6 Functions of CBSP

3GPP48.049Base Station Controller - Cell Broadcast Centre (BSC-CBC) interface specificationCell Broadcast Service Protocol (CBSP)Release 17TS

The CBSP has the following functions:

– Message Handling: This function is responsible for enabling the broadcast of new CBS and emergency messages, replacing CBS and emergency messages currently being broadcasted and for terminating the broadcast of specific CBS and emergency messages. This function may also be used to obtain the message status of a specific CBS message.

– DRX Handling: This function is responsible for the configuration of the SMSCB DRX parameters.

– Load Handling: This function determines the load status of the broadcast channels at any particular point in time.

– Reset: This function terminates the broadcasting of all CBS and emergency messages in one or more cells.

– Error Handling: This function allows reporting of general error situations, for which function specific error messages have not been defined.

– Supervision Handling: This function handles the supervision of the CBSP availability between the CBC and the BSC.

These functions are implemented by one or several CBSP elementary procedures described in clause 7.