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Contents
About This Document.....................................................................................................................1
1 General Introduction.................................................................................................................1-1
1.1 Overview of Functions ................................................................................................................................1-2
1.2 Topology......................................................................................................................................................1-3
1.3 Features .......................................................................................................................................................1-4
1.4 Technical Specifications ..............................................................................................................................1-5

2 Functional Description..............................................................................................................2-1
2.1 Overview .....................................................................................................................................................2-2
2.2 Service Processing Function........................................................................................................................2-2
2.2.1 Packet Channel Configuration...........................................................................................................2-3
2.2.2 Packet Access Support.......................................................................................................................2-6
2.2.3 Paging Processing .............................................................................................................................2-7
2.2.4 DRX Support.....................................................................................................................................2-8
2.2.5 Radio Resources Allocation ..............................................................................................................2-8
2.2.6 System Information Broadcasting .....................................................................................................2-8
2.2.7 Radio Link Control............................................................................................................................2-9
2.2.8 Channel Coding Schemes and CS Change Control...........................................................................2-9
2.2.9 Modulation and Coding Schemes and MCS Change Control .........................................................2-10
2.2.10 G-TRAU Frame Transmission ...................................................................................................... 2-11
2.2.11 Radio Link Monitoring.................................................................................................................. 2-11
2.2.12 Radio Frequency Power Control ...................................................................................................2-12
2.2.13 Cell Reselection Control ...............................................................................................................2-12
2.2.14 Supporting the PFM/PFC ..............................................................................................................2-13
2.2.15 Flow Control and QoS Guarantee .................................................................................................2-13
2.2.16 Mobility Management and Communication Management ............................................................2-14
2.2.17 Gb Over IP ....................................................................................................................................2-15
2.2.18 PFC High-Priority Preemption ......................................................................................................2-15
2.2.19 Supporting Dynamic Adjustment of the Load ...............................................................................2-15
2.2.20 Providing the Automatic Upgrade Function of the Board .............................................................2-16
2.2.21 Supporting the User Password Security Function .........................................................................2-16
2.3 Signaling Function ....................................................................................................................................2-17

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2.3.1 Gb Interface Signaling.....................................................................................................................2-17
2.3.2 In-Band Signaling Between PCU and BTS.....................................................................................2-20
2.3.3 Pb Interface Signaling .....................................................................................................................2-20

2.4 Operation and Maintenance Function........................................................................................................2-20

2.4.1 Network Maintenance .....................................................................................................................2-20
2.4.2 Operation and Maintenance Management.......................................................................................2-21
2.4.3 Configuration Management.............................................................................................................2-22
2.4.4 Alarm Management .........................................................................................................................2-22
2.4.5 Performance Measurement..............................................................................................................2-22
2.4.6 Interface Tracing .............................................................................................................................2-22
2.4.7 Security Management......................................................................................................................2-23

3 System Structure ........................................................................................................................3-1

3.1 Overview .....................................................................................................................................................3-2
3.2 Hardware Structure......................................................................................................................................3-2
3.3 Software Structure .......................................................................................................................................3-5
3.3.1 HUAWEI PCU6000 Operating System.............................................................................................3-6
3.3.2 POMU Software................................................................................................................................3-7
3.3.3 RPPU Software .................................................................................................................................3-8
3.3.4 L2PU/HLPU Software ....................................................................................................................3-10
3.4 Equipment Features................................................................................................................................... 3-11
3.4.1 Gb Interface..................................................................................................................................... 3-11
3.4.2 G-Abis Interface.............................................................................................................................. 3-11
3.4.3 Pb Interface ..................................................................................................................................... 3-11
3.4.4 Operation and Maintenance............................................................................................................. 3-11
3.4.5 Clock Synchronization ....................................................................................................................3-12
3.4.6 Overload Processing........................................................................................................................3-12
3.4.7 POMU Simple Hot Backup.............................................................................................................3-13
3.4.8 Dynamic Data Configuration ..........................................................................................................3-14
3.4.9 Backup of the Cells of the Same BSC.............................................................................................3-15
3.4.10 Software Loading ..........................................................................................................................3-15
3.4.11 Satellite Transmission Function.....................................................................................................3-18
3.4.12 On Line Patches ............................................................................................................................3-18
3.4.13 License ..........................................................................................................................................3-18

4 Interface Functions ....................................................................................................................4-1

4.1 Gb interface .................................................................................................................................................4-2
4.1.1 Overview ...........................................................................................................................................4-2
4.1.2 Signaling at Different Layers of the Gb Interface .............................................................................4-3
4.1.3 Characteristics of the Gb Interface ....................................................................................................4-5
4.2 G-Abis Interface ..........................................................................................................................................4-5
4.2.1 Overview ...........................................................................................................................................4-5
4.2.2 Characteristics of the G-Abis Interface .............................................................................................4-5

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4.2.3 Physical Layer/Transmission Media..................................................................................................4-7

4.2.4 A Brief Introduction to G-TRAU Frame Structure............................................................................4-8
4.2.5 Characteristics of the G-Abis Interface .............................................................................................4-9
4.3 Pb Interface ...............................................................................................................................................4-10
4.3.1 Overview .........................................................................................................................................4-10
4.3.2 Internal Structure of the Pb Interface .............................................................................................. 4-11
4.3.3 Characteristics of Pb Interface ........................................................................................................ 4-11
4.4 O Interface.................................................................................................................................................4-12
4.4.1 Overview .........................................................................................................................................4-12
4.4.2 Software Structure...........................................................................................................................4-14

5 Operation & Maintenance........................................................................................................5-1

5.1 Overview .....................................................................................................................................................5-2
5.2 Characteristics .............................................................................................................................................5-4
5.3 Implementation of PCU O&M Function .....................................................................................................5-4
5.3.1 Configuration Management...............................................................................................................5-4
5.3.2 Alarm Management ...........................................................................................................................5-6
5.3.3 Performance Measurement................................................................................................................5-7
5.3.4 Interface Information Tracing .........................................................................................................5-12

6 Technical Indices........................................................................................................................6-1
6.1 Product Safety .............................................................................................................................................6-2
6.1.1 Safety Standard..................................................................................................................................6-2
6.1.2 Physical Protection Characteristics ...................................................................................................6-2
6.1.3 Data Backup and Security Characteristics.........................................................................................6-2
6.2 Environmental Conditions...........................................................................................................................6-3
6.2.1 Environmental Conditions Required by the Equipment....................................................................6-3
6.2.2 EMC ..................................................................................................................................................6-3
6.2.3 Noise .................................................................................................................................................6-3
6.2.4 Storage Condition..............................................................................................................................6-4
6.2.5 Transportation Condition...................................................................................................................6-4
6.3 Power Supply and Power Consumption ......................................................................................................6-4
6.4 Capacity.......................................................................................................................................................6-4
6.4.1 Maximum Capacity ...........................................................................................................................6-4
6.4.2 Minimum Capacity............................................................................................................................6-5

7 Configuration and Examples ...................................................................................................7-1

7.1 GPRS Configuration and Examples ............................................................................................................7-2
7.2 EGPRS Configuration and Examples..........................................................................................................7-4

A Basics about RLC/MAC ......................................................................................................... A-1

A.1 Basic Concepts ..........................................................................................................................................A-2
A.1.1 Radio Block.....................................................................................................................................A-2
A.1.2 TBF (Temporary Block Flow) .........................................................................................................A-2

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A.1.3 TFI (Temporary Flow Identity) .......................................................................................................A-2
A.1.4 USF (Uplink State Flag) ..................................................................................................................A-2
A.1.5 GPRS MS Type ...............................................................................................................................A-2
A.1.6 Network Operation Mode................................................................................................................A-3

A.2 Basic Flow for PCU...................................................................................................................................A-3

A.2.1 Uplink TBF Setup and Data Transmission Flow .............................................................................A-3
A.2.2 Packet Paging Flow .........................................................................................................................A-5
A.2.3 Circuit Page Flow............................................................................................................................A-6
A.2.4 Downlink TBF Setup and Data Transmission Flow ........................................................................A-6

B Abbreviation .............................................................................................................................B-1
Index ................................................................................................................................................ i-1

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Figures
Figure 1-1 Position of the PCU in the GPRS/GSM network............................................................................1-2
Figure 1-2 Location of the PCU .......................................................................................................................1-3
Figure 1-3 Typical topology of the PCU...........................................................................................................1-3
Figure 2-1 Signaling plane of the GPRS BSS ..................................................................................................2-2
Figure 2-2 Radio channel structure...................................................................................................................2-5
Figure 2-3 Gb interface point-to-point frame relay connection ......................................................................2-17
Figure 2-4 Gb interface intermediate frame relay network connection ..........................................................2-17
Figure 2-5 Direct connection mode in the Gb Over IP network .....................................................................2-18
Figure 2-6 Router connection mode in the Gb Over IP network ....................................................................2-18
Figure 3-1 PCU logic structure.........................................................................................................................3-2
Figure 3-2 Configuration of the HUAWEI PCU6000 cabinet ..........................................................................3-3
Figure 3-3 HUAWEI PCU6000 processing frame configuration .....................................................................3-4
Figure 3-4 HUAWEI PCU6000 hardware structure .........................................................................................3-4
Figure 3-5 HUAWEI PCU6000 software logic structure .................................................................................3-5
Figure 3-6 POMU software loading flow 1 ....................................................................................................3-15
Figure 3-7 RPPU software loading flow.........................................................................................................3-16
Figure 3-8 L2PU/HLPU software loading flow..............................................................................................3-17
Figure 4-1 Gb protocol stack ............................................................................................................................4-2
Figure 4-2 BSSGP service models....................................................................................................................4-4
Figure 4-3 The O interface of GPRS/GSM.....................................................................................................4-13
Figure 4-4 Software structure of the O interface ............................................................................................4-14
Figure 5-1 GSM/GPRS O&M system ..............................................................................................................5-2
Figure 5-2 PCU O&M system ..........................................................................................................................5-3
Figure 5-3 The connection between PCU and OMC ........................................................................................5-3
Figure 5-4 Structure of the HUAWEI PCU6000 traffic measurement system .................................................5-7
Figure A-1 TBF setup flow for short access and one phase access..................................................................A-4

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Figure A-2 Flow for two-phase access TBF setup...........................................................................................A-4
Figure A-3 Flow for uplink ACK data transmission........................................................................................A-5
Figure A-4 Downlink TBF setup flow.............................................................................................................A-6
Figure A-5 Downlink data transmission flow..................................................................................................A-6

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Tables

Tables
Table 2-1 Description of priority ......................................................................................................................2-5
Table 2-2 Channel coding schemes...................................................................................................................2-9
Table 2-3 Channel coding schemes.................................................................................................................2-10
Table 3-1 Measures for PCU faults.................................................................................................................3-14
Table 4-1 Transmission parameters relating to coding schemes .......................................................................4-6
Table 4-2 Transmission parameters relating to modulation and coding schemes .............................................4-6
Table 4-3 Example of the timeslot configuration for the G-Abis interface (PCU-BSC)...................................4-7
Table 4-4 Example of the timeslot configuration for the G-Abis interface (BSC-BTS) ...................................4-8
Table 4-5 Structure of the G-TRAU frame .......................................................................................................4-8
Table 6-1 Environmental storage condition required by the HUAWEI PCU6000 equipment ..........................6-3
Table 6-2 EMC specifications...........................................................................................................................6-3
Table 6-3 Specifications of noise and security..................................................................................................6-3
Table 6-4 Power supply and power consumption of the PCU ..........................................................................6-4
Table 6-5 The processing capability of PCU with the maximum configuration ...............................................6-4
Table 6-6 The processing capability of PCU with the minimum configuration................................................6-5
Table 7-1 PCU GPRS configuration example 1................................................................................................7-2
Table 7-2 The PCU GPRS configuration example 2.........................................................................................7-3
Table 7-3 The PCU EGPRS configuration example .........................................................................................7-4

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