Written by: Bengt Gestner and Bengt Persson

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While the role of a WCDMA radio network controller (RNC) is similar to that of a GSM base station controller (BSC), the differences between the two are big enough to justify a new RNC design, even among vendors who have the best BSC technology available.

The authors describe the RNC3810, its hardware and software architecture, and explain how it differs from a BSC.

[First published in Ericsson Review no. 02, 2002]