IMPLEMENTATION OF BSS AND NSS IN

MOBILE COMMUNICATION

WHAT
WHAT
IS
IS
NSS ?
BSS ?
 GSM Architecture

GSM VMSC SMSC

Air interface
B
S A AUC
C interface HLR
Abis
interface
TRAU MSC PSTN

VLR
BTS
B
S
BTS
BTS C EIR
OMCS

BTS BTS
BTS
Network and switching
subsystem
Mobile A interface SS7 / speech
Station X.25
OMCR SS7

Base Station System

 FUNCTIONS OF GSM
• Transmission.

• Radio Resources management (RR).

• Mobility Management (MM).

• Communication Management (CM).

• Operation, Administration and Maintenance (OAM).

 THE GSM NETWORK
 The Base Station Subsystem (BSS).

 The Mobile Station (MS).

 The Network and Switching

Subsystem (NSS).

 The Operation and Support

Subsystem (OSS)
 INTRODUCTION TO BSS

 The heart of a Mobile Network

 It connects the Mobile Station and the NSS. It is in

charge of the transmission and reception. The BSS
can be divided into two parts:

 The Base Transceiver Station (BTS) or Base

Station.

 The Base Station Controller (BSC).

 Mobile Station (MS)
The mobile equipment or terminal.

The Subscriber Identity Module (SIM).

 The SIM card is protected by a four-
digit Personal Identification Number (PIN). In
order to identify the subscriber to the system,
the SIM card contains some parameters of the
user such as its International Mobile Subscriber
Identity (IMSI).
The Network and Switching
Subsystem (NSS)

 The Mobile services Switching Center (MSC)

 The Gateway Mobile services Switching Center
(GMSC)
 Home Location Register (HLR)
 Visitor Location Register (VLR)
 The Authentication Center (AuC)
 The Equipment Identity Register (EIR)
 The GSM Interworking Unit (GIWU)
The Operation and
Support Subsystem (OSS)
 The OSS is connected to the different
components of the NSS and to the BSC, in
order to control and monitor the GSM
system. It is also in charge of controlling the
traffic load of the BSS.

 However, the increasing number of base

stations, due to the development of cellular
radio networks, has provoked that some of
the maintenance tasks are transferred to
the BTS. This transfer decreases
considerably the costs of the maintenance
of the system.
Operation, Administration and
Maintenance (OAM)
 The components of the BSS and NSS provide the
operator with all the information it needs. This
information is then passed to the OSS which is in
charge of analyze it and control the network.

 The self test tasks, usually incorporated in the

components of the BSS and NSS, also contribute
to the OAM functions.

 The BSC, in charge of controlling several BTS, is

another example of an OAM function performed
outside the OSS.
 Communication
Management (CM)
 Call control.
a country code
a national destination code identifying the
subscriber's operator
a code corresponding to the subscriber's HLR

 Supplementary Services management.

 Short Message Services management

What is handover and its
importance ?

The user movements can produce the need to

change the channel or cell, especially when the
quality of the communication is decreasing. This
procedure of changing the resources is called
handover. Three different types of handovers can be
distinguished:
* Handover of channels in the same cell.
* Handover of cells controlled by the same BSC.
* Handover of cells controlled by different MSCs .
 Handover Types
GMSC
MSC

BSC

BSC

C-3
BSC
MSC

C-4 C-1 C-2 BSC

Intra BSC handover HO performed

BSC
HO required
Activate TCH(facch)
with HoRef#
Acknowledges and
alloctes TCH (facch) if
1. Check for HO passed
2. Channel avail in new BTS

BTS 2 Periodic Measurement

Reports (SACCH)
Periodic Measurement
Reports

MS tunes into new frequency

and TS and sends HO message to
new BTS (facch)
HO cmd with HoRef#
Receives new BTS data(FACCH)

Release TCH

Cell 2
BTS 1
Periodic Measurement
Reports (SACCH)

Cell 1
 GSM Services
Telephony
Emergency calls
Teletex.
Short Message Services
Fax mail.
Voice mail.
 Conclusion
The aim of this Powerpoint
presentation was to deliver the
importance and the role of BSS and
NSS in GSM network. For the time
being there is no other such efficient
setup that can take place of BSS and
NSS
REFERENCES
 http://www.analysys.co.uk/vlib/mobile.htm
 http://www.itu.int/sites/wwwfiles/tel_wireless.htm
 A STUDY MODULE FROM NOKIA
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