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Sync Phase Topologies with Edge GMC

Italo Tertuliano
Miguel Garcia
Norma Meneses
Relevant Technical Aspects

 G.812 oscillator compliance (Type I – OCXO, Type II – Rb). MTIE/TDEV

and jitter limits
 G.8272 - PRTC compliance when locked to GNSS (±100ns to UTC)
 Holdover performance:
• Frequency: 16ppb for eNodeB ( < 1E-11/day )
• Phase : 1.1µs for eNodeB (4.5G>) ( ±1.5µs/day )
 Redundancy
• Rubidium or OCXO+
• Asymmetry Compensation (G.8273.4)
 Protocol Compliance
• G.8265.1 – Freq
• G.8275.1 – Phase
• G.8275.2 – Phase
• Telecom-2008 – Freq & Phase

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 Time/Phase : The Time Error Budget

GPS
PRC

PRTC

± 1000 nsec
±100 ns ± 400 nsec

Transport, Noise, & Network Asymmetry eNB

SOURCE TRANSPORT OF TIME USE OF TIME

OF TIME

Network Error Budget +/- 1 µsec

eNB Inter Cell Time Error +/- 1.5 µsec from UTC

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Common Vendor Approach – GPS built-in

CSR
Boundary Clock BBS o BBU

BBS o BBU
G.8275.1
BBS o BBU

BBS with GMC G.8275.1 BBS o BBU

• GPS installed direct in the CellSite (BBU)

• Normal vendor suggestion, but not scalable, security and
protected

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 Common Vendor Approach – GPS built-in
Disadvantages:

 Low-performance, in-phase oscillator will not maintain holdover for more than a few minutes or hours in an
improved model (type 1)

 There will be no visibility of PTP clients, since G.8275.1 is Multicast

 Router / Switch with boundary clock, is more expensive than a normal CSR

 There is no backup, if the BBS / BBU that generates synchronism fails, all other BBSs / BBUs that are in
this CSR will be without synchronism

 In case it supports asymmetry control with APTS, how good is the APTS algorithm for asymmetry control
and holdover extension?

 Using G.8275.1 the protection and synchronism responsibility of the eNB falls on the CSR = medium or low
quality oscillator (because its purpose is not to be clock source) = insufficient Holdover. Understand that
under this scenario the BC (CSR) is the GMC of the eNB

 APTS must have the ability to compensate for asymmetry and phase errors of the previous transport to the
Baseband. If it is not good enough, it does not protect the eNB as these will continue to be synchronized
from the CSR (BC) - Boundary Clock does not compensate for asymmetry.

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Edge GMC as Standard for Phase Deployment
Model I
10 hops as limit (1Gbps network) PTP Frequency Flow PTP Phase Flow
GMC Core to PTP Frequency Client

Edge GMC
APTS (Assisted Partial Timing Support)
IGM-1100o
Unicast / L3
PTP G.8265.1
PTP Telecom-2008 BBS / BBU

GMC Core

G.8275.2
BBS / BBU
Ethernet
Unicast/L3
PTP G.8275.2 CSR
PTP Telecom-2008
BBS / BBU

• Edge GMC as source to CSR

• Best solution to be protected:
 Against GPS Vulnerabilities
 High performance oscillator for holdover
 Assymetry control with high quality alghoritmun

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Edge GMC as Standard for Phase Deployment
Model I
Advantages:

 High quality oscillator, maintains phase for 24 / 48hs

 Unicast / L3 flows from Edge-GMC to phase PTP clients

 Normal CSR Router / Switch, no additional hardware or software for boundary clock, cheaper and simpler

 APTS support from the core GMC clocks, Microsemi APTS algorithm high performance (adds an error of
~200ns in a week, you can extend the holdover around 1 week to phase)

 Attends frequency (16ppb) or Phase (1.1µs) needs

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Edge GMC as Standard for Phase Deployment
Model II
10 hops as limit (1Gbps network) 5 hops as recommended limit (1Gbps network)

GMC Core to PTP Frequency Client Edge GMC to eNB (PTP Phase Client)

APTS (Assisted Partial Timing Support) Edge GMC

Unicast / L3 IGM-1100o
PTP G.8265.1
PTP Telecom-2008

GMC Core

Ethernet
Unicast/L3
PTP G.8275.2 BBS / BBU

Edge GMC
IGM-1100o
G.8275.2
BBS / BBU

CSR
BBS / BBU
Ethernet - Unicast/L3
PTP G.8275.2

PTP Frequency Flow PTP Phase Flow

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Edge GMC as Standard for Phase Deployment
Model II
Advantages:

 High quality oscillator, maintains phase for 24 / 48hs

 Unicast / L3 flows from Edge-GMC to phase PTP clients

 Normal CSR Router / Switch, no additional hardware or software for boundary clock, cheaper and simpler

 Backup of another Mini-GMC in case of clock failure (geographic redundancy)

 APTS support from the core GMC clocks, Microsemi APTS algorithm high performance (adds an error of
~200ns in a week, you can extend the holdover around 1 week to phase)

 From the Ethernet network I can reach other CSRs and synchronize other BBSs / BBUs (Maximum amount
of 5 hops recommended for phase)

 Taking APTS to all Mini-GMC's in the network from the GMCs that are in the Core

 Attends frequency (16ppb) or Phase (1.1µs) needs

 Scalable solution, protected and security

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Be the best in Phase Sync

Recommendations:

 Use a Unicast profile for phase: Telecom-2008 or G.8275.2 (similar and compatible)

 Synchronism and protection (holdover) responsibility must fall into a GMC

independent of the mobile or packet switching functions

 GMC must ensure correct functioning of APTS ensuring that it maintains a

minimum phase error without time reference (GNSS), it should not exceed 500ns in
a week

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