Specifications

Technological Advancements
Introduction
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Technological Advancements
Software Release 8.0
Software Release 8.0 (SR 8.0) introduces several important and major changes in the
operation and functionality. The changes are:
• Year 2000 compliance
• Advanced Time-of-day processing
• Improvements to Base Site Controller software
• Enhanced data communications handling
• Significant improvements to Dispatch communications
• Improvements to the Enhanced Base Transceiver System software
• More inclusive network management
Each of these changes is discussed individually and in greater detail as required
throughout this document.
Y2K Compliance The iDEN system software has been extensively and inclusively tested to assure the
ability to accept and output proper day/date/year information for 1999, the year
2000, and the change from 1999 to 2000. The software is also tested to assure the
ability to recognize and adapt to the fact that the year 2000 is a leap year so the
system can correctly recognize and process February 29th, 2000 (02/29/2000).
Time-Of-Day
Processing
Time of day processing refers to the dynamics of local time zones. The time in a
coverage area may cross time zones. The coverage area may also include more than
one state or more than one country. SR 8.0 provides that ability to tailor the time of
day processing to each cell site. It also provides the ability to adjust to seasonal
changes (daylight savings). Since different states and countries adjust the seasonal
time of day differently, SR 8.0 can process the change at the cell level three ways.
• 1st, 2nd, Last — the first second or last day of a given month
• On or Before — on or before a specific time on a specific date
• Literal — at a specific time on a specific date.
Base Site
Controller Software
Software Release 8.0 provides five major upgrades to the Base Site Controller (BSC)
software. These upgrades improve the event and error reporting. They are:
• BSC Event Reporting — to report a reason during event reporting if the BSC
is not busy or locked
• BSC System Activity Reporting — to establish controls and guidelines to
report and notify the need to load balance traffic on BSCs
• Voice Processor Recovery — to improve detection, monitoring and recovery
of suspect voice processors while keeping the transcoder online
• Transcoder PSTN Noise Reduction — to reduce noises from the public
networks with a new compression algorithm
• Autocoded Call Processor Application — to simplify and improve software
development with a 4th generation language
Each of these enhancements is discussed in greater detail as required.