9400AWY

Alcatel-Lucent 9400 AWY
MTN workshop. Sanaa, October 20th, 2009.
Content
1. Backhaul application 2. Product description 3. Key features 4. Management system 5. Data interface in depth
Backhaul application
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9400 AWY positioning in the Alcatel-Lucent ETSI microwave portfolio
Backhauling
Last mile Aggregated link Metro
Microwave Microwave BSC BTS
Backbone
Microwave for backbone
Node B
RNC
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9500 MPR Or 9500MXC 9600 LSY
Product description
9400 AWY: Low-Medium Capacity
4xEthernet ports 10/100/1000 BaseT
9400 AWY Solution

Low Medium capacity platform High spectrum efficiency Hybrid radio Ideal for Urban backhaul
Ideal for mixed E1/data backhauling Up to 64Mbps throughput Integrated L2 switch for traffic aggregation QoS awareness VLAN management (802.1q)
PDH SSCI interfaces up 32xE1
Split-mount configuration Outdoor unit (ODU) Complete ETSI frequency coverage: 7GHz 8GHz - 13GHz - 15GHz - 18GHz - 23GHz - 25GHz 38GHz
Key features
9400 AWY key features Feature 1

Capacity and modulation agility
Customer benefit
Future-proof: Same hardware from 2 to 64Mbps 16QAM doubles the bandwidth capacity
Only product with full protection (MUX & radio)
Protects against ODU (Radio) failures Protects against IDU (MUX) failures Hot swap without traffic interruption
E1/Eth hybrid solution with enhanced data plug-in
L2 switch with 4 ports Gigabit Ethernet Full E1/Eth flexibility with no wasted capacity with Ethernet traffic directly mapped over the Radio frame
TCO SW Suite is the web-based management tool
Reduce the OPEX with simple network provisioning and maintenance Same EML tool as for the 9500 MPR
9400 AWY key features Feature 5 Limited number of ODUs to cover

the frequency bands
Customer benefit
Reduced number of spare parts Flexible frequency planning
Integrated solution in GSM, WCDMA & WiMAX cabinets
Integrated AWY and Base Stations solution reduces the TCO Simplified installation Reduced footprint
Integrate AWY links in MPR nodal stacking solution (up to 5 AWY)
Capex optimization in sites with AWY & MPR collocated, with no DDF, no further site intervention for E1 growth TSM synchronization transmission to guarantee quality 1353NM & 5620 SAM common management system
E1/Ethernet hybrid solution with enhanced data plug-in

The issue
Packet/ Ethernet traffic increase (mobile, WiMAX)
Direct mapping of the Ethernet over Radio frame avoids radio bandwidth wasted in packets overheads due to extra layers mapping L2 Ethernet switch:
4 Gigabit Ethernet ports MAC Switching MAC Learning MAC Ageing IEEE 802.3x Flow Control IEEE 802.1p QoS DiffServ Autolink shutdown (ALiS) Radioport shutdown in case of cable loss VLAN management (802.1q) Jumbo Frame (2000 byte) on one port Full E1/Eth flexibility with no wasted capacity L2 switch with 4 ports Gigabit Ethernet
Customer benefit
Packet plus feature

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AWY Equipment Rel 2.1.x : MAIN & EXTENSION INDOOR UNIT 64 Mb/s
64Mbps Main IDU
4x10/100/1000BaseT Plug-in 16 x E1 Plug-in

4 x ethernet with L2 switching or MIXED 4 x ethernet+ up to 16 x E1
Traffic modules
Up to 32 x E1
64Mbps Extension IDU
SCSI68 female
AWY Equipment Rel 2.1.x : Enhanced Data Plug-in - Ethernet Physical Interface DATA and PDH Ethernet traffic is possible exploiting only the bandwidth not used from tributaries PDH disabled, therefore the ethernet bandwidth will have the following values:
Data Ethernet capacity is depending On radio channel and on type of modulation(4 QAM or 16 QAM). The minimum and maximum Values given in the graph are defined for a packet size between 64 and 1530 bytes
The best solution for mixed Ethernet + E1 network

Ethernet N x E1 New AWY 2.1 Existing
4xE1 + Ethernet 24 Mbps
AWY 2.1
AWY 2.1
AWY 2.1
New AWY 2.1 Existing

7xE1 + Ethernet 18 Mbps
AWY 2.1 No additional switch needed
32 Mbps capacity links
64 Mbps capacity link
Application example: WIMAX Backhauling Solution
3 sectors
BS
BS
3 sectors
IDU 64Mbps with Enhanced Data Plug-In
Terminal station QoS: 802.1p or Diffserv

3 sectors
BS
WAC Terminal station Nodal station
The Packet Delay Variation Issue

The issue
Ensure critical services (voice) are not hit by PDV and queues congestion
Solution: Fragmentation
AWY is voice and real time transport aware: non real time frames are segmented in fixed small size blocks and organized in different priority queues before being transported. Consequently the delay variation doesnt depend anymore on the size of the original packets
128bytes Air Blocks Non real time (e.g.1500 bytes to Jumbo frames) DATA
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D A
T A
Real time packet (e.g. VoIP 64bytes) V
High Priority
V
Low Priority
D A T A
Delay variation 25 s
Scheduler

The issue
Reduce the OPEX with simple network provisioning and maintenance
Customer benefits The WebEMLTCO SW Suite is a Java-based application and requires no installation TCO manages both 9400AWY and 9500MPR:
Provides a consistent view of the network Reduces the management tools training cost
Acceptance tool: site acceptance is performed in a much faster and more reliable way Support of Licence Key modification, thus allowing operators to perform remotely feature upgrades or capacity upgrades WebEML is very little resource-consuming in terms of disk space, RAM space & CPU Faster response time
OPEX reduction feature

4
1.7
Pre-provisioning & direct provisioning now accessed from a single button (merge of former Pre-provisioning tool & Set-Up tool)
New button to launch WebEML (for AWY R2.1.3, R2.1.2 & R2.0.6 NEs only) Button to launch 1320CT still available (for AWY R2.1.2, R2.0.6 and previous rel.)
Introduction of Acceptance Tool
TCO SW Suite main manu

Integrated solution in GSM, WCDMA & WiMAX cabinets

Integrated microwave, the best fit solution:
9400 AWY microwave Alcatel-Lucent solutions are integrated into Alcatel-Lucent GSM, WCDMA & WiMAX Base Stations Microwaves provide easy roll-out to backhaul the traffic
The issue
Backhaul must adapt to base station traffic and needs
Reduced TCO compared to a 3rd party solution:

Up to 18% saving in outdoor HW configuration (reuse of common functional units: rack power, fans) and installation time Additional savings are: no extra footprint required, no need of system integration engineering and simplified network design Ordering process is simplified for a shorter lead time
Customer benefit
Reduces the TCO & footprint Simplified installation
1+1 9400 AWY inside the WiMAX central cabinet
Field Proven No extra Ethernet switch required in WiMAX base stations (included in the 9400 AWY)
Cost reduction feature

9400AWY nodal solution with 9500MPR

The issue
Seamless and cost effective integration with 9500 MPR in aggregation sites
NMS continuity
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Ethernet
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nxE1local
Customer benefit
Capex optimization in sites with AWY & MPR collocated No DDF nor site intervention for E1 growth. Just one Ethernet and one cable for 16E1 installed the first time
Cost reduction feature

End to end synchronisation

The issue
Achieve Physical G.823 E2E synchronization through a Packet aggregation network not sensitive to PDV nor to congestion
Solution: AWY combined with MPR

1) Physical synch handover between MPR and AWY and Cell sync via E1 2) Synchronous Ethernet
E1/Synchronous Ethernet for synchro
Base Station site

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BSC RNC
9500 MPR
9500 MPR
9400AWY nodal solution with 9500MPR Physical view of the implementation
Three 9400 AWY
9500 MPR
Example of a one 9500 MPR plus three 9400 AWY configuration

Management system
9400 AWY Network Management Solution

Flexible Management Platforms Common management systems for AWY and MPR Supervision of an all Alcatel-Lucent transport portfolio and third-party SNMP elements North-bound IOO interface for easy integration in umbrella systems
1350 OMS Element Manager
Element Management Equipment Inventory & Configuration
5620 SAM Element Manager
alarms/fault correlation Policies
Web-based WebEML TCO SW Suite
AWY and MPR common management using 1350 OMS, 5620 SAM, Web-based TCO SW suite
Data interface in depth.
E1/Ethernet hybrid solution with enhanced data plug-in
Per port configuration

Enabled / Disabled Autonegociation or manual speed / Capability Flow Control
3 P33
P34 P35 P36
MAC Layer QoS

"Radio"
Port
Functions of physical MAC layer MAC functions (learning, switching, aging) VLAN management Rate limitation control Error detection Performance counters
Priority management
-
802.1p DiffServ
Priority mapping is flexible
General characteristics
4 x Electrical Gigabits Ethernet ports Each port is capable to interface at 10/100/1000 Mbps Each port can be enabled or disabled Auto-negotiation function (enabled/disabled, always enabled at 1000 Mbps) MDI/MDIX crossover (no need to differentiate the cable as straight or cross-over) Frame type: Ethernet v2, 802.3, 802.1Q Maximum Frame size Maximum frame size accepted 1536 bytes/s, the max MTU (maximum transmission unit) is 1500 Jumbo frame 2000 bytes accepted on port 33 (starting from 2.1.3) Support of 9728 bytes jumbo frame expected in next release FCS management Ethernet packet discarded if Frame Check Sequence (FCS) result is wrong
Ethernet capacity
Full flexibility E1 vs Ethernet Effective Ethernet data radio bandwidth depends on: - the radio bandwidth - the number of E1 enabled Then it can vary from 0 to 64 Mbps with 2 Mbps granularity The 4 GE ports shares the remaining bandwidth, following priority levels defined by QoS policy
Management of congestion (1/2)
Flow control (IEEE 802.3x) When the traffic data bandwidth requested is higher than available radio capacity, two cases are possible: - if flow control is enabled, the pause frame request is sent to the traffic source (line side but not radio side) which creates congestion in order to slow down remote peer MAC layer => no packet is lost if the interfacing equipment is able to support pause frame
- if flow control is disabled, a buffer of 100ms per port allows a maximum of 6,4Mbit max size traffic storage, all packets exceeding buffer capacity storage will be discarded in accordance to its classes priority packet tag
Management of congestion (2/2)
Rate limiting control
A flexible configuration of rate limitation is available for individual Ethernet port The management is supported from craft terminal and network management
This feature allows to configure the maximum rate per port of ingress traffic If the maximum rate set-up is achieved -> if flow control enabled, pause frame is sent -> if flow control disabled, frames are stored in the buffer
MAC features (1/2)

MAC learning AWY switch interface is capable to read and learn any received unicast packets source/destination address up to 4096 entries and update its MAC address resolution table every 300 sec AWY supports also static address resolution table configuration via Craft Terminal
MAC switching AWY switch is capable with its address resolution table to associate each source and destination packet address to its ports (even for multicast), then to reduce congestion on ports not concerned If the switch doesnt recognise to which port to forward the received frame it send it to all ports (flooding)
MAC features (2/2)

MAC ageing The ageing process is the periodical (300 sec) dynamically learned addresses refresh in the address resolution table The address ageing process ensures that whenever a node is disconnected from the network segment port, or it becomes inactive, its entry are erased from its address database Purpose of ageing function is to makes room in its address resolution table for new active addresses
Management of queues per port

QoS mechanism Each access port can support up to 4 transmitted queues Frames are assigned to each queue according to their priority Algorithms type Deficit Weighted Round Robin (DWRR) must be used to schedule each transmit queue The weights of the 4 queues (for 0 to 255) can be managed by home preconfigured file or via management system The "deficit weighted round-robin" algorithm allows each queue to be serviced in turn, sending a set amount of packets (the weight of the queue) before moving to the next queue
Ethernet QoS management

QoS Policy The switch can assign the packet to one of the four egress transmit queues according to information in: IEEE 802.1P: each packet is classified based on a valid 802.1P user priority tag to determine the priority DiffServ: each packet is classified based on DSCP and/or TOS field in the IP header to determine the priority
The flexible mapping for DSCP or IEEE 802.1p values and queues is available by means of the management system configuration
Ethernet counters
Ethernet counters available in the MIB (access by Craft terminal) For each four Ethernet ports and for the radio port, the following counters measurements are provided: - total number of good packets transmitted - total number of good bytes transmitted - total number of regular packets received by this port - total number of bytes in all good regular packets received by this port - total number of packets received and dropped due to lack of resources - total number of packets received with a bad FCS
Automatic link shutdown

The Automatic Link Shutdown (ALiS) function, disabled by default, can be enabled by Craft Terminal ALiS provides rapid notification to the external Ethernet equipment that there has been a failure or a link quality issue by shutting down the Ethernet ports connecting the AWY to the network
An Ethernet port have 3 status: - disabled: disabled by operator - enabled and working: enabled by operator and no alarms on the radio channels are present - enabled and not working: Ethernet port and ALiS function are enabled by the operator and at least one alarm on the radio channels is present
When radio alarm appears, all the "enabled and working" ports will switch to "enabled not working" status as long as the alarm has not disappeared
Radio port shutdown
Radio port shutdown function is always active When the IDU/ODU cable is disconnected, the radio port will be shutdown to avoid the data traffic loopback on radio interface but without impacting local traffic (not connected to the radio port) - If ALiS is disabled, in case of cable loss the radio port is shutdown and the user ethernet interfaces are not impacted - If ALiS is enabled, in case of cable loss the radio port is shutdown and all the user ethernet interfaces are shutdown
VLAN management
The port-based VLAN feature allows partitioning the switch ports into virtual private domains
The membership of the VLAN is based on the port on which traffic is received (not on packet data) and each packet received on a specific port will be forwarded only to the ports that belong to the same virtual private domain
The values configurable for the VLAN-ID are in the range 2 - 4094
WIMAX Backhauling Solution

Why AWY release 2.1 fits to the WIMAX solution?
AWY 2.1 can carry up to 64Mbps bit rate AWY 2.1 supports 10, 100 and 1000 Mbps link partners AWY 2.1 has got 4 Ethernet ports in a level 2 switch
Can aggregate 3 sectors in a terminal station Can aggregate 3 sectors + another link in a nodal station
AWY 2.1 supports QoS then is ready for the future WIMAX enhancement 802.1q in Ethernet network Diffserv in IP network
AWY 2.1 can currently manage VLAN
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Alcatel-Lucent 9400 AWY

MTN workshop. Sanaa, October 20th, 2009.

3 | Alcatel-Lucent 9400 AWY | May 2009

All Rights Reserved Alcatel-Lucent 2008, CAR4688081111

9400 AWY positioning in the Alcatel-Lucent ETSI microwave portfolio

Microwave for backbone

4 | Alcatel-Lucent 9400 AWY | May 2009

All Rights Reserved Alcatel-Lucent 2008, CAR4688081111

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9400 AWY: Low-Medium Capacity

4xEthernet ports 10/100/1000 BaseT

9400 AWY Solution

PDH SSCI interfaces up 32xE1

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9400 AWY key features Feature 1

Only product with full protection (MUX & radio)

E1/Eth hybrid solution with enhanced data plug-in

TCO SW Suite is the web-based management tool

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9400 AWY key features Feature 5 Limited number of ODUs to cover

Integrated solution in GSM, WCDMA & WiMAX cabinets

Integrate AWY links in MPR nodal stacking solution (up to 5 AWY)

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E1/Ethernet hybrid solution with enhanced data plug-in

Packet plus feature

64Mbps Main IDU

4x10/100/1000BaseT Plug-in 16 x E1 Plug-in

64Mbps Extension IDU

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The best solution for mixed Ethernet + E1 network

New AWY 2.1 Existing

AWY 2.1 No additional switch needed

32 Mbps capacity links

64 Mbps capacity link

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Application example: WIMAX Backhauling Solution

IDU 64Mbps with Enhanced Data Plug-In

Terminal station QoS: 802.1p or Diffserv

WAC Terminal station Nodal station

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The Packet Delay Variation Issue

Real time packet (e.g. VoIP 64bytes) V

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TCO SW Suite is the web-based management tool

OPEX reduction feature

TCO SW Suite is the web-based management tool

Introduction of Acceptance Tool

TCO SW Suite main manu

Integrated solution in GSM, WCDMA & WiMAX cabinets

Reduced TCO compared to a 3rd party solution:

Cost reduction feature

9400AWY nodal solution with 9500MPR

9400AWY 9500 MPR