Cisco EPN Mobile Backhaul

Solution & Product

Agenda
• LTE Considerations and Requirements
• Cisco EPN Mobile Solution
• Cisco EPN Mobile Product
LTE Considerations and
Requirements
 Service Trends per Mobile Generation
Ubiquitous Broadband Wireless w/ Low latency User Latency
User BW

1Gbps 1000ms
5G
LTE • VR applications
100 Mbps • Voice/VoIP • Tactile Internet
• MMS • Multiple ultra Hi-Def
• Web/Email video (4K) per home 100 ms
HSPA • • 10 – 100X connected
10 Mbps • Voice
Apps
• Streaming devices per BS
• SMS/MMS • Collaboration • Massive M2M
• Web/Email • High res multimedia • Critical infrastructure
WCDMA
1 Mbps • Apps • Multi-user gaming 10 ms
• Voice
GSM/EDGE| CDMA2K • Streaming • High res video
• SMS
• Voice/SMS • Collaboration • M2M
• MMS
• WAP • Low res Video
• CS-Video
100 kbps • BB/Email • Email

2G 3G 3.5G 4G 5G
4G, LTE and LTE-A Innovations
LTE, LTE-A General Requirements
Higher Bandwidth Carrier Aggregation (CA)
Coordinated Multi-point (CoMP)
Heterogeneous Network (HetNet)
Enhanced Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (eICIC)
Multi-Radio Access Type

Low latency Direct Mesh X2 between eNB

C-RAN

Multicast Services eMBMS

Security IPSec, PKI Device Authentication

GET VPN suitable for eMBMS
Frequency and Phase Sync Critical for CoMP, eICIC

Scalability Small Cell

 3GPP X2 Requirements
• LTE Advanced (R10/11) introduces CoMP:
X2
• Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP): Single UE served by multiple eNBs

• Control between eNB coordinated via X2 protocol X2

• CoMP efficiency decreases with “increasing” delay

Figure 1: CoMP Joint Transmission for UE

• X2 Latency Requirement
• Transport Latency Requirement: LTE (R8) v LTE-A (R10)
• Approx. 20 - 80 ms  1 – 5 ms

• 5ms delay =20% efficiency loss:

• Therefore Goal = “No Delay”

Figure 2: Important Backhaul Components

X2 delay impact user throughput

L3VPN Mesh Any to Any

is the best technology to
address this

Mandatory Requirement
for
Transport Node
(CN, AN, EN)
To support
L3VPN Any to Any
To lower the latency
To increase user Mbps
To increase user QoE
LTE & LTE-A Freq/Phase Sync Requirements
 3GPP LTE/LTE-A SecGW Requirements
• Is SecGW mandatory? 3GPP Standard says No. As per standards:
• Scenario 1: Trusted Domain  No SecGW Required
• This scenario might be considered by Operators perceiving their backhaul network as “trusted”

• Scenario 2: IPSec for Control Plane  SecGW Required for LTE control traffic
• It might be considered by Operators with self-built backhauling or with eNBs in areas secure enough
to let Operators just encrypt the signaling traffic.
• S1-C and X2-C flows are based on IPSec-ESP

• Scenario 3: IPsec for all telecom flows (Control Plane, User Plane)  SecGW Required
• Mobile Operators that lease backhaul resources from other carriers or consider everything as un-
trusted.
• S1-C/U and X2-C/U both encrypted with IPSec-ESP
Reducing Latency with Distributed SecGW
• Option 1: Centralized SecGW

Centralized SecGW:
• X2 Latency Approx : ~80 to 200 ms
• Challenge with LTE-A Requirements

• Option 2: Distributed SecGW

Distributed SecGW:
• X2 Latency Approx : ~1ms to 5 ms
• Good for LTE/LTE-A both Deployments

Note: Figures are only showing Protocols which are effecting SecGW Positioning
 C-RAN to Cloud RAN?
Traditional D-RAN Phase 1: C-RAN Phase 2: Cloud-RAN

Site A Site A
BBU
Site A
Front Site C Front Site C
Site B Site B
Haul Haul

BBU BBU
Site B Site C BBU
BBU
BBU BBU
BBU
vBBU MEC
MEC
MEC
Central Office Mini-Data Center

Centralized baseband units with Virtualized baseband with RRC

BBU co-located with RRU potential for pooled baseband
CPRI interconnect
Dedicated BBUs ~2.4 Gbps/ 20 MHz channel
Enables CoMP and other LTE-A
Challenging for CoMP
Not virtualized
connection states shared across BS
CPRI over Ethernet or
NGFI Radio over Ethernet (future)
New functional split
Service integration (MEC)
C-RAN and Fronthaul Evolution
From CPRI To Radio over Ethernet
• Fronthaul bandwidth explosion will require functional split between BBU and RRH
• Fronthaul interface evolution lead to re-design of Fronthaul network
• A lot of operators agreed to utilize Ethernet to provide cost-effective solution

Ethernet Design
5G
MIMO 5G (Split at RLC-PDCP)
NT
5G

5G

Metro Ethernet Ring

MIMO 5G
5G
NT 5G

5G
C-RAN

Unified Ethernet Based xHaul

5G Journey from Concept to Realization
 Cisco 5G Unified Ethernet xHaul Architecture
Cross Domain Manageability & Orchestration Application Layer

Controller Orchestration Open

SP App Partner App Web App
APIs
+ + + + +
Devices Open APIs vEPC
Control SON CDN Security Voice
Plane
Micro
vEPC User Plane
Data
BBU/vBBU
Center
Mobile Edge Computing (MEC)

Ethernet
Fronthaul Unified
Ethernet IP Virtual
storage
SDN
Infra
Virtual
compute
Backhaul
xHaul Edge NFVI

Centralized
CSR Data Center

Agile Carrier Ethernet

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Cisco EPN Mobile Solution
Evolved Programmable Network (EPN) Architecture

Corporate Residential Services

Services High Speed Internet Mobile / IOT / Wifi
Enterprise VPN IPTV / OTT

Analytic, NMS NMS Orchestration

SDN Controller Planning,
Orchestration NMS Prime
Analytic, WAE
OSC / APIC / VTS EPN Manager
Automation Simulation NSO / ESC / VIM

BGP-RFC 3107 H-LSP / Segment Routing / SDN API / EVPN / VXLAN / NFV

ACCESS AGGREGATION NETWORK

NETWORK
METRO PE CORE
Packet FTTH NETWORK
Transport GPON
MW CLOUD CLOUD P
DSL INTERNET
EDGE DC CLOUD
Wifi SERVICE SERVICE
BTS
NCS / ASR / Nexus

Optical
IPoDWDM / DWDM / OTN / ROADM / GMPLS / WSON
Transport
 http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/enterprise/design-zone-service-provider/programmable-network.html#~info-customer

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Cisco Mobile Transport Architecture
Functional Requirements of Aggregation and Access Layer

• IP/MPLS with RFC3107 (BGP labeled unicast) support for UMMT Architecture
• Scalable and hierarchical inter-domain LSP with independent IGP routing-domain for stability and fast-
restoration

• Fast Restoration with Remote LFA FRR and BGP PIC (Core and Edge)
• LFA FRR for IGP/LDP Fast Restoration within one network domain (aggregation, access), based on RFC5286
• Remote LFA extends to ring topology (http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-shand-remote-lfa)
• BGP Fast Reroute across network domains (access – aggregation, aggregation – core)

• Clock Synchronization over Packet Network (Frequency, Phase and Time of Day)
• Sync-Ethernet support in aggregation layer
• 1588v2 PTP BC (Boundary Clock) and TC (Transparent Clock) support in Aggregation and Access
• Hybrid Clock recovery with BMCA (Best Master Clock Algorithm)

• Hierarchical QoS (H-QoS) support with low-latency queue

• Microwave sub-interface rate bandwidth capacity

• Service Assurance support for RAN Transport KPI measurement

• IP SLA measurement (packet loss, latency, jitter)
Cisco Validated Architecture for 3G & 4G
MTG

2G/3G CSR PW (EoMPLS) BBC

MTG
eNB SGW
CSR MBMS-GW

X2 L3 MPLS VPN S1-U/S1-C/M3 EPC

4G/LTE eNB
MME
CSR
PGW
MTG

Access Aggregation MPLS Core Mobile packet core

UMPLS
Cisco Mobile Backhaul Transport Architecture
Flexible L3 and L2 Access: Recommendations
• Combination of L3 and L2 access
• Resiliency, cost and Operational support model are the key deciding factors
• Use cases for L3 access
• Dense population of Node-B/BTS where early capacity multiplexing over packet is cost beneficiary
• IP base-station / Node-B in VIP areas require L3 access for proactive monitoring of RAN Transport KPI and
assured clock-synchronization
• Flexible any-to-any L3 or L2 VPN services such as backhauling for SP Wifi, Corporate
• Legacy TDM/ATM support relies on L3 access with CESoPSN/SAToP providing TDM/ATM transport over IP
• LTE-advanced X2 low latency requirement, MBMS (Video Multicast Services over Mobile Backhaul)
• Use cases for L2 access
• Diverse location of BTS/Node-B where cost of deploying L3 access is unjustified
• Simple microwave topology where L2 broadcast risk is minimum
• Leverage Metro-E vast coverage in selected areas

• Enable L3 features (L3VPN) with Cell Site Gateway in current MetroE and test integration
with L3 RAN aggregation nodes
 2G
3G
Ethernet

4G
2G
Ring

3G
Microwave

4G
Ring L2 SW L2 SW
2G
3G
4G

L2 L2

2G MW MW
3G
4G

AN AN CN
Switch Site
& Core Site
AN

MW MW
EN
AN
L2 L2 CN

4G

4G
2G MW 3G

3G
3G
2G

4G

2G
L2

Microwave
Hub-Spoke
L2 SW
Tree 2G
3G
4G

Ethernet
L2 SW
2G
3G
Hub-Spoke
4G Tree
 2G
3G
Ethernet

4G
2G
Ring

3G
Microwave

4G
Ring L2 SW L2 SW
2G
3G
4G

L2 L2

2G MW MW
3G
4G

AN AN CN
Switch Site
& Core Site
AN

MW MW
EN
AN
L2 L2 CN

4G

4G
2G MW 3G

3G
3G
2G

4G

2G
L2

Microwave
Hub-Spoke
L2 SW
Tree 2G
3G
4G

Ethernet
L2 SW
2G
3G
Hub-Spoke
4G Tree

L2 L3
 2G
3G
Ethernet

4G
L2 Ring
Microwave
Ring 2G MW L2 SW L2 SW
2G
3G
3G
4G
4G

L2
Introduce More Hops More Latency
2G MW
3G
4G
Impact User Throughput and QoE
CN
Switch Site
Large Flat L2 Broadcast Domain & Core Site

2G MW
Hub and Spoke L2 Circuit
3G
4G
L2
Risk of L2 Broadcast Storm and Loop CN

2G MW
Legacy Design for 2G/3G
3G
4G
L2
Not Recommended for 4G/5G
Microwave
Hub-Spoke
L2 SW
Tree 2G
3G
4G

Ethernet
L2 SW
2G
3G
Hub-Spoke
4G Tree

L2 L3
 2G
3G
Ethernet

4G
2G
Ring

3G
Microwave

4G
Ring 2G
CSN CSN
3G
4G

CSN CSN

2G MW MW
3G
4G

AN AN CN
Switch Site
& Core Site
AN

MW MW
EN
AN
CN
CSN CSN CSN

4G

4G
2G MW 3G

3G
3G
2G

4G

2G
Microwave
Hub-Spoke
Tree
2G
CSN
3G
4G

2G
3G
4G Ethernet
CSN Hub-Spoke
Tree

L3

L2
 CSN Ethernet
Microwave CSN Ring
Ring CSN
2G
MW
3G
4G
2G
MW 2G

Lowest Latency – Optimal Path

3G MW
3G
4G
4G

Better Throughput

CSN Multiservice Flexible

CN
L2VPN for 2G / 3G
2G
MW
3G
Switch Site
4G
L3VPN for 4G LTE-A & Core Site

Simplified Resiliency – IP FRR

CSN
No Broadcast Storm
CN
2G
3G
MW Loop-Free
4G

IP Network
CSN KPI Measurement
CSN
Microwave Ethernet
Hub-Spoke Hub-Spoke
Tree 2G
MW
2G
MW
Tree
3G 3G
4G 4G

L3

L2
Ethernet Virtual Circuit - EVC

EoMPLS PW
VPLS
• VLAN tag classification Bridging
EoMPLS PW
P2P VPWS
• VLAN tag rewrite
EoMPLS PW
• Ethertype (.1Q, QinQ)
Bridging L3 (BDI)
• Multiplexing different Multipoint bridging
(L2/L3/P2P,MP) services (BD)
Routing

on the same port

EFP (Ethernet
Flow Point) or
routed-interface

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VLAN vs. Bridge Domain
Service
VLAN VLAN Instance

VLAN

 VLAN bridge has 1:1 mapping between VLAN and internal

Broadcast Domain
– VLAN has global per-device significance
 EVC bridge decouples VLAN from Broadcast Domain
– VLAN treated as encapsulation on a wire
– VLAN on a wire mapped to internal Bridge Domain via Service Instances
– Net result: Per-Port VLAN significance

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EVC Bridge Domain Interface (BDI)

L2 Network BD BDI L3 Network

EFP
Bridge Domain
Interface L3 Routing L3 Interface
 Logical Layer 3 (routed) port associated with a Bridge Domain
 Support termination of Ethernet traffic to IP / L3VPN (VRF aware)
 Only a single BDI per Bridge Domain is allowed
 Maintains Admin State (CLI) and Operational State (derived from BD)
 If all EFPs in BD are Down or Admin-Down, then BDI operational state
will be Down
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EVC Configuration Structure
interface GigabitEthernet0/2 Required for EFP Configuration

service instance 10 ethernet EVC Service Instance

encapsulation dot1q 50
rewrite ingress tag pop 1 symmetric Frame Matching

bridge-domain 100
Rewrite Operation

Interface BDI100 Layer 3 Interface

ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0

etc

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L2VPN + L3VPN in 1 Service

L3VPN VRF BDI

+
L2VPN VPLS
EoMPLS PW Bridging
Bridging
VPLS
Routing

EoMPLS PW

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Clock Synchronization
Hybrid Frequency and Phase Distribution SGSN
GGSN

1588v2 PTP (Frequency and Phase)

PTP BC+ OC Client MSC
PTP Boundary Clock PTP Ordinary Master
Macro Cells Service Core
Metro-E Router Router

BTS
BMCA

Clock
Source#1
Nod
eB PTP Ordinary Slave
PTP Boundary Clock
Clock
Source#2
e-
IP/MPLS
NodeB

PTP BC+ OC Client +

Sync-E Hybrid Mode
PTP Ordinary Master

Micro/Pico Sync-E (Frequency) EPC

Cells
CSG / Pre-Agg Nodes Layer-3 Layer-3 Layer-3 Layer-3
Agg Nodes Access Access Pre Aggregation Aggregation
Service Router

Core Router
 Distributed SecGW for IP only Network
IPSec Tunnels b/w eNB & CSR and b/w CSR & SecGW using Global Routing Table to secure X2 & S1
PKI server
ASR903/907
ASR920
(CSR)

eNodeB ASR 9K

IP/MPLS Network Core

IP Network

ASR903/907 ASR 9K SecGW:

Firepower
9300/4100/ASAv
ASR920
(CSR)
ASR903/907 Security demarcation

IPSec Tunnel
Clear Text
• eNB sends X2, S1 Traffic together IPSec Termination
• Access Network is based on L3 IGP so we form the one IPSec from eNB to ASR920 using the global routing table so we do not
need VRF and second tunnel from ASR920 to Firepower 9300
Mobile Backhaul Service Assurance
OAM and PM for L3 Access

LTE, IPSLA IPSLA PM IPSLA

3G IP UMTS, Probe Y.1731 Probe
Y.1564
Transport
VRF VRF

MPLS VRF OAM

Service OAM

IPSLA IPSLA
Probe IPSLA PM Probe
3G ATM UMTS,
2G TDM,
Transport
MPLS VCCV PW OAM CC / RDI (BFD)
Fault OAM (LDI / AIS / LKR)
On-demand CV and tracing (LSP Ping / Trace)
Performance management (DM, LM)
Transport

IP OAM over inter domain LSP – RFC 6371,6374 & 6375

End-to-end LSP
OAM

With unified MPLS RFC6427, 6428 & 6435

NodeB CSG Pre-Aggregation Aggregation RNC/BSC

Mobile Backhaul Service Assurance
OAM and PM for L2 Access
IPSLA PM
IPSLA Y1731 IPSLA
LTE,
Probe Y1564 Probe
Service OAM

3G IP UMTS,
Transport
VRF VRF

MPLS VRF OAM

Transport

End-to-end LSP Ethernet OAM (802.3ah) MPLS OAM

OAM

With unified MPLS

NodeB L2 networks Pre-Aggregation Aggregation RNC/BSC

Cisco EPN Mobile Product
Cisco ASR-900 Mobile Backhaul Proof Points
• More than 200 operators
across more than 75 countries
• More than 300,000 Cell Site
Routers deployed
• Top 22 of the 30 Tier-1 Mobile
Operators
• 80% of Global LTE
subscribers
• 100GE in the access
 Cisco ASR 920 Portfolio Evolution

ASR-920-4SZ- ASR-920-12CZ-
ASR-920-10SZ-
A/ASR-920-4SZ- A/ASR-920-12CZ- ASR-920-24TZ-M ASR-920-24SZ-M ASR-920-24SZ-IM ASR-920-12SZ-IM
PD
D D

Size 1RU 1RU 2-4RU 1RU 1RU 1.5RU 1RU

IM Slots - - - - - 1 1

Front to Back/Side Front to Back

Air Flow Front to Back Front to Back - Front to Back Front to Back
to Back

1G ports 2/6 12/14 10 24 24 24 12/16

10G ports 4 2 2 4 4 4 4

TDM - - - - - Yes Yes

Cisco ASR 920 Series
Next Generation Converged Access Router

ASR 920 Ethernet only - DC power Compact

12 GE + 2 X 1/10GE ports  Fixed Platform
 1RU, 444 x 233 x 44 mm (W x D x H)
 Extended operating temp range -40c to +70c
Reliable
ASR-920-12CZ-D  Power Supply: Dual line feed
 Redundant power supply
 Fan Redundancy
ASR 920 Ethernet only - AC power Flexible
12 GE + 2 X 1/10GE ports  Pay-as-you-grow license model
 Flexible Ethernet interfaces
Scalable
 12 GE ports + 2 x 1/10GE
ASR-920-12CZ-A  L2 Switching, L3 Routing capabilities with
MPLS, QOS at line rate
 SyncE, 1588v2, BITS, 1PPS, ToD
Optimized for Carrier Ethernet
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Cisco ASR 920 Series
Next Generation Converged Access Router
ASR 920 Ethernet only – AC/DC power Compact
 Fixed Platform
24 GE Copper + 4 X 10GE SFP ports  1RU, 444 x 229 x 43.6 mm
 Extended operating temp range -40c to +65c
Reliable
ASR-920-24TZ-M  Power Supply: Dual line feed
 Replaceable Redundant power supplies
 Fan Redundancy
Flexible
ASR 920 Ethernet only – AC/DC power  Pay-as-you-grow license model
24 GE Copper + 4 X 10GE SFP ports  Flexible Ethernet interfaces
Scalable
 24 GE ports + 4 X 10GE
 L2 Switching, L3 Routing capabilities with MPLS,
QOS at line rate
ASR-920-24SZ-M
 SyncE, 1588v2

Optimized for Carrier Ethernet

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Cisco ASR 920 Series
Next Generation Converged Access Router
Compact
 Modular Platform
 1.5 RU, 444 x 233 x 66 mm
ASR 920 Ethernet + IM – AC/DC power  Extended operating temp range -40c to +65c

24 GE SFP + 4 X10GE SFP ports + IM Reliable

 Power Supply: Dual line feed
 Replaceable Redundant power supplies
 Fan Redundancy
Flexible
 Pay-as-you-grow license model
ASR-920-24SZ-IM  Flexible Ethernet interfaces
Scalable
 24 GE ports + 4 X 10GE + IM
 L2 Switching, L3 Routing capabilities with MPLS,
QOS at line rate
 SyncE, 1588v2, 10Mhz, BITS, 1PPS, ToD

Optimized for Carrier Ethernet

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Flexible software licensing
pay as you grow/bulk purchase

• Purchasing of small increments of

ports is designed into the platform Feature
Licenses IEEE 1588-2008 Boundary Clock,
• For additional GE and 10GE ports,
a pay-per-port license is supported
IPSec, GNSS, UPoE
• BULK purchase is an option to load Port PAYG – 6/12*1GE/2*10GE
up all the ports (GE 10GE) upfront Licenses OR
BULK - All 1GE/10GE ports loaded
• In addition to the base licenses
enhanced technology licenses are
available Advanced
Metro Metro IP
• Upgrading is supported at any
Technology Metro
Packages Access Access
moment in time through a license IP Access
key.
Services Services
Services

L2 L3 MPLS
Based Based Based
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Cisco ASR 920 - Software Packages

Metro Access Metro IP Access Adv Metro IP Access

• QoS, with deep buffers and • Metro Access plus: • MetroIP Access plus:
Hierarchical QoS
• IP routing (RIP, BGP, OSPF, • MPLS (LDP and VPN)
• Layer 2: 802.1d, 802.1q EIGRP, IS-IS) • MPLS TE and FRR*
• Ethernet Virtual Circuit (EVC) • PIM (SM, DM, SSM), SSM • MPLS OAM
• Ethernet OAM mapping
• MPLS-TP
(802.1ag, 802.3ah) • BFD
• Pseudowire emulation
• Spanning Tree (MST) • Multi-VRF CE (VRF-lite) with
(EoMPLS, CESoPSN, SAToP)
• G.8032, Resilient Ethernet service awareness (ARP, ping,
SNMP, Syslog, trace-route, • VPLS and H-VPLS
Protocol (REP)
FTP, TFTP) • Pseudowire Redundancy
• Synchronous Ethernet
• 1588V2 Ordinary Clock
• IPv4 and IPv6 host connectivity

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Software Licensing –
ASR-920-12CZ, ASR-920-24SZ/TZ.
Feature and Port Based Licenses

• Three licenses for enabling features and ports:

• PAYG Licenses:
• 12 port ASR 920 ships with first 6 x 1G enabled and 2x 10G work @ 1G speed
• 24 port ASR 920 ships with first 12 x 1GE enabled
• One license to enable the remaining 6/12 x 1G ports
• One license to enable the 2 x 10G to work @ 10G speed
• BULK Port License:
• One license to enable all ports
• IEEE 1588-2008 BC/MC license:
• One license to enable 1588 boundary clock/master clock functions.

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Software Licensing – ASR-920-4SZ
Feature and Port Based Licenses

• With no license – All 6 ports will be operating at GE speeds.

• Use License to Upgrade 10 GE SFP+ ports to function at 10 GE rate.

• PAYG
• 2 port 10GE upgrades are bundled as one license.
• Use 2 licenses to upgrade 4 x 10GE ports
• BULK Port License:
• One license to enable all ports

• Timing License:
• One license to enable 1588 boundary clock/master clock functions.

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ASR 920 ASR 902/903 ASR 907
Compact
 1RU, 1 interface slot, front-to-back
cooling
 Fits in 300mm cabinets (250mm
deep) Compact
Compact
Reliable  2RU/3RU, 4/6interface slots, side-2-
side cooling  7RU, 16 interface slots, side-2-side
 Extended operating temp. range -40
cooling
to 70 C  Fits in 300mm cabinets (235mm
deep)  Fits in 300mm cabinets (235mm
Modular deep)
 Field Replaceable PSU’s – DC and Reliable
Reliable
AC  Extended operating temp. range -40
to 65 C  Extended operating temp. range -40
 Field Replaceable fan tray
to 65 C
 Flexible Interface Module selections  Redundant PSUs and FANs
 Redundant PSUs, FANs and RSPs
Features Modular
 ISSU
 SyncE, IEEE 1588, Built in GPS >400 & > 500 Gbps back-plane
Recr, TOD, 1PPS, 10Mhz capacity - future proof Modular
Upgradable RSP and Interfaces  >2 Terabit back-plane capacity -
 MPLS, EVC, Advanced QOS
future proof
 Optional Plug-in GNSS Receiver Flexible Interface Module selections
 Flexible Interface Module selections
 uPOE 1/10/40/100 GE Interface
ASR 907 platform New

GPS / GNSS
module Slot

RSP Slots
(12.25”)
7RU

Fan tray

PSU (1+1) – 1200W / Loadshare IM Slots

 2 Route Switch Processor cards Fan Tray

3RU

6 Interface Modules Dual load-sharing Power 4 dry-contact

supplies (AC or DC) alarm inputs

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 Adaptive Modulation Negative Side-Effects
• Microwave is used for inter-site transport, but microwaves are impacted
by weather
• Microwave modulation has become very sophisticated
• High bandwidth-but with increased fading in bad weather/rain
• Radios can use ‘adaptive modulation’ which will ‘down shift’ to a more
robust modulation to battle fading – lowering bandwidth
• Traditional link protection (e.g. G.8032) work based on total loss of link
connectivity, not transient degradation, but there is no LOS
• Solution: The microwave signals modulation changes to router…
 Solution Overview – Tested with SIAE/NSN
• Radio detects signal degradation, changes modulation and notifies the adjacent
switches via a IEEE 802.1ag CFM message
• Solution uses BW-VSM CFM and a new Microwave handler in EEM which reacts
when a received CFM “Signal Degrade” (SD) events crosses any configured
thresholds and can then either:
• Trigger an ITU-T G.8032 (ERPS) topology change to bypass the fading
• Reduce the traffic offered to the radio by dynamically changing shaping B/W
• L3 (IP) re-routing by making changes to the routing metrics

• When the radio returns to full bandwidth, the mitigation is undone in a similar
fashion: a CFM message to the router’s EEM handler
• Unified RAN Transport Solution: Cisco-SIAE MICROELETTRONICA
Interoperability Whitepaper
• http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns341/ns973/ns675/white_paper_c11-707543.pdf
Example: G.8032 Case

R3

Instance 2
Blocked

G.80
R1 32
Ring
Site 1

Normal modulation
throughput is 340 Mbps Instance 1
Blocked
Ring Instance 2
R2
Ring Instance 1 Site 2
Example: G.8032 Case contd..
Modulation
degrades to
R3
170 Mbps or
less Instance 1, 2
Unblocked

G.80
R1 32
Ring
Site 1

Normal modulation
throughput is 340 Mbps Instance 1,2
Blocked
Ring Instance 2
R2
Ring Instance 1 Site 2
 Traffic Shaping Application
Cell site A

Microwave signals Router signals

the capacity change the capacity change
Cell site B Aggregation Node
Cell site B

Cisco Cisco
MW MW MW MW
ASR ASR

Router adapts to the new capacity

and changes the HQoS policy allowing
EF+AF traffic to survive despite of the capacity drops
Core Network

Microwave signals
the capacity change
Cell site A Aggregation Node

Cisco Cisco
MW MW
ASR ASR
MW Microwave unit

GE interface
Router adapts to the new capacity
Microwave link and changes the HQoS policy allowing
EF+AF traffic to survive despite of the capacity drops
Multi-Vendor Radio Interop
• 3G 2.1GHz Project • 3G 900 MHz
Cisco ASR 9000 Platform Portfolio
Compact & Powerful High Density Service Edge
Flexible Service Edge
Access/Aggregation and Core
• Small footprint with full IOS- • Optimized for ESE and MSE with high • Scalable, ultra high density service
XR for distributed M-D scale for medium to large sites routers for large, high-growth sites
environments ASR 9922

One Platform, One OS, One Family

ASR 9912
XR Virtualization nV Satellites
ASR 9000v, 901, 920
IOS XRv ASR 9010 ASR 9910

ASR 9006
ASR 9904
ASR 9001

Fixed 2RU 2 LC/6RU 4 LC/10RU 8 LC/21RU 8 LC/21RU 10 20 LC/44RU

240 Gbps 12 Tbps 7 Tbps 14 Tbps 48 Tbps 120 Tbps
LC/30RU
MSE E-MSE Peering P/PE CE Mobility
60 Tbps Broadband
 Two Modular bays
Supported MPA: 20xGE, 2x10GE, 4x10GE,
1x40GE

GPS, Console,
Redundant Aux,
1588 Fixed
(AC or DC) BITS Managem
EOBC ports 4x10G
Power entfor nV SFP+Fan Tray
Supplies
Cluster ports Field
Field Replaceable
(2xSFP+)
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 One Modular Bay available from Day1, another can be enabled
Supported MPA: 20xGE, 2x10GE, 4x10GE, 1x40GE

BAY1, SFP2 and SFP3 are disabled

and can be enabled by purchasing a
license

-S

GPS, 1588 Console,

Redundant Aux, Fixed 4x10G
(AC or DC) Management
BITS SFP+ ports(2
Power Supplies EOBC ports for
enabled by
Field nV Cluster Fan Tray
default)
(2xSFP+) Field
Replaceabl Replaceable
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