Iu-pc Support

Feature Guide
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Iu-pc Support
Version Date Author Reviewer Notes

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Feature Attribute ............................................................................................... 4

2 Overview ............................................................................................................ 4
2.1 Feature Introduction ............................................................................................. 4
2.2 License Control .................................................................................................... 6
2.3 Correlation With Other Features .......................................................................... 6

3 Technical Description ....................................................................................... 7

3.1 Signal Connection Mode between RNC and SAS ................................................ 7
3.2 SAS Positioning ................................................................................................... 7

4 Parameters....................................................................................................... 10

5 Related Counters and Alarms ........................................................................ 12

5.1 Related Counters ............................................................................................... 12
5.2 Related Alarms .................................................................................................. 13

6 Engineering Guide .......................................................................................... 13

6.1 Application Scenario .......................................................................................... 13
6.2 Feature Activation Procedure ............................................................................. 13
6.3 Feature Validation Procedure ............................................................................ 16
6.4 Feature Deactivation Procedure......................................................................... 17
6.5 Impact on the Network ....................................................................................... 17

7 Abbreviation .................................................................................................... 17

8 Reference Document....................................................................................... 20

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FIGURES

Figure 2-1 Iu-pc Protocol Stack ........................................................................................... 5

Figure 2-2 Iu-pc Connection................................................................................................ 5
Figure 3-1 SAS Positioning Procedure................................................................................ 8
Figure 6-1 Adding Adjacent Office Information in the RNC ................................................14
Figure 6-2 Setting the Location Method .............................................................................15
Figure 6-3 Adding an IUPC Link ........................................................................................16

TABLES

Table 2-1 License Control List ............................................................................................ 6

Table 4-1 Parameter List ...................................................................................................10
Table 5-1 Counter List .......................................................................................................12
Table 6-1 Feature Validation Procedure.............................................................................16
Table 6-2 Feature Deactivation Parameter List ..................................................................17

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1 Feature Attribute
RNC Version: [ZXUR 9000 UMTS (V3.15.10.20/V4.15.10.20)]

Attribute: [Optional]

Involved NEs:
NE Name Related or Not Special Requirement
MS/UE √

BTS/Node B √

BSC/RNC √

iTC -

MSC √

MGW -

SGSN -

GGSN -

HLR -
“ √”: involved, “-”: not involved

2 Overview

2.1 Feature Introduction

An RNC can be connected to a Stand-Along SMLC (SAS) device through the Iu-Pc
interface. Therefore, operators can deploy location services in the entire network, instead
of depending on the RNC device.

The Iu-Pc interface is a standard interface defined by 3GPP, and the protocol stack is
shown in the following figure.

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Figure 2-1 Iu-pc Protocol Stack

Radio
Network PCAP
Layer

Transport Transport Network

User Plane
Network
Layer

SCCP

MTP3-B M3UA M3UA

SSCF-NNI
SSCF-NNI
SSCF-NNI SCTP SCTP

SSCOP IP
IP
AAL5

ATM Data Link

Physical Layer

How an RNC connects with SAS devices through the Iu-Pc is shown in the following
figure.

Figure 2-2 Iu-pc Connection

When a ZTE RNC connects with SAS devices, it uses the SAS position method in
SAS-centric mode. The SAS determines the position method and supports Auxiliary GPS

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Data. The RNC sends location request information from the CN and the measurement
data for location service to the SAS. At the same time, the RNC gets UE location
information from the SAS, and sends it back to the CN.

When an operator uses SAS devices to implement the position function, an RNC
supports the CellID, CellID&RTT, and AGPS position methods, and supports the
corresponding measurements.

An RNC only supports the connection to one SAS device in this version.

2.2 License Control

Table 2-1 License Control List

License Configured
Feature ID Feature Name Unit
Control Item NE

ZWF21-10-008 Iu-pc Support Iu-pc Support RNC RNC

2.3 Correlation With Other Features

1. Required Features

None

2. Mutually Exclusive Features

The ZWF21-10-008 Iu-PC Support feature cannot be activated together with the
following features:

 ZWF21-10-001 LCS with Cell ID & RTT

 ZWF21-10-002 LCS with A-GPS

The ZWF21-10-001 LCS with Cell ID & RTT and ZWF21-10-002 LCS with A-GPS
features are internal location features in an RNC, and do not take effect when the RNC
implements location service through the Iu-pc interface.

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3. Affected Features

None

3 Technical Description

3.1 Signal Connection Mode between RNC and SAS

An RNC connects with SAS devices to transmit position control messages and position
results through the Iu-PC interface. The UIupcLink.AneId and UIupcLink.iupcId
parameters about SAS need to be configured on the OMCR. The interactive modes on
Iupc include connective mode and non-connective mode. Non-connective mode needs
no SCCP link on transmission and reception. Connective mode needs an SCCP link for
each UE on transmission and reception. An ZTE RNC uses connective mode on the
Iu-PC interface. The first message from the RNC to SAS is POSITION INITIATION
REQUEST. When the mesaage is transmitted, the SCCP connection shall be
established first between the RNC and SAS. The messages on connection-mode are as
follows:

1. POSITION INITIATION REQUEST (RNC to SAS)

2. POSITION INITIATION RESPONSE/POSITION INITIATION FAILURE (SAS to

RNC)

3. POSITION ACTIVATION REQUEST (SAS to RNC)

4. POSITION ACTIVATION RESPONSE/POSITION ACTIVATION FAILURE (RNC to

SAS)

3.2 SAS Positioning

An RNC and an SAS can communicate with each other through the IUPC interface. The
RNC gets location information of UEs from the SAS through a POSITION INITIATION
process. Through a POSITION ACTIVATION process, the RNC provides the SAS with

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measurement information of UEs and Node Bs for SAS positioning. The RNC and SAS
transmit abnormal situations occurred in the position procedure to each other through an
ABORT process and an ERROR INDICATION process.

For the process of SAS positioning, see the following figure.

Figure 3-1 SAS Positioning Procedure

SRN
UE Node B SAS
C
Request to locate UE
PCAP Position Initiation Req
PCAP Position Activation Req

UE is in a state where no Cell ID is available (e.g. URA_PCH or idle

mode)
Forced state transition (e.g. by paging)
State transition

Dedicatied measurement
request
Dedicatied measurement
report
UE measurement
request
UE measurement
report

PCAP Position Activation

Response
PCAP Position Initiation
Response
LCS Response

Node SRN
UE SAS
B C

After the RNC receives a LOCATION REPORTING CONTROL message (a positioning

request) from the CN, it determines the positioning method in accordance with the
UrncFunction .LocModeSwch parameter configured on the OMCR. If the SAS centric
positioning method is selected, the RNC needs to obtain the following information from
the request message:

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1. Event reporting method (event triggered or periodic).

2. Reporting area (SAI or GA).

3. Required level accuracy and response time.

4. Positioning priority.

The RNC gets the CELL ID and UE capability and sends the information to the SAS
through a PCAP Initiation Request message. If there is no SCCP connection between
the UE and SAS, the RNC establishes an SCCP link for the UE.

The SAS selects an appropriate positioning method based on the CN positioning request
and sends a PCAP Activation Request message to the RNC. The RNC is expected to
provide the corresponding UE and Node B measurement results based on the selected
positioning method. In addition, the SAS provides assistant GPS information to the RNC.

The RNC queries the current UE state. If the UE state is not CELL_DCH, the RNC
performs paging or other configuration procedures to move UE to CELL_DCH state. If
the UE is in a soft handover, the best active cell is selected as the reference cell.

The RNC delivers the relative measurements as per SAS requirement.

 For GPS positioning, the RNC sends a positioning measurement request to the UE,
including assistant GPS information (refer to Section 3.1.2 A-GPS Location
Measurement in the ZTE UMTS Location Service with AGPS Feature Guide). For
UEA AGPS, the UE directly reports the measurement result to the RNC. For UEB
AGPS, the UE reports the calculated position information to the RNC.

 For CELL ID&RTT positioning, the RNC sends an RTT-dedicated measurement

request to the Node B (refer to Section 3.3.1 RTT Dedicated Measurement in the
ZTE UMTS Location Service Feature Guide) and sends an internal measurement
request to the UE (refer to Section 3.3.2 UE Location Measurement in the ZTE
UMTS Location Service Feature Guide). If the SAS also requires the path loss,
EcN0, or RSCP, RNC decides whether to establish special ID5 Intra-Frequency
measurement for collecting RSCP/EcNo/Pathloss information through the
parameter URncInfo.rptSwForLcsIntraF, and the parameter
URncInfo.rptAmtForLcsIntraF indicates the reporting amounts of ID5 measurement,

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the parameter URncInfo.rptItvForLcsIntraF indicates the reporting interval of ID5

measurement.

In accordance with the delivered measurement request, the UE reports the internal
measurement result or positioning measurement result to the RNC, and the Node B
reports the RTT measurement result to the RNC. The RNC sends a PCAP Position
Activation Response mesage to the SAS based on these measurement results.

The SAS calculates the UE position by using the returned measurement results, and
sends a PCAP Position Initiation Response message to the RNC.

The RNC sends the UE positioning result, returned from the SAS, to the CN through a
LOCATION REPORT message. If there is no other signaling process between the UE
and SAS, the RNC releases the SCCP connection.

During an RNC PCAP position initiation procedure, if the CN disconnects the Iu interface,
or the UE context is released due to RNC failure, the RNC sends an ABORT message to
the SAS to stop positioning. If the RNC fails to decode the messages received from the
SAS, it discards the messages and sends an ERROR INDICATION message to the
SAS.

4 Parameters

Table 4-1 Parameter List

Recom
Managed Value Default mende
Logic Name Parameter Description Unit
Object Range Value d
Value

This parameter indicates

0: RNC
Location Mode Method. The
Location
Location mode method
URncFunct Mode 0: RNC
Location includes RNC location and
ion.locMod 1: SAS N/A Locatio N/A
Mode SAS location.RNC location
eSwch Location n Mode
uses RNC inner location
Mode
module to position, and SAS
location supports SAS

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Recom
Managed Value Default mende
Logic Name Parameter Description Unit
Object Range Value d
Value
centric mode, which uses
SAS to choice position
method (for example, cell ID,
or AGPS) and accomplish
position.

Adjacent Net This parameter indicates the

UIupcLink.
Element ID of an adjacent network 1..4095 N/A N/A N/A
AneId
Identifier element.

UIupcLink.i This parameter indicates the

iupc Id 0..65535 N/A N/A N/A
upcId ID iupc

Switch of N/A
This parameter controls Accordi
Intra-Freque
whether setup ng to
URncInfo.r ncy
intra-requency 0: Off operato
ptSwForLc Measureme 0:Off
measurement if SAS 1: On r’s
sIntraF nt for
requires RNC to report require
Location
RSCP/EcNo/Pathloss ment
Service

Reporting N/A
Amount of
Enum:(0,
Intra-Freque This parameter set reporting
URncInfo.r 1,2,3,4,5,
ncy amount of intra-frequency
ptAmtForL 6):(1,2,4, 0:1time 0:1time
Measureme measurement for location
csIntraF 8,16,32,6
nt for service
4)times
Location
Service

Enum:(0, N/A
1,2,3,4,5,
Reporting
6,7,8,9,1
Interval of
0,11,12,1
Intra-Freque This Parameter set reporting
URncInfo.r 3,14):(25
ncy interval of intra-frequency 0:250m 0:250m
ptItvForLcs 0, 500,
Measureme measurement for location s s
IntraF 1000,
nt for service
2000,
Location
3000,
Service
4000,
6000,

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Recom
Managed Value Default mende
Logic Name Parameter Description Unit
Object Range Value d
Value
8000,
12000,
16000,
20000,
24000,
28000,
32000,
64000)m
s

5 Related Counters and Alarms

5.1 Related Counters

Table 5-1 Counter List

Counter ID Name

C312150584 Number of Position Initiation Request Messages sent by RNC to

SAS

C312150585 Number of Position Initiation Response Messages Sent by SAS

to RNC

C312150586 Number of Position Initiation Failure Messages Sent by SAS to

RNC

C312150587 Number of ERROR INDICATION Messages sent by RNC to

SAS

C312150588 Number of ERROR INDICATION Messages Sent by SAS to

RNC

C312150589 Number of ABORT Messages sent by RNC to SAS

C312150590 Number of ABORT Messages Sent by SAS to RNC

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5.2 Related Alarms

This feature has no related alarm.

6 Engineering Guide
None

6.1 Application Scenario

If SAS devices are supported, the Iu-pc interface is preferred, which can release RNC
load and enhance the position accuracy.

6.2 Feature Activation Procedure

This procedure describes how to locate the parameters related to this feature in the GUI.
The parameter values on the screenshots in the procedure are for reference only. Refer
to Chapter 4 for the recommended values of the related parameters.

In the configuration resource tree, select Modify Area > Management Element >
Transport Network > N0.7 Signaling Configuration > Near End Signaling Point, and
double-click Adjacent Office Information. Set the following parameters:

 Encode type of signaling point

 Destination point code

 Type of adjacent office

 signaling point type of adjacent office

 Sub-Service Field

 Connection relationship with local signaling point

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 Protocol type

See Figure 6-1.

Figure 6-1 Adding Adjacent Office Information in the RNC

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Note: The following parameters are set to establish the connection between the RNC and
SAS:

 Encode type of signaling point

 Destination point code

 Type of adjacent office

 signaling point type of adjacent office

 Protocol type

In the configuration resource tree, select Modify Area > Management Element, and
double-click UMTS Logical Function Configuration. Set the Location Mode
parameter. See Figure 6-2.

Figure 6-2 Setting the Location Method

In the configuration resource tree, select Modify Area > Management Element > UMTS
Logical Function configuration > Link Configuration, and double-click IuPC Link.
Set the Adjacent Net Element Identifier and iupc Id parameters. See Figure 6-3.

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Figure 6-3 Adding an IUPC Link

6.3 Feature Validation Procedure

Table 6-1 Feature Validation Procedure

Test Item LCS with A-GPS

1. The WCDMA system is ready.

2. The RNC is connected to the SAS through the Iupc interface and is
operating properly.
3. SAS Location Mode is configured as the location method on the RNC.

Prerequisit 4. Cell 1 supports RTT measurements.

e 5. Location reporting control requires the GA with the medium requirement of
the Accuracy Code
6. The UE supports the “UE Rx-Tx time difference type1” or “UE Rx-Tx time
difference type2” capability.
7. UE resides in Cell1 in Idle Mode.

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Test Item LCS with A-GPS

1. Verify that the RNC receives the Location reporting control message from
CN. The required event is GA with medium requirement of the Accuracy Code.
Steps
2. Verify that the RNC sets up the POSITION INITIATION process and
POSITION ACTIVATION process with SAS.

1. In step 2, the RNC and SAS set up the position initiation process and
activation process successfully and use the Cell-ID+RTT method.
Expected
2. After step2, the SAS returns a successful location response to the RNC,
Result
and the requested accuracy is fulfilled. The RNC reports the GA as the
location result to the CN..

6.4 Feature Deactivation Procedure

Table 6-2 Feature Deactivation Parameter List

Managed Object. Default Value Deactivation

GUI Name
logic name Value

UrncFunction. 0: RNC Location 0: RNC Location

Location Mode
LocModeSwch Mode Mode

6.5 Impact on the Network

Based on the Operators’ requirements, the RNC can use the internal positioning method
or SAS positioning method. The SAS positioning method may use less calculation and
less occupation on CPU. In addition, the upgrade of SAS slightly affects the RNC.

7 Abbreviation
Abbreviation Full Name
rd
3GPP 3 Generation Partnership Project

64QAM 64 grade Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

AGPS Assisted GPS

AMR Adaptive Multi Rate

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BB Base Band

BBU Base Band processing Unit

BCCH Broadcast Control Channel

BITS Building Integrated Timing Supply

BPK Base band Processing type K for UMTS

BSC Base Station Controller

BSP Board Support Package

BTS Base Transceiver Station

CAPEX CAPital EXpenditure

CC Control & Clock

CE Channel Element

CN Core Network

CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture

CPRI Common Public Radio Interface

CS Circuit Switch

CS Carrier Sector

DL Down Link

DTX Discontinuous transmission

EDGE Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution

E-EDGE Enhanced EDGE

EFR Enhanced Full Rate

FAM FAn Module

FE Fast Ethernet

FP Frame Protocol

FR Full Rate

FS Fabric Switch

GE Gigabit Ethernet

GERAN GSM Edge Radio Access Network

GPS Global Positioning System

GSM Global System for Mobile communications

HR Half Rate

HSPA+ HSPA Evolution

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LTE Long Term Evolution

MicroTCA Micro Telecommunications Computing Architecture

MIMO Multi Input Multi Output

MS/UE Mobile Station/User Equipment

MTBF Mean Time Between Failures

MTTR Mean Time To Recovery

NBAP Node B Application Part

NIS Network Interface of STM-1

OPEX OPeration EXpenditure

PM Power Module

PS Packet Switch

PtM Point to Multi-point

PtP Point to Point

RF Radio Frequency

RNC Radio Network Controller

RRU Remote Radio Unit

RTT Round Trip Time

SA Site Alarm

SCS System Control Sub-system

SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

SDR Software Defined Radio

SE Site Alarm Extension

TA Time Advance

TAM Tower mounted Amplifier control Module

TMA Tower Mounted Amplifier

TNS Transport Network Sub-system

UBPG Universal Baseband Processing board for GSM

UBPG Universal Baseband Processing board for GSM

UES Universal Ethernet Switch Board

UL Up Link

USB Universal Serial Bus

UTRAN UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network

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WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access

WiMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

8 Reference Document
[1] ZXUR 9000 UMTS (V4.15.10.20) Radio Network Controller Radio Parameter
Reference

[2] ZXWR RNC (V3.15.10.20) Radio Network Controller Radio Parameter Reference

[3] ZXUR 9000 UMTS (V4.15.10.20) Radio Network Controller Performance Counter
Reference

[4] ZXWR RNC (V3.15.10.20) Radio Network Controller Performance Counter Reference

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