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GBSS12.0
Feature Parameter Description
Issue 01
Date 2010-06-30
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TFO Contents
Contents
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................1-1
1.1 Scope ............................................................................................................................................ 1-1
1.2 Intended Audience ........................................................................................................................ 1-1
1.3 Change History.............................................................................................................................. 1-1
4 Parameters .................................................................................................................................4-1
5 Counters ......................................................................................................................................5-1
6 Glossary ......................................................................................................................................6-1
7 Reference Documents .............................................................................................................7-1
1 Introduction
1.1 Scope
This document describes the TFO messages, TFO frame format, prerequisites for the TFO
establishment, TRAU operating process in TFO mode, impact of TFO establishment on DTX and VQE,
and TFO voice quality improvement. (GBFD-115701 TFO)
Document Issues
The document issues are as follows:
01 (2010-06-30)
Draft (2010-03-30)
01 (2010-06-30)
This is the first release of GBSS12.0.
Compared with issue draft (2010-03-30) of GBSS12.0, issue 01 (2010-06-30) of GBSS12.0 incorporates
the changes described in the following table.
Draft (2010-03-30)
This is the draft release of GBSS12.0. .
2 Overview of TFO
Tandem Operation is a process in which the speech signal of an MS-to-MS call is transcoded twice, as
shown in Figure 2-1. Tandom Operation degrades the speech quality. In this case, the PCM code stream
is transmitted on the A interface.
Figure 2-1 Tandem Operation
TRAU TRAU
BTS BSC PCM MSC PCM BSC BTS
frame frame
(TC) (TC)
A/µ
Voice compression Voice
Coding compression Decoding PCM Coding compression Decoding
To improve the quality of speech signals, Tandem Free Operation (TFO) is introduced to pass by the TC
decoder when the originating MS and the terminating MS use the same speech version. The speech
signal is coded at the originating MS and decoded at the terminating MS, and is transparently
transmitted between the TCs at the two ends. Thus, the process of encoding and decoding by the TC is
eliminated to improve the quality of the speech signal.
Figure 2-2 shows the TFO in which the speech signals are transparently transmitted between two MSs.
Figure 2-2 TFO
TRAU TRAU
BTS BSC PCM+TFO MSC PCM+TFO BSC BTS
frame frame
(TC) (TC)
TFO TFO
TFO TFO TFO TFO
Voice
Coding compression Decoding
After a TFO connection is successfully established, the TFO module inserts the TFO frame into the PCM
code stream on the A interface according to a specific format. A TFO frame is the speech frame
transmitted in stealing mode between TCs after TFO is successfully established. The peer TC searches
the data received on the A interface for the TFO frame, converts the TFO frame into a TRAU frame
(TRAU frame refers to the voice data transmitted between the BTS and the TC), and then sends the
TRAU frame to the Abis interface.
A TFO message is the inband signaling used for TFO negotiation between TCs. The TFO message is
mainly used to exchange the parameter configurations concerning the TFO modules of the calling party
and the called party in the TFO negotiation phase. The parameters involved are VOICEVER,
ACTCDSETF, ACTCDSETH, and ACTCDSETWB. If the parameter configurations meet the
requirement for establishing TFO, the TFO connection is established. TFO messages are transmitted in
bit spacing scheme. For details, see 3.1 TFO Messages.
You can enable the TFO function by setting NBAMRTFOSWITCH to ENABLE.
3 Technical Description
3.1 TFO Messages
The TFO messages, transmitted in bit spacing scheme, are classified into the following types: TFO_REQ
messages, TFO_ACK messages, IS_IPE messages, and other messages.
In the case of FR, EFR, FR_AMR, and WB_AMR, the two LSBs of each PCM frame are used to
transmit the TFO frame, and the other six bits of each PCM frame are used to transmit the
compressed PCM data.
In the case of HR_AMR, the second LSB of each PCM frame is used to transmit the TFO frame, and
some LSBs of the PCM frames are used to transmit the synchronization sub-frame. Other LSBs and
the six most significant bits of the PCM frames are still used to transmit the PCM data that is
compressed according to the A/μ law.
For HR, the LSB of the PCM is used to transmit the TFO frame, and the other seven bits are used to
transmit the PCM data compressed according to the A/μ law.
The voice quality level is inversely proportional to the speech quality. The lower the voice quality level,
the higher the voice quality. TFO can be established between the FR AMR and HR AMR. "-" indicates
that TFO cannot be established between speech versions.
TFO speech version optimization is an optional function of TFO. When TFO speech version optimization is enabled,
handovers in the GSM system may increase.
When the LACS is the same as the DACS, the contiguity rule and high mode rule are met.
AMR Family TFO ACS optimization is an optional function of TFO. You can change the active codec sets at the two ends
so that they meet the requirements of contiguity rule and high mode rule. Thus the requirement for TFO establishment is
met.
WB AMR does not support ACS optimization.
For WB_AMR, in A over TDM mode, the sampling frequency of the PCM code stream must be
decreased to 8 kHz before being sent over the A interface. The spectrum information on speech signals
thus suffers a loss. In this case, the speech quality of a WB AMR call is worse than the speech quality of
an AMR FR call. After TFO is established, the PCM code stream decrease can be passed by. In this way,
the spectrum information on speech signals retains and the speech quality is improved.
4 Parameters
Parameter NE MML Description
ID
VOICEVER BSC6900 SET Meaning: Speech version supported by a
GCELLCCA cell
CCESS(Opti
onal) GUI Value Range:
FULL_RATE_VER1(Full-rate VER 1),
FULL_RATE_VER2(Full-rate VER 2),
FULL_RATE_VER3(Full-rate VER 3),
HALF_RATE_VER1(Half-rate VER 1),
HALF_RATE_VER2(Half-rate VER 2),
HALF_RATE_VER3(Half-rate VER 3),
FULL_RATE_VER5(Full-rate VER 5)
Actual Value Range: Full_rate_Ver1,
Full_rate_Ver2, Full_rate_Ver3,
Half_rate_Ver1, Half_rate_Ver2,
Half_rate_Ver3, Full_rate_Ver5
Unit: None
Default Value:
FULL_RATE_VER1-1&FULL_RATE_VE
R2-1&FULL_RATE_VER3-0&HALF_RA
TE_VER1-1&HALF_RATE_VER2-0&HA
LF_RATE_VER3-0&FULL_RATE_VER5
-0
NBAMRTFO BSC6900 SET Meaning: Whether to enable the Tandem
SWITCH GCELLBASI Free Operation (TFO) function on the
CPARA(Opti BTS through a CHANNEL ACTIVATION
onal) or MODE MODIFY message. This
parameter specifies whether to enable
the Tandem Free Operation (TFO)
function. If the voice quality of an ongoing
MS-to-MS call is bad, the TFO function
can be enabled to improve end-to-end
voice quality. The TFO function cannot
be used to improve the voice quality of
an MS-to-PSTN call.
5 Counters
None.
6 Glossary
For the acronyms, abbreviations, terms, and definitions, see the Glossary.
7 Reference Documents
[1] 3GPP 02.53 "Digital cellular telecommunication system (Phase 2+); Tandem Free Operation (TFO)
of Speech Codecs; Service Description; Stage 1"
[2] 3GPP 03.53 "Digital cellular telecommunication system (Phase 2+); Tandem Free Operation (TFO)
of Speech Codecs; Service Description; Stage 2"
[3] 3GPP 48.060 "In-band control of remote transcoders and rate adaptors for full rate traffic channels"
[4] 3GPP 48.061 "In band control of remote transcoders and rate adaptors for half rate traffic channels"
[5] 3GPP 28.062 "Inband Tandem Free Operation (TFO) of speech codecs; Service description; Stage
3"
[6] BSC6900 Feature List
[7] BSC6900 Optional Feature Description
[8] GBSS Reconfiguration Guide
[9] BSC6900 GSM Parameter Reference
[10] BSC6900 GSM MML Command Reference