mcRNC Architecture Introduction

SLAH BOUBAKER
2017/02
RTSC Tunisia
 Outline
RNC in UMTS
NSN RNC portfolio
mcRNC overview
mcRNC HW architecture
mcRNC SW architecture
Data flow in mcRNC
3G network topology
 RNC key functions
• Radio resource management
– Closed loop power control
– Handover control
– Admission control
– Load Control (Congestion Control)
– Packet scheduling
– Code allocation
• Provide interface towards core network
 RNC key roles
Key roles
• Controlling RNC for a Node B is
the RNC which terminates the
Iub interface.
• Serving RNC for a UE
connection is the RNC which
provides the Iu interface to the
core network.
• Drifting RNC only participates
in the connection, not
providing the connection to the
core network. A single
connection can have only one
serving RNC, but can have more
than one drift RNC.
 Outline
RNC in UMTS
NSN RNC portfolio
mcRNC overview
mcRNC HW architecture
mcRNC SW architecture
Data flow in mcRNC
 NSN RNC portfolio
• IPA-RNC (RNC196, 450, 2600 ) based on IPA2800
SW & HW platform
• mcRNC3.0, based on IL5, FPT1.1, BCN platforms
• Flexi Direct RNC, based on IL5, FPT1.1 platforms +
FTLB HW
 1

4
3
- Optional NIP1 0 SFU 1 SFU 0
DMCU 42 DMCU 34

1 2 3
1 2 3
1 2 3
1 2 3
ICSU ICSU NISx
NIS1P
DMCU 5 5 26 NPG EP 1 DMCU
NISx 4 418
NIS1P NPG EP 0
ICSU ICSU DMCU
NIS1P
NISx 7 7 27 NPGEP 3 DMCU
NISx 6 619
NIS1P NPGEP 2
ICSU ICSU NISx 1 8
A2SU NPS1P 3 NISx 0 7
A2SU NPS1P 2
DMCU DMCU Optional ESA24 A2SU

CPD80-B 0
DMCU DMCU RRMU 1 -
ICSU RRMU 0 -
ICSU
DMCU DMCU RSMU 1 RSMU 0

RNC196 CS6-7
CS1-5
MXU 4 MXU 2 MXU 14
1 MXU 0
PD20 PD20 PD20 PD20
MXU 5 MXU 3 MXU
FDU 15
(O MU) MXU
EHU 1
DMCU DMCU GTPU 6 ESA12
ESA24 / ESA24
DMCU DMCU EHU NEMU
DMCU DMCU HDD
B: 1 (NEMU)
HDD1 (NEMU) HDD
B: HDD
0 (NEMU)
0 (NEMU)
A2SU A2SU A: WDU 1 (O MU) A: WDU 0 (OMU)
NIS1P 1 NIS1P 0 OMU 1 OMU 0

CPD80-B 1

RRMU removed. Release plug-in unit configured as ICSU.

GTPU ICSU GTPU ICSU WDU 1
ICSU 20 (O MU) WDU 60 (O MU)
ICSU
NISx 3 NPG EP 5 NISx 2 NPG EP 4 ICSU 21 ICSU 19
TBUF

38
38
38
38
TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF TSS3 TBUF TSS3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

4
3
2
1
- - - -
DMCU 43 DMCU 35 - DMCU 25
ICSU ICSU ICSU ICSU
ICSU ICSU ICSU ICSU
ICSU ICSU ICSU ICSU
DMCU DMCU DMCU DMCU

CPD80-B 0
DMCU DMCU DMCU DMCU
DMCU DMCU DMCU DMCU
MXU 12 MXU 10 MXU 8 MXU 6
PD20 PD20 PD20 PD20
MXU 13 MXU 11 MXU 9 MXU 7
DMCU DMCU DMCU DMCU
DMCU DMCU DMCU DMCU
RNC196/300
DMCU DMCU GTPU 7 DMCU
A2SU A2SU A2SU A2SU
GTPU ICSU GTPU ICSU GTPU ICSU GTPU ICSU

CPD80-B 1
NIS1P 9 NIS1P 8 -
NIS1P 5 -
NIS1P 4
NIS1P 11 NIS1P 10 -
NIS1P 7 -
NIS1P 6

38
TBUF

38
TBUF

38
TBUF

38
TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

4
3
- Optional NIP1 0 SF U 1 SF U 0
DMCU 42 DMCU 34
ICSU ICSU DMCU
NIS1P
NISx 5 5 26 NPG EP 1 DMCU
NISx 4 418
NIS1P NPG EP 0
ICSU ICSU DMCU
NIS1P
NISx 7 7 27 NPG EP 3 DMCU
NISx 6 619
NIS1P NPG EP 2
ICSU ICSU NISx 1 8
A2SU NPS1P 3 NISx 0 7
A2SU NPS1P 2

1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4 5 6

DMCU DMCU Optional ESA24 A2SU

CPD80-B 0

DMCU DMCU RRM U 1 -

ICSU RRM U 0 -
ICSU
DMCU DMCU RSMU 1 RSMU 0
RNC196 CS6-7
CS1-5

MXU 4 MXU 2 MXU 14

1 MXU 0
PD20 PD20 PD20 PD20
MXU 5 MXU 3 MXU
FDU 15
(O MU) MXU
EHU 1
DMCU DMCU GTPU 6 ESA12
ESA24 / ESA24
DMCU DMCU EHU NEMU
DMCU DMCU HDD
B: 1 (NEMU)
HDD1 (NEMU) HDD
B: HDD
0 (NEMU)
0 (NEMU)
A2SU A2SU A: WDU 1 (O MU) A: WDU 0 (OMU)
NIS1P 1 NIS1P 0 OMU 1 OMU 0
CPD80-B 1

RRMU removed. Release plug-in unit configured as ICSU.

GTPU ICSU GTPU ICSU WDU 1
ICSU 20 (O MU) WDU 60 (O MU)
ICSU
NISx 3 NPG EP 5 NISx 2 NPG EP 4 ICSU 21 ICSU 19
TBUF

38
38
38
38

TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF TSS3 TBUF TSS3

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Flexi Direct RNC

4
3
2
1

- - - -
DMCU 43 DMCU 35 - DMCU 25
ICSU ICSU ICSU ICSU
ICSU ICSU ICSU ICSU
ICSU ICSU ICSU ICSU
DMCU DMCU DMCU DMCU
CPD80-B 0

DMCU DMCU DMCU DMCU

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

DMCU DMCU DMCU DMCU

MXU 12 MXU 10 MXU 8 MXU 6
PD20 PD20 PD20 PD20
MXU 13 MXU 11 MXU 9 MXU 7
DMCU DMCU DMCU DMCU
RNC196/450

DMCU DMCU DMCU DMCU

DMCU DMCU GTPU 7 DMCU
A2SU A2SU A2SU A2SU
GTPU ICSU GTPU ICSU GTPU ICSU GTPU ICSU
CPD80-B 1

NIS1P 9 NIS1P 8 -
NIS1P 5 -
NIS1P 4
NIS1P 11 NIS1P 10 -
NIS1P 7 -
NIS1P 6

38
38
38
38

TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

4
3
2
1

1
1
1
1

DMCU DMCU SFU 1 SFU 0

2
2
2
2

DMCU DMCU
3
3
3
3

ICSU ICSU DMCU DMCU

4
4
4
4

ICSU ICSU DMCU DMCU

5
5
5
5

ICSU ICSU Optional ESA24 ESA24

6
6
6
6

DMCU DMCU GT PU OMS

7
7
7
7

DMCU DMCU RRMU 1 ICSU RRMU 0 ICSU

8
8
8
8

DMCU DMCU RSMU 1 RSMU 0

9
9
9
9

MXU 6 MXU 4 MXU 2 MXU 0

PD30 PD30 PD30 PD30
MXU 7 MXU 5 MXU 3 MXU 1
A2SU A2SU A2SU A2SU
RNAC

DMCU DMCU A: WDU 1 O MU A2SU

DMCU DMCU B: HDD 1 NEMU A: WDU 0 OMU
NIS1P / NIS1 5 NIS1P / NIS1 4 / (Opt. NIP1) EHU B: HDD 0 NEMU
RRMU removed. Release plug-in unit configured as ICSU.

GTPU GTPU OMU 1 OMU 0

NIS1P / NIS1 1 NIS1P / NIS1 0 ICSU ICSU
NIS1P / NIS1 3 NIS1P / NIS1 2 ICSU ICSU
TSS3 TBUF TSS3
38
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
38
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
38
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
38
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF TSS3 TBUF

4
3
2
1

1
1
1
1

- - - -
2
2
2
2

DMCU DMCU DMCU DMCU

3
3
3
3

ICSU ICSU ICSU ICSU

4
4
4
4

ICSU ICSU ICSU ICSU

5
5
5
5

ICSU ICSU ICSU ICSU

6
6
6
6

DMCU DMCU - DMCU

RNC450

7
7
7
7

DMCU DMCU DMCU DMCU

8
8
8
8

DMCU DMCU DMCU DMCU

9
9
9
9

MXU 14 MXU 12 MXU 10 MXU 8

PD30 PD30 PD30 PD30
MXU 15 MXU 13 MXU 11 MXU 9
A2SU A2SU A2SU A2SU
RNBC

DMCU DMCU DMCU DMCU

DMCU DMCU DMCU DMCU
DMCU DMCU GTPU DMCU
GTPU GTPU GTPU GTPU
NIS1P 9 NIS1P / NIS1 8 NIS1P 5 NIS1P / NIS1 4

Presentation / Author / Date

NIS1P 11 NIS1P / NIS1 10 NIS1P 7 NIS1P / NIS1 6
38
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
38
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
38
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
38
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF

4
3
2
1

1
1
1
1

ICS U 8 ICS U 3 SFU 1 SFU 0

2
2
2
2

ICS U 9 ICS U 4
3
3
3
3

ICSU 10 ICSU 5 ICSU 1 ICSU 0

4
4
4
4

ICS U 11 ICS U 6 RSMU 1 RSMU 0

5
5
5
5

ICS U 12 EHU SWU 1 SWU 0

6
6
6
6

DMCU 13 DMCU 8 ICSU 2 OMS

7
7
7
7

DMCU 14 DMCU 9 DMCU 4 DMCU 0

8
8
8
8

DM CU 15 DM CU 10 DM CU 5 DM CU 1
9
9
9
9

MXU 6 MXU 4 MXU 2 MXU 0

PD30 PD30 PD30 PD30
MXU 7 MXU 5 MXU 3 MXU 1
DMCU 16 DMCU 11 DMCU 6 DMCU 2
RNAC

DMCU 17 DMCU 12 DMCU 7 DMCU 3

ICSU 13 ICSU 7 A: WDU 1 (OM U) A: WDU 0 (OM U)
10 11 12 13 14 15
10 11 12 13 14 15
10 11 12 13 14 15
10 11 12 13 14 15

NPS1(P)/ NPGE(P) 3 NPS1(P)/ NPGE(P) 2 B: HDD 1 (OMS) B: HDD 0 (OMS)

OMU 1 OMU 0
NP S1(P)/ NPGE(P)5 NP S1(P)/ NPGE(P) 4 NP S1(P)/ NPGE(P) 1 NP S1(P)/ NPGE(P) 0
38
16 17 18 19
38
16 17 18 19
38

TSS3
16 17 18 19
38
16 17 18 19

TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF TSS3 TBUF TBUF TSS3

NSN RNC portfolio

4
3
2
1

1
1
1
1

ICS U 32 ICS U 26 ICS U 20 ICS U 14

2
2
2
2

ICS U 33 ICS U 27 ICS U 21 ICS U 15

3
3
3
3

ICSU 34 ICSU 28 ICSU 22 ICSU 16

4
4
4
4

ICSU 35 ICSU 29 ICSU 23 ICSU 17

5
5
5
5

ICS U 36 ICS U 30 ICS U 24 ICS U 18

6
6
6
6

DMCU 33 DMCU 28 DMCU 23 DMCU 18

7
7
7
7

DMCU 34 DMCU 29 DMCU 24 DMCU 19

8
8
8
8

DM CU 35 DM CU 30 DM CU 25 DM CU 20
9
9
9
9

MXU 14 MXU 12 MXU 10 MXU 8

RNC2600

PD30 PD30 PD30 PD30

MXU 15 MXU 13 MXU 11 MXU 9
DMCU 36 DMCU 31 DMCU 26 DMCU 21
RNBC

DMCU 37 DMCU 32 DMCU 27 DMCU 22

ICSU 37 ICSU 31 ICSU 25 ICSU 19
10 11 12 13 14 15
10 11 12 13 14 15
10 11 12 13 14 15
10 11 12 13 14 15

NPS1(P)/ NPGE(P) 11 NPS1(P)/ NPGE(P) 10 NPS1(P)/ NPGE(P) 7 NPS1(P)/ NPGE(P) 6

NPS1(P)/ NPGE (P )13 NPS1(P)/ NPGE (P )12 NPS1(P)/ NPGE (P ) 9 NPS1(P)/ NPGE (P )8
38
16 17 18 19
38
16 17 18 19
38
16 17 18 19
38
16 17 18 19

TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF TBUF

ngRNC
 Outline
RNC in UMTS
NSN RNC portfolio
mcRNC overview
mcRNC HW architecture
mcRNC SW architecture
Data flow in mcRNC
 mcRNC overview
• standard-sized, modular HW results in high flexibility and scalability and efficient
utilization of the available site space. It’s easy to install, operate and maintain.

• pure IP connectivity for external and internal communications

• common processing architecture, MIPS64-based Cavium Octeon, for all processing unit

• capacity steps: S1-two modules, S3-four modules, S5-six modules, S7-eight modules

• mcRNC2.0 -> RU30 supports 3GPP Rel 8; mcRNC 3.0 ->RU40 supports 3GPP Rel 9.
 Outline
RNC in UMTS
NSN RNC portfolio
mcRNC overview
mcRNC HW architecture
mcRNC SW architecture
Data flow in mcRNC
 40 Gb Back-Plain

AMC Bay AMC Bay

AMC Bay AMC Bay

XAUI cables.
BCN modules are interconnected by 10Gbps

120 Gb Back-Plain

AMC Bay AMC Bay AMC Bay AMC Bay

AMC Bay AMC Bay AMC Bay AMC Bay
Cross module inter-connections
mcRNC rack-mount
mcRNC uses standard 19” rack, the same
standard 19” rack used with Cisco site
routers.

BCN Module high is 4U.

It is possible to install up to 8 Modules to

standard 40-42U rack

Rack shall have proper power distribution units

for AC or DC power.

Presentation / Author / Date

 Front and rear View
Mounting Brackets for
19”, 600mm and 23”
Dual Hot Swappable 3 Hot Swappable
Cabinet
Power Supply Dual Fans
Either 110/220V AC
or 48V DC

Sliding Rails Rear View

Front View for 19” installation

Dimensions (HxWxD): 178mm (4U)x444mmx450mm

Optional Replaceable Weight: less than 25kg without power supply module
Air Filter

Dimensions (HxWxD): 178mm (4U)x444mmx450mm

Weight: Fully equipped 20~30kg
Presentation / Author / Date
 Front plate connector assembly
BCN = Box Controller Node
= Module

Node
selected
Power on
AMC Bay

AMC Bay

Alarm
LEDs

Reset button

Processor
status LEDs

Network Network
USB for interfaces interfaces 8 x external
SW debugging 10/1GigE 1GigE
alarm input
Fiber or Copper Fiber or Copper
Hard disc SFP+ SFP External
RS232 cross connect OR 2,048MHz
LAN1,LAN2 reference
Debugging Interconnections Management in and out
Interfaces between 1000Base-T
1GigE
Controller Nodes Fiber or Copper Local Management
10GigE SFP ( HW Management)
Direct Copper or And 2xUSB for
Fiber SW download

Presentation / Author / Date

BCN module top view

Each BCN module contains a

motherboard with a management
processor and 8 separate add-in
cards.

The add-in cards are connected to

the mother board through PCI-e
connectors.

Each add-in card contains an Octeon+

processor.

One Octeon+ processor contains 13

MIPS64v2 CPU cores.

A physical switch provides both

external and internal
communications.
Presentation / Author / Date
 Outline
RNC in UMTS
NSN RNC portfolio
mcRNC overview
mcRNC HW architecture
mcRNC SW architecture
Data flow in mcRNC
mcRNC SW architecture
• All control, signaling and O&M software is
running on Linux SMP provided by
WindRiver.
• User plane SW runs on top of hardware
abstraction layer called Simple Executive. A
set of services provided by the middleware
create a pseudo-OS interface to the
applications to ensure that the
programming of data plane applications is
kept simple.
• Flexi Platform provides essential and
mandatory services like Hardware and
Software Management, High Availability
Services, Commissioning, basic networking
stacks etc.
• IPA Light enables the reuse of application
software from predecessor versions. It also
provides domain specific functions for Call
Management and platform services for all
domains Call Management, Signaling stack
management, Distributed Computing and
Traffic and transport functions.
 Processing unit & functional unit
Processing unit
• A unit of deployment that spans one multi-core processor containing one or
more functional units. The functional units contained may belong to any of the
planes but are grouped together to ease processing and communication.

Functional unit
• A unit of execution and deployment that relates to a node in the cluster. It
belongs to one of Control, User, Transport or Management planes. It is
equivalent to a “computer” in the traditional sense.
 mcRNC Processing Units

CFPU

USPU

USPU

USPU
CSPU

CSPU

CSPU

EIPU
HDU
PTU

BOC-A

BOC-A
BOC-A

BOC-A

BOC-A

BOC-A

BOC-A

BOC-A
HDSAM-A
BSAC-A

Octeon Add-in Card HW (BOC-A) can run following Functional

In addition it is possible to install following functions
unit SW: to AMC slots:
CFPU Common Functions Processing Unit, 2N HDU Hard Disk Unit
CSPU Cell Specific Processing Unit, N+M PTU Packet Timing Unit
USPU UE Specific Processing Unit, SN+
EIPU External Interface Processing Unit, no redundancy

Presentation / Author / Date

 mcRNC Processing Units
SER
USB
LMP

FD

VCMC

HD
LAN1 1 GigE
(Element management)

PCIe
Oct 1
CFPU
Oct 2
CSPU

External Interfaces part of Ethernet switch

Ethernet switch
HW Management.
Oct 3

Back-plain part of Ethernet switch

CSPU
10GigE

IPMB-L
Network Oct 4
Interfaces CSPU

Oct 5
USPU
1GigE Oct 6
Network USPU
Interfaces
Oct 7
USPU
LAN2 1 GigE Oct 8
(Element management) EIPU
10GigE
HiGig
Back-Plane
CFPU
OMU
• Handles all Operation and Maintenance services
System Management (HCM, SCM, commissioning, etc.)
Operations Management (fault, performance, RNW, etc.)
Mediation management between BTS and OMS
Stack management

CFCP
• Handles SABP protocol
• Handles the location related services for Iu-PC
• Handles centralized information maintenance (RC3)

EITP
• Terminates the external Ethernet interface needed for
management plane operations
•Management connections (ssh) and connection to OMS go
through this interface.
USPU
USCP

Implements all UE-specific control plane functions:

Manages UE state information, handles RRC signaling towards UE
and all RANAP signaling towards CN.
Implements all RNSAP signaling.
Reserves L2 processing resources and radio links on Iub and Iur

USUP
Implements following 3GPP L2 protocols:
Iu-UP, RTP,RTCP
PDCP
RLC: radio link control protocol, implementing segmentation,
reassembly and optional retransmission of radio link data
MAC-d: Dedicated part of medium access control protocol is
implemented here
FP-d: Frame protocol for the dedicated channels is implemented,
together with macro-diversity combining.
Implements the HSPA services in the RNC.
Hosts the Enhanced CELL FACH / RACH services.
CSPU
CSCP
Implements all cell-specific control plane functions:
Implements NBAP signaling
Implements RRC-c signaling as well as allocation of a S-RNTI and
selection of USPU for incoming RRC connections
Implements radio resource management, including admission
control, load control and packet scheduling for each cell
Implements connection admission control for Iub transport links (in
case support for bandwidth-limited Iub links is needed)

CSUP
Implements FP-c (frame protocol) common channel part
Implements MAC-c, including management of C-RNTI’s, scheduling
of packets to downlink common channels and data measurements
 EIPU
EIPU
SITP QOSA EITP (SE)
SAGPRO TF
TAE
Shared Memory
NBLSTC
IUE GTP-u
UDP

SELib
IKEv2 IPBR QoS
SCCP BFD SELog
M3UA OSPF SEAlarm
SEFunc IP
SEPM
IPSec
SECM
SCTP SEFM
IP MAC/VLAN
FaStDist
DMX Msg
 Outline
RNC in UMTS
NSN RNC portfolio
mcRNC overview
mcRNC HW architecture
mcRNC SW architecture
Data flow in mcRNC
IuCS User Plane data flow
IuPS NRT DCH and HS-DSCH data flow
IuPS NRT traffic over CCH data flow
Reference information
Capacity &Performance for mcRNC 3.0

  S1-A1 S5-A1 S1-B2 S3-B2 S7-B2

Max number of cells 1200 2800 2600 6600 10000

Max number of BTSs 400 560 520 1320 2000

# of EIPUs 4 8 or 12 2 6 12

Max number of subscribers 340000 1380000 748000 2112000 4488000

Iub throughput (DL+UL) 1200 4930 3514 7518 16830

Max number of AMR calls 8500 34500 18700 52800 112200

Max AMR BHCA 340000 1380000 748000 2112000 4488000

Max PS BHCA 306000 1428000 925000 1967000 4396000

 Octeon+ and OcteonII

  OcteonII(BMPP2-B) Octeon+ (BOC-A)

CPU OcteonII CN6880 Octeon+ CN5650

CPU Freq 1200 MHz 800 MHz

Cores 32 12

RAM 4X8GB DDR3 4X2GB DDR2

Manufacturer Kontron Advantech

 BCN-A and BCN-B
  BCN-A BCN-B

Max number of modules in one 6 8

network element

External 10GE ports - 2

External 1 GE ports 16 10

Trace port 1 1