PCU tasks Management of GPRS radio resources Protocol conversion (packet data interworking) Tasks comparable to classical BSC Remote (until now BTS tasks): PC, TA,...
Fig. 23 PCU implementation with PPCU (MN1780EU09MN_0001 BSC Architecture, 31)
Cell E
Cell C
Cell A Cell B
PPXU-0
Cell F
Cell D
PPXU-1
PPXU-2
To SGSN GPRS traffic is automatically distributed among (working) PPXU well balanced in case of failure, packet traffic is automatically redistributed among the remaining PPXU (load sharing) Fig. 24 Load sharing between PPXU (MN1780EU09MN_0001 BSC Architecture, 31)
Clock
Line Termination
Line Termination
PLLH
QTLP
QTLP
Line Termination
Line Termination
QTLP
QTLP
Line Termination
Line Termination Switching Network
QTLP
SNAP
B S S G P
P P X X
B S S G P
P P X X
...
B S S G P
Administrative Extended Bus L A P D
P P X X
P P X X
Telephony Processors
Administrative Extended Bus
MEMT
C C S 7
P P X X
Telephony System Bus
TDPC
Administrative System Bus to LMT
O&M Interface
Administrative Processor
IXLT
MPCC UBEX
to OMC
Fig. 25 Bus systems (MN1780EU09MN_0001 BSC Architecture, 32)
QTLP
Q T L P 8
Q T L P 7
Q T L P 6
Q T L P 5
Q T L P 4
Q T L P 3
P P P P P P P P P P L L L L L D D D D D 14 13 12 11 10
