Frequency

Frequency
Band

Feature

License
band

Deficient resources

E-Band

Ultra-large
bandwidth

Short-distance large-capacity backhaul

Link aggregation

License-free

Very-short distance backhaul for mass

small cell deployment, with low CAPEX
and low OPEX

Flexible Evolution

Application Policy

Large Bandwidth
V-Band

Easy Maintenance
SubLink

License-free

To improve frequency utilization and

total air-interface bandwidth

80 GHz

E-Band

60 GHz
40 GHz

V-Band

6 GHz

License band
SubLink

SubLink
500 m

1 km

5 km

50 km Distance

15 km

CC
LM
DM
Throughput test

Start

Diagnosis

Report

Topology

Path

N-LOS/n-LOS backhaul

Report

Multi-service transport with throughput of 10 Gbit/s level

Fronthaul

2G

2G+3G+LTE

2G+3G

TDM MW
TDM

Hybrid MW
TDM
Ethernet

Packet MW
PWE3
Ethernet

Backhaul

Ch1: STM-1
Ch2: STM-1
Ch3: STM-1+Ethernet
Ch4: Ethernet
...
Ch16: Ethernet

Backbone

Continuity check (CC)

Remote defect indication
(RDI)

Alarm indication signal

(AIS)

Fault
management

LTEA

Loopback test (LB)

Space diversity and IF-combination technologies,

to fight against multi-path fading

Routing MW
PWE3
IP routing

Tx

Proactive
OAM

Link trace (LT)

Rx-SD
Main
Combiner

Performance
monitoring

Packet loss measurement

(LM)

On-demand
OAM

Delay measurement (DM)

SD
Native E1/STM-1
E1 tributary board
SDH board

TDM
crossconnection

EoS/EoP
processing board
CES processing
board
Ethernet interface
board

Packet
switching

Expansible branching unit

Antenna
port

Branching unit (BU)

CES E1

MPLS
tunnel

ATM
PWE3

Universal
IF board

Microwave
frame

BU 2

Native
Ethernet

IP
forwarding

L3VPN
IP

BU 1

Cascading
port

BU 3
MPLS
tunnel
BU 4
Ch 1

Easy-to-install: on poles, walls, lampposts

Easy-to-maintain: configuration-free, Wi-Fi access, and comanagement of base stations
Easy-to-network: multiple interfaces, built-in switching units
Large capacity: 400+ Mbit/s capacity

Macro cell

Ch 2

Ch 3

Ch 4

1+1 protection (HSB switching)

ERPS multi-ring protection

E-Band
7176/8186 GHz

Frequency Band
Small Cell

Spanning tree protection

protection

Macro Cell
Aggregation Site
Modem/IF

Macro cell

RF

RF

Modem/IF

Throughput
Main Features
V-Band

Hierarchical L3VPN protection

protection

Small
cell

CSG1

Small
cell

Small
cell

V-Band

V-Band

V-Band

Sublink

Sublink

eNodeB

ASG1

0
2

4
2

RSG1

1
4

eNodeB

(6-11 GHz)

1 2 TE hot standby
3 4 VPN FRR
5
VRRP

Legend
MME/S-GW

CSG2

(6-42 GHz)

Protection mechanism

ASG2

Working Path

Protection path
for fault n

Large Bandwidth

Multiple Services

High Precision

*: Maximum value when frame header compression is enabled

High Reliability

35%

Principle

Ethernet
ERPS
LAG
STP

EPLA example

3G NodeB traffic model

User data frame

20%
2048QAM
f2

1024QAM
256QAM

f1

f4
f1

f3

f2

L1

PHY header
(20 bytes)

L2

MAC header
(18 bytes)

L3

IP header
(20-48 bytes)

Data frame in
air interface
Compression
indication

Payload

Payload

Principle
Modem

64

128

512

1518

30%
20%

More About E-band and

Huawei MW Solutions

35%
800 Mbit/s service
(160 Mbit/s per flow)

15%

TRX

99.999%

500M

Without drop

800 Mbit/s pipe

(200 Mbit/s per link)

Some drop

LAG example
Equivalent throughput diagram

Availability

Capacity

800 Mbit/s pipe

(200 Mbit/s per link)

f1

V
H

f2
99.9%

100M
M
M
AM
QA
QA
Q
8
4
6
4
2
25
20
10

Q
64

AM

M
QA
6
1

V1.1 (2014-03-15)
Copyright Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

QP

SK

Drop

TRX
Modem

NodeB

UNI

Air
interface

UNI

RNC

800 Mbit/s service

(160 Mbit/s per flow)

AM
ASG
CES
CPRI
CSG
E2E
EPLA
ERPS
IMA
LAG
LMSP

Adaptive Modulation
Aggregation Site Gateway
Circuit Emulation Service
Common Public Radio Interface
Cell Site Gateway
End-to-End
Enhanced Physical Link Aggregation
Ethernet Ring Protection Switching
Inverse Multiplexing over ATM
Link Aggregation Group
Linear Multiplex Section Protection

MPLS MultiProtocol Label Switching

MW Microwave
PLA Physical Link Aggregation
PW
Pseudo Wire
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
RSG RNC Site Gateway
SD
Space Diversity
SNCP Subnetwork Connection Protection
XPIC Cross Polarization Interference
Cancellation