RNC Role in network

Manage the Radio Access Bearers for user data transport Manage and optimize the Radio Network resources The 3 RNC Roles

 Manage the Radio Access Bearers for user data transport:

trafficClass conversational Speech
Timestamp UE RBS RNC CN Prot Message

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------[16:48:23.772]0117 (bindID=0x11C0570E) <<---------<< (RANAP) RAB-AssignmentRequest (UE:5668) (RAB-ID=0x01) (maxBitRate=12200) (guaranteedBitRate=4750) (addr=461103200000000)

AMR12.2 (kbps) AMR7.95 AMR5.9 AMR4.75

[16:48:23.776]0117 <<---<< (NBAP) RadioLinkReconfigurationPrepareFDD (tID=2321L) (UE:5668) (RBS.CCID=18) (BearerReq:bearerNotRequested) (dCH-ID=31) (dCH-ID=8) (dCHID=9) (dCH-ID=10) (rL-ID=0) [16:48:23.784]0117 >>--->> (NBAP) RadioLinkReconfigurationReady (tID=2321L) (UE:5668) (RNC.CCID=331) (rL-ID=0) (dCH-ID=8) (bindID=0xDD7003B7) (addr=240050003226019) [16:48:23.804]0117 <<--------<< (RRC) radioBearerSetup (UE:5668) (rrcTID=0) (cell-DCH) (RAB-ID=0x01) (GSM-MAP) (cs-domain) (ULsf64) [16:48:23.804]0117 <<---<< (NBAP) RadioLinkReconfigurationCommit (tID=2388L) (UE:5668) (RBS.CCID=18) (CFN=208) [16:48:24.424]0117 >>-------->> (RRC) radioBearerSetupComplete (UE:5668) (rrcTID=0) (startVal=0x3A) [16:48:24.428]0117 >>--------->> (RANAP) RAB-AssignmentResponse (UE:5668) (RAB-SetupOrModifiedList) (RAB-ID=0x01)

Video Call [10:20:56.660]0015 <<---<< (RANAP) RAB-AssignmentRequest (UE:220) (RAB-ID=0x01) (maxBitRate=64000) (guaranteedBitRate=64000) (addr=240010200000000) (bindID=0x3A01EAD2) trafficClass background Packet NB HS [10:44:24.184]0015 <<---<< (RANAP) RAB-AssignmentRequest (UE:927) (RAB-ID=0x05) (maxBitRate=7232000) (addr=217.214.245.89) (AltRAB-Parameters) Packet 3 HS [08:37:55.520]0014 <<---<< (RANAP) RAB-AssignmentRequest (UE:4915) (RAB-ID=0x05) (maxBitRate=7296000) (addr=10.64.102.1) (Alt-RABParameters) Packet 3 R99 [08:38:29.132]0014 <<---<< (RANAP) RAB-AssignmentRequest (UE:5116) (RAB-ID=0x05) (maxBitRate=384000) (addr=10.64.102.1) (Alt-RABParameters) Packet 3 21Mbps [21:31:14.360]0116 <<---<< (RANAP) RAB-AssignmentRequest (UE:5387) (RAB-ID=0x05) (maxBitRate=16000000) (addr=0A406601)

System Resource Handling: RNC is constantly monitoring a set of HW and SW resources. The result from monitoring will serve as an input
for Admission and congestion, Refer to document 83/1553-HSD 101 02/6 Capacity Management

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Downlink Channelization Codes Monitor (soft congestion)

The Downlink Channelization Code Monitor provides a measure for code tree utilization in the downlink.

Downlink Transmitted Carrier Power Monitor

For each call setup, the cell is transmitting additional power ncessary to maintain the new call. That power is added up to the total downlink transmitted power.

ASE Monitor
The ASE intends to express to some extend the static load on the air-interface caused by radio bearers in a connection in a cell relative to the static load caused by a set of radio bearers carrying a regular conversational CS speech 12.2 kbps RABs

Received Total Wideband Power Monitor

The uplink Received Total Wideband Power (RTWP) is monitored in order to provide information to RN Congestion Control regarding the uplink interference

RBS Hardware Monitor (soft congestion)

HW dl is the total hardware usage in downlink CE rls dl is the number of CE in downlink used by a radio link set total CE dl is the total available CE in downlink (as reported by the RBS) HW ul is the total hardware usage in uplink CE rls ul is the number of CE in uplink used by a radio link set total CE ul is the current total available CE in uplink (as reported by the RBS)

RN Soft Congestion control is part of the RN Admission Control feature, and aims to increase the accessibility by admitting users in a cell in case of resource shortage, if a low priority user can lower its rate or be pre-empted. The behavior of RN Soft Congestion control differs depending on the request class: Non-guaranteed requests: Can reduce the rate of other lower priority, non-guaranteed connection parts in steps (for example from interactive PS 384/64 to interactive PS 128/64), down to their lowest retainable rate. Equal priority request and connection parts will equally balance their resource utilization (for example a request for interactive PS 64/64 can reduce the rate of an equal priority interactive PS 128/64 to interactive PS 64/64, but not to lower rates). Guaranteed requests: Can reduce the rate of any priority, non-guaranteed connection parts in steps down to their lowest retainable rate. If that is not sufficient, RN Soft Congestion can pre-empt existing guaranteed RABs of lower priority, or non-guaranteed RABs at the lowest retainable rate if request is pre-emption capable and connection part targeted is pre-emption vulnerable. Note that in the current release of the product, RN Soft Congestion control does not target radio connections originating over Iur. Also note that MBMS control channels MCCH and MICH are not targeted.

The 3 RNC Roles

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SRNC
Each connected mode UE is controlled by a Serving RNC (SRNC) The SRNC terminates Iu towards the CN The SRNC terminates Uu L2 UP & CP towards UE

DRNC
Inter RNC soft handover requires a second RNC to be involved Such an RNC lending resources to an SRNC for a specific UE acts as a Drift RNC (DRNC).

CRNC
Each RNC acts as Controlling RNC (CRNC) for the directly connected Node Bs and their cells The CRNC controls the radio resources of its cells

Modular RNC
A B C
Type 50 Type 175 Type 300

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Type 675

Two Subrack Types

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Main Subrack Extension Subrack

Main & Extension 1-6 subracks in 1-2 cabinets

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Scalable capacity

Only 6 basic board types

Common platform (CPP also used in MGW, RBS and CDMA2000 nodes)

HW designed for any mix of traffic (CS/PS) Hot expansion & repair High reliability: Redundant HW and Soft SW upgrade

SCB3 ETB

Future proof architecture SW centric implementation

ETB ETB ETB SPB21 SPB21 SPB21 SPB21 SPB21 GPB53 - RNC SCCP2 MP - Standby GPB53 - RNC SCCP2 MP - Active GPB53 - RNC Module MP - Active GPB53 - RNC Module MP - Standby GPB53 - RNC Module MP - Active GPB53 - RNC O&M MP - Active GPB53 - RNC O&M MP - Active GPB53 - RNC Central MP - Standby GPB53 - RNC Central MP - Active GPB53 - RNC SCCP1 MP - Standby GPB53 - RNC SCCP1 MP - Active ETB ETB TUB2 TUB2 SXB3 SXB3 SCB3
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SCB3 DB or ET-MC41

Future proof architecture SW centric implementation

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Subrack Interconnection

Hub structure
One main subrack 0 - 5 extension subracks
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Inter Subrack Links (ISLs)

Up to 15 m with electrical twisted pair

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Extension
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Switch Core Board, SCB

Function
Cell switching Basic connections to extension subrack Synchronization distribution Power filtering Supervise subrack temperature

Front connection
Four Inter Subrack Links (ISLs) Subrack power inlets Fan power and control

Capacity
28 622 Mbps switching 310 Mbps per ISL (510 Mbps max aggregated)

Subrack configuration
2 boards in the main and 2 boards in the extension subrack

Switch eXtension Board, SXB

Function
Additional connections to extension subrack

Front connection
Four Inter Subrack Links (ISLs)

Capacity
310 Mbps of ISL (510 Mbps max aggregated)

Subrack configuration
2 boards in the main subrack

General purpose Processor Board, GPB

Function
Main Processor (MP) Basic CPP functions (IP-router connection handling, O&M etc..) AAL0 and AAL5 termination

Front connection
2 Ethernet 10baseT/100baseT 2 RS-232 (not used in RNC)

Capacity
PowerPC Up to 1.5 Gbyte flash and 1 Gbyte RAM PowerQuick II for communication

Subrack configuration
11 boards in main and 6 in the extension subrack

Special purpose Processor Board, SPB

Function
Application-dependent processing (SW) AAL0, AAL2, and AAL5 termination

Front connection
None.

Capacity

5 Special purpose Processor Modules (SPMs)

PowerPC

Subrack configuration
5 boards in the main and 10 in the extension subrack

Timing Unit Board, TUB

Function
Stabilized clock for network synchronization Generation of UTRAN RNC specific frequencies

Front connection
One input of 2 MHz reference One input of 10 MHz reference

Capacity
50 ppb frequency accuracy One hour holdover

Subrack configuration
2 boards in the main subrack

Exchange Terminal Level 4, ET-M4

Function
ATM interface for 155 Mbps (SDH and SONET) STM-1/OC3c/STS-3c ATM full rate (VC4) AAL2 multiplexing and demultiplexing

Front connection
Two optical MU connectors for 155 Mbps short haul single mode 1310 nm (SC connectors on ICF for termination of external transmission) One output for 2 MHz synchronization

Capacity
300 Mbps of ATM throughput

Subrack configuration
Optional in any subrack

Exchange Terminal Level 4, ET-MF4

Function
ATM interface for 155 Mbps (SDH and SONET) STM-1/OC3c/STS-3c ATM full rate (VC4) AAL2 multiplexing and demultiplexing HW support for MSP1+1 protection within board and between boards

Front connection
Four optical MU connectors for 155 Mbps short haul single mode 1310 nm (SC connectors on ICF for termination of external transmission) One output for 2 MHz synchronization

Capacity
AAL5 throughput max 450Mbps/board, AAL2 throughput max 300Mbps/board

Subrack configuration
Optional in any subrack

Exchange Terminal Level 4, ET-MC41

Channelized STM-1 interface board, STM-1/VC12, OC-3/VT-1.5 Merge of SDH multiplexer and ET-MC1 Enables ATM/TDM over 1.5/2 over STM-1 One 155 Mb/s port with 63 E1 or 84 T1 MSP 1+1 Protecting line on other ET-MC41 Equipment protection in conjunction with MSP 1+1 Maximum IMA group size: 8 (As on ET-MC1) IMA within fixed groups of E1/T1 Circuit emulation and Fractional support 30 mm wide - 2 slots Subrack configuration
Optional in any subrack

ET-MFG
Function
1+1 Gigabit Ethernet ports, auto configuration 1000 Mbps Protection switch is completed within 200 ms after a link failure

Front connection
1+1 ports per board Each port has an Emily connector with four pairs of Category 5 balanced cabling

Capacity
700 Mbps throughput for an average payload size of 20 octets

Subrack configuration Optional in main subrack

Fetching statistics
1. Pmr (default 1 hr. pmr m 3 pmr s 20080613.1500 e 20080613.1800 pmr m0.25 last period)
1) RNC Node Traffic Performance 2) RNC Node Traffic Performance, Hour by Hour 3) RNC Node Traffic Performance, ROP by ROP 4) RNC Module Traffic Performance 5) RNC MP Load 6) RNC MP Load, Hour by hour 7) RNC UtranCell RRC Performance 8) RNC UtranCell Speech Performance 9) RNC UtranCell CS Data Performance 10) RNC UtranCell PS Data Performance 11) RNC UtranCell Throughput and NrUsers 12) RNC UtranCell HSPA Performance 13) RNC UtranCell IRAT Performance 14) RNC UtranCell Soft HO Performance 15) RNC UtranCell Uplink RTWP / RSSI 16) RNC Worst 20 UtranCells for RRC Failure Rate Contribution 17) RNC Worst 20 Utrancells for Speech RRC Failure Rate 18) RNC Worst 20 Utrancells for PS Failure Rate 19) RNC Worst 20 Utrancell for Speech RAB Setup 20) RNC Worst 20 Utrancell for PS RAB Setup 21) RNC Worst 20 UtranCells for Speech Drop Rate Contribution 22) RNC Worst 20 UtranCells for Old HS Drop Rate Contribution 23) RNC Worst 20 UtranCells for Soft HO Failure Contribution 24) RNC Worst 20 UtranCells for High Uplink RTWP / RSSI 25) RNC IubLink RRC Performance 26) RNC IubLink Speech Performance 27) RNC IubLink CS Data Performance 28) RNC IubLink PS Data Performance 29) RNC IubLink Soft HO Performance 30) RNC IurLink Drop Rate 31) RNC AtmPort RRC Performance 32) RNC AtmPort Speech Performance 33) RNC AtmPort CS Data Performance 34) RNC AtmPort PS Data Performance 35) RNC UtranCell Availability Report, Hour by Hour 36) RNC UtranCell RAB failure breakdown 37) RNC Q.Aal2 Setup Performance (Aal2Ap) 38) RNC Q.Aal2 Setup Performance (Aal2Ap) per QoS Class 39) UeRc BLER

Fetching statistics
RNC Node Traffic Performance
Start Time: 2008-06-24 07:45:00 End Time: 2008-06-24 08:30:00 Object Counter CS57Drop N/A CS57RabSuc N/A CS64Access 98.1 CS64CCSR 98.1 CS64Drop 0 CS64NoRabEstAtt 69 CellFACHDrop 0.6 DCHMinperDrop 0.0 EULMinperDrop N/A EULRabSuc 98.9 EUL_NumRabEstAtt 181 FACHMinperDrop 0.1 HSMinperDrop 0.0 HsAccess 99.9 HsAvergNoUsers 0.9 HsRetransmissionRate 1.0 HsTputAverg 952.2 HsTputGt100KbAverg 1181.8 NoAbnormalHsRel 354 NoHsRel 1393 NoRrcConnReq 108092 NoRrcConnSuc 106917 OldHsDrop 25.4 PSAccess 99.9 PSCCSR 97.8 PSDCHRetransRate 1.0 PSDrop 2.1 PSIuSigSuc 100 PSRabSucc 99.9 PSRrcSucc 99.9 PsDCHFACHDropRate 1.0 PsDCHFACHRabSucc 99.9 RrcSuc 98.9 SpchAccess 99.3 SpchCCSR 98.7 SpchDrop 0.6 SpchIuSigSuc 100 SpchNoRabEstAtt 15678 SpchRabSuc 99.8 SpchRrcSuc 99.5

Fetching statistics
2.

Pmx (default 15 min. )

pmx utrancell pmTotNoRrcConnectReq m 3 pmx utrancell pmTotNoRrcConnect m 3
pmTotNoRrcConnectAttIratCcOrder pmTotNoRrcConnectAttIratCellResel pmTotNoRrcConnectFailCongIratCcOrder pmTotNoRrcConnectFailCongIratCellResel pmTotNoRrcConnectReq pmTotNoRrcConnectReqCs pmTotNoRrcConnectReqCsSucc pmTotNoRrcConnectReqPs pmTotNoRrcConnectReqPsSucc pmTotNoRrcConnectReqSms pmTotNoRrcConnectReqSuccess pmTotNoRrcConnectSuccessIratCcOrder pmTotNoRrcConnectSuccessIratCellResel

pmx utrancell rrc s 20080613.1500 e 20080613.1800 Type h pmx or h pmr to find out more usage

Fetching Alarms
Alarms on UTRAN node can be fetched in three differnt ways: 1. From OSS, right click on desktop Alarm View Alarms Alarm List Viewer. Choose View and on left windows all available nodes will be visible. To choose one RNC, expand the RNC cluster and doubble click on that RNC node. From EMAS, launch Element Manager for the appropriate node from ONE. Choose Alarm Alarm List From Moshell type al or ala to see details lga to see historic alarms, exapmple lga 1 for last day.

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Fetching Iub availability

str command Iub availability shows the status of :
Cell (C) FACH (F) RACH (R) PCH (P) HS (H) EUL (E) MBMS (M) IUBLINK (I) NBAP-C (C) NBAP-D (D) NODESYNCHTP1 (1) NODESYNCHTP2 (2)
MOD IUBLINK CELLNAMES CFRPHEM1 CFRPHEM2 CFRPHEM3 CFRPHEM4 CFRPHEM5 CFRPHEM6 ICD12 ATMPORTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 0028 SC0028-A/B/C 111111 111111 111111 11111 1 0029 SC0029-A/B/C 111111 111111 111111 11111