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TCSM, Rel. S13, Product Documentation, v.1

Dynamic Abis Pool Handling

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Contents
Contents 3
List of tables 4
List of figures 5
Summary of changes 7
1

Creating a dynamic Abis pool 11

Modifying a dynamic Abis pool 17

Deleting a dynamic Abis pool 21

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List of figures

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Summary of changes

Changes between document issues are cumulative. Therefore, the latest

document issue contains all changes made to previous issues.

Changes made between issues 5-0 and 4-0

Creating a dynamic Abis pool:

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The note on ETSI and ANSI environments has been converted to

plain text.

Reference to PBCCH/PCCCH has been removed.

Information on the EDGE-capable TRXs in the BTSs has been

updated in section Radio network limitations.

The warning has been converted to a caution.

The note on creating a new DAP in a PCU has been converted to

plain text and moved to section Before you start.

Information on Packet Control Unit (PCU2) Pooling has been added

to section Before you start.

The heading of step Check that you have free Abis interface PCM
capacity (WUP) has been changed to Check to which ET-PCM the
Abis interface has been connected (WUP). Information in that step
has been updated.

Step Check that the ET-PCM has space for a dynamic pool (WUP)
has been added.

New command and information on Packet Control Unit (PCU2)

Pooling have been added to step Create the dynamic Abis pool
(ESE).

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Example Creating a dynamic Abis pool (Packet Control Unit (PCU2)

Pooling not in use) has been updated.

References to EGPRS, Extended Cell for GPRS/EDGE, Coding

Schemes CS-3 and CS-4, and Packet Control Unit (PCU2) Pooling
activation instructions have been added.

Modifying a dynamic Abis pool:

.

The note on ETSI and ANSI environments has been converted to

plain text.

The note on modifying an existing DAP of a PCU has been

converted to plain text.

Information on Packet Control Unit (PCU2) Pooling has been added.

The commands and examples have been updated in steps Modify a

dynamic Abis pool by adding timeslots to the beginning or end of the
pool (ESM) and Modify a dynamic Abis pool by removing timeslots
from the beginning or end of the pool (ESM).

New step Modify a dynamic Abis pool by changing the PSE (ESM)
has been added. An example has also been added.

Information on the segments that are attached to DAP has been

added to steps Modify a dynamic Abis pool by changing the BCSU
and the PCU (ESM) and Modify a dynamic Abis pool by changing
PSE (ESM).

References to EGPRS and Packet Control Unit (PCU2) Pooling

activation instructions have been added.

Deleting a dynamic Abis pool:

.

The note on ETSI and ANSI environments has been converted to

plain text.

The note on deleting an existing DAP of a PCU has been converted

to plain text and moved to section Before you start.

Changes made between issues 4-1 and 4-0

Creating a dynamic Abis pool:
The theoretical maximum number of dynamic Abis pools in a BSC has
been changed from 470 to 1600.

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Changes made between issues 4-0 and 32

Some of the limitations listed at the start of Chapter 1 have been moved to
the description of Dynamic Abis.

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Creating a dynamic Abis pool

These instructions apply to both ETSI and ANSI environments.
Space is reserved from the Packet Control Unit Pulse Code Modulation
(PCUPCM) serial line in the order of creation. The pools are rearranged
optimally to the PCUPCM during Base Station Controller Signalling Unit
(BCSU) restart, Marker and Cellular Management Unit (MCMU) restart, or
BCSU switchover.
You should not reserve Abis resources for pools that will not be used, as it
will prevent the resources from being allocated for other traffic.

PCU limitations:
.

There can be 16 dynamic Abis pools in one logical PCU.

In one logical PCU there can only be 256 Abis channels (including
Default GPRS + EGPRS dynamic Abis pool (EDAP) channels).
Note that the number of default GPRS channels includes EGPRS
channels.

You cannot configure more than 204 EDAP channels in one logical
PCU. This is because there must also be space for at least 1
EGPRS channel for every 4 EDAP channels (51 EGPRS channels +
204 EDAP channels = 255 Abis channels).
The rationale for this is that a single EGPRS radio timeslot uses a
maximum of 4 16kbit/s EDAP channels.

Radio network limitations:

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The theoretical maximum number of dynamic Abis pools in a BSC is

1600. However, the practical maximum is determined by the number
of PCUs in the BSC.

The maximum size for a single EGPRS dynamic Abis pool (EDAP)
area is 12 x 64 kbit/s PCM timeslots (48 EDAP channels per DAP).

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The theoretical maximum number of transceivers (TRXs) attached to

one dynamic Abis pool is 20. However, since TRXs using DAP
resources must be allocated to the same Abis external PCM circuit
(ET-PCM) line with EDAP, the maximum number of TRXs per DAP is
less than 20.

The serving PCU must be the same for all TRXs under one segment
(also including possible dynamic Abis pools attached).

Dynamic Abis pool + TRX signalling link + traffic channels (TCHs)

must be located on the same ET-PCM.

The DAP attached to the TRX, and the network service entity
identifier (NSEI) serving the BTS of the TRX, have to be in the same
PCU.

If EGPRS or Coding Schemes CS-3 and CS-4 is enabled in a BTS,

the BTS must have EDGE-capable TRXs that are connected to a
DAP. The non-EDGE TRXs of that BTS must be GPRS disabled. If
there are EDGE TRXs and non-EDGE TRXs in the BTS, see more
specific instructions in Activating and Testing BSS10083: EGPRS
and Activating and Testing BSS11088: Coding Schemes CS-3 and
CS-4 under Test and activate/Data in the PDF view.

If Extended Cell for GPRS/EDGE is enabled in the cell, all the TRXs
in the BTSs using GPRS/EDGE in the segment must be EDGEcapable and must be attached to the DAP.

The non-EDGE TRXs cannot be attached to a DAP.

Caution
Sharing the EGPRS dynamic Abis pool (EDAP) between several
cabinets may damage the transceiver or transmission unit (TRU)
hardware. One EDAP resource should not be shared between several
base control function (BCF) cabinets.

Note
Only EDGE-capable transceivers are able to use dynamic Abis pool
(DAP) resources.

For more information, see

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Packet Control Unit (PCU) in GPRS/EDGE System Feature

Description under Feature descriptions/Data in the PDF view.

Dynamic Abis Pool management in Dynamic Abis under Feature

descriptions/Data in the PDF view.

Before you start

When creating a new dynamic Abis pool, the BSC turns off the GPRS
traffic from the logical PCU to which the new DAP is to be created. The
BSC downgrades all packet switched traffic channels from the PCU and
upgrades these traffic channels to packet switched use again. This short
interruption ensures that the BSC can find a block of free timeslots from
the PCUPCM. Creating a new DAP in a PCU causes a reallocation of
digital signal processor (DSP) resources in the PCU between the new and
existing DAPs and GPRS channels. It also ensures the optimised PCU
DSP resource usage for each DAP connected to a specific PCU. If Packet
Control Unit (PCU2) Pooling is in use and the DAP is created for a packet
service entity (PSE), this kind of interruption in the GPRS traffic takes
place in the PCU where the PCU selection algorithm attaches the DAP.

Note
You must configure dynamic Abis pools of the same size and the same
timeslots in both the BSC and the base transceiver station (BTS).

Steps
1.

Check whether you have a suitable dynamic Abis pool created

(ESI).
ZESI;
If not, move on to the next step.

2.

Check that you have a PCU card configured to a certain BCSU

(WTI).
You cannot create a dynamic Abis pool if there is no logical PCU
configured to a BCSU.
In BSC3i, a physical PCU plug-in unit is created with two separate
elements (two plug-in units with their own PIU/plug-in unit indexes in
MML) which can be considered as two logical PCUs.

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ZWTI:<information type>:<unit identification>:

<plug-in unit identification>;
Now you can check from the output list if a logical PCU is configured
to BCSU-0.
If yes, move on to the next step.
3.

Check to which ET-PCM the Abis interface has been connected

(WUP).
ZWUP;
In the list you find several ET-PCMs configured on your system.
Select a suitable ET-PCM where to create the dynamic Abis pool.

4.

Check that the ET-PCM has space for a dynamic pool (WUP).
ZWUP:<pcm circuit number>::CGR;
You can see free timeslots in the list.

5.

Create the dynamic Abis pool (ESE).

ZESE:<pool id>,<circuit>,<size>,<BCSU id>,<PCU id>;
or
ZESE:<pool id>,<circuit>,<size>,<PSEI>;
Use the second command if Packet Control Unit (PCU2) Pooling is
used. Note that Packet Control Unit (PCU2) Pooling is a licencebased application software product and requires a valid licence in
the BSC. For more information, see Licensing in BSC under Install
and upgrade/Software in the PDF view.

Example

Creating a dynamic Abis pool (Packet Control Unit (PCU2)

Pooling not in use)

Create a dynamic Abis pool whose pool id is 1, circuit is ET-PCM number

32, pool size is 6 timeslots starting at the fifth timeslot, BCSU index is 0
and PCU plug-in unit index is 2:
ZESI;
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ZWUP;
ZWUP:32::CGR;
ZESE:ID=1,CRCT=325,SIZE=6,BCSU=0,PCU=2;
Further information

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dynamic Abis pool creation fails for some reason. For more
information on the possible causes of the failure and recovery
instructions, see Failure Printouts (2000-3999) under Reference/
Alarms in the PDF view.

For instructions on attaching a dynamic Abis pool to a TRX, see

Activating and Testing BSS9006: GPRS under Test and activate/
Data in the PDF view.

Activating and Testing BSS10083: EGPRS under Test and activate/

Data in the PDF view

Activating and Testing BSS20094: Extended Cell for GPRS/EDGE

under Test and activate/Data in the PDF view

Activating and Testing BSS11088: Coding Schemes CS-3 and CS-4

under Test and activate/Data in the PDF view

Activating and Testing BSS20106: Packet Control Unit (PCU2)

Pooling under Test and activate/Data in the PDF view

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Modifying a dynamic Abis pool

These instructions apply to both ETSI and ANSI environments.
You can modify the dynamic Abis pool (DAP) size or change the
controlling logical packet control unit (PCU) or the packet service entity
(PSE) to optimise the use of the pools and shared resources.
You can change the controlling logical PCU of the DAP if you want to
balance the traffic load between PCUs. When Packet Control Unit (PCU2)
Pooling is in use, you can balance the traffic load between the PCUs by
moving the DAP to a new PSE or with the reallocation command FXF.
With the dynamic Abis measurement you can measure the peak and
average usage of the dynamic Abis pool and MCS limitations and
restrictions for TBF scheduling. For more information, see 76 Dynamic
Abis Measurement under Reference/Counters/performance indicators/
GPRS measurements (PS) in the PDF view.
Before you start
When modifying the dynamic Abis pool, the BSC turns off the GPRS traffic
from the logical PCU where the modified pool exists. The BSC
downgrades all packet switched traffic channels from the PCU and
upgrades these traffic channels to packet switched use again. This short
interruption ensures that the BSC can find a block of free timeslots from
the Packet Control Unit Pulse Code Modulation (PCUPCM) serial line.
Modifying an existing DAP of a PCU causes a reallocation of digital signal
processor (DSP) resources in the PCU between the new and existing
DAPs and GPRS channels. It also ensures optimised PCU DSP resource
usage for each DAP connected to a specific PCU. If Packet Control Unit
(PCU2) Pooling is in use and the DAP is moved to a new PSE, this kind of
interruption in the GPRS traffic takes place in the source PCU and also in
the target PCU where the PCU selection algorithm attaches the DAP in the
new PSE.

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Note
You must configure dynamic Abis pools of the same size and the same
timeslots in both the BSC and the base transceiver station (BTS).

Steps
1.

To implement this step, choose one of the following

alternatives:
a.

Modify a dynamic Abis pool by adding timeslots to the

beginning or end of the pool (ESM).
When adding new timeslots to the beginning or end of the
dynamic Abis pool, ensure that there is enough space in the
pool.
ZESM:<pool id>,<new first timeslot|new last
timeslot>;

Example

Modifying the dynamic Abis pool

Modify the dynamic Abis pool whose id is 1 and pool starting from the
timeslot 3 so that you add two timeslots to the beginning of the pool:
ZESM:ID=1,NFT=3;
Example

Modifying the dynamic Abis pool

Modify the dynamic Abis pool whose id is 1 and pool ending to the timeslot
15 so that you add five timeslots to the end of the pool:
ZESM:ID=1,NLT=15;
b.

Modify a dynamic Abis pool by removing timeslots from

the beginning or end of the pool (ESM).
ZESM:<pool id>,<new first timeslot|new last
timeslot>;

Example

Modifying the dynamic Abis pool

Modify the dynamic Abis pool whose id is 1 and pool starting from the
timeslot 6 so that you remove three timeslots from the beginning of the
pool:

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ZESM:ID=1,NFT=6;
Example

Modifying the dynamic Abis pool

Modify the dynamic Abis pool whose id is 1 and pool ending to the timeslot
11 so that you remove four timeslots from the end of the pool:
ZESM:ID=1,NLT=11;
c.

Modify a dynamic Abis pool by changing the BCSU and

the PCU (ESM).
All the segments that are attached to the dynamic Abis pool
will be moved to the new PCU.
ZESM:<pool id>,<BCSU id>,<PCU id>;

Example
Modify the dynamic Abis pool whose id is 1 so that you change the Base
Station Control Signalling Unit (BCSU) and the logical PCU:
ZESM:ID=1,BCSU=1,PCU=4;
d.

Modify a dynamic Abis pool by changing the PSE (ESM).

All the segments that are attached to the dynamic Abis pool
will be moved to the new PSE.
ZESM:<pool id>,<PSEI>;

Example
Modify the dynamic Abis pool whose id is 2 so that the new packet service
entity is 3.
ZESM:ID=2,PSEI=3;
Further information

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Alarm 3068 EGPRS DYNAMIC ABIS POOL FAILURE is raised if the

dynamic Abis pool creation fails for some reason. For more
information on the possible causes of the failure and recovery
instructions, see Failure Printouts (2000-3999) under Reference/
Alarms in the PDF view.

For instructions on modifying the dynamic Abis pool information of a

TRX, see Activating and Testing BSS9006: GPRS under Test and
activate/Data in the PDF view.

Activating and Testing BSS10083: EGPRS under Test and activate/

Data in the PDF view

Activating and Testing BSS20106: Packet Control Unit (PCU2)

Pooling under Test and activate/Data in the PDF view

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Deleting a dynamic Abis pool

Before you start
These instructions apply to both ETSI and ANSI environments.
When deleting a dynamic Abis pool (DAP), the BSC turns off the GPRS
traffic from the logical packet control unit (PCU) where the deleted pool
exists. The BSC downgrades all packet switched traffic channels from the
PCU and upgrades these traffic channels to packet switched use again.
Deleting an existing DAP of a PCU causes a reallocation of the remaining
digital signal processor (DSP) resources in the PCU. This short
interruption ensures optimised PCU DSP resource usage for each DAP
connected to a specific PCU.

Steps
1.

Check that there are no TRXs attached to the dynamic Abis pool
that you want to delete (ESI).
ZESI:ID=<pool id>:TRXS;
You cannot delete the dynamic Abis pool if there are TRXs attached
to it.

Example
ZESI:ID=1:TRXS;
2.

Detach TRXs from the dynamic Abis pool.

If there are TRXs attached to the dynamic Abis pool, detach them.
For more information on detaching a dynamic Abis pool from a TRX,
see Activating and Testing BSS9006: GPRS under Test and
activate/Data in the PDF view.

3.

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ZESG:ID=<pool id>;
Example
Deleting one dynamic Abis pool:
ZESG:ID=1;
Deleting several dynamic Abis pools:
ZESG:ID=1&4&&7;
Further information

Alarm 3068 EGPRS DYNAMIC ABIS POOL FAILURE is raised if the

dynamic Abis pool creation fails for some reason. For more information on
the possible causes of the failure and recovery instructions, see Failure
Printouts (2000-3999) under Reference/Alarms in the PDF view.

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