Vmux 400

RAD International Technical Seminar
May 2007
Abis & Ater Optimization
Presented by: CBNetworks Technical Support support.technique@cbnetworks.fr http://www.cbnetworks.fr
Agenda
Background Vmux-400/420 features How does it work? Vmux-4.xx Configurator Tool Statistics
Interoperability
Applications
http://www.cbnetworks.fr - support.technique@cbnetworks.fr
Abis & Ater Gateway TS-2007 Slide 2
Optimization Market Needs

Market potential: 1 Billion potential cellular subscribers in GSM rural areas (Nokia Chairman) Cellular backhaul relies on leased lines, private networks and satellite connections Backhaul costs reach 40-60% of the operators OpEx 2.5G / 3G services and mobile users increase incurs additional network investments (optimized 2G leased lines can be transferred to 3G networks)
Connectivity optimization reduces costs
GSM Network Architecture

Interface: Solution: E(PCM) Vmux-2100/ Gmux-2000 A(PCM) / Ater* Vmux-2100 / 420* Abis Vmux-400/420
BSC
BTS
BTS
PSTN
MSC BSC
BTS BTS
MSC
BTS
BSC
BTS BTS
HLR
BTS
VLR
BTS
*Depends on the GSM Transcoder location: - if located at MSC Ater (Vmux-420) - if located at BSC A Interface (Vmux-2100/Gmux-2000)
BTS Base Transceiver Station MSC Mobile Switching Centre

BSC Base Station Controller
(= BSS)
HLR & VLR Home & Visitor Location Registers

Optimization and not Compression

BSC
Ater
Abis
Optimized data
BTS
ABIS/ ATER contains: 1. Compressed voice 2. Idle channels 3. Silence within active calls 4. Signaling + headers [ = overhead] 5. Data (such as GPRS / EDGE)
Agenda
Background
Vmux-400/420 features How does it work? Vmux-4.xx Configurator Tool Statistics
Interoperability
Applications
Vmux-400 Features
Average Optimization: Up to 3:1 (fractional uplink) User Input: 1 or 2xE1/T1 (ordering option) Uplink Interfaces: E1/T1, ETH/IP, Serial (all built-in) Clocking: Clock is transferred even when using ETH/IP uplink Power Options: AC/DC
Data compression: (NEW)

Compresses ~ 10% - 15% more during peak hours (License is needed) Point to Multipoint (using bundles)
Voice CODECs
Interoperability with all Major vendors Tools, such as Bandwidth Calculator, Configurator
Vmux-420 (Beta) Features

All Vmux-400 features (except Serial Uplink & T1) User Input: Up to 12xE1 (4, 8, or 12 - ordering option) Uplink Interfaces: Up to 6xE1 or ETH/IP (all built-in) Chassis: 1U, 19 wide Redundancy: full redundancy (Carrier Class Product) Dry Contact Alarm Relay
TDM trunks aggregation (grooming)

Interoperability between Vmux-400 and Vmux-420
Vmux-420 Back Panel
2 Fully redundant Main Modules, in case of H.W malfunction

All ports connected to both Main Modules, supplying FULL redundancy
Vmux-400/420 Management
User terminal Telnet RV-LITE + SNMP traps
ConfiguRAD
Agenda
Background Vmux-400/420 features How does it work? Vmux-4.xx Configurator Tool
Statistics
Interoperability Applications
Operation
Optimization process
1. Suppress Idle channels
2.
3.
Suppress traffic when there are Silence frames within active calls*
Remove Signaling HDLC flags (only valid signaling is transferred) Suppress signaling FISU & LSSU (ATER segment only)
Vmux-400/420
FROM BSC (MSC)

Optimization
Vmux-400/420
Optimized Data
ABIS (/ ATER) Compressed Voice
BTS (/BSC)
(* when DTX mode is active in the GSM network)

Data Compression
How does it works?
- The data compression unit accumulates information coming from the optimization unit and compresses it. The information is compressed similar to Zip a file in PC
Performance - Saves about 10 - 15% bandwidth during peak hours. - Higher performance when there is more Data traffic (GPRS / EDGE - up to 50%) - There are 2 compression levels: Normal level and High level. Why Data? - The output from the optimization unit contains data and not voice - This is non-destructive compression. Tradeoff for High Packet loss level - Sensitive to packet loss therefore it is only good for networks with low packet loss. License dependant
Vmux-400/420 Vmux-400/420
ABIS / ATER Compressed Voice
Optimized + Compressed Data
BTS Optimization Data Compression

Traffic Types Supported VOICE

Voice Codecs: FR (Full Rate)
EFR (Enhanced Full Rate)

AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate) HR (Half Rate)
Up to 24 timeslots Per Vmux-400 *
AMR-HR
Vmux-400/420 can automatically detect the GSM sub-channel rate (16kbps or 8kbps)
* Current H.W. limitation (there is no limitation for the Vmux-420)

Traffic Types Supported DATA

SMS / WAP: Transferred as part of the signaling channel.
GPRS: CS* 1,2,3 and 4 transported over timeslots configured for TRAU traffic => BTS can use any TRAU timeslot to transmit GPRS
EDGE:
Transported over timeslots configured for TRANSPARENT. BTS must use a predefined set of timeslots for EDGE services
*CS = Code Scheme

Clocking over TDM/IP Link

RCV (Uplink) Vmux-400 ADAPTIVE = ENABLE TDM\IP Network
RCV (Ingress)
Vmux-400/420 ADAPTIVE = ENABLE
For IP uplink
For IP uplink
BTS
BSC
(LBT)
(Clk Source)
Clock transferred from BSC to BTS over any transmission network (Adaptive clock recovery mechanism enables to transfer the clock over ETH/IP unique feature!)
Clocking over Satellite IP Link

Internal
Vmux-400/OCXO ADAPTIVE = DISABLE
RCV (Ingress)
Vmux-400/420
IP network
ADAPTIVE = DISABLE
BTS
BSC
(LBT)
(Clk Source)
OCXO* (ordering option) for highly accurate internal oscillator operating at 2.048Mhz 0.5 ppm (use when IP network jitter is higher than 50 msec)
* Only needed on the BTS side

Signaling Rate Detection

Signaling Rate Detection Vmux-400/420 can automatically detect the data rate of the signaling channels (16, 32 or 64Kbps)
Before Vmux- 400/420 detects

signaling channels rate
Ts# Type Byte Reversal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Bundle#
After Vmux- 400/420 detects

signaling channels rate
| v
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
| v
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Sig64 Sig64 Sig64 Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Available Time Slot Types: All set to Dynamic TRAU: GSM Speech Sig64/Sig32/Sig16: HDLC Signaling, 64/32/16 kbps Trp64/Trp32/Trp16: Transparent data, 64/32/16 kbps
Timeslot Type Detection (Ericsson)

Timeslot Type Detection (Ericsson) After reboot, the Ericsson BSS changes timeslot assignment for speech and signaling. To support this Vmux-400/420 can automatically detect the timeslot type (speech or signaling). After Vmux-400/420 detects timeslots type
Before Vmux-400/420 detects timeslots type

| v
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
| v
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Sig64 Sig64 Sig64 TRAU TRAU TRAU TRAU TRAU Dynamic Dynamic
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Available Time Slot Types: All set to Dynamic
TRAU: GSM Speech

Sig64/Sig32/Sig16: HDLC Signaling, 64/32/16 kbps Trp64/Trp32/Trp16: Transparent data, 64/32/16 kbps
Agenda
Background
Interoperability
Applications
Vmux-4.xx Configurator Tool: Step 1

1. Site survey
Configuration Bandwidth estimation Configuration Tool
1. Site survey
Collecting information from the mobile operator: - GSM segment: ATER/ ABIS - Vendor - Uplink type: TDM / IP - Timeslot assignment - Downstream DTX (y/n) - Clock transfer
2. 3.

1. Site survey
2. Configuration parameters
Configure device according to the information we got from the survey.
2. 3.
EXAMPLE: Alcatel Time Slot Configuration

BSC/BTS Configuration:
(6 x TRX, 48 GSM speech channels)
1.
2. 3.
Site survey
Vmux-400 Time Slot Table:

Display Time Slots Configuration Ts# 1 2 | 3 v 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Type -Sig64 TRAU TRAU Sig16 TRAU TRAU TRAU TRAU TRAU Byte Reversal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Bundle# 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Available Time Slot Types: TRAU: GSM Speech Sig64/Sig32/Sig16: HDLC Signaling, 64/32/16 kbps
Trp64/Trp32/Trp16: Transparent data, 64/32/16 kbps


1. Site survey
3. Bandwidth considerations
Bandwidth is influenced by the following parameters: Fixed - Timeslot assignment - Uplink type (IP or TDM) - Using Downstream DTX. Estimated - Estimated silence within calls - Estimated idle channels
2. 3.
Vmux-4.xx Configurator Tool:

1. Site survey
Vmux-400/420 Configuration tool
2. 3.
Vmux-400 Configuration guide
Try it in workshop
Available at: http://www.cbnetworks.fr/ftp/rad/outils/ InfoCenter Technical Resources

Agenda
Background
Interoperability
Applications
Statistics
Uplink statistics: TDM/Serial/Ethernet uplink: Evaluate bandwidth on uplink Signaling statistics: Verify signaling channels are up TRAU statistics: TRAU traffic analyzing Bandwidth control statistics: Display calls stopped or discarded BW utilization statistics: Display enhanced information
on bandwidth consumption
Agenda
Background Vmux-400/420 features How does it work?
Vmux-4.xx Configurator Tool

Statistics Interoperability Applications
Vmux-400 Interoperability
Interoperable with all major vendors:
Ericsson, Siemens, Nokia, AlcatelLucent, Huawei, Motorola, Nortel,
Vmux-400/420
Agenda
Background Vmux-400/420 features How does it work?
Vmux-4.xx Configurator Tool

Statistics
Interoperability Applications
GSM Service to Remote / Rural Regions

Remote Site
Central Office
ETH/IP
ETH/ Vmux-400 IP E1
MSC
E1s
BSC
E1
BTS
Vmux-400 Hub Transceivers

E1
Remote Site
Vmux-400
ETH/ Vmux-400 IP E1
Central site solution is needed
BTS
Connection via satellite, microwave, terrestrial links, flexible interfacing (IP/ETH/SERIAL/E1) Effective solution where the cellular operator pays for expensive transmission links
GSM Service to Remote / Rural Regions

Remote Site
Central Office
ETH/ Vmux-400 IP E1
MSC
E1s
BSC
Vmux-420
Hub Transceivers
BTS
Remote Site
Up to 12 E1
ETH/IP
ETH/ Vmux-400 IP E1
BTS
Connection via satellite, microwave, terrestrial links, flexible interfacing (IP/ETH/SERIAL/E1) Effective solution where the cellular operator pays for expensive transmission links
Summary
RAD offers a full MSC-BSC-BTS cellular backhaul solution
Cost effective voice optimization solution for central and remote sites Up to 3:1 optimization of Abis/ Ater interface
Up to 10% - 15% saving with Data Compression

Connects over any uplink Interoperable with all major vendors
thank you
for your attention
Technical Support support.technique@cbnetworks.fr http://www.cbnetworks.fr
Vmux-400 Ports
Control Port E1 Uplink (Egress/Output) to network Serial Uplink (Egress/Output) to network
ETH Management
User E1 Ports* (Ingress/Input) from BTS/BSC/MSC
ETH/IP Uplink (Egress/Output) to network
* Ordering Options: 1 or 2 ingress E1 ports

Vmux-420 Ports
Up to 12 User E1 Ports* (Ingress/Input) from BTS/BSC/MSC
Up to 6 E1 Uplink (Egress/Output) to network ETH/IP Uplink (Egress/Output) to network
Control Port ETH Management port
2 Redundant Power supplies
Alarm Relay
* Ordering Options:
- 4,8 or 12 Ingress E1 ports - 2,4 or 6 Egress E1 ports

GSM Subchannel Rate Detection

GSM Subchannel Rate Detection Full Rate (FR): Each voice channel is carried in a 16 kbps sub channel Half Rate (HR): Each voice channel is carried in a 8 kbps sub channel Vmux-400/420 can automatically detect the GSM subchannel rate (16 kbps or 8 kbps)
Ericsson Time Slot Configuration

BSC/BTS Configuration:
(10.5 x TRX, 84 GSM speech channels)
CH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Sub Channel CONC MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 UNDEF MPLEX16 MPLEX16 UNDEF UNDEF UNDEF UNDEF UNDEF MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 CONC UNDEF UNDEF MPLEX16 MPLEX16 UNDEF UNDEF UNDEF UNDEF MPLEX16 MPLEX16 CONC MPLEX16 MPLEX16 Content TRXC SIGNAL SPEECH/DATA SPEECH/DATA IDLE SPEECH/DATA IDLE IDLE IDLE IDLE IDLE SPEECH/DATA SPEECH/DATA SPEECH/DATA SPEECH/DATA SPEECH/DATA SPEECH/DATA SPEECH/DATA SPEECH/DATA SPEECH/DATA SPEECH/DATA TRXC SIGNAL IDLE IDLE SPEECH/DATA IDLE IDLE IDLE IDLE SPEECH/DATA CF/TRXC SIGNAL SPEECH/DATA
MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16
MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16
How to configure Vmux-4.xx according to the timeslots table? TS1, 21, 30 : Sig64
TS2, 3, 5, 11-20, 24, 29, 31 : TRAU
TS4, 6-10, 22-23, 25-28:
: N/C.
MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16
MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16 MPLEX16
MPLEX16
MPLEX16
Available Time Slot Types: TRAU: GSM Speech
Sig64/Sig32/Sig16: HDLC Signaling, 64/32/16 kbps

Trp64/Trp32/Trp16: Transparent data, 64/32/16 kbps
MPLEX16 MPLEX16
MPLEX16 MPLEX16
Statistics: BW Utilization Statistics

Vmux400 / BSC
Display Total Accumulated
ALRM
Number of seconds accumulated for each bandwidth range
< 64
Kbps] Kbps] Kbps] Kbps] Kbps] Kbps] Kbps] Kbps] Kbps] Kbps] Kbps]
... (236024) ... (5) ... (314) ... (1203) ... (3455) ... (14563) ... (21003) ... (13900) ... (4231) ... (911) ... (43)
[704 -767 [768 -831 [832 -895 [896 -959
Kbps] Kbps] Kbps] Kbps]
... (44) ... (354) ... (233) ... (23) ... (4) ... (0) ... (0) ... (4) ... (0) ... (0) ... (0)
[ 64 -127 [128 -191 [192 -255 [256 -319 [320 -383 [384 -447 [448 -511 [512 -575 [576 -639 [640 -703 ... (N) >
[960 -1023 Kbps] [1024-1087 Kbps] [1088-1151 Kbps] [1152-1215 Kbps] [1216-1279 Kbps] [1280-1343 Kbps] [1344-1407 Kbps]
Mobile Platforms
MSC
E1s
BSC
Vmux-400
E1
Serial/ IP/E1
Vmux-400
Serial/IP/E1 E1
BTS
Supply service to mobile platforms such as cruise ships
Mobile Platforms
MSC
E1s
BSC
Vmux-400
E1
Serial/ IP/E1
Vmux-400
Serial/IP/E1 E1
BTS
Supply service in large and crowded events using trucks
Terrestrial Daisy Chained BTSs
FE1
BTS
FE1
BTS MSC
E1s
BSC
E1
Vmux-400 / 420
Vmux-400
TDM or IP
DXC
E1 E1 FE1
BTS
FE1 FE1
BTS BTS BTS
Requires Drop & Insert capability at the BTS

Suitable when each BTS serves a small area

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RAD International Technical Seminar

Abis & Ater Optimization

Presented by: CBNetworks Technical Support support.technique@cbnetworks.fr http://www.cbnetworks.fr

Abis & Ater Gateway TS-2007 Slide 2

Optimization Market Needs

Connectivity optimization reduces costs

Abis & Ater Gateway TS-2007 Slide 3

GSM Network Architecture

BTS Base Transceiver Station MSC Mobile Switching Centre

BSC Base Station Controller

HLR & VLR Home & Visitor Location Registers

Optimization and not Compression

Abis & Ater Gateway TS-2007 Slide 6

Data compression: (NEW)

Vmux-420 (Beta) Features

TDM trunks aggregation (grooming)

Abis & Ater Gateway TS-2007 Slide 8

Vmux-420 Back Panel

2 Fully redundant Main Modules, in case of H.W malfunction

Abis & Ater Gateway TS-2007 Slide 9

Abis & Ater Gateway TS-2007 Slide 10

Abis & Ater Gateway TS-2007 Slide 11

FROM BSC (MSC)

ABIS (/ ATER) Compressed Voice

(* when DTX mode is active in the GSM network)

Optimized + Compressed Data

BTS Optimization Data Compression

Traffic Types Supported VOICE

EFR (Enhanced Full Rate)

* Current H.W. limitation (there is no limitation for the Vmux-420)

Traffic Types Supported DATA

*CS = Code Scheme

Clocking over TDM/IP Link

Abis & Ater Gateway TS-2007 Slide 16

Clocking over Satellite IP Link

* Only needed on the BTS side

Signaling Rate Detection

Before Vmux- 400/420 detects

After Vmux- 400/420 detects

Timeslot Type Detection (Ericsson)

Before Vmux-400/420 detects timeslots type

Available Time Slot Types: All set to Dynamic

TRAU: GSM Speech

Abis & Ater Gateway TS-2007 Slide 19

Abis & Ater Gateway TS-2007 Slide 20

Vmux-4.xx Configurator Tool: Step 1

Abis & Ater Gateway TS-2007 Slide 21

Vmux-4.xx Configurator Tool: Step 2

Abis & Ater Gateway TS-2007 Slide 22

EXAMPLE: Alcatel Time Slot Configuration

Vmux-400 Time Slot Table:

Trp64/Trp32/Trp16: Transparent data, 64/32/16 kbps

Vmux-4.xx Configurator Tool: Step 3

Abis & Ater Gateway TS-2007 Slide 24

Vmux-4.xx Configurator Tool:

Vmux-400/420 Configuration tool

Vmux-400 Configuration guide

Available at: http://www.cbnetworks.fr/ftp/rad/outils/ InfoCenter Technical Resources

Abis & Ater Gateway TS-2007 Slide 26

Abis & Ater Gateway TS-2007 Slide 27

Vmux-4.xx Configurator Tool

Abis & Ater Gateway TS-2007 Slide 28