ERICSSON UMTS Product Knowledge

Overview

Prepared By:
Eng.Ahmed Abdelaziz
 Content

1 ERICSSON RNC introduction

2 ERICSSON RBS introduction

WCDMA RAN ARCHITECTURE

The WCDMA RAN consists of the following main parts:

• RNC
An overview of the RNC is given on page 4. The interface
between two different RNCs is called Iur and the interface
to core network nodes is called Iu.
• RBS
The RBS, in standard named Node B, provides the radio
resources and maintains the radio links to the UE within
cells. Embedded management handles O&M and deals
with issues such as configuration, fault, performance, and
security management. The interface between RNC and
RBS is called Iub.
• OSS-RC
The OSS-RC is a software package for handling RAN O&M
tasks. OSS-RC gives a consolidated view of RAN
information such as alarms, configuration, and basic
performance. OSS-RC also provides several interfaces for
integration within an existing network management
environment. The interface towards OSS-RC is called Mur.
RNC MAIN SERCVICES
Main Services and Functions
The RNC provides a number of services and functions that represent segments of high-level Universal
Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) services. The end-user services comprise the following:

Mobile telephony (voice)

Unrestricted digital information
Packet data, including High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and Enhanced Uplink (E-UL)
Short Message Service (SMS)
Mobile positioning and localization
Cell Broadcast Service (CBS)
Ciphering (security)

The end-user functions provided by the RNC are as follows:

•Radio Access Bearer (RAB) service, establishment, release, modification, identification, coordination,
and maintenance including both point to point as well and point to multipoint RABs
•Mobility within UTRAN

In addition to these end-user services and functions, the RNC provides O&M, radio network, and
transmission services.
RNC Product, life cycle and plan
RNC Controllers – Product Positioning
RNC 3810 & RNC3820
 RNC 3810 Cabinet Configuration
The RNC3810, Ericsson’s first RNC for
WCDMA. The two central building blocks
for the RNC3810 are the main sub-rack
and the extension sub-rack. The smallest
configuration contains only the main sub-
rack. However, up to five extension sub-
racks can be added to provide capacity
for serving some 375,000 subscribers on
500 base stations

The RNC 3810 is available in several configurations the largest of which is the F configuration.
The F configuration consists of a Main Cabinet (MC) and Extension Cabinet (EC) which contain a Main Sub-
rack (MS) and five Extension Sub-racks (ESs). Each cabinet also contains an Interface Connection Field (ICF).
RNC 3820 Cabinet Configuration

The RNC 3820 is built with up to three high capacity sub-racks, one Main
Sub-rack (MS) and up to two Extension Sub-racks (ESs), which are all
housed in one cabinet.
Apart from the incorporated fan, each sub-rack contains a cable shelf below
and an additional fan unit on top.
The connection field in RNC 3820 is called Active Patch Panel (APP). A
standard cabinet is equipped with two APPs located one above the other at
the very bottom of the cabinet.
RNC hardware Structure (38X0)
RNC 3810 RNC 3820
Consists of one or more cabinets.
Consists of one cabinet
Each cabinet contains one to three sub racks.
A cabinet contains one to three subracks.
Has one MS, located in the Main Cabinet.
An RNC has one MS located at the bottom of the cabinet.
The capacity of the RNC is increased by connecting ESs to the MS.
The capacity of the RNC is increased by connecting ESs to the MS.
built on a common platform and connected in a star topology
built on a common platform and connected in a star topology
Maximum ES that can be connected = 5 (F configuration)
Maximum ES that can be connected = 2

A - Power Connections
B - Extension Subracks A - Extension Subrack
C - Main Subracks B - Main Subrack
D - ICF - Interface connection field C - APP - Active Patch Panel
 RNC hardware Structure (SUB-RACK)

The MS includes all functions required from the RNC. ESs can be added for increased traffic capacity and connectivity.
ESs are connected to the MS using internal link redundancy.
The processing capacity of the RNC is scalable in relation to the number of ESs.
RNC MAIN SUB-RACK FUNCTIONS
MS Functions

An RNC always includes an MS. The MS interconnects all other subracks in the RNC and includes all
functions of an ES, as well as functions common to the RNC. Functions of the MS consist of the following:
Termination of the Mur interface with OSS-RC
Termination of the Iu interface with the CN
Termination of the Iur interface with another RNC
Termination of the Iub interface with the RBSs
Distribution of broadcast information to all involved subracks
Distribution of broadcast information to all involved RBSs within a subrack
External transmission interfaces
Attachment of synchronization sources
Duplicated high-speed links to interconnect with the ESs
Duplicated timing signals for the node
Input for GPS signals
Pool of processors for user plane processing and control
RNC EXTENDED SUB-RACK FUNCTIONS
ES Functions

The functions of an ES consist of the following:

Termination of the Iub interface with the RBSs
Termination of the lu user plane interface for IP transmission
Termination of the lur user plane interface for IP transmission
Distribution of broadcast information to all involved RBSs within a subrack
External transmission interfaces
Duplicated high-speed links between subracks and the MS
Duplicated non-blocking cell switch
Pool of processors for user plane processing and control
ERICSSON RNC hardware
RNC 3810 RNC 3820

The hardware structure remains same for both the RNC's

*SXB is not present in RNC 3820
ERICSSON RNC hardware (MS Sub-rack Configuration)
RNC 3810
RNC 3820

The MS can contain the following boards:

Switch Core Board (SCB)
Switch extension Board (SXB)
Timing Unit Board (TUB)
General Purpose Processor Board (GPB)
Special Purpose Processor Board (SPB)
ET Board
ET-MC1 Board with eight E1/J1/T1 transmission ports (PDH)
ET-M3 Board with two E3/T3 transmission ports (PDH)
ET-M4/22 Board with two STM-1 or two STS/OC-3 transmission ports (SDH unchannelized). Only available for transmission expansion.
ET-MF4 Board with four STM-1 or four STS/OC–3 transmission ports (SDH unchannelized)
ET-MC41/2 Board with one STM–1 or one STS/OC–3 transmission port (SDH channelized)
ET-MF41 Board with one STM–4 or four STS/OC–3 transmission ports (SDH channelized)
ET–MFG Board with two Ethernet 1000BaseT transmission ports, one activated and one used for redundancy
ET-IPG Board with four Gigabit Ethernet 1000BaseT transmission ports, two in the front, and two additional for future use.
ET-MFX12 Board with six Ethernet 1000BaseT ports and one SFP slot for connection of a gigabit Ethernet SFP transceiver.
ET-MFX13 Board with one Ethernet 1000BaseT port and six SFP slots for connection of a gigabit Ethernet SFP transceiver.
Dummy Board (DB)
RNC MS Functionality
RNC 3810 FUNCTIONALITY SLOT NO. RNC 3820 FUNCTIONALITY
SCB3 Power IN , 4 ports to connect ES. 1 SCB- DF Power IN , 4 ports to connect ES.
SXB(m) To connect an Extra ES. 2 TUB For Synch and Clock Pulse.

SXB(r) Same as above - for redundancy purpose 3 CMXB connectivity for internal and external user-plane traffic
TUB(m) For Synch and Clock Pulse. 4 ET-IPG ET- For IP connectivity
TUB(r) Same as above - for redundancy purpose 5 GPB MAIN PROCESSOR + Operation and Maintenance C1
ET/DUMMY Towards CN - For UP 6 GPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL)
ET/DUMMY Redundancy - Towards CN - For UP 7 GPB RANAP, RNSAP, SCCP C2
GPB (m) Towards CN - For CP (SCCP) 8 GPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL)
GPB(r) Redundancy - Towards CN - For CP 9 SPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL)
GPB(m) MAIN PROCESSOR 10 SPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL)
GPB(r) Redundancy - MAIN PROCESSOR 11 GPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL)
GPB (m) Operation and Maintenance 12 ET-IPG ET- For IP connectivity

GPB (r) Redundancy - Operation and Maintenance 13 SPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL)
GPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL) 14 SPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL)
GPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL) 15 ET-IPG ET- For IP connectivity
GPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL) 16 GPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL)
GPB RANAP 17 SPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL)
GPB Redundancy - RANAP 18 SPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL)
SPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL) 19 ET-MF4 ET - For ATM Connectivity
SPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL) 20 ET-MF4 ET - For ATM Connectivity
SPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL) 21 ET-MF4 ET - For ATM Connectivity
SPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL) 22 GPB Redundancy - RANAP, RNSAP, SCCP
SPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL) 23 SPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL)

SPB RNC MODULE (IN POOL) 24 GPB Redundancy - MAIN PROCESSOR + Operation and Maintenance
ET/DUMMY IUB CONNECTIVITY 25 ET-IPG ET- For IP connectivity

ET/DUMMY IUB CONNECTIVITY 26 CMXB redundancy - connectivity for internal & external UP traffic
ET/DUMMY IUB CONNECTIVITY 27 TUB redundancy - For Synch and Clock Pulse.

SCB(r) Redundancy - Power IN , 4 ports to connect ES. 28 SCB- DF redundancy - Power IN , 4 ports to connect ES.
RNC 3820SUBRACK EQUIPMENTS
The MS and ES can each house up to 28 boards.

The sub-racks can contain GPBs, Special purpose Processor Boards (SPBs), Timing Unit Boards (TUBs), Switch
Core Boards (SCBs), Exchange Terminal Boards (ET Boards), Common Main Switching Boards (CMXBs) and
Dummy Boards (DBs).

Example of an RNC 3820 MS Example of an RNC 3820 ES

RNC SUBRACK BOARD
GPB
The GPB operates as a Main Processor (MP).
It contains and executes the main part of the RNC software. In the MS, two GPB roles (C1 and C2) are performed by redundant board pairs.
In case of failure in the active board, the standby GPB takes over the role as active. The remaining GPBs are pooled module MPs.
The module MP, located on the GPB, controls the allocation of tasks to SP devices initially assigned to this module MP
The GPB is equipped with Ethernet and asynchronous serial interfaces accessible from the board front panel. The GPB contains a flash disk drive .
SPB
In RNC 3820 the following types of SPB are supported: SPB3 and SPB31 with five processors, and SPB4 with three dual-core processors. Each processor is loaded
with one or more of the following applications:
Packet Data Router (PDR), terminates the GTP-U protocol towards the Packet CN.
Common Channel, terminates configured radio channels, for example FACH.
Dedicated Channel, terminates dynamic radio channels, for example DCH, with or without HW acceleration.
Each of the SPB types supports up to 84 Mbps of single user throughput.
Special-purpose processor boards (SPB) are used for special, resource-intensive tasks, such as processing user-plane data.
SCB TUB
The switch core board (SCB) handles switching. It is also the The timing unit board (TUB) provides the timing reference for the system.
interface to four extension sub-racks using inter-subrack The TUB is found only in the MS. It has hardware modules that provide the
links (ISL). following:
The SCB contains hardware that provides the following: •Interface for external clock input (an alternative to the transmission clock)
Cell switch core functionality •Interface for GPS signal input
Circuits for System Clock (19.44 MHz) distribution •Generation of reference timing signals
Interfaces for node-internal links •Regeneration of reference timing signals
Interfaces for fan supervision and control •Stabilization of reference timing signals
Interfaces for GPS information •Handling of node synchronization procedures
Power filtering and distribution •System Clock oscillator (19.44 MHz)
Over-temperature protection for subracks •The TUB is duplicated to provide redundancy.
RNC SUBRACK BOARD-Contd
ET Boards
Exchange terminals—a family of transmission interface boards with standardized internal interfaces to the processing parts of the RNC.
The ATM ETs contain hardware modules that provide the following:
ATM Adaptation Layer type 2 Multiplexing and Demultiplexing
ATM layer
Physical layer and interface adaptation
The Ethernet ETs contain hardware modules that provide the following:
IP protocol termination and internal routing, multiplexing and demultiplexing
Physical layer and interface adaptation, in some cases including Ethernet switching
The following are different versions of the ET boards that implement adaptations to different physical media and transmission standards:
155 Mbps (STM-1 and OC3c), optical link - ET-MF4
155 Mbps (STM-1 and OC3c), channelized (VC-11 and VC-12) optical link - ET-MF41
1 Gbit Ethernet. The board also serves as an ATM to Ethernet gateway - ET-IPG
10 Gbit Ethernet (two interfaces in the back)
No more than six ET-IPG boards per MS and eight ET-IPG boards per ES can be used.
CMXB
The CMXB is a 20-port 10G BASE-CX4 Ethernet Switch. It provides connectivity for internal and external user plane traffic with redundancy between device
boards in the same or different subracks.
The CMXB is also used to support the following features:
Link Aggregation (LA) - using several Ethernet links in a Link Aggregation Group (LAG) in order to reach higher link capacity and link redundancy
Layer 2 Gateway Port (L2GP) - separating the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) domain inside the RNC from a layer 2 network outside the RNC

SXB
The switch extension board (SXB) used only in RNC3810, which is an extension to the SCB, facilitates the connection of four more extension sub-
racks.
RNC SUBRACK BOARD- GPB
• The general-purpose processor board (GPB) is the computing heart of the
RNC (Figure 1). Several GPBs can form a main processor cluster (MPC).
The unit functions as a main processor in a processor cluster
with various tasks, such as SS7 signalling and O&M termination.
The unit is equipped with Ethernet and serial access for Figure1: General-purpose processor board (GPB).

management purposes. Variants 74 and 75 have Ethernet

connections to the backplane for use in a High Capacity
Subrack. The unit provides primary memory (RAM), disk
memory (flash disk) and a flash memory.
 ERICSSON RNC 3820- EXAMPLE
 LKRA: Print taken from LKRA command in RNC  BO: Print taken from BO command in RNC
EVO CONTROLLER 8200 RNC
ERICSSON RNC ( EVO RNC Evolution)
Evo Controller 8200 – A compact multi-standard controller
RNC 8200- OVERVIEW

In Evo Controller 8200/Multi both GSM BSC and

WCDMA RNC exist in the same cabinet, with a
common building practice, processing board, and
Ethernet switch. The cabinet contains the following
elements:
•One main subrack for WCDMA RNC
•One subrack for GSM BSC
•Optionally one subrack that extends either the BSC
part or the RNC part
The possible configurations of the Evo Controller
8200/Multi cabinet are shown in Figure
RNC 8200- OVERVIEW
RNC 8200- HARDWARE STRUCTURE

The EvoC 8200/RNC site consists of one cabinet.

A cabinet contains one to three subracks, built on a common
platform and connected in a star topology.
An EvoC 8200/RNC has one MS located at the bottom of the
cabinet.
The capacity of the node is increased by connecting ESs to
the MS
RNC 8200- SUBRACK
The MS includes all functions required
from the EvoC 8200/RNC.
ESs can be added for increased traffic
capacity and connectivity.
ESs are connected to the MS using a 1+1
internal link redundancy.
The processing capacity of the EvoC
8200/RNC is scalable in relation to the
number of ESs and the number of EPB
blades within the subracks.
RNC 8200- MAIN SUBRACK
MS Functions
An EvoC 8200/RNC always includes an MS. The MS interconnects all other subracks in the RNC and includes
all functions of an ES, as well as functions common to the RNC. Functions of the MS consist of the
following:
•Termination of the Mur interface with OSS-RC
•Termination of the Iu interface with the CN
•Termination of the Iur interface with another RNC
•Termination of the Iub interface with the RBSs
•Distribution of broadcast information to all involved subracks
•Distribution of broadcast information to all involved RBSs within a subrack
•External transmission interfaces
•Attachment of synchronization sources
•Duplicated high-speed links to interconnect with the ESs
•Duplicated timing signals for the node
•Input for GPS signals
•Pool of processors for user plane processing and control
RNC 8200- EXTENDED SUBRACK
ES Functions

The functions of an ES consist of the following:

•Termination of the Iub interface with the RBSs

•Termination of the lu user plane interface for IP transmission
•Termination of the lur user plane interface for IP transmission
•Distribution of broadcast information to all involved RBSs within a subrack
•External transmission interfaces
•Duplicated high-speed links between subracks and the MS
•Pool of processors for user plane processing and control
RNC SUBRACK EQUIPMENTS

The MS and ES can each house up to 28 boards. The

subracks can contain EPBs, Evo Exchange Terminals
(EvoETs), System Control Switch Boards (SCXBs) and
Common Main Switch Boards (CMXBs), as well as
some Dummy Boards (DBs).
RNC 8200- SUBRACK BOARD
EPB
The EPB has two processors with eight cores in each processor. It performs most of the functions in the EvoC 8200/RNC.
The EPB is equipped with Ethernet and asynchronous serial interfaces accessible from the board front panel. The EPB contains a flash disk drive.
The EPB operates as a Main Processor (MP). It contains and executes the main part of the RNC software.
In the MS, two C1/C2 EPBs are duplicated to provide redundancy. In case of failure in the active board, the standby C1/C2 EPB takes over the role as
active.
The remaining EPBs are EPB blades. The EPB_BLADE_A is loaded with one or more of the following applications:
•Module Controller
•Packet Data Router (PDR), terminates the GTP-U protocol towards the Packet CN
•Common Channel, terminates configured radio channels, for example FACH
•Dedicated Channel, terminates dynamic radio channels, for example DCH, with or without HW acceleration
•IP termination
SCXB CMXB
The SCXB combines the functionality of two separate boards that occurred in The CMXB is a multiport 40G and 10G Ethernet
earlier RNC generations. They are as follows: Switch. It provides connectivity for internal and
•Interfaces for fan supervision and control external user plane traffic with redundancy between
•Interfaces for GPS information device boards in the same or different subracks.
•Over-temperature protection for subracks
•Interface for external clock input (an alternative to the transmission clock)
•Interface for GPS signal input
•Generation of reference timing signals
•Regeneration of reference timing signals
•Stabilization of reference timing signals
•Handling of node synchronization procedures
•System Clock oscillator (19.44 MHz)
•Ethernet switch with 1 G and 10 G Ethernet ports
RNC SUBRACK BOARD- EPB
The unit functions as an Evo processor board with a main processor in a
processor cluster with various tasks, such as: control plane traffic, SS7 signalling
and O&M termination. The unit also has a device processor that terminates 10
Gbit Ethernet traffic on Ethernet connections to the backplane. The unit is
equipped with Ethernet and serial front ports for management purposes. The
unit provides primary memory (RAM), disk memory (flash disk) and a flash
memory on the main processor and separate primary memory for the device
processor.
 LKRA: Print taken from LKRA command in RNC
RNC 8200- EXAMPLE
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 Content

1 ERICSSON BSC introduction

2 ERICSSON RBS introduction

INTRODUCTION

Today Ericsson is selling RBS 2000 family that supports the GSM radio technology as well as RBS 3000
family that supports the WCDMA radio technology.

To support multi technology Ericsson is introducing a new base station family known as the RBS 6000.

This base station does not only support LTE but beside that also GSM and WCDMA.

The RBS 6000 family is what we call a Multi Standard Radio base station and it will in the long run
replace the RBS 2000 and 3000 families.
RBS3000 Overview
RBS 3000 FAMILY
RBS 3000 FAMILY OVERVIEW
RBS3206 Overview

The RBS node provides radio resources for the RAN. The RBS node
functionality is subdivided into traffic and O&M functions:
The traffic-related functions handle the user data traffic and
control communication with the RNC and the UE. This also includes
the handling of cells, transport channels, and ATM/Ethernet links. RBS 3206

The O&M functions ensure the system becomes and remains

operational, handles equipment malfunctions, HW, SW, upgrades,
and monitors the RBS node performance.

RBS 3106
RBS3206 Overview

Hardware configurations for the RBS 3206

3×1:

The 3×1 configuration has three sectors with one carrier.

3×2:

The 3×2 configuration has three sectors with two carrier.

RBS3206 Overview
RBS 3206 Standard Hardware Units:

FCU is Fan Control Unit. The FCU is a single unit that controls and supervises up to four internal
fans.

FU is Filter Unit. The FU12 is connected between the Radio Units (RU) and two duplex antenna
feeder branches, Ant. A and Ant. B, for transfer of uplink (RX) and downlink (TX) RF signals.
Downlink (TX) signals are filtered in the FU before transfer to the antenna and uplink (RX) signals
from the antenna are filtered and amplified before transfer to the RU. The FU also provides DC
power for and communication with ASC, TMA, RETU when these units are part of the antenna
system.

RUIF is Radio Unit Interface. The RUIF is a device board unit used for communication between the
Radio Units (RU) and the Baseband (BB) digital subrack. It is directly connected to the
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) backplane and the BB, while point-to-point cables connect the
unit to the RUs. Communication includes control data, clock signals and gamma data.

PDU is Power Distribution Unit. The PDU is used for the following:
Distributing -48 V DC power to Radio Units (RU) and Control Base Units (CBU), (the supply to the
CBU has a 10 ms hold-up)
Protecting CBUs from incorrect polarization
Distributing power to the Fan Control Unit (FCU) and Climate Control Unit (CCU)
 RBS 3206 Standard Hardware Units:
RU is Radio Unit. The RU receives digital data from the Baseband, converts the data into analog radio signals, amplifies
these and feeds them to the Filter Unit (FU). The RU also receives radio signals from the FU, converts these signals into
digital data, and sends them to Baseband. The RU contains the Transceiving Receiving Processing (TRP), Downlink Power
Clipping, and power amplifier functions.

CBU is Control Base Unit. The CBU provides: switching, ATM traffic management, power distribution and network
synchronization. The board also functions as a line terminal board with four E1, DS1 or J1 interfaces for ATM and TDM
transport.

RAX is Random Access and Receiver (RAX) board. The RAX board is used for uplink baseband processing. The RAX boards
available in an RBS receive uplink data from the mobile device users. The process of incoming data is shared by all RAX
boards in the RBS baseband pool. The unit has the following functions:
Deserializing
Demodulation
Decoding

TX Transmitter (TX) board. The TX board is used for downlink baseband processing such as transport channel handling,
encoding, modulation, spreading and channel combining. The unit has the following functions:
Soft and softer handover
Transport channel handling
Encoding
Modulation and spreading
Physical channel combining

PSU :The PSU converts incoming voltage to -48 V DC system voltage.

RBS3206 Overview
RBS 3206(3x1 configuration):

 Current Number of Boards and Units

 This release of the RBS includes the following numbers of supported units
and boards:
 Radio Units (RU): 1 – 6 (2.1 GHz)
 Filter Units (FU): 1 – 6 (2.1 GHz)
 Radio Units Interface (RUIF) boards: 1
 Control Base Units (CBU): 1
 Power Distribution Units (PDU): 1
 Random Access and Receiver (RAX) boards: 1 – 6
 Transmitter (TX) boards: 1 – 2
 HS-TX15: 0 – 1
 Exchange Terminal (ET)-MC1 boards: 0 – 2
 ET-M4 boards: 0 – 1
 ET-M3 boards: 0 – 1
RBS 3206 Standard Hardware Units:

Random Access and Receiver:

 The RAX board implements the uplink base band processing. The RAX board variants are
available with different Channel Elements (CE) capacities.
 Number of units: 1 – 6

Transmitter Board:
 The TX board implements the downlink base band processing. TX boards are available with
different CE capacities.
 Number of units: 1 – 2
 
Radio Unit Interface:
 The RUIF contains point-to-point connections through cables to the RUs. The RUIF is
connected to the ATM backplane in the digital subrack.
 Number of units: 1
TX Board Capacity
RAX Board Capacity
RU OUTPUT POWER
RBS 3418
RBS 3418 INTRODUCTION

The RBS 3418 is an indoor RBS in the powerful and

flexible Main Remote family from Ericsson.
RBS has a similar architecture as the other RBS
3000 products. The RBS can provide macro
coverage and/or in-building coverage for up to 6
sectors with 1 carrier
or up to 3 sectors with 2 carriers.

The main-remote concept separates the traditional

RBS cabinet into two distinct HW entities.
The radio specific HW for each sector is contained
in a Remote Radio Unit (RRU), which is designed to
be located near the antenna.
The rest of the RBS (control, base band, switching
and Iub interface parts) is contained in a Main Unit.
A thin optical fiber pair cable connects each RRU to
the Main Unit.
TRADITIONAL RBS COMPARED WITH MAIN REMOTE

RBS 3418 Main-Remote: the

benefits
1. The RBS 3418 enables lower CAPEX
and OPEX costs.
The CAPEX will be reduced compared to
a traditional Macro site due to:
• Smaller or no additional footprint
required, just install the Main Unit in an
existing 19’’ rack
• No traditional telecom room required.
• Smaller power supply and smaller
battery back up required.
• Less installation costs with easy carry
to site modules
2. No More Feeder Loss.
3. Easier antenna placement: With the
Main-Remote concept, it becomes easier
to place antennas at far greater
distances from each other, and from the
main RBS cabinet (Main Unit).
RBS 3418 Overview

The RBS 3418 Main Unit is designed for indoor

environments in a 19’’ rack.
It contains HW boards similarly to other RBS 3000
products for base band, control, switching and the
Iub transmission interface functionality
Rack Mounted RBS3418
Additionally, RBS 3418 Main Units also contain the
OBIF2, which is the board that provides the optical
interfaces to the Remote Radio Units.
There is one OBIF2 in the Main
Unit with capacity for up to 6 RRUs.
RBS 3418 HW . Remote Radio Unit

Ericsson provides a family of RRUs for all

applications from the small low power RRU for in-
building systems to the high power 2 carriers RRU
for very large coverage.

High Power 2 carrier RRU - RRU 22

The RRU 22, providing 1 carrier and 20 W nominal
Super High Power 2 carrier 40 W RRU 22
output power or 2 carriers and The RRU 22, providing 1 carrier and 40 W nominal
10 W nominal output power is available for the output power or 2 carriers and
following frequency bands: 20 W nominal output power is available for the
• 2100 MHz (Band I) following frequency bands:
• 1900 MHz (Band II) • 1900 MHz (Band II)
• 1700/1800 MHz (Band IX) • 1700/2100 MHz (Band IV)
• 1700/2100 MHz (Band IV) • 850 MHz (Band V)
• 850 MHz (Band V)
RRU Output Power

Unit Maximum Output Power Unit Licenses Nominal Output Power per
Carrier

One carrier
RRU11/1 10 W maximum Two
carriers

RRU11/2 10 W RRUW No license installed 20 W 10 W

RRU22 2120, RRU22 18 IX20 20 W nominal (1)

RRU22 21 IV40, RRU22 2140, 40 W nominal (2) RRUW 40 W license

installed
40 W 20 W

RRU22 1940, RRU22 0840, RRUW 40 W and 60 W 60 W 30 W

RRU22 0940 licenses installed
(1) In two-carrier mode, each carrier has a nominal output power of 10 W.
(2) In two-carrier mode, each carrier has a nominal output power of 20 W.
 RBS configurations The maximum number of available channel
The RBS 3418 can support up to six cell
elements (CE) depends upon the version of the TX
carriers. These can be configured as 6x1
and RAX boards.
(for all RRU types) or 3x2 (for the RRU 22
variants).
The RBS 3418 can be equipped with up to 2
TXB and 5 RAXB boards.
One of the RAXB positions can also be utilized
by an additional transmission board (e.g.
Ethernet). If the additional transmission
interface is installed, then the maximum uplink Maximum base band Capacity
is 4 RAXB boards.
RAX Board RAX R2(1) RAX R2e (1)
TX Board TX R1, TX TX6-01 TX6- TX6- TX6HS-0 TX6HS-0 TX6HS-0
R2 02 03 3 4 6
Number of CEs (2)
32 64
64 128 Maximum DCH capacity, 228 64 128 256 128 384 384
measured in channel elements
128
Maximum high-speed capacity, n/a n/a n/a n/a 20 60 60
HSDPA (3) functionality Yes Yes measured in HS-PDSCH codes
EUL (4) Yes Yes Maximum number of HSDPA n/a n/a n/a n/a 32 32 32
EUL 2ms TTI No Yes users for each cell carrier
Extended Cell Range Yes Yes Maximum number of EUL users n/a n/a n/a n/a 32 32 32
for each cell carrier
(1) See Compatibilities for Hardware and Software
(2) Channel Element (CE)
(3) High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)
(4) Enhanced Uplink (EUL)
RBS 6000 Overview
INTRODUCTION
RBS 6000 INTRODUCTION

RBS 6000 Series Key Features:

• Path to sustainability: The RBS 6000 Series ensures a smooth migration to new functionality and new
technologies with existing sites and cabinets, thus providing a path to sustained revenues and profits.
•Power on demand: Reengineering the power supply and fully integrating it into the system were key
objectives in designing the RBS 6000 series. The intelligent power supply provides power on demand that is
exactly matched to what is needed at any given moment, thus ensuring that power consumption is kept to
an absolute minimum.
• Multi-standard: All RBS 6000 base stations support multiple radio technologies.
•Integrated simplicity: New multi-purpose cabinets, an innovative common building practice for all
components, modular design and an extremely high level of integration bring the functionality and capacity
of an entire site down to the size of a cabinet .
RBS 6000 APPLICATION
RBS 6000 BRIEF OVERVIEW
RBS 6101 & 6102 usage
RBS 6201 & 6202 usage
RBS 6601 & 6301 usage
RBS 6302
RBS 6000 Modules
The radio in the RBS 6000 family consist of 2 modules known as the Radio Unit (RU) and Digital Unit (DU).

The DU provides switching ,

Traffic management, timing,
basebande processing , and radio
interface .

The RU receives digital data

and converts it to analog
signals . It also receives the
radio signals and converts
these to digital signals .

DU=Digital Unit RU=Radio Unit

RBS 6000 Radio units
RUS – RADIO UNITS FOR MACRO RBS RU Naming Convention
The name convention can be
expressed as:
RU<t> <gg> <bb>
t = G | L | W | S; G for GSM, L for LTE,
W for WCDMA, S for Multistandard
gg = generation; 01 and so on
bb = 3GPP band; B1 and so on
The following variants are available:
RUS 01 B0
RUS 01 B1
RUS 01 B2
RUS 01 B3
RUS 01 B4
RUS 01 B5
RUS 01 B8
RUS 02 B1
RUS 02 B2
RUS 02 B3
RUS 02 B5
RUS 02 B8
RUW 01 B1
RUW 02 B11
RRUS – REMOTE RADIO UNITS
RBS 6000 Digital unit
RBS 6000 DIGITAL UNITS FOR WCDMA
RBS 6000 INTRODUCTION
RBS 6000 Overview:
 The RBS 6000 base station family is designed to meet the increasingly complex
challenges facing operators today.
 RBS 6000 is built with tomorrow’s technology and at the same provide backwards-
compatibility with the highly successful RBS 2000 and RBS 3000 product lines.
 Due to the high radio capacity that RBS 6201 provides it can replace multiple old
base stations (up to 4 RBS 2206).

Hardware Architecture:
 
 The flexible hardware architecture enables a variety of site deployments
and
 consists of the following main components:
 Radio shelf – combination of Radio Units (RU) and Digital Units (DU)
 Power shelf – Power Supply Units (PSU) dimensioned for the specific site
 Transport shelf – for transport network equipment up to 3U high
 Enclosures – including climate system
RBS 6000 Overview:
RBS 6000 Overview:
Radio Shelf:
 The RBS 6000 family uses the following main radio components
for GSM, WCDMA and LTE:
RU – Radio Unit
 Transceiver (TRX)
 Transmitter (TX) amplification
 Transmitter/Receiver (TX/RX) duplexing
 TX/RX filtering
 Antenna supervision support
DU – Digital Unit
 Control processing
 Clock distribution
 Synchronization from transport network i/f or GPS
 Baseband processing
 Transport network interface
 RU interconnects
 Site Local Area Network (LAN) and maintenance interface
RBS 6000 Overview: Digital Unit

Digital Unit for WCDMA:

 The Digital Unit WCDMA (DUW) comes in three variants, depending on capacity demand. The DUW
contains the baseband, control, and switching, as well as the Iub and Mub interfaces. The DUW can
handle different time varying traffic mixes consisting of voice circuit-switched data, packet-
switched data, and high-speed data such as High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA).

The DU has the following functions:

•Timing function
•Loadable software
•Downlink baseband processing
•Uplink baseband processing
•ATM traffic management
•IP traffic management
•Radio interface
•Transmission handling
•Controlling power and climate of the RBS
RBS 6000 Overview: Radio Unit
Radio Unit for GSM
 Two GSM variants are offered: one low to mid-capacity (2 TRXs per radio) and one high-capacity
version with
 (4 TRXs per radio).
Radio Unit for WCDMA
 The RU for WCDMA is an evolution of the current RU/FU concept, which combines the previously
separate RU and Filter Unit (FU) in one unit.
The RU has the following functions:
 Transceiving Receiving Processing (TRP)
 Uplink and downlink filtering
 Power Amplifier (PA) functions
 Up to four carriers downlink and uplink with 2-RX diversity
 Supports the function Remote Electrical Tilt (RET)
 Support for external antenna equipment such as Antenna System Controller (ASC), Tower
Mounted Amplifier (TMA), and RETU Interface Unit (RIU)
RBS 6000 Overview: Radio Unit Output power description
Data Maximum Nominal Output Power Frequency
Without With license [W] Extended Output Uplink Downlink Band
license [W] with License [W] [MHz] [MHz]

RUS 01 B0 20 60 - 890 to 915 935 to 960 0

1920 to 2110 to
RUS 01 B1 20 60 80 1980 2170 1
1850 to 1930 to
RUS 01 B2 20 60 80 1910 1990 2
1710 to 1805 to
RUS 01 B3 20 60 80 1785 1880 3
1710 to 2110 to
RUS 01 B4 20 60 80 1755 2155 4

RUS 01 B5 20 60 80 824 to 849 869 to 894 5

2500 to 2620 to
RUS 01 B7 20 40 - 2570 2690 7

RUS 01 B8 20 60 80 880 to 915 925 to 960 8

RUS 02 B1 20 80 100 1930 to 2110 to 1
1990 2170
RUS 02 B2 20 80 - 1850 to 1930 to 2
1910 1990
RUS 02 B3 20 80 - 1710 to 1805 to 3
1785 1880
RUS 02 B5 20 80 100 824 to 849 869 to 894 5

RUS 02 B8 20 80 100 880 to 915 925 to 960 8

1920 to 2110 to
RUW 01 B1 20 60 - 1980 2170 1
1427 to 1475 to
RUW 02 B11 20 60 - 1437 1485 11
RBS 6000 Overview:

DUW DUW 41 01
768 DL
Maximum DCH,
Capacity (Measured in
Channel Elements) 768 UL
RBS 6000 Overview:
Indoor macro RBS6201 1435m

Cooling system

Digital unit

RF unit

Power module

Transmission module
600X400m
Outdoor macro RBS6601
The RBS 6601 is a main-remote RBS and a member
of the RBS 6000 family. The RBS 6601 consists of an
indoor main unit and a number of RRUs designed to
be located near the antenna. An optical fiber cable
connects each RRU to the main unit.
The maximum length of the optical fiber connecting
the main unit and an RRU is 40 km.
The RBS can be configured for up to three sectors
with four carriers for each sector or for up to six
sectors with two carriers for each sector. The
number of RRUs supported depends on the available
radio configurations.
Includes a subrack based main unit to be hosted in
a 19-inch rack structure, either an existing RBS or
other standard racks
Has -48 V DC (two-wire) power supply
Supports external Global Positioning System (GPS)
Supports integrated external alarms
Thank you!