ZTE NR8000 Overview

Future Oriented Microwave Solution

R3.2

GU&M Product Team, 2013

Contents

 NR8000 Overview

 NR8000 Highlights

 NR8950 Introduction

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Product Portfolio & Solutions
Access Aggregation Metro

BSC
1+1 Ring

RNC
1+0
1+0
EPC

TDM traffic

NR8120 Radio link

NR8250
Base station

ETH traffic

Government
NR8950 Full Outdoor

ZTE NR8000 can be widely used in access, relay and hub station

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NR8120 Overview: IDU

IDU Max. 2/4

directions
Architecture Highlights

 Cost-effective Configuration
1U  Extendable Design
 Unified Hybrid & Packet Platform
19 Inch

 Capacity  Key Functions

 Max. 580 Mbps (per carrier)  Low Cost Evolution (Hybrid & Packet platform)
 1 Gbps with Header Compression (per carrier)  Resilient & Reliability (1+1 protection, SNCP+,

 48*E1 per channel G.8032, G.8031, etc)

 Channel Spacing and Modulation  High Performance (PIS, port blocking, Ethernet

 7, 14, 28, 40, 56 MHz (ETSI) header compression, high accuracy clock, etc)
 QPSK, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 , 512, 1024QAM  Easy Maintenance (U31, E2E OAM, intelligent

 Interface license control, alarm monitoring, etc)

 E1(75/120 ohms)  Typical Configuration
 GbE (E/O)  N+0, 1+1 HSB/SD/FD, 2+0 XPIC, 2+2 XPIC

 Auxiliary Service HSB/SD/FD

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 NR8250 Overview: IDU
IDU Max. 6/20
directions
Architecture Highlights

 Flexible Slots Configuration

 Hot-swappable Boards
2U
 Unified Hybrid & Packet Platform
19 Inch

 Capacity  Key Functions

 Max. 580 Mbps/2*STM-1+21*E1 (per carrier) ,
double capacity with XPIC
 Max. 1Gbps with Header Compression (per carrier)
 Channel Spacing and Modulation
 7, 14, 28, 40, 56 MHz (ETSI)
 QPSK, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024QAM
 Low Cost Evolution (Hybrid & Packet platform)
 Resilient & Reliability (N+1, SNCP+, MSP, G.8032,
G.8031, etc)
 High Performance (Ethernet header compression,
PLA, PIS, port blocking, high accuracy clock, etc)
 Easy Maintenance (intelligent license control,

 Interface U31, E2E OAM, OSPF, alarm monitoring, etc)

 STM-4(O) , STM-1(O) , E1(75/120 ohms)  Typical Configuration
 GbE (E/O)  N+0, 1+1 HSB/SD/FD, N+1, 2+0 XPIC, 2+2 XPIC
 Auxiliary Interface HSB/SD/FD

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NR8000 ODU & Installation

ODU Mounting

Back view Front view

6-42 GHz Direct Remote

 All Frequency Bands: 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, 23, 26, 28, 32, 38, 42 GHz
 Support QPSK to 1024 QAM
 High Transmit Power
 Support Ethernet & TDM traffic
 Independent of Capacity & Service, Universal Spare
 Small, Compact & Light (<4kg), Easy Installation and Replacement
 All Frequency Bands Support Remote and Direct Mounting Methods

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 NR8950 Overview: All Outdoor Equipment
NR8950 Mounting

 Compact Design
Back view Front view  Zero Footprint
6-42 GHz  Ratable RF Port

 Frequency Band  Interface

 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, 23, 26, 28, 32, 38, 42 GHz  GbE (E/O)

 Channel Spacing and Modulation  LMT/PROT/PLA Multiplex Interface

 7, 14, 28, 40, 56 MHz (ETSI)  Power Supply

 QPSK, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024 QAM  POE

 Capacity  -48 VDC

 Max. 580 Mbps (per carrier)  Typical Configuration

 1Gbps with Header Compression (per carrier)  1+0, 2+0, 2+0 XPIC (independent)
 1+1 HSB/SD/FD, 2+2 XPIC HSB/SD/FD (with IDU)

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Contents

 NR8000 Overview

 NR8000 Highlights

 NR8000 Introduction
Hybrid & Packet Unified Platform, Low Cost Evolution
Radio Link
2G/3G/LTE Dynamic Allocation
Native ETH
ETH
Switching
CES TDM CES
Modem Ethernet (native)

TDM Ethernet (CES E1 )

Native TDM
DXC
TDM

NR8120 NR8950 or ODU

 Native TDM and Ethernet for
Hybrid transmission

 CES for All Packet Transmission

NR8250
 CES TDM, Native TDM and
Ethernet are transferred via
same Radio Channel

Unified Platform, Easy Deployment, Legacy Protected Solution

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Throughput Enhancement Technology

ACM

LAG/PLA

CCDP (XPIC)

HC

HC: HC: Header Compression

PLA: Physical Layer Aggregation
ACM: Adaptive Coding & Modulation
CCDP (XPIC): Co-channel Dual Polarization

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CCDP with XPIC, Double Capacity
Vertical Freq 1 Freq 2

580Mbps 2 Channels
Horizontal
580Mbps
580+580 Mbps
56MHz@1024QAM

1 .16Gbps
Vertical Freq 1

580Mbps
½ * Frequency source
580Mbps
Horizontal 2 * Capacity
56MHz@1024QAM

 High capacity for ETH & TDM service

 Saving 50% spectrum cost

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 Actual Tx Power
Enhanced ACM+ATPC, Higher Reliability
Max. Tx Power
256QAM

1 Tx MAX
256QAM Stable modulation, Good Signal

256QAM
Increase Tx Power to compensate

2 Tx MAX
256QAM signal degradation , but not enough

128QAM
Degrade the modulation, but the

3 128QAM signal is not stable

Tx MAX

128QAM
Increase Tx Power,

4 128QAM achieve Good signal

Tx MAX

 Experience Higher-quality Transmission

 Maximize Spectrum Usage

 Achieve Extra System Gain to Maintain Optimal Throughput Levels in All Conditions

 Increase Transmit Power to Compensate for the Signal Degradation

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Ethernet QoS, Delicate Service Management
Different Queue
vs vs Traffic mapping
W1
Data VoIP Clock Rate Queue 1
ACL Limit Classify W2 Schedule Shaping
Capacity completion, Q1 Q8
Queue 2
How to deal with them?
Q2 Q7
Q*
W7
Queue 7
vs vs Different
Users W8
Queue 8
Normal Silver Gold

 Delicate Classification: Advanced CoS  Flexible Scheduling Scheme per Port

based on port, L2 to L4 header fields  Congestion Aware Management
 8 Priority Queues: Powerful schedule ability  Both TDM and ETH can be assigned with Priorities

Configurable QoS, Different Customer Experience

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 Enhanced Throughput: Ethernet Header Compression
Remain Unchanged
Throughput Improvement
Step 3 160.0%
160.0%
140.0%
120.0%
102.0%
Step 2 100.0%
Step 1
80.0%
60.0%
44.9%
40.0%
18.4%
20.0% 4.0%
2.7%
0.0%
1518 1280 1024 512 256 128 78 64

 Traditional transmission network no longer meets the demand in the rapid

network evolution; high efficiency and throughput IP network is required to
deliver rich data services. IP traffics have significant Frame Header in the network
 Enhance transmission efficiency with L2, L3 and UDP header compression
technology
 Guarantee service quality with individual hardware compression

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Physical Layer Aggregation, Intelligent Load Balance

Radio 1 Traffic n Traffic 1

Traffic 1 Traffic 1
Radio 2 Traffic n Traffic 1

Radio 3 Traffic n Traffic 1

Traffic n Traffic n
Radio 4 Traffic n Traffic 1

 Refined Slicing: A Stream is Sliced into Small Packets

Performance  High Utilization: The Higher Forwarding Efficiency the Channel is, the more Packets it Transferred.
 High Availability: The Packets of the Failed Channels Will be Switched to the working Channels

Balance Load, Maximize the Channel Usage, Improves the Radio Throughput

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PLA, ADM ACM& QoS, Guaranteed High Priority
Service
scenario
300Mbps+32*E1
V V

H H

300Mbps+31*E1
600Mbps

1*STM-1 600Mbps 1*STM-1

PLA，Load Balance @56MHz Bandwidth, Frame length=64 byte

 High Throughput Traffic Can be Delivered via Multi-radio Channels with PLA and ADM Function
 Ethernet Traffic is Sliced into 2 Channels by PLA function to Realize Load Balance and Protection
 Huge STM-1 is Split into Small E1 Traffic to Realize Load Balance and to Improve the Availability

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Enhanced nodal Solution, smart design
• Cascading • Combination

TDMEXT Interface NR8950

NR8250
Eth Cable
Eth Cable

NR8250 TDMEXT Interface

NR8250

 NR8250 +NR8950: Max. 12 Radio Directions via POE or

 TDMEXT Interface is Used for TDM Service Cascading
and GbE Interface is Used for ETH Service Cascading
 Cascading solution can be realized only by one cable.
Max. 20 Radio Directions via separated -48 VDC power
supply
 NR8120 +NR8950: Max. 4 Radio Directions via
separated -48 VDC power supply
 Support both TDM and ETH service (IDU emulate TDM
into Ethernet)

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Built-in ADM & L2 Switching, High Reliability
Traditional DXC & Switching Integrated ADM & Switching

DXC

DDF MUX
TDM & ETH
IDU Switch
IDU
IDU
TDM ETH

Stack switching

Ethernet Cable
IDU
External Switch
IDU IDU
IDU IDU
IDU

More Integration, be Used as a MUX or L2 Switching to Reduce Failure Points

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Full Scale Protection, High Reliability

2. Hardware + Wireless Protection

1. Link Fading Combat
 1+1 HSB  1+1 FD
 ATPC
 1+1 SD  N+1 (N<=3)
 ACM

RNC
2+0 XPIC
Core
Ring
BSC

3. Service Protection 4. Line Redundancy Connection

 PLA/LAG  G.8031  LAG for Ethernet Line Protection
 SNCP/SNCP+  G.8032/MSTP/RSTP/STP  MSP 1+1 for STM-1 Line Protection

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 Wireless Ethernet Ring Protection, High Reliability

A
c
B Logical Topology
RNC
c

Site B Site A E
C D
Wireless Carrier
Ethernet Ring
c

Site E Protocol Protection Service

blocked
c

based on Recovery Time

Site C c
STP/RSTP Port 1~2 S
MSTP Service 1~2 S
Site D G.8032 Service < 50ms

 Ring Protection, Reliable Network

Benefits  Configurable Bridge Priority, Desired Network Topology
 Switching Time <50ms (G.8032), Carrier Grade Network Protection

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TDM SNCP Ring Protection, High Performance Network
c

MW Alarm
One source signal, The better one
Two routes Bypass is selected

Hub site Terminal site

E1
c c

E1
MW MW

Bypass

MW

High Speed Protection Switching: < 50ms, No Traffic Interruption

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SNCP+, Double The Network Capacity
Primary path Double the Network Capacity

c
c

MW
MW
MW

Extra ETH service c

Alternate path
SNCP SNCP+
MW

Primary path  SNCP+

Down Each TDM trail consists of a
primary and a alternate path
During normal operation TDM
c

MW
c

service only consume the primary

MW path
MW
Bandwidth on alternate path is
available for extra Ethernet traffic
c
Alternate path effectively doubling the capacity of
the ring!
MW

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High Performance ODU- Leading in the Industry
SRU Overview
World–leading Design
 6-42G platform
 Unified Mechanical Structure
 General Standards Compliance

High Output Power Tx Power @ 15GHz

 Low loss PCB process is used 30
 Average output power is highest in 25
the industry 20 ZTE(SRU)

15 NEC(iPASOLINK IHG ODU)

10 Ceragon(IP-10G RFU-C)

5 Huawei(XMC-2 ODU)

0
QPSK 16QAM 32QAM 64QAM 128QAM 256QAM
Tx Power @ 23GHz
30

 Highest Tx power， 25
20 ZTE(SRU)

decrease size of antenna, and 15 NEC(iPASOLINK IHG ODU)

10 Ceragon(IP-10G RFU-C)

tower load。 5 Huawei(XMC-2 ODU)

0
QPSK 16QAM 32QAM 64QAM 128QAM 256QAM

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Unique Removable Memory Card Design

 Removable flash card

 Fast System configuration
 Easy License Control

 Convenient management for configuration and license

Removable
 Quick replacement for faulty unit
Memory Card
 Easier for deployment and maintenance

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Unique Polarization Rotator Design
Ant. Feeder NR8950

V V
Fixed

NR8950‘s unique polarization rotator could be adjusted

easily in the field to adapt the antenna’s polarization, that
will keep the AOU on good water proof condition.
VS
Need to change the installation direction of NR8950
to adapt the antenna’s polarization, the water proof
performance is poor.

H
Rotatable

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Hierarchical & E2E ETH OAM, Convenient Maintenance
Access Aggregation Metro Back Bone
Router

RNC

EPC
Base Station

P2P OAM P2P OAM

802.3ah ETH Line OAM

E2E OAM (Aggregation) E2E OAM (Metro)

802.1ag/Y.1731 ETH Service OAM

E2E OAM (Whole Microwave Network)

802.1ag/Y.1731 ETH Service OAM

P2P: Point-to-Point
E2E: End-to End Maintenance association End Point Maintenance Association Intermediate Point

 Hierarchical OAM Enables Precise Fault and Performance Monitoring

 OAM Protocol Message Guarantees Carrier Grade Protection Switching
Benefits
 End-to-End OAM Makes Network Maintenance More Easily and Conveniently (link
monitoring, link trace, Ethernet loopback)

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Intelligent Cooling System, Reduce OPEX & Noise

Intelligent Fan Power Consumption (W)

40
31.3
30

20

10 6.8 10.1

0 Board
Temperature (℃)
-20 0 20 40 55 70 75

Low power consumption and noise : Intelligent Fan Unit could cool the equipment with adaptive running speed.
Low speed fans require less power and makes less noise than high speed fans.

 Save Electricity Charges (Fan Unit: max. 78.2% Power Saving )

Benefits
 Reduce Working Noise

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Auto Channel Shut Down – Power Saving and
Interference Avoiding
XPIC Configuration
vertical Saving 54 Watts (16%) on 2+0 XPIC
configuration.

Horizontal
1. Normally, two polarizations works at the
same time

2. Once any polarization is failed, the ODU’s

transmit power of the fault polarization (Local &
vertical remote sites) will be muted automatically to
save the power consumption and avoid
interference
Horizontal

3. The system will try to recover the failed

polarization intermittently till the link recovery

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Contents

 NR8000 Overview

 NR8000 Highlights

 NR8950 Introduction
 NR8950 Interface Introduction
Name Type Function

RF
(Waveguide type) RSSI BNC Rx Level Monitor

Signal input/ouput interface for XPIC

X_IN/X_OUT QMA connection

Local management terminal port. In

LMT/PROT/ future, it will be also used for protection
RJ45
PLA port and Physical Layer Aggregation
RSSI GbE2 connection. (10/100/1000 Base-TX)
X_IN LMT/PROT/PLA PWR Gigabit Ethernet service interface
GbE1&POE RJ45 (Electrical). Power can also be supported
via this port.(10/100/1000 Base-TX)

Gigabit Ethernet service interface( SFP

GbE2 SFP
Module), electrical or optical configurable.

Insert Micro SD which storing equipment

Micro SD
Flash socket socket licenses, system configuration and other
information.
GbE1&POE
2 pin
X_OUT Flash socket LED indicator PWR connecter
-48V DC power supply for no PoE situation

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NR8950 Typical Application, Fast Deployment

BSC
Ring

RNC

EPC

NR8950 NR8950 NR8950

GE(O/E) Power Cable Power Cable Ethernet Cable (POE)

Outdoor -48 VDC -48 VDC power

BBU Supply

NR8250
1+0 2+0 East-to-West N+0 XPIC

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Tail Site Application 1
GbE (o/e)
DC Power Solution PoE Solution
GbE (o/e)

-48 VDC -48 VDC

PSE

POE GbE PWE

NR8950 NR8950

Indoor Room Indoor Room

Indoor Macro Indoor Macro PSE

BBU

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Tail Site Application 2
DC Power Solution GbE (o/e)
PoE Solution GbE (o/e)

-48 VDC -48 VDC

RRU RRU

Distributed Macro Distributed Macro

NR8950 NR8950

BBU Power Unit PSE

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Tail Site Application 3

DC Power Solution GbE (o/e)

PoE Solution GbE (e)

-48 VDC -48 VDC

NR8950 NR8950

Outdoor PSE

-48 VDC -48 VDC

Outdoor Mini Outdoor Outdoor Mini Outdoor
Base Station Power Unit Base Station Power Unit

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Repeater Site Application

DC Power Solution GbE (o/e)

PoE Solution GbE (e)
-48 VDC -48 VDC
NR8950
NR8950

NR8950
NR8950

Outdoor PSE
Outdoor
Power Injector

-48 VDC
-48 VDC
Outdoor
Power Unit Outdoor
Power Unit

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 Aggregation Site Application 1
GbE (o/e) -48 VDC

DC Power Solution Hardware Requirement Number

NR8250 IDU 1
NR8950
NR8950 NR8950 1-20

RTUNO/RTUNE 1-7

NR8950
Indoor

NR8250

-48 VDC

BBU or 3rd party equipment

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Aggregation Site Application 2
GbE (e) -48 VDC

PoE Solution Hardware Requirement Number

NR8250 IDU 1
NR8950
NR8950 NR8950 1-12

RTUNP board (supports POE) 1-6

NR8950
RTUNP (power injector integrated)
Indoor

NR8250
-48 VDC
GbE (o/e)

BBU or 3rd party equipment

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ZXMW NR8950 Features Roadmap
R3.1 R3.2 R4.1 R5.1
• System: • System: • System: • Radio
− Native ETH − Physical Layer Aggregation − IPv6 − E-Band Up to 10Gbps
− Header Compression − Fragmentation • Radio − 4096QAM
− POE − Integrated mode − E-Band Up to 2.5Gbps − MIMO
− WRED management with IDU (act − 2048QAM
as ODU) − XPIC single box
• Radio: − Higher Tx Power(2-4dB) (6-
− 7/14/28/56MHz • Radio: 11GHz)
− ACM(QPSK-1024QAM) − 2+0/2+2 XPIC

• Interface: • Protection:
− 1*GE(E) + 1*GE(O/E) − 1+1 HSB/SD/FD

• Synchronization:
− SyncE
− 1588v2(TC)

Q1 2013 Q3 2013 2014 2015

Released Developing Planned Planning

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