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Contents
1 Purpose ................................................................................................ 6
2 MGW U4.2 element level capacities.................................................... 7
2.1 MGW U4.2 new delivery main capacity figures ...................................... 7
3 Plug-in unit level capacities ............................................................. 8
3.1 Interface signaling unit (ISU) / CCP18-C................................................ 8
3.2 ATM interface unit / NP8S1-A................................................................ 9
3.3 ATM AAL2 switching unit A2SU (CDSP-D) .......................................... 10
3.4 TDM interface unit IW1S1-A and IW1S1 (IWS1) .................................. 12
3.4.1 IW1S1-A user plane capacity with SF20 and MX1G6-A....................... 12
3.4.2 IW1S1-A and IW1S1 user plane capacity with SF10 and MX622......... 13
3.4.3 IW1S1 user plane capacity with SF20 and MX1G6-A........................... 14
3.4.4 IW1S1-A and IW1S1 signalling capacity with SF10 / MX622 and
SF20 / MX1G6-A.................................................................................. 14
3.5 TDM interface unit IW16P1-A (NIWU).................................................. 15
3.5.1 IW16P1-A user plane capacity with SF10 / MX622 and SF20 /
MX1G6-A............................................................................................. 15
3.5.2 IW16P1-A signalling capacity with FS10 / MX622 and SF20 /
MX1G6-A............................................................................................. 16
3.6 IP interface unit NP2GE and NP2GE-A (NPGEP) ................................ 16
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Summary of changes
Changes between issues 4-3 and 4-4:
Table NPGEP capacity with different codecs (Ipv4) in chapter IP
interface unit NP2GE and NP2GE-A (NPGEP) has been updated.
Changes between issues 4-2 and 4.3:
Table NPGEP capacity with different codecs (Ipv4) in chapter IP
interface unit NP2GE and NP2GE-A (NPGEP) has been updated.
Changes between issues 4-1 and 4-2:
The following chapters have been modified:
MGW U4.2 new delivery main capacity figures
Interface signaling unit (ISU) / CCP18-C
IP interface unit NP2GE and NP2GE-A (NPGEP)
Changes between issues 4-0 and 4-1:
A few misspellings corrected.
Changes between releases U4.1 and U4.2:
Added below Table Maximum number of AAL2 ports and maximum
number of 9 kcps VCs / plug-in unit : *all STM-1 configured equally.
Changes between issues 2-0 and 3-0, release 4.1:
Table IW1S1-A subchannel usage in ETSI and ANSI environments
(A-interface) has been updated.
Changes between releases U4.1 and U4.0:
MX1G6 has been replaced with MX1G6-A and NP8S1 has been
replaced with NP8S1-A.
AAL2 termination is performed in ATM interface unit NP8S1-A.
Up-CS bandwidth has been added to NPGEP IP-interface unit.
Table ISU unit capacities has been updated.
Summary of changes
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Chapter ATM interface unit / NP8S1-A has been updated and table
Maximum number of AAL2 ports and maximum number of 9 kcps
VCs / plug-in unit is new.
Chapter ATM AAL2 switching unit A2SU (CDSP-D) has been
updated.
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1 Purpose
This document provides information on Nokia Siemens Networks
Multimedia Gateway (MGW) capacities on TDM, ATM and IP
interfaces, ISU, and MGW network element level.
MGW U4.2 element level capacities
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2 MGW U4.2 element level capacities
2.1 MGW U4.2 new delivery main capacity figures
The main capacity figures for MGW U4.2 new delivery are as follows:
up to 80 000 simultaneous calls (depending on used call mix)
3.0M BHCA (14 x active ISU)
40 STM-1/OC-3 for TDM
100k ATM/AAL2 ports
160k IP ports
960 E1/T1 (1440 E1/T1 with TDM-optimised configuration)
600 signalling links (14 x active ISU)
30 000 msg/s in both directions, msg routing on MTP3(b)/M3UA
level
25 500 msg/s in both directions on SCCP level (GT, Global title
analysis, Multipoint Iu/A)
19 000 msg/s in both directions with Nas Node Selection Function
in MGW
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3 Plug-in unit level capacities
3.1 Interface signaling unit (ISU) / CCP18-C
Table 1. ISU unit capacities
1)
Parameter ISU unit capacity
Simultaneous calls
2)
13 000 (call length over 260 sec)
BHCA
3)
215 000
Virtual Multimedia Gateway (VMGW)
connections within the same physical
MGW controlled by different MSSs
2)
6 500
AAL2 ATM ports (RNC-MGW, MGW-
ATM BB)
13 000
AAL2 nodal function capacity
2)
6 600
ATM and TDM equivalent links. ATM
equivalent link is 500 cps and TDM
equivalent link is 64 kbps
42 x equivalent link or 1 x 2 Mbps
CCP18-A/C (with TDM, ATM SS7, and
SIGTRAN)
2 100 msg/s in both directions, msg
routing on MTP3(b)/M3UA level, 1 750
msg/s on SCCP level (GT, Global Title
analysis), 1360 msg/s/dir with NNSF
Sigtran signalling link selection:
SLS bits 4
SLS bits 5 or more
Recommended Sigtran link
configurations between two nodes
(load sharing)
2, 4, 8, 16 links and ISUs (1 link / ISU)
for Sigtran
4)
1 link / active ISU for Sigtran
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Parameter ISU unit capacity
Configurable ATM link size 500 3 000 cps
Number of VMGWs 5
1. These can all exist simultaneously.
2. Software static limitation: usually ISU performance (BHCA)
restricts the number of simultaneous calls to 4750 (call length 80
sec)
3. ABNF coding is about 5% more laborious for ISU than ASN1 in
H.248 use
4. Example: MGW has 12 ISUs. Sigtran is configured for 8 ISUs and
each ISU has at least one H.248 link.
3.2 ATM interface unit / NP8S1-A
AAL2 termination and switching is performed in NP8S1-A; A2SU is
not needed.
The maximum number of active plug-in units per MGW is 5.
8 x STM-1/OC-3 interfaces (8 x VC-4 ETSI/ANSI hierarchy).
The maximum amount of shaped virtual paths (VPs) is 96 / STM-1.
The maximum amount of non-shaped VPs is 96 / STM-1.
The maximum virtual channel (VC) size is 23 kcps.
Table 2. Maximum number of AAL2 ports and maximum number of 9
kcps VCs / plug-in unit
PIU AAL2 ports / PIU 9k VC / PIU 9k VC / STM-1*
NP8S1 40 000 160 20
NP8S1-A 50 000 200 25
*all STM-1 configured equally
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3.3 ATM AAL2 switching unit A2SU (CDSP-D)
A2SU is used with NIP1 and NIS1/NIS1P functional units.
Table 3. Maximum number of VCs per A2SU plug-in unit variant
A2SU plug-in
unit
Max number of
VCs
Up to 5 kcps VC
per A2SU
Max number of
VCs
Up to 9 kcps VC
per A2SU
Max number of
VCs
Up to 13 kcps VC
per A2SU
Max number of
VCs
Up to 23 kcps VC
per A2SU
AL2S-B
AL2S-D
CDSP-D
20 12 8 4
If more VCs than what is listed in table Maximum number of VCs per
A2SU plug-in unit variant are configured, the A2SU maximum port
capacity is still:
248 AAL2 ports/VC * VC amount in table Maximum number of VCs per
A2SU plug-in unit variant.
If traffic becomes higher than the maximum port amount, ALARM 3297
AAL2 PATH CAPACITY HAS EXCEEDED RECOMMENDED LIMIT
occurs, and more A2SU HW is needed.
Example 1. A2SU maximum port capacity
12 * 9kcps VC / A2SU gives 2976 AAL2 ports/A2SU. This is also the
maximum A2SU throughput; if more than 12 VC/A2SU are configured
connectivity increases but throughput remains the same.
Table 4. Traffic mix in different size VC, AMR/EFR codec and 64k
transparent data ports
VC bandwidth
(kcps)
AMR12.2k ports
/ VC
64k transparent
data ports / VC
Data call ratio %
5 140 0 0
5 133 1 1
5 127 2 2
5 104 6 5
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VC bandwidth
(kcps)
AMR12.2k ports
/ VC
64k transparent
data ports / VC
Data call ratio %
5 89 9 10
5 72 12 15
5 62 14 20
5 22 22 50
5 0 28 100
9 248 0 0
9 245 3 1
*)
9 237 5 2
9 202 11 5
9 162 18 10
9 133 23 15
9 111 27 20
9 40 40 50
9 0 48 100
11 248 0 0
11 232 16 6.5
*)
11 202 22 10
11 161 29 15
11 132 34 20
11 50 40 50
11 0 58 100
13 248 0 0
13 218 30 12
*)
13 196 34 15
13 160 40 20
13 60 58 50
13 0 70 100
21 248 0 0
21 166 82 33
*)
21 97 95 50
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VC bandwidth
(kcps)
AMR12.2k ports
/ VC
64k transparent
data ports / VC
Data call ratio %
21 0 114 100
23 248 0 0
23 152 96 38
*)
23 106 104 50
23 0 126 100
*) maximum traffic mix: voice+ data = 248 channels (AAL2 standard
addressing limitation)
Table 5. Traffic mix in different size VC, AMR-WB codec
VC bandwidth
(kcps)
AMR-WB 23.85k
ports / VC
AMR-WB 12.65k
ports / VC
AMR-WB 6.6k
ports / VC
5.5 80 152 248
9 140 248 248
15.5 248 248 248
3.4 TDM interface unit IW1S1-A and IW1S1 (IWS1)
3.4.1 IW1S1-A user plane capacity with SF20 and MX1G6-A
63 E1 (VC-12 in STM-1)
84 T1 (VC-1 1 in OC-3)
Table 6. IW1S1-A subchannel usage in ETSI and ANSI environments
(A-interface)
A-interface TSL/PCM TSL/VETGR TSL/IW1S1-A
IW1S1-A (E1)
64 kbps 31 651 1953
IW1S1-A (T1)
64 kbps 24 672 2016
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Table 7. IW1S1-A subchannel usage in ETSI and ANSI environments
(Ater interface)
Ater interface TSL/PCM TSL/VETGR TSL/IW1S1-A
IW1S1-A (E1)
16 kbps 120 2520 7560
32 kbps 60 1260 3780
64 kbps 30 630 1890
IW1S1-A (T1)
16 kbps 95 2660 7980
32 kbps 47 1316 3948
64 kbps 23 644 1932
3.4.2 IW1S1-A and IW1S1 user plane capacity with SF10 / SF10E and
MX622
Table 8. IW1S1-A and IW1S1 subchannel usage in ETSI and ANSI
environments (A-interface)
A-interface TSL/PCM TSL/VETGR TSL/IW1S1-A
and IW1S1
IW1S1-A and
IW1S1 (E1)
64 kbps 31 534 1602
IW1S1-A and
IW1S1 (T1)
64 kbps 24 534 1602
Table 9. IW1S1-A subchannel usage in ETSI and ANSI environments
(Ater interface)
Ater interface TSL/PCM TSL/VETGR TSL/IW1S1-A
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Ater interface TSL/PCM TSL/VETGR TSL/IW1S1-A
IW1S1-A (E1)
16 kbps 120 2067 6201
32 kbps 60 1060 3180
64 kbps 30 517 1550
IW1 S1-A (T1)
16 kbps 95 2114 6342
32 kbps 47 1046 3138
64 kbps 23 512 1536
3.4.3 IW1S1 user plane capacity with SF20 and MX1G6-A
Table 10. IW1S1 subchannel usage in ETSI and ANSI environments (A-
interface)
A-interface TSL/PCM TSL/VETGR TSL/IW1S1
IW1S1 (E1)
64 kbps 31 534 1602
IW1S1 (T1)
64 kbps 24 534 1602
3.4.4 IW1S1-A and IW1S1 signalling capacity with SF10 / SF10E / MX622
and
SF20 / MX1G6-A
Table 11. Max number of links per IWS1
PIU Number of 64 kbps
links
Number of 2 Mbps
IW1S1-A Max 31 -
IW1S1-A - Max 1
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PIU Number of 64 kbps
links
Number of 2 Mbps
IW1S1 16 -
Notice that these numbers are valid with 0.2 Erl link load.
3.5 TDM interface unit IW16P1-A (NIWU)
3.5.1 IW16P1-A user plane capacity with SF10 / SF10E / MX622 and SF20
/
MX1G6-A
Table 12. NIWU subchannel usage in ETSI and ANSI environments (A-
interface)
A-interface TSL/PCM TSL/ETGR TSL/NIWU
NIWU (E1)
64 kbps 31 124 496
NIWU (T1)
64 kbps 24 96 384
Table 13. NIWU subchannel usage in ETSI and ANSI environments (Ater
interface)
Ater interface TSL/PCM TSL/ETGR TSL/NIWU
NIWU (E1)
16 kbps 120 480 1920
32 kbps 60 240 960
64 kbps 30 120 480
NIWU (T1)
16 kbps 95 380 1520
32 kbps 47 188 752
64 kbps 23 92 368
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3.5.2 IW16P1-A signalling capacity with FS10 / MX622 and SF20 /
MX1G6-A
NIWU consists of four exchange termination group (ETGR) blocks, each
of which handles four PCMs and has its own signalling link capacity.
Table 14. Max number of links per NIWU/ETGR
IW16P1-A Number of 64 kbps
links
Number of 2 Mbps
ETGR Max 31 -
ETGR - Max 1
3.6 IP interface unit NP2GE and NP2GE-A (NPGEP)
The maximum number of active plug-in units per MGW is 6
NPGEP: 2 x 1 000Base-T Ethernet or 2 x 1 000 Base-LX
Ethernet
Table 15. NPGEP capacity with different codecs (IPv4)
Codec Mode /
Bitrate
of
codec
(kbit/s)
Packet
ization
period
(ms)
User
data per packet
(Bytes)
IuIP and Nb
interface
Mb, Nb (SIP-I) and
AoIP interface
Ports/ NP2GEP-A Ports / NP2GEP
IPv4 IPv6 IPv4 IPv6 IPv4 IPv6 IPv4 IPv6
Ether
net
bitrat
e/
port
Ether
net
bitrat
e/
port
Ether
net
bitrate
Ether
net
bitrate
Ports Ports Ports Ports
For AMR:
Including
AMR
payload
header
for Mb,
Nb (SIP-I),
AoIP
inter
faces
kbit/s kbit/s kbit/s kbit/s
64 5 40 182.4 214.4
6 820 6 820 5 600 5 600
64 10 80 123.2 139.2 120.0 136.0
9 100 9 100 9 100 9 100
G.711
64 20 160 93.6 101.6 92.0 100.0
13 650 13 650 13 650 13 650
6.3 30 24 26.1 31.5 25.0 30.4
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
G.723.
1
5.3 30 20 25.1 30.4 24.0 29.3
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
G.723. 6.3 30 24 26.1 31.5 25.0 30.4
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
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Codec Mode /
Bitrate
of
codec
(kbit/s)
Packet
ization
period
(ms)
User
data per packet
(Bytes)
IuIP and Nb
interface
Mb, Nb (SIP-I) and
AoIP interface
Ports/ NP2GEP-A Ports / NP2GEP
IPv4 IPv6 IPv4 IPv6 IPv4 IPv6 IPv4 IPv6
Ether
net
bitrat
e/
port
Ether
net
bitrat
e/
port
Ether
net
bitrate
Ether
net
bitrate
Ports Ports Ports Ports
For AMR:
Including
AMR
payload
header
for Mb,
Nb (SIP-I),
AoIP
inter
faces
kbit/s kbit/s kbit/s kbit/s
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annex
A
5.3 30 20 25.1 30.4 24.0 29.3
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
8 10 10 67.2 83.2 64.0 80.0
14 000 14 000 11 200 11 200
G.729A
8 20 20 37.6 45.6 36.0 44.0
27 300 27 300 22 400 22 400
8 10 10 67.2 83.2 64.0 80.0
14 000 14 000 11 200 11 200
G.729
annex
B
8 20 20 37.6 45.6 36.0 44.0
27 300 27 300 22 400 22 400
15.2 20 38 N/A N/A 43.2 51.2
27 300 27 300 22 400 22 400
iLBC
13.3 30 50 N/A N/A 32.0 37.3
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
GSM
HR
5.6 20 14 35.2 43.2 33.6 41.6
28 000 28 000 22 400 22 400
GSM
FR
13 20 33 42.8 50.8 41.0 49.2
28 000 28 000 22 400 22 400
GSM
EFR
12.2 20 31 42.0 50.0 40.2 48.4
28 000 28 000 22 400 22 400
4.75 20 12 13 34.4 42.4 33.2 41.2
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
5.15 20 13 14 34.8 42.8 33.6 41.6
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
5.9 20 15 16 35.6 43.6 34.4 42.4
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
6.7 20 17 18 36.4 44.4 35.2 43.2
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
7.4 20 19 20 37.2 45.2 36.0 44.0
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
7.95 20 20 21 37.6 45.6 36.4 44.4
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
10.2 20 26 27 40.0 48.0 38.8 46.8
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
AMR
12.2 20 31 32 42.0 50.0 40.8 48.8
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
6.6 20 17 18 36.4 44.2 35.2 43.2
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
8.85 20 23 24 38.8 46.5 37.6 45.6
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
12.65 20 32 33 42.4 50.3 41.2 49.2
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
14.25 20 36 37 44.0 51.9 42.8 50.8
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
15.85 20 40 41 45.6 53.5 44.4 52.4
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
18.25 20 46 47 48.0 55.9 46.8 54.8
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
19.85 20 50 51 49.6 57.5 48.4 56.4
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
23.05 20 58 59 52.8 60.7 51.6 59.6
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
AMR
WB
23.85 20 60 61 53.6 61.5 52.4 60.4
32 000 32 000 32 000 32 000
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