GSM BSS GBSS15.

Flex Ater Feature Parameter Description

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Contents

Contents
1 About This Document..................................................................................................................1
1.1 Scope..............................................................................................................................................................................1 1.2 Intended Audience..........................................................................................................................................................1 1.3 Change History...............................................................................................................................................................1

2 Overview.........................................................................................................................................3
2.1 Introduction....................................................................................................................................................................3 2.2 Feature Support by NE...................................................................................................................................................3

3 Technical Description...................................................................................................................4 4 Related Features.............................................................................................................................6 5 Engineering Guidelines...............................................................................................................7

5.1 Deploying Flex Ater.......................................................................................................................................................7 5.1.1 Deployment Requirements..........................................................................................................................................7 5.1.2 Feature Activation.......................................................................................................................................................7 5.1.3 Activation Observation................................................................................................................................................8 5.1.4 Deactivation.................................................................................................................................................................8

6 Parameters.....................................................................................................................................10 7 Counters........................................................................................................................................11 8 Glossary.........................................................................................................................................12 9 Reference Documents.................................................................................................................13

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1 About This Document

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1.1 Scope 1.2 Intended Audience
This document is intended for: l l

About This Document

This document describes the GBFD-116901 Flex Ater feature, including its technical description, feature dependencies, and engineering guidelines.

Personnel who need to understand the Flex Ater feature Personnel who work with Huawei GSM products

1.3 Change History

This section provides information about the changes in different document versions. There are two types of changes, which are defined as follows: l l Feature change: refers to a change in the Flex Ater feature of a specific product version. Editorial change: refers to a change in wording or the addition of information that was not described in the earlier version.

Document Issues
The document issues are as follows: l l 01 (2013-05-06) Draft A (2013-02-27)

01 (2013-05-06)
This is the first commercial release of GBSS15.0. Compared with Draft A (2013-02-27), Issue 01 (2013-05-06) has no change.
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Draft A (2013-02-27)
This is a draft. Compared with Issue 01 (2012-04-28) of GBSS14.0, Draft A (2013-02-27) of GBSS15.0 incorporates the changes described in the following table. Change Type Feature change Editorial change Change Description Added section "2.2 Feature Support by NE" Added the following parts: l Chapter "4 Related Features" l Chapter "5 Engineering Guidelines" Parameter Change None None

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2 Overview

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2.1 Introduction

Overview

Flex Ater is a function based on which Ater resources are allocated according to the channel type during a call establishment. If full-rate traffic channels (TCHFs) are allocated on the Um interface, 16 kbit/s timeslots are used on the Ater interface. If half-rate traffic channels (TCHHs) are allocated on the Um interface, 8 kbit/s timeslots are used on the Ater interface. This feature effectively reduces the transmission investment on the Ater interface in remote transcoder (TC) networking. When the TCHHs account for 30% in the system, a Flex Atercapable network saves Ater transmission resources by up to 15%.

2.2 Feature Support by NE

Table 2-1 Feature support by NE Feature Flex Ater BSC6900 BSC6910 GBTS eGBTS

NOTE

indicates that the NE supports this feature. indicates that the NE does not support this feature.

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3 Technical Description

Technical Description

The Ater interface is an internal interface between the MPS/EPS and the TCS in the Huawei BSS equipment (MPS is short for main processing subrack, EPS for extended processing subrack, and TCS for transcoder subrack.) With this feature, the Ater resources are classified into 16 kbit/s timeslots and 8 kbit/s timeslots. The BSC allocates the Ater resources according to the channel type during a call establishment. If TCHFs are allocated on the Um interface, 16 kbit/s timeslots are used on the Ater interface. If TCHHs are allocated on the Um interface, 8 kbit/s timeslots are used on the Ater interface. Therefore, the Ater resources are fully utilized. The Ater resources of Huawei BSC are classified into 16 kbit/s Ater resource pool and 8 kbit/s Ater resource pool. If TCHFs are allocated on the Um interface, 16 kbit/s Ater resources are allocated; if TCHHs are allocated on the Um interface, 8 kbit/s Ater resources are allocated. The BSC not only allocates and manages the resources in the pools but also adjusts the allocation of Ater resources between the two pools according to the remains in each pool. Figure 3-1 shows the Flex Ater. Figure 3-1 Flex Ater

The BSC balances the 16 kbit/s Ater resources and 8 kbit/s Ater resources according to the traffic model. If either type of resources is insufficient, the BSC dynamically adjusts the Ater resources. If the 16 kbit/s timeslots are insufficient, two consecutive 8 kbit/s timeslots are combined into one 16 kbit/s timeslot. Similarly, if the 8 kbit/s timeslots are insufficient, one 16 kbit/s timeslot is divided into two 8 kbit/s timeslots.
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In addition, you can query the number of 16 kbit/s timeslots and the number of 8 kbit/s timeslots and the usage of these timeslots on the Ater interface by running the DSP ATERTS command. When this feature is enabled and the transmission resources on the Ater interface are insufficient, the BSC preferentially allocates TCHHs to alleviate the congestion, increasing the system capacity. Flex Ater can be enabled by setting Ater8KSw to YES(Yes).

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4 Related Features

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Table 4-1 Related features Feature Flex Ater Prerequisite Feature None None

Related Features

Mutually Exclusive Feature

Affected Feature None

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5 Engineering Guidelines

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5.1 Deploying Flex Ater
5.1.1 Deployment Requirements
Table 5-1 Deployment requirements Aspect Related features BSC

Engineering Guidelines

Requirement See chapter "4 Related Features." The transcoder subrack (TCS) of the BSC is configured on the MSC side. The Ater interface uses TDM transmission mode.

BTS GSM networking MS MSC License Others

None None None None None None

5.1.2 Feature Activation

Using the LMT
On the BSC LMT, run the SET OTHSOFTPARA command with Switch of 8K on Ater set to YES(Yes).
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MML Examples
SET OTHSOFTPARA: Ater8KSw=YES;

Using the CME

NOTE

When configuring the Flex Ater feature on the CME, you must perform a single configuration first, and then perform batch modifications if required. You must perform a single configuration for a parameter before batch modifications of the parameter. You are advised to perform batch modifications before logging out of the parameter setting interface.

Step 1 Configure a single object on the CME. (CME single configuration) Set parameters on the CME configuration interface according to the operation sequence described in Table 5-2. For the method of performing the CME single configuration, see the CME Single Configuration Operation Guide. Step 2 (Optional) Modify objects in batches on the CME. (CME batch modification center) icon on the To modify objects, such as BSCs, BTSs, cells, and TRXs, in batches, click the CME configuration interface to start the batch modification wizard. For the method of performing batch modifications through the CME batch modification center, press F1 on the wizard interface to obtain online help. ----End Table 5-2 Configuring the parameter on the CME SN Managed Object (MO) OTHSOFTP ARA NE Parameter Name Parameter ID Supports CME Batch Modificati on Center Yes

BSC6900

Switch of 8K on Ater

Ater8KSw

5.1.3 Activation Observation

On the BSC LMT, run the DSP ATERTS command with BM/TC config flag set to CFGBM (BM) or CFGTC(TC) and Ater connection path index set to the number of an Ater connection path. Expected result: The number of occupied 16 kbit/s resources is equal to that of full-rate calls and the number of occupied 8 kbit/s resources is equal to that of half-rate calls. When this occurs, Flex Ater is enabled.

5.1.4 Deactivation
Using the LMT
On the BSC LMT, run the SET OTHSOFTPARA command with Switch of 8K on Ater set to NO(No).
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MML Examples
SET OTHSOFTPARA: Ater8KSw=NO;

Using the CME

NOTE

When configuring the Flex Ater feature on the CME, you must perform a single configuration first, and then perform batch modifications if required. You must perform a single configuration for a parameter before batch modifications of the parameter. You are advised to perform batch modifications before logging out of the parameter setting interface.

Step 1 Configure a single object on the CME. (CME single configuration) Set parameters on the CME configuration interface according to the operation sequence described in Table 5-3. For the method of performing the CME single configuration, see the CME Single Configuration Operation Guide. Step 2 (Optional) Modify objects in batches on the CME. (CME batch modification center) icon on the To modify objects, such as BSCs, BTSs, cells, and TRXs, in batches, click the CME configuration interface to start the batch modification wizard. For the method of performing batch modifications through the CME batch modification center, press F1 on the wizard interface to obtain online help. ----End Table 5-3 Configuring the parameter on the CME SN MO NE Parameter Name Parameter ID Supports CME Batch Modificati on Center Yes

OTHSOFTP ARA

BSC6900

Switch of 8K on Ater

Ater8KSw

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6 Parameters

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Table 6-1 Parameter description Parameter ID Ater8KSw NE BSC6900 MML Command SET OTHSOFTPA RA Feature ID GBFD-116901 Flex Ater

Parameters

Feature Name

Description Meaning:Wheth er to enable the BSC to use a 8 kbit/s timeslot to transmit 8 kbit/s data at the Ater interface GUI Value Range:NO(No), YES(Yes) Unit:None Actual Value Range:NO, YES Default Value:NO(No)

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7 Counters

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There are no specific counters associated with this feature.

Counters

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Glossary

For the acronyms, abbreviations, terms, and definitions, see the Glossary.

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Reference Documents

There are no specific reference documents associated with this feature.

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