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3 Addressing over Gb
Addressing over Gb is performed over virtual connections. At NS and BSSGP layers, each
entity communicates with its peer through this kind of connection. The goal of this section is
to explain the hierarchy that has been defined between the different virtual connections and
to introduce the technical words that are used in the standard for the description of the Gb
interface.
Addressing is very simple, but it requires an understanding of basic concepts that will be
introduced in the following sections. Once these concepts have been presented, a global
overview of addressing will be given.
Figure 6.6 provides an overview of the different levels of addressing on the Gb interface. We
will return to this figure later in the chapter.
6.3.2 PVC
The frame relay PVC was introduced in Section 6.2. It allows the multiplexing of different
flow on the BC. The BC can support several PVCs. At BSS side, a DLCI, which can be
different from the one at the SGSN side, identifies a PVC.
Note
There is a dedicated DLCI (DLCI = 0) that is used for signaling purposes (link
management). This DLCI does not identify a PVC.
PTP BVCs are dedicated to the GPRS traffic of one cell (all the traffic and signaling
dedicated to this cell is transmitted via the corresponding BVC);
Signaling BVCs handle the signaling of the NSE to which they belong.
At the SGSN side, the association BVCI, NSEI identifies one cell.
In the BSS, the BVCIs are statically configured by administrative means. At the SGSN side,
BVCIs associated with PTP functional entities are dynamically configured, and BVCIs
associated with signaling functional entities are statically configured.
6.3.7 Addressing
Figures 6.6 and 6.8 provide a summary of the different concepts presented in the previous
sections. In Figure 6.6, two cells 1 and 2 are identified by BVCI = 1 and BVCI = 2. They
share the two NS-VCs identified by NS-VCI = 1 and NS-VCI = 2.
Figure 6.8: Example of addressing between several BSSs and one SGSN.
The NS-VC 1 corresponds to the PVC identified by the DLCI = 74 on the BC identified by BCI
= 1 at BSS side and DLCI = 20 on the BC identified by BCI = 2 at the SGSN side. The NSVC 2 is mapped on the PVC identified by the DLCI = 67 on the BC identified by BCI = 1 at
BSS side and DLCI = 16 on the BC identified by BCI = 2 at SGSN side.
All the traffic addressed to cell 1 or cell 2 from the SGSN or received in cell 1 or cell 2 in the
BSS is transferred on the corresponding BVC at the BSSGP layer. The traffic is dynamically
distributed on the NS-VCs identified by NS-VCI = 1 and NS-VCI = 2 at the SNC layer.
Figure 6.8 details the addressing between one SGSN and several BSSs. The SGSN is
connected to two different BSSs. The BVCs and NS-VCs of each BSS belong to one NSE;
each one is identified by a different NSEI.
One BVC is reserved for signaling purposes. On the SGSN side, BVCs and NS-VCs belonging
to the same BSS are grouped within the same NSE. One NSE is created for each BSS. For
each NSE, a set of BVCs is mapped onto a set of NS-VCs. There is a one-to-one mapping
between NS-VC and PVC. Within one SGSN, one cell within one BSS is directly identified by
one BVCI and one NSEI.
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