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ZXWR RNC Product Description

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ZXWR RNC Product Description

ZXWR RNC Product Description

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1

Overview ..................................................................................................................... 1

2
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5

Highlight Features ...................................................................................................... 2


Large Capacity and High Expandability....................................................................... 2
IP Architecture Design, High Efficiency ....................................................................... 2
High reliability .............................................................................................................. 2
Outstanding radio resource management ................................................................... 2
Abundant Interfaces and Flexible Networking ............................................................. 3

3
3.1
3.2
3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
3.2.4
3.2.5

System Architecture .................................................................................................. 4


Product Physical Structure .......................................................................................... 4
Hardware Architecture ................................................................................................. 5
RPU ............................................................................................................................. 5
RAU ............................................................................................................................. 6
RSU ............................................................................................................................. 7
ROMU .......................................................................................................................... 8
RPMU .......................................................................................................................... 9

4
4.1
4.2

Reliability Design ....................................................................................................... 9


Hardware Redundancy Design .................................................................................... 9
Software Reliability Design .......................................................................................... 9

5
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9

Technical Specifications ......................................................................................... 10


Technical Indices ....................................................................................................... 10
Interface Indices ........................................................................................................ 10
Clock Indices ............................................................................................................. 11
Reliability Indices ....................................................................................................... 12
Electromagnetic Compatibility Indices ....................................................................... 12
Weight and Dimensions ............................................................................................. 12
Power Supply ............................................................................................................. 13
Environment ............................................................................................................... 13
Security Indices ......................................................................................................... 13

Installation ................................................................................................................ 15

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FIGURES
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 4
Figure 5

RNC in WCDMA system ................................................................................................ 1


ZXWR RNC Figuration .................................................................................................. 4
ZXWR RNC Rack Architecture ...................................................................................... 5
RNC Logical Units.......................................................................................................... 5
Hardware Installation Flow .......................................................................................... 16

TABLES
Table 1
Table 2
Table 3
Table 4
Table 5
Table 6
Table 7
Table 8
Table 9

RNC technical indices .................................................................................................. 10


RNC technical indices .................................................................................................. 10
RNC clock indices ........................................................................................................ 11
RNC Reliability ............................................................................................................. 12
Anti-Interference of Electromagnetic EMC Indices ...................................................... 12
Weight and Dimensions ............................................................................................... 12
power supply ................................................................................................................ 13
RNC Environment Indices ........................................................................................... 13
The General Terminologies and Definitions ................................................................ 18

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Overview
In general, WCDMA system is consisting of Core Network (CN), UMTS Terrestrial Radio
Access Network (UTRAN) and User Equipment (UE). UTRAN has two network elements:
Node B and RNC. Iub is defined as the interface between RNC and Node B. Fig 1
shows the position of RNC in WCDMA system.

Figure 1

RNC in WCDMA system

RNC connects other equipments via the following interfaces:

Iub interface to Node B

Iu-CS interface to MSC/MSC Server

Iu-PS interface to SGSN

Iur interface to other RNC

The main functionalities of RNC include:

System information broadcast and UE access control

Mobility management, such as handover etc.

Radio Resource Management such as power control, cell resource allocation etc.

Access bearer service of CS domain and PS domain

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Encryption and decryption for signaling and data

ZTE RNC product, named ZXWR RNC (hereinafter refer to RNC), is based on 3GPP
FDD R8, being compatible with other network elements and UE based on
R99/R4/R5/R6/R7/R8. At the same time, ZXWR RNC provides series standard
interfaces including Iu, Iub, Iur etc, supporting to connect with other venders equipments
such as CN, RNC etc.

Highlight Features
The ZXWR products always aim at saving customers investment in 3G products by
offering a large capacity and linear expandable system once and for all. This facilitates
high density 3G services. The RNC adopts distributing design, separates control plane
from user plane, interface from application, supports ATM protocol stack, it also supports
all IP UTRAN. The RNC system has the following features:

2.1

Large Capacity and High Expandability


The RNC is designed to adapt service increment and various traffic environments. It
provides a large capacity and is easy to be expanded. The data throughput is up to 9.6
Gbps and maximum traffic is 76800Erl. The control plane and the user plane of the RNC
are in distributed mode so there is no bottleneck for centralized processing in the entire
system. The processing resources of control plane and user plane are linear expandable
according to the capacity increment requirement.

2.2

IP Architecture Design, High Efficiency


Base on the all IP switching platform, data transmission is high efficient and flexible. The
high performance packet data management platform ensures the system non-blocking
data transaction capability. Comparing with ATM-based platform, it features convenient
maintenance and configuration, flexible expandability, higher transmission efficiency,
and agile transmission mechanism, which can meets the future requirements of
increasing mobile data services.

2.3

High reliability
The RNC has high reliability and stability. The system is based on redundancy design.
So there is no single point of failure. The system supports online software download and
there is no need to reboot after version upgrade.

2.4

Outstanding radio resource management


ZTE owns dozens of patents on radio resource management of the RNC. It supports
automatic optimization of radio parameters and can intelligently allocate and schedule
radio resource priorities according to network load situation and QoS level.

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2.5

Abundant Interfaces and Flexible Networking


RNC supports ATM/IP dual protocol stack, it supports all kind of physical interfaces such
as E1/T1, STM-1, channelized STM-1, FE and GE etc. At different phases, RNC can
flexibly network according to different conditions, and has realized IP UTRAN.

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System Architecture
3.1

Product Physical Structure


The RNC system is built in a standard 19-inch cabinet, and the dimension of height*
width* depth is 2000* 600* 800 (mm). The rack of RNC system and architecture are
shown as the following figures.

Figure 2

ZXWR RNC Figuration

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Figure 3

3.2

ZXWR RNC Rack Architecture

Hardware Architecture
RNC hardware logical units are shown as:

Figure 4

3.2.1

RNC Logical Units

RPU
The RPU (RNC Processing Unit) processes control plane signaling and user plane
information, including RCB (RNC control board) and RUB (RNC user board) boards.

3.2.1.1

RCB
RCB accomplishes the control protocol processing of RNC, such as RANAP, NBAP,
RNSAP, RRC, SABP etc.
RCB board is RNC Control Plane Processing Board.
Ability: 420cell; 440k BHCA
Considering 1+1 backup
34 boards for maximum configuration

3.2.1.2

RUB
RUB (RNC User Plane Processing Board) is a user plane processing board of RNC,
dealing with the user plane protocols. RUB deals with the radio user plane protocols,
including CS service FP/MAC/RLC/IuUP/RTP/RTCP protocol stack and PS service
FP/MAC/RLC/PDCP/IuUP, GTP-U protocols.

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Each RUB can process 2100Erl for CS domain, or process 265Mbps for PS domain;
RUB: N+1 Backup
28boards for maximum configuration

3.2.2

RAU
RAU (RNC Access Unit) provides the interface access function for Iu, Iub and Iur of RNC.
RAU is configured with the following boards:

3.2.2.1

DTA: Digital Trunk board with ATM

DTI: Digital Trunk board with IP

SDTA2: Sonet Digital Trunk board with ATM, 2nd Generation

SDTI: Sonet Digital Trunk board with ATM

APBE: ATM Process Board Enhanced

POSI: POS Interface board

GIPI4: Gigabit IP Interface board, 4th Generation

DTA
DTA is used to provide ATM over E1/T1 interfaces
DTA provides 32*E1/T1 electrical interfaces and supports 30 IMA groups.

3.2.2.2

DTI
DTI is used to provide IP over E1/T1 interfaces
DTI supports 32*E1/T1 electrical interfaces, and supports 32 MLPPP groups.

3.2.2.3

SDTA2
SDTA2 is used to provide channelized STM-1 interfaces and IMA protocol processing.
SDTA2 provides 4 channelized STM-1 optical interfaces, and supports 168 IMA groups.

3.2.2.4

SDTI
SDTI is used to provide channelized STM-1 interfaces and MLPPP protocol processing.
SDTI provides 2 channelized STM-1 optical interfaces, and supports 64 MLPPP groups.

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3.2.2.5

APBE
APBE is for the processing of ATM access over STM-1, and implements SAR
functionality of AAL2 and AAL5.
APBE provides 4 STM-1 optical interfaces.

3.2.2.6

POSI
POSI is for the processing of IP access over STM-1.
POSI provides 4 STM-1 optical interfaces.

3.2.2.7

GIPI4
GIPI board: Gigabit IP Interface board, 4th generation. GIPI4 provides FE/GE interfaces.
GIPI4 provides 2*GE optical interface/ electrical interfaces, or 4* FE electrical interfaces.
GIPI4 provides 2100Mbps throughput.
15boards for maximum configuration

3.2.3

RSU
The RSU (RNC Switch Unit) provides a large-capacity and non-blocking IP switching
unit for system control management, communication between service processing boards
and traffic connection among multiple RAUs.
It is constructed with:

3.2.3.1

PSN: Packet Switch Network

GLI: Gigabit Line Interface

UIMC: Universal Interface Module of Control

GUIM: GE Universal Interface Module

THUB: Trunk HUB

PSN
PSN is the system switching board of RNC. It accomplishes kernel switching function of
RSU, implements the packet data switching of each GLI.
PSN supports up to 40Gbps switching capability.

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3.2.3.2

GLI
GLI is the access switching board, which implements RPU/RAU access to RSU,
including the physical layer adaptation, IP package checklist, segment, forwarding and
traffic management etc, and it converges the data from RPU/RAU to PSN for switching.

3.2.3.3

UIMC
UIMC is a type of switching board of RNC, belonging to RSU. It accomplished switching
function among control plane processing boards, and clock distribution. Information
switching of UIMC boards in different shelves is implemented by THUB.

3.2.3.4

GUIM
GUIM is for the switching functionality of user plane processing boards. Information
switching of GUIM boards in different shelves is implemented by GLI and PSN.

3.2.3.5

THUB
THUB is for control plane data switching among different shelves. It supports 400Mbps
switching capability.

3.2.4

ROMU
The ROMU (RNC Operation and maintenance unit) is responsible for the general
processing and implementing O&M control (including O&M agent) of the entire system
as well as system clock supply and external synchronization.
It includes:

3.2.4.1

ROMB: RNC Operating & Maintenance Board

CLKG: Clock Generator

SBCX: X86 Single Board Computer

ROMB
ROMB as RNC O&M agent is used to monitor and manage all of the boards in the
system, and to implement the general processing of the system and route protocol
management.

3.2.4.2

CLKG
CLKG board is responsible for the clock supply and external synchronization. CLKG
board gets clock reference from BITS, GPS receiver or the circuit. After synchronization,
the signal is used at every interface shelf.
The default configuration of CLKG doesnt include GPS module. GPS module should be
added in CLKG if GPS clock or GPS location service is required.
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3.2.4.3

SBCX
SBCX provides the operation and maintenance management agent functionality.

3.2.5

RPMU
RPMU (RNC Peripheral Monitor Unit) belongs to ROMU. It provides monitoring function
to peripheral equipments, and collects information of all boards, alarms while the system
has faults. It includes:
PWRD: Power Distributor
ALB: Alarm Box

3.2.5.1

PWRD
PWRD is not only responsible for -48V power provision for all shelves and fans in the
rack, but also for the collecting peripheral and circumstance information, including the
PWRD and fans status, temperature, smoke, water and infrared alarming.
PWRD reports the detected information to ROMB via RS485 interface.

3.2.5.2

ALB
Alarm box will obtain the alarm information from OMM, and send the different level
alarms according to different fault situations of the system in order to be managed and
intervened in time by the equipment management personnel.
ALB provides several alarm methods including SMS, LCD display, file transfer, voice
alarm etc.

Reliability Design
4.1

Hardware Redundancy Design


In order to ensure reliability, RNC rack and shelves adopt dual-power-supply, and the
connection cables in RNC rack are at least dual-mode. At the same time, RNC provides
1+1 backup for the key boards such as: ROMB, CLKG, RCB, UIMC, GUIM, THUB, PSN,
GLI, and RUB adopts load-sharing method, which is named redundancy resource pool.
And each of the interface boards adopt 1+1 backup or load-sharing. The entire system
performance will not be affected if individual board has fault.

4.2

Software Reliability Design


RNC software subsystem adopts high reliability design. Besides the external operation
and maintenance ports, which are protected by internal firewall software, RNC internal
communication in whole system is entirely isolated. So RNC can detect and defend

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against the network security attacks. At the same time, the OMM subsystem supports
powerful user authentication functionality; the idea is that system will distribute relevant
operation permission according to user name and password.
RNC software system has powerful self-fault-tolerant capability, mainly reflected in:

Automatically checking the legitimacy of data configured by user, refusing wrong or


unreasonable data configuration and informing user to modify

Supporting key version and data backup, and performing rollback when version or
data loading failed

Supporting watch dog functionality, resetting the boards when software going
wrong and recording the failure information by black box function

Detecting the failure of ports, link and SW/HW, resetting/triggering backup unit to
guarantee system running normally

Technical Specifications
5.1

Technical Indices
Table 1

5.2

RNC technical indices(2 cabinets with full configuration)

Item

Indices

Processing capability

76800 Erl

Data throughput
( Two-way data flow )

9.6Gbps

Maximum Quantity of Nodes B

1960

Maximum Quantity of cells

5880

BHCA

7000K

Maximum Cabinet

Weight

580Kg(2 cabinets with full configuration)


290Kg(1 cabinet with full configuration)

Maximum Rack

8 ( 1 cabinet with 4 racks)

Interface Indices
Table 2

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RNC technical indices

Transmis
sion type

Standard

Interface
board

Port
Interface

Remark

E1/T1

ITU-T
G.703/G.704

DTA

DB68

Provide 32* E1/T1 for Iub ATM


transmission

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Transmis
sion type

Channeliz
ed
STM1/OC-3

STM-1/OC3c

FE

ITU-T G.957
ITU-T I.432.1
ITU-T I.432.2

ITU-T G.957
ITU-T I.432.1
ITU-T I.432.2

IEEE 802.3

GE

5.3

Standard

IEEE 802.3

Interface
board

Port
Interface

Remark

DTI

DB68

Provide 32* E1/T1 for Iub IP


transmission

SDTA2

LC/PC

Provide 4* channelized STM1/OC-3 optical interfaces for Iub


ATM transmission

SDTI

LC/PC

Provide 2* channelized STM1/OC-3 optical interfaces for Iub


IP transmission

APBE

LC/PC

Provide 4* STM-1/OC-3 optical


interfaces for Iub/Iu/Iur ATM
transmission

POSI

LC/PC

Provide 4* STM-1/OC-3 optical


interfaces
for
Iub/Iu/Iur
IP
transmission

GIPI4
configured
with
FE
electrical
interface

RJ45

Provide 4* FE for Iub/Iu/Iur IP


transmission

GIPI4
configured
with
GE
electrical
interface

RJ45

Provide 2* GE electrical interface


for Iub/Iu/Iur IP transmission

GIPI4
configured
with
GE
optical
interface

LC/PC

Provide 2* GE optical interface for


Iub/Iu/Iur IP transmission

Clock Indices
Table 3

RNC clock indices

Item

Indices

Synchronization level

Level 2 class A

Clock working mode:

Fast capture, tracking, holdover and free-run

Clock
synchronous
interface

1) Incoming signal jitter and wander: 1.5UI (0.02


kHz2.4 kHz)
2) Outgoing signal jitter and wander: 1.5UI (0.02
kHz10 kHz)
0.2 UI (18 kHz100 kHz)

link

Each clock board supports 7 clock resource, including: 4 clock in equipment room
(2MHZ or 2Mbit), 2 line clock (8KHZ, acquired from Iu interface) and 1 * GPS clock. One
of the 7 clock resource will be specified as the working clock source via software
configuration, the rest clocks for standby.

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When all the 7 clock sources are missing, clock board can work under free oscillation,
which is used by RNC.
No matter it is acquired from clock source or under free oscillation, RNC can provide its
own clock to NodeB.

5.4

Reliability Indices
In ZXWR RNC, the algorithm of system reliability is based on the GJB/Z299B Electronic
Equipment Reliability Estimation Manual and MIL-HDBK-217F Electronic Equipment
Reliability Estimation
Table 4

5.5

RNC Reliability

Item

Indices

MTBF

240000 hours

MTTR

0.5 hour

Availability

99.999792%

Downtime

1.09 minutes/year

Electromagnetic Compatibility Indices


Table 5

5.6

Anti-Interference of Electromagnetic EMC Indices

Item

Standard

Static Discharge Immunity

Contact Discharge: 6000V


Air Discharge: 8000V

Surge Impact Immunity

DC Power port Line(Ground): 2000V

Weight and Dimensions


Table 6

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Weight and Dimensions

Item

Standard

Requirements of Equipment Site

350kg/m

Dimensions

2000 mm x 600 mm x 800 mm (Height x Width


x Depth)

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5.7

Power Supply
Table 7

5.8

power supply

Item

Standard

Power input

-48V DC

Allowable fluctuation range

-57 VDC to 40 VDC

Maximum Power Consumption per


rack

3700W

Environment
Table 8

RNC Environment Indices

Item

Equipment
environment

Storage
environment

5.9

Indices
Temperature

Long-term operation: 0C ~ +45C


Short-term operation: -5C ~ +50C

Humidity

Long-term operation: 5%~85%


Short-term operation: 5%~90%

Noise

When the system is in the full power output and


the working temperature is 43C 2C, the
noise power level is less than 6.5 Bels (aprox.
65dB).

Requirements of
Equipment Site

350kg/m2

Atmospheric
pressure

70 kPa106 kPa

It should be packed and stored indoors.


Temperature: -45C~+70C.
Relative humidity: 10%~90%; free of condensation.

Transport
Environment

Transport environment:
2K4P/2B2/2C3/2S3/2M3
Sustainable transport time: 30 days
Intact package

Mechanical
Adaptability

ETSI 300019-1-4 ClassM4.1

Security Indices

Optical Interface Protection

The optical interface design and optical module chosen are according to the
requirements of BS EN 60825-2-2000.

Racks Stability

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The layout of the rack shall maintain the overall symmetry. Under the premise to ensure
the performance indices and thermal design requirements, the gravity center shall be
lowered as much as possible to improve the overall stability. In normal conditions, the
equipment shall not be inverted on a 10 degrees tilt platform. The shell of the equipment
must be able to resist some external percussion. The case, shelves, and shell must be
fixed reliably, without the tendency to scatter.

Rack Protection Grade

Security protection grade is IP20 (2indicates that prevents the object which is bigger
than 12mm such as finger to insert into. And 0 indicates that has no special water
protection)

Steel Ball Test

Such test can be done by using the integrity rack shell of sample or the other biggest
area of not enhanced part: one 500g steel ball will free fall from 1.3m height to hit the up
surface of the equipment, the case has no clearly indent. Or the 500g steel ball with
1.3m line as a horizontal pendulum to hit the beside surface of the equipment, if there is
indent damage or scratch, but it does not affect security, water resistant, and it also
can endure corresponding anti- electric strength, this test is passed.

Lightning Protection

The system provides lightning protection measures. The working ground and the
protection ground are reliable with the grounding resistance of the protection ground less
than 1 ohm. The protection grounding terminals are anti-corrosive; the insulating layer of
the grounding conductor is yellow-green. There is tooth-shape washer for the connection
between the protection ground and the screw of shell (or PCB) to make the protection
group more reliable and stable.

Current leakage

Current leakage of the overall system: <3.5 mA.

Security Marks

A clearly and long term sticky tags or marks must be labeled to ensure no mistake of
wrong board and cable connection. It has indicator, switch and button and mark with
clear color to indicate the meaning of the system running status.

Heat Resistance and Flame Proof

The case can resist heat and flame. The outside case and clapboard between shelves
are all made of flame proof, heat resistance and explosion prevention material. All
material and units has the flame proof level better than V-2 or HF-2.

Input Current

Under the condition of rated input voltage, the input current shouldnt be more than110%
of rated current.

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RNC has no danger at the situations of overload, output short circuit, power in reverse,
fan locked and other man-made faults caused by mistake operations.

The Isolation of Communication Network to Ground

The components bridged at the normal position will not be damaged if the 1000Vac
grounding insulation between the telecom network circuits and grounding components is
not punctured.

The Stable Anti-electric Strength of Network Voltage Protection

As for TNV-1 circuit, whether it can be connected or not, it meets the requirements of the
stable anti-electric strength of network voltage protection.

Components Related with Security

Components related with security in RNC have related certifications.

Anti-earthquake performance

RNC equipment has the anti-earthquake performance of 7th scale.

Installation
Figure 5 shows the installation flow of ZXWR RNC hardware.

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Figure 5

Hardware Installation Flow

The workload of the hardware installation is large and complex. It can fall into the
following parts:
1

Installing cabinet

ZXWR RNC adopts 19-inch standard cabinet. The cabinet installation includes base
installation mode and feet installation mode. In the case of multi-cabinet, fix a single
cabinet first and then connect the cabinets.
2

Installing boards

Usually, the shelf is installed inside the rack before delivery. The users are only required
to install boards and other accessories on the site.
3

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Installing cables

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After installing the cabinet, cables are required to install, including cabinet power cable,
cabinet grounding cable, intra-cabinet line, out-of-cabinet line, and inter-cabinet line.
4

Installing GPS antenna feeder system

GPS serves as the clock and frequency reference of WCDMA, playing a very important
role. In addition, it provides the system with GPS ephemeris signals for AGPS location.
GPS antenna receives the navigation location signals from the GPS satellite, modulating
into the frequency, clock signals and AGPS messages via the GPS signal receiver. The
clock signals are provided to WCDMA units and AGPS messages are sent to the
processing unit.
5

Installing accessories

After installing the cabinet, accessories related to RNC operation are required to install,
including the alarm box and all kinds of sensors.
6

Checking the installation

Check the installation of ZXWR RNC hardware completely after it ends. The check
includes the cabinet installation techniques, cable connection and layout, auxiliary
device and related items.
7

Powering on/off the equipment

After checking the installation, please power on/off the equipment for check.

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Acronyms and Abbreviations


The general terminologies and definitions of this product are listed in the following table.
Table 9

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The General Terminologies and Definitions

Item

Explanation

Iu

Interconnection point between an RNC and a Core Network. It is also


considered as a reference point.

Iub

Interface between an RNC and a Node B.

Iur

A logical interface between two RNC. Whilst logically representing a


point to point link between RNC, the physical realization may not be a
point to point link.

Uu

The Radio interface between UTRAN and the User Equipment.

Node B

A logical node responsible for radio transmission / reception in one or


more cells to/from the User Equipment. Terminates the Iub interface
towards the RNC.

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