RTTC Pune presents..

AN-RAX

16 February 2018
 Introduction

 Subscriber line concentrator used for remoting

 Levels of remoting

1) First level

2) Second level

3) Third level
 First level of remoting
 'Remote Switch Unit' (RSU) complete switch

 Subscribers of RSU can access

1) Each other (Intra exchange switching)
2) The subscribers in the 'National Network'
(NAT-NW) through LE

 RSU can handle

1) Call Processing (CP)
2) Charging and billing

 RSU can also provide concentration

Second level of remoting
 ‘C-DOT Access Network - RAX ’ (AN-RAX)

 Connectivity of AN-RAX - RSU or directly to the LE

 The AN-RAX supports V5.2 protocol & provides

concentration through V 5.2 protocol

 V 5.2 protocol is signaling protocol between LE and

AN-RAX

 AN-RAX does not handles

1) Intra switching or call processing activities
2) Charging & billing
3) admn functions of subs, But
4) Handles BORSCHT functionalities
 • Administration

• Call processing

• Charging & billing At LE

• Traffic monitoring

• Switching

Transparent link between the subscriber and LE

 Concentration
 Two E1 links towards LE
 248 PSTN subscribers
 One E1 link towards LE without ‘PROTECTION’
 Third level of remoting

 MUX

 Does not provide any concentration

 Subscriber ports of MUX have nailed up (fixed)

slots in the link towards LE
Specifications of AN-RAX
 CAPACITY
1) Maximum 60 bearer channels (2E1 Links)
2) Maximum of 248 PSTN subscribers

 INTERFACES
1) TOWARDS LE : Two E1 V5.2 Links towards LE
2) TOWARDS SUBSCRIBERS : TCs (LCC,CCB,CCM)
3) SIGNALLING INTERFACE TO THE EXCHANGE
a) V5.2 signalling interface
b) TS16 of E1 links for signalling of the PSTN
subscribers
c) AN-RAX can be connected to any exchange
that supports V5.2 protocol
 ALARM
Alarm window on VDU Panel:
1) Display of each card health status
2) Health status for each E1 Link

 POWERING OPTION
Power is derived from nominal -48V DC

 DIAGNOSTICS
1) Periodical and manual self test of the AN-RAX
2) Test card - health of the analog subscriber line
cards & lines (including telephone instrument)
 System Architecture
 SYSTEM HARDWARE BLOCKS
Hardware Architecture
 AN-RAX CABINET

1) AN-RAX Controller Card (ARC) = 2 Nos

2) AN-RAX Interface Card (ARI) = 2 Nos

3) Signalling Processor Card (SPC/ISP) = 4 Nos

4) RAX Terminal Tester Card (RTC) = 1 No

5) Subscriber Line Card LCC/CCM/CCB = 31 Nos

6) Power Supply Card (PSU-1) = 4 Nos

SYSTEM ENGINEERING
 Terminal Interface cards:
1) Interface of all subscriber lines (LCC, CCM,CCB)
2) 31 terminal interface cards (16 in each frame)
3) 8 terminations per Terminal Interface card
4) Terminal Group – 4 Terminal Interface card

 Power and Ringing: PSU-I DC-DC converter

generates
1) Various voltages required for the system
operation
2) Provides ringing for the subscriber loops

 RAX Terminal Tester Card (RTC)

 AN-RAX Controller Card (ARC)
a) Main controller card
b) Performs all administrative functions of AN-
RAX
• Towards the line cards
1. Card select
2. Subscriber select
3. Clock and sync signals
• Towards SPC/ISP card
Signaling Interface to the line cards
• Towards the ARI
Providing voice and Signaling Interface
for the line cards in the slave frame
 2 ARC cards (copy 0 & copy 1) in Master frame

 Links from/to ARC card

• HDLC links
1) To communicate with duplicate ARC card
2) To communicate with the RTC cards
• ACIA links
1) Used for VDU
2) Used for Debugging terminal
• E1 links on ARC card
1) Used in Common Channel Signalling mode (CCS)
2) Used for V5.2 interface towards LE
3) 8 PCM links from 8 TGs
• Back plane interface cable and front-end 60 pin
FRC cable
For exchanging the signals between ARC and the
corresponding copy of ARI
AN-RAX Interface Card (ARI)

 Extension of ARC for the cards in slave frame

1) The copy 0 ARI interfaces with the copy 0 ARC
2) The copy 1 ARI interfaces with the copy 1 ARC

 The signals between ARI & ARC are exchanged

through
1) Front end cables
2) Interframe cables on the back plane.
Signaling Processor Card (SPC)/ Integrated Signaling
Processor Card (ISP)

• Signaling information of terminations

1) Separated at the Terminal Interface cards
2) Carried to the Signaling Processor (SPC/ISP) on a
time multiplexed link

• The SPC/ISP passes on this information to the ARC

 Hardware Architecture

 The Ics used in AN-RAX hardware

1) Low power dissipation
2) High operational reliability

 The components used are based on

1) MOS - Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
2) CMOS - Complementary MOS
3) LSTTL - Low-Power Schottky Transistor-
Transistor Logic
 Hardware Architecture

 Categories of the boards used

1) Terminal Interfaces
• Subscriber Line Card (LCC/CCM)
2) Controller Cards
• AN-RAX Controller Card (ARC)
• AN-RAX Interface Card (ARI)
• Signalling Processor Card (SPC) or
Integrated Signalling Processor Card(ISP)
3) Service Cards
RAX Terminal Tester Card (RTC)
4) Power Supply Unit (PSU-I)
 Software Architecture

 Modular Software architecture

 S/W operates in a layered environment to support

the communication between AN-RAX and LE
1)Physical layers
2)Data link layers
3)Network layers

 The coding is done in C language

 The entire software runs on the ARC card

 Software Architecture
 Software Modules
1) The V5 Module
2) The AN Module
 V5 MODULE
Entities/processes which handle the V5 protocol
towards the LE
1) Core Protocols
• PSTN protocol (PSTNT)
• CONTROL protocol (CPT)
• Bearer Channel Connection (BCC)
• LINK CONTROL protocol (LCP)
• PROTECTION protocol (PPT)
2) System Management /Access Initialisation Task
(AIT)
system level general management and the layer
3 management for the V5 protocols
 Software Architecture
1) AN MODULE
Entities/processes which handle the product
related features
a) Maintenance Software / Fail Safe Task (FST)
For providing fail safe services to the ANRAX
subscribers
b) Man Machine Interface / Operation
Administration Task (OAT)
1) The user interface - provided through an
RS232 interface
2) The MMI for the user to configure the V5
interface and perform the maintenance functions
on subscriber ports and V5 links
c) Port tester Task (PTT)
RTC (tester card) communication protocols and
the port testing
 Software Architecture
d) SPC Interface Task (SPT)
1) Handles the interrupts and subscriber events
reported by SPC/ISP card from the line side
2) Handles the ring cadence and metering pulse
feeding
e) Layer 2 management/Data Link Protocol
Task(DLPT)
Acts as a message parser and distributor for
ANRAX system
e) Data Link Entity/Data Link Control Task (DLCT)
Handles the error correction and ensures reliable
communication over physical channels
f) Driver/Serial Communication Control Task (SCCT)
Interface between Data Link Entity and
Communication channel
 Software Architecture

e) Real time Operating System (XRTS)

The operating System is real time, based upon
Xinu Operating System (Xinu Real Time OS)
f) Database Task (DBT)
Maintaining and updating the V5, system and
port related data in both active and standby
ARCs
MESSAGES IN V5PROTOCOL

V5 protocol is `message based’

Information between LE and AN through in

different protocols
 PSTN Protocol
1. Establish
2. Establish Ack
3. Signal
4. Signal Ack
5. Status
6. Status Enquiry
7. Disconnect
8. Disconnect Complete
 Control Protocol
1. Port Control
2. Port Control Ack
3. Common Control
4. Common Control Ack
 BCC Protocol
1.Allocation
2.Allocation Complete
3.Allocation Reject
4.De-allocation
5.De-allocation Comp
6.De-allocation Reject
7.Audit
8.Audit Complete
9.Protocol Error
 Link Control Protocol
1.Link Control
2.Link Control Ack
 Protection Protocol
1.Switch Over Request
2.Switch Over Ack
3.Switch Over Com
4.Switch Over Reject
5.Protocol Error
Thank You