It is called PWE3 (Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge to Edge) accurately
Circuit Emulation technology PWE are techniques to emulate TDM/ATM service over packet network. TDM/ATM traffic is encapsulated and transmitted to the packet network.
PWE enables transport of non-IP based services over IP network, resulting in cost reduction and network consolidation. Enables continual provision of legacy services over IP network. Page 2
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Application Example BSC
BTS TDM
TDM TDM
TDM
ATM
Node-B
RNC ATM
ATM
IP Node-B/ eNB
Packet
IP RNC/ MME
ETH
ETH ETH
BSC
BTS TDM
TDM
TDM Node-B
PWE
PWE
ATM
IP Node-B/ eNB
Packet ETH
ETH ETH
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IP RNC/ MME
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TDM Pseudowire function (SAToP and CESoPSN)
ETH E1 TDM
SAToP/ CESoPSN
TDM -> CES
E1
E1 TDM RFC4553 Structure-Agnostic Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) over Packet (SAToP) - whole E1/T1 Frame based packetization (Unstructured) Transport Packet Header
Payload
E1 Ch32
(IP/VLAN/MPLS) Ch0
Ch0 Ch32
Ch32
Ch0
CESoP CES Ch32
Ch0
Ch0 Ch32
Ch32
Ch0
Header
Frame/Packet
TDM
RFC5086 Structure-aware TDM Circuit Emulation Service over Packet Switched Network (CESoPSN) -NDS0 based packetization (structured) Transport Packet Header
Payload
E1
(IP/VLAN/MPLS) Ch32
Ch0
Ch32
Ch2
Ch0 Ch32 Ch1
Ch2
Ch0 Ch1
Header
Ch2
Ch0 Ch2
Header
CESoP CES Ch32
Ch0
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Ch2 Ch2 Ch0 Ch32
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Synchronization in the PWE network
Synchronization is necessary to avoid data slipping, bit error, hand-off failure,
etc. in the mobile network. Adaptive Clock Recovery (ACR), IEEE1588, Synchronous Ethernet, etc. are used to synchronize in the Packet network. PRC Clock Distribution
PDH
E1
BTS
TDM Backhaul (Sync Network)
Node-B/ BTS
RNC PRC
PDH
E1
Packet Backhaul
BTS
(Async Network)
Node-B/ BTS
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ACR (Adaptive Clock Recovery)
Inserts clock information to packet header (Control Word or RTP)
Recover clock information at clock slave node Central Office Master Node
