3G/2G COMBO IMPCS

Tender
Third Generation Mobile
Network

Salient Features of
Phase V Project
Total Project is for 63.5 M lines network
capacity
West zone (18 M Reserved for ITI )
Hence tender is for 45.5 M lines for North
, east
and south zone
Technology GSM for 2G and WCDMA for
3G
Spectrum for 3G- IMT 2000 Band
( Assumed )
National tender and Open tender
To be rolled out in Three phases

Salient Features of
Phase V Project
Total cost of the Project is expected to be
around 21,400 Crores
Mostly existing sites will be utilized for 3G
All villages up to 2000 population are
planned to be covered by the end of the
project
All important National , state highways
and all important railway routes are
planned to be covered
Indigenous manufacturing is being
promoted

Zonal distribution of the

capacity for Phase V
North

-15 M

South

- 17M

East

-13.5M

West

-18M

Promotion of indigenous
manufacturing-Phase V
Against phase -I , bidders are allowed to
supply equipments through import of
completely built unit or CKD or SKD not
exceeding 17.5M capacity
The supply of remaining around 65%
capacity for the next two phases to be only
after manufacturing has been started by
the bidder company
Phase II and III orders will follow with
primarily the sourcing from indigenous
supplies of the core equipment after the
manufacturing has commenced.

Promotion of indigenous
manufacturing-Phase V
Minimum 30% value addition has to be
ensured by the bidders against the
indigenous suppliers of the core elements .
In case the bidder doesn't fulfill the
manufacturing requirements , the
manufacturing bank Guarantee to be
submitted along with the PBG at the time
of ordering shall be forfeited.

New Features asked in

Phase V
Technology upgradation for increasing the
data bearing capability of the GSM network
across the country by introduction of EDGE
Technology which is presently implemented
upto district levels.
Introduction of 3G technology including
upgradation requirement of HSDPA/ HSUPA
to start with upto district level.

New Features asked in

Phase V
Provision of new value added services to
customers such as location based services ,
SMS/
ATM based Recharging including
video services.
Upgrade the Disaster Recovery system
and Fraud Management System under
implementation.
To implement the back up mechanism for
IN services through geographically
dispersed but electronically coupled for
managing recoveries in disaster.

Third Generation Mobile

Network
Introduction of WCDMA technology
Overlay on existing GSM network
Spectrum in IMT 2000 banduplink:1920-1980 MHz &
downlink:2110-2170 MHz
Minimum 5 MHz BW required in IMT
band
Expansion of existing GSM network
shall continue

Why WCDMA .
WCDMA for high speed data access up to 384 K bps - 14 Mbps
Demand for high Speed Data Access
Streaming
Video on Demand
Video Telephony
Data Revenue is becoming significant
Operators World wide have shown inclination to introduce
WCDMA

WCDMA - Roll-out options

High segment / professional handsets
Low segment / entry handsets

WCDMA
WCDMA
EDGE

Rural

Sub-urban

EDGE
GSM/GPRS

Urban

EDGE

Sub-urban

Rural

WCDMA prepared for future

demands
MIMO
HSDPA

Enhanced UL
HSDPA

4.3 Mbps
384 kbps

Advanced RX
....
14 Mbps
1.8 Mbps

WCDMA
DL: 384 kbps
UL: 64 kbps

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Higher BW
Multicarrier

......

30 Mbps
5.8 Mbps

100 Mbps
30 Mbps

Latency:
150 ms

75 ms

50 ms

10 - 30 ms

Very low

Time

Main Network Elements

Circuit Switched-Core Network
consisting of MSC Server and MGW
and is common for both GSM &
WCDMA.
Packet Core Network consisting of
SGSN & GGSN and is common for
both GSM & WCDMA networks.
Radio Network shall be separate for
both GSM & WCDMA.
Radio Network- GSM: BSC, BTS and
WCDMA: RNC, Node B

RNC : Main Functionalities

Manage and secure an optimal usage of the radio resources of the radio access network
Control the mobility and handover within the radio access network
RNC provide Handover functions between WCDMA RAN and GSM, and Cell Change
between WCDMA RAN and GSM/GPRS
Support radio access bearer (RAB) services with: Circuit Switched and Packet Switched
data

Provide a transparent bearer service for control message between the Core Network and
the User Equipment (UE) (direct transfer)
Support control functions for paging of UEs, Signalling Connection handling and Radio
Access Bearer service handling
Provide element management functions

Node B : Main
Functionalities
Provides radio interface to the UE
Transceiver Units and Dedicated Power Amplifiers for every sector
Executes power control to minimize interference
Automatic calibration of Power Amplifiers and Transceivers for normal
operation or when changing a spare part
Common baseband capacity for all sectors
Asymmetric pooling of uplink and downlink Channel Elements for flexible
services
ATM multiplexing for transmission

IN & B&CCS
Intelligent Network system for prepaid subscribers.
Voucher Management System
Billing of Post-paid subscribers using
existing Kenan Billing Application
BSNL has 10 years unlimited license
agreement with M/s CSG( Now M/s
Comverse)
Only HW( +system SW) will be
procured for Billing System

VAS Elements

SMSC
MMSC
Location Based Services
Push to Talk
Cell Broadcast
Video Gateway and Streaming
Server
Service Delivery Platform
IMS

Typical 2G Architecture
PSDN
BSC
BTS
BSC

HLR

SMS-SC

PLMN

MSC/VLR

BSC

MSC/VLR
BSC

BTS Base Transceiver Station

BSC Base Station Controller
GMSC

Tandem
CO

PSTN

Tandem
CO

CO

MSC Mobile Switching Center

VLR Visitor Location Register
HLR Home Location Register

2.5G Architectural Detail

2G MS (voice only)

NSS
BSS
E

Abis

PSTN

PSTN

B
BSC

MS

MSC

BTS

Gs

GMSC

VLR

SS7

H
Gb
2G+ MS (voice & data)
Gr

HLR

AuC

Gc

Gn
SGSN

Gi

IP

PSDN

GGSN

BSS Base Station System

NSS Network Sub-System

SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node

BTS Base Transceiver Station

MSC Mobile-service Switching Controller

GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node

BSC Base Station Controller

VLR Visitor Location Register

HLR Home Location Register
AuC Authentication Server
GMSC Gateway MSC

GPRS General Packet Radio Service

GSM Evolution for Data Access

2 Mbps
UMTS

384 kbps
115 kbps

EDGE

GPRS
9.6 kbps
GSM

1997

2000

GSM evolution

2003

2003+
3G

3G rel99 Architecture (UMTS)

- 3G Radios
2G MS (voice only)

CN
BSS
E

Abis

PSTN

PSTN

B
BSC
Gb

BTS

MSC
Gs

GMSC

VLR

SS7

2G+ MS (voice & data)

IuCS
RNS

Gr

HLR

ATM
Iub

IuPS
RNC

AuC

Gc

Gn
SGSN

Gi

IP

PSDN

GGSN

Node B
3G UE (voice & data)
BSS Base Station System

CN Core Network

SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node

BTS Base Transceiver Station

MSC Mobile-service Switching Controller

GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node

BSC Base Station Controller

VLR Visitor Location Register

HLR Home Location Register

RNS Radio Network System

AuC Authentication Server

RNC Radio Network Controller

GMSC Gateway MSC

UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunication System

3G rel4 Architecture (UMTS)

- Soft Switching
2G MS (voice only)

CN

CS-MGW

Abis

Nc
Mc

BSC
Gb

BTS

CS-MGW

Nb

BSS

PSTN

B
C

MSC Server
Gs

PSTN
Mc
GMSC server

VLR

SS7
H

2G+ MS (voice & data)

IuCS
RNS

Gr

HLR

ATM
Iub

IuPS
RNC

AuC

IP/ATM
Gc

Gn
SGSN

Gi

PSDN

GGSN

Node B
3G UE (voice & data)
BSS Base Station System

CN Core Network

SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node

BTS Base Transceiver Station

MSC Mobile-service Switching Controller

GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node

BSC Base Station Controller

VLR Visitor Location Register

HLR Home Location Register

RNS Radio Network System

AuC Authentication Server

RNC Radio Network Controller

GMSC Gateway MSC

Network vision - long term target

architecture
with MSC servers and
SGSN grouped into pools ABC: Common core network
nodes for GSM/WCDMA
BTS

MGW

SGSN pool

MGW

NodeBTS
B

MGW

MGW

MSC pool

MGW

MSC pool

MGW

BTS
GGSN
BTS

MGW

IMS servers

IP Multi-service backbone

MGW

SGSN pool

and complemented with IMS to enable

combinational multimedia services

GGSN

NodeBTS
B
MGW

MSC pool
MGW

BTS
MGW

using IP transport for both

signalling and payload

MGW
MGW

BTS

based on layered
network architecture

BSC

BTS

NodeBTS
B

Full network resilience through

MSC in pool and Layered
Network architecture

Bandwidth efficiency and optimal/excellent speech

quality through TrFO/TFO and AMR-WB

Issues-Spectrum
Sufficient Spectrum for GSM not
available from WPC.
Maximum 8 MHz in select LSAs (in
select cities), 6.2 MHz in all the
LSAs.
Not possible to expand existing BTS
sites beyond 6/6/6 configuration.
Inter BTS distances in big cities
already at optimum level.
3G spectrum not yet allocated.

Issues- Power & Space

Varied power consumptions of
equipment of different vendors.
Varied space requirements for the
equipment of different vendors.
Loading as per power consumption &
space requirement during evaluation
to take care of operational
expanses.

Issues: Non exposure

WCDMA technology new to India and
BSNL does not have any exposure.
Specifications based on GR, 3GPP
and vendors input.
Extent of Up-gradation of existing
network for smooth inter-working
with 3G network not known.

CHALLENGES OF CELLULAR
EXPANSION PROJECT

Integration of multivendor technologies and proper

interworking without affecting the services of existing
customers

Getting permission for erecting large number of Roof top

towers as Local bodies permissions are required at may
places before erecting towers

Acquisition of land for ground base towers at small

tehasil Hqs where BSNL owned lands are not available
- Rent or Purchase ?

Getting power connections for such a large number of

sites from local electricity companies

Constraints faced by BSNL for

upcoming roll out

Shortage of steel in the market is delaying tower supply for

the present running projects

Delay in getting sacfa clearance from WPC is creating

problem

Delay by WPC in allocating additional spectrum for many

circles is also becoming a big hurdle

The present spectrum allocated by WPC is in 8 sub band

which again is causing planning constraints. BSNL is
requesting again and again with WPC for allocating
contiguous band

Delay in implementing Phase IV roll out by M/s ITI for west

zone

TOWARDS NO.1
Implementation of 63.5 M project
would make CellOne and ExCell a
formidable combination and would
sure to rule the industry.
Would make BSNL network truly
world class with no match possible
from the most state-of-art operator
of today.

THANK YOU
.