CX-020918: FY-19 Nokia BSC and BTS Hardware and Software Upgrade

To meet the demands of the Contractor’s customers, periodic upgrades are performed to improve system performance and add additional feature functionality to the Network(s). The latest upgrade requirement is to address the “End of Life” Milestone status of the Wireless Test Beds (WTBs) GSM Base Station Controller (BSC) HW and SW, and the GSM Base Transceiver Station (BTS) HW and SW. The existing BSC3i HW, and SW Release RG-40, have reached End of Life and shall no longer be supported by Nokia’s Care Program and will no longer be compatible with the newer Releases of Nokia SW. The BSC HW will be upgraded to the Airscale BSC Platform and SW Release 19. The Nokia Ultra Sight BTS HW, with SW Release RG-40, has also reached the End of Life Milestone. The BTS HW shall be upgraded to the Flexi BTS HW Platform, and the SW upgraded to SW Release 19. In addition to addressing the End of Life, the new Version of HW (Airscale) and SW (Rel. 19) shall enable Internet Protocol (IP) functionality for the BSC to BTS ABIS interface and the BSC to MGW A interface, mirroring the latest features and functionality of a typical commercial GSM Network.