COMMON NODEB

APPLICATION PART
(CNBAP)
By Capacity Management Team

WHAT IS NBAP?

In the3GPPUTRANarchitecture, NBAP(Node B
Application Part)[1]is thesignalling protocol
responsible for the control of theNode Bby theRNC.

WHAT IS NBAP?

NBAP is subdivided into:

Common NBAP (C-NBAP), Common NBAP controls overall Node B functionality.

Dedicated NBAP (D-NBAP), Dedicated NBAP controls radio links to specific

user equipment. NBAP forms part of theIubinterface.

NBAP handles two kind of Procedures for different NBAP functionalities Common
Procedures for Managing Logical O & M Functions for Controlling BCCH Broadcast
for creating new Node B Communication Context Dedicated Procedures for
handling procedures of an existing Node B Communication Context in a TTP/CCP