alcatel-lucent lte transport whitepaper

8/6/2019 Alcatel-Lucent LTE Transport Whitepaper

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S T R A T E G I C W H I T E P A P E R

As 4G cell sites are rolled out in support o Long Term Evolution (LTE) services, and the

increase in mobile data services continues unabated, it is expected that average bandwidth

requirements will increase to tens o Mb/s per site. To keep pace with this growth, service

providers need an end-to-end architecture rom cell site to core that supports a

variety o network evolution alternatives and service provider deployments. This paper

discusses the changes that LTE will bring and examines their impact on mobile transportnetworks. It also introduces the Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Backhaul Solution and explains

how it oers the service intelligence, fexibility, simplicity and cost-eectiveness necessary

to serve the massive growth in demand or mobile broadband services while continuing

to optimize 2G and 3G service delivery.

LTE Mobile Transport Evolution


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Table o contents

1 1. LTE and service innovation

2 1.1 Evolution to all-IP

2 2. Implications o LTE on mobile transport

2 2.1 Higher capacity at lower cost

3 2.2 Multiservice transport

3 2.3 Low latency and quality o service

4 2.4 Convergence o backhaul/backbone

5 2.5 Increased connectivity and load sharing

6 2.6 Reconfgurability and network agility

7 2.7 Accurate clock synchronization

7 2.8 Security

8 3. Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Backhaul Solution

8 3.1 Cost-eective backhaul through converged transport

10 3.2 Cell site aggregation

11 3.3 OAM tools

11 3.4 Consultative services

12 3.5 IP Transormation and wireless migration expertise

12 4. Conclusion

13 5. Abbreviations


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LTE Mobile Transport Evolution | Strategic White Paper 1

1. LTE and service innovation

In an eort to dierentiate their oerings and increase protability, mobile service providers (MSPs)have begun to augment traditional low-bandwidth services like e-mail and short message service(SMS) with new mobile broadband services, such as real-time video, gaming, music and other richmultimedia applications. Alcatel-Lucent primary research on 4G service demand suggests thereis strong interest in entertainment-related services among consumers and interest in productivity-

enhancement services among business customers. With these new services comes an increase inthe capacity required o the mobile transport network and the need or a cost-eective deliveryinrastructure. The move to high-speed Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks will oster urtherinnovation and the development o services and applications. Service providers will be able toprovide much higher capacity on an all-IP network which developers can exploit to create newmobile services. According to Analysis Research, as a result o the availability o aster downlinkand uplink speeds, in combination with lower per-megabit distribution costs, it is anticipated thatnon-voice services such as mobile TV, games, browsing and data networking will become the maincontributors to service providers data revenues in the coming years (see Figure 1).

Figure 1. LTE non-voice revenue forecast

The increased speeds that LTE will bring hold the promise o changing the manner in whichmobile services are consumed. Indeed, the new LTE ecosystem will drive the development o richnew broadband services. The availability o mobile devices with enhanced eatures such as largerscreens, higher resolution, aster speeds, and longer lasting batteries will help to drive service

demand by creating a more enjoyable end-user experience. LTE will transorm existing services bydelivering a aster, richer user experience. This type o change is already happening, or example,with point-to-point messaging such as SMS, multimedia messaging service (MMS) and low prioritye-mails, which are evolving towards photo messages, instant messaging (IM), mobile e-mail andvideo messaging. LTE will also change the mobile browsing experience with usage likely to be closerto the PC experience and the availability o super-ast browsing speeds and greater interaction withsocial networking sites such as MySpace, Twitter and Facebook. LTE is also expected to ostergreater personalization o mobile sites, with users able to upload pictures and other content to theirown mobile portal. This shit reinorces the need or the transport network to be optimized or data.


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LTE Mobile Transport Evolution | Strategic White Paper2

1.1 Evolution to all-IP

The transition to Ethernet transport rom the mobile core to cell site is already occurring. Whilethe shit to pure Ethernet-based transport rom cell sites may take some time, Ethernet is currentlybeing deployed in hybrid or alternate transport congurations to support high-speed data. With theannounced plans or LTE deployments by major service providers in the 2010 timerame, the evolutiontowards mobile broadband networks via Ethernet will accelerate.

The new LTE mobile network paradigm will unleash next-generation broadband wireless capabilitiesand require an order o magnitude jump in bandwidth to the cell sites. LTE will rely on Ethernet orinterconnection between the various unctional elements, driving an evolution rom legacy-basedtransport to cost-eective, Carrier Ethernet transport. At the same time, the shit to IP creates aneed to support the large base o existing 2G/3G services that will continue or years to come usingnew packet-based inrastructures.

Among the benets that service providers hope to gain rom LTE networks are aster data rates, reducedlatency, improved spectral eciency, fexible channel bandwidths, lower transport/distribution costs,and a simpler/fatter IP network. LTE invokes changes in the network architecture resulting in lessprotocol hierarchy between disparate network elements and more network fattening built aroundone key networking protocol IP.

2. Implications o LTE on mobile transport

LTE networks oer the promise o supporting the explosion in trac arising rom a new generation omobile devices and applications. The introduction o LTE has several implications on the transportnetwork as described below.

2.1 Higher capacity at lower cost

Traditionally, bandwidth demand in mobile networks was driven primarily by voice services andexhibited a steady growth rate. Now, demand or mobile data services is growing, and these servicesrepresent an increasingly larger portion o network trac overall.

Traditional voice applications relied on and were tied to subscribers and their growth. Theseapplications did not change much over time and the slow but steady growth in bandwidth couldbe accommodated. The arrival o data services that were bursty in nature increased bandwidthdemand but these too could be accommodated using traditional backhaul approaches. Now, however,service providers need to be able to support new packet-based applications like Internet video downloads,peer-to-peer networking, streaming video, web surng, and machine-to-machine communications,which can consume vastly higher amounts o bandwidth and or longer durations. To meet theserequirements, service providers need to evolve their inrastructures to more cost ecient, highercapacity Ethernet backhaul alternatives.

The trend toward Ethernet backhaul is no surprise since the selected transport technology generally

perorms most eciently when it is transporting inormation already packaged in the same transportormat. Thereore, packet-based data trac is naturally more eciently transported in Ethernet orm.


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Just as important is Ethernets ability to scale in support o the much higher bandwidth requirementso an LTE inrastructure. While there has been much hype in the industry with regards to LTEstheoretical limits, the average load required will be determined by several actors, including:

Spectralefciency(whichdecreasesasdistancefromcellsiteincreases)

Amountoflicensedspectrumowned

Numberofsectorsused

Speedofmobiledevices Numberofsubscribersandspeedatwhichtheyaretraveling(higherspeedslendingthemselves

to increased transmission errors)

As LTE cell sites are rolled out, it is expected that bandwidth requirements will range on averagerom 50 to 100 Mb/s. This is a signicant increase over 2G/3G systems and urther reinorces theneed to be able to scale transport capacity at lower cost and increase transport eciency by migratingto packet backhaul.

2.2 Multiservice transport

Service providers have traditionally used either TDM (T1/E1) interaces or microwave to backhaul

2G/3G cell site trac to the mobile telephone switching oce (MTSO) and more recently havebegun to adopt Ethernet backhaul as well. Given the ubiquity o these technologies, it makes senseto rely on them or transport and service providers have invested in inrastructure supporting thismodel. This large, installed base o 2G/3G wireless systems drives the need or continued support oTDM backhaul in the coming years.

As service providers begin to gradually introduce LTE, they will leverage existing 2G/3G sites wherepossible. This site reuse means that the backhaul network must be scalable enough to support thecoexistence and cumulative capacity o LTE with either CDMA or W-CDMA networks. It alsomeans that the backhaul network will need to support a combination o TDM, ATM, and Ethernet/IPtrac while enorcing the control o quality o service (QoS)-related parameters (such as jitter anddelay) to meet the deterministic behavior o TDM circuits when transported over ully-loaded

packet links. In some cases, service providers will leverage existing TDM inrastructure in support otraditional voice services. The mobile backhaul solution should incorporate native TDM interaces orthe use o circuit emulated services (CES) / pseudowire technology or legacy transport and enhancedclock recovery mechanisms that support the accurate timing required or base station handos.

2.3 Low latency and quality o service

The delivery o real-time, perormance-sensitive services, such as video or VoIP, introduces stringentrequirements or the transport layer in terms o QoS management and end-to-end delay managementrom the eNodeB to the mobile core and between eNodeBs. To meet the stringent QoS requirementso real-time trac, the IP backhaul network must integrate many o the qualities and attributeso switched networks: predictability, reliability and manageability. A mobile backhaul solutionutilizing MPLS and Carrier Ethernet can provide the QoS, trac engineering and management

capabilities necessary to support all mobile services as well as business applications and consumerInternet services over an IP/Ethernet transport network. The provision o deterministic QoS providesequitable treatment to individual trac streams (and appropriate priority, or example, or highlydelay-sensitive applications) and allows synchronization mechanisms to converge rapidly across thepacket radio access network (RAN).


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Beyond providing transport class-o-service, there is an opportunity to oer an enriched quality oexperience through tighter integration o the transport and mobile layers (see Figure 2). By implementinga mobile core with dynamic, policy-driven QoS, service providers can transition rom providingQoS on a class-o-service basis with minimal end-to-end perormance guarantees, to providingenhanced QoS, which takes into account subscriber proles, usage, location, device, time/date,network resources and other parameters. In doing so, service providers can make optimal use onetwork resources to reduce their total cost o ownership while providing subscribers with a more

personalized and enhanced customer experience. The expansion o service level agreement (SLA)support on a per-subscriber and/or application basis will help service providers looking to stave ocommoditization and better monetize new services. This added intelligence will provide severaladditional benets, including:

Enhancedvisibilityintoend-usertrafcpatterns,whichwillhelpserviceproviderswithnetwork planning and the development o new services

Abilitytobettersafeguardthenetworkbyrestrictingapplicationsbasedonpreconguredair use policies

Improvedpolicyenforcement,whichwillenableserviceproviderstooptimizenetworkresources among subscribers or applications

Abilitytocreatetieredservicesthatbalancepriceandperformance

Supportfornewbusinessmodelswiththirdparties,asaresultofnewapplication-awareinteraces that enhance application perormance and enable new services

Figure 2. End-to-end IP service management1

2.4 Convergence o backhaul/backbone

In existing mobile networks, the base station controllers or BSCs (or 2G) and radio network controllersor RNCs (or 3G) perorm radio resource management and mobility management unctions. Typically,these controllers reside at the local MTSO and the connection between the base station and thecontrollers is enabled via the backhaul network. The backbone network is not involved and canbe unctionally separate, being utilized primarily or interconnection o MTSOs (see Figure 3).

1 All product reerences and abbreviations used in fgures are expanded in the Abbreviations list at the end o this paper.

MME/SGSN

PCRF

SGW/PGW/GGSN

2G/3G/4Gradio access

Wirelesspacket core

Mobile backhaulEthernet, IP and MPLS

Fiber/copper/microwave

End-to-end wireless IP service, policy and network management

Service awarenessand QoS alignment

Common OAM, policyand network management

Simplified operationsand integration


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Figure 3. Backhaul/backbone convergence

With LTE, the mobility management unctions are perormed by the mobility management entity(MME). The MMEs, serving gateways (SGWs) and PDN gateways (PGWs) can be distributed acrosseither local, regional, or national (data center) sites with each eNodeB connecting to MMEs at anyo these levels. The mobile transport network must enable connectivity between the eNodeBs andthe MMEs and S/PGWs at the lowest cost per bit. For service providers who own the transportnetwork, it is advantageous to utilize the same transport technology end-to-end to gain synergy andcost reductions rom common operations, administration and maintenance.

2.5 Increased connectivity and load sharing

While existing 2G/3G transport networks are typically hub-and-spoke in nature with trac fowingprimarily between the base station and the local MTSO, LTE introduces new transport networkingoptions with direct inter-base-station connectivity, via the X2 interace, between adjacent eNodeBsor handover. As a result, the deployment o a partial mesh network is benecial, as trac does nothave to fow through a hub site.

The ideal transport solution will support either Layer 2 or Layer 3 virtual private networks (VPNs)with simple, ast orwarding schemes (such as bridging) providing any-to-any connectivity in supporto varying service provider strategies. The any-to-any model can be implemented using various tech-nologies like native Ethernet (PBB), MPLS-TP, and IP/MPLS, as either Layer 2 or Layer 3. In a Layer 2approach, a VPN is established to provide either point-to-point (E-line) or multipoint Ethernet-basedconnectivity (E-LAN) to cell sites. Layer 2 VPNs provide transparent connectivity between theeNobeB and S/PGW endpoints with IP processing being done at the edge nodes connected to theeNodeB and Access Gateways (aGW) ater a hand-o o trac at the Ethernet level.

RNC/BSC

2G/3G

LTE

2G/3G

Core site, data centerCell site

BTS/NodeB

Backhaul network Backbone network

MSC/MGW

GGSNHomeagent

Core site

MSC/MGW

PDSN/SGSN

Core site, data centerCell site

eNodeB

Converged backhauland backbone for LTE

BTS/NodeB

MSC/MGW

GGSNHomeagent

Core site

MME

PDN GW

SGWMME

PDN GW

SGW


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This approach could be supported via packet-optical systems that employ MPLS-TP trac engineeringor service routers that employ IP/MPLS. In a Layer 3 VPN approach, MPLS is used or IP service-awaretransport. The IP/MPLS service routers provide a mesh architecture that enables cell sites tocommunicate directly with one another, which improves perormance and provides signicantoperational savings. Both Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN options meet LTE requirements or QoS, latency,synchronization, security and load balancing. Operating at a lower layer, the Layer 2 VPNs tend to becost eective and simple to manage, while Layer 3 VPNs can support an IPSec distributed architecture,

providing service scalability and broadcast domain reduction. These aspects can also be addressedby Layer 2 VPNs by using a service router or reducing the broadcast domain and Ethernet bridgingor service scalability.

Many service providers will avor using an E-Line-to-hub model where cell sites are connectedusing point-to-point links passing through a hub (so called hair pinning). This method has meritgiven the operational simplicity and support or simple SLAs. However, there could be cases wherethe use o E-Line with short-cut path congurations prove more advantageous. This architectureis useul in rural areas where the cell sites are located relatively ar away rom the hub. Another casewould be in high trac areas where sucient inter-base-station trac warrants the use o a directpoint-to-point link. In these cases, hair pinning through the MTSO may not be cost eective.

Another capability that LTE brings is the incorporation o a fexible architecture. The S1-fex interaceenables load sharing o trac across the aGWs and MMEs serving a local EUTRAN as well asincreased resiliency through geographic diversity. Eectively, a pool o aGWs and MMEs is createdwith eNodeBs having connectivity to multiple aGWs and MMEs. Here, the use o either VPLS orIP VPNs can provide operational simplication and cost savings, especially as the EUTRAN grows.The mobile backhaul network should take advantage o load balancing in order to eciently optimizetransport resources when possible.

2.6 Reconfgurability and network agility

In 2G/3G networks, the low-bandwidth, legacy data services (such as SMS) could be accommodatedusing the over-provisioned available capacity. With the higher aggregate capacity and bursty natureo the broadband data services enabled by LTE and high speed 3G technologies, service providerswill need to ensure that adequate capacity in the mobile transport network can be provisionedquickly where and when needed.

The use o WDM within the metro ber transport networks can help service providers to acceleratethe time-to-service, simpliy operations, and improve overall perormance, providing a better totalcost o ownership. In particular, the use o WDM systems with zero touch photonics capabilitieswill eliminate the need or requent on-site interventions and provide a WDM network that is easilyrecongured according to changing trac demands. With these systems, in-service capacity upgradesare possible. Furthermore, using WDM, these systems can transparently transport any protocol(SDH/SONET/Ethernet/ATM) and support multi-generational mobile trac.

Optical layer management in support o photonic operations, administration, and maintenance(OAM) will also need to be considered. For this, a wavelength tracker mechanism can deliverwavelength-path tracing and monitoring capabilities, enabling delivery o true optical SLAs whilereducing network operational costs. A wavelength tracker enables next-generation optical networkunctionality through protected wavelengths and extension to higher degree nodes.


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2.7 Accurate clock synchronization

Typically, 2G/3G base stations are synchronized using one o two methods. The clock reerenceprovided by the BSC/RNC over the T1/E1 connections linking the two network elements may beused or synchronization may be acquired rom an external source such as GPS or other PrimaryReerence Clock (PRC). The clock reerence is maintained as the trac is transported over theTDM network. The migration towards IP/Ethernet networks that do not transport the clockreerence transparently requires strict QoS implementation rules to keep delay and jitter within

ITU-T recommendations, and to ensure recovery o the clock reerence. With physical layerapproaches (such as Network Timing Recovery (NTR), GPON PHY, Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE)and microwave radio carrier), the clock is extracted rom the synchronous data stream. This hasproven to be an eective means o maintaining requency synchronization and can also supportLTE base stations. With SyncE, or example, the Ethernet physical layer is used to distribute clockinganalogous to the SONET/SDH architecture. All data and VoIP applications work well on a ree-running eNobeB using these approaches. An eective end-to-end approach to clock synchronizationcan be implemented using the various physical layer techniques that are specic to the dierentbackhaul technologies.

Physical layer approaches can also be complemented with timing over packet approaches, such asIEEE 1588v2, when physical layer techniques cannot be applied and when phase/time synchronization

distribution is required (as is the case with TDD, MBMS, network MIMO and synchronized networks).Approaches like 1588v2 will be particularly useul or backhaul transport providers selling wholesalecell site backhaul since it requires implementation only at the end nodes and not in intermediatemetro nodes which might be part o third-party leased services.

2.8 Security

Mobile service providers need to protect mobile data integrity and subscriber data condentialityrom interception by unauthorized entities and several options or encoding and authenticatingcell site trac exist. In both GSM and UMTS systems, all user data is ciphered between the userequipment and the RNC, providing a reasonable level o protection against eavesdropping. SomeIP-capable transport interaces on NodeBs support the IPSec suite o standards. Otherwise, externaldevices can provide IPSec transport/tunneling to a security gateway collocated with the RNC.

With LTE, encryption is perormed at the eNodeB. However, in some cases LTE base station cabinetsmay not be deployed in secured locations. Femto cells will also become part o the LTE networkinrastructure. As a result, some MSPs are looking to support encryption within the transportnetwork, especially i using third-party backhaul transport providers or public Internet transport. It mayalso be considered or cases where IP transport acilities do not meet minimum security requirements.

For LTE, IPSec tunneling between the eNodeB and the security gateway can be used to secure dataand provide QoS or service providers choosing to administer security centrally. Additionally, theuse o 802.1X, which acts as a gatekeeper or basic network access by denying access to the networkbeore authentication is successul, can complement IPSec. A distributed security gateway at the hub

can be benecial as this scales IPSec, provides optimized routing in the RAN (via the X2 interace),provides fexible load-sharing connectivity, and runs IPSec rom the eNodeB to a trusted site in theaggregation network, providing the required security.


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3. Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Backhaul Solution

Alcatel-Lucent provides a comprehensive mobile backhaul solution that enables service providersto migrate to all-IP transport networks that provide lower costs, greater fexibility, and improvedend-to-end perormance. The solution leverages a High Leverage Network (HLN) architectureproviding service providers with innovative, revenue-generating, value-added services and ecientlow-cost transport, assuring the highest Quality o Experience (QoE) to end customers. The solution

is LTE-ready today, oering the service intelligence, fexibility, simplicity and cost-eectivenessnecessary to serve the massive growth in demand or mobile broadband services while continuingto optimize 2G and 3G service delivery.

Figure 4. Efficient evolution to all-IP transport in support of Any-G

Using the optimal cost points o Ethernet, coupled with the proven scalability, availability and service-aware capabilities o MPLS, the solution enables MSPs to leverage existing inrastructure investmentsand evolve to all-IP networking with the quality o experience that customers have come to expectrom traditional wireline services.

3.1 Cost-eective backhaul through converged transport

The Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Backhaul solution gives service providers complete control over thenetwork transormation process. It can be tailored to meet diverse backhaul network evolutionrequirements, including hybrid data ofoad approaches. The mobile backhaul solution leverages

the optimal cost points o newer transport technologies such as Carrier Ethernet and MPLS whichhelps service providers prepare or the proound changes that LTE will bring. A key component othe solution is an IP-optimized, data-aware transport inrastructure suitable or the ull range olegacy and new mobile broadband services. This inrastructure supports advanced QoS capabilitiesto manage and prioritize LTE applications along with 2G/3G applications. The provisioning odeterministic QoS is important as it provides equitable treatment to individual trac streams(and appropriate priority to, or example, highly delay-sensitive applications). It also allows synchro-nization mechanisms to converge rapidly across the packet RAN.

As shown in Figure 5, MSPs can use the mobile backhaul solution to support multi-generationalaccess across a range o backhaul technologies including IP/MPLS, packet-optical, packet micro-wave, DSL, and GPON. This allows MSPs to leverage their investments in existing inrastructure

and evolve the network to support lower-cost IP/Ethernet backhaul.


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Figure 5. Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Backhaul Solution for MSPs

Additional fexibility is provided by allowing service providers to take the MPLS edge, and thecapabilities o service routing and Carrier Ethernet transport, to intermediate hub locations inthe RAN. This allows a common, shared inrastructure to be used or all aggregated trac betweenthe hub and the mobile core. It also delivers signicant leased line savings because Carrier Ethernetor packet-optical connections can be used or backhaul. Furthermore, it provides a cell site aggregationsolution in which small clusters o base stations can be linked and the CDMA/EVDO or GSM/UMTS/HSPA and LTE trac groomed to reduce backhaul costs. Through the implementation o CarrierEthernet between the cell site and the mobile core, trac can be aggregated eciently and end-to-end service delivery upheld.

As shown in Figure 6, the Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Backhaul solution can similarly enable BTPsto lower costs by converging the trac o multiple MSPs while keeping each stream virtually

separate. The solution provides access or 2G/3G and LTE base stations via simultaneous supportor TDM/PDH, SONET/SDH/WDM, MLPPP, ATM with IMA, and Ethernet/IP as the accessnetwork evolves.

5620 SAM/1350 OMS

Mobile

core

Base station

Base station

Base station

Base station

Base station

Base station

7705 SAR/

7210 SAS

Fiber

Microwave

Fiber

DSL/ber

9500 MPR

9500 MPR-e

9500 MPR

9500 MPR-e

1850 TSS

7705 SAR/

1850 TSS

DSL Gateway7302 ISAM/7330 ISAM

7342 ISAMB-ONT

7750 SR/

1850 TSS

7750 SR/

1850 TSS

7x50 ESS/SR/

7705 SAR/

7210 SAS/

1850 TSS/

1830 PSSEthernet, IP and MPLS

Backhaul network

Ethernet, IP and MPLS

7x50 ESS/SR/

7705 SAR/

7210 SAS/

1850 TSS/

1830 PSS RNC/BSC,SGW, MME

Leased

TDM/SDH/SONET

Ethernet metro


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Figure 6. Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Backhaul Solution for BTPs

BTPs can use a service router or transport service switch to interconnect mobile elements, therebyallowing service providers to optimize resources and the networking fexibility o inter-element

connections to drive costs out o the RAN. Provisioning and monitoring o all services (2G/3G/LTE)would be provided through either the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Service Aware Manager (SAM) systemor Alcatel-Lucent 1350 Optical Management Suite (OMS). Both systems support end-to-end QoSacross the Ethernet backhaul network and mobile core.

3.2 Cell site aggregation

The Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Backhaul solution provides additional benets by extending MPLS andEthernet aggregation towards the cell site. In the cell site, there are opportunities or aggregationsolutions that converge multi-generational trac streams and/or adapt legacy base station interacesonto packet transport inrastructures. This is accomplished through the deployment o cell siteaggregators either collocated with a mobile base station or at intermediate aggregation (hub) sites.The Alcatel-Lucent 7705 Service Aggregation Router (SAR), Alcatel-Lucent 7210 Service AccessSwitch (SAS), Alcatel-Lucent 1850 Transport Service Switch (TSS), or Alcatel-Lucent9500 Microwave Packet Radio (MPR) can all perorm the aggregator unction and enable a dedicated,ully-managed, end-to-end backhaul solution capable o supporting any combination o wirelessaccess technologies and vendors.

These cell site aggregation solutions can also help service providers by linking small clusters o basestations and grooming the trac to reduce backhaul costs. Through the implementation o CarrierEthernet between the eNodeB and the mobile core, trac can be aggregated eciently and end-to-endservice delivery upheld.

MSP B

Base station

MSP A

Base station

5620 SAM/1350 OMS

Mobilecore

MSP C

Base station

Microwave

9500 MPR

9500 MPR-e

9500 MPR

9500 MPR-e

9500 MPR

9500 MPR-e

7705 SAR/

7210 SAS/

1850 TSS

DSLGateway/B-ONT

7302 ISAM/7330 ISAM/7342 ISAM

7750 SR/

1850 TSS

7750 SR/

1850 TSS

7x50 ESS/SR/

7705 SAR/

7210 SAS/

1850 TSS/

1830 PSS

7x50 ESS/SR/

7705 SAR/

7210 SAS/

1850 TSS/

1830 PSS

Ethernet, IP and MPLSBackhaul transport

provider network 7x50 ESS/SR/7705 SAR/

7210 SAS/

1850 TSS/

1830 PSS

RNC/BSC,

SGW, MME

Ethernet, IP and MPLS


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3.3 OAM tools

To support Ethernet-based services eectively and proactively, service providers need eectiveOAM tools that help reduce network complexities and enable them to roll out new services quickly.Alcatel-Lucent provides comprehensive unied OAM management support at both the NMS/OSSand node levels that has been specically designed to automate the management o large networks.This enables the collection o real-time inormation on all critical devices, network tunnels,connectivity services and control plane health, and the correlation o dierent events into a

meaningul report.

The comprehensive Alcatel-Lucent OAM toolkit includes:

StandardimplementationsofEthernet-focusedOAMtoolsforconnectivitychecksandault detections that can span across all network layers, including access, metro aggregationand backbone.

ComprehensiveOAMtoolsforphysicalinterfaceandservicelayers,fromnetworktunneltests to in-band service tests or customer service verications.

Industry-leadingserviceandperformanceanalysiswithintegratedservicemirroringandservice assurance.

Servicemirroringthatdeliversanalyzeddatawithoutanyperformanceimpact,andwhichis

fexible enough to continually evolve to support the complex service provider environment.

Serviceassurancethatcandetectanyimpendingissuesandproactivelymonitorthehealthofdierent services in the networks by analyzing the packet delay, jitter and loss.

Integrationwithcentralizeduniedmanagementtools,suchastheAlcatel-Lucent5620SAMandAlcatel-Lucent 5650 Control Plane Assurance Manager (CPAM) or Alcatel-Lucent 1350 OMS,to simpliy network operation and enable a service provider to conduct real-time detailed orensicaudits and quick correlations o network events.

In general, Ethernet OAM is separated into Link OAM, which monitors a single link, and ServiceOAM, which spans one or more links. Ethernet OAM is desirable or ault management, connectivitymanagement, and perormance monitoring o the Ethernet service. For example, Ethernet OAM or

each subscriber Ethernet virtual circuit (EVC) at the user-network interace (UNI) could be implementedin the RAN network controller and RAN base station to convey Ethernet connectivity state andperormance. The MEF Mobile Backhaul Implementation Agreement (MEF22) reers to standardsthat include Link OAM (IEEE 802.3ah), and Service OAM (both IEEE 802.1ag and ITU-T Y.1731).

3.4 Consultative services

Alcatel-Lucent Proessional Services delivers comprehensive end-to-end consulting services, withactivities ranging rom business analysis and modeling to design. Using proven business and economicmodeling tools jointly developed with Bell Labs, and leveraging its expertise in managing over50 major transormations, Alcatel-Lucent develops strategies to optimize the total cost o ownership othe backhaul network and helps determine the best solution to evolve graceully to all-packet networks.

Alcatel-Lucent consultative services ensure key business requirements are met through ecientmanagement o all aspects o the providers business including networks, services, and operations.This includes lowering the cost structure, expanding network capacity, and generating new businessmodels or more revenue. Alcatel-Lucent develops a model o the present mode o operation andproposes a strategy based on the model. Next, consultants design a blueprint or the uture modeo operation, taking into consideration the importance o a fat-IP architecture in support o LTE.Then, they validate that the design meets the service providers business requirements. Finally, theconsultants provide a nancial comparison o the present and uture modes o operation, includingcash fow and sensitivity analyses. Working closely with the service provider, consultants dene theproject scope and applicable solution/solution components or the network transormation, includingthe precise number, size, and location o nodes to be deployed, and they provide consistent managementcontrol throughout the network transormation.


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3.5 IP Transormation and wireless migration expertise

Proper planning or backhaul network transormation is a comprehensive, complex undertakingspanning numerous technical, operational and business unctions. Alcatel-Lucent has signicantexperience in these areas and in working with multi-technology, multi-vendor transport networksaround the world. Alcatel-Lucents transormation approach helps service providers to take advantageo the cost savings available through dierent technology options.

The transormation process includes analysis o the current inrastructure, and evaluation o thenetwork database inormation in its current orm, ollowed by the development and mappingtechniques or provisioning and migrating to the new IP network. Alcatel-Lucents transormationcapabilities include migration planning and design, process denition and rollback strategy, migrationexecution and stability monitoring, all supported by migration control management.

To urther support service providers, Alcatel-Lucent has invested in a network o integration acilitiesacross the world known as IP Transormation Centers (IPTC). In the IPTCs Hosted IntegrationLab, service providers have one-stop access to a live test environment where their own multi-vendornetwork can be replicated, congured, and pre-integrated and tested on an end-to-end solution basisencompassing terminals, network inrastructure, service application platorms and OSS/BSS. Theseacilities help services providers ensure that the inrastructure they implement is the best solution

or their specic needs. The pre-integrated backhaul and Wireless Packet Core ensures a smoothtransition with minimal risk.

4. Conclusion

With mobile trac evolving to become ully IP-based, the mobile transport network needs to address keynew requirements or guaranteed, enhanced QoS and low latency. At the same time, the mobile transportnetwork needs to provide the required scalability while ensuring service reliability and fexibility.

Service providers who are employing mobile packet transport based on the Alcatel-Lucent MobileBackhaul solution can leverage the same packet transport network or LTE. This gives MSPs andBTPs a clear evolution path to LTE, and allows the coexistence o LTE with previous generationso mobile technologies through cost-eective, converged transport. The comprehensive solutionaddresses the introduction o LTE by supporting:

ScalabilitytomatchLTEbandwidthrequirements

Multiservicetransportandefcientcoexistenceof2G/3GwithLTE

EnhancedQoSthroughintegrationofthemobileandtransportlayers

FlexiblesupportforeitheraggressiveorconservativeLTEmigrationstrategies

AbilitytoconvergebackhaulandbackbonetransportformaximumexibilityinLTEroll-out and growth

Field-provenclocksynchronizationtechniquesthatsupportsmoothhandoffs

Securityandresiliencyfeaturesinsupportofmigrationtoall-IPservices

By delivering a multi-technology solution, the Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Backhaul solution enablesthe reliable transport o all-IP trac over packet-optical, packet microwave, IP/MPLS, or DSL/GPONtransport networks. To ensure the continuity o services based on existing mobile technologies whileintroducing LTE, the solution allows advanced trac management and processing, and ull separationand prioritization o dierent service trac, in order to deliver guaranteed end-to-end, managed QoS.Through the implementation o the Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Backhaul solution, service providerscan consolidate capital expenditures and rationalize operating expenditures while beneting roma more scalable, fexible, resilient and secure transport network.


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5. Abbreviations1350 OMS Alcatel-Lucent 1350 Optical Management Suite

1830 PSS Alcatel-Lucent 1830 Photonic Service Switch

1850 TSS Alcatel-Lucent 1850 Transport Service Switch

5620 SAM Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Service Access Manager

7210 SAS Alcatel-Lucent 7210 Service Access Switch

7302 ISAM Alcatel-Lucent 7302 Intelligent Services Access Manager7330 ISAM Alcatel-Lucent 7330 Intelligent Services Access Manager

7342 ISAM Alcatel-Lucent 7342 Intelligent Services Access Manager

7450 ESS Alcatel-Lucent 7450 Ethernet Service Switch

7705 SAR Alcatel-Lucent 7705 Service Aggregation Router

7710 SR Alcatel-Lucent 7710 Service Router

7750 SR Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router

9500 MPR Alcatel-Lucent 9500 Microwave Packet Radio

aGW access gateway

ATM Asynchronous Transer Mode

B-ONT business optical network terminal

BSC base station controller

BTP backhaul transport provider

BTS base transceiver station

CDMA Code Division Multiple Access

CES Circuit Emulated Services

DSL Digital Subscriber Line

E-Line Ethernet line service

EUTRAN Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network

EVC Ethernet virtual circuit

EVDO Evolution Data Optimized

GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node

GPON Gigabit Passive Optical Network

GPRS General Packet Radio ServiceGSM Global System or Mobile communications

GW gateway

HLN High Leverage Network

HSPA high speed packet access

IMA Inverse Multiplexing over ATM

IMS IP Multimedia Subsystem

IP Internet Protocol

LAN local area network

LTE Long Term Evolution

MBMS Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service

MEF Metro Ethernet Forum

MGW media gateway

MIMO multiple input and multiple output

MLPPP Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol

MLS multilayer switch

MME mobility management entity

MMS multimedia messaging serviceMPLS Multiprotocol Label Switching

MPLS-TP Multiprotocol Label Switching-Transport Profle

MSC mobile switching center

MSP mobile service provider

MTSO mobile telephone switching ofce

OAM operations, administration and maintenance

P2P point-to-point

PBB Provider Backbone Bridge

PCRF policy and charging rules unction

PDH Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy

PDN Public Data Network

PDSN Packet Data Serving Node

PGW PDN gateway

PRC Primary Reerence Clock

QoS quality o service

RAN radio access network

RNC radio network controller

SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

SGSN Service GPRS Support Node

SGW serving gateway

SLA service level agreement

SMS short message service

SONET Synchronous Optical NetworkSyncE Synchronous Ethernet

TDD Time-Division Duplex

TDM Time Division Multiplexing

UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

UNI user-network interace

VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol

VPLS Virtual Private LAN Service

VPN Virtual Private Network

W-CDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access

WPC Wireless Packet Core


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