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3 IDEA 3G (WCDMA) nomenclature guidelines –

4 NSN circles

Circle Name: ALL 3G NSN RAN CIRCLES

Circle Site: N.A ( 3G Design Team )
Site Address: N.A ( 3G Design Team )
Circle Contact : ALL 3G NSN CIRCLES Design Team
Author Abhay Kumar Tripathi , +91-9702003347

Corporate Approval Arvind Pandey , +91-9702003301

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Document No : 3G-RAN-101110-2
Version No : 2.1
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9 Table of Contents
10 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 3
11 2 Scope ........................................................................................................................ 3
12 3 NSN RAN systems. ................................................................................................... 3
13 3.1 RNC name .................................................................................................................... 3
14 3.2 RNC ID ......................................................................................................................... 4
15 3.3 WBTS name.................................................................................................................. 4
16 3.4 WBTS ID ....................................................................................................................... 5
17 3.5 WCELL name ................................................................................................................ 5
18 3.6 WCELL ID ..................................................................................................................... 6
19 3.7 LAC Provisioning ........................................................................................................... 7
20 3.8 SAC Provisioning .......................................................................................................... 8
21 3.9 RAC Provisioning .......................................................................................................... 8
22 4 APPENDIX – Change record. ................................................................................... 8
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25 1 Introduction

26 The purpose of this document is to define high level guidelines for the nomenclature to be
27 adopted in the 3G systems.

28 2 Scope
29 The document is more focused on the new nodes introduced in the network, primarily about
30 Node-B and RNC.

31 The document contains high level rules for the nomenclature; deviation from the above is
32 possible in some exceptional cases.

33 In some circle cases , due to a different methodology adopted in 2G network , some values
34 may not be available for use, In such cases appropriate non-conflicting values can be chosen by
35 IDEA circle team.

36 3 NSN RAN systems.

37 The naming conventions for the RNC , NodeB , Cell are described in the following sub-sections
38 including the guidelines for the LAC , SAC , RAC.

39 3.1 RNC name

40 This field represents the RNC name tag in the 3G systems.

3G Parameter
range
(Abbreviated name)
RNC Name 1 to 15 Char

41 It is recommended to have following methodology. Circle teams to develop their own City code
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<RNC
<R> <City Code> <Circle Code>
instance>
Following
values can be
taken Identifies the
Identifies it is an Identifies the 3 city
8-Kerala RNC instance
RNC by the 3 characters.
10-UPW in the circle
9-UPE
11-Haryana
43 Following table identifies an example
RNC Name

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City Code(3 Circle Code

RNC Identification
Chars)
RNC instance Final RNC Name
R ERN 8 01 RERN801
R ERN 8 02 RERN802
R CLT 8 03 RCLT803

44 3.2 RNC ID
45 This field represents the RNC id in the 3G systems.

3G Parameter
3G Param range
(Abbreviated name)

RNCid 1 to 4095

46 It is recommended to have following methodology.

<Circle Id> <RNC instance>
Following values can be
taken
Identifies the 1st RNC at the 8-Kerala Identifies the RNC
city location 10-UPW instance in the circle
9-UPE
11-Haryana
47 Following table identifies an example
RNC ID

RNC Name RNC ID

RERN801 801
RERN802 802
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49 3.3 WBTS name

50 This field represents the NodeB name tag in the 3G systems.

3G Parameter
3G Param range
(Abbreviated name)
WCDMA BTS name
1 to 80 Char
(WBTSName)

51 It is recommended to have following methodology.

< 3G Identifer> <BTS Type>
<City Code> <Sitename>

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Use “U” as Use the codes for

identification for the 3G various types of
name of site on
NodeB NodeB
which NodeB is
Identifies the city by DI – for DBS indoor
hosted , it might be
the 3 characters DO – for DBS
same as 2G site
Outdoor
name
I for Infoor
O for outdoor
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WBTS NAME
<3G City Code(3 BTS Type
Site Name WBTS name
Identifier> Chars)
U ERN DI Girinagar U_DI_ERN_girinagar
U ERN DO Technopark U_DO_ERN_technopark
U CLT DI Westhill U_DO_CLT_westhill

53 3.4 WBTS ID
54 This field represents the NodeB ID in the 3G systems.

3G Parameter
3G Param range
(Abbreviated name)

WBTS ID 1 to 65534

55 It is recommended to have following methodology.

WBTS ID
This represents the logical NodeB number to that
RNC.

In order to know how many NodeB parented to an

Description
RNC , we can choose to have a start value of 1.

In case circle team wants to choose another

nomenclature the same can be done too.
56 Following table identifies an example
WBTS ID
1
2

57 3.5 WCELL name

58 This field represents the 3G cell name tag in the 3G systems.

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3G Parameter
3G Param range
(Abbreviated name)
WCEL (name) 1 to 80 Char

59 It is recommended to have following methodology.

<2G name – last character> <sector id>
Existing 2G cell name ERN3001 excluding
the last digit which signifies the cell
value X , Y , Z for three sectors of WCDMA ,
(without the A in 2G cell name of
First sector to have value X , Second Y ,
ERN3001A).
Third Z. For further sectors we use the value
If in 2G systems we are not using identifiers
of W , Y , U for sector 4 , 5 , 6
for labels in the label then we can use the
full cell name
60 Following table identifies and example.
WBTS NAME
2G Cell name Sector id Cell Name
ERN3001 ( from
X ERN3001X
ERN3001A )
ERN3001 ( from
Y ERN3001Y
ERN3001B )
ERN3001 ( from
Z ERN3001Z
ERN3001C )
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62 3.6 WCELL ID
63 This field signifies the Cell id in the 3G systems.

3G Parameter
3G Param range
(Abbreviated name)

CELL ID 1 to 65535

64 It is recommended to have following methodology.

< SITE ID >
This value should be same as the
current 2G site id in use ( except
the last digit)
< SECTOR ID >
The last digit will be replaced with
7,8,9 which will be used to identify 3G
sector-1,2,3. This is to keep the
differentiation between the 2G Cells &
3G cells .
For further sectors we use the value
of 6,5,4 for other sectors.

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65 In cases where the last digit of cell if 7,8,9 is already being used in such cases circle can choose
66 non-conflicting values available in the systems.
67 Following table identifies an example
CELL ID / SAC
< SITE ID > < SECTOR ID > CELL ID
3001 7 30017
3001 8 30018
3001 9 30019
3234 7 32347
3234 8 32348
3234 9 32349
68 Note : In certain special cases there may be more than three sectors possible in the cell , in such
69 cases we will may have to use different IDs for sector 4 , 5 and 6 of UMTS.

70 3.7 LAC Provisioning

71 It is recommended to have separate LAC for 3G systems than 2G systems. This will assist in
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73 It is recommended to have very few LACs , in order to avoid un-necessary LAU between 3G
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75 This field signifies the 3G Cell id in the 3G systems.

3G Parameter
3G Param range
(Abbreviated name)

LAC ID 0 to 65535

76 It is recommended to have following methodology.

<3G Identifier> <CIRCLE ID> <RNC Instance> <LAC ID>
As mentioned in the 01 for a RNC
rncname. instance
This will should be set 1 for 1st LAC within
For UPW , HAR – two For UPW , HAR –
to 3 to signify 3G the RNC
digit value of 10 & 11 one digit value of
will be used. will be used.
77 Please take note of the special case scenario for UPW & HAR because of two digit circle code in
78 use. It is expected that number of RNC in these circles will be less than 9. However in cases
79 where more RNC are required then we change the <3G Identifier> field to value of 4,5 and so
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81 Thus based on the above nomenclatures there can be max 9 (or 10) LACs within a
82 nomenclature. It is expected that there will be less LACs in an RNC than this. If more are
83 required than we can follow the below mentioned method of LAC already is use.

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84 However if for some reasons say LAC ID is already in being used in the 2G systems, we can have
85 different value for field <3G identifier> to another value say 4 or 5.
86 Following table identifies an example
<RNC Final LAC
<3G Identifier> <CIRCLE ID> <LAC ID>
Instance> ID
3 8 01 1 38011
3 10 1 1 31011
3 11 1 1 31111

87 3.8 SAC Provisioning

88 It is recommended to have SAC (Service area code ) to be same as cell ID. This is to allow for the
89 visibility of cell id level at the Core network.

90 3.9 RAC Provisioning

91 It is mandatory to have at least one RAC (Routing area code) per LAC. However it certain cases
92 more than one RAC may be required..

3G Parameter
3G Param range
(Abbreviated name)

RAC ID 0 to 255

93 It is recommended to have following methodology.

Routing area code is used by PS
domain.
<RAC ID>
The RAC is always looked in
combination with LAC , we can start
with a non-confilcting values for 01 ,
02 onwards

94 Following table identifies an example

RAC ID
01

95 4 APPENDIX – Change record.

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Sr. Version /
Date Author Change descriptions
No Location
1 10-Nov-10 1.0 Abhay Tripathi Initial issue
2 11-Nov-10 1.1 Abhay Tripathi Consultation with NSN team on RNC ID.
Informal review with NSN , Formal
3 12-Nov-10 2.0 Abhay Tripathi
review with IDEA corp Planning team
Abhay Tripathi , Modified the NodeB name , NodeB id ,
19-Nov-
4 2.1 review with Anil cell name , cell id , LAC & RAC
2010
kant , Alok nomenclature

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Tiwari , Subrat
Mohanty ,
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