SRAN radio planning and

dimensioning topics [SRAN16.2]

SRAN on baseband
dimensioning
Section Objectives

• At the end of this section you will be able to:

- perform baseband dimensioning in SRAN deployments

Section Content
• Impact of SRAN on baseband dimensioning
- How baseband dimensioning is affected by SRAN configurations
SRAN products and architecture
What is SBTS?
- SRAN16.2 release introduce a new Single RAN BTS.
- SBTS is a Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station that has new operability and SW architecture that enables:
1. SBTS System Module Sharing with shared RF fibers
2. New OAM Architecture and SBTS common OAM
3. SBTS Common Transport
- The system module type required is FSMF i.e. HW release 3 of System Module (FSMr3)

RF
RF RF

GSM WCDMA LTE

TRS OAM
System
Module

TRS
Netact
backhaul
SRAN products and architecture
Nokia Single RAN is designed to meet the operator needs for Multiple RATs

Supporting multiple Radio Access Technologies with common or shared functionalities

GSM HW sharing Common Operability Common Transport Features for improving the
WCDMA Single RAN network
LTE performance
TD-LTE

Nokia SRAN : key elements

RF RF RF
S
Multiradio capable > BTS RF, BTS baseband, Controllers
> Enabling flexibility in reconfigurations and resource B
HW GSM WCDMA LTE
utilization between RATs T
Single RAN SW > SRAN SW product incl. Single RAN features and RAT
BTS baseband S
features

Value adding > Spectrum refarming TRS GSM WCDMA OSS

> RAN sharing between CSPs
functionalities > Traffic steering
Controllers

> Services
SRAN products and architecture
SRAN release is a new SW product including new SBTS software

GSM - no change SRAN – new product WCDMA - no change FDD-LTE - no change TD-LTE - no change

Dedicated SRAN ** Dedicated WCDMA Dedicated FDD LTE Dedicated TD

GSM LTE
EX / GF SBTS WBTS FL TL
GSM application

GSM application WCDMA application WCDMA application FDD LTE application TD LTE application

FDD LTE application

GSM BTS O&M Common O&M WCDMA BTS O&M LTE BTS O&M LTE BTS O&M

GSM transport Common Transport WCDMA Transport LTE BTS Transport LTE BTS Transport

BSC / mcBSC BSC/mcBSC* BSC / mcBSC

BSC3i
(1000/200) RNC / mcRNCRNC/mcRNC*RNC / mcRNC
OMS OMS* OMS LTE iOMS
iOMS*

*) RNC OMS, BSC/mcBSC / BSC3i (1000/2000)and RNC/mcRNC instances are re-used as such in SRAN without any change. LTE
iOMS is not needed
**) SRAN 16.2 targets feature parity with parallel RAT releases, i.e. GSM 16, WCDMA 16 and LTE-FDD 16
SRAN products and architecture
SBTS brings a fundamental change to Flexi MR 10 BTS Software Architecture

RF RF
RF RF RF RF

GSM BB WCDMA BB LTE BB GSM WCDMA LTE

TRS OAM TRS OAM TRS OAM
System
TRS OAM Module

TRS OSS TRS

OSS
GSM LTE
backhaul WCDMA
backhaul

Site with traditional approach Site with Single RAN solution

• RF Unit sharing New operability and SW architecture enables
• Dedicated System Modules for RATs • Common BTS OAM
• Dedicated RF fibers per RAT • System Module sharing with shared RF fibers
• Shared transport backhaul • Common Transport
SRAN products and architecture
SRAN 16.2 Highlights

New SBTS Software Common BTS OAM

One base station for GSM, WCDMA and LTE Common handling in Netact, Simplified site
radio technologies creation, commissioning and config.

Based on Flexi Multiradio 10 Supporting single radio

Base Station System Module all radio- and TRS SW upgrades

Common backhaul IP transport System module sharing

One IP host and interface Extremely compact sites

One IP address and IP security Lower energy consumption

No external IP transport boxes Scalable capacity

SRAN products and architecture
SRAN OAM architecture
Support for enhanced pre-integration
and off-line validation
NetAct

NE3S
Web UI
Web UI SBTS OAM Element Management
NetAct Tool

NE3S

SBTS
SBTS OAM

Architectural improvements LTE WCDMA GSM

• Common BTS OAM
• Flat O&M architecture, no OMS TRS
BTS Platform
SW
• Decoupling of O&M and RAT SW
• Web UI based common SBTS Element Manager BTS
• Adding supported BTS configurations without dependency to
SBTS SW
SRAN products and architecture
SRAN comes with consolidated NetAct

Note: NetAct supports multi-RAT already

NetAct NetAct
NetAct
NetAct
OSS
OSS

LTE

WCDMA
WCDMA
GSM GSM
LTE
SRAN network Including RNC and BSC
• NetAct setup with single RAT networks can be
fragmented between RATs • SRAN network is operated with one
NetAct per area
• Complete network view in management
system
SRAN products and architecture
Web UI for BTS element management

• Web UI replaces BTS Site Manager for SBTS

Web UI
• Can be used both locally and remotely
• Works with a standard Web browser
• No need to install additional SW on the client side http
• New tool with modern user interface and high
usability SBTS OAM

• One element manager for SBTS

LTE WCDMA GSM

TRS BTS Platform SW

SBTS
SRAN baseband
Before & after

Before - Classical RF sharing SRAN introduced (SBTS 16)

RF sharing RF sharing

900 900
RF sharing

GSM WCDMA GSM LTE

System Module System Module System Module System Module

Common
System Module (LTE + WCDMA + GSM)

900 1800
One common System Module supporting
up to 3 RATs and dedicated / shared RF modules
GSM WCDMA LTE
System Module System Module System Module

Each RAT requires dedicated System Module

SRAN baseband
SBTS 16 - Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station

SRAN 16 System Module

LTE System Module sharing
+

FSMF System Module

(plus optional capacity Common O&M
WCDMA System Module extension FBBA/C cards)

Up to 3 RATs sharing FSMF System

+ Module. BB capacity statically
distributed among RATs

Note: FSMF and future HW is foreseen to

Common Transport
GSM System Module support Single RAN SW
SRAN baseband
Flexi Multiradio 10 System Module (SM) – Product highlights

Flexi Multiradio Easy capacity Integrated

10 BTS expansion common transport

FSMF System Add-in sub- Common

Module modules (LTE/WCDMA/LTE)
transport

Share FBBA/C card IP/Eth

LTE/GSM backhaul
Optional sub-
WCDMA/GSM
module
LTE/WCDMA
LTE/GSM/WCDMA expanding SBTS
BB capacity
SRAN baseband
SBTS 16/16.2 - Flexi BTS System Module

SBTS 16.2 planned support:

LTE: WCDMA: GSM:

SBTS - FSMF - FSMF
- FSMF
- FBBA
- FBBA*
- FBBC
- FBBC
System Module rel.3
FSMF + FBBA/C
and future HW Note: WBTS supports FSMF and FBBA cards only

SBTS 16 PT supports FSMF and FBBC cards

* FBBA support for LTE planned (16.2) / please
confirm with SRAN PMs before communicating
to customer
SRAN baseband FBBA/C bb capacity = 6 subunits
FBBC usage in WCDMA

FSMF + 2x FBBA FSMF + 2x FBBC

• 6 x OBSAI interface for Radio Modules • 8 x OBSAI interface for Radio Modules
• 1 x OBSAI cable needed between FSMF and each FBBC

FBBA and FBBC have exactly same baseband capacity i.e. 6 subunits for traffic use
• FBBC has 4 x OBSAI ports for Radio Modules in front panel, compared to 1 x OBSAI port in FBBA
• For WCDMA 1 x OBSAI cable would be needed between FSMF and FBBC if more than one dedicated WCDMA RF units connected
to FBBC
 each FBBC adds only one OBSAI port more in configuration compared to FBBA
• RF connectivity need comes in multi-RAT sites and RF sharing cases which are typical SRAN cases
FBBC will be supported in WCDMA in SRAN 16. Both in WCDMA dedicated mode and in Multi-RAT mode
SRAN baseband
SBTS baseband resources sharing

How SBTS baseband resources are shared between RATs ?

SRAN baseband
SBTS baseband resources sharing

SBTS supported RAT combinations:

1 RAT: 2 RATs: 3 RATs:

- GSM - GSM + WCDMA - GSM + WCDMA + LTE
- GSM + LTE
- WCDMA
- WCDMA + LTE
- LTE

System Module sharing combinations

SRAN baseband
SBTS baseband resources sharing
• BTS baseband capacity allocation between activated RATs is statically assign with FSMF or FBBA/C card
granularity, with one exception mentioned below:
• FSMF baseband capacity can be shared between:
• GSM and LTE
• GSM and WCDMA
- Note: In System Module sharing mode GSM is always allocated at FSMF (not FBBA/C card)

GSM LTE (RCS conf) GSM WCDMA

• Additional baseband resources for WCDMA or LTE can be allocated with FBBA/C cards.

GSM WCDMA GSM WCDMA

WCDMA WCDMA WCDMA

• FSMF or FBBC card baseband capacity cannot be shared between LTE and WCDMA .

WCDMA
WCDMA LTE
SRAN baseband GSM
SBTS baseband resources sharing
WCDMA
• GSM and WCDMA System Module sharing mode

• Depending on available FBBA/C cards SBTS provides the following baseband resources for WCDMA
RAT.
SBTS GSM WCDMA subunits
FSMF
GSM WCDMA
24 TRX 3,5 su

FSMF + FBBA/C
24 TRX 9,5 su GSM WCDMA
WCDMA

FSMF + 2x FBBA/C
24 TRX 15,5 su GSM WCDMA
WCDMA WCDMA
SRAN baseband LTE
SBTS baseband resources sharing
There are three LTE baseband SW allocation types, depending on LTE radio configuration (supported
bandwidth / # cells / features):
• Reduced Cell Set (RCS)
• Basic Cell Set (BCS)
• Extended Cell Set (ECS)
Each configuration affects BB allocation (-> amount of FSMF/FBBC cards)

Reduced cell set (RCS) Basic cell set (BCS) Extended cell set (ECS)

• up to 3x10MHz LTE 2x2 MIMO with
CoMP in FSMF
• up to 4x10MHz LTE 2x2 MIMO
without CoMP in FSMF
Allows to allocate LTE and GSM (up to 24
TRXs) in same FSMF
• up to 6x10MHz LTE 2x2 MIMO
• up to 3x10MHz LTE 4TX/4RX
• up to 3x20MHz LTE 2x2 MIMO
4TX/4RX = 4x2MIMO, 4x4MIMO or/and
4RX diversity mode
Requires whole FSMF or FBBC card for
LTE processing
• 3x20MHz LTE with
4TX/4RX capability
Extended cell set between 2
FBBCs is not supported.
Requires whole FSMF and 1x FBBC card
for LTE processing

FSMF core baseband capacity shared

between LTE and GSM
SRAN baseband LTE
SBTS baseband resources sharing
Reduced cell set (RCS)
• up to 3x10MHz LTE 2x2 MIMO LTE + GSM (up
GSM
with CoMP in FSMF to 24 TRXs)
• up to 4x10MHz LTE 2x2 MIMO FSMF
without CoMP in FSMF

Basic cell set (BCS)

• up to 6x10MHz LTE 2x2 MIMO LTE allocation in
or
• up to 3x10MHz LTE 4TX/4RX FSMF or FBBC card
• up to 3x20MHz LTE 2x2 MIMO FSMF FBBC
4TX/4RX = 4x2MIMO, 4x4MIMO or/and 4RX
diversity mode

Extended cell set (ECS)

• 3x20MHz LTE with 4TX/4RX LTE allocation in
capability FSMF and FBBC
Extended cell set between 2 FBBCs card
FSMF + FBBC
is not supported.

Note that different LTE SW allocation are possible in single BTS (e.g. 2x BCS or RCS + BCS) assuming suitable HW capacity
SRAN baseband LTE
SBTS baseband resources sharing
WCDMA
LTE + WCDMA sharing case requires at least one FBBA*/C card.
Basic cell set (BCS)

WCDMA WCDMA: 5,5 subunits • up to 6x10MHz LTE 2x2 MIMO

LTE: Basic cell set configuration • up to 3x10MHz LTE 4TX/4RX
LTE
• up to 3x20MHz LTE 2x2 MIMO
FSMF + FBBC 4TX/4RX = 4x2MIMO, 4x4MIMO or/and
4RX diversity mode

WCDMA: 11,5 subunits Extended cell set (ECS)

WCDMA LTE: Basic cell set configuration • 3x20MHz LTE with
WCDMA LTE 4TX/4RX capability
FSMF + 2x FBBC
Extended cell set between
2 FBBCs is not
supported.
WCDMA WCDMA: 5,5 subunits
LTE LTE LTE: 2x Basic cell set configuration
FSMF + 2x FBBC

Exemplary configurations
SRAN baseband GSM
SBTS baseband resources sharing
LTE
GSM + LTE sharing case requires in minimum FSMF baseband capacity

GSM: Up to 24 TRX Reduced cell set (RCS)

GSM LTE (RCS conf) LTE: Reduced cell set configuration • up to 3x10MHz LTE 2x2 MIMO with
CoMP in FSMF
FSMF • up to 4x10MHz LTE 2x2 MIMO without
CoMP in FSMF

GSM LTE(RCS conf) GSM: Up to 24 TRX

LTE: Reduced cell set configuration +
LTE
Basic cell set configuration
FSMF + FBBC

GSM WCDMA WCDMA: 5,5 subunits

LTE LTE LTE: 2x Basic cell set configuration

Exemplary configurations
SRAN baseband GSM
SBTS baseband resources sharing
LTE
GSM + LTE sharing case requires in minimum FSMF baseband capacity
WCDMA

GSM: Up to 24 TRX Reduced cell set (RCS)

GSM WCDMA
WCDMA LTE
LTE: Basic cell set configuration • up to 3x10MHz LTE 2x2 MIMO with
WCDMA: 11.5 subunits CoMP in FSMF
FSMF + 2x FBBC • up to 4x10MHz LTE 2x2 MIMO without
CoMP in FSMF
GSM: Up to 24 TRX Basic cell set (BCS)
GSM LTE (RCS conf)
LTE: Reduced cell set configuration +
LTE WCDMA Basic cell set • up to 6x10MHz LTE 2x2 MIMO
WCDMA: 5,5 subunits • up to 3x10MHz LTE 4TX/4RX
FSMF + FBBC • up to 3x20MHz LTE 2x2 MIMO
4TX/4RX = 4x2MIMO, 4x4MIMO or/and
4RX diversity mode
GSM LTE (RCS conf) GSM: Up to 24 TRX
WCDMA WCDMA LTE: Reduced cell set configuration
WCDMA: 11.5 subunits
FSMF + 2x FBBC

Exemplary configurations
SRAN baseband
SBTS baseband resources sharing - Summary

• System Module sharing functionality allows to share single BTS baseband resources between different
RATs (i.e. GSM / WCDMA / LTE).

• SBTS supports also single RAT scenarios.

• RAT baseband dimensioning rules remain unchanged as such.

• SBTS supported configuration can be found in the following excel file describing SBTS profiles.