Telkom Kenya

Network Architecture

Logical Topology

PS & CS Protocol

CS Core network interfaces
Mc over IP/Ethernet : MSC-S / MSC-S; Signaling traffic
Nc over IP/Ethernet : MSC-S / MGW; Signaling traffic
Nb over IP/Ethernet : MGW / MGW; Voice traffic
IuCS over IP/Ethernet: MGW / RNC; control and user voice traffic
A over TDM STM1: MGW / BSC;
All internal MAP traffic over Sigtran
Internal Voice traffic over IP, BICC between MSC-S

PS Core network interfaces :
 Gn over IP/Ethernet: SGSN-GGSN : data trafic
 IuPS over IP/Ethernet : RNC SGSN : control and user data trafic
 Gb over IP/ethernet : BSC SGSN : control and user data trafic

Physical Connectivity

MSC in Pool
NRI 1
SCCP

VLR

NRI 2
SCCP

VLR

G-MSC

G-MSC

NBMSS1

NBMSS2

NNSF
{1,2,3}

BSC1

BSC
E ricsson
A LU
ZTE

M SC1
Y es
Y es
Y es

M SC2
Y es
No
P lanned

NNSF
{1,2,3}
NNSF BSC2
{1,2,3}

RNC1

RNC2

RNC
ZTE

M SC1
Y es

M SC2
P lanned

Network Element Location

LO C A T IO N
N airobi
N airobi
M om basa
N yeri
N airobi
N akuru
K isum u
E ldoret
N airobi
M om basa

P re-S w ap A LU E ricsson P oint code A fter S w ap Z T E

NBBSC1
X
3000
N B ZB C 1
NBBSC2
X
3003
N B ZB C 2
M SBSC3
X
3002
M S ZB C 3
NYBSC4
X
3001
N Y ZB C 4
NBBSC5
X
3022
N B ZB C 5
NKBSC6
X
3021
N K ZB C 6
KSBSC7
X
3023
K S ZB C 7
E LB S C 8
X
3026/3027
E LZ B C 8
NBRNC1
M SRNC2

P oint code
3008
3009
3010
3011
3012
3013
3014
3015
4002
4003

MGW
NBM G W
NBM G W
M SM G W
NBM G W
NBM G W
NKM G W
NKM G W
NKM G W
NBM G W
M SM G W

1
1
2
1
1
3
3
3
1
2

BSC IP addresses ( Control & User plan)

Name
Location
NSEI
Gb VIP
Interface A

BSC Test
BSC 01
BSC 02
BSC03
BSCtest
NBZBC01
NBZBC02
MSZBC03
Nairobi
Nairobi
Nairobi Mombassa
200
201
202
203
10.50.7.3/32 10.50.55.1
10.50.7.1/32
10.50.7.2/32
10.50.1.164/28 10.50.1.163/28 10.50.1.164/28 10.50.49.162

BSC04
BSC05
BSC06
NERZBC04 NBZBC05
NKZBC06
Nyeri
Nairobi
Nakuru
204
205
206
10.50.7.5
10.50.7.4
10.50.87.1
10.50.1.166 10.50.2.165 10.50.81.162

BSC07
BSC08
KSZBC07
ELDZBC08
Kisumu
Eldoret
207
208
10.50.87.2
10.50.87.3
10.50.81.163 10.50.81.164

Interface B
Switch A port
Switch B port
Interface Type
Point Code BSC
SGSN
SGSN Gb VIP
UDP port
MSC
MSC point Code
MGW
MGW Point Code
Interface MGW

10.50.1.178/28 10.50.1.179/28 10.50.1.180/28

6/12
6/13
6/14
6/12
6/13
6/14
GE
GE
GE
3007
3008
3009
Nairobi
Nairobi
Nairobi
10.50.0.1/32
10.50.0.1/32
10.50.0.1/32
2157
2157
2157
Nairobi Nairobi
Nairobi
2000
2000
2000
Nairobi Nairobi
Nairobi
2001
2001
2001
STM1+1
STM1+1
STM1+1

10.50.1.130
6/17
6/17
FE
3011
Nairobi
10.50.0.1/32
2157
Nairobi
2000
Nairobi
2001
STM1

10.50.81.179
27
27
FE
3014
Nairobi
10.50.0.1/32
2157
Nairobi
2000
Nakuru
2004
STM1

10.50.49.178
40
40
GE
3010
Nairobi
10.50.0.1/32
2157
Nairobi
2000
Mombassa
2002
STM1+1

10.50.1.181
6/15
6/15
GE
3012
Nairobi
10.50.0.1/32
2157
Nairobi
2000
Nairobi
2001
STM1+1

10.50.81.178
25
25
GE
3013
Nairobi
10.50.0.1/32
2157
Nairobi
2000
Nakuru
2004
STM1+1

10.50.81.180
28
28
FE
3015
Nairobi
10.50.0.1/32
2157
Nairobi
2000
Nakuru
2004
STM1

RNC IP addresses ( Control & User plan)

RNC Test
Name
Location
Point code RNC
Switch A port
Switch B port

interface

Shelf 1
GW

IUCS+IUPS_C:
IUCS_U
IUCPS_U

Nairobi
4002
6/22
6/22
IUCS_C 10.33.1.100/24
IUPS_C 10.33.0.100/24
IUCS_U 10.34.0.34/24
IUPS_U 10.38.1.34/24
IUCS_C 10.33.1.1/24
IUPS_C 10.33.0.1/24
IUCS_U 10.34.0.3/24
IUPS_U 10.38.1.3/24

120
110
160
885
120
110
160
885

10.33.0.98/32
10.33.0.99/32
10.34.0.32/32
10.38.1.32/32

Switch A port
Switch B port

interface

Shelf 2
GW

IUCS+IUPS_C:
IUCS_U
IUCPS_U
MSC
Point code
MGW
Point code
MSC 1

Nairobi
Nairobi
2001

SGSN

RN2

Nairobi
4003
06:23
06:23
10.33.1.101/24
10.33.0.101/24
10.34.0.35/24
19.34.1.35/24
10.33.1.1/24
10.33.0.1/24
10.34.0.3/24
10.38.1.3/24
10.33.0.31/32
10.33.0.32/32
10.34.0.33/32
10.38.1.33/32
06:24
06:24
10.33.1.105/24
10.33.0.106/24
10.34.1.36/24
10.34.0.36/24
10.33.1.1/24
10.33.0.1/24
10.34.0.3/24
10.38.1.3/24

Mombassa
4004

10.33.0.33/32
10.33.0.34/32
10.34.0.35/32
10.34.1.35/32
Nairobi
2000
2000
Nairobi
2001

Nairobi
2000
Mombassa
2002

10.33.0.6/32

10.33.0.6/32

10.33.0.6/32

Iucs Control Plane 10.33.1.6/32

10.33.1.6/32

10.33.1.6/32

TBD
TBD

TBD
TBD

10.34.0.16/32

MGW
MSC 1

RNC1

Iucs Control Plane 10.34.0.18/32

SCTP port
Nairobi
SGSN
SGSN point code
SCTP port
SGSN Iups_C
SGSN Iups_U

Nairobi
13005
2905

Nairobi
13005
2905

13005
2905

10.33.2.82/32

10.33.2.82/32

10.33.2.65/32

10.33.2.65/32

10.33.2.82/32
10.33.2.65/32

10.38.3.1/32

10.38.3.1/32

10.38.3.1/32