Professional Documents
Culture Documents
3G network structure UTRA radio interface protocol architecture logical channels / transport channels / physical channels Transport formats data transmission between the physical (L1) and data link (L2) layer transport format set (TFS) / transport format combination set (TFCS) Transport format implementation in the RNC RNC software architecture / program block under investigation current implementation / analysis / improvements / further changes Testing of transport formats in RNC software testing process / testing methods / testing environment test cases / analysis / improvements / results Discussion and conclusion
Core network
User Equipment Node B (Base Station) Radio Network Controller
3G networks offer
wide range of advanced services constantly growing network capacity, shorter delay times and higher bit rates seamless mobility and inter-working with the existing GSM/GPRS networks Need for resource optimisation from all underlying network components
GSM = Global System for Mobile Communications
3 Nokia Siemens Networks
UE
UTRAN
CN = Core Network RNC = Radio Network Controller UE = User Equipment UMTS = Universal Mobile Telecommunications System UTRAN = UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
CN
External networks
The RNC is a service access point for all services that UTRAN provides the core network. It owns and controls radio resources in its domain, i.e. Node Bs connected to it.
3GPP TS 25.201 Physical layer - general description version 7.3.0 Release 7(2007-06)
Transport channels: a service offered by the physical layer (L1) to the MAC how and with what characteristics data is transferred 2 dedicated channels (DCH, E-DCH) 5 common channels (BCH, FACH, PCH, RACH, HS-DSCH) the RNC deals with transport channels Logical channels: a service provided by the MAC layer to higher layers for which purpose and what type of data is transferred 6 control channels 3 traffic channels
E-DCH = Enhanced Dedicated Channel BCH = Broadcast Channel
FACH = Forward Access Channel PCH = Paging Channel HS-DSCH = High Speed Downlink Shared Channel
MAC
PHY
Semi-Static Part
Transport Format Set TTI Channel Coding CRC Size Rate Matching TB Size TB Set Size TFI 1 TB Size TB Set Size TFI n
Transport block and error indication Transport block and error indication TFI
Transport block and error indication Transport block and error indication
TFCI
10
13
Testing methods
Black box testing: no insight into the code itself, based on inputs and outputs White box testing: system state can be observed, more complicated Hybrid test strategies
14
15
16
17