1.IPasolink VR Introduction

iPASOLINK VR

Introduction

June. 2016

Contents

Telecom Issues / challenges and our proposal

General Trends for future network

Concept of Next Generation Platform

Overview of iPASOLINK VR

Major challenges for Transport Network

▐

To cope with booming traffic, increasing the network infrastructure

investments do not result in expected revenue increase due to

operational complexity

Deal with increasing

data traffic

Deal with increasing

data traffic

Build a Low latency

network

Build a Low latency

network

Reduce Operational

Complexity

Reduce Operational

Complexity

Increase Revenue

Increase Revenue

Intelligent

Automatic

Operation

High Capacity

Transport

Metro Core EPC Capacity Latency Power consumption Synchronization Resiliency

Network

Fronthaul Access Technology

Scalability High Capacity_Transport

NMS

Management

Service Differentiation Network Engineer’s skills New services Fast service delivery Network design Multi-vendor management Performance monitoring Security Consistency Intelligent Automatic Operation

NEC’s answer to operator concerns

▐

NEC focuses on 2 pillars that address the challenges operators face

To maximize throughput and minimize packet loss

To provide high performance with Ultra low latency To increase capacity without additional spectrum

To provide resiliency with wired / wireless convergence To deliver myriad of services

Intelligent

Automatic

Operation

High Capacity

Transport

To minimize miss-configuration To realize rapid provisioning

To provide high flexibility with dynamic operation To maximize resource utilizations

NEC’s Contribution for Network Evolution

▐

NEC’s transport network solution can provide . . .

Charge premium connection fee to OTT*

CAPEX

OPEX

Revenue

Provide Variable services Increase subscriber

Intelligent

Automatic

Operation

High Capacity

Transport

Enhancement E2E

QoE

Enhancement More Efficiently and Flexibly Higher Throughput and Capacity

Contents

Telecom Issues / challenges and our proposal

General Trends for future network

Concept of Next Generation Platform

Overview of iPASOLINK VR

Mobile Network Evolution

“IP & Optical & Microwave” Convergence

“Backhaul & Fronthaul” Convergence

“Software Defined (SDx)” Networking

Resilient, Flexible

Seamless (Transport &RAN)

Dynamic, Automatic Mobile Network Seamless Boarder less Enriched Automatic Flexible

Small Cell Metro EPC Backhaul Macro Cell Macro Cell Fronthaul RRH RRH C-RAN BBU

à Backhaul / Fronthaul and Wired / Wireless Converged requirements

Backhaul and Fronthaul Convergence (1)

▐

Backhaul and Fronthaul convergence for capacity and coverage

improvement at high-density urban area

▐

CWDM feature helps TCO reduction with single fiber for C-RAN

▐

All-in-One helps simple configuration at aggregation site for

Fronthaul, Small Cell and New Access

Backhaul BBU BBU RRH CPRI Fronthaul CWDM (single fiber) 60GHz Fronthaul RRH CPRI _80GHz (CPRI) 80GHz +SmallCell 6-42GHz New Access 60GHz Small Cell CWDM 1G 10G CPRI Single fiber No Switch / Ultra low latency

Node • CPRI • 1G • 10G RRH CPRI

For Small Cell

6-42GHz 80GHz 60GHz 80GHz (CPRI) RRH CPRI For Fronthaul

Backhaul and Fronthaul Convergence (2)

▐

Detail of the connections between RRH site and BBU site

CWDM

1G 10G

Single fiber

No Switch / Ultra low latency

Node • CPRI • 1G • 10G BBU CPRI BBU CPRI CWDM 1G 10G CPRI Single fiber No Switch / Ultra low latency

Node • CPRI • 1G • 10G RRH CPRI

For Small Cell

6-42GHz 80GHz 60GHz 80GHz (CPRI) RRH CPRI For Fronthaul

Performance issue for new network

▐

Latency and delay variation are issues to consider for network

build-out

▐

They are critical for delay sensitive services

M O D E M M O D E M M O D E M Latency Includes - Latency - Delay Variation

x N nodes

Contents

Telecom Issues / challenges and our proposal

General Trends for future network

Concept of Next Generation Platform

Evolution to Next Generation platform

Intelligent Automatic Operation Intelligent Automatic Operation

Enhanced Usability

SDN ready Virtualization Enhanced Usability

SDN ready

Virtualization High Capacity TransportHigh Capacity Transport

10G interface 4096QAM 112MHz LOS MIMO 10G interface 4096QAM 112MHz LOS MIMO H-QoS Switch Bypass Full synchronization H-QoS Switch Bypass Full synchronization Service Enablement Service Enablement 2048QAM iPASO100/200/400/1000 ERPS Redundancy ETHOAM SyncE 1588v2 CWDM PWE RTA Header Comp XPIC High Capacity High Performance High Efficiency Goal of Next Generation platform

Main Topics of iPASOLINK VR

1) High Capacity Transport

• High Capacity Transport with minimum # of channels (4096QAM / 112MHz)

• All In One Model (with High Capacity, High Flexibility) • 10G Optical Transport

2) Intelligent Automatic Operation

• Usability Enhancement • Bandwidth Notification

• Dynamic Network Optimization

3) Service Enablement

• Hierarchical QoS (H-QoS) for Multi-service support

1) High Capacity Transport

• High Capacity Transport with minimum # of channels (4096QAM / 112MHz)

• All In One Model (with High Capacity, High Flexibility) • 10G Optical Transport

2) Intelligent Automatic Operation

• Usability Enhancement • Bandwidth Notification

• Dynamic Network Optimization

3) Service Enablement

• Hierarchical QoS (H-QoS) for Multi-service support

• Switch Bypass feature for Ultra Low Latency required service

High Capacity transport with minimum # of channels

(1)

▐

Enable over 1Gbps transfer rate on radio capacity with

single-carrier and single polarization without any

compression technique

l Ultra high modulation (4096QAM) – an industry first l Wider channel bandwidth (112MHz)

V 28MHz H VH 28MHz XPIC 28MHz/2048QAM

1Gbps

V or H 112MHz 112MHz/4096QAM over

1Gbps

x1.5 x1.5 x4x4 4096QAM 256QAM 28MHz 112MHz • No XPIC • No Aggregation • No compression Single carrier / Single polarization

High Capacity transport with minimum # of channels

(2)

▐

10G Wireless Transport Radio with minimum number

of channels

l Ultra high modulation (4096QAM) – an industry first l Up to 8 Radio Traffic Aggregation

l Co-Channel Dual Polarized (XPIC)

l Compression by bandwidth maximizer

▐

Smooth connectivity with 10G Optical Transport Network

max.

10Gbps

*1: compare with 256QAM *2: RTA (Packet Layer) *3: IPv4 compression

10Gbps _10Gbps 4096 QAM 8ch with XPIC comp. x 1.5 *1 x 8 *2 > 200% up *3

All in One

(with High Capacity wired & wireless transport)

▐ Achieve Wired and Wireless Converged Node with single platform

having High-speed interface

▐ High capacity optical transport by N x 1G/10G with xWDM (Optical)

capability

▐ Over 1G wireless transport by High modulation, Wideband, etc

▐ Smooth migration to larger capacity wired & wireless transport

▐ Enable to provide combination with high capacity millimeter wave AOR

Wireless Transport Wired Transport

N-way Radio High modulation

Wide band MIMO ( >1G )

High Speed Interface 1G/10G x N (w/CWDM)

( >10G )

All-in-One

AOR

10G Optical Transport for seamless connectivity

▌High Capacity Optical Transport Backup system

Allocate high capacity radio link for backup and redundancy of optical transport

▌Transport efficiency and resiliency enhancement of Optical Transport

Efficient and resilient transport of Gbps class mmWave AOR with 10G link aggregation > 1Gbps 10Gbps 10Gbps 10Gbps > 1Gbps > 1Gbps 80GHz 6-42GHz 10G 10G N x 1G LAG Metro Network

1) High Capacity Transport

• High Capacity Transport with minimum # of channels (4096QAM / 112MHz)

• All In One Model (with High Capacity, High Flexibility) • 10G Optical Transport

2) Intelligent Automatic Operation

• Usability Enhancement • Bandwidth Notification

• Dynamic Network Optimization

3) Service Enablement

• Hierarchical QoS (H-QoS) for Multi-service support

• Switch Bypass feature for Ultra Low Latency required service

Usability enhancement

▐

Contributes reduced OPEX and increased revenue

l GUI / CLI interface support

•Various and flexible setting tools

l ISSU (In-service software upgrade)

•QoE enhancement by non service interruption upgrade

l E2E management

•Simple & easy operation •E2E path visibility

•Re-routing and network load balancing NMS

E2E path creation E2E path management GUI setting or CLI setting Non service interruption upgrade E2E management F/W

Various user interface for setting tools

▐

Various and flexible setting tools selectable according to

the user’s preference

l Supply user friendly Web browser based GUI environment

(Web-LCT) as the installation and maintenance tool

l In addition, support CLI (Command Line Interface) environment for

operability enhancement of continuous operation

▐

Enable operability enhancement of bulk operations with

combination with Web-LCT and CLI

• GUI setting • CLI setting

• Export / import file • Bulk setting

ISSU (In Service Software Upgrade)

▐

Primary and secondary Flash memories for storing old and

new software

▐

No service interruption when switching between primary

and secondary Flash memories

▐

Enable incremental version up

Primary

FRAM Secondary FRAM

Control Plane

Data Plane

TDM / Packet Data Traffic

Software download

No interruption

E2E Path Management with optimization tool

▐ Dynamic path management using combined NMS

▐ Easy & simple path creation and management

▐ Automatic configuration for intermediate nodes using two end-point

setting

▐ Re-routing capability resulting from link failure and/or degradation

NMS

Path1

Path2

Path3

Automatically path creation

A

Z

Link

degradation

Dynamic re-routing and network load balancing

Resource Optimization with Bandwidth Notification

▐

Achieve automatic re-routing capability resulting from link

degradation by exchanging the radio bandwidth

information between iPASOLINK VR and external other

devices

▐

Prevent excess traffic transmission by controlling the

transmission traffic rate on the external device

Path1

Path2

Radio bandwidth

information Radio bandwidth information

Radio bandwidth Link degradation Reroute Shaping rate control

Dynamic Network Optimization

▌

Backhaul Resource Manager (BRM) / SDN enables simple service

provisioning and rapid network deployment by automatic operation

with optimized path computing and path creation

▌

Provide dynamic routing and network load balancing based on

traffic demands, QoS Policies etc. with BRM/SDN architecture

Metro Core EPC NMS SDN Controller Management

Transport Multi-Ring Topology Bandwidth degradation by AMR

• Network resources • Utilization

• Availability Dynamically adjust Network paths

QoS aware Load balance

• Path Computing (Self Optimization)

PCE

Improve utilization Deliver better QoE

Hardware Reroute Hardware Switching (< 50msec) Hardware Switching (< 50msec) Hardware Switching (< 50msec)

Hierarchical & Programmable Rerouting

(Rapid

Switching)

▐

Hierarchical Networking with Software Rerouting &

Hardware Rerouting

▐

Minimize switching time (for communication between

controller/NE, for calculation to find out optimum path,

etc)

E2E Path Configuration and Reroute (BRM)

Ring

Ring

Ring E2E Path Configuration and

Reroute at detecting link condition change

1) High Capacity Transport

• High Capacity Transport with minimum # of channels (4096QAM / 112MHz)

• All In One Model (with High Capacity, High Flexibility) • 10G Optical Transport

2) Intelligent Automatic Operation

• Usability Enhancement • Bandwidth Notification

• Dynamic Network Optimization

3) Service Enablement

• Hierarchical QoS (H-QoS) for Multi-service support

• Switch Bypass feature for Ultra Low Latency required service

Hierarchical QoS (H-QoS) for Multi-service support

▐

One of the advanced requirements for shared network

providing multi-service à H-QoS is the solution

▐

H-QoS can achieve the followings

l

Bandwidth limitation and dynamic

bandwidth allocation for each service

l

Priority control per each service

MBH service CTL Data Voice Synch OAM OAM _Data (BE) CTL _Data (High) Non-MBH service

(VPN, fixed broadband, public Wi-Fi, etc.)

SP/ DWRR H M L H M L MBH Operator A MBH Operator B Class 7 Class 3 Class 0 Voice Data 1 Data 2 Voice Data 1 Data 2 A+B A+B A+B

QoS (without H-QoS)

Different requirements for same priority works as only one priority

SP/ DWRR SP/ DWRR SP/ DWRR Class 7 Class 3 Class 0 Class 7 Class 3 Class 0 VLAN A VLAN B H M L H M L MBH Operator A MBH Operator B Voice Data 1 Data 2 Voice Data 1 Data 2 A B B A A B

Hierarchical QoS (H-QoS)

Different requirements for same priority works accordingly individual

L2 pass-through for ultra low latency required service

▐

L2 pass-through technical helps to support ultra low

latency requirements in future such as followings

l 1588v2 PTP

l Fronthaul network

l Various delay sensitive traffic in 5G era

▐

Achieve further ultra-low latency transmission between

configured 2 ports

▐

L2 pass-through and L2 Switching are available on any

ports

Low latency Low latency data M O D E M M O D E M E T H M O D E M M O D E M E T H L2SW Switch Bypass Low latency Low latency data

Radio aggregation with dedicated link for low latency

▐

Achieve physical level (L1) path aggregation for

Multi-service traffic

▐

Enable to aggregate the dedicated radio link for ultra low

latency service and other radio links by XPIC

No Switch / Ultra low latency

XPIC M O D E M M O D E M M O D E M M O D E M M O D E M For aggregation V H

For Low latency Dedicated pipe

XPIC

(ultra low latency & mobile service)

Dedicated pipe for ultra low latency

Contents

Telecom Issues / challenges and our proposal

General Trends for future network

Concept of Next Generation Platform

NEC’s Mobile Backhaul portfolio enhancement

NEW ACCESS

NEW ACCESS PRE-AGGREGATIONPRE-AGGREGATION AGGREGATIONAGGREGATION METROMETRO

iPASOLINK 100A /

200A iPASOLINK 400/400A iPASOLINK 1000 iPASOLINK 100E iPASOLINK iX (6-42GHz) iPASOLINK SX (V-band) iPASOLINK GX (Outdoor Router) iPASOLINK EX (ETH) (E-band) iPASOLINK EX (CPRI) (E-band) Compact ODU/ High Power ODU

5000iP Series (Long Haul) iPASOLINK BR (multi-channel combiner)

iPASOLINK VR2 iPASOLINK VR4 _{iPASOLINK VR10}

iPASOLINK VR

▌Full range of frequency from 6GHz to 42GHz ▌Ultra high capacity

l2048+QAM modulation, MIMO, 112MHz BW, n x RTA (Radio Traffic Aggregation) for Radio

l10GbE, CWDM, DWDM (Plan) for Optical fibre

▌Intelligent converged node with flexibility

lMigration from TDM legacy to full IP Backhaul

lRadio and Optical convergence

lPoE support for all-outdoor-radio (AOR)

▌Enhanced usability

lE2E management (Consolidated FM/PM/CM)

lVarious user interface (Web browser, CLI) ▌Carrier-grade IP functionalities

lSDN (BRM, OpenFlow) ready, H-QoS, MPLS-TP

lFull range of synchronization (SyncE, 1588v2) ▌Migration path from current product

lIDU: Common chassis (VR10) and common INTFC cards (VR4/VR10)

lODU: Compatible with IAG/IAP/IHG models*

iPASOLINK VR2

iPASOLINK VR4

iPASOLINK VR10 IAG/IAP ODU

iPASOLINK VR

Next Generation Converged Radio for LTE & beyond

Sample front view of iPASOLINK VR

LCT NMS CLK E1 16ch Modem GbEx4 (RJ45 x4) GbEx2, 10Gx2(SFP x4) Power Interface l Max. 5 modem l 10G x 2 l GbE x 8 (SFPx4, RJ45x4) (2port: 10G or GbE) l PoE x 2 l TDM (E1 x 16, STM-1) Features l PWE l ERPS l ETH OAM l CWDM Others l Compatibility (w/iPASOLINK) l Universal slot (3 slot)

l Standard protocols (for

management / control)

l H-QoS

l L2 pass-through l SyncE, 1588v2 l MPLS-TP, SDN

iPASOLINK VR2 features overview

▌Compact and low power consumption model for Access and

Pre-aggregation

l 1U single board and all-in-one

l FAN less (Natural cooling)

l 1 or 2 AMR Modems are equipped on main board

l Configurable as 1+0, 1+1, 2+0 and 1+0 XPIC l 16xE1, 4xGbE/RJ45 and 2xGbE/SFP ports

l ETH OAM

l H-QoS

l SyncE, 1588v2 (TC) / Software upgradable

Product Overview

Interface Max comments

Radio 2 1 or 2 ch on Main board GbE port 6 On Main board

E1 16 On Main board Number of interface Radio Main Board LCT NMS E1 16ch GbE port x 6_{(RJ45=4, SFP=2)} Power CLK

iPASOLINK VR4 features overview

▌Flexible Converged Node for Accesses and Aggregation with up to 5way Nodal

l 1U with main card and 3 universal card slots model.

l 0, 1 or 2 AMR Modems are equipped on main board.

l Configurable as 1+0, 2 to 5+0, 2x(1+1), 2x(1+0XPIC) and non MODEM

l 16xE1, 4xGbE/RJ45 and 4xGbE/SFP ports, 2x10GbE, STM-1 (with optional card)

l Various Interface Card type (applicable with iPASOLINK and iPASOLINK VR)

• 16E1 card, 4xGE card, MSE card (for TDM PWE), STM-1 card

l ETH OAM

l MPLS-TP

l H-QoS

l SyncE, 1588v2 (TC, BC) / Software upgradable

Interface Max Comments

Radio 5 1 or 2ch on Main board + MODEM card x3 10GbE port 2 On Main board

GbE port 20 8port on Main board + 3x4port on GbE-A card

E1 64 16E1 on Main board + 3x16E1 card STM-1 6 STM1-A (2ch) x3 (RST mode) PoE 2 GbE-2 (PoE 1ch) x2

Number of interface Product Overview

RadioCLKE1 16chLCT NMSGbE portx8(/10Gx2)_{(RJ45=4, SFP=4)} Power

Universal Card Universal Card Universal Card Main Board F A N

iPASOLINK VR10 features overview

▌Flexible Converged Node for Aggregation and Metro with up to 12 way nodal

l 3U with main card and 14 universal card slots model.

l Redundant Main card (TDM&Packet: less than 50msec)

l Configurable as 12+0, 6x(1+1), 6x(1+0XPIC), 3x(1+1XPIC) and non MODEM

l Various Interface Card type (applicable with iPASOLINK and iPASOLINK VR)

• 16E1 card, 4xGE card, MSE card (for TDM PWE), STM-1 card, l 2x10GbE, CWDM and DWDM (Plan) Metro Network interface

l ETH OAM

l MPLS-TP

l H-QoS

l SyncE, 1588v2 (TC, BC) / Software upgradable

Main card 0 Main card 1 F A N TERM Power 0 F A N Power 1

Interface Max Comments

10GbE port 2 XGbE (1port) x2

GbE port 35 GbE-A (4(3)port) x4 + GbE-2 (2port) x10 E1 224 16E1-A (16ch) x14

STM-1 28 STM1-A (2ch) x14 (RST mode) Radio 12 MODEM card x12

PoE 6 GbE-2 (PoE 1port) x6

Upgradable from iPASOLINK1000 with its Chassis

Number of interface Product Overview

iPASOLINK VR10 features overview

iPASOLINK VR10

Slot No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Redundancy Group SWGRP1 SWGRP2 SWGRP3 SWGRP4 SWGRP5 SWGRP6

(1+1)Hot standby No1 No2 No1 No2 No1 No2 No1 No2 No1 No2 No1 No2 (1+1)Twin Path No1 No2 No1 No2 No1 No2 No1 No2 No1 No2 No1 No2 (1+0) XPIC XPIC GRP1 XPIC GRP2 XPIC GRP3 XPIC GRP4 XPIC GRP5 XPIC GRP6

Master Slave Master Slave Master Slave Master Slave Master Slave Master Slave (1+1) XPIC (1+1) XPIC GRP1 (1+1) XPIC GRP2 (1+1) XPIC GRP3

Master1 Master2 Slave1 Slave2 Master1 Master2 Slave1 Slave2 Master1 Master2 Slave1 Slave2 PRTA 2(1+0) Radio GRP1 Radio GRP2 Radio GRP3 Radio GRP 4 Radio GRP5 Radio GRP6 PRTA (3 to 4 links)* Radio SW Group-1 Radio Switch Group-2

PRTA N links (N >4)* Radio SW Group-1

MIMO* SWGP1 SWGP2

iPASOLINK VR4 iPASOLINK VR2

Slot No. Main Board 3 4 5 Slot No. Main Board N x (1+0) No1 No2 No3 No4 No5 2 x (1+0) No.1 N0.2 Redundancy Group SWGRP1 SWGRP2 Redundancy Group SWGRP1

(1+1)Hot standby No1 No2 No1 No2 (1+1)Hot standby No.1 N0.2 (1+1)Twin Path No1 No2 No1 No2 (1+1)Twin Path No.1 N0.2

(1+0) XPIC XPIC GRP1 XPIC GRP2 (1+0) XPIC XPIC GRP1 Master Slave Master Slave Master Slave (1+1) XPIC (1+1) XPIC

PRTA 2(1+0) Radio GRP1 Radio GRP2 PRTA 2(1+0) Radio GRP1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 MC-MV 10 MC-MV 12 13 14 Term PS PS 11 1 3 4 5 2 _{Main Board}

iPASOLINK VR10 features overview

iPASOLINK VR10 Slots Mounting & interfaces

iPASOLINK VR 10

Slot No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Modem EA / A

Modem AV*(112MHz/4096 QAM)

GbE-A (2RJ45+2SFP) 3 Ports GbE-AV (4SFP) 3 ports GbE-2AV (2RJ45+2SFP) 2GbE XGbE-MV STM1-A 16 E1-A MSE-A** CWDM-A/B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 MC-M 10 MC-M 11 12 13 14 Term PS PS

**

2X MSE card can be used with SW Key for more than 64E1 PWE. And

*

Future Release

iPASOLINK VR4

Slot No. Main Board 3 4 5

Modem In-built modems EA / A EA / A EA / A Modem AV* In-built modems AV* AV* AV*

GbE-A GbE-AV GbE-2AV XGbE-MV STM1-A

16 E1-A 16E1 Main Board MSE-A***

iPASOLINK VR10 features overview

iPASOLINK Sync Supports

SyncE 1588v2 Time Recovery from E1 (TDM)

Time Recovery from STM-1 (CH) (TDM)**

External

Clock*** (PWE)ACR

iPASOLINK VR2 V V*2 _{V - V} -iPASOLINK VR4 V V*1 _{V V V V} iPASOLINK VR10 V V*1 _{V V V V} iPASOLINK 1000>VR10 V V*1 _{V V V V} iPASOLINK 100A/200A V V*2 _{V - V} -iPASOLINK 400A V * V V V V iPASOLINK 400 V V*3 _{V V V V} iPASOLINK 1000 V * V V V V iPASOLINK SX V * - - - -iPASOLINK EX V V*2 _{- - -} -iPASOLINK iX V V*2 _{- - -}

-* All iPASOLINK can transparently forward PTP packets *1 Support TC and BC

*2 Support TC

*3 Support BC and OC with PTP-A Card ** STM-1 Channelized

iPASOLINK VR10 features overview

IEEE 1588 v2 Applications 1

ETH PRC BSC/ RNC TDM MME ETH CLKIN: CLKOUT: CLKIN: CLKOUT: CLKIN: CLKOUT: -2G/3G eNB 1588v2 (transparent) 1588v2 1588v2 (transparent) TDM ETH 1588v2 M S M S CLK-IN: 1588v2(OC) CLK-OUT: 1588v2(BC) CLK-IN: 1588v2 CLKOUT: -1588v2 packet transparent Ordinary Clock (Grand Master) 1588v2 Slave Boundary Clock

▐ Frequency, phase and time are required at TDD LTE

▐ GPS and 1588v2 as synch technology are used

▐ However, it is not necessary to support 1588v2 function into all nodes

l The intermediate nodes pass through the 1588v2 PTP packet

M S Master Slave ETH PRC BSC/ RNC TDM MME ETH CLKIN: CLKOUT: CLKIN: CLKOUT: CLKIN: CLKOUT: -2G/3G eNB 1588v2 (transparent) 1588v2 TDM 1588v2 M S M S CLK-IN: 1588v2(OC) CLK-OUT: 1588v2(BC) CLK-IN: 1588v2 CLKOUT: -1588v2 packet transparent Ordinary Clock (Grand Master) 1588v2 Slave Boundary Clock Synch-E 1588v2 (transparent) Synch-E Synch-E

IEEE 1588 v2 Applications 2

▐ Intermediate nodes support 1588v2 Transparent Clock function

ETH PRC BSC/ RNC TDM MME ETH CLKIN: CLKOUT: CLKIN: CLKOUT: CLKIN: CLKOUT: -2G/3G eNB 1588v2 (transparent) 1588v2 1588v2 (transparent) TDM ETH 1588v2 M S M S CLK-IN: 1588v2(OC) CLK-OUT: 1588v2(BC) CLK-IN: 1588v2 CLKOUT:

-1588v2 packet transparent Ordinary Clock (Grand Master) 1588v2 Slave Boundary Clock Transparent Clock Transparent Clock Transparent Clock ETH PRC BSC/ RNC TDM MME ETH CLKIN: CLKOUT: CLKIN: CLKOUT: CLKIN: CLKOUT: -2G/3G eNB 1588v2 (transparent) 1588v2 1588v2 (transparent) TDM ETH 1588v2 M S M S CLK-IN: 1588v2(OC) CLK-OUT: 1588v2(BC) CLK-IN: 1588v2 CLKOUT: -1588v2 packet transparent Ordinary Clock (Grand Master) 1588v2 Slave Boundary Clock

▐ Frequency, phase and time are required at TDD LTE

▐ support 1588v2 Boundary Clock function in nodes

Boundary Clock Boundary Clock S S M M M S Boundary Clock

iPASOLINK VR Clock Functions

Equipment Optional Clock Type Supported Functions

CLK-CV type-002 CLK-CV type-001 CLK-MV EXT CLK in/out & OW Sync-E 1588-TC 1588 BC*2

VR2 Default*1 _{O O} Option O O O O VR4 Default*1 _{O O} Option O O O O Option O O O O O VR10 Default*1 _{O O O} Option O O O O O

Equipment Optional Clock Type Supported Functions

CLK-CV type-002 CLK-CV type-001 CLK-MV EXT CLK in/out & OW Sync-E 1588-TC 1588 BC*2

VR2 Default*1 _{O O} Option O O O O VR4 Default*1 _{O O} Option O O O O Option O O O O O VR10 Default*1 _{O O O} Option O O O O O

Note *1: Sync E function is supported as a default because a clock equivalent to current iPASOLINK (CLK2M-C) is mounted

Note *2: Require PTP software key Default

Default

iPASOLINK VR2

iPASOLINK VR4

iPASOLINK VR10

Note *3: In addition to above ACR is supported in VR4 / VR10

Conclusion

l

High Capacity Transport

l

Intelligent Automatic Operation

l

Service Enablement

Contributions;

l

Converged Network with High capacity MW & Optical transport

l

Operations automation leveraging NEC’s market leading

solutions:

• SDN, NFV

• Operation & Orchestration

For mobile backhaul network, Next Generation iPASOLINK

platform realize future network evolution with

iPASOLINK VR Series

(Appendix-1)

June, 2016 NEC

Contents

High capacity wireless transport

Ultra high modulation (4096QAM) Wider channel BW(112MHz)

LOS MIMO

Radio Link bundling (N x RTA) Bandwidth Maximizer

10G Wireless Transport

High capacity Optical transport

High-speed (10G) interface support

Service Enablement

Hierarchical QoS Switch Bypass

Usability Enhancement

Contents

High capacity wireless transport

Ultra high modulation (4096QAM) Wider channel BW(112MHz)

LOS MIMO

Radio Link bundling (N x RTA) Bandwidth Maximizer

10G Wireless Transport

High capacity Optical transport

High-speed (10G) interface support

Service Enablement

Hierarchical QoS Switch Bypass

Usability Enhancement

Ultra multi-level modulation (4096QAM)

implementation

▐ NEC is the pioneer in ultra high modulation

l

Has achieved 1Gbps transmission with 2048QAM in

commercial use

l

Developing 4096QAM to give more flexibility to support large

capacity

▐ More than 1Gbps full transmission radio w/o compression ▐ Reduce Bit Cost: 83 % OFF (QPSK => 4096QAM)

256QAM

512QAM

1024QAM

2048QAM

4096QAM

1G

bps

1G

bps

more

1G

bps

more

1G

bps 11% up 25% up Commercial use

Wider channel BW 112MHz

▐

Double the conventional 56MHz BW capacity

▐

Realize 1Gbps full rate transmission with single channel

without special techniques such as XPIC and compression

techniques

500Mbps 1000M bps

x 2

56MHz 112MHz (56MHz/2048QAM) (112MHz/2048QAM)

4 x 4 LOS-MIMO

▐

Achieve x4 capacity on a single spectrum

▐

Realize quadruple capacity with 2 x antennas at each site

by combining XPIC

▐

Enhance both spectrum efficiency and transmission

capacity

𝑽 𝑯 𝑽 𝑯 𝑠𝑖𝑔1 sig2 sig3 sig4 𝑽 𝑯 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝟏 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝟑 𝑽 𝑯 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝟒 𝑽 𝑯 𝑽 𝑯 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝟏 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝟑 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝟒

4x4 MIMO

Quadruple capacity on a single spectrum * Theoretical value

Radio Traffic Aggregation channel number extension

▐

Achieve more capacity input and resiliency transport radio

by bundling up to 8 radio links

▐

Full load-balancing and Full utilization among bundled

radio links

▐

Support radio traffic aggregation among the different

modulation links to maximizing availability

• 8 radio links bundling

• Full load-balancing

• Full utilization

• adaptive modulation

support

N x Radio Capacity

H H

Full 1Gbps optical fiber compatible radio

▐

Achieve 1Gbps full utilization

transfer rate on radio link

by the currently prevalent spectrums and double

polarization without any compression technique

1Gbps

V 28MHz

V 28MHz

4 x RTA w/XPIC 4 x RTA w/ XPIC

1Gbps 1Gbps

Bandwidth maximizer for more L1 throughput

▐

Maximizing radio capacity utilization by using

industry-proven multi layer compression technique

▐

Achieve ultra low latency compression

Bandwidth

Maximizer BandwidthMaximizer

idx

Compressed

Payload FCS Payload Header IFG

Header

Payload

FCS IFG

Enable transmit more

packets at same capacity l Multi-layer header compression

l Highest capacity gain; 30% @Typical traffic and

> 200% @ Shorter packet traffic of voice & text intensive packets

l Properties are completely preserved

l In addition, Lempel-Ziv based data compression will be available, if it fits on network SLA. IFG/PRE Suppression L2 Compression L3 Compression C ap ac it y [M bp s] @ 56 M H z 30% to 200%+30% to 200%+

10G Wireless Transport (sample calculation)

V 56MHz H VH 56MHz XPIC 56MHz/4096QAM (530Mbps/ch) V H 56MHz V H 56MHz 10Gbps 10G 10G 8ch w/XPIC 8ch w/XPIC IPv4

comp. comp.IPv4

• 56MHz/4096QAM x 8ch (4ch x XPIC) x Header Compression (IPv4)

= 0.530 x 8 x 2.37 = 10 Gbps

Contents

High capacity wireless transport

Ultra high modulation (4096QAM) Wider channel BW(112MHz)

LOS MIMO

Radio Link bundling (N x RTA) Bandwidth Maximizer

10G Wireless Transport

High capacity Optical transport

High-speed (10G) interface support

Service Enablement

Hierarchical QoS Switch Bypass

Usability Enhancement

10G Optical Transport use cases

l Feasible to use in more than 1Gbps metro network and to provide seamless connectivity with 10 optical transport network by supporting 10G interface

Core >1Gbps Metro Network 10G 10G 10G 10G Metro

l Provide more efficiency and resiliency transport for high capacity aggregation traffic by 10G link aggregation

>1Gbps >1Gbps

>1Gbps >1Gbps

Contents

High capacity wireless transport

Ultra high modulation (4096QAM) Wider channel BW(112MHz)

LOS MIMO

Radio Link bundling (N x RTA) Bandwidth Maximizer

10G Wireless Transport

High capacity Optical transport

High-speed (10G) interface support

Service Enablement

Hierarchical QoS Switch Bypass

Usability Enhancement

Service Enablement

▐ Enriched features targeting for E2E service enablement with enhanced

networking

l QoS management per VLAN with Hierarchical QoS

l Multi service support

l High speed transport with Intelligent management/control

▐ Multi-service support with heterogeneous transport (Fronthaul through Backhaul

until Metro)

l Combination with all-outdoor radio solution

l Switch bypass function for ultra low latency for Fronthaul (C-RAN)

RRH RRH _BBU

Access Aggregation Metro

Core HetNet (C-RAN) VPN VPN H-QoS

High speed INF Low latency etc. (Small Cell) Internet Data Center

Hierarchical QoS

▐ Hierarchical QoS helps to ensure QoS control for each services in the

network providing multi-service

▐ Supporting hierarchical Ingress policing and Egress shaping /

scheduling

l Per Port

l Per Port + QoS Class

l Per Port + QoS Class + VLAN

QoS (without H-QoS)

Physical Port H M L H M L H M L MBH Operator A MBH Operator B (MVNO)

Hierarchical QoS (H-QoS)

Physical Port VLAN10 VLAN20 VLAN30 H M L H M L H M L VPN Voice Data (high) Data (low) Class queues per port MBH Operator A MBH Operator B (MVNO) VPN Data (high) Class queues per VLAN

When using same priority between each operators, class queue will be shared with each operators.

è impossible to manage QoS control per each operators

Class queue will be separated between each

operators since it has class queues per VLAN even if using same priority between each operators.

IDU Y Y M O D E M M O D E M M O D E M X L2 aggregation (statistical aggregation) Latency = (2 x Y) + X lP2P and P2MP connection

lHigh efficiency transport (radio/ optical) with QoS control L2 aggregation X > Y > Z Includes - Latency - Delay Variation IDU CWDM Z M O D E M M O D E M Y PH Y PH Y C W D M CWDM Lambda aggregation (xWDM) Latency = Y + Z lP2P connection

lHigh capacity transport (optical) with ultra low latency

Single fiber

lambda aggregation (CWDM)

Switch Bypass

Aggregation Option (L1/L2) and Performance (Latency)

IDU XPIC M O D E M M O D E M MO D E M M O D E M VH Y Y XPIC V/H aggregation (XPIC) Latency = 2 x Y lP2P connection

lHigh capacity transport (radio) with ultra low latency

V/H aggregation (XPIC)

Switch Bypass

Contents

High capacity wireless transport

Ultra high modulation (4096QAM) Wider channel BW(112MHz)

LOS MIMO

Radio Link bundling (N x RTA) Bandwidth Maximizer

10G Wireless Transport

High capacity Optical transport

High-speed (10G) interface support

Service Enablement

Hierarchical QoS Switch Bypass

Usability Enhancement

▐ Enable efficient network upgrade with Software Key Allocator (SKA)

system for software key management

l

Current key extraction and store extracted key information

l

Software key upgrade and relocation according to the

demand and environment, etc.

▐ Provide the following for network performance analysis

l

ETH usage report

l

Upgrade recommendation

l

Trouble analysis

• Software key management • ETH usage report

• Upgrade recommendation • Trouble analysis

Network performance analysis

SKA

SKSS

(software key creation) NMS

synch synch

• License key extraction

• Data collection for analysis

(Inventory, Alarm log, PMON, RMON, etc.)

Network performance analysis image

(1) Data collection

Path management with Backhaul Resource Manager

▐

Path Configuration

l Calculates according to the path parameter and creates optimum

path, then sets configuration of each NE by setting two end points.

▐

Re-routing and network load-balancing

l Detects the modulation change and then finds out optimum

alternative path, and reroutes before data rate degradation of affected VLAN.

Path Configuration

BRM Controller

Automatically

path creation Link

degradation

Re-routing

Re-routing & load-balancing BRM Controller

Next Generation NMS

▐ Simplify complicated network configurations with advanced tools

▐ Optimize network path according to traffic demand with optimization

tool

è Reduced OPEX by simple & easy operation

Fault

Management Configuration Management ManagementPath NMS Performance Management Intuitive unified network map Real-time monitoring End-to-end Provisioning Comprehensi ve Reporting Function

Contents

High capacity wireless transport

Ultra high modulation (4096QAM) Wider channel BW(112MHz)

LOS MIMO

Radio Link bundling (N x RTA) Bandwidth Maximizer

10G Wireless Transport

High capacity Optical transport

High-speed (10G) interface support

Service Enablement

Hierarchical QoS Switch Bypass

Usability Enhancement

Image for Backhaul and Fronthaul Convergence

60GHz/80GHz RRH CWDM 80GHz 60GHz 1G 10G CPRI CPRI • 2 x CPRI • 1G • 10G 1G _1G 1G CWDM 1G 10G CPRI Single fiber No Switch / Ultra low latency

IDU • CPRI • 1G • 10G RRH RRH CPRI

For Small Cell 60GHz/80GHz 80GHz 60GHz 80GHz (CPRI) RRH RRH CPRI For Fronthaul Physical connection 80GHz (CPRI)

TDM PWE

MPLS-TP

QoS Prioritization

OAM

Link Aggregation

Connectivity, Fault Management

Packet Protection Transport Network Architecture H-QoS Ring TDM

ETH / Layer-2 Switch

Bandwidth Management (Policy)

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Supported Features

Physical Interface

Interface iPASOLINK

VR2 iPASOLINKVR4 iPASOLINKVR10 Note

No. of universal card slots _{- 3 14}

Radio port _{2 5 12} E1 port ₁₆ 64 (16p+3x16p) (14x16p)224 STM-1 port (RST) _- 6 (3x2p) (14x2p)28 STM-1 port (channelized) _- 3 (3x1p) (14x1p)14 GbE port (RJ45) (w/ PoE) _- 2

(2x1p) (6x1p)6 Supported at Rel.2 GbE port (RJ45) (w/o PoE) ₄ 10

(4p+3x2p) (14x2p)28* *Rel.1: 4x2p /Rel.2: 14x2p GbE port (SFP)

2 _(4p+3x2p)10 _(14x2p)27*

*Rel.1: 3x2p+1x1p / Rel.2: 13x2p+1x1p

(Port 4 is not available on Slot12)

10GbE port (SFP+) _{- 2*} 2

(2x1p) *Port7/8: SFP or SFP+

CWDM card _{- 3 14}

• Maximum port number

• MSE card is needed for PWE function

Specifications

iPASOLINK VR2 iPASOLINK VR4 iPASOLINK VR10

Radio Nodal capability(max) 2 way 5 Way 12 Way

Interfaces

Main Board 16xE1 + 2xFE (or 4xGbE)_{+ 2xGbE(SFP Slots)} 16xE1 + 4xFE (or 4xGbE)+ 4xGbE(SFP Slots) or 2x10GbE+2xGbE(SFP)

-Optional

-16xE1 card

chSTM-1 with APS option card 4xGbE card (RJ-45x2 + SFPx2) MSE card (64xE1 TDM PWE) CWDM Filter card

10GbE card

Ethernet Functionality

up to 64MB Packet Buffer Port based & Tag based VLAN

CoS/ ToS/ Diffserv/ MPLS EXP based Priority Control Strict priority, D-WRR with Bandwidth Management Policing with CIR/EIR

Synchronization Synchronous Ethernet_{IEEE1588v2 TC} Synchronous Ethernet_{IEEE 1588v2 TC, BC} TDM Cross-Connect E1 Cross-Connect with ADM for Radio and chSTM-1

TDM SW Capacity 168x168 E1 ch 388x388 E1 ch 975x975 E1 ch

Radio Protection HS,HS/SD,FD

Resiliency Packet RSTP, ITU-T G.8032v2 TDM E1 SNCP with Radio Ring

Ethernet OAM IEEE 802.1ag Service OAM and ITU-T Y.1731 PM Other Functions XPIC, Traffic Aggregation

Universal Card Compatibility

Universal Card 400/400A 1000 VR4 VR10

Existing iPASOLINK Next Generation iPASOLINK

NEW Universal Card • MODEM-EA • 4xGbE card • 16xE1 card • STM-1 card

• MSE card (for PWE) • CWDMFA/B card

• New MODEM card • 10G card

• New 4xGbE(SFP) card

• New 2xGbE card (w/ PoE)

ODU Compatibility

MODEM type ODU type Remark

MODEM-A*1 _IHG*2_{, IAG, IAP Not support NHG/NHG2 on iPASOLINK VR}

MDOEM-EA IHG*2_{, IAG, IAP}

New MODEM IHG*2_{, IAG, IAP Up to 2048QAM}*3

MIMO MODEM IHG*2_{, IAG, IAP Up to 2048QAM}*3

▌

MODEM / ODU Compatibility

MODEM-A

Equivalent to 512QAM

MODEM-EA

Equivalent to 2048QAM

iPASOLINK series _IAG

IAP IAG IAP iPASOLINK series MODEM-A Equivalent to 512QAM MODEM-EA Equivalent to 2048QAM IHG IHG *1 ;Support Plan

*2 : Manufacturing date after Sep. 2012

*3:Hardware specifications to support 4096QAM and 112M CS will be finalaized after evaluations

MODEM Air Compatibility

MODEM type MODEM-A MODEM-EA New MODEM MIMO MODEM

MODEM-A OK - -

-MDOEM-EA - OK OK

-New MODEM - OK OK

-MIMO MODEM - - - OK

Air Compatibility with iPASOLINK Family

iPASOLINK VR2 iPASOLINK VR4 / VR10 iPASOLINK 100A /200A iPASOLINK

400A iPASOLINK400/1000 iPASOLINK iX

MODEM-EA MODEM-EA MODEM-EA

VR2 OK OK OK OK OK OK VR4/VR10 MODEM-EA OK OK OK OK OK OK 100A/200A OK OK OK OK OK OK 400A MODEM-EA OK OK OK OK OK OK 400/1000 MODEM-EA OK OK OK OK OK OK iX OK OK OK OK OK OK

A

B

Site-A Site-B

Air Compatibility with iPASOLINK Family is summarized below.

iPASOLINK-A

VR10 iPASOLINK 400A iPASOLINK400/1000 _100E/100/20iPASOLINK 0

MODEM-A MODEM-A MODEM-A

VR10 MODEM-A OK OK OK OK 400A MODEM-A OK OK OK OK 400/1000 MODEM-A OK OK OK OK 100E/100/200 OK OK OK OK Site-A Site-B

MODEM-EA type ( Equivalent to 2048QAM)

MODEM-A type ( Equivalent to 512QAM)