3G-NODE-B

MIGRATION TO
ETHERNET BACKHAUL

April 14, 2018 BB UNIT 1

 Introduction

At present , Node-Bs are using TDM backhaul for

the connectivity with the RNC. The bandwidth
used are nXE1 where n varies from 3 to 12.
In order to provide higher bandwidth to
customers, we need to migrate to Ethernet
backhaul.
Currently, there are 1126 Node-Bs and 13 RNCs.
Out of 1126 Node-Bs, 699 are working on OFC.

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 Advantages and challenges

Advantages
Ethernet can provide higher bandwidth .
Cheap and better economy of scale.
Efficient transport.
Challenges
Lacks simple and reliable synchronization
functionality of TDM.
Solution
IEEE 1588 PTP –for synchronization

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 3G- NETWROK DETAILS

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 3G-Line Diagram-Data
1+1 GE

4 GE

Node-B
RNC SGSN GGSN

Unchannelised STM-1.
To be upgraded to match
FE 100 Mbps with the Ethernet backhaul
upgradation.

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 Interfaces-Node B and RNC

SFPs are required to support FE optical at Node-B

end.
There are 13 RNCs with 3 different types. GE
port which will be made available by vendor are:
A4 3 Nos of GoU Boards 6+6 GE
A3 2 Nos of GoU Boards 4+4 GE
A2 1 No of GoU Board 2+2 GE

Synchronization requirement will be met M/s

Huawei supplied IEEE 1588 server. This will be
used to distribute synch signals through Ethernet
backhaul.
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 RNC-Node-B Details-1

Sl No RNC Serving # of Node-B on OFC

Location SSA
1 CBE-SBC(A4) CBE, CNR CBE:99, Ooty:7,CNR:4
2 SLM-MEY(A3) SLM SLM:57,NAM:10
3 DPI-MAIN- DPI DPI:9,HOS:10,KRI:8
E10B(A2)
4 ERD-TE(A3) ERD ERD:36,TUP:51
5 TR-DTAX(A3) TR TR:68,ARY:2,PER:2,KAR:13,PDK:10
6 MA- MA MA: ?? , THENI:8
ELLIS#1(504)(
A2)
7 MA- MA KKL:2, 5,MA: ?? , DDG:15
ELLIS#2(505)(
A2)

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 RNC-Node-B Details-2

Sl No RNC Location Serving SSA # of Node-B on OFC

8 VLR-TE(A2) VLR VLR:23,TV MALAI:8

9 TNJ-TE(MC)(A2) TNJ,KMB TNJ:22,TIRUVARUR:6,,KKL:2,KMB:14,Nagai:7
10 KKD-DTAX(A2) KKD KKD:13,SVG:4,RMN:6, RMM:1
11 TT-DTAX(A2) TT,VGR TT:29,VGR:7, SVK:4
12 TVL-MW(A2) TVL,NGC TVL:27,NGC:15,KK:2
13 PY-TE(A2) CDL,PY PY:28, CDL:12, VLP:3

A4: 3 GoU Boards, 6+6

A3: 2 GoU Board, 4+4
A2: 1 GoU Board, 2+2

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 RNC andTier1/2 Location Details-1
Sl No RNC Servin Tier1 Location Capacity of RPR RING
Locat g SSA
ion
1 CBE- CBE, CBE-CENTRAL 10G
SBC CNR
2 SLM- SLM SLM-SVPT 10G
MEY
3 DPI- DPI DPI-MAIN E10B No RING
MAIN-
E10B
4 ERD- ERD ERD-TE 10G
TE
5 TR- TR TR-DTAX 10G
DTAX
6 MA- MA
ELLIS#
1(504)
MA-ELLIS NAGAR(T2) 10G
7 MA- MA
ELLIS#
2(505)
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 RNC andTier1/2 Location Details-2
Sl No RNC Servin Tier1 Location Capacity of RPR RING
Locat g SSA
ion
8 VLR-TE VLR VLR-TE 10G
9 TNJ- TNJ,KMB TNJ-TE(MC) 1G
TE(MC)
10 KKD- KKD KKD-DTAX No RING
DTAX
11 TT- TT,VGR TT-DTAX No RING
DTAX
12 TVL- TVL,NGC TVL-DTAX 10G
MW
13 PY-TE CDL,PY PY-TE 10G

April 14, 2018 Agenda 10

 BB- NETWROK DETAILS

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 BB AGGREGATION NETWORK-1

SSA RPR T1 Tier2 Locations

RING Location
CBE#1 10G CBE-CENTRAL CBE- KURICHI PEELA GANAPAT THUDIYA SBC Thondam
CENTRAL MEDU HY LUR GE: uthur

CBE#2 10G CBE-MAIN

CNR NO RING Ooty

CDL 1G CDL-TE NEYVELI Vilupura

m

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 BB AGGREGATION NETWORK-2
SSA RPR T1 Location Tier2 Locations
RING
DPI NO RING DPI-TE

ERD 10G ERODE-TE Perundurai Bhavani

KKD NO RING KKD

KMB 1G KMB ADUTHURAI SRINAGAR

COLONY

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 BB AGGREGATION NETWORK-3
SSA RPR T1 Location Tier2 Locations
RING
MA 10G MA-TALLAKULAM MA- KK NAGAR EAST MASI VILLAPURAM ELLIS NAGAR
TALLAKULAM

NGC 10G(But NGC-TE COLACHEL NGC-TE

No RING)
PY 10G PY-TE OKP VILLIANUR THIRU LAWSPET
CHITRA
AMBALAM

SLM 10G SVPT-TE MEYYANUR SALEM TOWN AMMAPET

TNJ 1G TNJ KARANTHAI MED

COLLEGE
TR 10G TR-CNT THILLAI NGR TR-MGG TR-SRGM TR-CANT

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 BB AGGREGATION NETWORK-4
SSA RPR T1 Location Tier2 Locations
RING
TVL 10G TVL-TE PALAI MELAPALYA
M

TT NO RING TT-TE

VGR 1G VGR-TE SIVAKASI SATUR

VLR 10G VLR-TE SANTHAIVASA POLUR CHETPET WANDIWASH THIRUVETTI

L PURAM

ARANI RANIPET KATPADI

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 INTERFACE DETAILS

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 Interfaces-3G
a) FE ELECTRICAL
OR
b) FE OPTICAL SFP

W/L MODE,Line TX RX Range Connector

NODE-B Rate Pwr(dbm) Sens(dbm)
850nm, FE MM,2.125G -9.5 to -2.5 -17 0.5km LC-SC

1310nm(FE SM,STM-1 -15 to -31 15Km LC-SC

over STM-1) -8

RNC
W/L MODE,Line TX Pwr RX Sens Range Connector
Rate
1310nm,GE SM,1.25G -9 to -3 -20 10km LC-SC

GE OPTICAL SFP

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 Interfaces-Broadband GE: GE-LH-40
UTSTARCOM
1XX0878700-H(as seen in
Vellore)
Interface W/L MODE TX RX Range Connector
Pwr(dbm) Sens(
RPR Tier dbm)
1/Tier2 GE 1550nm SM 1-40Km LC

FE 850nm MM 100 m- LC
1000m
FE: FE-FX-PHY-
UTSTARCOM
1XX0924906-F(as Availability of SFPs to be checked
seen in Vellore)

Interface W/L MODE TX RX Range Connector

Pwr(dbm) Sens(
dbm)
OCLAN
GE* 1550nm SM 20Km

FE 850nm SM 500m

FE: 155Mbps,2Km,850 nm
Rodevices make GE: 1.25Gbps,30Km,1550nm
(as seen in Vellore) Rodevices make
*4 ports of GE can be made (as seen in Vellore)
as Electrical also
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 Interfaces-TRANSMISSION WTD RTXM 139-400
WHTD 004201
155m,15Km,1310nm-SM-
ESFP(as seen in Vellore)

Interface W/L MODE TX RX Range Connector

Pwr(dbm) Sens(
CPE-8 dbm)
FE optical 1310nm SM 15KM LC

FE -
electrical
Availability of SFPs to be
checked
Interface W/L MODE TX RX Range Connector
Pwr(db Sens(
m) dbm)
GE 1000 Base SM LC
LH(1500nm/
1550nm)
MADM-16
FE optical 1310nm SM 15Km LC

FE -
electrical

FIBER XON
1310nm 155m
SFP(as seen in FTTH-ONT
Vellore) 4 FE
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 OPTIONS AND CHALLENGES

April 14, 2018 BB UNIT 20

 Various Options and its challenges-1

Riding over BB Aggregation Ring i.e RPR Ring.

RPR are mostly intra city rings. The rings are not
available in all SSAs and very few of them are
10G. Already, NME-University(155 Mbbs),
GPON/GEPON, WiMaX, IPTAX,IPTV,VPN use this
ring for transport. This is apart from the
DATAONE Traffic the purpose for which the ring
has been designed originally.
Some Tier2 switches do not support FE
interfaces. The availability of SFPs are very
limited.
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 Various Options and challenges-2

Capitalizing on FTTH services :GPON and GEPON

based FTTH services are available at following
locations only.
Location Technology OLTs
Coimbatore City GPON 35
Tirupur City GPON 01
Salem City GEPON 01
Trichy City GEPON 02
Vellore City GEPON 01
Madurai City GEPON 02
Pondi City GEPON 01

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 Various Options and challenges-3

Using the combination of MADM-16 Rings with

CPE-8. SFP availability limited.
Using the combination of FTTH and CPE-8.
Using the combination of Tier2 and CPE-8. SFP
availability to be checked.
Using E1-FE converter /WDM splitter.

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 SCENARIOS POSSIBLE-1

Using RPR Ring

 Node-Bs co-located with RPR Tier1/Tier2.
 Node-Bs Nearer to Tier1/Tier2: Drive distance of SFP
and availability of fibre pair are critical. If not WDM
splitter may be used.
 Node-Bs which are built-Up to Nearest Tier1/Tier2
station using CPE-8 sytems : Use 1310 nm SFP at
Tier1/Tier2end.
Using FTTH ONU-s which have FE electrical.
Using the combination of FTTH and CPE-8: Use
FE electrical interfaces available at both ends.
.
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 SCENARIOS POSSIBLE-2

Using the MADM-16 Rings

 Node-Bs co-located with MADM-16 terminal: Use FE
electrical available at both ends.
 Node-Bs which are built-up to the nearest MADM-16
Station by using CPE-8 Systems: Use FE electrical
available at both ends.
 Using the Aggregation Switch : Built media upto
Aggregation switch which should be located at
RNC end.
 Using E1-FE converter /WDM splitter

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 DIRECT CONNECTIVITY USING SFP

If Tier 1 or Tier 2 are located within the

drive distance of SFP and spare fibre is
available from Node-B location to
Tier1/2 location, 1310nm SFP at Node-B
end can be used. Please ensure 1310
nm SFP at Tier1/2 end which may be
available spare from CPE-8/MADM-16
systems.

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 CONNECTIVITY USING CPE-8 system

If Tier 1 or Tier 2 location is used as

Built-up stations for distant end Node-
Bs (using CPE-8 systems), put the
1310nm SFP at Tier 1 or Tier2 and
provide connectivity.

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 USING MADM RING

MADM-16 Ring Nodes can also be used

to carry FE traffic from CPE-8/Node-Bs.
MADM terminal in the ring which is co-
located at RNC end can also be used to
aggregate FE to GE.

April 14, 2018 BB UNIT 28

 AGGREGATION SWITCH

Aggregation switch can be deployed at

RNC location for aggregating Node-B
traffic in FE interfaces and then make it
as GE towards RNC.

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 ISSUES-1

Node-Bs generate about 3X14.4 ~ 50Mbps traffic.

Hence, riding over RPR ring shall be attempted
only in 10G ring locations(8) viz CBE,ERD,MA,
PY,SLM,TR,TVL and VLR. (CBE no FE I/F)
FTTH is available at the cities of
CBE,TUP,VLR,SLM,PY,TR and MA. Node-Bs at
CBE may be connected using GPON as there are
35+ OLTs and are of protected configuration.
Though FE/GE ports are available in BB/TX
nodes, very few SFPs are available. Those too,
are required for upcoming BB expansion project.
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 ISSUES-2

It is not clear whether SFPs will be made

available to all Node-Bs.
RNC interfaces, both uplink and downlinks shall
suitably be upgraded. To derive the max benefit,
all the connectivity in the chain shall be
augmented.
Replaced CPE-21 shall be properly reused.
ODF/FDF,Patch cords, connectors, SM-MM
convertor(modal conditioning patch cords) etc
are required depending on the site conditions.

April 14, 2018 Agenda 31

 ISSUES-3
Synchronizations to be ensured; otherwise call will
drop.(No handover with adjacent cell possible )
RNCs located at CBE,TNJ,TT,TVL and PY serve adjacent
SSA also. In that scenario, separate 1+1 GE interface to
be allocated at RNC end for connecting the adjacent SSA
Node-Bs.
The present traffic of MADM-16 Ring shall be studied
before attempting to use it.

April 14, 2018 Agenda 32

 CASE STUDY-PY

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 RNC-CONNECTIVITY-PY(LOGICAL)

1310,GE,SM,LC
1550,GE,SM,LC
RNC
ODF TIER 1

In the case of PY SSA, both RNC and Tier 1 are co-located in the same floor. One ODF was
also availabe in the MSC SWITCH ROOM which is used for interconnection.

1+1 GE interfaces available in both RNC and Tier1 are used for interconnection. Though
wavelength is different, it will work since the receiver in both ends will normally be
Wideband but the range will be limited to the lower of the two.

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 PY MADM –RPR-RNC-LOGICAL

LSP NNR

MUP ENR
RBN MADM MADM OKP
RING 1 RING 2

PY KET
MAIN
RNC
TKM ARK
PY AVE
PY
GE
FE GE FE
KIU GE T1 PY MADM
MADM
PY PY RING 5
RING 3
T2 MTP
VIN
T1
T2 LSP
BHR RPR
VIN MKM
T1/T2

TCM T2
T2 OKP

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 CO-LOCATED NODE-B(WITH Tier 1 or 2)

850nm,FE/GE,MM,LC
Node-B
850nm,FE,MM,LC

Tier 1 or 2

MM PATCH CORD

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 OTHER NODE-Bs

Pl refer to the Ann-1(Excel sheet)

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 THANKS

TRANSMISSION UNIT
BSNL-TAMILNADU CIRCLE
http://www.bsnl.co.in
rbabusrinivas@bsnl.co.in

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