Table 1 Speech Version and Channel Rate Combinations

Speech Version Channel Rate Codec

SPV1 FR FR
SPV1 HR HR
SPV2 FR EFR
SPV3 FR AMR-FR
SPV3 HR AMR-HR
SPV5 FR FR_AMR-WB
AMR Adaptive Multi Rate
BSC Base Station Controller
CM Control Module
CSPB Common Speech Processing Board
DEMUX Demultiplexed
DS Data Store
EFR Enhanced Full Rate
EM Extension Module
FR Full Rate
HR Half Rate
HW Hardware
MUX Multiplexed
RTS Radio Transmission and Transport Subsystem
SAE Size Alteration Event
SNT Switching Network Terminal
TFO Tandem Free Operation
TRA Transcoder and Rate Adaptor
WB WideBand
2.2.40 Transcoder Pool Handling
The function administrates and supervises transcoder pools in the TRC node. A tr
anscoder pool is a resource pool containing a number of transcoder resources sup
porting a specific Channel Rate and Speech Version. From a transcoder pool, tran
scoder resources are seized on a per call basis. The use of transcoder pools wit
h on demand seizing of transcoder resources, will lead to better utilization of
the installed transcoder hardware.
The function also support self configuring transcoder pools. With these pools, a
utomatic loading of transcoders with different DSP software and reconfiguration
of transcoder pool sizes can be made, based on statistics for the usage of trans
coder in each pool.
The function belongs to BG-TRA.
2.2.41 Transcoding and Rate Adaptation
This function encodes and decodes speech information and rate adapts data inform
ation sent to and from the BTS. It also contains functions for Discontinuous Tra
nsmission (DTX) and Mobile Crosstalk Control (MCC). MCC eliminates acoustic echo
generated at the Mobile Station (MS).
Speech information is encoded and decoded and data is rate adapted between the f
ormat used on the A Interface and the format used on the Abis Interface.
Speech Codecs for Full Rate (FR), Enhanced Full Rate (EFR), Half Rate (HR), AMR
Full Rate, AMR Half Rate and AMR Wideband (WB) are supported. Only Full Rate tra
nscoders can be seized for Semipermanent Connections.
This function also handles administration and maintenance of the transcoder equi
pment, test and fault localization, setting of line speech levels and support of
the loop test. The line speech level is the reference level of a speech signal
between TRC and BTS.
Program loading of the transcoder EM makes it possible to remotely download new
software to some transcoder hardware versions.
The function belongs to BG-TRA.