ZTE RNC contains RCB board, which is divided into RCP and RSP used to process control plane

protocol
at U9.3 version. RCP is mainly used to handle the radio protocol including CELL-related and UE-related
procedure. RSP is mainly used to handle signaling transport protocol including SCTP and M3UA. Every
Cell and UE belongs to a RCP and the relation is configured before RCP startup and can’t be changed
during running. The above architecture has an advantage of high system reliability. However, there is
a shortage. The traffic in the telecommunication network could be different respect to time and area.
If the NodeB and cell is affiliated to a given RCP, sometime traffic in these NodeBs and cells could
exceed the maximum capacity of the RCP, and the other boards in the same RNC might not be fully
utilized. To improve RCB board utilization efficiency, ZTE RNC introduces Control Plane Resource
Sharing at UR11.1 version. Instead of RCP and RSP, RCB board is divided into DMP and CMP. DMP
mainly handle UE-related radio procedure and all DMPs serve as a pool. CMP mainly handle
NodeB/CELL-related procedure and signaling transport procedure. This architecture can avoid local
congestion in some boards due to disproportionate traffic distribution in network Control Plane
Resource Sharing Technology has a huge advantage that it can improve RNC Capacity. At U9.3 Version
RNC with 34 RCB boards has 7000K BHCA, if upgrade to UR11.1 Version, the capacity of RNC with 34
RCB boards will increase approximate 30% to 9000K BHCA. 2. Logic Board Function 2.1. Protocol Stack
Overview Refer to Figure 1, DMP handle dedicated procedure of RANAP/RNSAP/NBAP and RRC. CMP
handle common procedure of RANAP/RNSAP/NBAP and transport protocol including SCCP, M3UA,
SCTP, MTP3B and ALCAP. Figure 1 protocol distribution 2.2. DMP function DMP only handle UE-
related radio procedure such as RRC/RANAP/RNSAP/NBAP dedicated procedure and dedicated radio
resource algorithm. There is no resource configuration belong to DMP. So, when a DMP is added and
physical board is configured, this DMP will serve UE immediately, no extra configuration is needed.
2.3. CMP function Compared to DMP, CMP has complex structure and function. First, CMP serve
NodeB and CELL. NBAP Common procedure and Cell radio resource algorithm are implemented at
CMP. Every NodeB and Cell is also affiliated to a given CMP as pre-configuration. Secondly, CMP
handle connectionless signalling of RANAP and RNSAP(e.g. paging). Third, signaling transport protocol
such as SCCP/M3UA/SCTP/MTP3B/ and transport control plane protocol such as ALCAP is resident at
CMP, meantime CMP also manage the transport bandwidth resource. 3. Basic DBS Configuration Rule
We list some basic config rule as following. · When a NodeB is added, a CMP module must be
specified to serve it. The management module of NodeB cannot be changed during running. · Uplink
Scrambling Code is managed by CMP. A SC range needs to be configured for every CMP and the range
value must be different. · SCTP link is also managed by CMP. If a SCTP link is used to transport IUB
message of a NodeB, then the module of the SCTP Link must be same to the host module of the
NodeB. For SCTP link used to IU/IUR, the module can be an arbitrary CMP. It is recommended that the
number of SCTP link used to IU/IUR is equal among CMPs if there is more than one SCTP link used to
IU/IUR. · For transport resource management, PathGroup and TrPath is mainly resource object. They
also need a configured CMP module. TrPath belong to a PathGroup and the module of TrPath must be
same to the module of its parent PathGroup. If a TrPath is used to manage IUB resource of a NodeB,
then the module of the TrPath must be same to the module of the NodeB. It is recommended that the
number of PathGroup used to IU/IUR is equal among CMPs if there is more than one PathGroup used
to IU/IUR. Finally, consider the system high reliability and function characterization, we strongly
suggest that the CMP logical board type is split into two sub-type at OMC level: CMP(Iub) and
CMP(NotIub). CMP(Iub) is used to IUB-related config. CMP(NotIub) is used to IU/IUR-related config. 第
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