14.4kbits Circuit Switched
14.4kbits Circuit Switched
14.4kbits Circuit Switched
GBSS14.0
Issue 01
Date 2012-04-28
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Contents
2 Overview.........................................................................................................................................3
3 Transmission Redundancy..........................................................................................................4
4 Engineering Guidelines...............................................................................................................6
4.1 Impact.................................................................................................................................................................6
4.2 Constraints..........................................................................................................................................................6
5 Parameters.......................................................................................................................................8
6 Counters........................................................................................................................................14
7 Glossary.........................................................................................................................................15
8 Reference Documents.................................................................................................................16
1.1 Scope
This document describes the GBFD-119405 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data feature.
Document Issues
The document issues are as follows:
l 01 (2012-04-28)
l Draft A (2012-02-15)
01 (2012-04-28)
This is the first official release of GBSS14.0.
Compared with draft A (2012-02-15) of GBSS14.0, issue 01 (2012-04-28) of GBSS14.0
incorporates the changes described in the following table.
Draft A (2012-02-15)
This is a draft of GBSS14.0.
Compared with issue 01 (2011-03-31) of GBSS13.0, draft A (2012-02-15) of GBSS14.0
incorporates the changes described in the following table.
2 Overview
The 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data feature enables the Huawei GSM base station subsystem
(GBSS) to transmit circuit switched (CS) services only on full-rate traffic channels (TCHFs).
This feature supports the following transmission rates over the Um interface:
l 14.4 kbit/s for transparent services
l 14.5 kbit/s for non-transparent services
To support single-timeslot transparent and non-transparent data services,
set DATATRAFFSETto T14_4K and NT14_5K on the local maintenance terminal (LMT),
respectively.
14.4 kbit/s transparent and 14.5 kbit/s non-transparent data services are more reliable than
general packet radio service (GPRS) and Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE)
services, and provide higher data transmission rates than basic circuit switched data (CSD)
services. This helps operators enrich their services and increase their revenues.
NOTE
Basic CSD services refer to single-timeslot CSD services at a rate less than or equal to 9.6 kbit/
s over the Um interface. For details about basic CSD services, see the Radio Bearer Services
Feature Parameter Description.
For 14.4 kbit/s transparent and 14.5 kbit/s non-transparent data services, the call setup, channel
allocation, handover, and channel preemption are performed in the same way as those for CS
services. However, the base station controller (BSC) does not actively decrease the TCHF coding
rate during a handover.
During 14.4 kbit/s transparent and 14.5 kbit/s non-transparent data services, the BSC allocates
TCHFs at specific rates to mobile stations (MSs) as instructed by the mobile switching center
(MSC).
3 Transmission Redundancy
Data packets may be lost in A over IP mode. If the packet loss rate is high, the performance of
CSD services deteriorates.
To improve CSD service reliability in A over IP mode, Huawei GBSS provides transmission
redundancy for CSD services.
With transmission redundancy, each data block is transmitted multiple times, and each Real-
Time Transport Protocol (RTP) packet contains several data blocks.
If a data block in an RTP packet is discarded during transmission, a data block with the same
payload will be transmitted in the next RTP packet. This ensures that the CSD payload remains
intact after transmission. CSD services are affected only when the current redundancy level is
inadequate for processing the consecutive packet loss.
Transmission redundancy has the following restrictions:
l Transmission redundancy takes effect on the uplink and downlink simultaneously at the
same redundancy level.
l Ongoing CSD calls no longer use the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) multiplexing function
after transmission redundancy takes effect.
l Transmission redundancy is not supported in Abis over IP mode.
4 Engineering Guidelines
4.1 Impact
l A over TDM mode
14.4 kbit/s transparent and 14.5 kbit/s non-transparent data services have the same
requirements for channel preemption and transmission bandwidth as CS services.
Therefore, deploying the 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data feature has no impact on the
network.
l A over IP mode
As defined in the A-interface RTP protocol in the 3GPP specifications, CS calls use the
compressed coding scheme and occupy low bandwidth. However, 14.4 kbit/s transparent
and 14.5 kbit/s non-transparent data services use the non-compressed coding scheme. In
this situation, the payload rate of a single call is 64 kbit/s, and the payload rate reaches a
maximum of 192 kbit/s (64 kbit/s x 3 if transmission redundancy is used for CSD services.
This requires large bandwidth. Therefore, you must increase the transmission bandwidth
over the A interface.
4.2 Constraints
Item Constraint Remarks
5 Parameters
kbit/s
transparent
services. The
value T1_2K
indicates 1.2
kbit/s
transparent
services, which
are currently not
supported. The
value T1200_75
indicates
transparent
services with the
downlink data
rate of 1200 bit/s
and the uplink
data rate of 75
bit/s. These
services are
currently not
supported. The
value
T600_BITS
indicates 600
bit/s transparent
services, which
are currently not
supported.
GUI Value
Range:NT14_5
K, NT12K,
NT6K, T14_4K,
T9_6K, T4_8K,
T2_4K, T1_2K,
T600_BITS,
T1200_75
Unit:None
Actual Value
Range:NT14_5
K, NT12K,
NT6K, T14_4K,
T9_6K, T4_8K,
T2_4K, T1_2K,
T600_BITS,
T1200_75
Default
Value:NT14_5
K-0&NT12K-1
&NT6K-1&T14
_4K-0&T9_6K-
1&T4_8K-1&T
2_4K-1&T1_2
K-0&T600_BIT
S-0&T1200_75-
0
capability of the
MS.
GUI Value
Range:NO(No),
YES(Yes)
Unit:None
Actual Value
Range:NO, YES
Default
Value:YES
(Yes)
6 Counters
7 Glossary
For the acronyms, abbreviations, terms, and definitions, see the Glossary.
8 Reference Documents
1. 3GPP TS 48.020: Rate adaption on the Base Station System - Mobile-services Switching
Center (BSS-MSC) interface
2. 3GPP TS 48.008: Mobile Switching Center - Base Station system (MSC-BSS) interface;
Layer 3 specification
3. 3GPP TS 44.021 Rate adaption on the Mobile Station - Base Station System (MS-BSS)
interface
4. BSC6900 Feature List
5. BSC6900 Optional Feature Description
6. BSC6900 GSM MML Command Reference
7. BSC6900 GSM Parameter Reference