GERAN 2006 Workshop eBSC Hardware & eTRAU Outlook: Communications

GERAN 2006 Workshop
eBSC Hardware & eTRAU outlook
© Siemens AG, October 2004

Communications
BR9.0 Technical Sales Workshop
eBSC Hardware

Communications
What is eBSC?
 A new Siemens BSC Platform introduced in BR9.0 based

on ATCA standard:
1. Up to 4-fold capacity *) and lower footprint compared
to BSC120
2. All in one rack
3. STM-1/OC3 connectivity
4. Adopt state of the art technology
5. Independent scalability for U, T, C Plane
6. Wall mounting
7. Enhanced Flexibility, Scalability, Operability and
Serviceability

8. Dimension: 2000 x 600 x 450 mm
Com MN APAC TS MR 3/4 August 2006

Page 3 Communications
Overview Siemens’ eBSC
Siemens eBSC(*):
Capacity
• 2000 TRX
• 1000 Cells
• 10.000 Erlang
• 400.000 BHCA
Protocols Deployment BYB501 (example) Deployment BYB501 (example) Deployment BYB501 (example) Deployment BYB501 (example) Deployment BYB501 (example)
• STM-1/OC-3
• E1/T1
• Gigabit Ethernet
Siemens eBSC : Competitor BSC Equipment:
• Most Compact BSC on the market • Three to ten times more footprint required
• Complete set of protocols supported • Some interfaces only realized by external
equipment
• Based on state-of-the-art ATCA platform
• Legacy platforms still widely used

(*) Available 03/07
Competitors need up to 5 racks to achieve the same BSC capacity

BSC capacity evolution overview
HC BSC /72 HC BSC/120 eBSC
BR6.0 BR 7.0/8.0 BR 9.0

Controlled TRXs 500 900 2000
Controlled Cells 250 400 1000
Controlled BTSE 200 200 500
Controlled TRAUs 32 48 100
PCM lines (Abis + 72 120 540 equivalents;

Asub+Gb) 288 E1 + 4 x 63 on
STM1*)
LAPD (Abis + Asub) 240 240 1300
SS7L 8 16 8 x 16
GPRS Channels 1280+256 2816+256 7650+850

(16kb/s channel on Abis)
Processing Capacity 3200/128000 4800/192000 10000/400000

(Erl/BHCA) (Siemens TM)
*) More connectivity (PCM Lines) details on the next slide!

BSC Capacity Evolution - Static Capacity
PCM Lines (equivalent)

Controlled Cells
1000 144 540

(with
400
250 120 HS
72
Gb)
BR 6.0 BR 7.0/8.0 BR 9.0 BR 6.0 BR 7.0 BR 8.0 BR 9.0
BSC/72 BSC/120 eBSC BSC/72 BSC/120 BSC/120 eBSC
Data Throughput
GPRS Channels
136
8500
Mb/s
48
3072
24 Mb/s

1536 Mb/s
BR 6.0 BR 7.0/8.0 BR 9.0 BR 6.0 BR 7.0/8.0 BR 9.0
BSC/72 BSC/120 eBSC BSC/72 BSC/120 eBSC
eBSC Connectivity – PCM Lines
540 equivalent E1 ports achievable with 288 E1 ports + 4 STM1
 Three main configuration cases
 Abis/Asub on physical PCM only

 288 physical PCM lines supported via E1/T1 and Gb over Ethernet
 Mixed optical/physical PCM connectivity for Abis/Asub

 288 physical E1/T1 PCM ports as PCMB + PCMG
 252 E1/336 T1 equiv. PCM ports via channelized STM1/OC3 as PCMB + PCMS
 Gb also via STM1/OC3 or via Ethernet
 Full optical connectivity for Abis/Asub

 504 PCM E1 equivalents via channelized STM1/OC3 as PCMB+PCMS

 Gb via STM1/OC3 or via Ethernet

Block Diagram
 LM-E1/T1 terminates PCM and L2 for Abis, Asub, Gb

GboIPoEth eBSC  LM-STM1 supports also Gb, Abis and Asub (VC-12)
 Gb is also supported via Ethernet
ShMC  MCP is O&M master
ShMC
UPM  Ethernet for IP-based O-link and LMT
LM-E1/T1
 X.25 for “legacy” O-link
UPM  Several APs support distributed Call Processing

LM-E1/T1
Abis  AP-M: SS7 for BSCMSC+RRM for selected cells
Asub
Gb
LM-E1/T1  AP-D(s): RRM for selected cells
X.25A AP-M
SM  Several UPMs support PS services
Lb LM
STM1/OC3 AP-D  SMAC provides
 Ethernet backbone for all blades in the same shelf
LM
STM1/OC3 MCP AP-D  Inter-shelf connections & Main Clock Generator
 Internal transport:
IP-based O-link  Signaling and O&M carried over IPC

X.25-based O-link
 Voice and PS data carried over Ethernet
(X.25D)

Call Processing Signaling Flow (example)
eBSC UPM
LM-E1/T1
Asub
UPM
LM-E1/T1
= LAPD termination
Abis LM-E1/T1 = MTP2 termination
SMAC = L3
LM
STM1 AP
= SS7
LM
MCP AP
STM1
IP-based O-link X.25-based O-link

N.B. Simplified picture (all inter-blade traffic has to go through SMAC; not
always shown for simplicity

Traffic Flow for Voice (example)
eBSC UPM
LM-E1/T1
Asub
UPM
LM-E1/T1
= TDM  conversion
Abis LM-E1/T1 PPPmux over Ethernet termination
SMAC
LM
STM1 AP
LM
MCP AP
STM1

N.B. Simplified picture (all inter-blade traffic has to go through SMAC; not

Example of packet data flow
eBSC UPM
LM-E1/T1
Gb
UPM
LM-E1/T1
= TDM  conversion
Abis PPPmux over Ethernet termination
LM-E1/T1
SMAC = PPPmux over Ethernet termination

LM Termination of Abis/Um/Gb_Application protocols
STM1 AP
= Termination of internal transport for PS data
LM (being defined)
Gb MCP AP Termination of Gb transport protocols
STM1

Please note:
Simplified picture (all inter-blade traffic has to go through SMAC; not
HW components
 Functional modules designed for eBSC
 SMAC Switching Module And Clock
 LM-E1/T1 Line Interface E1/T1
 LM-STM1 Line Interface STM-1
 AP Application Processor
 MCP Main Central Processor
 UPM User Plane Module
 Flexible design allows a large variety of configurations
 Board position can be used for different board type
 Different line modules can be used for Abis, Asub and Gb
 Same HW module (General Purpose Processor) is reused for different

applications (AP,MCP,UPM,LM-STM1) with different mezzanine

eBSC Redundancy Concept
 Functional modules designed for eBSC

 SMAC 1+1 Hot Redundancy
 LM-E1/T1 N+1 Hot Redundancy
 LM-STM1 1+1 Hot Redundancy
 AP 1+1 Hot Redundancy per each AP couple
 MCP 1+1 Hot Redundancy
 UPM N+1 Load Sharing

eBSC Equipment practice
ACFC Alarm
Panel
I/O
modules
FANS
Upper
shelf Shelf Manager, PEM, SAP
ATCA
blades
DC Panel
I/O
modules FANS
PEM Power Entry Module
SAP Shelf Alarm Panel
ATCA Lower
ACFC Alarm Collector &

blades shelf
Fan Control

Rack view - Basic configuration (single shelf)
ALARM PANEL
Single Shelf configuration providing:
Ethernet
• up to 5 UPMs for (E)GPRS service
E1 E1
E1 E1 E1 E1 T1 S S T1
based Gb T1
0
T1 T1 T1 4
1 2 3 Or
M M 5
Or
e
m
p
I
/
O
I
/
O
e
m
p
• up to 6+1 LM-E1/T1
Upper
t
• 1+1 APs
t
y y
shelf Fan box

E1 E1E1 E1 E1 U U S S
/ / / / / P P MM U U UM MA A
T1 T1T1 T1 T1 M M
S P P P C C P P • 850 PDTCH/UPM
p or or M M MP P
a E1 E1
r 1 2 3 4 / / 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1
• 128 PCM ports as PCMB+PCMG+PCMS
e T1 T1
Air inlet + supply inlet • Ethernet Gb via SMAC available

DC panel, filtering and distribution
Exhaust air channel
• Up to 1008 LAPD channels
• Up to 8*16 SS7 links (or equivalent

bandwidth)

• STM-1 blades not planned in Basic
Rack (example) configuration

Rack view - Max connectivity, max GPRS capacity configuration
= “n” GE lines for
inter-shelf connections • 2000 TRX
ALARM PANEL • 8500 PDTCH
• 1700 EDGE Channels @ MCS9
E1
T1
• 136 Mbit/s max Abis packet bandwidth
(122.4 Mbit/s guaranteed)
E1 E1 E1 E1 E1 S S E1 E1 E1 E1 9
T1 T1 T1 T1 T1 M M T1 T1 T1 T1 Or
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 e
I I
• up to 540 PCM ports

m
/ / p
Upper O O t
y
shelf
Fan box
as Abis + Asub + Gb (288 E1/T1 + 4
E1 E1E1 E1 E1 E1 E1S S E1 E1U S S
/ / / / / / / MM/ / P
S
T
S
T
STM-1 links, providing 252 equivalent
T1 T1T1 T1 T1 T1 T1 T1 T1M T T
S
p
or
M M
E1 1 1
M
1
M
1
PCM links)
• Ethernet Gb via SMAC available
a
r /
0 1 2 3 5 6 0 1 7 8 T1 3 2 1 0
e
Air inlet + supply inlet

Exhaust air channel
• 1300 LAPD
SM I/O SM I/O
S S
Fan box
• Processing capacity
Lower
A AU U U UU MM U UU U U MM
P P P P P P P P P P P P C C • 10000 Erlang (multiprocessor

M M M MM M MM M M P P
shelf configuration possible)
0 1 9 8 7 6 5 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 0 1
Air inlet + supply inlet Rack (example)

eBSC Rack view - max processing capacity configuration
= “n” GE lines for

inter-shelf connections • 2000 TRX
ALARM PANEL • 8500 PDTCH
Ethernet • 1700 EDGE Channels @ MCS9
Based Gb
S S
• 136 Mbit/s max Abis packet bandwidth
(122.4 Mbit/s guaranteed)
M M
I I
/ /
Upper
O O
• up to 540 equivalent PCM ports
shelf Fan box as Abis + Asub + Gb (8 STM-1 links,
S S S S S S S S
U U U U U S T M MT T T T T
P P P P P P M
S
T
S
T providing 540 equivalent PCM links)
M M M MM M M
MMMM M A 1
R
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 • Ethernet Gb via SMAC available
10 9 8 7 6 E 73 0 1 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Air inlet + supply inlet • 1300 LAPD

Exhaust air channel
SM I/O SM I/O
• Processing capacity
Fan box
S S
• 10000 Erlang (multiprocessor
Lower A A A A A A U MMU U UU U MM
P P P P P C C configuration possible)

P P P P P P P
shelf - - - - - - M M M MM M P P
MMD D D D
0 1 2 3 5 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 0 1
4 5

Rack (example)
eBSC Main Customer’s benefits
 Decrease CAPEX due to:

 Lower number of NE due to Higher Capacity
 Avoid external equipments in case High Speed interfaces (STM-1/OC3)
are used on Abis/Asub/Gb
 Decrease OPEX due to:
 Reduced footprint and volume
 Large scale integration (reduced number of spare parts)
 High Speed interfaces (STM-1/OC3) usage for reducing transport costs
 Future proof product, ready to grow
 Reuse eBSC HW modules for different products (currently in planning)

BR9.0 Technical Sales Workshop
eTRAU outlook

Communications
eTRAU Highlights
 Based on same Hardware as eBSC
 Just inserting MSB (Media Stream Board)
 Common pool of spare parts – eBSC and eTRAU
 Apply eBSC and eTRAU in the same rack
insert
Capacity: 11000 codecs per rack

2 - fold capacity compared to competition
MSB board
eBSC eTRAU
Main Benefits
 savings on site leases
 savings on Installation and commissioning

 savings on Operation and Maintenance
 Savings due to reduced spare part

eTRAU – Boost your Capacity by Saving Footprint
More than 10 times codec capacity per rack,

or …

Cut the required footprint to less than 1/10

eTRAU Block Diagram
 Transcoder Card: MSB capacity is 1000 codec per board

 Same blade as MGW project
 Line Interfaces
 LM-E1/T1: 32 E1/T1 PCM lines/board (reused from eBSC)
 STM1/OC3: 126 E1/168 T1 PCM lines/board (reused from eBSC)
 Switching unit: SMAC v3 (reused from eBSC)
 Controller: Main Control Processor MCP (reused from eBSC)
Nx4 MCP
MCP
A MSB
LM-E1/T1
LM-E1/T1
MSB
Asub N MSB LM Line Module
LM-E1/T1 SMAC AP Application Processor
SMAC MSB
MCP Main Control Proc.
A Nx4 MSB UPM User Plane Module

STM1/ MSB
STM1/ MSB Media Stream Board
OC3 MSB
Asub N OC3 SMAC Switch a. Clock Module

eTRAU Application – Integrated into eBSC Rack
ALARM PANEL
• Supports all functionalities of eTRAU
standalone
E1 E1
• Complete reuse of eTRAU hardware
• STM-1/OC3 interface support @ A interface
E1 E1 E1 E1 T1 S S T1
T1 T1 T1 T1 4 M M 5
0 1 2 3 Or Or
I I
• Capacity of integrated eTRAU is sufficient

e e
m / / m
p O O p
t t
y y
to cover the eBSC needs
Fan box
E1 E1E1 E1 E1 U U S S • SW/HW prepared to support new features
/ / / / / P P MM UU U M MA A
T1 T1T1 T1 T1 M M P P P C C P P
S
p or or MM MP P
a E1 E1
r 1 2
3 4 / / 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1
e T1 T1
Exhaust air channel
SM I/O SM I/O
Fan box
M
M M MM M M S S M M M
SS S S S S S M M S C C
B
B B B B B B B P P
S
00 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 P 0 1

Air inlet supplyinlet
eTRAU Shelf
eBSC (Basic)
Capacity
Same architecture for eBSC and eTRAU
ATCA - Advanced Telecom. Computing Architecture
high availability: >99.999% - “the five nines”
open multi vendor architecture
transport support for TDM, ATM and IP

same platform for the upcoming eTRAU
allows BSC and TRAU in one rack
wall mounting option

Thank you for your attention
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eBSC Hardware & eTRAU outlook

© Siemens AG, October 2004

© Siemens AG, October 2004

 A new Siemens BSC Platform introduced in BR9.0 based

© Siemens AG, October 2004

Com MN APAC TS MR 3/4 August 2006

© Siemens AG, October 2004

Competitors need up to 5 racks to achieve the same BSC capacity

HC BSC /72 HC BSC/120 eBSC

BR6.0 BR 7.0/8.0 BR 9.0

Controlled Cells 250 400 1000

Controlled BTSE 200 200 500

Controlled TRAUs 32 48 100

PCM lines (Abis + 72 120 540 equivalents;

GPRS Channels 1280+256 2816+256 7650+850

© Siemens AG, October 2004

*) More connectivity (PCM Lines) details on the next slide!

Com MN APAC TS MR 3/4 August 2006

PCM Lines (equivalent)

1000 144 540

© Siemens AG, October 2004

540 equivalent E1 ports achievable with 288 E1 ports + 4 STM1

 Three main configuration cases

 Abis/Asub on physical PCM only

 Mixed optical/physical PCM connectivity for Abis/Asub

 Full optical connectivity for Abis/Asub

© Siemens AG, October 2004

Com MN APAC TS MR 3/4 August 2006

 LM-E1/T1 terminates PCM and L2 for Abis, Asub, Gb

UPM  Several APs support distributed Call Processing

© Siemens AG, October 2004

Com MN APAC TS MR 3/4 August 2006

IP-based O-link X.25-based O-link

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Com MN APAC TS MR 3/4 August 2006

IP-based O-link X.25-based O-link

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Com MN APAC TS MR 3/4 August 2006

SMAC = PPPmux over Ethernet termination

IP-based O-link X.25-based O-link

© Siemens AG, October 2004

© Siemens AG, October 2004

Com MN APAC TS MR 3/4 August 2006

 Functional modules designed for eBSC

© Siemens AG, October 2004

© Siemens AG, October 2004

Com MN APAC TS MR 3/4 August 2006

shelf Fan box

Air inlet + supply inlet • Ethernet Gb via SMAC available

• Up to 8*16 SS7 links (or equivalent

© Siemens AG, October 2004

Com MN APAC TS MR 3/4 August 2006

• up to 540 PCM ports

Air inlet + supply inlet

© Siemens AG, October 2004

Air inlet + supply inlet Rack (example)

Com MN APAC TS MR 3/4 August 2006

= “n” GE lines for