BSS Databuild

OM5 Course

Copyright 2000 Nortel Networks, All Rights Reserved

Printed in France
NORTEL NETWORKS CONFIDENTIAL:
The information contained in this document is the property of Nortel Networks. Except as specifically authorized in
writing by Nortel Networks, the holder of this document shall keep the information contained herein confidential and
shall protect same in whole or in part from disclosure and dissemination to third parties and use for evaluation,
operation and maintenance purposes only.
You may not reproduce, represent, or download through any means, the information contained herein in any way or in
any form without prior written consent of Nortel Networks.
The following are trademarks of Nortel Networks Corporation: *NORTEL NETWORKS, the NORTEL NETWORKS
corporate logo, the NORTEL Globemark, HOW THE WORLD SHARES IDEAS, UNIFIED NETWORKS, BSC6000.
GSM is a trademark of France Telecom.
All other brand and product names are trademarks or registred trademarks of their respective holders.

PE/TRD/CN/030412.02/EN July,2000
BSS Databuild

Publication History

Version Date Comments

01.01/E July 95 Creation for system release V6

N

02.01/E September Upgrade to system release V9 and conversion

N 97 in new format WORD6/PC

02.02/E February 98 Upgrade for system release V9 after internal

N review

10.01/E November Upgrade for system release V10 and

N* 98 conversion in new format Powerpoint for PC.

11.01/EN February 99 Upgrade for system release V11 detailed

description of the new procedures of
reconfiguration.

12.01/E January Upgrade for system release V12 detailed

N 2000 description of the new procedures of
reconfiguration.

12.02/E July 2000 Modifications

N

"Confidential information -- may not be copied or disclosed without permission".

PE/TRD/CN/030412.02/EN July,2000
ii
BSS Databuild

*Starting from V10, the document edition complies with the equipment version.

"Confidential information -- may not be copied or disclosed without permission".

PE/TRD/CN/030412.02/EN July,2000
iii
BSS Databuild

OM5 Course

Introduction 1
OMC-R Overview 2
User Facilities 3
Configuration Management - Managed 4
Objects
Creating a BSS Configuration 5
Configuration Management Advanced 6
Functions
Re-Configuration Procedures 7
Software Management 8

"Confidential information -- may not be copied or disclosed without permission".

PE/TRD/CN/030412.02/EN July,2000
iv
BSS Databuild

Volume Composition

No. Title Reference Version/Edition

1 BSS Databuild OM5 Course PE/TRD/CN/0304 12.02/EN

"Confidential information -- may not be copied or disclosed without permission".

PE/TRD/CN/030412.02/EN July,2000
v
BSS Databuild

Course Presentation
This course covers the principles and procedures of BSS Operation. It is based on the
exhaustive use of the OMC-R. The course includes both a theoretical part and a
practical part. Actually this course describes the OMC-R for BSS databuild.

Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
- configure and reconfigure your BSS (BSC, BTS and TCU) network, (upgrade BSS software,
backup and restore database),
- know configuration parameters for BSS network,
- create a BSS network by using OMC-R facilities,
- use specific tools implemented on the OMC-R,
- maintain databuild.

Prerequisites
This course is intended for people who are involved in the databuild process.
Before taking this course, you need to understand basic principles for GSM network:
- SY1: Advanced GSM System Overview.

Scope
This course applies to the V12 System Release of the BSS.

"Confidential information -- may not be copied or disclosed without permission".

PE/TRD/CN/030412.02/EN July,2000
vi
BSS Databuild

"Confidential information -- may not be copied or disclosed without permission".

PE/TRD/CN/030412.02/EN July,2000
vii
BSS Databuild

Table of Contents
COURSENOTESCONTENTS

PUBLICATIONHISTORY ii
OM5COURSE iii
VOLUMECOMPOSITION iv
COURSEINTRODUCTION v
TABLEOFCONTENTS vii

1.INTRODUCTION
11

OBJECTIVES 12
GSMTRAININGCURRICULUM 13
BSSNORTELTECHNICALPUBLICATIONS 15
USEDRESOURCES 16
THENORTHERNTELECOMPUBLICATIONS 17
CONTENTS 18

2.OMCROVERV
IEW

21

OBJECTIVES 22
CONTENTS 23
OPERATION&MAINTENANCE 24
DATAFLOWBETWEENTHEOMCRANDTHEBSS 25
OMCRINTHEGSMNETWORK 26
PHYSICALARCHITECTUREOFTHEOMCR 27
OMCRSERVERLAYOUT 28
SEVERALSERVERCONFIGURATIONS 29
MANAGERAGENTMODEL 211
OMCRDIMENSIONING 212
"Confidential information -- may not be copied or disclosed without permission".

PE/TRD/CN/030412.02/EN July,2000
viii
BSS Databuild

ROTPOSITIONINTHEGSMSYSTEM 213
ROTPRESENTATION 214
EXERCISES 215

3.USERFACILITIES
31

OBJECTIVES 32
CONTENTS 33
NEWMANMACHINEINTERFACE 34
DISPLAYMODESOVERVIEW 35
LOGICALMODEHIERARCHY 36
LOGICALVIEWS 37
PHYSICALMODEHIERARCHY 38
PHYSICALVIEWS 39
TOPOLOGICALVIEW:THEHIERARCHY 310
TOPOLOGICALVIEWS 311
POPUPMENUS 312
HORIZONTALNAVIGATION 313
WORKSPACESAVING 314
LOGIN 315
SECURITYMANAGEMENT 316
USERSPROFILESMANAGEMENT 317
ZONEOFINTEREST 318
COMMANDCLASS 319
OUTPUTCLASSES 320
STATIONPROFILESMANAGEMENT 321
INTERUSERMESSAGEMANAGER 322
SESSIONLOGS 323
COMMANDFILEMANAGEMENT 324
COMMANDFILESWITHOUTVARIABLES 325
COMMANDFILESWITHVARIABLES 326
JOBSCHEDULER 327

"Confidential information -- may not be copied or disclosed without permission".

PE/TRD/CN/030412.02/EN July,2000
ix
BSS Databuild

4.CONFIGURATIONMANAGEMENTMANAGEDOBJECTS
41
OBJECTIVES 42
CONTENTS 43
OBJECTDICTIONARYVIEWS 44
OPERATIONANDAPPLICATIONDATABASES 45
OBJECTSDEFINITION 46
DISPLAYINGTHEPARAMETERSFOREACHOBJECT 410
OBJECTSSTATES 411
IN/OUTOFSERVICESEQUENCE 412
OBJECTMAPPING 413
SCOPEANDFILTER 414
SUBTREES 415
OBJECTSICONS 416
EXERCISES 417

5.CREATINGABSSCONFIGURATION
51

OBJECTIVES 52
CONTENTS 53
OBJECTHIERARCHY 54
ORDEROFOBJECTSCREATION 56
BSCMDINTERFACEOBJECT 57
OMCRCOMMUNICATIONEQUIPMENT(DIRECTACCESS) 58
OMCRCOMMUNICATIONEQUIPMENT(VIAMSC) 59
BSCOBJECT 510
BSCBOARDPROVISIONING 513
SOFTWAREBSC 515
SIGNALLINGLINKSET&SIGNALLINGPOINTOBJECTS 516
PCMCIRCUITOBJECT(ATERINTERFACE) 517
LAPDLINKOBJECT(TCU) 518
TRANSCODEROBJECT 520
TRANSCODERBOARDOBJECT 521
SOFTWARETRANSCODERBOARD 522
"Confidential information -- may not be copied or disclosed without permission".

PE/TRD/CN/030412.02/EN July,2000
x
BSS Databuild

PCMCIRCUITOBJECT(AINTERFACE) 523
TRANSCODERMATRIX 524
SIGNALLINGLINKOBJECT 525
XTPOBJECT 526
XTP 527
PCMCIRCUITOBJECT(ABISINTERFACE) 528
LAPDLINKOBJECT(BCFOML) 529
LAPDLINK(ABIS)OBJECT(CONCENTRATION) 530
LAPDLINKOBJECT(CONCENTRATION)FORBSC12000 531
LAPDLINKOBJECT 532
BTSSITEMANAGEROBJECT 534
CONFIGREF 537
SOFTWAREBTSSITEMANAGER 538
MULTIPLESITEOBJECT 539
BTSOBJECT 540
INITIALCELLSELECTION 543
CELLRESELECTION 544
CELLBARRING 545
ADJACENTCELLRESELECTION 546
NEIGHBORCELLMANAGEMENT 547
POWERCONTROL 548
HANDOVERCONTROLOBJECT 550
ADJACENTCELLHANDOVER 553
FREQUENCYHOPPINGSYSTEMOBJECT 554
LAPDLINKOBJECT(TRX/DRXOMLANDRSL) 556
TRANSCEIVEREQUIPMENTOBJECT 557
SOFTWARETRANSCEIVEREQUIPMENT 558
TRANSCEIVEROBJECT 559
CHANNELOBJECT 560
TRANSCEIVERZONEOBJECT 562
EXERCISES 563

"Confidential information -- may not be copied or disclosed without permission".

PE/TRD/CN/030412.02/EN July,2000
xi
BSS Databuild

6.CONFIGURATIONMANAGEMENTADVANCEDFUNCTIONS
61

OBJECTIVES 62
CONTENTS 63
BDE/BDA 64
MAINADVANTAGESOFN+1BDABUILDING 65
TYPESOFUPGRADES 66
BASICBDABUILDING(NOCHANGEOFBDAVERSION) 67
N+1BDABUILDING(CHANGEOFBDAVERSION) 69
"OFFLINE"BDABUILDING 612
ARCHIVING/RESTORINGDATA 613
BDEBACKUP 614
SMSCELLBROADCAST 615
EXERCISES 616

7.RECONFIGURATIONPROCEDURES
71

OBJECTIVES 72
CONTENTS 73
TEIREPARENTINGPROCEDURE 74
LACREPARENTINGPROCEDURE 77
PCMREPARENTINGPROCEDURE 78
BTSREPARENTINGPROCEDURE 79

8.SOFTWAREMANAGEMENT
81

OBJECTIVES 82
CONTENTS 83
BSSSOFTWAREMANAGEMENTFUNCTIONS 84
SOFTWAREDOWNLOADINGPROCEDURE 85
BSCHARDDISKPARTITIONS 86
SOFTWAREUPGRADESCENARIO 87
COMPRESSEDBSCEFTS 88

"Confidential information -- may not be copied or disclosed without permission".

PE/TRD/CN/030412.02/EN July,2000
xii
BSS Databuild

EFTNAMINGCONVENTIONS 89
EXERCISES 810

"Confidential information -- may not be copied or disclosed without permission".

PE/TRD/CN/030412.02/EN July,2000
xiii
BSS Databuild

Page left blank intentionally

"Confidential information -- may not be copied or disclosed without permission".

PE/TRD/CN/030412.02/EN July,2000
xiv