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SRAN8.0&GBSS15.0&RAN15.0 BSC6910
Configuration Principle Change History
Change History
This chapter describes changes in the SRAN8.0&GBSS15.0&RAN15.0 BSC6910

Configuration Principle.
02 (2013-06-16)
This is the second commercial release of V100R015C00.
Compared with issue 01 (2013-02-20) of V100R015C00, this issue includes the following
new topics:
 For GSM, add POUc for Abis IP over E1/T1
 For GSM, add configuration of INT for Abis/A/Gb all in one board.
 For UMTS, add the Iur calculation method in the case that several Iur interfaces not
sharing ports
Compared with issue 01 (2013-02-20) of V100R015C00, this issue incorporates the
following changes:
Content Change Description
2 Application Overview Update Table 2-1, add description of the typical

traffic model for UMTS capacity
3.1.4 Impact of the Traffic Model on Add description of pps specification of interface
Configurations board and the relationship between pps and bps
specifications.
3.1.7 Interface Boards Add the description in 3.1.7 that the weight
coefficients are only applicable to IP interface
board, not ATM interface board.
5.1.1 UMTS Traffic Model Add the active users capacity for typical traffic
model
3.1.2 Cabinet Configurations For UMTS and GSM，update the SAU

3.2.2 Subrack Configurations configuration rules.
3.1.7 Interface Boards For UMTS，add the IUR calculation method in

5.2.1 UMTS the case that several Iur interfaces not sharing
ports.
Compared with issue 01 (2013-02-20) of V100R015C00, this issue excludes the following
new topics:
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Configuration Principle Change History
 For UMTS, delete coefficients of GOUc/FG2c boards’ calculation.

 For UMTS, NASP board is no need, delete the description about NASP of UMTS and
GU.
01 (2013-02-20)
This is the first commercial release of V100R015C00.
Compared with issue Draft A (2012-06-26) of V100R015C00, this issue includes the
following new topics:
 Added PEUc for the BSC6900 and EXPUa for the BSC6910.
 Added the ENIUa hardware license.
 Added the description about license usage for the BSC6900 to the BSC6910: The
BSC6900 license of is not valid for the BSC 6910 and needs to be is quoted again. The
existing BTS licenses are still valid for the BSC6910.
 Added a recommended principle for configuring an independent Iur-P interface board in
the main subrack.
 Added the principle for configuring the RNC in Pool.
Compared with issue Draft A (2012-06-26) of V100R015C00, this issue incorporates the
following changes:
Content Change Description
3.2.2 Subrack Configurations Detailed the principles of for configuring EGPUa

and EXPUa boards.
3.2.1 Cabinet Configurations Updated the formula for calculating cabinet

power consumption.
3.1 BSC6910 UMTS Configurations Updated the configuration principles on the

UMTS side: Added the board capacity
coefficients under different typical rates.
3.1.6 Service Processing Modules Update N_EGPUa_UP = MAX(a' b', c', n') to
N_EGPUa_UP = MAX(a'+b', c', n')
Compared with issue Draft A (2012-06-26) of V100R015C00, this issue excludes the
following new topics:
 The GCUb, GCGb, and TNUb are removed from BSC6910.
 Removed the limitation that the POUc boards can be configured only in the 10 GE slots.
Draft A (2012-06-26)
This is the Draft A release of V100R015C00.
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Configuration Principle Contents
Contents
Change History ........................................................................................................................... ii

1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Overview................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Version Difference ..................................................................................................................................... 1
2 Application Overview ............................................................................................................. 4

3 Product Configurations ........................................................................................................... 7
3.1 BSC6910 UMTS Configurations................................................................................................................ 7
3.1.1 Cabinet Configurations ..................................................................................................................... 8
3.1.2 Subrack Configurations..................................................................................................................... 9
3.1.3 Impact of the Traffic Model on Configurations .................................................................................12
3.1.4 Hardware Capacity License Configurations ......................................................................................15
3.1.5 Service Processing Modules .............................................................................................................16
3.1.6 Interface Boards...............................................................................................................................19
3.1.7 Configuration Principles of Interface Boards and Service Boards ......................................................24
3.1.8 Board Redundancy Types .................................................................................................................25
3.1.9 Auxiliary Material Configurations ....................................................................................................26
3.1.10 Description of Restrictions on inter-subrack switching ....................................................................27
3.2 BSC6910 GSM Configurations .................................................................................................................28
3.2.1 Cabinet Configurations ....................................................................................................................28
3.2.2 Subrack Configurations....................................................................................................................28
3.2.3 Hardware Capacity License Configurations and Product Specifications ............................................32
3.2.4 Service Boards.................................................................................................................................33
3.2.5 Interface Boards...............................................................................................................................37
3.2.6 General Principles for Slot Configurations .......................................................................................39
3.2.7 Auxiliary Material Configurations ....................................................................................................40
3.3 BSC6910 GU Product Configurations .......................................................................................................41
3.4 Examples of Typical Configurations..........................................................................................................41
3.4.1 BSC6910 UMTS .............................................................................................................................41
3.4.2 BSC6910 GSM ................................................................................................................................46
4 Expansion and Upgrade Configurations ............................................................................. 49

4.1 BSC6910 UMTS ......................................................................................................................................49
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4.1.1 Hardware Expansion and Upgrade Configurations ............................................................................49

4.1.2 Examples of Hardware Expansion ....................................................................................................50
4.2 BSC6910 GSM.........................................................................................................................................51
4.2.1 Precautions ......................................................................................................................................51
4.2.2 Hardware Capacity License Expansion .............................................................................................55
4.2.3 Examples of Hardware Expansion ....................................................................................................55
5 Appendix ................................................................................................................................. 58
5.1 Traffic Model ...........................................................................................................................................58
5.1.1 UMTS Traffic Model .......................................................................................................................58
5.1.2 GSM Traffic Model .........................................................................................................................60
5.2 Hardware Specification .............................................................................................................................61
5.2.1 UMTS .............................................................................................................................................61
5.2.2 GSM ...............................................................................................................................................67
6 Acronyms and Abbreviations ............................................................................................... 70
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Configuration Principle 1 Introduction
1 Introduction
1.1 Overview
This document describes product specifications, configuration principles, upgrade, and
capacity expansion for BSC6910 V100R015C00.
NOTE
To meet requirements in different scenarios, the BSC6910 can work in the following modes:
 BSC6910 GSM: The BSC6910 works in GSM Only (GO) mode and functions as the base station
controller (BSC).
 BSC6910 UMTS: The BSC6910 works in UMTS Only (UO) mode and functions as the radio
network controller (RNC).
 BSC6910 GU: The BSC6910 works in GSM&UMTS (GU) mode and functions as both the BSC and
RNC.
1.2 Version Difference

The hardware configuration for the BSC6910 UMTS is as follows:
 Minimum: one cabinet with a main processing subrack (MPS)
 Maximum: two cabinets with an MPS and five extended processing subracks (EPSs)
The hardware configuration for the BSC6910 GSM is as follows:
 Minimum: one cabinet with a main processing subrack (MPS)
 Maximum: one cabinet with an MPS and two extended processing subracks (EPSs)
The mobile broadband network is experiencing an exponential growth of traffic volume, with
urgent requirement of intense coordination among different services and pacing evolution
toward cloud computing system for wireless network equipment (NE). To meet this challenge,
Huawei launches its new network controller product, the BSC6910. It uses a hardware
structure based on HW6910 R15 and a new BSC6900-based software structure.
In the UMTS network, an RNC pool can be configured by using BSC6910s alone or
BSC6910s and BSC6900s if the RNC In Pool feature is activated. RNCs within an RNC pool
work in node redundancy and resource sharing modes.
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Table 1-1 HW6910 R15 hardware
Part Name Description Function Description Application

Number Scenario
QM1D00 EGPUa Evolved Manages user plane and GSM &
EGPU00 General signaling plane resource UMTS
Processing Unit pools.
Processes BSC and RNC
signaling plane and user plane
services.
QM1D00 EXPUa Evolved Manages BSC user plane and GSM
EXPU00 Extensible signaling plane resource
Processing Unit pools.
Processes BSC and RNC
signaling plane and user plane
services.
QM1D00 EOMUa Evolved Performs configuration GSM &
EOMU00 Operation and management, performance UMTS
Maintenance management, fault
Unit management, security
management, and loading
management.
QM1D00 ESAUa Evolved Service Collects data about the call GSM &
ESAU00 Aware Unit history record (CHR) and UMTS
pre-processes the collected
data.
QM1D00 EXOUa Evolved 10GE Provides two channels over 10 GSM &
EXOU00 Optical Gbit/s optical ports. UMTS
interface Unit Supports IP over GE.
Used for Iu/Iub/Iur
QM1D00 ENIUa Evolved Provides intelligent service GSM &
ENIU00 Network identification. UMTS
Intelligence
Unit
WP1D000 SCUb GE Switching Provides MAC/GE switching GSM &
SCU01 network and and enables the convergence UMTS
Control Unit of ATM and IP networks.
WP1D000 FG2c IP Interface IP: Iu/Iub/Iur/Iur-g/A/Abis/Gb GSM &
FG201 Unit (12 FE/4 UMTS
GE, Electric)
WP1D000 GOUc IP Interface IP: Iu/Iub/Iur/Iur-g/A/Abis/Gb GSM &
GOU01 Unit (4 GE, UMTS
Optical)
WP1D000 AOUc ATM Interface ATM: Iu/Iub/Iur UMTS
AOU01 Unit (4 STM-1,
Channelized)

Part Name Description Function Description Application

Number Scenario
WP1D000 UOIc ATM Interface ATM: Iub/Iur/Iu-CS UMTS
UOI01 Unit (8 STM-1,
Unchannelized)
WP1D000 POUc TDM or IP TDM: Abis GSM
POU01 Interface Unit IP over STM-1: Abis
(4 STM-1,
Channelized)
WP1D000 GCUa General Clock Obtains the system clock GSM &
GCU01 Unit source, performs the functions UMTS
of phase-lock and holdover,
and provides clock signals.
QW1D00 GCGa GPS & Clock Obtains the system clock GSM &
0GCG01 Processing Unit source, performs the functions UMTS
of phase-lock and holdover,
and provides clock signals.
Unlike the GCUa board, the
GCGa board can receive and
process GPS signals.
QM1B0P N/A Assembly N/A GSM &
BCDP00 Cabinet UMTS
QM1K00 N/A Backplane N/A GSM &
PBCS00 Subrack, UMTS
PARCb
CAUTION
The BSC6900 cannot be upgraded to the BSC6910 by upgrading the software.

Configuration Principle 2 Application Overview
2 Application Overview
The hardware platform of the BSC6910 is characterized by high integration, high

performance, and modular structure. These characteristics enable the BSC6910 to meet
networking requirements in different scenarios and provide operators with a high-quality
network at a low cost.
Figure 2-1 shows the exterior of a BSC6910 cabinet (N68E-22).
Figure 2-1 Exterior of a BSC6910 cabinet (N68E-22)

Figure 2-2 shows the front view and rear view of a BSC6910 cabinet.
Figure 2-2 Front view and rear view of a BSC6910 cabinet
Table 2-1 describes technical specifications of the BSC6910.
Table 2-1 Technical specifications of the BSC6910
Performance BSC6910 When two cabinets are configured, the specifications are as
Specifications UMTS follows: 10,000 NodeBs, 20,000 cells, 64,000,000 BHCA,
120 Gbit/s PS throughput or 250,000 CS traffic (Erl)
When one cabinet is configured, the specifications are as
follows: 5000 NodeB, 10,000 cells, 32,000,000 BHCA, 60
Gbit/s PS throughput or 125,000 CS traffic (Erl)
BSC6910 Per cabinet: 8000 BTSs, 8000 cells, 24,000 TRXs, 150,000
GSM traffic (Erl), 96,000 PDCHs, 150,000 Erl, 52,000,000
integrated BHCA, 8 Gbit/s PS throughput

BSC6910 When two cabinets are configured, the specifications for a

GU BSC6910 working in different modes are as follows:
 UMTS (5 subracks: 1 MPS and 4 EPSs): 8320 NodeBs,
16,640 cells, 53,300,000 BHCA, 99.8 Gbit/s PS
throughput or 208,000 CS traffic (Erl)
 GSM (3 subracks that can be configured across
cabinets: 2 EPSs): 8000 BTSs, 8000 cells, 24,000
TRXs, 150,000 Erl, 96,000 PDCHs, 5,200,000
integrated BHCA, 8 Gbit/s PS throughput
When one cabinet is configured, the specifications for a
BSC6910 working in different modes are as follows:
 UMTS (2 subracks: 1 MPS and 1 EPS): 3330 NodeBs,
6660 cells, 21,300,000 BHCA, 39.3 Gbit/s PS
throughput or 82,000 CS traffic (Erl)
 GSM (1 EPS): 2800 BTSs, 2800 cells, 8400 TRXs,
52,500 Erl, 33,600 PDCHs, 18,200,000 integrated
BHCA, 2.8 Gbit/s PS throughput
Size and Weight N68E-22 dimensions (H x W x D): 2200 mm x 600 mm x

800 mm (86.61 in. x 23.62 in. x 31.50 in.)
Cabinet weight ≤ 350 kg
Equipment room floor load-bearing capacity ≥ 450 kg/m2
Power Supply –48 V DC input

Input voltage: –40 V DC to –57 V DC
Each subrack requires four 100 A inputs.
Power Consumption 7100 W per cabinet
The BSC specifications cannot be accumulated by the specifications of boards.

The BSC specifications are designed based on customers' requirements and the product plan. During
product specification design, business factors and technical factors, such as system load and board
quantity limitations, are taken into consideration to define an equivalent system specification.
The definition of BHCA in GSM is different from that in UMTS. The BHCA defined in UMTS is the
number of call attempts and the BHCA capability varies with the traffic model. The BHCA defined in
GSM is the maximum number of equivalent BHCA under Huawei traffic model. All user activities,
including CS location updates, CS handovers, PS TBF setups, PS TBF releases, and PS pagings, can be
converted into equivalent BHCA. This better reflects the impact of the traffic-model change on system
performance. In full configuration, when the BHCA reaches the maximum, the system reaches the
designed maximum processing capability if the average GCP CPU usage does not exceed 75% of the
average flow control threshold.
The UMTS BHCA capacity is based on Smartphone traffic model, the UMTS PS throughput capacity IS
based on High-PS traffic model, which are defined in 6.1.1.

Configuration Principle 3 Product Configurations
3 Product Configurations
The configurations of the BSC6910 can be divided as follows:

 Configurations of hardware, including the cabinets, subracks, general processing units,
operation and maintenance units, network intelligent units, interface boards, and clock
boards
 Configurations of hardware capacity licenses, including licenses for "Iub Total
Throughput", "Active User" and "Evolved Network Intelligence Throughput".
This chapter describes how to configure these hardware components and calculate the
required licenses.
3.1 BSC6910 UMTS Configurations

This section describes how to configure hardware and calculate the number of required
licenses when the BSC6910 works in the UMTS mode.
The capacity of UMTS BSC6910 depends on the number of EGPUa boards and the actual
processing capacity in the traffic model. A maximum of 128 EGPUa boards can be configured
on the UMTS BSC6910, excluding the pair of EGPUa boards fixed for resource management.
The EGPUa board can process services on the control plane (CP) and user plane (UP) at one
time. In Huawei Smartphone traffic model, a maximum of 64,000,000 BHCA can be achieved
on the control plane. In Huawei heavy PS traffic model, the maximum BHCA throughput
reaches 120 Gbit/s on the user plane. However the control and user plane cannot reach the
maximum value at one time. The maximum traffic volumes on the control and user planes are
closely related to the traffic model. The following figure shows the relationship between the
BHCA and the PS throughput.

Figure 3-1 Relationship between capacity of control plane and use plane
3.1.1 Cabinet Configurations

Table 3-1 Cabinet configurations
Part Number Description Remarks

QM1B0PBCDP00 Cabinet N/A
Configuration principle:
A BSC6910 can be configured with a maximum of two cabinets. A maximum of three
subracks can be configured in each cabinet.
The number of cabinets required is calculated as follows:
 For a new site
Number of cabinets_1 = ROUNDUP [(Number of MPSs + Number of EPSs)/3, 0]
The number of MPSs is 1.
Number of cabinets_2 = ROUNDUP [SUM(Power consumption of all boards + power
consumption of fan boxes)/7100,0]
The power consumption of a single subrack on the BSC6910 is 4000 W. The maximum
power consumption of a single cabinet on the BSC6910 is 7100 W.
Item Average power consumption (Pavg)

Fan box 200
EXOUa/EGPUa/ENIUa/ 102
EOMUa/ESAUa
GOUc/FG2c/UOIc/ AOUc/ SCUb 80

Item Average power consumption (Pavg)

GCGa/GCUa 20
Number of cabinets = MAX (Number of cabinets_1, Number of cabinets_2)

NOTE
Average power consumption (Pavg) is the estimated value in a typical operating environment. The
maximum power consumption mentioned in hardware description is obtained when all devices on
boards are full-loaded. This maximum power consumption cannot be obtained under the actual system
running conditions. Therefore, Pavg is provided for power consumption calculation.
Maximum subrack power consumption is 4000 W (including the power consumption of fans) which is
obtained when all slots of the subrack are configured with boards. It is recommended that power
distribution be configured as 4000 W per subrack. This can save power distribution adjustment upon
future capacity expansion.
Maximum cabinet power consumption is 7100 W which is the upper limit of the heat dissipation
capability in the equipment room and obtained based on survey and research. Therefore, the maximum
cabinet power consumption is not 12,000 W.
 For capacity expansion
Number of cabinets = Number of cabinets required after capacity expansion – Number of
cabinets configured before capacity expansion
3.1.2 Subrack Configurations

Table 3-2 Subrack configurations
Part Number Name Description Function Description

QM1K00PBCS00 Subrack Unified service Processes basic services.
architecture basic subrack
The MPS and EPS of the BSC6910 have the same physical structure; that is, they both use the
PARCb subrack. The difference is that the MPS houses the EOMUa, GCUa, GCGa, and
EGPUa boards (used for resource management), which are not housed in the EPS.
MPS configuration principle:
A BSC6910 must be equipped with one MPS only.
The MPS configurations are as follows:
1. Slot assignment:
− 8–9: EGPUa (Fixed)
− 10–13: EOMUa (recommended)
− 14–15: GCUa or GCGa (Fixed)
− 20–21: SCUb (Fixed)
− Reserve a pair of slots for the EOMUa board.
2. If the GPS clock is not required, each BSC6910 is configured with two GCUa boards,
working in 1+1 redundancy mode. If the GPS clock is required, each BSC6910 is
configured with two GCGa boards, working in 1+1 redundancy mode.

3. If the customer uses Huawei Nastar or the OSS features like EBC and SON, one or two
ESAUa boards are required and can be inserted in any vacant slots. It is recommended
ESAUa boards are configured in fixed slots(0,1,2,3) in MPS. Four slots must be reserved
for two ESAUa boards.
4. The EGPUa/ENIUa boards can be inserted in any vacant slots excepting fixed slots. An
MPS can provide 18 slots for the EGPUa/ENIUa board.
5. Interface boards can be inserted only in slots 16 to 19 and slots 22 to 27. It is not advised
that EPUa and ENIUa be inserted into these slots.
6. AOUc, UOIc, GOUc, FG2c, and EXOUa are interface boards.
The EXOUa board can be inserted only in slots 16 to 19 and slots 22 to 25.
AOUc, UOIc, GOUc and FG2c board can be inserted only in slots 16 to 19 and slots 22
to 27. Among them, slots 16 to 19 and 22 to 25 are preferred. An MPS provides 8 slots
for EXOUa boards and 10 slots for AOUc, UOIc, GOUc and FG2c boards.
7. Number of interface board slots provided by the MPS: 8 slots for EXOUa boards and 10
for AOUc/UOIc/GOUc/FG2c boards.
8. An MPS provides 14 universal slots.
9. It is recommended that the Iur-P interface board be configured in the MPS.
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
G G S S
Interface/Service board
C C C C
G G U U
a a b b
E E E E
G G O O
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
ESAUa ESAUa P P M M
U U U U
a a a a
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
The EPS configurations are as follows:

1. Slots 20 and 21 are reserved for the SCUb board.
2. The EGPUa/ENIUa boards can be inserted in any vacant slots excepting fixed slots; that
is, the EPS can provide 26 slots for the EGPUa/ ENIUa board.
that EGPUa and ENIUa be inserted into these slots.
4. AOUc, UOIc, GOUc, FG2c, and EXOUa are interface boards.
For the EXOUa board, only slots 16 to 19 and slots 22 to 25 are available.
For the AOUc, UOIc, GOUc, and FG2c board, slots 14 to 19 and slots 22 to 27 are all
available. And slots 16 to 19 and slots 22 to 25 are preferred. An EPS provides 8 slots for
EXOUa boards and 12 slots for AOUc, UOIc, GOUc and FG2c boards.

5. Number of interface board slots provided by the EPS: 8 slots for EXOUa boards and 12
for AOUc/UOIc/GOUc/FG2c boards.
6. An EPS provides 26 universal slots.
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
S S
C C
U U
b b
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
The number of required EPSs is calculated as follows:

 For a new site
− Number of required EPSs_1 = ROUNDUP ((Number of required EXOUa boards –
Number of EXOUa boards that can be housed in an MPS)/Number of EXOUa boards
that can be housed in an EPS,0)
If the number of required EXOUa boards is smaller than that can be housed in an
MPS, the number of required EPSs is 0.
The MPS provides a maximum of 14 EGPUa boards.
The EPS provides a maximum of 22 EGPUa boards.
− Number of required EPSs_2 = ROUNDUP [(Number of required interface boards –
Number of interface boards that can be housed in an MPS)/Number of interface
boards that can be housed in an EPS]
If the number of required interface boards is smaller than that can be housed in an
MPS, the number of required EPSs_2 is 0.
The EPS provides a maximum of 8 EXOUa boards.
− Number of required EPSs_3 = ROUNDUP [(Number of required EGPUa boards +
Number of required interface boards – Number of universal slots provided by the
MPS)/Number of universal slots provided by one EPS]
If the number of required EGPUa boards and interface boards is smaller than the
number of universal slots provided by the MPS, the number of required EPSs_3 is 0.
The EPS provides a maximum of 10 interface boards.
The EPS provides a maximum of 12 interface boards.
− Number of required EPSs_4 = ROUNDUP [(Number of required EGPUa boards +
Number of required interface boards + Number of required ENIUa boards - Number

of universal slots provided by the MPS)/Number of universal slots provided by one

EPS]
If (Number of required EGPUa boards + Number of required interface boards) <
Number of universal slots provided by the MPS, the Number of required EPSs_4 is 0.
NOTE
Number of required EGPUa boards does not include the number of the fixed EGPUa boards in the main
subrack for resource management.
The MPS provides a maximum of 18 universal slots.
The EPS provides a maximum of 26 universal slots.
− Number of EPSs = MAX (Number of required EPSs_1, Number of required EPSs_2,
Number of required EPSs_3)
Number of required EPSs = Number of EPSs required after capacity expansion –
Number of EPSs configured before capacity expansion
3.1.3 Impact of the Traffic Model on Configurations

Technical specifications of the BSC6910 are subject to the traffic model.
Specifications of the BSC6910 are subject to the traffic model.
 On the user plane
The CPU overload threshold of the BSC6910 is 70%.
The capabilities of the EGPUa (on the user plane) and ENIUa are calculated in the traffic
model when the CPU usage reaches 70% and the PS RAB uplink/downlink rate is
64/384 kbit/s, which is the average rate of PS services and is independent from specific
bearer type. In this case, the PS throughput of the EGPUa is 2000 Mbit/s and that of the
ENIU is 8000 Mbit/s.
The PS throughput decreases with the decrement of PS data rate, as shown in the figure
below.

Figure 3-2 Relationship between throughput and data rate(UL+DL) for EGPUa UP
The capability of the EGPUa (for the user plane) is calculated based on the PS RAB
uplink/downlink (UL/DL) rate (64/384 kbit/s), which is the average rate of PS services
and is independent from specific bearer type.
For example, assume that the PS data traffic types consist of the followings:
− UL/DL 8/8 kbit/s: u%
− UL/DL 8/32 kbit/s: v%
− UL/DL 32/32 kbit/s: w%
− UL/DL 64/64 kbit/s: x%
− UL/DL 64/128 kbit/s: y%
− UL/DL 64/384 kbit/s and higher: z%
Where
u% + v% + w% + x% + y% + z% = 100%
In the preceding traffic model, the specification of the EGPUa (for the user plane) board
is calculated using the following formula:
Specification of the EGPUa (for the user plane) board = EGPUa (for the user plane)
claimed specification/(u%/0.11 + v%/0.31 + w%/0.38 + x%/0.56 + y%/0.76 + z%/1)
 Transmission and forwarding capacity of interface boards

For EXOUa, Data forwarding capacity (unit: bit/s) is measured by the throughput. The
throughput depends on the average packet length and packet forwarding capacity (unit:
packet per second, pps) in the following formula:
Throughput (bit/s) = Average packet length x Packet forwarding capacity (pps)
The board packet forwarding capacity is fixed as follows:

EXPUa: 8400000 pps
Generally, the throughput decreases with the decrement of packet length. However the
packet length is uncertain when you plan pre-sale configurations. In this case, certain
coefficients are made for different typical rates based on the experience data of
commercial networks and security considerations. The coefficients are as follows:
EXOUa Iub interface board throughput = Expected EXOUa throughput/(u%/0.35 + v%/0.8 +
w% / 0.9 + x%/1 + y%/1 + z%/1)
EXOUa Iu-PS interface board throughput = Expected EXOUa throughput/(u%/0.7 + v%/1 +
w%/1 + x%/1 + y%/1 + z%/1)
PS throughput of GOUc and FG2c interface boards is not affected by traffic models in a
similar way as EXOUa boards. Therefore, GOUc and FG2c interface boards have no
coefficients as EXOUa interface boards.
For example, assume that the PS data traffic types consist of the followings:
− UL/DL 8/8 kbit/s: u%
− UL/DL 8/32 kbit/s: v%
− UL/DL 32/32 kbit/s: w%
− UL/DL 64/64 kbit/s: x%
− UL/DL 64/128 kbit/s: y%
− UL/DL 64/384 kbit/s and higher: z%
Where
u% + v% + w% + x% + y% + z% = 100%
In the preceding traffic model, the specification of the EXOUa board is calculated using
the following formula:
Specification of the EXOUa IUB board = EXOUa (for the user plane) claimed
specification/(u%/0.35 + v%/0.8 + w%/0.9 + x%/1 + y%/1 + z%/1)
NOTE
The proceeding coefficients and formula can be used for calculating the PS throughput of other interface
boards (GOUc/FG2c).
 On the control plane
The CPU overload threshold of the BSC6910 is 70% and base load is 10%.
BHCA supported by an EGPUa (for the control plane) board = (70% – 10%)/CPU usage
consumed by a call
The CPU usage consumed by a single call is associated with the traffic model. When the
traffic model is changed, the available CPU usage of one EGPUa (for the control plane)
board remains unchanged (60%), but the CPU usage consumed by a single call changes.
Therefore, the BHCA supported by an EGPUa (for the control plane) board varies
according to the traffic model.
The traffic model on a live network changes with time and user equipment (UE) behavior.
Therefore, the system may be congested because of limited control plane processing
resources, even when the traffic in the network does not reach the claimed capacity (Erl
or throughput). When the traffic model changes, recalculate the control plane processing
resources required by the network. Then, necessary processing modules and interface
boards must be added according to the requirements.

3.1.4 Hardware Capacity License Configurations

The BSC6910 V100R015C00 supports the licenses for the following control items:
 "Iub Total Throughput" (including CS and PS traffic)
 "Active User" (including users whose status is CELL_DCH or CELL_FACH)
 "Evolved Network Intelligence Throughput"
For details on how to calculate the number of required licenses, see section 3.1.5 "Service
Processing Modules."
Table 3-3 Service boards and license control items
Service Board & Function Description Specifications

License Control Item
EGPUa Processes services and For the user plane: 2000 Mbit/s
allocates resources on (PS throughput) or 10,050 CS
the user plane and traffic (Erl), 1400 cells, and 35,000
control plane. active users, 70000 Online Users
For control plane: 1,668,000
BHCA (based on Huawei's
Smartphone traffic model), 700
NodeBs or 1400 cells, and 28,000
active users, 70000 Online Users
Iub Total Throughput Hardware capacity Max: 120 Gbit/s; Step: 50 Mbit/s
license: Controls the Iub
interface throughput.
Active User Hardware capacity Max: 1,000,000; Step: 1000
license: Controls the
number of active users.
ENIUa Evolved Network PS throughput: 8000 Mbit/s
Intelligence Unit
Network Intelligence Evolved Network Maximum160 Evolved Network
Throughput License Intelligence Throughput Intelligence Throughput License,
License one license: 50 Mbit/s.
Iub Total Throughput

The control item "Iub Total Throughput" covers both the CS and PS service traffic with a step
of 50 Mbit/s. The value of this control item is determined by the number of EGPUa (for the
user plane) boards. With this control item, the throughput processing capabilities of the
existing hardware are improved at a step of 50 Mbit/s.
Active User
The control item "Active User" refers to the number of users whose status is CELL_DCH or
CELL_FACH. The step is 1000. The value of this control item is determined by the number of

EGPUa (for the control plane) boards. With this control item, the number of active users
supported by the existing hardware is increased at a step of 1000.
Network Intelligence Throughput License

This license can be configured for a network intelligence unit ENIUa(QM1D00ENIU00) to
increase the DPI processing capability. Maximum of 160 network intelligence throughput
licenses can be configured for one ENIUa. Network intelligence throughput licenses can be
shared among the ENIUas of a single BSC6910 UMTS. That is, evolved network intelligence
throughput licenses form a resource pool and are not bound to specific boards. In RAN15.0,
each ENIUa provides a maximum PS throughput of 8000 Mbit/s. Evolved Network
intelligence throughput licenses are not automatically moved with hardware. For example,
when an ENIUa is moved from one BSC6910 UMTS to another, its evolved network
intelligence throughput licenses are not moved.
The main hardware components of the BSC6910 UMTS are service processing units,
interface boards, clock boards, subracks, and cabinets. The following sections describe the
hardware configuration scenarios and configuration methods.
3.1.5 Service Processing Modules

Table 3-4 Specifications of service processing modules
Name Description Function Specifications Remarks

EGPUa Evolved Processes For the user plane: PS throughput is
General services and 2000 Mbit/s (PS calculated based on
Processing allocates throughput) or the UL/DL rate
Unit (for the resources on 10,050 CS traffic 64/384 kbit/s.
user plane) the user plane (Erl), 1400 cells,
and control and 28,000 active
plane. users
For the control The BHCA is
plane: 1,668,000 calculated based on
BHCA, 700 NodeBs Huawei's Smartphone
or 1400 cells, traffic model.
35,000 active users
ENIUa Evolved Provides PS throughput: 8000
Network intelligent Mbit/s
Intelligence service
Unit identification.
NOTE
Active User refers to users whose status is CELL_DCH or CELL_FACH.
The EGPUa board can process services on both the user plane and control plane. You can
calculate the number of EGPUa boards required by the control plane and that required by the
user plane, and then add the two numbers to obtain the total number of required EGPUa
boards.

Table 3-5 Configuring EGPUa Boards Required by the User Plane and Hardware Capacity
License
Item Description Value Format Prerequisites Calculatio

n of the
Board
Quantity
Iub PS PS throughput a Mbit/s Assume that the PS a' = a
throughput over the Iub data traffic types *(u%/0.11 +
interface consist of the v%/0.31 +
followings: w%/0.38 +
 UL/DL 8/8 x%/0.56 +
kbit/s: u% y%/0.76 +
z%/1)/2000
 UL/DL 8/32
kbit/s: v%
 UL/DL 32/32
kbit/s: w%
 UL/DL 64/64
kbit/s: x%
 UL/DL 64/128
kbit/s: y%
 UL/DL 64/384
kbit/s and higher:
z%
where
u%+v%+w% + x%
+ y% + z% = 100%
Iub CS CS traffic b Erl N/A b' = b/10050
traffic over the Iub
interface
Iub active Number of n N/A n' = n/28000

users active users
supported by
the Iub
interface
Cell Number of c N/A c' = c/1400

number cells managed It is determined
by the RNC based on the
network plan.
The number of EGPUa boards required for the user plane is calculated using the following
formula:
N_EGPUa_UP = max(a' + b', c', n')
The number of licenses required for "Iub Total Throughput" is calculated using the following
formula:
N_EGPUa_Iub_License = ROUNDUP ((a/50 Mbit/s), 0)

Table 3-6 Configuring EGPUa Boards Required by the Control Plane and Hardware Capacity
License
Item Description Value Format Prerequisites Calculation of

the Board
Quantity
BHCA BHCA b Assume that the b' = b/x
requirement required by (It is calculated BHCA in this
the network based on the traffic model is
number of users x.
and traffic
model.)
control plane Number of n n' = n/35000
active users active users (It is calculated
supported on based on the
the control number of users
plane and traffic
model.)
NodeB Number of nb nb' = nb/700
number NodeBs (It is determined
managed by based on the
the RNC network plan.)
Cell number Number of c c' = c/1400
cells managed (It is determined
by the RNC based on the
network plan.)
The number of EGPUa boards required for the control plane is calculated using the following
formula:
N_EGPUa_CP = max(b', n', nb', c')
N_EGPUa = ROUNDUP(N_EGPUa_CP + N_EGPUa_UP, 0)

The number of hardware capacity licenses required for "Active User" is calculated using the
following formula:
N_EGPUa_ActiveUser_License = ROUNDUP (n/1000, 0)
Redundancy Configurations for Service Processing Modules
The EGPUa board can process services on both the control plane and user plane. All the
EGPUa boards (for both the user plane and control plane) form a resource pool and work in
the N+1 redundancy mode.

Table 3-7 Configuring ENIUa Boards Required by the User Plane and Hardware Capacity
License
Item Description Value Format Prerequisites Calculation of

the Board
Quantity
Iub PS PS a Mbit/s a' = a/8000
throughput throughput (For details about
over the Iub how to calculate
interface it.)
If the DPI function needs to be provided, ENIUa must be configured

The number of ENIUa boards required:
N_ NIUa = ROUNDUP (a/8000, 0);
Evolved Network Intelligence Throughput License = ROUNDUP (a/50, 0)
3.1.6 Interface Boards

The BSC6910 supports the following interfaces:
 GE electrical interface
 GE optical interface
 10GE optical interface
 Channelized STM-1 interface
 Unchannelized STM-1 interface
Table 3-8 Interface boards
Interface Board Description Interface

GOUc IP Interface Unit (4 GE, Optical) Iub/Iu/Iur/Iur-p
FG2c IP Interface Unit (12 FE/4 GE, Electric) Iub/Iu/Iur/Iur-p
AOUc ATM Interface Unit (4 STM-1, Channelized) Iu/Iub/Iur
UOIc ATM Interface Unit (8 STM-1, Unchannelized) Iub/Iu-CS/Iur
EXOUa Evolved 10GE Optical interface Unit (2 10GE) Iub/Iu/Iur/Iur-p
Table 3-9 Iub/Iur interface specifications
Board Iub/Iur Number of CID/UDP

Connected
Voice VP UL DL UL+DL NodeBs
(Erl) (Erl) (Mbit/s) (Mbit/s) (Mbit/s)
GOUc 18,000 18,000 2600 2600 2600 500 129,000

Board Iub/Iur Number of CID/UDP

Connected
Voice VP UL DL UL+DL NodeBs
(Erl) (Erl) (Mbit/s) (Mbit/s) (Mbit/s)
FG2c 18,000 18,000 2600 2600 2600 500 129,000
AOUc 18,000 5500 300 300 600 500 79,000
UOIc 18,000 9000 800 800 1200 500 79,000
EXOUa 75,000 37,500 10,000 10,000 10,000 1500 1,000,000
Table 3-10 Iu-CS/Iu-PS interface specifications
Board Iu-CS Iu-PS
Voice VP UL DL UL+DL IU PS
(Erl) (Erl) (Mbit/s) (Mbit/s) (Mbit/s) online
users
GOUc 18,000 9000 3200 3200 3200 200,000
FG2c 18,000 9000 3200 3200 3200 200,000
UOIc 18,000 9000 900 900 1800 120,000
EXOUa 75,000 37,500 10,000 10,000 10,000 500,000
NOTE
 The values of UL (Mbit/s), DL (Mbit/s), and DL (Mbit/s) are calculated based on the UL/DL rate
64/384 kbit/s.
 The service processing specifications of the Iur interface are the same as those of the Iub interface.
 The preceding tables list the maximum processing capabilities of boards. For example, values in the
Number of Connected NodeBs indicate the maximum numbers of NodeBs that can be connected.
The actual number of NodeBs is restricted by the throughput.
 VP in the preceding tables refers to the 64 kbit/s video phone service
 One active CS user consumes two CIDs/UDPs on the Iub interface board, and one active HSPA PS
user consumes three CIDs/UDPs on the Iub interface board.
 One active CS user consumes one CIDs/UDPs on the Iu-CS interface board, and one active HSPA
PS user consumes one CIDs/UDPs on the Iu-CS interface board.
 Online users: specify the users in the RRC connection, including CELL_DCH, CELL_FACH,
CELL_PCH, and URA_PCH users. Active users: specify the users in CELL_DCH or CELL_FACH
status.
The following table lists the network factors that must be considered during interface board
configurations.
Interfa Item Description Remarks

ce
Iub Iub transmission Iub interface It is determined based on the
type transmission type network plan.


ce
The BSC6910 supports the
following Iub networking modes:
 FE Electrical (IP)
 GE Optical (IP)
 10GE Optical (IP)
 Unchannelized STM-1 (ATM)
 Channelized STM-1 (ATM)
Iub PS PS throughput over They are calculated based on the
throughput the Iub interface number of users and traffic model.
Iub CS traffic CS traffic over the
Iub interface
Iub active users Number of active
users supported by
the Iub interface of
the RNC
NodeB quantity Number of NodeBs It is determined based on the

managed by the RNC network plan.
Iu-CS Iu-CS Iu-CS interface It is determined based on the
transmission transmission type network plan.
type The BSC6910 supports the
following Iu-CS networking
modes:
 GE Optical (IP)
 Unchannelized STM-1 (ATM)
 Channelized STM-1 (ATM)
Iu-CS CS traffic Iu interface CS It is calculated based on the
service traffic number of users and traffic model.
Iu-CS active Number of active
users users over Iu-CS
interfaces connecting
to the RNC
Iu-PS Iu-PS Iu-PS interface It is determined based on the
transmission transmission type network plan.
type The BSC6910 supports the
following Iu-PS networking modes:
 GE Optical (IP)
 Unchannelized STM-1(ATM)


ce
Iu-PS throughput Iu interface PS For EXOUa board: a’ = a
service traffic *( u%/0.7 + v%/1 + w% / 1 + x%
/ 1 + y% / 1 + z% / 1)/ Board
specification.
For GOUa/FG2c/ATM interface
board: a’ = a/ Board specification
Iu-PS online Number of online It is calculated based on the
users users over the Iu-PS number of users and traffic model.
connecting to the
RNC
The following table shows how to configure the Iub interface board, (Iur interface is similar to
Iub interface).
Interfa Item Description Prerequisites Calculation of

ce the Board
Quantity
Iub Iub It is determined based The board
transmission on the network plan. specification is
type The BSC6910 determined based on
supports the following the interface type.
Iub networking
modes:
 GE Electrical (IP)
 GE Optical (IP)
 Unchannelized
STM-1 (ATM)
 Channelized
STM-1 (ATM)

Interfa Item Description Prerequisites Calculation of

ce the Board
Quantity
Iub PS a' Mbit/s Assume that the PS For EXOUa
throughput (The calculation data traffic types board:
method is the same as consist of the a' = a x
that of the EGPUa followings: (u%/0.35 +
UP.)  UL/DL 8/8 v%/0.8 +
kbit/s: u% w%/0.9 + x%/1
 UL/DL 8/32 + y%/1 +
kbit/s: v% z%/1)/Board
specification
 UL/DL 32/32
kbit/s: w%
 UL/DL 64/64 For
kbit/s: x% GOUc/FG2c/AT
M interface
 UL/DL 64/128 board: a’ = a/
kbit/s: y% Board
 UL/DL 64/384 specification
kbit/s and higher:
z%
where
u% + v% + w% +
x% + y% + z% =
100%
Iub CS b' Erl b' = b/Board
traffic (The calculation specification
method is the same as
that of the EGPUa
UP.)
Iub active n' n' = n/Board
users (It refers to the specification
number of active users
supported by the Iub
interface. )
NodeB nb' nb' = nb/Board
quantity (It is determined based specification
on the network plan.)
The number of Iub boards required by the network is calculated as follows:

N_IF_IUB = ROUNDUP(MAX(a', b', n', nb'), 0)
The configuration method of the Iu-CS, Iu-PS and Iur interfaces are similar to that of the Iub
interface (without considering the NodeB).

For Iur interface, if there are several Iur interfaces which do not share ports with each
other, the port requirement and port specification of each interface board should be take
into account.
Redundancy Configuration for Interface Boards
The interface boards support the following backup modes:
 1+1 backup mode (Double the number of required interface boards calculated based on
actual network capacity.)
 N+1 backup mode (This mode applies only to IP interface boards where the resource
pools are enabled.)
Only GOUc, FG2c, EXOUa boards support the N+1 backup mode.
By default, the 1+1 backup mode is used. In this mode, the number of required interface
boards is calculated as follows:
Sum (Iub, Iu-CS, Iu-PS, Iur) x 2
In N+1 backup mode, if Iur, Iu-CS, and Iu-PS interfaces share one board, the number of
interface boards = ROUNDIP (SUM(Iu-CS interfaces, Iu-PS interfaces, Iur interfaces),0) + 1).
If Iur, Iu-CS, and Iu-PS interfaces are separately configured on different boards, the number
of interface boards + SUM [(ROUNDUP (Iu-CS interfaces,0)+1), ROUNDUP(IUPS,0)+1,
ROUNDUP(IUR, 0)+1). If some of Iur, Iu-CS, and Iu-PS interfaces share one board, the
number of interface boards is calculated based on the proceeding two formulas.
3.1.7 Configuration Principles of Interface Boards and Service

Boards
1. Service boards and interface boards must be distributed evenly among subracks to reduce
the CPU and swapping resources consumed during inter-subrack swaps and avoid traffic
volume restrictions caused by limited inter-subrack bandwidths. Assume that there are
12 GPU (for the control plane) boards, 9 GPU (for the user plane) boards, 3 EXOUa
boards, and 3 subracks. Then, it is recommended that four GPU (for control plane)
boards, three GPU (for the user plane) boards, and one EXOUa board be configured in
each subrack.
2. Iu interface boards in each subrack form a resource pool. A route to the core network is
configured on each Iu interface board.
3. Iub interface boards in each subrack form a transmission resource pool. Routes to all the
NodeBs are configured on each Iub interface board.

3.1.8 Board Redundancy Types

Board Description Redundancy Type Number of Slots
EGPUa Evolved General N+1 backup mode in the Any universal slots
Processing Unit resource pool
EOMUa Evolved Active/standby mode An EOMUa board is installed
Operation and in two slots in the MPS only.
Maintenance Unit Active and standby boards are
installed in four consecutive
slots starting with an
odd-numbered slot. All the
boards are configured in the
same plane (rear or back
plane).
ESAUa Evolved Service Separately configured One or two ESAUa boards and
Aware Unit every ESAUa boards installed
in two slots.
EXOUa Evolved 10GE Active/standby mode Any universal slots

Optical interface (recommended);
Unit N+1 backup mode in the
resource pool

Board Description Redundancy Type Number of Slots

ENIUa Evolved Network N+1 backup mode in the Any universal slots
Intelligence Unit resource pool
SCUb GE Switching Active/standby mode Fixed slots
network and
Control Unit
FG2c IP Interface Unit Active/standby mode Any universal slots
(12 FE/4 GE, (recommended);
Electric) N+1 backup mode in the
resource pool
GOUc IP Interface Unit Active/standby mode Any universal slots

(4 GE, Optical) (recommended);
N+1 backup mode in the
resource pool
AOUc ATM Interface Active/standby mode Of the two boards in each pair,
Unit (4 STM-1, one must be installed in an
Channelized) odd-numbered slot and the
other in an adjacent
even-numbered slot.
UOIc ATM Interface Active/standby mode Of the two boards in each pair,
Unit (8 STM-1, one must be installed in an
Unchannelized) odd-numbered slot and the
other in an adjacent
even-numbered slot.
GCUa General Clock Active/standby mode Fixed slots
Unit
GCGa GPS&Clock Active/standby mode Fixed slots
Processing Unit
3.1.9 Auxiliary Material Configurations

Table 3-11 Auxiliary materials

QW1P00GEOM00 GE Optical Connector GE optical module
QW1P0STMOM00 STM-1 Optical Connector STM-1optical module
QM1P00GEOM01 10GE Optical Connector 10GE optical module
QW1P0FIBER00 Optical Fiber Optical fiber
QW1P0000IM00 Installation Material Package Installation material
suite
QMAI00EDOC00 Documentation Electronic
documentation


WP1B4PBCBN00 Cabinet Cabinet
Configuration principle of GE optical modules (QW1P00GEOM00):

The GE optical modules are fully configured on optical interface boards.
Number of GE optical modules = Number of WP1D000GOU01s x 4
Configuration principle of STM-1 optical modules (QW1P0STMOM00):
The STM-1 optical modules are fully configured on optical interface boards.
Number of STM-1 optical modules = (Number of WP1D000AOU01s) x 4 + (Number of
WP1D000UOI01s) x 8
Configuration principle of 10GE optical modules (QM1P00GEOM01):
The 10GE optical modules are fully configured on optical interface boards.
Number of 10GE optical modules = Number of QM1D00EXOU00 x 2
Configuration principle of the optical fibers (QW1P0FIBER00):
The optical cables are configured according to the number of optical modules required in the
BSC6910.
Number of optical fibers = (Number of 10GE optical modules + Number of GE optical
modules) x 2
Configuration principle of the installation material suite (QW1P0000IM00):
One installation material suite is configured for each BSC6910 cabinet (WP1B4PBCBN00).
Configuration principle of the electronic documentation (QMAI00EDOC00):
A set of electronic documentation is delivered with each BSC6910.
3.1.10 Description of Restrictions on inter-subrack switching

A pair of active and standby SCUb boards can process data at 40 Gbit/s on the physical layer.
The SCUb boards in various subracks are connected in chain mode.
If either of the active and standby board becomes faulty, the processing capability is halved.
If the SCU boards are not evenly configured among the subracks or services are not evenly
deployed among the subracks, the volume of inter-subrack data flows may sharply increase.
Once the volume exceeds the capacity, services are interrupted. Therefore, all types of boards
should be evenly configured among subracks, services should be evenly deployed, and the
user-plane capacity should be similar.
For example,
There are 15 EGPUa boards, 8 pairs of GOUc boards for the Iub interface, and 6 subracks.
Based on the preceding configuration principles, each subrack should be configured with two
or three EGPUa boards, one or two pairs of GOUc boards. The subrack with more EGPUa

boards should be configured with more GOUc boards. The following table lists a
recommended configuration.
Subrack Number of EGPUas Number of GOUcs (pair)

MPS 3 2
EPS 1 3 2
EPS 2 3 1
EPS 3 2 1
EPS 4 2 1
EPS 5 2 1
3.2 BSC6910 GSM Configurations

This section describes hardware configurations and how to calculate the number of required
licenses when the BSC6910 works in the GO mode.
3.2.1 Cabinet Configurations

Table 3-12 Cabinet configurations

QM1B0PBCDP00 Cabinet N/A
Configuration principle:
A BSC6910 GSM can be configured with one cabinet to achieve maximum capacity. A
maximum of three subracks can be configured in each cabinet.
In GU mode, the three subracks can be distributed in two cabinet.
3.2.2 Subrack Configurations

Table 3-13 Subrack Configurations
Part Number Name Description Function Description

QM1K00PBCS00 Subrack Unified service Processes basic services.
architecture basic subrack

The MPS and EPS of the BSC6910 have the same physical structure; that is, they both use the
PARCb subrack. The difference is that the MPS houses the EOMUa, GCUa, GCGa, and
EGPUa/EXPUa (for resource management) boards, which are not housed in the EPS.
Table 3-14 Fixed board configurations
Board Logical Description Function Configuration

Function Description Principle
EGPUa RMP Resource Provides the One pair of boards is
/EXPUa Management resource configured on the
Processing management BSC in 1+1 backup
function. mode. The board is
the same as that used
by the universal
service processor
(USP).
EOMUa OMU Evolved Provides the One pair of boards is
Operation and evolved operation configured on the
Maintenance and maintenance BSC in 1+1 backup
Unit function. mode. Each EOMUa
board is installed in
two slots.
SCUb SCU GE Switching Provides the PS One pair of boards is
network and switching and installed in each
Control Unit control function. subrack in 1+1
backup mode. A
maximum of three
pairs can be
configured on the
BSC.
GCUa GCU General Clock Provides the One pair of boards is
/GCGa unit (with GPS) general clock. configured on the
The GCGa BSC in 1+1 backup
supports the GPS mode.
function.
MPS configuration principle:

A BSC6910 must be equipped with one MPS only.
The MPS configurations are as follows:
1. Slot assignment:
− 8–9: EGPUa/EXPUa (Fixed)
− 10–13: EOMUa (recommended)
− 14–15: GCUa or GCGa (Fixed)
− 20–21: SCUb (Fixed)
2. If the GPS clock is not required, each BSC6910 is configured with two GCUa boards,
working in 1+1 redundancy mode. If the GPS clock is required, each BSC6910 is
configured with two GCGa boards, working in 1+1 redundancy mode.

3. If the customer uses Huawei Nastar, one ESAUa board is required and can be inserted in
any vacant slot, 0~1 are commended. MPS needs to reserve slots for ESAUa, 2 slots(one
ESAUa maximum) for GO, 4 slots (two ESAUa maximum) for GU.
4. The EGPUa/EXPUa boards can be inserted in any vacant slots excepting fixed slots. An
MPS can provide 16 slots for the EGPUa/EXPUa board.
that EPUa and ESAUa be inserted into these slots.
6. GOUc, FG2c, EXOUa and POUc are interface boards.
The EXOUa boards can be inserted only in slots 16 to 19 and slots 22 to 25.
The POUc,GOUc and FG2c boards can be inserted only in slots 16 to 19 and slots 22 to
27. Among them, slots 16 to 19 and 22 to 25 are preferred.
7. An MPS provides 18 universal slots and 10 interface board slots. The 10 interface slots
consist of 8 10GE slots and 2 GE slots. The EXOUa board is installed in only 10GE
slots(slot 16 to 19 and slots 22 to 25).
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
G G S S
C C C C
G G U U
a a b b
E E E E E
S G G O O
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
A P P M M
U U U U U
a a a a a
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
EPS configuration principle:

The EPS configurations are as follows:
1. Slots 20 and 21 are reserved for the SCUb board.
2. If the customer uses Huawei Nastar, one ESAUa board is required and can be inserted in
any vacant slot.
3. The EGPUa/EXPUa boards can be inserted in any vacant slots excepting fixed slots; that
is, the EPS can provide 26 slots for the EGPUa/EXPUa board.
that EPUa and ESAUa be inserted into these slots.
5. GOUc, FG2c, EXOUa and POUc are interface boards.
The EXOUa boards can be inserted only in slots 16 to 19 and slots 22 to 25.
The POUc,GOUc and FG2c boards can be inserted only in slots 14 to 19 and slots 22 to
27. Among them, slots 16 to 19 and 22 to 25 are preferred.

6. An EPS provides 26 universal slots and 12 interface board slots. The 12 interface slots
consist of 8 10GE slots and 4 GE slots. The EXOUa board is installed in only 10GE
slots(slots 16 to 19 and 22 to 25).
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
S S
C C
U U
b b
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
Service board
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
The number of required EPSs is calculated as follows:

 For a new site
− Number of required EPSs_1 = ROUNDUP ((Number of required EXOUa boards –
Number of EXOUa boards that can be housed in an MPS)/Number of EXOUa boards
that can be housed in an EPS,0)
If the number of required EXOUa boards is smaller than that can be housed in an
MPS, the number of required EPSs is 0.
− Number of required EPSs_2 = ROUNDUP [(Number of required interface boards –
Number of interface boards that can be housed in an MPS)/Number of interface
boards that can be housed in an EPS]
If the number of required interface boards is smaller than that can be housed in an
MPS, the number of required EPSs_2 is 0.
− Number of required EPSs_3 = ROUNDUP [(Number of required EGPUa/EXPUa
boards + Number of required interface boards – Number of universal slots provided
by the MPS)/Number of universal slots provided by one EPS]
If the number of required EGPUa/EXPUa boards and interface boards is smaller than
the number of universal slots provided by the MPS, the number of required EPSs_3 is
0.
− Number of EPSs = MAX (Number of required EPSs_1, Number of required EPSs_2,
Number of required EPSs_3)
Number of required EPSs = Number of EPSs required after capacity expansion –
Number of EPSs configured before capacity expansion
Cabinet power consumption calculation

The maximum power supply a subrack is 4000 W. The maximum power consumption of a
cabinet is 7100 W.
The calculation formulas are as follows:
System power consumption = Pavg of the power consumption of all boards + Pavg of the fan
Board Pavg
Fan 200
EGPUa/EXPUa/ENIUa/EXOUa 102
GOUc/FG2c/POUc 80
GCGa/GCUa 20
SCUb 80
EOMUa/ESAUa 102
3.2.3 Hardware Capacity License Configurations and Product

Specifications
The BSC6910 V100R015C00 supports the licenses for the following control items:
 "BSC HW TRX Capacity (per TRX)"
 "BSC HW PDCH Capacity (per PDCH)"
 "Smart Service Processing Throughput (per 50Mbps)"
Hardware Description
LGMIBHTC BSC TRX Hardware Capacity (per TRX)
LGMIBHDC BSC PDCH Hardware Capacity (per PDCH)
LGW1DPIHC02 Smart Service Processing Throughput (per 50Mbps)
BSC HW TRX Capacity (per TRX)- LGMIBHTC

BSC HW TRX Capacity (per TRX) represents the number of activated TRXs, which ranges
from 0 to 24,000. The BSC calculates the number of activated TRXs after new BTSs, cells or
TRXs are added and checks whether it is greater than the number specified by the "BSC HW
TRX Capacity (per TRX)" license.
BSC HW PDCH Capacity (per PDCH)- LGMIBHDC

BSC HW PDCH Capacity (per PDCH) represents the number of activated PDCHs, which
ranges from 0 to 96,000. The number of static PDCHs is determined before BSC
configuration. The number of dynamic PDCHs is determined by the BSC. If the number of
activated PDCHs is more than the number specified by the "BSC HW PDCH Capacity (per
PDCH)" license, configuring or allocating PDCHs is not allowed.

Before the BSC is configured, required hardware capacity licenses must be obtained.
Smart Service Processing Throughput(per 50Mbps)- LGW1DPIHC02

Represents BSC6910 Hardware Capacity of ENIUa board.
Smart Service Processing Throughput (per 50Mbps): is the hardware capacity license of
ENIUa boards on the BSC6910. The ENIUa can enable hardware processing capability only
when "Resource-BSC6910-LGW1DPIHC02-Evolved Network Intelligence Processing
Throughput(per 50Mbps)" is loaded. Each license provides a throughput of 50 Mbit/s. The
maximum number of license files is calculated by dividing NIUa processing capability and 50
Mbit/s. The ENIUa can process DPI services on GSM and UMTS sides at one time. The
traffic carried on the NIUa board is the sum of traffic over GSM Gb interfaces and UMTS Iu
interfaces.
If the BSC6900 is replaced by a BSC6910, the BSC license cannot be used and needs to be
quoted again. However the existing BTS license can be directly used by using license
adjusting tools after the BSC6910 is used.
3.2.4 Service Boards

Table 3-15 Service boards
Boar Name Descriptio Function Specificati Remarks

d n Description ons
EGP RMP Resource Provides the This One pair of
Ua Managemen resource function boards are
t Processing management allows the configured on the
function. resource BSC.
managemen
t of systems.
GCUP GSM BSC Processes CS and PS  TRX: The BHCA is
Control services on both the 1000 calculated based
plane and user plane and  BTS: on Huawei's
User plane control plane. The 600 default traffic
Processing processing model.
 Cell:
capability of this
board is equal to the 600
combined capability  PDCH:
of the XPU, DPUf, 3000
and DPUg.
GMCP GSM BSC Provides the IBCA N/A The number of
Mathematic function. the GMCP board
s is calculated
Calculation based on IBCA
Processing requirements at
network
deployment.


d n Description ons
NASP Network Performs network N/A The number of
Assisted assisted service the NASP board
Service processing. is calculated
Process based on IBCA
requirements at
network
deployment. One
NASP board is
configured in
each BSC.
EXP RMP Resource Provides the This One pair of
Ua Managemen resource function boards are
t Processing management allows the configured on the
function. resource BSC.
managemen
t of systems.
GCUP GSM BSC Processes CS and PS  TRX: The BHCA is
Control services on both the 1000 calculated based
plane and user plane and  BTS: on Huawei's
User plane control plane. The 600 default traffic
Processing processing model.
 Cell:
capability of this
board is equal to the 600
combined capability  PDCH:
of the XPU, DPUf, 3000
and DPUg.
GMCP GSM BSC Provides the IBCA N/A The number of

Mathematic function. the GMCP board
s is calculated
Calculation based on IBCA
Processing requirements at
network
deployment.
ENI NIU Evolved Provides intelligent PS The ENIUa
Ua Network service throughput: board needs to be
Intelligence identification. 8000 Mbit/s configured if the
Unit intelligent
service
identification
service is
required.


d n Description ons
ESA SAU Evolved Provides evolved The SAU If the customer
Ua Service service aware collects, has purchased
Aware Unit function. filters, and the Nastar, an
reports the SAU and one
data from ESAUa must be
service configured on the
boards to BSC.
the Nastar.
Configuration principle of the EGPUa/EXPUa board:

The USP on the BSC6910 has two boards, EGPUa and EXPUa. The EXPUa board is used for
GSM network only. The USP has logical functions of RMP, GCUP, GMCP, and NASP, as
shown in Table 3-15.
1. EGPUa and EXPUa boards can be used in GO and GU mode. By default, the EGPUa
board is used.
2. In UO mode, only the EGPUa board can be installed.
3. EGPUa/EXPUa configuration principle for the RMP: In GO mode, both EGPUa and
EXPUa boards can be used. By default, the EGPUa is used. In GU or UO mode, only the
EGPUa board can be installed.
4. EGPUa/EXPUa configuration principle for the GMCP: In GO or GU mode, both EGPUa
and EXPUa boards can be used. By default, the EGPUa is installed.
5. EGPUa/EXPUa configuration principle for the NASP: Only the EGPUa board can be
installed for the NASP.
Configuration principle of the RMP
Only one pair of RMP is installed in the MSP subrack in 1+1 backup mode for the entire
system.
Configuration principle of the GCUP board:
The BSC6900 and BSC6910 calculate the required number of service processing units in
different methods.
BSC6900: The numbers of control plane boards (XPUa and XPUb) are calculated based on
either the number of planned TRXs or the BHCA. The numbers of PS user plane boards
(DPUd and DPUg) are calculated based on the number of planned PDCHs. The numbers of
CS user plane boards (DPUc and DPUf) are calculated based on the predicted traffic.
BSC6910: The control plane board and user plane board are integrated on the GCUP board.
The number of GCUP boards is calculated as follows: Divide the site specifications and the
predicted specifications separately by the number of TRXs, number of PDCHs, BHCA, or
traffic. The maximum number among the obtained four numbers is the number of GCUP
boards.

Table 3-16 GCUP board specifications
TRX 1000
Cell 600
BTS 600
Traffic 6250 6.25 Erl per TRX
PDCH 3000 3 PDCHs per TRX
PS throughput 300 Mbit/s 3000 x 100 kbit/s, EGRPS2A
Equivalent BHCA 2,200,000 Calculated based on the actual benchmark

weight, including the PS throughput.
The BHCA is calculated based on Huawei's
default traffic model.
The number of standby GCUP boards can be manually configured (recommended redundancy
mode: N+1). By default, no standby GCUP board is configured. A minimum of two GCPU
boards are configured.
1. Based on the number of TRXs
The number of required EGPUa boards =
ROUNDUP(TotalTRXNo/TRXNoPerEGPUa,0) – Existing number of EGPUa boards +
1
2. On the CS user plane Erlang
The number of required EGPUa boards =
ROUNDUP(TotalVoiceErl/VoiceErlPerEGPUa,0) – Existing number of EGPUa boards +
1
3. On the PS user plane PDCH Number
The number of required EGPUa boards = ROUNDUP(TotalPDCH/PDCHPerEGPUa,0)
– Existing number of EGPUa boards + 1
4. On signal plane
The number of required EGPUa boards = ROUNDUP(TotalBHCA/BHCAPerEGPUa,0)
5. On Cell Number
The number of required EGPUa boards = ROUNDUP(TotalCellNo/CellNoPerEGPUa,0)
6. On BTS Number
The number of required EGPUa boards = ROUNDUP(TotalBTSNo/BTSNoPerEGPUa,0)
7. The total number of required EGPUa boards equals the maximum number of the
proceeding three numbers.
Configuration principle of the GMCP board:
The GMCP board is configured based on IBCA requirements at network deployment. If the
IBCA function is enabled, the number of NASP boards depends on the number of carriers that
have enabled the IBCA. Generally, one GMCP boards supports 2048 carriers. The BSC6910
RAN15.0 supports a maximum of 4096 carriers with the IBCA function. The GMCP board

uses N+1 redundancy mode. The total number of GMCP boards is calculated using the
following formula:
Number of required GMCP boards + ROUNDUP (TotalTRXNo/2048,0) + 1
Configuration principle of the NASP board:
The NASP board is configured based on Cellular-Aided Wi-Fi Detection and Selection
requirements at network deployment. If the function is enabled, one NASP board is
configured in each BSC.
Configuration principle of the ENIUa board:
The ENIUa board needs to be configured if the intelligent service identification service is
required. If the function is enabled, one ENIUa board is configured in each BSC.
Configuration principle of the ESAUa:
If the customer has purchased the Nastar, an SAU and one ESAUa must be configured on the
BSC.
3.2.5 Interface Boards

The BSC6910 supports FE electrical ports, GE optical ports and 10GE optical ports in IP
networking, and supports channelized STM-1 ports in TDM networking.
Table 3-17 Interface boards
Part Number Name Description Interfaces

WP1D000FG201 FG2c IP Interface Unit (12 FE/4 IP: A/Abis/Lb/Gb/Iur-g
GE, Electric)
WP1D000GOU01 GOUc IP Interface Unit (4 GE, IP: A/Abis/Lb/Gb/Iur-g
Optical)
QM1D00EXOU00 EXOUa Evolved 10GE Optical IP: A/Abis/Lb/Gb/Iur-g
interface Unit
WP1D000POU01 POUc TDM or IP Interface Unit TDM: Abis
(4 STM-1, Channelized) IP over STM-1：Abis
Table 3-18 Interface board specifications
Part Trans Port Type Port TRX A CIC Ater CIC Gb

Numbe missio No. (64K) (16K) Throughput
r n (Mbit/s)
Type
WP1D0 IP FE/GE 12/4 2048 23,040 N/A 2000
00FG20 electrical
1 (FG2c) port
WP1D0 IP GE optical 4 2048 23,040 N/A 2000
00GOU0 port
1

Part Trans Port Type Port TRX A CIC Ater CIC Gb

Numbe missio No. (64K) (16K) Throughput
r n (Mbit/s)
Type
(GOUc)
QM1D0 IP 10GE 2 8000 75,000 N/A 8000
0EXOU optical port
00
(EXOUa
)
WP1D0 TDM CSTM-1 4 1024 N/A N/A N/A
00POU0 port
1
(POUc) IP IP CSTM-1 4 2048 NA NA NA
Configuration principle of interface boards:

The total number of required interface boards equals the sum of interface boards
required on each interface. Interface boards work in 1+1 active/standby mode. The
BSC6910 does not support the BM/TC separated mode and therefore does not have the Ater
interface. The A, Gb, and Abis interfaces must be configured on the BM side. It is
recommended to configure the A, Gb, and Abis interfaces on different interface boards.
1. Calculation of Abis interface boards
Select the types of interface board based on the network plan. The number of required
Abis interface boards is calculated based on either the service capability (number of
supported TRXs) or number of required ports. The number of required Abis interface
boards is the larger one of the two values.
Number of Abis interface boards = 2 x ROUNDUP (MAX (Number of TRXs in a
transmission mode/Number of TRXs supported by the interface board, Number of
ports in a transmission mode/Number of ports supported by the interface boards),
0)
Configuration precautions:
In Abis TDM networking, the BSC6910 supports only the POUc board (TDM over
STM-1). If a TDM over E1/T1 link is used for the transmission to the BSC over Abis
interfaces, the TDM over E1/T1 must be converted to a TDM over STM-1 link by using
a device that performs optical-to-electrical conversion, for example, Huawei optical
switch node (OSN) products.
If the BTS provides IP over E1 links, the BSC provides IP transmission links, and the
transmission equipment provides Abis interfaces for IP over E1 links, only GE interface
boards FG2c or GOUc, instead of the 10GE interface board EXOUa, can be configured
on the BSC 6910.
2. Calculation of A interface boards
Select the types of interface board based on the network plan. The number of A interface
boards is calculated based on the service capability (number of supported CICs).
Number of A interface boards = 2 x ROUNDUP (ACICNumber/Number of CICs
supported by an A interface board, 0)

3. Calculation of Gb interface boards

Select the types of interface board based on the network plan. The number of Gb
interface boards is calculated based on the service capability (bandwidth).
Number of Gb interface boards = 2 x ROUNDUP (Gb Throughput/BSC data flow
over Gb interface supported by the interface board, 0)
4. Calculation of total interface boards
Number of interface boards = Number of Abis interface boards + Number of A
interface boards + Number of Gb interface boards
5. Calculation of total interface boards when multi interface sharing INT board
For GSM every interface has it’s INT board exclusive by default. And it is not
recommended to multi interface sharing one INT board for reasons below:
1)The ralationship between Abis INT board and BTS are fixed. So it is not
recommended for Abis to sharing INT board with other interface.
2)Multi interface sharing INT board only applys to small capacity BSC.
Calculation of total interface boards when multi interface sharing INT board:
Number of Interface board = 2*RoundUp(Number of Abis Interface board +
Number of A Interface board + Number of Gb Interface board, 0)
Number of Abis Interface board = MAX (Number of TRXs in a transmission mode/
Number of TRXs supported by the interface board, Number of ports in a
transmission mode/Number of ports supported by the interface boards)
Number of A Interface board = ACICNumber/Number of CICs supported by an A
interface board
Number of Gb Interface board = GbThroughput/BSC data flow over Gb interface
supported by the interface board
3.2.6 General Principles for Slot Configurations

Services of TRXs connected to interface boards in a subrack are preferentially processed by
service processing units in the same subrack. If the resources required by a subrack exceed the
specified threshold, load sharing is implemented between subracks of the BSC. The purpose is
to reduce resources used for inter-subrack switching. Boards are configured according to the
following principles:
 Interface boards and service processing units should be distributed as evenly as possible
among subracks. This reduces the consumption of processor resources and switching
resources by inter-subrack switching. Interface boards can be configured only in rear
slots, and service processing units can be configured in front or rear slots. It is
recommended that service processing units be configured in front slots. Under a BSC, A
interface boards, Abis interface boards, and service processing units must be distributed
as evenly as possible among subracks. Configuring the same type of board in the same
subrack lowers system reliability.
 You do not have to specify the subrack and slot number for configuring M3UA links.
The number of MSUA links are equal to (recommended) or larger than the number of
EGPUa or EXPUa boards.
 General principles of board configuration:
The basic principles during network plan and design do not change by devices. The basic
principles include but not limited to the following:

− Each LAC can receive more than 120 paging requests per second over the Um
interface when a single CCCH is configured. Therefore, it is recommended to
configure 512 TRXs for each LAC in the case of a single CCCH. The TRX number
can be adjusted by traffic.
− Consecutive PDCHs are configured so that uses can use multiple consecutive slots.
− Other basic principles during GSM network plan
 General principles for slot restrictions: The GCUa/GCGa, EOMUa, SCUb, and RMP
boards are inserted in fixed slots. The interface boards and service boards can be inserted
in slots within specific range. For details, see the subrack configurations part.
3.2.7 Auxiliary Material Configurations

Table 3-19 Auxiliary materials
Part Number Name Description

QW1P0STMOM00 STM-1 Optical Connector STM-1optical module
QW1P00GEOM00 GE Optical Connector GE optical module
QM1P00GEOM01 10GE Optical Connector 10GE optical module
QW1P0FIBER00 Optical Fiber Optical fiber
QW1P0000IM00 Installation Material Package Installation material suite
QMAI00EDOC00 Documentation Electronic documentation
Configuration principle of STM-1 optical modules (QW1P0STMOM00):

The STM-1 optical modules are fully configured on optical interface boards.
Number of STM-1 optical modules = Number of OIUa boards + Number of POUc boards x 4
Configuration principle of GE optical modules (QW1P00GEOM00):
The GE optical modules are fully configured for active and standby optical interface boards.
Number of GE optical modules = Number of GOUc boards (WP1D000GOU01) x 4
Configuration principle of 10GE optical modules (QW1P00GEOM01):
The 10GE optical modules are fully configured on optical interface boards.
Number of 10GE optical modules = Number of QM1D00EXOU00 x 2
Configuration principle of the optical fibers (QW1P0FIBER00):
Number of optical fibers = (Number of STM-1 optical ports + Number of GE optical ports +
Number of 10GE optical ports) x 2
Configuration principle of the installation material suite (QW1P0000IM00):
One installation material suite is configured for each BSC6910 cabinet (WP1B4PBCBN00).
Configuration principle of the electronic documentation (QMAI00EDOC00):
A set of electronic documentation is delivered with each BSC6910.

3.3 BSC6910 GU Product Configurations

Table 3-20 describes the hardware configuration principles of the BSC6910 GU.
Table 3-20 Hardware configuration principles of the BSC6910 GU
BSC6900 GU Hardware Configuration Principles

GSM boards and UMTS boards should not be configured in the same subrack.
One to three GSM subracks can be configured. One to five UMTS subracks can be
configured.
The total number of GSM and UMTS subracks should be smaller than or equal to six.
Number of cabinets = ROUNDUP[(Number of GSM subracks + Number of UMTS
subracks)/3]. A maximum of two cabinets (excluding the cabinets housing TC subracks)
can be configured.
The GSM network does not support ATDM and has no BM/TC separated configuration
mode.
In GU mode, ENIUa boards processing the DPI function are separately configured on the
GSM and UMTS networks.
One ESAUa board can be configured in the BSC6910 GU mode.
The preceding principles apply to BSC6910 GU deployment and capacity expansion.

The procedure for configuring a newly deployed BSC6910 GU is as follows:
1. Obtain the GSM and UMTS network parameter values.
2. Perform dimensioning to obtain the GSM and UMTS network requirements respectively.
3. Calculate the UMTS configuration and GSM configuration based on the network
requirements.
If the capacity required by the GSM configuration and UMTS configuration does not exceed
the BSC6910 GU specifications (that is, the total number of GSM subracks and UMTS
subrack does not exceed six), then configuration calculation is complete. If the total required
capacity exceeds the maximum specifications of one BSC6910 GU or the number of slots
required for the interface boards exceeds the limitation, an extra BSC6910 GU needs to be
added.
3.4 Examples of Typical Configurations

3.4.1 BSC6910 UMTS
The procedure of typical configuration can be carried out as follow steps.
Requirement Input
Operator provides the network requirement which should include the information as listed in
below table.

Table 3-21 Network specifications

Total subscribers 889,000
Total NodeBs 1200
Total cells 3000
PS throughput (Including R99 and HSPA, UL+DL) per PS sub in BH (bps) 4500
Voice traffic per CS voice sub in BH(Erl) 0.02
CS voice call duration (sec.) 75
Handover times per CS call 8
CS voice call per sub per BH 0.96
PS call per sub per BH 2
CS Proportion of SHO for CS call 1.3
Handover times per PS call 5
PS call duration (sec) 52
NAS (Attach, Detach, LAU, RAU) and SMS per sub per BH 3.6
PS proportion of SHO for PS call 1
PS channel switch times per PS call 0
Ratio of duration time in active state to online state 100%
Iub interface type 10GE
Iu/Iur interface type 10GE
Ratio of traffic over Iur interfaces to Iub interfaces 0%
Enable the IN service identification Yes
ESAUa for the Nastar No
GPS support No
NOTE
Active state include CELL_DCH&CELL_FACH state
Online state includes CELL_DCH&CELL_FACH &CELL_PCH&URA_PCH state
Assume that the PS data traffic types consist of the followings:

 UL/DL 8/8 kbit/s: 0%
 UL/DL 8/32 kbit/s: 0%
 UL/DL 64/64 kbit/s: 70%
 UL/DL 64/128 kbit/s: 25%
 UL/DL 64/384 kbit/s and higher: 5%
Calculate the number of control plane boards, user plane boards, and interface boards.

By dimension procedure, the requirement of operator can be described as following:

1. Total throughput requirement (based on sample input, the value is 4000 Mbit/s)
2. Total CS Erl requirement (based on sample input, the value is 24,850 Erl)
3. Total BHCA requirement (based on sample input, the value is 2,631,000)
4. Total NodeB quantity requirement (based on sample input, the value is 1200)
5. Total cell quantity requirement (based on sample input, the value is 3000)
6. Total active users requirement (based on sample input, the value is 43,460)
7. Total Iub CID/UDP requirement (based on sample input, the value is 112,606); Total
Iu-CS CID/UDP requirement (based on sample input, the value is 17,780); Total Iu-PS
GTPU requirement (based on sample input, the value is 25,680);
8. Total interface connections boards requirement (based on sample input, the value is 4)
Hardware Configuration and Capacity License Configurations (Using HW6910

R15 Hardware)
1. Number of EGPUa boards required for the user plane
Item Description Calculation of the Board

Quantity
Iub PS PS throughput over the Iub a' = 4000 x (0%/0.11 + 0%/0.31+
throughput interface 0%/0.38 + 75%/0.53 + 20%/0.66 +
5%/1)/2000 = 6998/2000
Iub CS traffic CS traffic over the Iub interface b' = 24,850/10,050
Iub active users Number of active users n' = 43,460/28,000
supported by the Iub interface
Cell quantity Number of cells managed by the c' = 3000/1400
RNC
N_EGPUa_UP = max(a' + b', c', n') = 45.79

The number of licenses required for "RNC Throughput HW Capacity License (per 50
Mbit/s)" is calculated as follows:
N_EGPUa_Iub_License = ROUNDUP(((4000 + 24850 x 24.4/1000)/50 Mbit/s), 0) = 93
2. Number of EGPUa boards required for the control plane
Item Description Prerequisites Calculation of the

Board Quantity
BHCA BHCA required by Assume that the BHCA in b' = b/x =
requirement the network this traffic model is x. 2631000/1000000
control plane Number of active N/A n' = n/35000 =
active users users supported on 43460/35000
the control plane
NodeB Number of NodeBs N/A nb' = nb/700 =

quantity managed by the 1200/700

Item Description Prerequisites Calculation of the

Board Quantity
RNC
Cell quantity Number of cells N/A c' = c/1400 =

managed by the 3000/1400
RNC
N_EGPUa_CP = max(b', n', nb', c') = 2.6

The number of licenses required for "RNC Active User HW Capacity License" is
calculated as follows:
N_EGPUa_ ActiveUser_License = ROUNDUP(43460/1000, 0) = 44
One EGPUa board can be used on the CP and UP at one time. The EGPUa board is in
N+1 backup mode. In this case,
N_EGPUa = ROUNDUP((N_EGPUa_CP + N_EGPUa_UP), 0) +1 = 10
NOTE
N_EGPUa does not include the fixed N_EGPUa boards for resource management.
3. Number of required EXOUa boards
Item Value Calculation of Board Quantity

Iub Iub transmission 10GE Optical (IP)
type
Iub PS throughput ba = 4000 ba' = ba x (u%/0.11 + v%/0.31 +
w%/0.38 + x%/0.56 + y%/0.76 +
z%/1)/Board specification = 4000 x
(0%/0.11+0%/0.31+ 0%/0.38 +
75%/0.56 + 20%/0.76 + 5%/1)/10000
= 6998/10000
Iub CS traffic bb = 24850 bb' = bb/Board specification =

24850/75000
NodeB quantity bn = 1200 bn' = bn/Board specification =

1200/1500
Iu-CS Iu-CS transmission 10GE Optical (IP)
type
Iu-CS CS Traffic cb = 24850/1.3 cb' = cb/Board specification =
24850/1.3/75000
Iu-CS active users cu = 17780 cu' = cu/Board specification =
17780/500000
Iu-PS Iu-PS transmission 10GE Optical (IP)
type
Iu-PS throughput pb = 4000/1 pb' = pb x (0%/0.7 + 0%/1 + 0% / 1
+ 75% / 1 + 20% / 1 + 5% /

Item Value Calculation of Board Quantity

1)/Board specification =
4000/1/10000
Iu-PS online users pu = 25680 pu' = pu/Board specification =
25680/500000
In view of the that Iub, Iu-CS, and Iu-PS interface boards are configured separately and
are in N+1 backup mode, the number of required interface boards is as follows:
− N_IUB_IF = ROUNDUP(MAX(ba’+bb’, bn’, bu’), 0) +1 = 2
− N_IUCS_IF = ROUNDUP(MAX(cb’, cu’)), 0) + 1= 2
− N_IUPS_IF = ROUNDUP(MAX(pb’, pu’), 0) +1= 2
− N_EXOUa = N_IUB_IF + N_IUCS_IF + N_IUPS_IF = 6
4. Number of required EPS boards (QM1P00UEPS01)
If:
Number of interface boards ≤ 8
Number of EGPUa boards ≤ 18
Number of interface boards and EGPUa boards ≤ 18
Then, one MPS is sufficient.
5. Number of required cabinets (WP1B4PBCBN00)
Number of cabinets = 1
In summary, the following table lists the configurations that can meet network
requirements.
Item Name For Short Part Number Quantity

1 Cabinet N/A WP1B4PBCBN00 1
2 Main processing subrack MPS QM1P00UMPS01 1
3 Extended processing EPS QM1P00UEPS01 0
subrack
4 Clock board GCU WP1D000GCU01 1
5 Evolved General GPU QM1D00EGPU00 8
Processing Unit for User
Plane
6 RNC Throughput HW N/A QM1SRTHWCL00 93
Capacity License (per 50
Mbit/s)
7 RNC Active User HW N/A QM1SRAUHCL00 44
Capacity License (per
1000 active users)
8 Evolved 10GE Optical EXOUa QM1D00EXOU00 6
interface Unit

3.4.2 BSC6910 GSM

The procedure of typical configuration can be carried out as follow steps.
Requirement Input
Operator provides the network requirement which should include the information as listed in
below figure.
Here give a sample, the input information is as follows:
Parameter Value
voice traffic /sub/BH (Erlang) 0.02
voice call duration (seconds) 60
SMS/LA setup duration(seconds) 0

Parameter Value
percent of Mobile originated calls 50%
percent of Mobile terminated calls 50%
average LUs/sub/BH 1.2
average IMSI Attach/sub/BH 0.15
average IMSI Detach/sub/BH 0.15
average MOCs/sub/BH 0.6
average MTCs/sub/BH 0.6
MR report/sub/BH 144
average MO-SMSs /sub/BH 0.6
average MT-SMSs /sub/BH 1
average intra-BSC HOs /sub/BH 1.1
average inter-BSC HOs /sub/BH 0.1
paging retransfer /sub/BH 0.56
Grade of Service (GoS) on Um interface 0.01
Grade of Service (GoS) on A interface 0.001
percent of HR (percent of Um interface resources occupied by
HR voice call) 50%
Dimension
The following figure shows the dimensions that are used for calculating the configurations.

Item Name Specifications

1 TRX support capacity A1
2 Abis GE QTY A2
3 A CIC QTY A3
4 IWF QTY A4
5 BHCA A5
6 Gb data flow A6
7 PDCH QTY A7
Network capacity
Get the Network Capacity requirement to calculate the hardware requirement.
Item Name Configuration Before

Capacity Expansion
1 Subracks (MPS and EPS) B1
2 Evolved General Processing Unit (EGPUa) B2
or Evolved Extensible Processing Unit
(EXPUa)
3 Interface board B3
4 Cabinet B4

Configuration Principle 4 Expansion and Upgrade Configurations
4 Expansion and Upgrade Configurations
4.1 BSC6910 UMTS

The service processing capability of the BSC6910 improves by adding the hardware.
Capacity expansion follows the minimum hardware configuration principle.
4.1.1 Hardware Expansion and Upgrade Configurations

Table 4-1 Boards of the BSC6910 V100R015C00
Hardware Version Boards

HW6910 R15 SCUb, GCGa, GCUa, AOUc, UOIc, FG2c, GOUc, EGPUa,
EXOUa, EOMUa, ESAUa, ENIUa
Table 4-2 List of the hardware components to be added (HW6910 RAN15.0 hardware)
Item Name Configuration Configuration Added

Before Capacity After Capacity Quantity
Expansion Expansion
1 Cabinet A1 B1 B1 – A1
2 MPS A2 B2 B2 – A2
3 EPS A3 B3 B3 – A3
4 Clock board A4 B4 B4 – A4
5 Evolved General A5 B5 B5 – A5
Processing Unit (for
Control Plane)
6 Evolved General A6 B6 B6 – A6
Processing Unit (for
User Plane)
7 Interface boards A7 B7 B7 – A7

NOTE
A1 through A7 and B1 through B7 indicate the number of components.
4.1.2 Examples of Hardware Expansion

Before capacity expansion, the network configurations are as follows:
 Traffic: 10,050 Erl
 Transmission rate: 2000 Mbit/s (based on the uplink and downlink transmission rates 64
kbit/s and 384 kbit/s)
 BHCA: 1,668,000 (using the Smartphone traffic model)
 Number of NodeBs: 700
 Number of cells: 1400
 IP transmission (10GE optical port) over the Iub, Iu-CS, and Iu-PS interfaces
 Iub, Iu-CS, and Iu-PS interface boards working in 1+1 active/standby mode
After capacity expansion, the network configurations are as follows:
 Traffic: 20,100 Erl
 Transmission rate: 4000 Mbit/s (based on the uplink and downlink transmission rates 64
kbit/s and 384 kbit/s)
 BHCA: 3,336,000 (using the Smartphone traffic model)
 Number of NodeBs: 1400
 Number of cells: 2800
 IP transmission (10GE optical port) over the Iub, Iu-CS, and Iu-PS interfaces
 Iub, Iu-CS, and Iu-PS interface boards working in 1+1 active/standby mode
Table 4-3 lists the hardware configurations before and after capacity expansion. The numbers
of hardware components to be added are calculated according to the procedure described in
section 3.1.2 "Subrack Configurations."
Table 4-3 Capacity expansion from configuration 1 to configuration 2
Configura Number Number Number of Number of Number

tion of of EGPUa boards EGPUa Boards of EXOUa
Cabinets Subracks for the User for the Control Boards
Plane Plane
Configurati 1 1 2 1 6
on 1
(before
capacity
expansion)
Configurati 1 1 4 2 6
on 2 (after
capacity
expansion)
Number of 0 0 2 1 0
components
to be added

The slot configurations are as follows:
NOTE
It is recommended that boards be evenly distributed in every subrack, following the related
configuration principles.
4.2 BSC6910 GSM

Capacity expansion can be performed through the following methods:
 Improving the service processing capability of the system through hardware expansion
 Improving the service processing capability of the system by configuring capacity
licenses
The two methods can be adopted separately or together according to the requirements of
network services. Follow the minimum hardware configuration principle during capacity
expansion.
4.2.1 Precautions
The BSC6900 cannot be upgraded to the BSC6910 by upgrading the software, but can be
upgraded by migrating the hardware. If the BSC6900 is upgraded to BSC6910, the BSC
license of BSC6900 can be used for the BSC 6910 after the license is quoted again. However
the BTS license of the BSC6900 that has been quoted can be directly used for the BSC6910
by using license adjusting tools.
The BSC6910 supports only the SCUb, EOMUa, ESAUa, GCUa, GCGa, EGPUa/EXPUa,
FG2c, GOUc, EXOUa, and POUc boards.
The EGPUa/EXPUa board used in the BSC6910 replaces the XPUb, DPUf (for A interfaces
using IP transmission), and DPUg boards used in BSC6900.
In the BSC6910 V100R015C00, the Ater and Pb interfaces are removed from the transmission
network. The Abis interface supports IP and TDM transmission modes, whereas other external
interfaces only support IP transmission mode.

Part Name Remarks

Number
WP1D000F FG2c 1. Number of required A interface boards = 2 x ROUNDUP
G201 ((MaxACICPerBSCIP – Number of FG2c boards
functioning as the A interface board/2 x
ACICPerFG2c)/ACICPerFG2c), 0)
NOTE
The number of required A interface boards depends on the number of
ports and the number of equivalent CIC circuits on the A interface. In
capacity expansion scenarios, the capacity specifications and number
of ports supported by the existing FG2c boards must be subtracted
from the total required capacity.
2. Number of required Abis interface boards = 2 x
ROUNDUP ((MAX (ROUNDUP
(AbisIPFEGENo/GEPortPerFG2c, 0) x
GEPortPerFG2c-Number of FG2c boards functioning as the
Abis interface board/2 x GEPortPerFG2c)/GEPortPerFG2c,
(TRXNoFEGE -Number of FG2c boards functioning as the
Abis interface board/2 x
TRXNoPerFG2c)/TRXNoPerFG2c), 0)
NOTE
When the Abis interface uses IP transmission, the Abis interface boards
must be configured. The number of required Abis interface boards
depends on the number of FE/GE ports and the number of TRXs. In
capacity expansion scenarios, the originally supported TRXs must be
subtracted from the total required TRXs. In addition, the number of
ports supported before capacity expansion should also be considered.
3. Number of required Gb interface boards = 2 x
ROUNDUP((MAX(ROUNDUP(MAX(GbIPFEGENo/GEP
ortPerFG2c, 0) x GEPortPerFG2c –Number of FG2c boards
functioning as the Gb interface board/2 x
GEPortPerFG2c)/GEPortPerFG2c),
(GbIPTputPerBSC-Number of FG2c boards functioning as
the Gb interface board/2 x
(GbTputPerFG2c/1024))/GbTputPerFG2c/1024), 0)
NOTE
When the built-in PCU is used, Gb interface boards must be
configured. The number of required Gb interface boards depends on the
number of ports and the traffic on the Gb interface. The originally
supported traffic must be subtracted from the total supported traffic.
4. The number of FG2c boards to be configured is equal to the
total number of all the preceding boards.
WP1D000 GOUc The GOUc has different interface from the FG2c but has the
GOU01 same service capacity, number of GE ports, GE port
specifications, and configuration formulas.
QM1D00E EXOUa EXOUa functioning as the interface board before capacity
XOU00 expansion
1. Number of required A interface boards = 2 x ROUNDUP
(MAX ((TotalAIP10GENo – Number of EXOUa boards
functioning as A interface board/2 x
10GEPortPerEXOUa)/10GEPortPerEXOUa, (TotalAIPCIC

Part Name Remarks

Number
– Number of EXOUa boards functioning as A interface
board/2 x AIPCICPerEXOUa)/AIPCICPerEXOUa), 0)
NOTE
The quantity depends on the number of ports and the number of
equivalent CIC circuits on the A interface. In capacity expansion
scenarios, the capacity specifications and number of ports supported by
the existing EXOUa boards must be subtracted from the total required
capacity.
ROUNDUP (MAX ((TotalAbisIP10GENo – Number of
EXOUa boards functioning as Abis interface board/2 x
10GEPortPerEXOUa)/10GEPortPerEXOUa,
(TotalTRXNo10GE – Number of EXOUa boards
functioning as Abis interface board/2 x
TRXNoPerEXOUa)/TRXNoPerEXOUa), 0)
NOTE
The quantity depends on the number of ports and the number of TRXs
on the Abis interface. In capacity expansion scenarios, the originally
supported TRXs must be subtracted from the total required TRXs. In
addition, the number of ports supported before capacity expansion
should also be considered.
3. Number of required Gb interface boards = 2 x ROUNDUP
(MAX ((TotalGbIP10GENo – Number of EXOUa boards
functioning as Gb interface board/2 x
10GEPortPerEXOUa)/10GEPortPerEXOUa,
(TotalGbIPTput – Number of EXOUa boards functioning
as Gb interface board/2 x
GbTputPerEXOUa)/GbTputPerEXOUa), 0)
NOTE
The quantity depends on the number of ports and the traffic on the Gb
interface. The originally supported traffic must be subtracted from the
total supported traffic.
4. The number of EXOUa boards to be configured is equal to
the total number of all the preceding boards.
FG2c or GOUc functioning as the interface board before
capacity expansion (The calculation principle for GOUc is
the same as that for FG2c.)
1. Number of required A interface boards = 2 x ROUNDUP
(MAX (((TotalAIPCIC – Number of FG2c boards
functioning as A interface board/2 x
AIPCICPerFG2c)/AIPCICPerEXOUa), 0)
NOTE
The quantity depends on the number of ports and the number of
equivalent CIC circuits on the A interface. In capacity expansion
scenarios, the capacity specifications and number of ports supported by
the existing FG2c or GOUc boards must be subtracted from the total
required capacity.
ROUNDUP (MAX ((TotalTRXNo – Number of FG2c

Part Name Remarks

Number
boards functioning as Abis interface board/2 x
TRXNoPerFG2c)/TRXNoPerEXOUa), 0)
NOTE
on the Abis interface. In capacity expansion scenarios, the originally
supported TRXs must be subtracted from the total required TRXs.
3. Number of required Gb interface boards = 2 x ROUNDUP
(MAX ((TotalGbIPTput – Number of FG2c boards
functioning as Gb interface board/2 x
GbTputPerFG2c)/GbTputPerEXOUa), 0)
NOTE
The quantity depends on the number of ports and the traffic on the Gb
interface. The originally supported traffic must be subtracted from the
total supported traffic.
4. The number of EXOUa boards to be configured is equal to
the total number of all the preceding boards.
WP1D000P POUc 1.Number of required Abis interface boards (TDM) = 2 x

OU01 ROUNDUP (MAX ((TotalAbisTDMSTM1No – Number of
POUc boards functioning as Abis interface board/2 x
STM1PortPerPOUc)/ STM1PortPerPOUc, (TotalTRXNo –
Number of POUc boards functioning as Abis interface board/2
x TRXNoPerPOUc)/TRXNoPerPOUc), 0)
2. Number of required Abis interface boards (IP)
=2*ROUNDUP ( MAX( (TotalAbisIPSTM1No - Number of
POUc boards functioning as Abis interface board /2*
STM1PortPerPOUc)/ STM1PortPerPOUc, (TotalTRXNo-
Number of POUc boards functioning as Abis interface board
/2* TRXPerPOUcIP)/ TRXPerPOUcIP,0)
NOTE
on the Abis interface. Each BTS must be configured with at least one
E1 port by default. If the BTSs are cascaded on the live network, only
the BTS at the highest level is connected to an E1 port on the BSC.

Part Name Remarks

Number
QM1D00E EGPUa 1. Calculating the number of required EGPUa based on the
GPU00 number of TRXs:
Number of required EGPUa boards = ROUNDUP
(TotalTRXNo/TRXNoPerEGPUa, 0) – Number of existing
EGPUa boards + 1
2. Calculating the number of required EGPUa based on the
traffic in the CS services:
(TotalVoiceErl/VoiceErlPerEGPUa, 0) – Number of
existing EGPUa boards + 1
3. Calculating the number of required EGPUa based on the
number of PDCHs in the PS services:
(TotalPDCH/PDCHPerEGPUa, 0) – Number of existing
EGPUa boards + 1
4. The number of EGPUa boards to be configured is equal to
the maximum value of all the preceding boards.
QM1D00E EXPUa Same as EGPUa
XPU00
GMIPEPR GEPS Number of processing subracks = ROUNDUP(MAX(Total
ACK00 number of interface boards – 10/14, (Total number of interface
boards + Total number of user plane boards – 18)/24, 0))
QM1B0PB Cabinet 1
CBN00
4.2.2 Hardware Capacity License Expansion

Before hardware capacity expansion, sufficient hardware capacity licenses for "BSC HW
TRX Capacity (per TRX)" and "BSC HW PDCH Capacity (per PDCH)" must be obtained.
The number of licenses to be increased depends on the difference in TRX or PDCH capacity
before and after capacity expansion.
4.2.3 Examples of Hardware Expansion

Total Replacement
An operator may want to increase equipment integration and achieve a larger capacity with
existing cabinets and subracks. In this case, a total replacement is recommended.
In a total replacement, the capacity is considered first. The Unistar quotation template is used
to work out a BSC equipment list based on the specifications of the new hardware version.
The boards required for the capacity expansion are determined through a comparison with
existing boards that can be reused. Boards that cannot be reused must be removed.
The procedure for a total replacement is as follows:

Step 1 Fill in the Unistar calculation table and calculate the configuration required after the capacity
expansion.
Step 2 Record the board and equipment configurations before the capacity expansion.
Step 3 The components required in the capacity expansion are the components after the capacity
expansion minus those before the capacity expansion.
Item Name Configuration Configuration Number of

Before Capacity After Capacity Components
Expansion Expansion to Be Added
1 Subracks A1 B1 B1 – A1
(MPS, EPS)
2 Evolved A2 B2 B2 – A2
General
Processing
Unit (600
TRXs)
3 Interface A3 B3 B3 – A3
boards
4 Cabinets A4 B4 B4 – A4
----End
Incremental Algorithm
If an operator wants to keep the original equipment without large-scale modifications to the
legacy network, new boards are used only for newly added sites and carriers. If the new
quotation template does not support mixed insertion of boards and the frontline personnel
want to simplify operations, use the original quotation template and the incremental
algorithm.
The core idea is to reuse as much legacy equipment as possible.
The purpose of mixed insertion is to use boards of different specifications in the same logical
or physical interface.
The procedure for the incremental algorithm is as follows:
Step 1 Fill in the Unistar calculation table with the quotation parameters of the new hardware version
after the capacity expansion. By doing this, you get the configuration required after the
capacity expansion. In the Dimension Calculator window, you can view the capacity after
the capacity expansion.
Step 2 Fill in the Unistar calculation table with the quotation parameters of the original hardware
version before the capacity expansion. By doing this, you can obtain the configurations of
each interface board before the capacity expansion. In the Dimension Calculator window,
you can view the capacity before the capacity expansion.
Step 3 Subtract the hardware support capability before the capacity expansion from the capacity
required after the expansion. By doing this, you can obtain the capacity support capability
required for the expansion.

NOTE
Generally, the traffic volume over the Gb interface is light. One pair of boards can cope even during a
capacity expansion. Therefore, set the capacity increase on the Gb interface to 0.
Item Name Configuration Maximum Increased

Required After Support Support
the Capacity Capability Before Capability
Expansion the Capacity Required by the
Expansion Capacity
Expansion
1 TRX support A1 B1 B1 - A1
capability
2 Abis QTY A2 B2 B2 - A2
3 A CIC QTY A3 B3 B3 - A3
4 BHCA A5 B5 B5 - A5
5 Gb interface A6 A6 B6 - A6
traffic
... ... ... ...
Step 4 Determine the boards required by the capacity expansion.

Process the initial result about the required hardware based on the configuration principle.
Step 5 Calculate whether additional cabinets, subracks, and auxiliary materials are required for the
capacity expansion.
----End

Configuration Principle 5 Appendix
5 Appendix
5.1 Traffic Model

5.1.1 UMTS Traffic Model
The BSC6910 UMTS supports the flexible configuration of control plane and user plane data
in different scenarios. In each scenario, the capacity configured for the BSC6910 UMTS
depends on actual traffic models.
There are 2 traffic models for the BSC6910 UMTS:
 High-PS traffic model
This model is applicable in scenarios where subscribers use much more data services
than voice services. In this model, the average PS throughput per user is high.
 Traffic model for mart phones
In this model, control plane signaling is frequently exchanged and user plane data is
transmitted mainly through small packets.
The capacity under UMTS BSC6910 typical configurations in the high-PS traffic model, and
smartphones traffic model are described as follows.
High-PS Traffic Model
Table 5-1 High-PS traffic model for the BSC6910 UMTS (per user in busy hours)
Item Specification Description

CS voice traffic 3 mE AMR speech service, 0.144 BHCA
volume
CS data traffic 0.2 mE UL 64 kbit/s/DL 64 kbit/s CS data service,
volume 0.0053 BHCA
PS throughput 43500 bit/s UL 64 kbit/s/DL 384 kbit/s, 3 BHCA
Proportion of soft 30% Proportion of calls using two channels
handovers simultaneously to all calls
Handover times per 8 Average number of handovers per CS call
CS call (SHO)


(times/call)
Handover times per 5 Average number of handovers per CS call
PS call (SHO)
(times/call)
NAS signaling per 3.6 Including all CN-UE signaling: LA update, RA
subscriber per BH update, IMSI attach/detach, and GPRS
(times) attach/detach
Iur traffic 8% The amount of Iub traffic(in percent) that is

directed to another RNC
Table 6-1 lists the capacity of the BSC6910 UMTS in typical configurations (one cabinet that
has three subracks installed and 2 cabinets with six subracks installed). In this table, the
BSC6910 UMTS uses the high-PS traffic model.
Table 5-2 Capacity of the BSC6910 UMTS in typical High-PS configurations
Number of CS Voice PS BHCA BHCA Active Subrack

Subscribers Service Service (k) (k) User Combination
Supported Capacity Capacity (Include s
(Erlang) (Iub SMS)
UL+DL)
(Mbit/s)
1,380,000 5,700 59,500 4,300 5,600 153000 1 MPS + 2
EPSs
2,760,000 11,400 120,000 8,600 11,400 307000 1 MPS + 5
EPSs
NOTE
1. The CS voice service capacity, PS service capacity, and BHCA can reach the maximum at the same
time.
2. Active Users include users in CELL_DCH and CELL_FACH state.
Smartphone Traffic Model
Table 5-3 Smartphone traffic model for the BSC6910 UMTS

CS voice traffic volume 2.55 mE AMR speech service, 0.5507 BHCA
CS data traffic volume 0 mE UL 64 kbit/s/DL 64 kbit/s CS data service, 0
BHCA
PS throughput 1197.6 bit/s UL/DL 0.8 kbit/s / 5.12 kbit/s, 7.86440
BHCA
Proportion of soft 34% Proportion of calls using two channels


handovers simultaneously to all calls
Handover times per CS 10.621 Average number of handovers per CS call
call (SHO) (times/call)
Handover times per PS 0.7426 Average number of handovers per CS call
call (SHO) (times/call)
NAS signaling per 2.0344 Including all CN-UE signaling: LA update,
subscriber per BH RA update, IMSI attach/detach, GPRS
(times) attach/detach, and SMS
Iur traffic 8% The amount of Iub traffic(in percent) that is
directed to another RNC
Table 6-3 lists the capacity of the BSC6910 UMTS in typical configurations. In this table, the
BSC6910 UMTS uses the traffic model for smart phones.
Table 5-4 Capacity of the BSC6910 UMTS in typical smartphone configurations
Number of CS Voice PS BHCA BHCA Active Subrack

Users Service Service (k) (k) Users Combination
Supported Capacity Capacity (Include
(Erlang) (Iub SMS)
UL+DL)
(Mbit/s)
3,830,000 124,000 4,500 31,900 34,900 724000 1 MPS + 2
EPSs
7,660,000 250,000 9,100 64,000 70,000 1450000 1 MPS + 5
EPSs
NOTE
1. The CS voice service capacity, PS service capacity, and BHCA can reach the maximum at the same
time.
2. Active Users include users in CELL_DCH and CELL_FACH state.
5.1.2 GSM Traffic Model

Parameter Value
voice traffic /sub/BH (Erlang) 0.02
voice call duration (seconds) 60
percent of Mobile originated calls 50%
percent of Mobile terminated calls 50%
average LUs/sub/BH 1.2
average IMSI Attach/sub/BH 0.15

Parameter Value
average IMSI Detach/sub/BH 0.15
average MOCs/sub/BH 0.6
average MTCs/sub/BH 0.6
MR report/sub/BH 144
average MO-SMSs /sub/BH 0.6
average MT-SMSs /sub/BH 1
average intra-BSC HOs /sub/BH 1.1
average inter-BSC HOs /sub/BH 0.1
paging retransfer /sub/BH 0.56
Grade of Service (GoS) on Um interface 0.01
Grade of Service (GoS) on A interface 0.001
percent of HR (percent of Um interface resources occupied by HR 50%
voice call)
Uplink TBF Est & Rel / Second/TRX 1.75
Downlink TBD Est & Rel / Second/TRX 0.9
PS Paging / Sub/BH 1.25
5.2 Hardware Specification

5.2.1 UMTS
Parameter Meaning Specificatio Board
Name ns
BHCAPerEGPUa BHCA supported by each EGPUa 1,668,000 EGPUa CP
CP CP Only board Only
NodebPerEGPUa Number of NodeBs supported by 700 EGPUa CP
CP each EGPUa CP Only board Only
CellPerEGPUaC Number of cells supported by each 1400 EGPUa CP
P EGPUa CP Only board Only
ActiveUserPerEG Number of active users supported 35,000 EGPUa CP
PUaCP by each EGPUa CP Only board Only
OnlineUserPerE Number of online users supported 70,000 EGPUa CP
GPUaCP by each EGPUa CP Only board Only


Name ns
CellPerEGPUaU Number of cells supported by each 1400 EGPUa UP
P EGPUa UP Only board Only
ErlPerEGPUaUP Traffic (Erl) supported by each 10,050 EGPUa UP
EGPUa UP Only board Only
PSThtPerEGPUa PS throughput (Mbit/s) supported 2000 EGPUa UP

UP64_384 by each EGPUa UP Only board Only
(based on a service rate of 64 kbit/s
in the uplink and 384 kbit/s in the
downlink)
downlink)

downlink)

downlink)

downlink)

downlink)
ActiveUsersPerE Number of active users supported 28,000 EGPUa UP
GPUaUP by each EGPUa UP Only board Only
MaxInterSubrack Inter-subrack switching capability 40 SCUb
SwitchSCUb (Gbit/s) of each pair of SCUb
boards
NodebPerGOUc/ Number of NodeBs supported by 500 GOUc/FG2c
NodebPerFG2c each GOUc or FG2c board
ErlPerGOUc/ Traffic (Erl) supported by each 18,000 GOUc/FG2c
ErlPerFG2c GOUc or FG2c board


Name ns
PS UL/DL/UL+DL throughput GOUc/FG2c
(Mbit/s) supported by the GOUc or
IubPsThrPerGOU
FG2c board functioning as the Iub 2600
cFG2c_64_384
interface board (based on
64K/384K, >420/420 Bytes)
IubPsThrPerGOU
cFG2c_64_128/
64K/128K, >420/420 Bytes)
IubPsThrPerGOU
cFG2c_64_64
interface board(based on
64K/64K, >420/420 Bytes)
IubPsThrPerGOU
cFG2c_32_32
32K/32K, >420/420 Bytes)
IubPsThrPerGOU
cFG2c_8_32
interface board (based on 8 K/32K,
110/420 Bytes)
IubPsThrPerGOU
cFG2c_8_8
interface board (based on 8K/8K,
84/84 Bytes)
IuPsThrPerGOUc
FG2c board functioning as the Iu 3200
FG2c_64_384
64K/384K, >920/920Bytes)
IuPsThrPerGOUc
FG2c_64_128
64K/128K, >220/940Bytes)
IuPsThrPerGOUc
FG2c_64_64
64K/64K, >220/940Bytes)


Name ns
IuPsThrPerGOUc
FG2c_32_32
32K/32K, >220/940Bytes)
IuPsThrPerGOUc
FG2c_8_32
220/940Bytes)
IuPsThrPerGOUc
FG2c_8_8
interface board (bsed on 8K/8K,
220/220Bytes)
NodebPerEXOUa Number of NodeBs supported by 1500 EXOUa
each EXOUa board
ErlPerEXOUa Traffic (Erl) supported by each 75,000 EXOUa

EXOUa board
PS UL/DL/UL+DL throughput EXOUa

(Mbit/s) supported by the EXOUa
IuPsThrPerEXO
board functioning as the Iu 10000
Ua_64_384
64K/384K, >220/940Bytes)

IuPsThrPerEXO
Ua_64_128
64K/128K, >220/940Bytes)

IuPsThrPerEXO
Ua_64_64
64K/64K, >220/940Bytes)
IuPsThrPerEXO
Ua_32_32
32K/32K, >220/940Bytes)

IuPsThrPerEXO
Ua_8_32
220/940Bytes)


Name ns
IuPsThrPerEXO
Ua_8_8
220/220Bytes)
IubUlPsThrPerE PS UL throughput (Mbit/s) 10000 EXOUa
XOUa_64_384 supported by the EXOUa board
functioning as the Iub interface
board (UL/DL 64/384 kbit/s,
168/504 bytes)
IubPsThrPerEXO
board functioning as the Iub 10000
Ua_64_128/
64K/128K, >420/420 Bytes)
IubPsThrPerEXO
Ua_64_64
interface board(based on
64K/64K, >420/420 Bytes)
IubPsThrPerEXO
Ua_32_32
32K/32K, >420/420 Bytes)
IubPsThrPerEXO
Ua_8_32
interface board (based on 8 K/32K,
110/420 Bytes)
IubPsThrPerEXO
Ua_8_8
84/84 Bytes)
NodebPerAOUc Number of NodeBs supported by 500 AOUc
each AOUc board
ErlPerAOUc Traffic (Erl) supported by each 18,000 AOUc

AOUc board
IubUlPsThrPerA PS UL throughput (Mbit/s) 300 AOUc

OUc supported by the AOUc board
board


Name ns
IubDlPsThrPerA PS DL throughput (Mbit/s) 300 AOUc
OUc supported by the AOUc board
board
IubUlDlPsThrPer PS DL and UL throughput (Mbit/s) 600 AOUc
AOUc supported by the AOUc board
board
IuUlPsThrPerAO PS UL throughput (Mbit/s) 350 AOUc
Uc supported by the AOUc board
functioning as the Iu interface
board
IuDlPsThrPerAO PS DL throughput (Mbit/s) 350 AOUc

Uc supported by the AOUc board
board
IuUlDlPsThrPer PS DL and UL throughput (Mbit/s) 700 AOUc
AOUc supported by the AOUc board
board
NodebPerUOIc Number of NodeBs supported by 500 UOIc
each UOIc board
ErlPerUOIc Traffic (Erl) supported by each 18,000 UOIc
UOIc board
IubUlPsThrPerU PS UL throughput (Mbit/s) 800 UOIc
OIc supported by the UOIc board
board
IubDlPsThrPerU PS DL throughput (Mbit/s) 800 UOIc
OIc supported by the UOIc board
board
IubUlDlPsThrPer PS DL and UL throughput (Mbit/s) 1200 UOIc
UOIc supported by the UOIc board
board
IuUlPsThrPerUO PS UL throughput (Mbit/s) 900 UOIc
Ic supported by the UOIc board
board
IuDlPsThrPerUO PS DL throughput (Mbit/s) 900 UOIc
Ic supported by the UOIc board
board


Name ns
IuUlDlPsThrPer PS DL and UL throughput (Mbit/s) 1800 UOIc
UOIc supported by the UOIc board
board
PortNumGOUc/P The port numbers supported by GOUc/FG2c
4
ortNumFG2c GOUc/FG2c
The port numbers supported by EXOUa
PortNumEXOUa 2
EXOUa
Stm1PortNumAO The STM-1 port numbers AOUc
4
Uc supported by AOUc
Stm1PortNumUO The STM-1 port numbers UOIc
8
Ic supported by UOIc
5.2.2 GSM
Board Specifications
Parameter Meaning Specifica Board
Name tions
TrxPerEGP Number of TRXs supported by each pair of 1000 EGPUa/EXPUa
Ua EGPUa/EXPUa boards
BHCAPer BHCA supported by each pair of 1,800,000 EGPUa/EXPUa
EGPUa EGPUa/EXPUa boards
ErlPerEGP Traffic (Erl) supported by each pair of 5000 EGPUa/EXPUa
Ua EGPUa/EXPUa boards
PDCHNoP Number of PDCHs supported by each 3000 EGPUa/EXPUa
erEGPUa EGPUa/EXPUa board
10GEPortP Number of 10GE ports supported by the 2 EXOUa
erEXOUa EXOUa board
TRXNoPer Number of TRXs supported by the EXOUa 8000 EXOUa
EXOUa board over the Abis interface in IP
transmission mode
ACICPerE Number of CICs supported by the EXOUa 75000 EXOUa
XOUa board over the A interface in IP
transmission mode
GbTputPer Throughput (Mbit/s) supported by the 8000 EXOUa
EXOUa EXOUa board over the Gb interface in IP
transmission mode
GEPortPer Number of GE ports supported by the 4 FG2c

Parameter Meaning Specifica Board

Name tions
FG2c FG2c board
FEPortPer Number of FE ports supported by the FG2c 12 FG2c

FG2c board
GEPortPer Number of GE ports supported by the 4 GOUc
GOUc GOUc board
GbTputPer Throughput (Mbit/s) supported by the 2000 FG2c/GOUc
FG2c FG2c or GOUc board over the Gb interface
in IP transmission mode
TRXNoPer Number of TRXs supported by the FG2c or 2048 FG2c/GOUc
FG2c GOUc board over the Abis interface in IP
transmission mode
ACICPerF Number of CICs supported by the FG2c or 23,040 FG2c/GOUc
G2c GOUc board over the A interface in IP
transmission mode
LogicalPor Number of logical ports supported by the 512 FG2c/GOUc
tPerFG2c FG2c or GOUc board in IP transmission
mode
STM1Port Number of STM-1 ports supported by the 4 POUc
PerPOUc POUc board
TRXHRPe Number of TRXs supported by the POUc 1024 POUc:TDM
rPOUcTD board in TDM transmission mode
M
TRXPerPO Number of TRXs supported by the POUc
2048 POUc:IP
UcIP board in IP transmission mode
MaxInterS Maximum switching capability between 40 Gbit/s BSC
ubrackIPS subracks of the BSC
witch
Board Usage
Each type of board on the BSC6910 has its specifications, which are calculated by
collectively considering the capacity on various aspects (including BHCA capacity, TRX
capacity, CIC capacity, and bandwidth capacity). The specifications for a board indicate the
capacity for a board running with long-term stability.
When a board is processing services, its bandwidth capacity, service parsing and forwarding
capacity, and signaling parsing and forwarding capacity must be taken into consideration.
Therefore, Huawei uses the board usage to represent the board capacity.
Board usage = Traffic volume on the BSC/Maximum board specification
For example:

The specification of the GOUc board over the A interface is 23040 CICs, and the number of
serving CICs is 10000. Therefore, the board usage is 43.4% (10000/23040 x 100%).

Configuration Principle 6 Acronyms and Abbreviations
6 Acronyms and Abbreviations
Table A-1 Acronyms and abbreviations
Acronym and Full Name

Abbreviation
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
CN Core Network
CP Control Plane
EPS Extension process subrack
GPS Global Positioning System
Iu Interface between RNC and CN
Iub Interface between RNC and NodeB
Iur Interface between RNC and RNC
MPS Main process subrack
NodeB Base station in WCDMA networks
RNC Radio Network Controller
UP User Plane


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This chapter describes changes in the SRAN8.0&GBSS15.0&RAN15.0 BSC6910

Content Change Description

2 Application Overview Update Table 2-1, add description of the typical

3.1.2 Cabinet Configurations For UMTS and GSM，update the SAU

3.1.7 Interface Boards For UMTS，add the IUR calculation method in

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 For UMTS, delete coefficients of GOUc/FG2c boards’ calculation.

Content Change Description

3.2.2 Subrack Configurations Detailed the principles of for configuring EGPUa

3.2.1 Cabinet Configurations Updated the formula for calculating cabinet

3.1 BSC6910 UMTS Configurations Updated the configuration principles on the

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Change History ........................................................................................................................... ii

2 Application Overview ............................................................................................................. 4

4 Expansion and Upgrade Configurations ............................................................................. 49

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4.1.1 Hardware Expansion and Upgrade Configurations ............................................................................49

6 Acronyms and Abbreviations ............................................................................................... 70

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1.2 Version Difference

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Table 1-1 HW6910 R15 hardware

Part Name Description Function Description Application

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Part Name Description Function Description Application

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The hardware platform of the BSC6910 is characterized by high integration, high

Figure 2-1 Exterior of a BSC6910 cabinet (N68E-22)

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Figure 2-2 Front view and rear view of a BSC6910 cabinet

Table 2-1 describes technical specifications of the BSC6910.

Table 2-1 Technical specifications of the BSC6910

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BSC6910 When two cabinets are configured, the specifications for a

Size and Weight N68E-22 dimensions (H x W x D): 2200 mm x 600 mm x

Power Supply –48 V DC input

Power Consumption 7100 W per cabinet

The BSC specifications cannot be accumulated by the specifications of boards.

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The configurations of the BSC6910 can be divided as follows:

3.1 BSC6910 UMTS Configurations

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3.1.1 Cabinet Configurations

Part Number Description Remarks

Item Average power consumption (Pavg)

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Item Average power consumption (Pavg)

Number of cabinets = MAX (Number of cabinets_1, Number of cabinets_2)

3.1.2 Subrack Configurations

Part Number Name Description Function Description

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The EPS configurations are as follows:

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The number of required EPSs is calculated as follows:

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of universal slots provided by the MPS)/Number of universal slots provided by one

3.1.3 Impact of the Traffic Model on Configurations

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 Transmission and forwarding capacity of interface boards