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IP RAN Description

Module 1
Introduction

TMO18277_V5.0-SG-LR15.W-Ed1 Module 1.1 Edition 1

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Module objectives
Upon completion of this module, youshould be able to:
Describe what is the scope of IP in UTRAN
Explain the principle of IuboIP, IuCSoIP, IuPSoIP, and IuRoIP features
Describe the hardware impacts

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Table of Contents
1 Feature presentation 7
2 Hardware impact 20

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Table of Contents [cont.]

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1 Feature presentation

1.1 Introduction
In UA05, all the interfaces are carried over ATM:
ATM backbone is used for the control plane and the user plane
IP is used only for OAM

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1 Feature presentation

1.1 Introduction [cont.]

In UA06, the IP Evolution

Iub
RNC

CSCN

Nodes B

Iu-CS

Iur

Iub

Iu-PS
RNC

Node B

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PSCN

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1.1 Introduction [cont.]

The evolution is meant to completely replace the ATM transport network
by an IP transport network:
It was the scope of the UA07.1 release

MSC

The UA07.1 release provides the possibility to use only the IP transport network
on all the interfaces with the following features:
SR
IP Network

Native IP Iub Support

RNC Support for IuCS over IP
RNC Support for IuPS over IP
RNC Support for IuR over IP

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Node B

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SGSN

RNC

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1.1 Introduction [cont.]

Since UA07, all the interfaces are
carried over IP.
Iub
RNC
CSCN

Nodes B
Iu-CS
Iur

Iu-PS
Iub
RNC
Node B

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1.1 Introduction [cont.]

In UA08, following features are added:

Link Aggregation Group (LAG)

Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
SCTP Multi-homing in RNC
Path Diversity
Hybrid +
Split Iub
IP subnet reduction for PMC-RAB

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1.2 Native IP Iub overview

FEATURE DESCRIPTION:

IEEE1588 server

RNC

Full IP transport on Iub: No ATM at all, no pseudowire

3GPP Compliant Protocols: SCTP/IP in Cplane,
UDP/IP in Uplane
Co-existence of ATM, Hybrid and IP Node Bs on a
given RNC
IP and Ethernet QoS supported
Node B synchronization: IEEE1588v2 (PTP)

SR

IP/Ethernet
Node B

FEATURE VALUE:
OPEX reduction by using lower cost IP transport
Seamless migration to IP
IP Carrier Grade

DEPENDENCIES:
4ptGigE card in RNC
xCCM in BTS optionally with GE MDA
External IEEE1588v2 server (or alternative synch
method)
Ethernet switch/IP router for layer 2 transport
architectures

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1.3 IuCS over IP overview

FEATURE DESCRIPTION:
3GPP Compliant Protocols Simultaneous support
for ATM and IP stacks on Iu-CS
Homogeneous transport for UP and CP only (full
IP or full ATM)
Iu-CS Flex (ATM and IP Iu-CS instances)

RNC
SR

IP and Ethernet QoS support

FEATURE VALUE:

ATM transport

IP transport

OPEX savings through use of cheaper IP

transport
Seamless migration
IP Carrier Grade

DEPENDENCIES:
MSC

MGW
MGW

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MSC

MGW
MGW

IuCS Pool

MSC

MGW

4ptGigE card in RNC

Ethernet Switch/IP Router for layer 2 transport
architectures

MGW

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1.4 IuPS over IP overview

FEATURE DESCRIPTION:
3GPP Compliant Protocols Simultaneous support
for ATM and IP stacks on Iu-PS
Homogeneous transport for UP and CP only (full
IP or full ATM)
Iu-PS Flex (ATM and IP Iu-CS instances)

RNC
SR

IP and Ethernet QoS support

FEATURE VALUE:

ATM transport

IP transport

OPEX savings through use of cheaper IP

transport
Seamless migration
IP Carrier Grade

DEPENDENCIES:
SGSN
GGSN
GGSN

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SGSN
GGSN
GGSN

IuCS Pool

SGSN
GGSN

4ptGigE card in RNC

Ethernet Switch/IP Router for layer 2 transport
architectures

GGSN

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1.5 Iur over IP overview

RNC

FEATURE DESCRIPTION:
Full IP transport on Iur: no ATM at all,
no pseudowires
3GPP Compliant Protocols
Simultaneous support for ATM and IP
Drift RNCs (that is Iur instances)
Homogeneous transport for UP and CP
only (full IP or full ATM)
IP and Ethernet QoS supported

SR

FEATURE VALUE:

IP / Ethernet

OPEX reduction by using lower cost IP

transport
Seamless migration to IP
Carrier Grade IP

SR
SR

SR

DEPENDENCIES:

RNC

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RNC

4ptGigE card in RNC

IP Drift RNCs
Ethernet switch/IP router for layer 2
transport architectures

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1.6 IP backbone
The IP backbone has to fulfill the following requirements:
It is not necessarily fully dedicated to the UTRAN
Ipv4 backbone
DiffServ capable for the QoS management

RNC

Backhauling

Aggregation
Network

Node B

Note: The IP backbone is beyond the scope of this training.

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1.7 RNC connection to the IP backbone

The RNC is connected to an IP backbone through a 7750 SR:
It is a layer 3 access router providing IP routing, DiffServ forwarding, and L3
Carrier Grade.
For redundancy purposes, this Service Router may be duplicated.

ATM Network
RNC

IP Network

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1.8 Node B connection to the IP backbone

There are 3 ways to connect the Node B to the IP backbone:
An Ethernet Access Module (EAM) can be added in front of the Node B and an
Ethernet Access Termination (EAT) in front of the RNC, to access an Ethernet
backbone only (using ATM pseudowires for ATM transport). In the
Alcatel-Lucent global solution, EAM is a SAR7705 and EAT is a SR7750.
The xDSL access can also be used for IP/Ethernet.
An Ethernet access can be used in addition to the existing connection to the
ATM backbone.

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2 Hardware impact

2.1 RNC hardware overview

New cards must be added to support the IP transport features.
The RNC must be equipped with 2 GigE 4 ports cards.
This card provides 4 GigaEthernet ports supporting the following
interfaces:
1000BaseLX
1000BaseSX interfaces

The 4pGe card has an operating capability of full data line rate (1
Gbit/s) for each port. However, the aggregated backplane interface
throughput for the four ports is 2.5 Gbit/s.

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2.2 RNC hardware structure

The 4pGigE cards route IP packets from the RNC cards to the Network
Elements (Node B and SGSN). They provide:
Traffic management: QoS Mapping, Buffer Management, Queuing and
Congestion Control, Scheduling, and DiffServ Capable
VLAN Support: To separate the traffic
Defense Mechanisms with Protected Default Route (PDR) to spare the Layer
3 routing
RNC

DCPS

SGSN

IP Network
Node B

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RAB

4pGE

CP

4pGE

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2.3 RNC hardware 4pGigE

The 4pGigE cards must go into slots 14 and 15:
If not present in the RNC, any PSFP/DCPS cards in slots 14 and 15 must be
replaced by the two 4pGigE cards.

CP 00
CP 01
PS 02
PS 03
PS 04
PS 05
PS 06
PS 07

This is illustrated in the following figure.

OC3 08
OC3 09
PS 10
PS 11
PS 12
PS 13
PS 14
PS 15

CARD CAGE 2

CARD CAGE 1
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2.4 BTS GE MDA introduction in xCCM/xCCM-U

The xCCM board is in Node B

xCCM front panel

MDA 4 E1/T1 ports or

Gigabit Ethernet

Embedded 4
E1/T1 ports

RJ-45 Fast Ethernet Port 2 will be used for Hybrid Iub IP connectivity:
New MDA can be plugged on the xCCM mother board to
have a Gigabit Ethernet interface for Iub

The xCCM-U board is included in the d2U unit with 2 xCEM-U

xCCM-U front panel

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Embedded 4
E1/T1 ports

MDA 4 E1/T1 ports or

Gigabit Ethernet

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2.5 IP backbone
The UTRAN IP backbone and the CN IP backbone are supposed to be a
level 3 or level 2 network with IPv4 addressing, IP (or IP/MPLS) routing,
and DiffServ forwarding.
It is supposed to be secure and transparent: IP packets shall be conveyed
without any modification of the UDP/IP headers because IP addresses and
UDP ports are used as bearer identifiers:
No NAT
RNC
IP Network

Node B

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Module summary
In this module, we:
Described what is the scope of IP in UTRAN
Explained the principle of IuboIP, IuCSoIP, IuPSoIP, and IuRoIP features
Described the hardware impacts

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