Internship Report

Introduction to Banglalink GSM

And
Operation and Maintenance (O&M)

By

Md. Kaisar Syed

ID# 0611042

Has been approved

Spring 2010

Mr. Amran Haroon

Lecturer
School of Engineering and Computer Science

Independent University Bangladesh

 Letter of transmittal

May 06, 2010

Mr. Amran Haroon

Lecturer

School of Engineering and Computer Science

Independent University Bangladesh

Subject: Submission of Internship report.

Dear Sir,

I, Md. Kaisar Syed, ID # 0611042 am submitting my internship report with great pleasure and
humble obedience. My report is all about “Introduction to Banglalink GSM and Network
Management System (NMS)”. In these three months I tried to understand the way of designing a
project and process of implementation. Network Management System (NMS) is one of the parts of
the Banglalink. It was a great experience for me to works on this project.

I hope you will asses my report considering the limitations of the study. Your kind advice will
encourage me to perform better research work in future.

Thanking you

……………………………….
Md. Kaisar Syed
ID# 0611042

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 Acknowledgement

First of all I would like to thank to Almighty Allah for giving the willpower and opportunity to
organize this final report of internship for the achievement of my graduation effectively. Without
the assistance, encouragement and support supplied to me by diverse frontage it was not easy for
me to have success in completing my mission.

With respect I would also like to thank with gratefulness to my admirable supervisors, Mr.Amran
Haroon Lecturer, School of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, for his valuable
guidance.

I am also grateful to Mr. Kuntal Rahman Senior executive, regional operation and Maintenance,
Chittagong division of Banglalink also thanks to Mr. Towfiq Syed (NMS Engineer) for their able
guidance and useful suggestions, which helped me in completing the project work, in time. They
were so helpful and continuous supportive thought my internship.

Finally, I express my gratitude to Independent University Bangladesh for providing me the

opportunity to complete my internship and gain a vast amount of knowledge and experience. Also, I
would like to express my heartfelt thanks to my beloved parents for their blessings, my
classmates/friends for their help and wishes for the successful completion of this internship.

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 Abstract

This report is based on Network Management System (NMS) of Banglalink. This report provides my
field experiences on the Network Management System (NMS) department of Banglalink. It presents
with information about the status of the network and it monitors and controls a variety of system
parameters. This report is focused on Network Management System (NMS) and its implementation
specially GSM network components. GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication: Originally
from Group Special Mobile) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. GSM is a
cellular network, which means that mobile phones connect to it by searching for cells in the
immediate vicinity. In this report its network and maintenance are focused on.

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 Table of Contents

Contents Page
Letter of transmittal I
Acknowledgement II
Abstract III
List of Tables VII
List of Figures VII

Chapter 1: Introduction

No. Contents Page

1.1 Introduction 1

Chapter 2: Overview of Banglalink

No. Contents Page
2.1 Background of Banglalink 2
2.2 Making a difference 2
2.3 Company Strategy 2
2.4 Vision 3
2.5 Mission 3
2.6 Numbering Scheme 3
2.7 Technical Division of Banglalink 4

Chapter 3: GSM Overview

No. Contents Page
3.1 History 5
3.2 Brief History of GSM 6
3.3 Characteristics & Specifications 7
3.4 GSM frequencies 7
3.5 GSM Interfaces 9

Chapter 4: Performance of Banglalink

No. Contents Page

4.1 Banglalink in GSM Components 10
4.1.1 Mobile Station 13
4.1.2 Base Station Subsystem (BSS) 13
4.1.3 Network Switching Subsystem (NSS) 14
4.1.3.1 Home location Register (HLR) 14
4.1.3.2 Mobile Services Switching Center (MSC) 14
4.1.3.3 Visitor Location Register (VLR) 15
4.1.3.4 Authentication Center (AUC) 15
4.1.3.5 Equipment Identity Register (EIR) 15

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4.1.3.6 Gateway Mobile Switching Center (GMSC) 15
4.1.4 Operation & Maintenance (O&M) 15
4.1.5 Information Technology (IT) 16

Chapter 5: The Base Station System

No. Contents Page
5.1 Introduction 17
5.2 BSS Components 17
5.2.1 Base Station Controller and Transcoder Controller 18
5.2.2 Transcoder Controller (TRC) 19
5.2.2.1 TRAU 20
5.2.2.2 TRAU Feature Overview 21
5.2.2.3 TRAU interfaces 22
5.2.2.4 TRAU Function 22
5.2.2.5 Synchronize 23
5.2.2.6 Frame Type 23
5.3 Base Transceiver Station 24
5.3.1 Sectorisation 26
5.4 Base Station Controller 26
5.4.1 Transcoder 27
5.2.2 Packet Control Unit 28
5.5 BSS interfaces 28
5.6 Base Station Antenna 29
5.6.1 Omni-directional Antenna 30
5.6.2 Sectoring Antenna 30

Chapter 6: Network Management Subsystem

No. Contents Page
6.1 Introduction 31
6.2 TMOS 31
6.2.1 Telecommunications Management Network 31
6.2.2 TMOS Structure & Function 32
6.2.3 Advantages of TMOS 33
6.3 OSS Structure & Functions 33
6.4 NMC & OMC 34
6.5 OSS Applications 35
6.6 Configuration Management Applications 37
6.6.1 Cellular Network Administration (CNA) 37
6.6.2 CAN Network Model Structure & Areas 38
6.6.3 Consistency Check 39
6.6.4 CNA Interface (CNAI) 39
6.7 BTS Management Application 39
6.7.1 BTS Configuration Management (BCM) 40

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6.7.2 Base Station Software Management (BSW) 41
6.7.3 Base Station Hardware Management (BHW) 41
6.7.4 Base Station Alarm Management (BAM) 42
6.8 Separation of BTS Software Download and Upgrade 43
6.9 Operation and Maintenance Features 43
6.9.1 Remote Function Change 43
6.9.2 Real Time Event Data 43
6.10 Fault Management Applications 44
6.10.1 Network Alarm Status viewer 44
6.10.2 Alarm severity 44
6.10.3 Fault Management 45
6.11 Performance Management Applications 45
6.11.1 Network Statistics Analyzer (NWS) 46
6.11.2 Performance Management Traffic Recording (PMR) 46
6.11.3 Mobile Result Recording (MRR) 46
6.11.4 Frequency Allocation Support (FAS) 46
6.11.5 Neighboring Cell Support (NCS) 47
6.12 Network Management Solutions (NMS) 47
6.13 Billing Gateway (BWG) 48

7.1 Limitations 49
8.1 Conclusion 50
9.1 Appendix 51
9.2 Glossary 54
10.1 Bibliography 60

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List of Tables
Table No. Table Detail Page
3.1 Brief list of GSM history 6
3.2 GSM frequencies 7

List of Figures
Fig. No. Figure Detail Page
2.1 Organizational structure of Banglalink 4
3.1 GSM interface 8
4.1 Performance of Banglalink 10
4.2 General architecture of GSM network 11
4.3 Physical view GSM Architecture 12
4.4 Mobile station 13
4.5 Network Switching Subsystem 14
4.6 Operation & Maintenance system 16
5.1 BSS in Ericssons GSM systems 18
5.2 TRC utilization and transmission rates in BSS 19
5.3 TRAU 20
5.4 Front view of TRAU 21
5.5 TRAU Configuration 24
5.6 BTS 24
5.7 HUAWEI BSC 6000 26
5.8 Ericsson BSC 26
5.9 Front view of BSC 27
5.10 BSS interfaces 28
5.11 Omni Antenna 30
5.12 Sectoring Antenna 30
6.1 Structure of TMOS 32
6.2 Structure of OSS 34
6.3 NMC and OMC 35
6.4 OSS applications 36
6.5 CNA area concept 38
6.6 BTS Management Family 40
6.7 BTS Software Management 42
6.8 NMS Structure 48

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