Description

Exchange Terminal Circuit, 5th Generation,

ETC 5
Contents
1 Introduction..............................................................................................................................................
2 Overall system description.......................................................................................................................
3 Technology...............................................................................................................................................
3.1 New Features in ETC5........................................................................................................................................
3.2 Functions in ETC released earlier.......................................................................................................................
3.3 Compatibility.......................................................................................................................................................
4 Technical data...........................................................................................................................................
5 Abbreviations...........................................................................................................................................

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1 Introduction
The key product connecting the AXE system with the surrounding world is the ETC 5, where
five indicates a new generation. All services provided by this product are, for the first time,
gathered on one single half size (115 mm ) board. Exchange terminal circuits are found in all
AXE exchanges regardless of configuration or type of network.

Greatly reduced in size the ETC 5 has several new features compared to earlier releases of
exchange terminals : a code conversion that makes smooth connections to other networks, HW
prepared to Synchronisation Status Messages, which will optimise network synchronisation.
There are at least eight more - all listed under "Technology".

ETC5 is the interface unit between an E1 ( G703, 2048 kbits/s) digital path and the group switch
in an exchange. ETC5 terminates 32 channel PCM trunks/time slot. Figure 1 shows ETC5's
place in the network.

The ETC5 board is implemented in the building practice BYB 501 and is housed in the Generic
Extension Module Magazine 2 - GEMM 2 - subrack, which also contains the RP-pair and the
DL MUX-pair, which multiplexes the time slots from the ETCs into one bit stream to the group
switch.

BTS BSC MSC PSTN

ET ETC5 GS ETC5 ETC5 GS ETC5 ETC5

Fig. 1. ETC 5 in the network. Wherever there is an AXE exchange there are ETC. It is
illustrated above with a base station, a base station controller, a mobile switching
centre and fixed telephony.

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2 Overall system description

trunk
RSS net
DIP DL3 GS DL3 DIP
ETB ETC5 DL- DL-
MUX ETC5
MUX

RBS

RP RP
GEMM2 GEMM2

RPB-S

CP
CP

Fig 2. Two ETC 5 placed in two separate GEMM 2 on either side of a group switch, GS.
One ETC 5 operates towards the trunk network and the other one with a local network.
The RSS can easily be exchanged for a BTS.

RP4

RP4 DLMUX ETC5

Figure 3. A GEMM 2 subrack with 16 ETC 5 .

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3 Technology

LED HW-id IDB

PROM DL2a
DL2b
PMP GRETA EMBa
EMBb

CLMI
TEST
SDI interface TEST
(JTAG)
LIC2M
(G.703) DC/DC -48Va
3.3 V -48Vb

LED Indication which is lit when handling of board is necessary.

PMP Protected monitoring point for connection of e.g. # 7

monitoring equipment.

CLMI Output for 8k Hz clock reference signa or for

SDI signaling Device Interface e.g. # 5 receiver.

G.703 Connection for th PCM cable.

Fig 4. The lay-out of the ETC 5 board including front, showing GRETA, the Group
Switch connected and RP controlled Exchange Terminal ASIC.

ETC5 is based on ITU-T recommendations, ETSI standards and stable drafts as per March 1996
which gives new functionality as follows:

The most significant feature provided by the ETC5 is the introduction of transmission
performance supervision according to ITU-T recommendation M.2100 and M.2120

The size reduction of 50% compared to ETC4 is made possible by the design of a new ASIC.
This five fold reduction together with the use of 3V logic, contributes to a drastic reduction in
power consumption.

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3.1 New Features in ETC5

 Slip supervision together with M.2100 and M.2120
 Introduction of Automatic CRC-4 mode
 HW prepared for Synchronization Status Message (SSM). Enables an optimized network
synchronization.
 Increased capability for tone sending and attenuation
 A <->m law code conversion which gives smooth connection to networks that uses m-law
 Possibility to send m law coded tones
 Possible to set the slip hysteresis between 5 to 30 TS
 Selectable quiet (idle) code pattern
 ISDN primary rate access (30B+D), V3 layer 1 interface.
 ETSI V 5.2 layer 1 capability.

3.2 Functions in ETC released earlier

 TS16:
 CAS Multiframe Structure
 Through Connected
 Connected to Signalling Device Interface
 2048 kbit/s add/drop (DIP) e.g. for #5 inband signaling
 TS0 spare bits (Sa) one by one connected to GS or RP
 Tone sending (audible tones e.g. dial tone) towards DIP or GS
 Digital Attenuator (Receive)
 Idle Pattern Generator (DIP/GS)
 AIS Generator (DIP/GS)
 8 kHz synch signal (Receive) to the Clock Module
 In-service maintenance (e.g. parity, alarm exercise, ..)
 Restart Self Diagnostics

3.3 Compatibility
From a SW point of view the ETC5 is compatible with ETC4 i.e. it is possible to run current
ETC4 (ETC3) SW together with ETC5 HW.

4 Technical data
 The board size is 115 x 175 x 20 mm ( H x D x W )
 Subrack : GDM-H, GEMM 2, half size
 Spacing 20 mm
 Power consumption 2 W
 Conforms to all EMC class B standards

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5 Abbreviations
ETC Exchange Terminal Circuit

DIP Digital path

E1 Electrical interface with 32 channel TDM protocol

(1st order of multiplexing)

MFAS Multiframe alignment signal

TS Time Slot

GDML-H Generic Device Magazine - Half size

GEMM2 Generic Extension Module Magazine generation 2

DLMUX Digital Link multiplexer. Multiplexes 16 DL2 into

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