ZXG10 iBSC Introduction

Contents
General Introduction
Hardware Architecture
System Principle
Connectivity and signal flow
Summary

Physical Indices
All-IP Enhanced iBSC Physical Indices
Index ZTE
Dimension (H*D*W) (mm) 2,000 * 800 * 600
Weight
<270Kg(1 rack)
<540Kg(2 rack)
Power Consumption
(All IP Enhance iBSC )
ALL E1:
2,558W/1 rack, 3,868W/2 rack
ALL IP:
2,542W/1 rack,3,808W/2 rack
Power Supply -48VDC (-40VDC ~ -57VDC)
Working Temperature
Long-term:0C~40C.
Short-term: <-5C~45<C.
Relative Humidity
Long-term: 20%~90%.
Short-term: 5%~95%.
Most Powerful Processing Capability
ZTE Large-Capacity iBSC
All-IP architecture, meet IP evolution trend
Powerful processing capacity
Support E1/T1/STM-1/IP interface, flexible network building
Item Description ZTE
BHCA 4200K
Maximum voice traffic Erl 15000Erl
Number of Support TRX 3,072
Interface Types of ZXG10 iBSC
No. Logic Interface Connected NE Physical Interface Type
1. A MSC STM-1,E1,FE/GE
2. Gb SGSN E1,FE/GE
3. Abis BTS E1, STM-1, FE/GE
4. Ater iTC STM-1E1

Contents
General Introduction
Hardware Architecture
System Principle
Connectivity and signal flow
Summary

iBSC Structure - Shelves
(BPSN)
Switch Shelf
(BGSN)
Resource Shelf
(BCTC)
Control Shelf
(BGSN)
Resource Shelf
Control Shelf (BCTC)
System global operation & maintenance
Control plane processing
Control plane Ethernet switching
Resource Shelf (BGSN)
System access
Service processing subsystem
Switch Shelf (BPSN)
Large-capacity non-blocking IP switching platform
BACKPLANE OF CONTROL CENTER (BCTC) :-
Control shelf is the control core of ZTE BSC which manage and
control the whole system, process control signaling, perform
operation and maintenance, and provide global clock for external
synchronization function. Each BSC must be configured with one
control shelf.
BACKPLANE GIGA UNIVERSAL SERVICE NETWORK(BGSN) :-
Resource shelf hold various services processing board for system
access. It can be configured with Abis interface unit, Ater interface
unit, A-interface unit.
BACKPLANE OF PACKET SWITCHING NETWORK (BPSN):-
Packet shelf provide the IP switching function for all user plane
signal with high speed link.
Contents
General Introduction
Hardware Architecture
System Principle
Connectivity and signal flow
Summary

iBSC System Architecture
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Control Flow
Data Flow
UIMC
GUP
Board
Name
Full Name Configuration Principle Functions Backup
OMP
Operation and
Maintenance Processing
Board
1 pair per BCTC
Provide global processing and controls
O&M of the whole system (including O&M
agent)
1+1
CMP
Control Main Processing
Board
Depends on the configuration
capacity.
Provide connection with the switching unit
of control plane, implementing all the
protocol processing on control plane
1+1
CHUB Control Plane HUB 1 pair per iBSC
Center where the control flows of BPSN,
BGSN, and BCTC gather
1+1
ICM Integrated Clock Module 1 pair per iBSC Provide system clock 1+1
UIMC
Universal Interface Module
for Control plane
1 pair per BCTC Signaling switching center of the BCTC 1+1
SBCX
X86 Single Board
Computer
2 per iBSC Provide OMM function 1+1
Main BCTC boards layout:
(Global boards include SBCX, OMP, ICM,
CHUB are configured in the main BCTC)
Normal BCTC boards layout:
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UNIVERSAL INTERFACE MODULE FOR CONTROL
PLANE(UIMC 1+1) :

Provide Ethernet switching in the control shelf, and
manage the control shelf.

Provide internal user plane GE interface to cascade UIMC
with CHUB in control self.

Provide the clock driven function in the control shelf.

The external data from other boards enters the UIMC for
switching and it sent to the target board.

CONTROL PLANE HUB (CHUB 1+1):
CHUB along with UIMC/UIMU/GUIM is extend the data
flow of the system control plane in I BSC.

Exchange of control signal within all the shelf.

The data of control plane from all the shelves are sent to
Ethernet switching unit on CHUB. The data is then sent to
the UIMC through the internal GE interface and the
distribute to the Resource Control Boards (RCB) and vice
versa.


OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PROCESSING UNIT
(OMP 1+1) :
Implement all the operation and maintenance process,
monitor and manage the boards.

It connects with OMM through 100Mbps of Ethernet.

In OMP there are 2 CPU
CPU-A having hard disk of 40G basically for O&M processing.
CPU-B also known as Routing Process Unit (RPU) used for call
routing protocol.
CLOCK GENERATOR BOARD (CLKG 1+1) :
Provide system clock and external synchronization. It extract
clock reference through A-interface and give multiple timing
reference signal to the interface unit.

Perform clock loss alarming and deterioration judgment for
the interrupted reference

Provide active/standby switching.

Clock o/p after balance-driven then distributed to
UIMU/GUIM through system clock cable and to UIMC
through the backplane PCB.
SYSTEM CLOCK CABLE :

X86 SINGLE BOARD COMPUTER (SBCX 1+1):
SBCX is basically a server which work as memory controller
and main storage unit. All the dates and their s/w for all the
interface unit with OMP data processing are stored in this
main storage unit.

Provide 3 FE interface, 2 GE interface, USB interface also
having peripheral device interface like Keyboard and
mouse.

SBCX have CPU with controller and having two hard disk of
80G for data storage.
CONTROL MAIN PROCESSING BOARD (CMP 1+1) :
Implement Packet Switching and Circuit Switching, services
control management and resource management.

There are independent two CPU on the board, CPU_A and
CPU_B. Each CPU provide control plane FE interface, with FE
interface for communication of active /standby, and
RS232/485 serial port for the communication with other
unit.

CPU_A is the main control function of the board.
ZTE BSC having maximum carrier capacity of 2048 trx with max
traffic of 15000 Erlang.
One CMP board capacity is 5000 Erlang.

CMP board require for 15000 Erlang traffic = 3 (15000/5000)

Total 3 CMP board require for 15000Er traffic with 3 redundant
(1+1), so total of 6 CMP boards.
Intra-Shelf Connection BCTC
CHUB
CMP
UIMC
OMP
CLKG/ICM
Control shelf
External public
network
UIMC
Packet switching
shelf
GUIM
Gigabit resource shelf
DTB/SDTB
/SDTB2
8 K reference
8K/16M/PP2S
Ethernet bus
HUB
SBCX


Board Name Full Name
Configuration
Principle
Functions Backup
GUIM
GE Universal
Interface Module
1 pair per BGSN
Used for BGSN interface shelf internal
switching
1+1
GIPI Gigabit IP Interface Provide 1 GE or 4 FE Provide GE/FE interface 1+1
GUP2
GSM Universal
Processing 2
Any slot except slots 9,
10, 1, and 17
Abis Interface Processing Board
2(BIPB2) , A-Interface Processing Board
(AIPB) , User Plane Processing Board
2(UPPB2) , Dual Rate Transcoder Board
2(DRTB2)
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DTB Digital Trunk Board
Provide 32 E1
interfaces
Provide E1 interfaces. -
Main BGSN boards layout:
(Global boards include GIPI,GUP2,
SPB2,DTB,SDTB2 are configured in the
main BGSN)
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Board Name Full Name Configuration Principle Functions Backup
SDTB2
SONET Digital
Trunk Board 2
Provides 2 STM-1
interfaces
Used for access channelized STM-1
interface
1+1
SPB2
Signaling
Processing Board 2
Provides 16 E1
interfaces
LAPD processing board 2 (LAPD2),
signaling processing board 2 (SPB2),
and Gb interface processing board 2
(GIPB2)
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EIPI E1 IP Interface Every 2 DTB with 1 EIPI.
Provides E1/T1-based IP access,
which is realized by EIPI working
together with DTB
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iBSC Shelf - BGSN
GIGABIT UNIVERSAL INTERFACE MODULE (GUIM 1+1)
Provide control plane and user plane Ethernet switching
in gigabit resource shelf, circuit domain timeslot
switching, gigabit resource shelf management, also
provide external interface for shelf.

Provide clock driving function to all boards in gigabit
resource shelf.

The external data from the boards of the shelf enter to
Ethernet switching and TS switching domain for
switching and is then sent to the destination board.
SONET DIGITAL TRUNK BOARD (SDTB2 1+1) :
Provide two 155Mbps STM-1 interface.

Provide an access processing capacity of 126E1.

It receives the clock from the system clock board and provide
the reference clock signal to the STM-1 for the
synchronization.

It receives the STM-1 optical data from line side and then
sent to the circuit switching for the switching, from where it
sent to GUIM board and vice versa.
One SDTB2 can support = 126E1 Abis interface (2xSTM-1).

Abis E1 require for 2048 TRX BSC = 170E1(2048trx/12trx per E1).
= 340E1 for Abis Protection(170x2).


STDB2 requirement for BSC = 3 (340/126 E1 per STDB2 = 2.7).

STDB2 with 1+1 redundancy = 3x2 = 6 No. of Board.
E1 IP INTERFACE BOARD (EIPI 1+0) :
EIPI board provides E1 based IP access. It is basically E1 to
IP payload and vice versa. It works together with SDTB2
board, two EIPI boards are connected with one SDTB2
board to provide 2 x 63E1 interface.

The interface unit access HW data, and sends the data to
HSP sub card. After being processed by HSP protocol, the
data is sent to service processing unit where it get
distributed to user plane and control plane. The user plane
data is sent to GUP2 for processing via user plane
switching network and the control plane data is sent to
CMP for processing via control plane switching network.
One EIPI board have capacity of 63E1 interface.

EIPI board works together with SDTB2 board for the E1
to IP payload and vice versa.

One SDTB2 board have 2x STM-1 i.e (63E1x2 = 126E1)

So to support one SDTB2 board we require two EIPI
board i.e (2x63E1 interface = 126E1 interface for E1 to
IP payload and vice versa).
GSM UNIVERSAL PROCESSING BOARD (GUP2 1+0)-
LOGICAL NAME (BIPB2):
GUP2 board logically can be used in different ways, if we
are using in process of Abis then its logical name is ABIS
INTERFACE PROCESSING BOARD (BIPB2).

At STM-1 interface or E1 interface, the CS and PS service
from BTS are switched through circuit switching network
of GUIM board. The 20ms TRU frames or (PD frame) are
found out and it converts into IP packets and then sent to
the target board through GUIM.
GUP2 when used as BIPB2 = 15 DSP (Digital Signal
Processor)
Capacity of each DSP = 28 TRX.

TRX capacity of one BIPB2 board = 420 TRX (15DSP x 28 TRX).

Total TRX capacity of BSC = 2048 TRX.

BIPB2 board require in BSC = 5 ( 2048TRX/420TRX = 4.8).

So, number of BIPB2 board in BSC is 5 with 1+0. Redundancy can
be possible with expansion.
GSM UNIVERSAL PROCESSING BOARD (GUP2 1+0)-
LOGICAL NAME (TIPB2):
GUP2 board logically can be used in different ways, if we are
using in process of Ater then its logical name is ATER
INTERFACE PROCESSING BOARD (TIPB2).

When used as TIPB2, the user plane data from GUIM is given
to DSP through Ethernet switching unit, convert to TDM
data and then sent to target board through circuit switching.

GUP2 when used as TIPB2 = 15 DSP (Digital Signal Processor)
Capacity of each DSP = 992 TCH.
TCH capacity of one TIPB2 board = 14880 TCH (15DSP x 992TCH).
Number of sites with 2048 TRX = 170 Sites ( 2048TRX/12TRX)
Assuming 4+4+4 configuration.
One 2048 TRX BSC = 11730 Full Rate TCH (170Sites x 69TS)
Assuming normal condition, one site
= 69TCH{96TS-3[6PDCH(3Fix+3Sw) + 1BCCH(1TS) + 2SDCCH(2TS)]}.
Assuming 30% AMR HR = 15249 FR+HR TCH (11730 + 3519).
Assuming 80% utilization of BSC = 12200 FR + HR TCH.
GUP2(TIPB2) require = 1Nos. (12200TCH/14880TCH= 0.9)
So number of TIPB2 board in BSC with 1+1 redundancy = 2 Nos.



SDTB2(Ater) board is used with GUP2(TIPB2) to process TCH on Ater
interface.
One SDTB2 can support = 2 STM-1 (Optical).
SDTB2 can support = 15120 channels of 16kbps on Ater
IF (2 x 63E1 x 30 x 4).
GUP2(TIPB2) traffic capacity = 14880 TCH.

SDTB2 board require = 1 Nos. (14880TCH/15120TCS=0.9)

So, number of SDTB2 board require with 1+1 redundancy = 2 Nos.

GSM UNIVERSAL PROCESSING BOARD (GUP2 1+0)-
LOGICAL NAME (UPPB2):
GUP2 board logically can be used in different ways, if we are
using in process of Gb then its logical name is USER PLANE
PROCESSING BOARD (UPPB2).

When used as UPPB2, the user plane data from GUIM board
access the FE/GE interface and then it is given to DSP
through Ethernet switching unit.DSP perform some user
plane processing and then switches the data to SPB2 board
through user plane GE interface.

GUP2 when used as UPPB2 = 600 Cells (15DSP x 40 Cells).
Capacity of each DSP = 40 Cells.
GUP2(UPPB2) can support = 3600 PDCH Simultaneously.
[600Cells x 6(3Fix + 3Sw)].
One 2048 TRX capacity BSC = 170 sites(2048TRX/12TRX).
Assuming 4+4+4 configuration.
170 Sites per BSC = 510 Sector ( 170sitesx 3sectors/site).
510 Sectors per BSC = 3060 PDCH [ 510Sectors x 6(3Fix + 3Sw)].

GUP2(UPPB2) require per BSC = 1 Nos. (3060/3600PDCH = 0.9).
So, number of GUP2(UPPB2) require with 1+1 redundancy = 2
Nos.
SIGNALING PROCESSING BOARD (SPB2 1+0):
SPB2 board can be used for LAPD processing board. LAPD
signal from BTS is access by SDTB2 board and switched to
LAPD board through the circuit switching network on
UIMC/UIMU or in gigabit resource shelf through GUIM
where it perform LAPD processing.
When SPB2 is used as signal processing board, it process
MTP2 and X.25 protocol and extract 8k synchronization
clock from the line and transmit it through cable to the
CLKG.
When SPB2 is used as Gb interface processing board, it
perform Gb interface function.
It provide physical 16xE1 external interface.


BSC Gb LINK CALCULATION:
Number of TRX in BSC = 2048 TRX
Number of Sites in BSC = 137 (2048TRX/15TRX)
Assuming 5+5+5 configuration.
PDCH for one site = 18 [3 sector x 6 PDCH(3Fix + 3Sw)].

BW require for PDCH of 1 site = 1152 (18 x 64kbps BW/PDCH TS).

Total BW require for BSC = 157286(1152BW/site x 137 sites).

E1 require for PDCH BW = 77(157.29Mbps/2.048Mbps per E1).

Assuming 10% PDCH using simultaneously = 8E1[10% of 77E1(100%)]
E1 requirement can be increase as per the Gb link % utilization observed at
SGSN.(80%).
GE IP INTERFACE BOARD (GIPI 1+1) :
GIPI board provide IP interface between ZTE iBSC and
BTS,SGSN and MSC/MGW. Each GIPI provide GE
interface.

When used for Abis interface it functional work is
Gigabit IP Interface Board (IPBB).

The interface unit access the date and then it send to
service processing unit where the user plane data is
sent to GUP2 for processing and control plane date is
sent to CMP.
Intra-Shelf Connection BGSN
GUIM
GUP2 GUP2
STM-1
Gigabit
resource
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GLI
Packet switching
shelf
Control shelf
CLKG
/ICM
CHUB
E1 FE
SDTB2 DTB SPB2 GIPI
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PSN
Packet Switching
Network
1 pair per BPSN
Provides data switching among
GLIs
Load
sharing
GLI Gigabit Line Interface
Every 2 pairs GUIM with 1
pair GLI
Provides physical layer adaptation,
IP packet check, fragmentation,
transfer management, and traffic
management
Load
sharing
CMP
Control Main Processing
Board
Depends on the configuration
capacity.
Provide connection with the
switching unit of control plane,
implementing all the protocol
processing on control plane
1+1
UIMC
Universal Interface
Module for Control plane
1 pair per BPSN
Provides signaling switching in
BPSN
1+1
Main BPSN boards layout:
(Global boards include PSN, GLI, CMP
are configured in the main BCTC)
Normal BPSN boards layout:
iBSC Shelf - BPSN
GIGABIT LINE INTERFACE BOARD(GLI 1+1) :
GLI is GE interface board which is connected with GUIM of
both the resource shelf.

Implement function such as physical layer adaption, IP
packet check, transfer management and traffic
management.

GLI has a processing capacity of 2.5Gbps for process and
transfer.

Data sent from GUIM through optical fiber to switching
interface is sent to service processing unit and then sent to
PSN for high speed data switching process.

PACKET SWITCHING NETWORK (PSN 1+1):
PSN supports bi-directional user data switching at the
rate of 40Gbps in each direction.

Implement 1+1 load sharing.

Data from GLI is sent to the matrix switching unit of PSN
through backplane and after processing the data with
high speed again it sent back to the target GLI board.
Intra-Shelf Connection BPSN
PSN
UIMC
GLI GLI
GUIM
GUIM
CHUB
CLKG
/ICM
Packet Switching Shelf Control Shelf
Gigabit Resource Shelf Gigabit Resource Shelf
Optical fiber
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Existing iBSC rack structure
Contents
General Introduction
System Principle
Connectivity and signal flow
Summary

iBSC - Connection Between Shelves
Clock distribution cable and line clock extracting cable
Control plane Ethernet cable
User plane fiber
Monitoring cable
Clock Extracting and Distribution
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Power distribution plug-in box
BGSN
BGSN
BCTC
BPSN
Fan plug-in box
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Clock reference
The ICM board can get the BITS clock reference
or obtain the clock reference from GPS module.

Clock distribution
ICM> GUIM/UIMC
GUIM/UIMC > slots of each shelf

Control Plane Ethernet
Connections
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Power distribution plug-in box
Fan plug-in box
BGSN
BGSN
BCTC
BPSN
Control plane Ethernet interconnection
Realized through CHUB board
CHUB < > UIMC in BCTC through the
backplane printed cable
CHUB < > UIMC in BPSN through Ethernet
cable
CHUB < > GUIM in BGSN through Ethernet
cable
User Plane Connections
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Fan plug-in box
BGSN
BGSN
BCTC
BPSN
User Plane interconnection
GLI < > GUIM
Fiber optic cables are used for the connections
between GLI and GUIMs in BGSN

Monitoring Circuit Connections
Sensor
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Power distribution plug-in box
Fan plug-in box
Fan plug-in box
Fan plug-in box
BGSN
BGSN
BCTC
BPSN
Monitoring of fans
Power distribution plug-in box <> Fan plug-in
box
Power distribution plug-in box <> Cabinet-top
fan
Monitoring of PWRD boards
OMP <> PWRD in power plug-in box

Monitoring of external environment
Power distribution plug-in box <> Sensor
Flow in CS Domain - Boards
Flow in PS Domain - Boards
N7 signaling - Boards
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