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OMD101010
HUAWEI BSC6000 System Overview
ISSUE 1.0
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Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
 Understand HUAWEI BSC6000 function and
features
 Master HUAWEI BSC6000 hardware structure
 Understand HUAWEI BSC6000 system principle
 Master HUAWEI BSC6000 typical configuration

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Chapter 1 System Description
Chapter 2 Hardware Structure
Chapter 3 Working Principle
Chapter 4 Typical Configuration

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Location of BSC6000
 The HUAWEI BSC6000 is a new generation GSM BSC product

after HUAWEI BSC32
HLR

MSC
BTS

MS

A
BTS

MS

Gs

BSC6000

Pb

PCU6000

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BTS

MS

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GGSN

SGSN

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PDN

Abis

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Features of the BSC6000 System
 Large capacity, high integration

 Supporting 2048TRX at the full rate channels; supporting
1024TRX at the half rate channels

 Maximum traffic: 12,000 Erl; BHCA: 2,340,000
 Full-configuration subscriber number: 600 000
 In case of using the E1 interface board, a maximum of the
system is four cabinets
 In case of using the STM-1 interface board, a maximum of the
system is three cabinets

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Features of the BSC6000 System
 Low cost, low power consumption

 256TRX power consumption: 1680 W (including GTCS)
 2048TRX power consumption: 6290 W (including GTCS)
 Flexible configuration

 Supporting multiple types of networking between BSCs and BTSs
 Service-oriented hardware configuration
 Multiple clock sources

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Features of the BSC6000 System
 Smooth capacity expansion and upgrade

 Supporting smooth, in-service capacity expansion
 Supporting in-service patching
 Strong performance, advanced design

 Supporting local multiple signaling points
 Supporting TC resource pool
 Supporting full-index report performance statistics

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Features of the BSC6000 System
 Practical O&M functions

 Friendly GUI
 Flexible network parameter configuration
 Remote maintenance
 Abundant online help

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Chapter 1 System Description
Chapter 2 Hardware Structure
Chapter 3 Working Principle
Chapter 4 Typical Configuration

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Chapter 2 Hardware Structure
2.1 Cabinet and Subrack
2.2 Board

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Abbreviation
Abbreviation

Full Name

GBAM

GSM Back Administration Module

GEPS

GSM Extended Processing Subrack

GMPS

GSM Main Processing Subrack

GTCS

GSM TransCoder Subrack

GIMS

GSM Integrated Management System

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Structure of Cabinet
 Model: The BSC6000 uses Huawei N68-22 cabinets
 Dimension: 600mm (width) x 800mm (depth) x

2200mm (height)
 Weight: 150kg of empty cabinet;
350kg of full configuration
 The BSC6000 cabinet is categorized into two types

 Controlling cabinet
 Service cabinet

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Controlling Cabinet

Power
distribution box

 It is configured with basic processing

subracks and servers. It processes the
BSC6000 services and performs operations
and maintenance
 GIMS: GSM Integrated Management System

Subrack

consists of the following components:
 One KVM (Keyboard, Video and Mouse)
KVM

 One LAN Switch
 One GBAM (GSM Back Administration
Module) server

LAN
Switch
GBAM

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Service Cabinet
 It is only configured with subracks. It

performs service processing functions of
the BSC6000
 One service cabinet can be configured
with three subracks
 According to the requirement of service

quantity, one BSC6000 system contains
a maximum of three service cabinets

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Subrack
 The BSC6000 contains three subracks:

 GMPS basic processing subrack
 GEPS extension processing subrack
 GTCS voice processing subrack
 In each subrack, a backplane is in the middle, and boards are

inserted from either the front or the rear of the subrack. Both the
front subrack and the rear subrack provide 14 slots.

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Subrack- GMPS
 GMPS performs the basic service processing and operation maintenance

functions. In addition, it provides system clock. The GMPS is configured in
the controlling cabinet. Compared with the GEPS subrack, the GMPS is also
configured with the GSCU board. It can process the services of a maximum
of 512 TRXs in full configuration
The GXPUM Slot 0-2
The GTNU Slot 4-5
The GSCU Slot 6-7
The GGCU Slot 12-13
The GEIUB Slot 18-27
The GEIUT Slot 16-17
The GEIUP Slot 14-15

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Subrack- GMPS

Rear board

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Front board

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Subrack- GEPS
 GEPS performs basic service processing function of the BSC6000. 0~3

GEPSs can be configured in the controlling or service cabinets. It can
process the services of a maximum of 512 TRXs in full configuration

The GXPUM slot 0-2
The GTNU slot 4-5
The GSCU slot 6-7
The GEIUB slot 18-27
The GEIUT slot 16-17

The GEIUP slot 14-15

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Subrack- GEPS

Rear board

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Front board

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Subrack- GTCS
 A GSM TransCoder Subrack (GTCS) performs transcoding, rate adaptation and sub-multiplexing

The GTNU slot 4-5
The GSCU slot 6-7

The GEIUT slot 14-17
The GEIUA slot 18-27

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Subrack- GTCS
 When the BSC6000 uses E1 transmissions on the A interface, a

GTCS subrack provides a maximum of 3,840 speech channels

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Rear
board

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Subrack- GTCS
 When the BSC6000 uses STM-1 transmissions on the A interface,

a GTCS subrack provides a maximum of 7,680 speech channels

Rear
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Chapter 2 Hardware Structure
2.1 Cabinet and Subrack
2.2 Board

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Abbreviation

Abbreviation

Full Spelling name

GGCU

GSM General Clock Unit

GSCU

GSM GE switching Network Unit

GTNU

GSM TDM Switching Unit

GXPUC

GSM Extended Processing Unit for Cell broadcast service

GXPUM

GSM Extended Processing Unit for Main service

GDPUC

GSM Data Processing Unit for CS service

GEIUA

E1/T1 Interface Unit for A

GEIUB

E1/T1 Interface Unit for Abis

GEIUP

E1/T1 Interface Unit for Pb

GEIUT

E1/T1 Interface Unit for Ater

GOIUA

GSM Optic Interface Unit for A

GOIUB

GSM Optic Interface Unit for Abis

GOIUP

GSM Optic Interface Unit for Pb

GOIUT

GSM Optic Interface Unit for Ater

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Board- GGCU
GSCU

 The GGCU is the general clock unit in the BSC6000. The

RUN
ALM
ACT
ATN-IN
0
1

3

CLKOUT

2

4
5

active GGCU and the standby GGCU are configured in slots
12 and 13 in the GMPS. The GGCU board provides

synchronous timing signals for the system
 The GGCU has the following functions:

 Generating and keeping synchronous clock signals

6
7
8
9
COM0

 Keeping the consistency of synchronization information
output from the active and standby GGCUs

TESTIN
CLKLIN1

CLKLIN0 TESTOUT

COM1

PARC

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