RNC - An introduction

Course Objectives

On completion of this course the student will be able to:

• Outline the RNC functionality

• Discuss various RNC Concepts
• Outline the RNC Structure and Interfaces
• List the various Interface used in the RNC
• Discuss the RNC Software and Hardware Architecture

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Radio Access Network

Network Management system

CN/other
Core Network management appl.

Radio Access Network RANOS TRAM

Iu

Radio Network
Controller Iur Radio Tools for
Access Radio
Network Access
Iub Operation Management
Support
NODE B

RAN Customer Services

Mobile terminals Services

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Evolution vs. Revolution
Access Network Core Network
User Equipment
(UE)
MSC SCF External
MSC SCF
Networks

GMSC
GMSC
BSS
SIM MT A
SIM MT BTS BSC MSC
MSC
HLR AUC ISDN
Iu HLR AUC
PSTN
PSPDN
SMS- CSPDN
SMS-
EIR GMSC PDN:
EIR GMSC
-Intranet
RNS -Extranet
Gb SMS-
USIM ME SMS- -Internet
USIM ME NodeB IWMSC
RNC IWMSC
Iu SGSN
SGSN GGSN
Iur GGSN

RNS
USIM
USIM ME
ME NodeB
RNC
SGSN
SGSN
UTRAN

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3G Network Solution

Service
Service Network Enablers Application
Servers
Application
Servers

GMSC/Transit
Core Network MSC SGSN HLR... Server
Server Server
SGW
Control

PSTN/
ISDN

MGW
Connectivity
MGW Internet
GGSN Intranets
GSM
EDGE
WCDMA

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RNC - Main Functions
 RNC Main Functionality

• To manage and secure an optimal usage of the radio resources of the

radio access network
• To control the mobility and handover within the radio access network
which also includes macro diversity
• To support Inter Radio Access Technology (IRAT) towards other radio
access systems. RNC provides Handover functions between UTRAN
and GSM and Cell Change between UTRAN and GSM/GPRS
• To support radio access bearer (RAB) services with Circuit Switched
and Packet Switched data

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 RNC Main Functionality

• To provide a transparent bearer service for control message between

the Core Network and the UE (direct transfer)
• To support control functions for paging of UEs, Signalling
• Connection handling and Radio Access Bearer service handling
• To provide element management functions
• To support UE positioning functions

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RNC - Interfaces
RNC Interfaces

CN
Mur
NE MGR Iu
(RANAP)
NAS

Mur Iu-r
RANOS RNC RNC
Mub (RNSAP)

Mub Iu-b
(NBAP)

OMINF Mui NODE B Uu

(RRC)

UE

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RNC - RNC Concepts
 RNC Concepts - Serving and Drift RNS

Core Network

Iu-c Iu-p
Iur
DRNS SRNS

UE

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 RNC Concepts - Radio access bearer

Conversational RAB for AMR speech (Voice RAB - CS)

Interactive RAB (Internet access - PS)
Conversational RAB for UDI of 64 kbps (H.324M multimedia - CS)
Streaming RAB (CS) offers support for variable rate circuit switched data up to
57.6 kbps.
Streaming RAB (PS) offers support for guaranteed rate packet switched data.
Multiple RAB offers support for multiple RABs (Voice and interactive/background)
connected simultaneously to the same UE.

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RNC Concepts - Control and User Planes

Control Plane
The Control Plane implements the control of the Radio Access Bearers and the connection
between the UE and the Network from different aspects (Requesting the service, controlling
different transmission resources, handover etc). Also a mechanism for the transparent
transfer of NAS messages is included.
The Control Plane Includes the Application Protocol, i.e. RANAP, RNSAP or NBAP, and the
Signalling Bearer for transporting the Application Protocol messages.

User Plane
The User Plane implements the actual radio access bearer service, i.e. carrying user
Data/Data Stream(s) through the access stratum The Data Stream(s) is/are characterised by
one or more frame protocols specified for that interface.

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 RNC Concepts - Call Set-Up
UE UTRAN CN

RRC CONNECTION REQUEST

RRC CONNECTION SETUP

RRC CONNECTION SETUP COMPLETE

Initial Direct Transfer

SCCP CR (Ranap Initial Ue Message)

SCCP CC (Ranap message)

Call Setup Messages

SRBs
RRC Connection Iu Signaling Connection
Control
Plane
UE
UE RBs UTRAN
UTRAN Core
Core
User RAB
Plane
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 RNC Concepts - Channel Concepts
Uu Interface
Logical Channel:
A Logical Channel is an information stream
dedicated to the transfer of a specific type of Common Dedicated
information over the radio interface. Logical Logical
Channel Channel

Transport Channel:
The channels offered by the physical lay-
er to Layer 2 for data transport between
peer L1 entities are denoted as Transport RNC
Common Dedicated
Channels. Different types of Transport Transport Transport
Channels are defined by how and with Channel Channel RBS
which characteristics data is transferred
on the physical layer, e.g. whether using
dedicated or common Physical Channel
are employed.

Common Dedicated
Physical Channel: Physical Physical
Channel Channel
In FDD mode, a Physical Channel is defined
by code, frequency and, in the Uplink,
relative phase (I/Q). In TDD mode, a
physical Channel is defined by code,
frequency, and time slot.

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 RNC Concepts - Channels

Physical Channels Transport Channels Logical Channels

DPCH - Dedicated Physical Channel
DCH (DL/UL) DCCH
DPDCH (UL/DL) Dedicated Channel Dedicated Control Channel
Dedicated Physical Data Channel

DPCCH (UL/DL) DTCH

Dedicated Physical Control Channel
RACH (UL) Dedicated Traffic Channel
Random Access Channel
PRACH (UL)
Physical Random Access Channel FACH (DL)
Forward Access Channel
AICH
Acquisition Indication Channel CCCH
BCH (DL)
Broadcast Channel Common Control Channel
P-CCPCH (DL)
Primary Common Control Physical Channel
PCH (DL)
S-CCPCH (DL) Paging Channel
Secondary Common Control Physical Channel
BCCH
PICH (DL)
Paging Indication Channel Common Transport Channels Broadcast Control Channel

PCCH
Paging Control Channel
*simplified

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RNC Concepts - Radio Interface Protocol Architecture

Control Plane User Plane

RRC L3
SIGNALLING USER PLANE RADIO BEARERS
RADIO BEARERS
PDCP
Control

BMC

RLC L2
LOGICAL CHANNELS
MAC
TRANSPORT CHANNELS

PHY L1
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 RNC Concepts - Communication Paths

RABS:
RABs:One Speech
One speech and one
and Packet
one Connection
packet connection.
Three Connections
Macro servedradio
diversity: Three by one Node
links B by two RBSes.
served
Control Plane
UE context
Cell

RRCglb RRC User Plane

RLC RLC rrc con RLC packet RLC speech

PDR RANAP RANAP

MAC-C MAC-D
GTP-U SCCP
Iuc Iup
PCH/ DHO rrc con DHO packet DHO speech UDP/IP Control Control
RACH/ MTP3b MTP3b
FACH/ Plane Plane
FP DCH
DCH FP FP
DCH FP DCH
DCH FP FP
DCH FP DCHDCH
FP FP
DCH FP Iuc FP SAAL SAAL

AAL2 AAL2AAL2
AAL2 AAL2
AAL2 AAL2 AAL2
AAL2AAL2 AAL2 AAL5 AAL5 AAL5

Circuit CN Packet CN
RBS1 RBS2
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 RNC Concepts - RRC UE State Model

UTRAN Connected mode

Cell PCH
URA_PCH
URA PCH
CELL_PCH

Cell DCH Cell FACH

CELL_FACH

Establish/
Release
RRC
Connection

Idle mode

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 RNC Concepts - Power Control

Power 1 Power 2

BS
UE 1 UE 2
If SIR < SIR target Frame Reliability Info
send ‘power up’
command

SIR target adjust

RNC
If quality < target increase SIR target

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 RNC Concepts - Micro Diversity

UE
Node B RNC
Receiver
(RAKE)

Same signal Propagating different Summed signal

ways in the radio path

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 RNC Concepts - Macro Diversity

Macro Diversity Point

Active Set

SRNC
Node B

Node B
UE

DRNC

Node B

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 RNC Concepts - Soft and Softer Handover

RNC RNC Multipath signal

Iur through Sector 1

Sector 1 Sector 2
f1 f1

Multipath signal
through Sector 3
Sector 3
f1
Frequency Frequency
f1 f1

Intra-frequency soft handover Intra-frequency softer handover

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 RNC Concepts - Hard Handover

RNC RNC
Iur

Frequency Frequency
f1 f2

Frequency Frequency
f1 f1

Inter-frequency hard handover Intra-frequency hard handover

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 RNC Concepts - Inter System Handover/Cell Change

RNC

Node B BTS

WCDMA
GSM

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 RNC Concepts - Cell Update

UTRAN/RNC
UE

CCCH/RACH: Cell Update

DCCH/FACH: Cell Update Confirm

Information exchange between UE and RNC

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 RNC Concepts - Location Area Update

UE Node B, RNC CN

RRC Connection Setup

(RRC): LU Request
(RANAP): LU Request

Updating of
location information
(RANAP) LU Accepted (TMSI)
(RRC) LU Accepted (TMSI)
TMSI Reallocation Complete
(RANAP) Iu release Command
RRC Connection Release
(RANAP) Iu release Complete

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 RNC Concepts - System Information Distribution

SB
SB SIB #n
SIB 1 SIB #n
UE Node B RNC SIB 2 SIB #n
SIB 3 SIB #n
SIB 4
SIB 5
SIB 6
(NBAP): System Information Update Request SIB 7
SIB 13.1
MIB SIB 8
SIB 9 SIB 13.2
(NBAP): System Information Update Response
SIB 10 SIB 13.3
SIB 11 SIB 13.4
SIB 12
SIB 13
SIB 14
SIB 15.1
(BCCH) System Information SIB 15
SIB 15.2
SIB 16
SIB 15.3
SIB 17

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RNC - Function Groups
 RNC Function Groups

Capacity Management Operation

and
Connection Control Mobility Maintenance

Bearer Service Processing

Node and Frame Synchronization

Cello Application Programming Interface

Transport Network Interfaces

Terrestial Transport Operating Operation

System and

Operaor Interfaces
and Maintenance
Network Synchronization Database Support

Cello

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 RNC Function Groups

• Capacity Management
Capacity Management functions optimise the radio resource utilisation and
prevent the system from overload
• Connection Control
Control functions will at stimuli from the end user or the core net control
and support the processing of initiating, maintaining and terminating
user connection(s) with a specific bearer service.
• Mobility
Mobility functions provide the ability for the end user to move in the radio
network by changing the serving network element or resource,
including the ability to determine the geographical position of the end
user.

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 RNC Function Groups

Bearer Service Processing

RNC node internal frame transport

segmentation frame handling

CN
RNC ARQ
(auto. req. retrans.))

 ciphering

combine/split

frame handling

Node
NodeBB Node
NodeBB

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 RNC Function Groups

Node&Frame Synchronization

CN

RFN

RNC RNC
RFN
Frame synch +

Node synch + BFN

BFN BFN
“Connection
Node
NodeBB Node
NodeBB F rame N umber” Node
NodeBB

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 RNC Function Groups

Operation & Maintenance

•Configuration Management Functions

•Performance Management Functions
•Fault Management Functions
•Security Management Functions
•User interface functions

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RNC - MIM/MIB
RNC MIM - Managed Information Model

MO

MO MO Hopper Association

MO MO
MO

MO MO
RNC MIM
 RNC MIM
RNC

3G Cell Served by other RNC

Neighbouring
GSM Network

3G Cell
RNC MIB - Managed Information Base

external Presentation network

Layer EM OE managing
host system
processor

MP Service
Layer MS MS MS

Management MO MO MO MO
Adaptation
Layer MAO
MAO MAO MAO

Resource
Layer
FRO
FRO FRO

any RO(s)
RO(s) RO(s)
RO(s)
processor
RNC - RNC Structure
 RNC Structure

SERVICES

O&M ENCAPSULATION

RESOURCES

PLATFORM

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 RNC Structure

Iur RNSAP
RNC Iu
RNH RANAP
NBAP

Uu RRC

RRC UEH

DRH
RLC
DCS
Iu-c-FP
DCH-FP
PDR Iu-p-FP
CCS
Iub ROAM
RACH/FACH/PCH-FP

TAS RLIB
Cello

Mur

M echanics , P ower and E nvironment

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 RNC Structure - Service layer

• Radio Network Handling (RNH)

– Configuration management for logical radio resources:
– Control and mobility functions on common channels.
– Capacity management. Handling of signaling bearers
towards the core network, RBS and other RNCs to be used
for carrying control signaling specified by the NBAP,
RANAP and RNSAP protocols
– Supervision, error and redundancy handling
– Enabling traffic functions to allocate and deallocate RNTI,
uplink scrambling codes and downlink channelization
codes.

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 RNC Structure - Service layer

• Radio Network Handling (RNH)

– Message distribution of:
- the RANAP protocol
- the NBAP protocol
- the RRC protocol
– Message termination of:
- the common part of the RANAP protocol
- the common part of the NBAP protocol
- the global part of the RRC protocol.
- the RNSAP protocol.

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 RNC Structure - Service layer

• User Equipment Handling (UEH)

– Configuration management:
(e.g. timer values that are to be used in RRC signaling and
mapping from RABs to RBs and vice versa)
– Termination of the dedicated part of the NBAP, RANAP
and RNSAP protocol.
– Keeping track of each UEs RRC state and of what
resources each UE has allocated in the RNC.
– Handling the set-up and release of a signaling connection
from the core network to the UEs.
– Transparent Message Transfer

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 RNC Structure - Service layer

• User Equipment Handling (UEH)

– Handling the set-up and release of radio access bearers
from the core network to the UE.
– Radio Connection Supervision:
Supervise control and user plane connections between the
UE and UTRAN.
– Handover execution.
– Soft/Softer handover execution, and handover between
RNCs are also supported.

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 RNC Structure - Service layer

• User Equipment Handling (UEH)

– Inter Radio Access Technology Handover
– Inter Radio Access Technology Cell Change
– UE Security Handling.
– Channel Switching.
– UE positioning
– Compressed Mode Control

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 RNC Structure - Encapsulation layer

Dedicated Channel Support (DCS)

• Device Handling
– Configuration management: (to configure the Device
Groups, Device Sets and Device Individuals)
– Allocating resources to resource handlers.
– Locking and Unlocking of Device Groups, Device Sets and
Device Individuals.
• Resource Handling:
– Reserving and releasing the resources

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 RNC Structure - Resource layer

• Dedicated Channel Support (DCS)

– Iub Frame Transport for dedicated channel
– Iu-c Frame Handling
– MAC-C - MAC-D Frame Transport
– Uu L1 Termination of Dedicated Channels
– Uu L2 Termination
– Uu L3 Termination
– Frame synchronisation
– Handover Evaluation
– Power Control, Dedicated Channels
– Channel Switching Evaluation

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 RNC Structure - Resource layer

• Common Channel Support (CCS)

– Iub Frame Transport for common channel
– Iur Frame Transport
– MAC-C - MAC-D Frame Transport
– Uu L2 Termination
– Uu L3 Termination
– Paging
– Frame Synchronisation
– Configuration Control

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 RNC Structure - Resource layer

• Packet Data Router (PDR) is responsible for:

– Handling packet data traffic in RNC
– Configuration of parameters for the Iu-p protocol layers
– Establishment and release of mapping table rows for
packet data RABs
– User packet data handling, which includes termination of
Iu-p protocols (GTP-U, UDP, IP, LLC/SNAP etc.) and
mapping of user data packets of a specific RAB from a
GTP-U tunnel to a Mux-protocol connection in downlink
and vice versa in uplink

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 RNC Structure - Resource layer

Packet Data Router (PDR)

Iu-p
RNC Packet Switched CN

User Data User Data

RNL Iu FP (Transp. Mode) Iu FP (Transp. Mode)

GTP-U GTP-U
TNL

UDP UDP

IP IP

LLC/SNAP LLC/SNAP

AAL5 AAL5

RNL Radio Network Layer

TNL Transport Network Layer

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 RNC Structure - O&M layer

•RNC Operation and Maintenance (ROAM)

•Configuration,
R O AM RNCPerformance, Security and Fault management
Operation and Management
Configuration, Performance, Fault and Security Management
•Element manager Services
DC: LIN
External
Presentation Host
Layer EM OE EMS
Processor

Main
R O AM Service MAS MAS MAS Processor
Layer (MP)
Management
Adaptation MAO MAO MAO MAO
Layer
Roam
R e s o u rc e FRO FRO FRO
Layer Persistent Storage

any
RO RO Processor
RO RO
RO RO

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 RNC Structure - Platform layer

• RNC Component Library (RLIB)

– Component Library:
– Load Control, secures real time characteristics and avoids
restarts due to overload situations
– Debug Support
• Timing and Synchronisation (TAS)
– Distribution of timing information.

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 RNC Structure - Platform layer

• Mechanics, Power and Environment (MPE)

– Building Practice
– Power
• Cello
– ATM transport services
– Synchronisation and timing services
– Distributed control system and management services

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RNC - RNC Architecture
 Protocols over the Iu, Iub and Uu interface - Control Plane

UE Node B RNC CN
RNH RRC NBAP RANAP

UEH
PCH-FP/RACH-FP/FACH-FP or DCH-FP

RRC

DRH
MAC-C or MAC-D
RLC and RRC

ATM/AAL2

RLC
RLC
MAC-D
MAC-C DCS DCH-FP Iu-FP
CCS PDR
PCH-FP/RACH-FP GTP-U/UDP-IP
/FACH-FP Iu-c-FP /LLC/SNAP

AAL2 AAL5 SCCP

MTP3-B
ATM ATM SAAL-NNI

Uu Iub Iu
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 Protocols over the Iu, Iub and Uu interface - User Plane

UE Node B RNC CN
RNH RRC NBAP RANAP

UEH
PCH-FP/RACH-FP/FACH-FP or DCH-FP

RRC

DRH
MAC-C or MAC-D
RLC and RRC

ATM/AAL2

RLC
RLC
MAC-D
MAC-C DCS DCH-FP Iu-FP
CCS PDR
PCH-FP/RACH-FP GTP-U/UDP-IP
/FACH-FP Iu-c-FP /LLC/SNAP

AAL2 AAL5 SCCP

MTP3-B
ATM ATM SAAL-NNI

Uu Iub Iu
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 RNC Structure - Architecture
RncO&MMp 2 RncSccpMp 2
RncModuleMp *

Roam Rnh
RncTopRanapC Roam Rnh Ueh
RncLm RncLmFroC RncLm RncLmCellC RncLmUeC
JvmC RncTopRnsapC ModuleOmC
RncTop RncTop RncTop RncTopCellC RncTopUeC
JvmC FroC 2
ModuleOmC
RncCentralMp
Rnh

RncLmCentralRnhC
RncTopCentralRnhC

Drh
RncLmCentralOmC RncTopIurCcRhC
RncLmDhC
RncTopCentralOmC RncLmCentralRhC
RncTopDhC RncTopCcRhC RncTopDcRhC
RncTopCentralRhC
RncTopPdrRhC

RncLmCentralDhC
RncTopCentralDhC Bp Drh *
= Processor RncTopBdhC
= Load Module
= Subsystem IurCcSp * CcSp * DcSp *
PdrSp *

= Top Level Capsule Ccs Dcs Pdr

2 RncLmIurCcC RncLmCcC RncLmDcC RncLmPdrC

Tas
RncTopIurCcC RncTopCcC RncTopDcC RncTopPdrC
Rlib Rfn
Comp
RfnBp - Tub

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 RNC Software Architecture - Subsystem

Load Module Load Module

OSE process 1: OTD signals

1
Actor Actor 2: ObjectTime generated
OSE Signals
3: Hand coded
OSE signals

OSE process OSE process

3
Actor Actor

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 RNC Architecture - Inter LM Signaling

• Service layer: UEH and RNH in the RNC module are the main clients.
• Resource layer: CCS, DCS and PDR are the main servers.
• Encapsulation layer: The servers and clients are separated by Drh, which the
information passes through.

RnhIfRrcP
Subsystem that Protocol
InterFace Descriptor
owns protocol

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 RNC Software Architecture - Add Utran Relation
RncTopFroC RncTopCellC
RANOS RncTop-
EM JvmC

1. Add UTRAN Relation

2. Config. and Activation

of Config. in RNC
3. FroUTRANRelationCreateReq

4. CelloTransaction_register_e

5. CelloTransaction_databaseUpdateSQL_e

6. FroUTRANRelationCreateRsp

7. waitForCommitOrRollback

CELLO_TRANS_COMMIT_IND
8
createInd

9. store Cell
relation

10. System Information

Distribution

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 RNC Software Architecture - Add Utran Relation

R n cSc cp M p
RNC EM Rnc O & M Mp 2 2 R n c M o d u le M p
R o am Rnh
RANOS R ncT opR a nap C R o am Rnh U eh
R n cLm R n c L m F roC R n cLm R n c L m C e ll C R n cLm U eC
Jvm C R ncT opR n sapC M o duleO m C
R n c T o p C e ll C R n cT op U e
R ncT op R n cT op R n cT op
Jvm C F ro C M o duleO m C
R n c C e n tr a l M p 2
Add Utran Relation R nh
R n c L m C e n t r a lR n h C RO
MAO FRO R n c T o p C e n tr a lR n h C

Drh R n cT opIu r
R n c L m C e n tr a lO m C
R n cLm D hC
R n c T o p C e n t r a lO m C R n c L m C e n tra l R h C
R nc To pD hC R n cT op C cR hC R ncT o pD c
R n c T o p C e n t r a lR h C
R ncT o pP d

R n c L m C e n tra l D h C
R n c T op C en tra lD hC Bp D rh *
= P ro c es s or R ncT op B dh C
= Lo ad M o dule

= S ub system
Iu r C c S p * C cS p * D cS p *

= To p Le v el C a ps ule C cs D cs
R n c L m Iu r C c C R ncL m C c C R n cLm D cC
2
T as R n c T o p Iu rC c C R n cT op C cC R n cT opD cC
R l ib R fn

Com p
R fn B p - T u b
 RNC Software Architecture - Cell Update

R n c T o p C cC R n cT o p C c R h R n c T o p C e llC R n c T o p C e n tr a l - RncTo pUeC R n cTo p D cR h R nc T o p D cC

RnhC (S R N C )

1. CELL_UPDATE

2. rrcMsgUlInd (CELL_UPDATE)

3. registerQueryReq

4. registerQueryRsp

5. rrcCellUpdateInd

- Decode CU msg
- Update PM counter

6. rrcMsgDlInd (CELL_UPDAT E_CONFIRM)

7 CELL_UPDATE_ CONF IRM - Update PM counter

- Inform UECC

MSC for Cell Update in same cel in SRNC (Only SRNC involved: CRNC=SRNC)

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RNC Software Architecture - Cell Update
Rnc O & M M p 2 R n cS c cp M p 2 R n c M o d u le M p
Node B Rnh
*

R o am R ncT opR a nap C R o am Rnh U eh

R n cLm R nc L m F roC R n cLm R n c L m C e ll C R n cLm U eC
Jvm C R ncT opR n sapC M o duleO m C
R n c T o p C e ll C R n cT op U e C
R ncT op R n cT op R n cT op
Jvm C F ro C M o duleO m C
R n c C e n tr a lM p 2

R nh
R n c L m C e n t r a lR n h C
R n c T o p C e n tr a lR n h C

Drh R n c T o pIu rC c R h C
R n c L m C e n tr a lO m C
R n cLm D hC
R n c T o p C e n t r a lO m C R nc L m C e ntral R h C
R nc To pD hC R n cT op C cR hC R ncT o pD cR h C
R n c T o p C e n t r a lR h C
R nc T o p P d rR h C

R nc L m C e ntral D h C
R n c T op C en tral D hC Bp D rh *
= P ro c e s s o r R ncT op B dh C
= Lo ad M o dule

= S ub s ystem
Iu r C c S p * C cS p * D cS p * P d rS p *

= To p Le vel C a psule C cs D cs Pdr

R n c L m Iu r C c C R ncL m C c C R n cLm D cC R n c Lm P d rC
2
T as R nc T o p IurC c C R n cT op C cC R n cT opD cC R n c T o p P d rC
R l ib R fn

Com p
R fn B p - T u b

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 RNC Software Architecture - Subsystem
e.g. Adjacent Cell Configuration
Capsule
/ Actor
accRoamIfFroExternalUtranCellRoExtP

Port
Acc_RnhAdjCellHndlC
Acc_RnhAdjCellSysInfoP Acc_RnhCellroP

Acc_RnhAdjCellSysInfoP Acc_RnhCellroP

Acc_RnhSysInfoHndlC accRnhCellHndlC

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 RNC Software Architecture - Subsystem
e.g. Adjacent Cell Configuration

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RNC - Hardware
 RNC Hardware Architecture

0..64
Iu r
RNC I u b 1 . .m
Legend:
RBS
R NC
1..2 1..n RNC Radio Networc Controller
1 . .6 2..2
Iu RBS Radio Base Station
CN ET ET R BS
CN Core Network
1 . .n
4 .. 4
RAN O S/ M ur
G PB ATM Switch and Transmission Boards:
E x t.M gm n tS ys
1 . .1 8..8 2..2 2..2 1 8 . .1 8
IS L 4 x (1 + 1 ) SCB Switch Core Board
T h in C l ie n t / G PB SCB SCB SPB SXB Switch Extension Board
C o n s o le
2 .. 2 E x t e n s io n s u b r a c k 0 . . 4 ETB Exchange Terminal Board,
SXB ET-MC1, 8x1.5/2 Mbit/s
ET-M4, 2x155 Mbit/s
2 . .2 8..8 IS L 4 x ( 1 + 1 ) ET-MC41, 1x155 Mbit/s
TUB SPB

M a i n s u b r a c k 1 . .1
Processor Boards:
2 . .2 1..n
ET R BS GPB Generic Processor Board
SPB Special purpose Procesor
4 .. 4
Board
G PB
2 . .2 1 8 .. 1 8 Misc. Boards:
SC B SPB
TUB Timing Unit Board
E x te n s io n s u b r a c k 5 .. 8
ISL Inter Switch module Link

C a p a c it o r U n it 2 . . 6
I n t e r fa c e C o n n e c ti o n
F ie ld ( I C F )
-4 8V D C

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 RNC Hardware Architecture - Cabinets

C U C U CU
C U CU C U
E x te n s io n E x te n s io n E x te n s io n
S u b ra c k S u b ra c k S u b ra c k

E x te n s io n E x t e n s io n E x te n s io n
S u b ra c k S u b ra c k S u b ra c k

M a in E x te n s io n E x te n s io n
S u b ra c k S u b ra c k S u b ra c k
M a in I C F E x t . IC F E x t. IC F

M a in E x te n s io n E x te n s io n
C a b in e t C a b in e t C a b in e t

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 RNC Hardware Architecture - Main Subrack

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 5 2 0 2 5 2 8
SCB
E T -M 4
E T -M 4

GPB
GPB
GPB

E T -M 4
E T -M 4
TUB
TUB
SX B
SX B
GPB
GPB
GPB
GPB
GPB

SPB
SPB
SPB
SPB
SPB
SPB
SPB
SPB
E T -M 4

E T -M C 1
SCB
S l o t 2 , 3 , 2 4 , 2 5 , 2 6 , a n d 2 7 : R e s e r v e d p o s i t io n f o r T r a n s p o r t N e t w o r k c o n n e c t i o n s ( E T s )

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 RNC Hardware Architecture - Extension Subrack

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 5 2 0 2 5 2 8
SCB
E T -M C 1

SPB

GPB

SP B
DB
E T -M C 1
DB
SPB

SPB
SPB
SPB
SPB
SPB
SPB
SPB
GPB
GPB
GPB

SPB
SPB
SPB
SPB
SPB
SPB
SPB
SPB

SCB
S l o t 2 , 3 , 2 6 , a n d 2 7 : R e s e r v e d p o s i ti o n f o r T r a n s p o r t N e t w o r k c o n n e c t io n s (E T s )

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Hardware Redundancy

RNC SCCP MP RNC Module MP

active active
1+1 redundancy
and load sharing RNC SCCP MP RNC Module MP
n+1 redundancy
stand-by active
RNC Central MP RNC Module MP
active active
1+1 redundancy
RNC Central MP RNC Module MP
stand-by stand-by
RNC O&M MP
active
1+1 redundancy
RNC O&M MP
stand-by
RNC Module MP
active
n+1 redundancy
RNC Module MP
stand-by

M a in s u b r a c k 1 . . 1 E x t e n s io n s u b r a c k 0 . .8

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