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Section 15
NSS Functions
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After completing this lesson you will be able to:
Know all the MSC external interfaces in the NSS
Relate the functions that a GMSC and a VMSC perform
Understand the PCM-30 and the CCS7 signaling devices
Objectives
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NSS Architecture
MSC
AUC
GMSC
BSS
Other GSM,
PSTN, ISDN
G-interface
IWF IWF
Site 2
C-
interface
A-interface
A-interface
B-interface
B-interface
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D D
BSS
Other GSM,
PSTN, ISDN
E-interface
Site 1
EIR
SMS-SC
Billing
Server
Billing
Server
VLR
VLR
HLR
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GMSC
BSC
BTS
BSS
BSC
BTS
BSS
MSC
To PSTN
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E
Mobile Switching Center Interfaces
EIR
VLR
VLR
AUC
HLR
Nortel HLR/AuC is
housed in the DMS-
HLR
Nortel VLR is housed
in the DMS-MSC
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AUC
GMSC
VMSC
Handles the calls from the PSTN
Retrieves roamer routing information
- Processes translations.
- Routes calls to appropriate VMSC.
Gateway MSC Functions
HLR
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VMSC
BSC
BTS
BSS
MSC
BSC
BTS
BSS
- Sets up and tears down the calls to PSTN.
- Receives calls from the gateway MSCs.
- Handles echo-canceler and IWF.
Handles inter-MSC
handovers.
- Informs VLR of
new location.
- Gets roamer
access grant for
services.
Check
MS
available
- Requests BSSs for paging.
- Processes update location.
- Processes translations.
- Requests for roamer and MS availability.
Provides ticketing.
Visitor MSC Functions
EIR
VLR
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BSS
Timing
generator
CCS7
couplers
E1/T1
trunks
E1/T1
trunks
X.25
couplers
Command Unit
Computer
and
peripherals
module
Inter-Working
modules
- Coordinates of call set up.
- Location registration.
- Hand-over management.
- Ticketing and billing.
- Interworking functions.
- Synchronizes with the BSS.
- Gateway to SMS-SC.
- Handles operation on
echo-cancelers.
Echo
Canceler
Common bus
To other MSC
To PSTN / ISDN
MSC
Switch
MSC Architecture and Functions
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Mobile
Switching
Center
IWF
MS
BSS
PSTN
DTE
Land-DTE
Rate
adaptation
DTE
signaling
Modem
Modem
Data +
DTE signals
InterWorking Function
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Mobile
Switching
Center
Base
Station
SubSystem
Echo
Canceler
Switch
Land telephone
4w to 2w
transformer
GSM network
4 wire circuit
PSTN
Local
loop
Talker Echo
Two wire circuit
4 wire
circuit
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4 wire
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(PCM)
Echo Canceler
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Short Message Service Center
SS7 MAP
Voice trunks:
R2, ETSI ISUP...
SMPP
(X.25 or TCP/IP)
Voice Mail alerts
Send Routing Information
Alert-SC
Set MW Data
Forward Short Message
Delivery Report
SME
SME
SME
PSTN
Note MS
Present
SS7 DTAP
Various applications
submitting
Short Messages
BSC
SMSC
MSC
VMS
HLR
X.25
SS7 MAP
SS7 MAP
Voice trunks:
R2, ETSI ISUP...
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Voice Mail System
SMS-SC
Virtual FAX
A
Voice Mail
System
PLMN
Call answering
Numeric messaging
Notification/automatic
delivery of messages
MS
TUES 11:46
Urgent Messages: 1
Normal Messages: 3
Played Messages: 2
Call 123# to retrieve
TX Mail
User 1
RX Mail
User 2
User Mail
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Intelligent Network Platform
GMSC
Service
Switching
Point
Service
Control
Point
Service
Creation
Environment
HLR
Intelligent
Peripheral
SRF
Specialized
Resource
Service
Management
System
SDF
Service Data
SCF
Service Control
SSF
Service Switching
CCF
Call Control
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NSS Nortel: DMS and GPP
Section 16
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After completing this lesson you will be able to:
Draw the DMS architecture and its internal main interfaces;
Explain the principle of the Nortel's time-switch and recognize its
configurations;
Understand how a time slot comes into the dual panel switching
network and how it goes out;
Understand the PCM-30 and the CCS7 signaling devices;
Identify the Super Node, the Size Enhanced and Micro-Node
hardware layout;
Describe the Gsm Passport Platform hardware layout.
Objectives
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PicoNode
Proven DMS SuperNode MSC and HLR Platform
Low - High Capacity Systems - Scalable/Modular
Best Reliability Track Record on DMS-100 Platform
SuperNode
Size
Enhanced
(SNSE)
MicroNode
SuperNode
(SN)
PicoNode for remote and
campus applications of 500-
5000 subscribers
Nortel MSC = Digital Multiplex System (DMS)
NSS Nortel: DMS Family and PicoNode
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SuperNode (SN)
Cabinetized
Trunk
Module
Equipment
FSP
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REVERSE
REWIND
FORWARD
WRITE ENABLE
ON LINE
LOAD
POWER
IOC
DDU
MTD
FSP
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CM 0 CM 1
SLM 1 SLM 0
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COOLING UNIT
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Trunk Controller
PDTC 0
PCM30 Digital
Trunk Controller
PDTC 1
16 PCM30s
16 PCM30s
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Billing Server
File Processor
Storage
Devices
Storage
Devices
COOLING UNIT
FSP
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Maintenance
Trunk Module
Maintenance
Trunk Module
Maintenance
Trunk Module
Maintenance
Trunk Module
Cabinetized
Digital Trunk
Controller for
Offshore
ISDN
Equipment
Cabinetized
Input/Output
Equipment
Cabinetized
Power
Distribution
Center
Dual-plane
Combined Core
Enhanced
Network
(ENET)
equipment
Link Peripheral
Processor (LPP)
Applications File
Processor
cabinet
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DMS-Core
ENET
DMS-Core
ENET
PDTCs
LPP
To HLR, VLR,
EIR, SMSC, etc.
To BSSs
To
PSTN
/ISDN
DS30
V.35
interface
DS512
DS512
DS30
DS512
or DS30
IOM
ISM
File Processor
(Billing)
PCMs
DS30
1
0
CLK 0 Message switch 0
DMS - Bus
DSx channels access message
DSx channels (voice, data, and signaling)
Digital Multiplex System (DMS) Architecture
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0 1
System
Load
Module
Memory
CPU
0
MEB
Memory
CPU
1
SLM SLM
Duplex macro synchronous features
RTIF 1
RTIF 0
MEB: Mate Exchange Bus (redundancy communications), RTIF: Reset Terminal Interface
To the
DMS-Bus
Computing
Module
Crossover
Busses
DMS Core Modules
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SuperNode Configuration
DPCC Cabinet
Dual Plane Combined Core
FSP
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TSIU: Time Slot Interchange Unit,
also known as a crosspoint card
Fiber
interface
#7
OUT
Fiber
interface
#0
OUT
X 8
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X 64
Time Slot
Interchange Unit
Nortel's Enhanced NETwork (ENET)
Horizontal Bus
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DMS-Core
LPP
I/O
equipment
frame
LIU7 NIU NIU LIU7
LPP
LIU7 LIU7 EIU EIU
LMS unit
Ethernet LAN
LMS unit
LMS = Local Message Switch
HLR
EIR
V.35
Channelized
CCS7 from PSTN
ISDN
CSS7 MTP
treatment
ENET
DMS-Bus
PDTC
4215/MRP
Link Peripheral Processor (LPP)
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LPP = Link Peripheral Processor
FSP
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LIS
Local Message
Switch
Link Interface
Shelf
One LIS contains
either 12 LIUs or
10 LIUs + 2 NIU
Super Node Hardware
LPP Cabinet
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PCM-30
# 0
PCM-30
# 7
PCM-30
# 8
PCM-30
# 15
Processor
DS512
Fiber
Interface
Processor
DS512
Fiber
Interface
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PCM-30 Digital Trunk Controller (PDTC)
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ISM = Integrated Service Module
The ISM Shelf contains
Maintenance and service circuits:
Enhanced Digital Recorded
Announcement Machine (EDRAM)
Conference Trunk Module (CTM)
Special circuit packs for:
alarm cross-connect shelf
Office Alarm Unit
IOM pack
ISM Dimensioning
3 shelves per cabinet
Up to 18 test and service circuits
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FSP
Not Used
2
1
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ISM Shelf
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IOM Packs
IOM = Input Output Module
I/O Functionality
Disk drive
Tape drive units
Enhanced Multi-protocol controller (EMPC)
V.32, V.FAST and V.42 and Asynchronous
communications up to 28.8 kb/s
Optional Digital Audio Tape (DAT) drive for
removable storage up to 1.3 Gbytes
Peripherals: IOM
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Billing server Processor
Duplicated processor
SCSI Interface
Mass Storage Devices
6 shadowed Disks (12 disks Max)
1.3 Gbyte shadowed DAT Storage Unit
5 * 2.1GB shadowed disks = 10GB
Provides OSI FTAM interface
Local storage
and transfer of Billing Data
Billing Server
16 PCM30s
16 PCM30s
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Billing Server
File Processor
Storage
Devices
Storage
Devices
COOLING UNIT
AFP Applications File Processor cabinet
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FSP
MS0
Optional LIS
(up to 12 LIUs)
16K ENET
CPU 0
MS1
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CPU 1
Cabinetized
Power
Distribution
Center
Cabinetized
Input/Output
Equipment
Applications File
Processor cabinet
SuperNode SE
SCC cabinet
SuperNode Size Enhanced (SNSE)
1 - Overview
FSP
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PCM30 Digital
Trunk Controller
PDTC 0
PCM30 Digital
Trunk Controller
PDTC 1
FSP
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Maintenance
Trunk Module
Maintenance
Trunk Module
Maintenance
Trunk Module
FSP
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REWIND
FORWARD
WRITE ENABLE
ON LINE
LOAD
POWER
IOC
DDU
MTD
FSP
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File Processor
Storage
Devices
Storage
Devices
COOLING UNIT
Cabinetized
Digital Trunk
Controller for
Offshore ISDN
Equipment
Cabinetized
Trunk Module
Equipment
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FSP
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Enhanced Network
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FSP
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CPU 0
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Supernode Combined Core cabinet
replaces 3 cabinets
Dual-plane
Combined Core
(DPCC)
Link Peripheral
Processor (LPP)
SuperNode Size Enhanced (SNSE)
2 - The SCC Cabinet
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1 - Overview
SCC SuperNode Size Enhanced (SNSE)
Combined Core
MCGS Meridian Cabinet
Global Switch
MCIP Meridian Cabinet
Interface & Power
FSP
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ENET
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MSP
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ISM 1
SDM/FT ISM 0
PDTC 0 unit 1
PDTC 0 unit 0
MSP
COOLING UNIT
Battery Backup
Echo Cancellor
AC/DC Rectifier
DSX
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MCGS Cabinet MCIP Cabinet
Meridian Cabinet Global Switch Meridian Cabinet Interface Power
MSP
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ISM 1
SDM/FT ISM 0
PDTC 0 unit 1
PDTC 0 unit 0
MSP
COOLING UNIT
Battery Backup
Echo Cancellor
AC/DC Rectifier
DSX
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2- ISUP messages are treated in the DMS
core through signaling devices
(NIU & LIU7).
3- DMS cannot route further, therefore
interrogates HLR for an MSRN.
4- HLR complies with the routing number.
5- Now DMS can route the call.
LIU7
NIU
LIU7
NIU
LIU7
NIU
VLR
MSRN
DMS-Bus
ENET
Peripheral
Modules
GMSC
premises
Telephone
network
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Core Module
MSRN
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DMS-Bus
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ENET
Peripheral
Modules
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HLR
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HLR
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Peripheral
Modules
ENET
DMS-Bus
Core Module
Incoming Call from the PSTN to the GMSC
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LIU7
NIU
LIU7
NIU ENET ENET ENET
Peripheral
Modules
Peripheral
Modules
Peripheral
Modules
Peripheral
Modules
Core Module Core Module
VMSC
premises
Gateway
MSC
Roamer
Ring !
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1- Call comes from the GMSC.
2- VMSC treats the ISUP messages in
DMS core through the signaling
devices NIU & LIU7.
3- DMS requests BSS for paging
4- MS complies.
5- DMS now can establish the voice
circuit.
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BSC
BTS
BSS
A Call Goes to the VMSC that Pages the MS
BSC
BTS
BSS
2
BSC
BTS
BSS
DMS-Bus DMS-Bus DMS-Bus
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ENET
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Nortel IWF: Gsm PassPort Node
The Magellan cabinet
can host 2 GPP nodes
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1- What is the function of the DMS-Core?
2- What is the purpose of the DMS-Bus?
3- What is the purpose of the ENET?
4- What are the functions of the V-Bus and the H-Bus?
5- What is the maximum number of channels that a single ENET
cabinet configuration can support?
Check Your Learning
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6- What is the purpose of the PDTC?
7- What is the purpose of the LPP?
8- List four elements of the DMS Super Node.
9- Cite the modules which are combined into a compact, single cabinet
of the SNSE configuration.
Check Your Learning