improve user
services of a maximum of experience of PS traffic
38400 CELL_DCH users. 5,025 Erlang carried by four
(CS data service) EGPUa/EGPUb boards.
Performing eTrFO
code conversion for a 700 cells
maximum of 1000 Erlang
CS voice service. 700 NodeBs

Supporting decoding When used

of Uplink Coverage to process control-
Improvement During plane services, the
Access in 750 cells. EGPUa/EGPUb board
supports 70,000 online
subscribers
(DCH/HSDPA/FACH)
at the same time,
including 35,000
active subscribers.

When used
to process user-plane
services, the
EGPUa/EGPUb board
supports 70,000 online
subscribers
 Table 5 Technical specifications

Item DEUa EGPUa/EGPUb ENIUa

(DCH/HSDPA/FACH)
at the same time,
including 28,000
active subscribers.

1,668,000
BHCAs (based on
Huawei smartphone
traffic model)

NOTE:

Each specification on the board processing capability refers to the maximum value allowed when the board
is used to process the corresponding service alone. For example, if an EGPUa/EGPUb board processing UMTS
RNC control-plane and user-plane services supports a PS throughput rate of 2,000 Mbit/s, it cannot process any
BHCA or CS service.

"CS data service" in the table refers to the 64 kbit/s video phone service.

Indicators on board

Table 6 describes the indicators on the board.

Table 6 Indicators on the EGPUa/EGPUb board

Indicator Color Status Description

RUN Green On for 1s and off for 1s The board functions

properly.

On for 0.125s and off The board is in the

Table 6 Indicators on the EGPUa/EGPUb board

Indicator Color Status Description

for 0.125s loading state.

Steady on There is power supply,

but the board is faulty.

Steady off There is no power

supply, or the board is
faulty.

ALM Red Steady off There is no alarm.

Steady on An alarm has been

reported, indicating that
a fault occurs during the
operation.

On for 0.2s, off for 0.2s The board memory is

and blinking for 10s insufficient, or the
memory card is missing
or not tightly inserted
during the EGPUa,
EGPUb, ENIUa, and
DEUa board loading.

ACT Green Steady on The board is in active

mode.

Steady off The board is in standby

Table 6 Indicators on the EGPUa/EGPUb board

Indicator Color Status Description

mode.

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