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Ater Interface 4:1 Multiplexing Feature
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Contents
Contents
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................1-1
1.1 Scope ............................................................................................................................................ 1-1
1.2 Intended Audience ........................................................................................................................ 1-1
1.3 Change History.............................................................................................................................. 1-1
2 Overview .....................................................................................................................................2-1
3 Technical Description ..............................................................................................................3-1
4 Networking..................................................................................................................................4-1
5 Parameters .................................................................................................................................5-1
6 Counters......................................................................................................................................6-1
7 Glossary ......................................................................................................................................7-1
8 Reference Documents .............................................................................................................8-1
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1 Introduction
1 Introduction
1.1 Scope
This document describes the principles of Ater Interface 4:1 Multiplexing.
1.2 Intended Audience

This document is intended for:
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Personnel who need to understand Ater Interface 4:1 Multiplexing
Personnel who work with Huawei products
1.3 Change History

This section provides information on the changes in different document versions.
There are two types of changes, which are defined as follows:
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Feature change
Feature change refers to the change in the Ater Interface 4:1 Multiplexing feature of a specific product
version.
Editorial change
Editorial change refers to the change in wording or the addition of the information that was not
described in the earlier version.
Document Issues
The document issues are as follows:
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This is the first commercial release of GBSS9.0.
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2 Overview
2 Overview
The transmission cost is very high in network deployment. Operators seek proper technologies to
decrease the required transmission bandwidth, therefore reducing the transmission cost. Meanwhile, the
transmission quality must be guaranteed.
To achieve that purpose, Ater interface multiplexing is introduced and the BM/TC separated mode is
applied. That is, multiplexing on the Ater interface is implemented when the TC is configured on the MSC
side. In this manner, the transmission cost is reduced significantly.
Huawei BSC supports 4:1 multiplexing on the Ater interface by means of the TC (TRAU). That is, the
four timeslots on the E1 of the A interface can be multiplexed onto a timeslot on the Ater interface by
means of the TC. In this process, the previous PCM frame of 64 kbit/s can be converted into the TRAU
frame of 16 kbit/s, and therefore reducing the required transmission bandwidth..
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3 Technical Description
In the telephone exchange network, the voice coding scheme is Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) and the
rate is 64 kbit/s. According to GSM specifications, PCM must be applied on the A interface.
To save the radio channel resources, data transmission between the MS and the BTS adopts the voice
coding scheme RPE-LTP or CELP whose rate is 13 kbit/s (16 kbit/s for transmission) or other coding
schemes with an even lower rate(for example, 8 kbit/s). If a call service attempts to be set up between
the MS and the MSC, the voice codec is converted from 13 kbit/s codec to 64 kbit/s codec. The voice
codec conversion is implemented in the TC (TRAU) unit. Before the conversion, the voices are
exchanged and transmitted on the 16-kbit/s channels in the BSC. The Ater interface is an internal
interface between the TC processing unit and the service processing module (BM). Figure 3-1 shows the
interfaces between network elements (NEs).
Figure 3-1 Interfaces between NEs
On the Ater interface, Huawei BSC supports 4:1 multiplexing. That is, the four timeslots on the E1 of the
A interface can be multiplexed onto a timeslot on the Ater interface. Figure 3-2 shows 4:1 multiplexing on
the Ater interface.
Figure 3-2 4:1 multiplexing on the Ater interface
On the Ater interface, Huawei BSC supports the multiplexing of four voice channels to an E1 timeslot of
64 kbit/s. When the TC subrack is configured on the MSC side, the remote transmission resource can be
saved by 75%.
Huawei introduces a new feature of resource pool and integrates it into the BSC. With this feature, links
on the Ater interface work in resource pool mode and can be inconsistent with the CICs on the A
interface. This improves the network reliability.
The resources on the Ater interface involve the timeslots of 16 kbit/s and 8 kbit/s. When a call connection
is established, according to the service type, the Ater timeslots of 16 kbit/s are used if the TCHs/F are
allocated on the Um interface; the Ater timeslots of 8 kbit/s are used if the TCHs/H are allocated on the
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Um interface. In this way, the resources on the Ater interface can be fully utilized and the resources can
be saved by over 75%.
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4 Networking
4 Networking
Huawei provides a flexible networking solution for operators. That is, the TC can be configured on either
the BSC side or the MSC side.
Ater Interface 4:1 Multiplexing can be used together with TC pool.
Ater Interface 4:1 Multiplexing can be used on the TDM-based A interface but not on the IP-based A
interface.
The transmission resources on the TDM-based Ater interface are planned to be 25% of the total
interface transmission capacity.
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5 Parameters
5 Parameters
None.
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6 Counters
6 Counters
None.
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7 Glossary
7 Glossary
For the acronyms, abbreviations, terms, and definitions, see the Glossary.
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8 Reference Documents
8 Reference Documents
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3GPP TS 48.002: "Base Station System - Mobile-services Switching Centre (BSS - MSC) interface;
Interface principles"
GBSS9.0 BSC6900 Basic Feature List
GBSS9.0 BSC6900 Basic Feature Description
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