Hardware Description Manual

M900/M1800 Base Station Controller

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Frame Overview ........................................................................................................... 1-1
1.1 Frame Structure ................................................................................................................. 1-1
1.2 Backplane .......................................................................................................................... 1-2

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Chapter 1 Frame Overview

Chapter 1 Frame Overview

The frame serves to combine all the boards plugged in the frame into an independent
unit through the backplane.
The functional frames of BSC and their functions are listed in Table 1-1.
Table 1-1 BSC functional frames
Functional
frames

Function description

Clock Frame

The clock frame phase-locks upper-level MSC or BITS clock reference

resources and provides the AM/CM and BM with stable clock sources.

Main Control
Frame

The main control frame carries out management and control of the BM,
communication between AM/CM and signalling processing.

Communication
Control Frame

The communication control frame is the control centre of AM/CM. The

communication control unit mainly manages and controls the system.

Transmission
Interface Frame

The transmission interface frame implements multiplexing/demultiplexing of

inter-modular speech channels and signalling links, optic-electric conversion
and E1 interface driving so that the inter-modular communication messages can
be transmitted on the optical fiber.

TCSM Frame

The TCSM frame fulfills the functions of transcoding / rate adaptation and
sub-multiplexing.

BIE Frame

Designed for the BM, the BIE frame presents an Abis interface in between BSC
and BTS.

Central Database
Frame (CDB
Frame)

The CDB frame, a traffic processing centre, supports the broadcast short
message service.

Back
Administrative
Module Frame
(BAM Frame)

The BAM frame is a bridge between BSC and OMC. The latter performs the
operation & maintenance of the BSC via OMC.

1.1 Frame Structure

The hardware of a frame consists of finished board, backplane, front & back beams, left
& right side plates, guide rail, etc. The clock frame is shown in Figure 1-1.

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(1) Left side plate

(5) Plug-in board
(9) Upper back beam

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(2) Upper front beam

(6) Dummy handle bar baffle
(10) Guide rail

(3) Name label

(7) Plug-in frame guide rail

(4) Lower front beam

(8) Right side plate

Figure 1-1 Schematic diagram of frame structure

Except for the transmission interface frame and the main control frame, the other
frames are identical in form and specifications with that shown in the above diagram.
The transmission interface frame and the main control frame are twice as high as
common frames.

1.2 Backplane
The backplane, an essential constituent part of the frame, is a four-layered printed
board. The boards in one frame are linked with the tracks in the backplane, which
decreases tremendously the connection lines at the back of the backplane and
enhances the reliability of the overall unit. Frames communicate with one another via
the connection lines at the back of the backplane.
For the convenience of understanding, the backplanes will be described in the following
sections along with the frames. The corresponding relations between frames and
backplanes are shown in Table 1-2.
Table 1-2 Correspondence between frames and backplanes
Backplane

Corresponding frame

CKB

Clock Frame

MCB*

Communication Control Frame

FIO

Transmission Interface Frame

MCB*

Main Control Frame

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Backplane

Corresponding frame

BIB

BIE Frame

TCB

TCSM Frame

Note:
The backplane in Communication Control Frame and backplane in Main Control Frame are different,
although their names are the same (MCB). They can be distinguished by their board name: the name of
backplane in Communication Control Frame is C821MCB, while the name of backplane in Main Control
Frame is CB02MCB.

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