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GSM BSS 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data Contents
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1 About This Document 1.1 Scope This document describes the GBFD-119405 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data feature. 1.2 Intended Audience This document is intended for: Personnel who need to understand the 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data feature Personnel who work with Huawei GSM products 1.3 Change History The change history provides information on the changes in different document versions. There are two types of changes, which are defined as follows: Feature change: refers to a change in the 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data feature of a specific product version. Editorial change: refers to a change in wording or the addition of information that was not described in the earlier version. Document Issues The document issues are as follows: 02 (2012-06-30) 01 (2011-03-31) Draft A (2011-01-15) 02 (2012-06-30) This is the second official release of GBSS14.0. Compared with 01 (2011-03-31) of GBSS13.0, issue 02 (2012-06-30) of GBSS13.0 incorporates the changes described in the following table. Change Type Change Description Parameter Change Feature change None None Editorial change This issue optimizes the description. Add the 4 Engineering Guidelines. None
01 (2011-03-31) This is the first release of GBSS13.0. Compared with issue draft A (2011-01-15) of GBSS13.0, issue 01 (2011-03-31) of GBSS13.0 has no change. GSM BSS 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data 1 About This Document
Draft A (2011-01-15) This is the draft release of GBSS13.0. Compared with issue 01 (2010-06-30) of GBSS12.0, issue Draft A (2011-01-15) of GBSS13.0 has no change. GSM BSS 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data 2 Overview
2 Overview The 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data feature enables the Huawei GSM base station subsystem (GBSS) to transmit circuit switched (CS) services only on full-rate traffic channels (TCHFs). This feature supports the following transmission rates over the Um interface: 14.4 kbit/s for transparent services 14.5 kbit/s for non-transparent services To support single-timeslot transparent and non-transparent data services, set DATATRAFFSET to T14_4K and NT14_5K on the local maintenance terminal (LMT), respectively. 14.4 kbit/s transparent and 14.5 kbit/s non-transparent data services are more reliable than general packet radio service (GPRS) and Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) services, and provide higher data transmission rates than basic circuit switched data (CSD) services. This helps operators enrich their services and increase their revenues.
Basic CSD services refer to single-timeslot CSD services at a rate less than or equal to 9.6 kbit/s over the Um interface. For details about basic CSD services, see the Radio Bearer Services Feature Parameter Description. For 14.4 kbit/s transparent and 14.5 kbit/s non-transparent data services, the call setup, channel allocation, handover, and channel preemption are performed in the same way as those for CS services. However, the base station controller (BSC) does not actively decrease the TCHF coding rate during a handover. During 14.4 kbit/s transparent and 14.5 kbit/s non-transparent data services, the BSC allocates TCHFs at specific rates to mobile stations (MSs) as instructed by the mobile switching center (MSC). GSM BSS 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data 3 Transmission Redundancy
3 Transmission Redundancy Data packets may be lost in A over IP mode. If the packet loss rate is high, the performance of CSD services deteriorates. To improve CSD service reliability in A over IP mode, Huawei GBSS provides transmission redundancy for CSD services. With transmission redundancy, each data block is transmitted multiple times, and each Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) packet contains several data blocks. The redundancy levels are determined by the setting of AIPCSDSRVRDNDLEV: NO(Not Supported): Transmission redundancy is not supported. R2(Only R2 Supported): Level-2 transmission redundancy is enabled, as shown in Figure 3-1. R3(Only R3 Supported): Level-3 transmission redundancy is enabled, as shown in Figure 3-2. Figure 3-1 Level-2 transmission redundancy
Figure 3-2 Level-3 transmission redundancy
GSM BSS 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data 3 Transmission Redundancy
If a data block in an RTP packet is discarded during transmission, a data block with the same payload will be transmitted in the next RTP packet. This ensures that the CSD payload remains intact after transmission. CSD services are affected only when the current redundancy level is inadequate for processing the consecutive packet loss. Transmission redundancy has the following restrictions: Transmission redundancy takes effect on the uplink and downlink simultaneously at the same redundancy level. Ongoing CSD calls no longer use the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) multiplexing function after transmission redundancy takes effect. Transmission redundancy is not supported in Abis over IP mode. GSM BSS 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data 4 Engineering Guidelines
4 Engineering Guidelines 4.1 Impact A over TDM mode 14.4 kbit/s transparent and 14.5 kbit/s non-transparent data services have the same requirements for channel preemption and transmission bandwidth as CS services. Therefore, deploying the 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data feature has no impact on the network. A over IP mode As defined in the A-interface RTP protocol in the 3GPP specifications, CS calls use the compressed coding scheme and occupy low bandwidth. However, 14.4 kbit/s transparent and 14.5 kbit/s non- transparent data services use the non-compressed coding scheme. In this situation, the payload rate of a single call is 64 kbit/s, and the payload rate reaches a maximum of 192 kbit/s (64 kbit/s x 3 if transmission redundancy is used for CSD services. This requires large bandwidth. Therefore, you must increase the transmission bandwidth over the A interface. 4.2 Constraints Item Constraint Remarks Prerequisite features None None Mutually exclusive features None None Affected features GBFD-118610 UDP MUX for A Transmission The UDP MUX for A Transmission feature is not supported when transmission redundancy is used for CSD services. BSC hardware None None BTS hardware The BTS3012, BTS3012AE, BTS3006C, and BTS3002E do not support the 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data feature when non- optimized Double- Transceiver Units (DTRUs) are used. The BTS3900B and BTS3900E do not support the 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data feature. None GSM networking In Ater over IP mode, the 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data feature is supported only when the Abis interface uses IP transmission. None MS MSs must support this feature. None GSM BSS 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data 4 Engineering Guidelines
Item Constraint Remarks MSC The MSC must support this feature. None License A license is required. None Miscellaneous None None GSM BSS 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data 5 Parameters
5 Parameters Table 5-1 Parameter description Parameter ID NE MML Command Feature ID Feature Name Description AIPCSDSRVRDNDLEV BSC6900 SET BSCBASIC(Option al) GBFD- 118602 A over IP Meaning: CSD (Circuit Switched Data) service redundancy level, which is configured to decrease the data loss rate during transmission in A over IP mode. GUI Value Range: NO(Not Supported), R3(Only R3 Supported), R2(Only R2 Supported), R2ANDR3(R2 And R3 Supported) Actual Value Range: NO, R3, R2, R2ANDR3 Default Value: NO Unit: None DATATRAFFSET BSC6900 SET GCELLOTHEXT(O ptional) GBFD- 110204 GBFD- 119405 GBFD- 110205 G3 Fax (TS61, TS62) 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data Bearer Service Meaning: Data service supported by the BSC6900. You can set this parameter according to actual requirements. The value NT14_5K indicates 14.4 kbit/s non-transparent services. The value NT12K indicates 9.6 kbit/s non-transparent services. The value NT6K indicates non- transparent services with the data rate equal to or lower than 4.8 kbit/s, including 1.2 kbit/s, 2.4 kbit/s, and 600 bit/s non- transparent services. The value T14_4K GSM BSS 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data 5 Parameters
Parameter ID NE MML Command Feature ID Feature Name Description indicates 14.4 kbit/s transparent services. The value T9_6K indicates 9.6 kbit/s transparent services. The value T4_8K indicates 4.8 kbit/s transparent services. The value T2_4K indicates 2.4 kbit/s transparent services. The value T1_2K indicates 1.2 kbit/s transparent services, which are currently not supported. The value T1200_75 indicates transparent services with the downlink data rate of 1200 bit/s and the uplink data rate of 75 bit/s. These services are currently not supported. The value T600_BITS indicates 600 bit/s transparent services, which are currently not supported. GUI Value Range: NT14_5K, NT12K, NT6K, T14_4K, T9_6K, T4_8K, T2_4K, T1_2K, T600_BITS, T1200_75 Actual Value Range: NT14_5K, NT12K, NT6K, T14_4K, T9_6K, T4_8K, T2_4K, T1_2K, T600_BITS, T1200_75 Default Value: NT14_5K-0&NT12K- 1&NT6K-1&T14_4K- 0&T9_6K-1&T4_8K- 1&T2_4K-1&T1_2K- GSM BSS 14.4kbit/s Circuit Switched Data 5 Parameters
8 Reference Documents [1] 3GPP TS 48.020: Rate adaption on the Base Station System - Mobile-services Switching Center (BSS-MSC) interface [2] 3GPP TS 48.008: Mobile Switching Center - Base Station system (MSC-BSS) interface; Layer 3 specification [3] 3GPP TS 44.021 Rate adaption on the Mobile Station - Base Station System (MS-BSS) interface [4] BSC6900 Feature List [5] BSC6900 Optional Feature Description [6] BSC6900 GSM MML Command Reference [7] BSC6900 GSM Parameter Reference