ZXUR 9000 Product Introduction

ZTE University

Contents

General Introduction System Architecture Hardware Description Product Highlights

ZXUR 9000 Location in Mobile Network

SGSN GGSN

BTS/NodeB

BSC/RNC

NodeB

BTS

BSC/RNC

BTS/NodeB

MSC-S/VLR GMSC-S

Other-PLMN

PSTN

MGW GMGW

Gb/IuPs

A/IuCs

A/IuCsMc

Nb

Nc

Iur/Iur-gGb/IuPs

ZXUR 9000

Abis/Iub

Abis/Iub

Abis

Iub

CS DataPS Data

CS/PS Mixed DataSignaling

Functionality of ZXUR 9000 in General

ZXUR 9000

ZXUR 9000

Node B

Node B

Node B

Abis/Iub

Iur-g

GERAN/UTRAN

BSC/RNC Basic Function

System information broadcast and MS access control

Mobility management such as handover, relocation, etc.

Radio resource management such as power control, cell resource allocation, etc.

CS and PS RAB services

Radio channel encryption for transmitted data and signaling

Physical Specifications

Item Specification

Dimensions (H*D*W) (mm) 2,200 * 800 * 600

WeightEmpty Cabinet ： <110

Full Configured Cabinet ： <490

Power Consumption Single Shelf ： < 3500

Power Source Requirements

-48V DC (-57V DC ~ -40V DC)

Operating TemperatureLong-term temperature: 5°C–40°C.

Short-term temperature: -5°C–45°C.

Operating HumidityLong-term humidity: 5%~85%.

Short-term humidity: 5%~90%.

Design Based on ZTE Common Hardware Platform

CSCF

AGCF

BGCF

MGCF

MME

PDN-GW

Serving-

GW

PSS/PES

IM-MGW

MSCs/

MSCe

MGW

BSC

RNC

USPP

SGSN

GGSN

AGW

PDSN/HA

All IP Platform Design

BSC/RNC/CN Co- Platform

GSM/UMTS/CDMA Co-Platform

Common platform enhance board integration, system stability and save spares GSM and UMTS networks share interfaces and transmission, saving cost Unified OMC simplifies O&M, saves manpower and unifies GU capacity planning Resource pool, flexible GU resource allocation Unified RRM realizes intelligent access, handover and GU load balance

Converged OMC Platform

Convergence

ZXUR 9000 Rack Components

The rack:

600mm width*800mm depth, in line with

ETS 300 119 or IEC60297 standard

2200mm height, support 3 sub-rack

configuration

Sub-racks are configured by sequence:

main sub-rack first, than sub-rack 1 and 2

Extension sub-rack

2

Extension sub-rack

2

Power distribution sub-rack:

3U height, in top of the rack

Provide power distribution for the whole

system, power indication and outer

environment monitoring function

Dual power input, support automatic

switch between 2 power input

Wind guide sub-rack: Provide wind duct

for forward/backward wind to isolate the system wind duct and improve cooling efficiency

The wind duct is below service sub-rack.

The wind duct for main sub-rack is 2U height, and for extension sub-rack is 4U. Wind duct for each sub-rack is placed below the sub-rack.

Main sub-rack

Main sub-rack

Extension sub-rack 1Extension sub-rack 1

ZXUR 9000 Service Sub-rack Introduction

8

19 inch standard shelf

Front and rear plug-in shelf for each sub-racks, each

have 14 slots

Processing boards and O&M boards in front shelves ,

designed with ATCA standard board

Interface boards and switching boards in rear shelves

ZXUR 9000 shelf (Front, Rear, Side view)

ZXUR 9000 includes two types of sub-racks:

Main sub-rack, service handling plus O&M and

clock function, compulsory for configuration.

Extension sub-rack, service handling, configured

based on capacity requirement, configured from 0-

2.

Components of each sub-rack (from top to

bottom) ： FAN unit (3 FANs, 2 for front shelf heat

dissipation, 1 for rear shelf heat dissipation)

Plug-in boards (front board 8U, rear board 9U)

Power unit (each sub-rack configure 2)

ZXUR 9000 Rack

Distributed design, resource pool for service handling ensure high reliability, strong processing capability with high efficiency.

Distributed design, resource pool for service handling ensure high reliability, strong processing capability with high efficiency.

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General Introduction System Architecture Hardware Description Product Highlights

ZXUR 9000 System Architecture

ZXUR 9000 is designed with all IP switching architecture. Logical units including: access unit, switching unit, processing unit,

O&M unit etc.

Power, FAN

Processing Unit

O&M

Environment Monitoring Unit

Access U

nit

SwitchingU

nit

ZXUR 9000

BTS/Node B

BSC/RNC

CN

STM -1E 1

FE GE485

Abis/Iub

Iur-g/Iur

A/Gb/Iu

ZXUR 9000 Board Classification

Switching Board

Processing Board

Interface Board

Switching board deals with the switching in control plane (BASE) and media plane (FABRIC). Besides the intra-shelf switching, it also provides switching channels for all inter-shelf communication.

Processing board handles the protocol processing in control plane and user plane, and is responsible for the overall processing and control in terms of O&M.

Interface board offers access of STM-1, E1/T1, CSTM-1 via interfaces including A, Abis, Gb, Iu, Iub and Iur to meet various requirements of networking.

Switching and Processing Board

Boards Full Name Function Description Conf. Principle

EGBSEnhanced GE Base Switch board

Handles switching in BASE, namely control plane; provides switching channels for all intra-shelf and inter-shelf communication in control plane.

The number of EGBS is always 2 for each shelf.GSM and UMTS can share these 2 EGBSs.

EGFSEnhanced GE Fabric Switch board

Handles switching in FABRIC, namely media plane; provides switching channels for all intra-shelf and inter-shelf communication in media plane. Provides clock function.

The number of EGFS is always 2 for each shelf.GSM and UMTS can share these 2 EGFSs.

Physical Boards Full Name Logical

Boards Function Description Conf. Principle

USPUniversal Service Process board

RUP Processing in user plane; handles the voice and data processing within system. Capacity decides the

number of USP. GSM and UMTS should configure respectively.DMP is for UMTS only.

CMP Control plane processing, for common signaling processing among cells

DMP Control plane processing, dedicated for user signaling processing irrelative with cells

UMPUniversal Management Process board

OMP Overall management 2 OMPs, 2 OMMs.GSM and UMTS share the boards.OMM Local O&M

ETCBEnhanced Trans Coder Board

Support transcoding and rate adaptation. Apply to GSM only

Switching Board

Processing Board

Interface BoardBoards Full Name Function Description GSM or UMTS

EAPB Enhanced ATM Process Board Offer interface for ATM over STM-1 Apply to UMTS only

EDTAEnhanced Digital Trunk board ATM version

Offer interface for ATM over E1 Apply to UMTS only

ESDTAEnhanced SDH Digital Trunk board ATM version

Offer interface for ATM over channelized STM-1

Apply to UMTS only

EDTIEnhanced Digital Trunk board IP version

Offer interface for IP over E1 Apply to GSM and UMTS

ESDTIEnhanced SDH Digital Trunk board IP version

Offer interface for IP over channelized STM-1

Apply to GSM and UMTS

EGPB Enhanced GE Process Board Offer GE/FE interfaces Apply to GSM and UMTS

ESDTGEnhanced SDH Digital Trunk board GSM version

Offer access of TDM CSTM-1 Apply to GSM only.

EDTTEnhanced Digital Trunk board TDM version

Offer access of TDM E1/T1 Apply to GSM only

ESDTTEnhanced SDH Digital Trunk board IP version

Offer access of TDM CSTM-1 Apply to GSM only

Abundant interfaces for different networking requirementsAbundant interfaces for different networking requirementsAbundant interfaces for different networking requirementsAbundant interfaces for different networking requirements

High Reliability Design

Logical UnitPhysical

BoardLogical Board Backup Method

O&M Unit UMPOMM 1+1

OMP 1+1

Access Unit

EAPB EAPB 1+1

ESDTA ESDTA 1+1

EDTA EDTA Load sharing

EGPB EGPB 1+1, load sharing

EDTI EDTI 1+1

ESDTI ESDTI 1+1

EDTT EDTT 1+1

ESDTT ESDTT 1+1

ESDTG ESDTG 1+1

Switch UnitEGBS EGBS Load sharing

EGFS EGFS Load sharing

Processing Unit USPRUP/DMP Load sharing

CMP 1+1

ETCB ETCB Load sharing

Signaling Processing Flow-GSM/UMTS

Signaling Processing Flow

Service Processing Flow-GSM(IP A)/UMTS

CS Service Processing Flow

PS Service Processing Flow

CS Service Processing Flow

Service Processing Flow-GSM(TDM A)

CS Service Processing Flow

PS Service Processing Flow

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General Introduction System Architecture Hardware Description Product Highlights

Hardware System Overview

B1

B2A

1 2

2

2

3

Shelf

Service shelfService shelf

19 inch standard shelf

Front and rear plug-in shelf for each

sub-racks, each have 14 slots

Processing boards and O&M boards in

front shelves , designed with ATCA

standard board

Interface boards and switching boards

in rear shelves

Service shelfService shelf

19 inch standard shelf

Front and rear plug-in shelf for each

sub-racks, each have 14 slots

Processing boards and O&M boards in

front shelves , designed with ATCA

standard board

Interface boards and switching boards

in rear shelves

Board parameters

Front plug-in board Height: 8U Service processing

Front plug-in board Height: 9U Interface and switching

1 3 5 7 9 11 13

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

INT

INT

INT

INT

EGBS

EGBS

EGFS

EGFS

INT

INT

INT

INT

INT

INT

15 17 19 21 23 25 27

Configuration1 3 5 7 9 11 13

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

UMP

UMP

UMP

UMP

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

USP

ETCB

INT

INT

INT

INT

EGBS

EGBS

EGFS

EGFS

INT

INT

INT

INT

INT

INT

15 17 19 21 23 25 27

Master shelf configurationMaster shelf configurationMaster shelf configurationMaster shelf configuration

Slave shelves configuration Slave shelves configuration Slave shelves configuration Slave shelves configuration

RNC/BSC

Slave shelf 1

Slave shelf 2

Master shelf

Rack ConfigurationRack ConfigurationRack ConfigurationRack Configuration

UMP (Universal Management Process Board)

OMM function：1.Responsible for NE operation and maintenance.2.Through the rear board EGBS, it externally provides GE interface to connect EMS.

OMP function：1.Processes global procedure, controls the operation and maintenance of the entire System.2.UMP directly or indirectly monitors and manages the boards in the system and manages the configuration of each board and other components.

O&M Unit Principle

PDUM

USP

(CMP/DMP/RUP

)

E(S)DTI

UMP(OMM)

Base Ethernet

UMP(OMP)

EGBS

E(S)DTT

ESDTG

E(S)DTA

EAPB

EGPB

ETCB

Inner Bus Fabric Ethernet

EGFS

USP (Universal Service Processing Board)

The USP is a service processing board, including the protocol processing of control plane and user plane.

USP

CMP

RUPDMP

Common control plane protocols processing

Dedicated control plane protocols processing (UMTS)

User plane protocols processing

ETCB (Enhanced TransCoder Board)

The ETCB implements the conversion between the voice codeand PSTN A PCM voice code at radio interface and the rate adaptation between the two codes (including the rate adaptation in data service).

GSM Only

EGBS (Enhanced GE Base Switch board)EGFS (Enhanced GE Fabric Switch board)

EGBS: Control plane switching EGFS: User plane switching

EGBS function：1.Responsible for board power-on and version loading.2.Monitors shelf environment, including the power, temperature, and fan status.3.Implements inter-shelf control plane switching

EGFS function：1.Distill clock reference and distribute in the shelf2.Implement inter-shelf user plane switching

Switching Unit Principle

Slave 1

Master shelf

EGFS

EGFS

EGFS

One 10G interface inside

EGFS

Slave 2

EGFS

EGFS

Slave 1

Master shelf

EGBS

EGBS

EGBS

One 1G interface inside

EGBS

Slave 2

EGBS

EGBS

Control plane Control plane connectionconnectionControl plane Control plane connectionconnection

Uer plane connectionUer plane connectionUer plane connectionUer plane connection

Slave shelf

Master Shelf

EGFS

EGFS

2M reference

EAPB

8K/25M/PP2S

to CN

BITS，line 8K reference

ESDTAEDTA

to Node B

E1/CSTM-1STM-1

EGPB

GPS

Slave shelf

EGFS

EAPBESDTIEDTI

to Node B

E1/CSTM-1

EGPB

8K/25M/PP2S

EGFS Clock EGFS Clock DistributionDistributionEGFS Clock EGFS Clock DistributionDistribution

IP Interface Board----------EGBP (Enhanced GE Process Board)

The EGPB is an interface board for GE access and IP processing.

The EGPB provides 4 GE (optical or electrical) interfaces. The EGPB can be configured on each interface of GSM

and UMTS.

IP Over E1 Interface Board EDTI (Enhanced Digital Trunk Board IP version)

ESDTI (Enhanced SDH Digital Trunk board IP version)

EDTI:

Provide 32 E1/T1 interfaces

Provide HDLC/PPP/ML-PPP protocol processing

Support GSM and UMTS IP over E1 access on Abis and Iub interface

EDTI:

Provide 4 CSTM-1 optical interfaces

Provide HDLC/PPP/ML-PPP protocol processing

Support GSM and UMTS IP over CSTM-1 access on Abis and Iub interface

UMTS ATM Interface BoardEAPB (Enhanced ATM processing board)

ESDTA (Enhanced SDH Digital Trunk board ATM version)

EDTA (Enhanced Digital Trunk Board ATM version)

EAPB:

Provide 3G ATM over STM-1 accessing

Provide 4 STM-1 optical interfaces for the system

Distill each STM-1 line clock as the clock reference

ESDTA:

Provide 3G ATM over CSTM-1 accessing

Provide 4 CSTM-1 optical interfaces, support 252 E1s including 168

groups of IMA

ESDTA:

Provide 3G ATM over E1 accessing

Provide 32 E1/T1 interfaces, including 30 groups of IMA

GSM Interface BoardEDTT (Enhanced Digital Trunk board TDM version)

ESDTG (Enhanced SDH Digital Trunk board GSM version)

ESDTT (Enhanced SDH Digital Trunk board TDM version)

EDTT:

Provide 32 E1/T1 interfaces

Provide TDM over E1 access for the GSM Abis/A/Ater interfaces

Provide TDM/IP processing

ESDTG:

Provide 4 CSTM-1 optical interfaces

Provide TDM over CSTM-1 access for GSM Abis interface

Provide TDM/IP processing

ESDTT:

Provide 4 CSTM-1 optical interfaces

Provide TDM over CSTM-1 access for GSM A interface,

Provide TDM/IP processing

Board Relationship with V3 RNC

Panel Function Relative V3 BoardsUMP OMM/OMP function ROMB 、 SBCX 、 OMP

USP CMP/DMP/RUP function RCB 、 RUB 、 CMP

ETCB Transcoder GUP

EGBS Control plane switching UIMC 、 THUB

EGFS User plane switching GUIM 、 GLI 、 PSN

EAPB 4 ATM STM-1 APBE

ESDTA 4 ATM CSTM-1 SDTA2

EDTA 32 ATM E1/T1 DTA

EGPB 4 GE GIPI3/4

ESDTI 4 IP CSTM-1 SDTI ， EIPI+SDTB2

EDTI 32 IP E1 DTI ， EIPI+DTB

ESDTT 4 TDM STM-1 ， A interface SDTB2+AIPB

ESDTG 4 TDM STM-1 ， Abis interface SDTB2+BIPB

EDTT 32 TDM E1/T1 DTB+AIPB 、 BIPB

Board Capacity

Index CMP RUP ETCB PDCH - 5000 -

CS Erl - 7000 4800

Cell 1024 600 -

BHCA (K) 2800 - -

TRX 2048 - -

Index CMP DMP RUP

MAX PS Throughput(Mbps) - - 1600

MAX CS Erl （ non encrypted） - - 9000

BHCA (K) 4350 2900 -Cell 1200 - -

Online Subs. (D+F+P) 120000 65000 34000

Online Subs. (D+F) 120000 65000 8000

GSM Mode：

UMTS Mode：

Remark: D-DCH, F-FACH, P-PCH For UMTS, The PS index of RUP is based on subscribed MBR 4M, HS896/128 with 2K signaling (UL+DL); the CS index of RUP is based on VAF is 0.5.

Comparison with V3 RNC

The capacity of processing board is listed in the table as follows:

IndexRCB2

RUBCMP DMP

Backup method 1+1 1+1 Load sharing

PS throughput(Mbps) - - 130

CS Erl (Erl) - - 3000

BHCA (K) 2000 500 380

Cell 1000 - 250

Online users(K) 18 6 3.4

System Configuration – U Single Mode1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1

011

12

13

14

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

INT

INT

INT

INT

EGBS

EGBS

EGFS

EGFS

INT

INT

INT

INT

INT

INT

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

INT

INT

INT

INT

EGBS

EGBS

EGFS

EGFS

INT

INT

INT

INT

INT

INT

USP

USP

USP

USP

UMP

UMP

UMP

UMP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

INT

INT

INT

INT

EGBS

EGBS

EGFS

EGFS

INT

INT

INT

INT

INT

INT

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USP RUP ， User Plane Processing

USP DMP ， Control Plane Dedicated Processing

USP CMP ， Control Plane Common Processing

UMP OMP ， Global Operation and Maintenance

UMP OMM ， OMMR+OMMB

IndexOne shelf

TwoShelves

Three Shelves

CS 54K 135K 234K

PS 9.6G 24G 41.6G

Cell 1200 2400 2400

BHCA 4350K 8700K 8700K

System Configuration – G Single Mode1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1

011

12

13

14

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

INT

INT

INT

INT

EGBS

EGBS

EGFS

EGFS

INT

INT

INT

INT

INT

INT

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

INT

INT

INT

INT

EGBS

EGBS

EGFS

EGFS

INT

INT

INT

INT

INT

INT

USP

USP

USP

USP

UMP

UMP

UMP

UMP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

USP

INT

INT

INT

INT

EGBS

EGBS

EGFS

EGFS

INT

INT

INT

INT

INT

INT

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

USP RUP ， User Plane Processing

USP CMP ， Control Plane Processing

UMP OMP ， Global Operation and Maintenance

UMP OMM ， OMMR+OMMB

IndexOne Shelf

Two Shelves

Three Shelves

CS 35K 63K 98K

PDCH 15K 45K 60K

TRX 2048 6144 12288

BHCA 2800K 8400K 16800K

Cables

Rack Wiring All cables are laid on the rear of rack. Cables can be laid upwards and downwards to agree with the

installation mode of the rack. Cable Connection

Fabric plane fiber Connect the 10G fiber between EGFSs in different shelves.

Base plane GE Connect the 1GE ethernet cable between EGBSs in different shelves.

Clock cable： Connect the RJ45 clock distribution cable between EGFSs in different

shelves. The EGFSs in master shelf connect the outside clock reference

485 monitoring cable: Connect the 485 monitoring cable form PDU (Power Distribution Unit )

at the rack top to the EGBS panel interfaces.

Cable Types

10G10G fiberfiberGEGE

Clock distributionClock distributionOutside clock Outside clock referencereference （（ MHzMHz 、、BpsBps 、、 LineLine 、、 GPGPSS ））

Power, fan, environment Power, fan, environment monitoringmonitoring

E1/T1E1/T1Fiber (ethernet, Fiber (ethernet, SDH)SDH)Ethernent Ethernent

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General Introduction System Architecture Hardware Description Product Highlights

Huge Capacity in One Rack

Traffic 234,000Erl

BHCA 29,000k

Throughput 41.6Gbps

Node B 2800

Cell 5600

UMTS Single Mode CapacityUMTS Single Mode Capacity

IP-based switch platform, data transmission with high efficiency.

High integrity design, realize huge capacity, facilitate expansion and evolving data processing capability.

ZXUR 9000

Traffic 73,500Erl

BHCA 16,800k

MCS9 PDTCH 42,800

TRX 12,250

GSM Single Mode CapacityGSM Single Mode Capacity

Traffic 26,800Erl+90,000Erl

BHCA 8,400k+17,400k

Throughput 0.87 Gbps+16Gbps

Cell 2,240+4,500

GU Dual-Mode Capacity (Typical GU Dual-Mode Capacity (Typical Value GSM+UMTS)Value GSM+UMTS)

Rich Interface Types for Various Networking Requirements

2G&3G share switch unit

2G&3G share O&M unit

2G&3G share IP interface unit

ATM interface unit for 3G

TDM interface unit for 2G

Based on Unified Platform, Flexible Dual Mode Resource Sharing and System Processing

ZXUR 9000 Summary

Huge capacity, high integrity, easy to expand, effectively saving footprint; adapt to various environment and fast growth of traffic load, protecting operators’ investment.

All-IP structure meets the requirement of network evolution. Compared with TDM/ATM platform, IP switch management features convenient maintenance, simple configuration, flexible expansion, higher delivery efficiency and more flexible delivery mechanism.

The entire system adopts redundancy design by platform and high reliability. No single point fault, online software download supported, loading and being activated in remote.

Simple configuration, convenient maintenance. Few board types, including processing, interface and switching boards, making configuration simpler and expansion easier, also reducing spare parts types, cutting down maintenance cost.

Abundant interfaces, flexible networking, TDM/ATM/IP protocol stack and diverse physical interfaces like E1, STM-1, channelized STM-1, FE and GE supported, flexibly responding to transmission changes.

ZXUR 9000

Complete transmission and processing resources sharing between GSM and UMTS, unified RRM realizing users flexible access to Gu network, balancing loads, maximally utilizing network resources. Smooth evolution from 2G to 3G by software upgrading.