WCDMA RNC 3820 Field

Maintenance
RNC 3820 Maintenance
 RNC 3820
The 3820 is the high capacity RNC model developed by Ericsson. Every
aspect of the node is enhanced, including the Subrack, fan units and
connection field. Differences between the 3820 and 3810 include:
› Fully optimised for data-heavy
applications with increased node throughput
› Smaller footprint, with the entire node
housed in one cabinet
› Much more flexibility in board placement,
with node expansion carried out at PIU
level rather then subrack level
› Developed high speed IP and also
supports ATM transmission.
› Subracks support ATM and Ethernet
internal switching
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RNC 3820 – Cabinet Layout
Fan unit BYB 501
Extension • 1 - 3 High Capacity Subracks
Subrack 2
Same mounting as for RNC 3810
Fan unit
Air intake
Fan unit

Extension
Subrack 1
Fan unit
Air intake
Fan unit

Main
Subrack High Capacity Subrack
(HCS)
Fan unit
Air intake
Connection Fields
Active Patch Panel
Active Patch Panel

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 RNC 3820 - High Capacity Subrack

› New self-contained high powered

subrack, developed for use with the
RNC 3820 Node. Allows for increased
node throughput and subrack capacity
› Superior cooling facilities offset the
additional heat generated by the more
powerful processors in CPP 7.0
boards
› Will support 1600/2400W power
dissipation, with easy upgrade for
SCB-TF (which requires 2400W
dissipation)
› IP backplane connectivity to the new
C-MXB IP switching board is put in
place for 12 slots
› ATM backplane connectivity for ATM
boards to the SCB remains in place for
the HCS

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RNC 3820 - Backplane Connectivity
ATM connectivity in 26 slots – not required for slot 3/26

4 6 8 10 12 14 15 17 19 21 23 25
SCB-DF/TF Slot

SCB-DF/TF Slot
C-MXB Slot
C-MXB Slot

Ethernet Subrack Link (ESL) between

C-MXBs in Active and standby C-MXB
slots, as well as a backplane
reset/control connection from the each
SCB-DF slot

IP connectivity in the 12 grey slots. Switch in MXB: 12 (+ 8 front connections on

the board itself ) * 10Gbps = 200Gbps switch
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RNC 3820 - High Capacity Subrack (HCS)
• 8 small fan motors arranged in a 4*2
configuration so that each subrack slot
1 2 3 4 is serviced by two fan motors.
• Two equal and identical control units
5 66 7 8 control 4 fan motors each in such a way
that a single fan control unit failure only
affects one of the fans cooling a specific
slot.

• Pushing fan will press out dust

• Pluggable, no screws
• Normal air speed 3,5m/s
• Air speed 1,7-1,8 m/s at fan
motor failure
• Fulfils noise requirements
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RNC 3820 Improvements
The ISL bandwidth is not as The node makes use of
much of an issue as in the a new generation of
3810. Ethernet Subrack CPP7.0 boards. These
links (ESLs) now provide for have superior
IP transport between processing, switching
subracks. ISLs only need and transmission
transmit ATM data capabilities

Ethernet subrack
links (ESLs) now
provide IP transport
between subracks
There is less reliance and
the MS, with Iu/Iur
termination now possible in
all subracks (SPB’s in all
subracks have PDRs) Active Patch Panels

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RNC 3820 - Cabling
Ext Subrack 2 (optional)

S C E E C S Note:
C M T T M C
X I I X
Power cables and cables
B B B
B used for APP and fan
P P
C G G C
control are not shown

Ext Subrack 1 (optional)

S C E C S
C M T M C
X M X
B B F B
B
C 4 C
/41

Main Subrack (mandatory hub) Mandatory ESL cable / star topology

S C E E C S (10G Ethernet – user plane)
C M T T M C
X M M X Mandatory ISL cable / star topology
B B F F B
B
C 4 4 C (330 Mbit/s AMAX – control plane)
/41 /41

Active Patch Panel (APP) x 2 (mandatory)

2 x 10 GE
n x STM-1 ATM/SDH

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 RNC 3820 – Elimination of ISL Load

ISLx2 = 620 Mbit/s Extension

Iu ESL = 10 Gbit/s Subrack
IP AAL5

Iub ipET ATM

Iur IP AAL2

Main pdrSP IP/Eth

Subrack ISL
dcSP

pdrSP
CN
Node i dcSP Extension
Subrack
RNC j ipET
pdrSP
RBS k
dcSP

ipET
ESL
Example:
HS user plane
Æ Front-end Ethernet Switching data flow

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 RNC 3820 - Hardware Architecture
TN Infra Structure
1..1 GPS
IP/Ethernet ATM
IP/Ethernet Main Subrack
Traffic Node infrastructure
(e.g. Mub/Mut) C-MXB SCB-DF Mandatory

ATM VC CC ET-IPG TUB TUB SCB-DF

Traffic ATM ET C-MXB ATM
backplane
(e.g. Mub/Mut)
GPB SPB ET-IPG Ethernet
Mur backplane
OSS-RC
Ext. Mgmt ESL 0..3 ISL
Sys Extension Subrack Central Control Plane
Mandatory in Main Subrack
4 GPBs
Mur C-MXB SCB-DF
Thin Client/ GPB
Console ATM ET ET-IPG
Modular Control/User Plane
Iu GPB SPB ≥ 2 GPBs per node
CN ≥ 2 SPBs per subrack
GPB
Iur 0..2
Extension Subrack SPB
RNC
C-MXB SCB-DF
Iub
RBS ATM ET ET-IPG
GPB SPB TN Support ATM ET
Optional
-48V/DC RNC ET-IPG

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Main Subrack minimum configuration
Standby boards
Active boards (except slots 23/25)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2324 25 26 27 28

GPB65 – C2
GPB65 – C1

GPB65 – C2

GPB65 – C1

SCB-DF
SCB-DF

ET-IPG
C-MXB
C-MXB
ET-IPG

GPB65

GPB65

SPB3

TUB
SPB3
SPB3
TUB

Switching/timing Module Boards/Tx boards Control GPBs (standby)

boards

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Extension Subrack min configuration
Active boards Standby boards

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

SCB-DF
SCB-DF

ET-IPG
C-MXB
GPB65
C-MXB
ET-IPG

SPB3
SPB3
SPB3

Module Boards/Tx boards

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 RNC 3820 Control Boards
Switch Core Board Exchang Terminal General purpose Special purpose Common/CPP
(SCB-DF or TF) IP Gateway Board Processor Board Processor Board Main Switching
(ET-IPG) (GPB 65) (SPB 3) Board
(C-MXB)

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SCB-DF
The SCB Dual Feed is developed for the new RNC
3820 High Powered Subrack. It features:
ƒ Dual -48V DC power feed to separate sections of
the HCS offering 2 * 800 Watts for distribution to
the back-plane. (Future increase to 3 * 800W with
SCB-Triple Feed)

ƒ Subrack power rail is partitioned with two groups

of 14 slots powered by each feed from SCB-DF

ƒ Backplane connections to the active and standby

C-MXB boards offer control and reset options

ƒ The SCB-DF cannot be used with the current

RNC3810 CPP subrack, as the access pins in the
backplane are not correctly configured. This node
continues to use the SCB3

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SCB-DF Connectivity
ƒ SCB-DF front unit consists of
power, fan and ISL F
O
connections Power: Two -48V I

inputs, giving a 1600W

ƒ The three Inter-Subrack power feed to the G

Links each have a throughput backplane

F
of 310Mbps, and when used
in parallel a max overall RS 232 Cxn E

throughput of 620 Mbps to the for fan unit

1
extension subracks. This
ISL LEDs
should no longer be a 3

4
limitation as we have ESL’s on
the C-MXB D

Three ISL
ƒ The SCB-TF will differ from
connections
this slightly in that it will have B

in SCB-DF
three power connections and A

four ISLs
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 SCB-TF
› SCB-TF is a new generation of Switch Core Board: ROJ 119 2334/3

› SCB-TF main properties are:

- support of 2400W power mode: 3 power branches (800W each)
- support of 1600W power mode (as SCB-DF): by ACC-plug
- additional alarm information for the power inputs
- CLD supervision, to remove cable length restrictions
- max power consumption 68W (14,4W for SCB-DF)

› New RNC 3820 R2 will always be delivered with SCB-TF (2400W

power mode)

› For RNC3820 upgrade to SPB4 the SCB-TF is only required if the

estimated power consumption exceeds 1600W on a Subrack:
- optional SCB upgrade kit orderable (2 SCB-TF and cables)

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C-MXB
ƒ Function:
– The Common Main Switching Board is a
200Gbps Ethernet switch.

– Two C-MXB boards are located in each

subrack in an active/standby set-up,
allowing for board redundancy
ƒ Connectivity
– Eight front unit 10GB Ethernet ports
provide an interface point for high capacity
IP data links from other nodes
– 12 backplane 10GB Ethernet ports
provide for internal Ethernet switching
within the subrack, between up to 12 slots
using the C-MXB
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C-MXB Connectivity

LEDs indicate
the activity on F 12 10G Ethernet
each of the 8 O
I BASE Cx4
ports H
G
backplane ports
F
E for internal
D
C switching
Management B
A
RS232 / 1000
BaseT port

Board control and

reset by the SCB-DF
8 front ports via a backplane
(10G Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet
BASE Cx4) for interface
external
connections

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ET-IPG
ƒ Function:
– The IP-based exchange terminal board, carries out
RTP/UDP/IP termination, and distribution of IP data to
hosts on other boards
– Acts as a gateway for IP data from the C-MXB,
packing it to AAL2u cells and sending on to the
processing boards

ƒ Connectivity
– ET-IPG has four Gigabit Ethernet BaseTx
connections. In general two are can be used, with 1+1
link redundancy. In the RNC 3820 these will not be
initially used, as the CMXB has 10Gbps IP-interface
functionality.
– The backplane has a further two 10GB Ethernet
connections for user data switched from the C-MXB
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GPB 65
Capacity:
ƒ Primary memory: 4 GByte DDR2 SDRAM
ƒ Secondary memory: 2GByte compact flash form
factor disk
ƒ Two full duplex 10/100/1000 BASE-Tx Ethernet
transceivers, and RS232 interface
ƒ Uses the MPC8641 dual core PowerPC
processor, with a clock frequency of 1333 MHz

Comparism with GPB53:

ƒ Higher processing capacity with faster clock
frequency
ƒ Primary Memory increase from one to four Gbyte
ƒ Extra front plane Ethernet port
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GPB 75
› RNC 3820 R1.1 is identified by product package number FAP 130 1871

› RNC 3820 R1.1 introduces the GPB75 - ROJ 119 2106/75

› The minimum Software Releases required for GPB75 boards are:

– W10.1.3.3 for Iublink over IP
– W10.1.3.5 for Iublink over ATM

› Mixed configuration (GPB65 and GPB75) is not supported with SW W10B

– New R1.1 nodes
– Full GPB65 -> GPB75 replacement

› Partial upgrade including a mix of GPB65 and GPB75 (also for mMP) is
supported in W11B

› The Active Patch Panel (APP) can be integrated to the FAN supervision Loop
(recommended but not mandatory). APP2 version and new cables required to
connect the APP with the fan units.

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GPB 75 characteristics
› Processor Dual Core MPC8641D (GPB6 was equipped with MPC8641)

› CPU clock frequency slightly increased from 1.33 (GPB6) to 1.5 GHz

› Processing Capacity about 1.7 times

compared to GPB6

› 2 Ethernet connections to the backplane, for

future use in a High Capacity Sub-rack

› Max power consumption 65W (53W GPB65)

› Max Load Level 95% (per core)

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GPB 75 characteristics
› mMP is the module Main Processor board, i.e the GPB that contains a single
core processor (up to GPB6) or dual core processor (GPB75)

› “RNC variant” naming convention (i.e C50, C60, etc.) doesn’t change with
GPB75 introduction, it always refers to the number of installed GPB boards

› Each GPB75 contain a dual core processor. Each core is defined as a Module
Controller and each Module Controller is realized by the following instances:
- Cell (RncLmCell)
- Ue (RncLmUe)
- ModOm (RncLmModOm)
- LoadControl (RncLmLoadCtr)

› RNCModules are therefore doubled on GPB75:

- 1 mMP board == 1 RncModule on GPB65
- 1 mMP board == 2 RncModules on GPB75

› The identity of the RNC module (RncModuleId) reflects the position of the
corresponding GPB board (subrack/slot). In addition single or dual core
configuration is indicated by the programinstanceid
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GPB 75 - Impact on RncModules
19 x mMP GPB65 == 19 RNCModules 19 mMP x GPB75 == 38 RNCModules

RNCModules
doubled

-RncModuleId (MS-14-1): Subrack (MS) – Slot (14) – Programinstanceid (1)

-Programinstanceid:
- 0 for GPB65
- 1 or 2 for GPB75 (1 for instance on Core0, 2 for Core1)
- to distinguish between the different RncModule instances on the
same processor

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moduleMP SW allocation

moduleMP
Core 0
› Multiple instances of UEH, Cell
Core 1
UEH
and Load Control
Cell UEH

Load › One core can be seen as one

Sctp Control
Cell ”old” mMP or RNC Module (MP
PM part)
Controller Load
Control
CPP
› UeCtxPooling is done per core

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SPB-3

ƒ 3rd Generation of the SPB, a board which is used for

user plane processing in the RNC. SPB3 is developed
for the RNC 3820 and to support high bitrates for HSPA
– SPB21 can only support up to 18Mbps
user rate, but SPB3 can support up to
50Mbps user rate

ƒ Board has five SPMs consisting of:

– PowerPC750 (Gx Low power) processor with
clock freq of 972MHz (366MHz in SPB21)
– 256MB SDRAM
ƒ Superior processing power leads to much higher
power dissipation (apr 70W)
ƒ The board is backwards compatible with previous
versions and can be used in low-power mode in the
RNC 3810 (3 of 5 SPMs active)
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SPB Software Allocation in RNC
There are four possible Repertoires, depending on SPB and RNC used

SPB3 only Removed in

SPB1/SPB21/SPB3
RNC 3810

DC DC DC DC
DC DC DC DC
DC DC DC DC
CC DC DC DC
PDR CC PDR DC

SWA: SPB_TYPE_A SPB_TYPE_B SPB_TYPE_C SPB_TYPE_D

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SPB-4
› SPB4 is the new Special purpose Processor Board: ROJ 119 2403/1

› Each SPB4 has three Dual Core processors: MPC8572E

› CPU clock frequency increased from 972 (SPB3) to 1500 MHz

› Two 10G Ethernet connections to the backplane (only ATM in SPB3)

› Max power consumption 100W (68W on SPB3)

- 75W if only 2 SP (SP number 3 can be powered up or down)

› Supports up to 84 Mbps single user peak rate (also SPB3 in W11B)

› SP memories increased:
- primary SDRAM from 256 MB (SPB3) to 1024 MB
- flash memory from 16 MB (SPB3) to 32 MB

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SPB4 vs SPB3
› Each SPB3 has five Special Purpose Processors (SP) single core:
- each SP has only one device LM loaded
- each SP is regarded as a Cc, Dc or PDR device
- therefore 5 devices are supported on each SPB3

› Each SPB4 has three Special Purpose Processors (SP) dual core:
- each Core has one instance of Cc, Dc or PDR running
- each Core is regarded as a Cc, Dc, PDR device
- therefore 6 devices are supported on each SPB4

› “SPB4 Core” processing capacity is ~ 1.25 times “SPB3 SP processor”

› In addition a new LM, SpCoordinator, is introduced on SPB4:

- to handle SP common resources (AALx buffer allocations, CEP allocation..)

Note: in W11B the maximum number of cells supported per CC-device is

reduced from 192 to 140 for both SPB3 and SPB4

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SPB4 configuration
› SPB4 board can be configured as
- Type A: 1 CC + 1 PDR + 4 DC
- Type D: 6 DC

› Type B and Type C configuration are not used on SPB4

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 SPB4 Core configuration: Type A
CPP Programs SPB4
always on Core0 SPM/Processor 1 SPM/Processor 2 SPM/Processor 3

Core 0 Core 0 Core 0

SpCoo SpCoo SpCoo
SpCoordinator rd rd DC rd DC
PDR
always onCore0 CPP CPP CPP
Progra Progra Progra
ms ms ms

Core 1 Core 1 Core 1

CC DC DC

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ETBs Allowed in the RNC 3820

Board Tx Type Usage

ET-MF4 ATM Interface for STM-1 SDH links

ET-MF41 ATM Channelised STM-1 interface board

ET-IPG IP RTP/UDP/IP termination. IP / AAL2u

gateway (as ATM-based GPB/SPBs)
C-MXB IP Interface board for Ethernet links, and
IP switch for the high capacity subrack

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Active Patch Panel (APP)
RNC 3820 it is normally equipped with 2 APP boards.

KDU 137 557/2 O/E Converter unit.

Dimensions: H=25 mm W= 450 mm D= 100 mm.
Power consumption: Max 30W.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

6 SFP slots (1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and 8) for maximum 1 Gbps Ethernet

2 SFP slots (10 and 12) for maximum 10 Gbps Ethernet
4 RJ-45 connectors (14, 15, 17,18) for E1/T1, Ethernet and RS232
2 connectors for Supervision and control (20 and 21)
1 connector for power supply to the SFP slots (22)

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RNC 3820 Node Layouts Examples

Node Size: A B C

RNC 3820 – 30 RNC 3820 – 70 RNC 3820 – 110

ES-2 (S2)

ES-1 (S1) ES-1 (S1)

MS MS MS

Throughput: 550 Mbps 1 350 Mbit/s 2 000 Mbit/s

Connectivity: 256 Iub Links 768 Iub Links 768 Iub Links
768 cells 2 304 cells 2 304 cells

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Board Placement Rules
› The subrack is expanded beyond minimum capacity by the addition of
groups of processing boards called “C-packs” & “O-packs” and
transmission boards called “T-packs”. While we have fewer positioning
restrictions than the RNC 3810 some rules do apply:

- A C-pack consists of 1 GPB and 2 SPBs As subrack may be only partly

filled with boards the number of C-packs in the node is the best capacity
indicator
- A T-pack consists of 1 IP-based ET-IPG board or 2 ATM-based SDH ET
boards. The first C/T-packs are included in the minimum node
configuration
- An O-pack consists of 1 GPB. Increase of control plane capacity can be
made with optimization packages. This is useful in e.g. voice dominant
systems.
- The SCB-DF/TF is always placed in slot 1/28 or each subrack. The TUB is
always placed in slot 2/27 of the MS, and the C-MXB is always placed in
slot 3/26 of each subrack.
- When placing the ET-IPG’s ensure that they are within one of the slots
that is backplane IP-switched by the C-MXB

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 RNC 3820 Initial Configurations
Mandatory Boards
T-packs C-pack
Capacity Package (C-Pack)
Transmission Package (T-Pack)
Infra Structure Boards
Central Processor Boards

ET-MF4 / 41

ET-IPG
Redundant Board

GPB

SPB

SPB
A redundant board can be active (e.g. included
in a pool)

Configurations 10 20 30
Main
Subrack
(MS)
ET-IPG

ET-IPG
CMXB

CMXB
GPB

GPB

GPB

GPB

GPB

GPB
SCB

SCB
TUB

TUB
SPB

SPB
SPB

0 1 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

10 GE slot

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RNC 3820 Initial Configurations

ET-MF4 / 41

ET-IPG

GPB

SPB

SPB
Configurations 40 50 60 70
Ext.
Subrack
(ES-1)
ET-IPG

ET-IPG
CMXB

CMXB
GPB
SCB

SCB
SPB

SPB

SPB
Main
mMP

Subrack
(MS)

ET-MF4 / 41

ET-MF4 / 41
ET-IPG

ET-IPG
ET-IPG
CMXB

CMXB
GPB

GPB

GPB

GPB

GPB
GPB

GPB

GPB
SCB

SCB
TUB

TUB
SPB

SPB

SPB

SPB

SPB

SPB
SPB

0 1 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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 Subrack

Subrack

Subrack
Main
Ext.

Ext.
2

SCB SCB SCB

7

SPB SPB TUB

6

CMXB CMXB CMXB

ET-IPG
5

ET-IPG ET-IPG
4

GPB
3

SPB
2

GPB
1
RNC 3820 Initial Configurations

2
0
ET-MF4 / 41 ET-MF4 / 41
9
ET-MF4 / 41 ET-MF4 / 41 ET-MF4 / 41

8
ET-MF4 / 41 ET-MF4 / 41 ET-MF4 / 41

7
ET-MF4 / 41 ET-MF4 / 41 SPB
110

6
SPB SPB SPB

5
SPB SPB GPB

4
GPB GPB ET-IPG
100

3
SPB SPB SPB

2
SPB SPB SPB

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1
GPB GPB GPB
ET-IPG ET-IPG SPB

1
0
90

SPB SPB SPB

9
SPB SPB GPB

8
GPB GPB GPB

7
mMP
80

6
SPB SPB GPB
SPB SPB GPB

5
Configurations

ET-IPG ET-IPG ET-IPG

4
CMXB CMXB CMXB

3
2
GPB GPB TUB
SCB SCB SCB

0
1
 Subrack

Subrack

Subrack
Main
Ext.

Ext.
2

SCB SCB SCB

Optimization Package

SPB SPB TUB

6

CMXB CMXB CMXB

ET-IPG
5

ET-IPG ET-IPG
4

GPB
RNC 3820 Optimized Configurations

SPB
2

GPB GPB GPB

O-Pack

GPB GPB
1
2
0
ET-MF4 / 41 ET-MF4 / 41 GPB
9
ET-MF4 / 41 ET-MF4 / 41 ET-MF4 / 41

8
ET-MF4 / 41 ET-MF4 / 41 ET-MF4 / 41

7
ET-MF4 / 41 ET-MF4 / 41 SPB

6
SPB SPB SPB

5
SPB SPB GPB

4
GPB GPB ET-IPG

3
SPB SPB SPB

2
SPB SPB SPB

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1
GPB GPB GPB
ET-IPG ET-IPG SPB

1
0
SPB SPB SPB

9
SPB SPB GPB

8
GPB GPB GPB

7
6
SPB SPB GPB
SPB SPB GPB

5
ET-IPG ET-IPG ET-IPG

4
CMXB CMXB CMXB

3
2
GPB GPB TUB
SCB SCB SCB

0
1
Differences in Slot Allocation
ƒ Removal of the strict slot assignment for module boards, and removal of
the requirement to have a certain number of GPB/SPBs per subrack

ƒ Board functionality is combined in MP’s to reduce slot usage:

¾ GPB C1 – combining the functionality of the Central MP and the

O&M MP on one GPB
¾ GPB C2 – combination of SCCP, RANAP and RNSAP signalling
termination on one GPB (potentially high load here, but extra
processing capability in GPB65 should keep it below 80%)

Higher processing power and more memory on GPB65

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Disk Partitioning in GPB-C1

O&M ROP
files stored
here
/p /c

/d /d

O&M GPB Central GPB

Combined GPB:
/c
(O&M ROP files now
stored on /c volume)
/d

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Characteristics
The three RNC 3820 models have different characteristics as seen below. In
comparism to the Variant 110, an RNC 3810 300-type(3 subracks), would only
support 11,300 simultaneous users and a maximum throughput of 300Mbps

Model Number of Max Iub Max

Local cells Throughput Simultaneou
(Mbps) s Users
Variant 30 768 550 6600

Variant 70 1920 1275 17400

Variant 110 2304 2000 27500

RNC 3820 Field Maintenance | RNC 3820 Maintenance | Figure 5-X

Key Technical differences

RNC 3810 RNC 3820

2 Cabinet (6 subracks) 1 Cabinets (3 subracks)

Subrack 800 W Subrack 2400 W

ISL 320Mbps ISL 320Mbps + ESL 10GE

630 Mbps ATM Backplane 630 Mbps ATM + 10GE

Backplane

Expansion via preconf. Board-by-board expansion

subrack

RNC 3820 Field Maintenance | RNC 3820 Maintenance | Figure 5-X