LTE EPC: Drivers and Benefits of

Pre-Integrated Frameworks
VERSION 1.0 | november 2009

CONTENTS
Market Trends.....................................................2
the OEM challenges & requirements.................3
traffic model......................................................4
radisys’ lte-ready platform..............................5
OEMs Benefits from radisys/
aricent/6wind OFFERING......................................7
glossary..............................................................9
references..........................................................9
RADISYS Whitepaper | LTE EPC: Drivers and Benefits of Pre-Integrated Frameworks
Market Trends
Mobile has become the preferred source of
information sharing, and there is a continuous
launch of new and exciting bandwidth-heavy multimedia
applications to facilitate this transfer of video and
data. Applications like interactive TV, mobile video
blogging, advanced games, high definition multimedia
and broadcast TV applications all require very high
bandwidth and minimized latency to provide the optimal
consumer experience. These, and many more innovative
rich media applications, have created the need for
Long Term Evolution (LTE) which is expected to offer
uplink and downlink data speeds of 50mbps and 100
mbps respectively. LTE offers many unique advantages
including increased peak data rates, increased cell
edge performance, reduced latency and lower cost
per gigabyte. LTE is also expected to cater to the
broadband market, in the short-run, primarily through
fixed technologies, since it can offer competitive data
rates and help operators increase their subscriber bases.
LTE provides an easy migration path and is the common
destination for both 3GPP and CDMA operators. It
offers a big step towards the next generation of mobile
technologies commonly referred to as 4G. LTE brings
convergence among multiple technologies and offers
unique cost advantages for operators by reducing their
CAPEX and OPEX.
Early LTE deployments are expected to begin in 2010
with Verizon, NTT Docomo, Teliasonera, Telenor, being
the first operators to deploy. According to the GSA Report,1
there have already been 39 operator commitments
for LTE worldwide. This number is expected to grow
dramatically during the next five years as LTE continues
to emerge as the most preferred option available
for operators to cater to the ever growing subscriber
demands related to higher data rates.
However, there are impediments that could impact
LTE deployments worldwide. LTE is a new and complex
technology and requires huge investments from original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs). It is estimated that
to build LTE nodes from scratch, OEMs will need at least
18-24 months to take them through the different stages
of development, integration, testing, lab trials, field trials,
etc. In addition, these nodes could require prohibitive
investments in the order of hundreds of million dollars.
Due to the recent economic downturn, most OEMs
have reduced their R&D investments and this is certainly
affecting the LTE plans for many vendors. Many leading
OEMs have delayed their development plans and are
looking at alternatives to in-house development, and cost
optimization is a key criteria. Many OEMs are forming
alliances in order to divide investments and create joint
solutions. So, on one hand the demand for greater
data rate support is increasing, thereby, driving Service
Provider urgency for introducing LTE, and on the other
hand R&D budgets are shrinking due to the current
economic climate.
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The OEM Challenges Interop with legacy networks

& Requirements OEMs need to ensure that the new LTE nodes that they
are building are interoperable with legacy network nodes.
OEMs are facing a number of challenges and require­
The Mobility Management Entity (MME) within the LTE
ments for the development of LTE infrastructure. The
EPC infrastructure must be able to handle the subscriber
following section lists some of the major ones faced
context as it moves from a routing area of 2G/3G network
by OEMs in meeting the needs of the operators.
to LTE. Also if the subscriber is expecting to connect to
Time-to-market one Access Point Name (APN) operators may want a
single Packet Gateway (PGQ) to act as GGSN. The PGW
As subscribers become more application savvy and
will also need to serve as an APN when requested by a
show increasing readiness to consume new services that
SGSN while acting as a PGW when requested by an LTE
demand bandwidth and quality of experience, Service
EPC element called the Serving Gateway (SGW). The EPC
Providers see both an opportunity and a threat. The
elements therefore must allow seamless interoperability
opportunity to increase Average Revenue Per Unit (ARPU)
with legacy 2G/3G core networks as well as CDMA
through deployment of new services and the threat in
networks.
that if they don’t deploy new capacity and offer these
services in time, the competition will “eat their cake!”
Voice and SMS support
This is driving operators to shorten their time-to-market
Even though many operators are betting on LTE initially
as they want to be the first to launch and experiment
deploying for data services, they are still not going to
with the higher bandwidth services. This, in turn, is
deploy a network that will not be able to support the
pushing OEMs to do the same. According to the GSA
“cash-cow” services such as voice and SMS. There
Report,1 14 LTE networks are targeting to be in service
are multiple options for supporting voice and SMS
by the end of 2010. Most OEMs are still recovering
including Circuit Switched Fallback, VoIP (requiring IMS
from the economic turmoil and have reduced their R&D
infrastructure) and VoLGA (a native voice solution for
spending. In this situation, it seems highly unlikely that
LTE). Operators are likely to view favorably OEM solutions
OEMs (except Tier-1s) will be able to deliver workable LTE
that demonstrate either one or more of these options
solutions within the required timelines—especially if they
for supporting voice capability.
start from scratch. These OEMs are looking for alternate
solutions which will help them meet these time-to-market
requirements and also reduce the level of investment
Need for customizable
required. Using pre-integrated frameworks based on
building blocks
building blocks that enable the required scalability and While the most value-add for OEMs is in the application
flexibility, can help shrink development cycles, provided space, they will often also have advanced proprietary
that the solutions have been benchmarked for required elements developed and maintained for differentiation
performance on cutting-edge silicon technologies. Such in the market. In some cases, the Service Provider may
a solution would not only drastically reduce OEM delivery have a network specific requirement. For example, some
timelines, but also help OEMs focus their effort on their operators may want to add their own piece of software
application strengths and value-adds. for the network access functionality or for billing. Being
able to leverage a modular and flexible building block
Reduced initial investment base is important, enabling OEMs to replace specific
While the data traffic through Telecom Service Provider layers as necessary.
networks is increasing exponentially, the ARPU is remain­
ing relatively flat. See figure 1 from GSA Report.1

TRAFFIC RISING/ TRAFFIC

For this reason, Service Providers are challenged to
REVENUE FALLING REVENUE &
monetize any network expansion. If operators mandate TRAFFIC
CAPEX levels, this constrains the OEMs to build more DE-COUPLED
flexible and scalable solutions that can initially be 40X-100X TRAFFIC INCREASE
deployed to cater to thousands of subscribers and then
Which May Need to be REVENUES
scale up according to market requirements. While LTE Supported Across Many
deployments are expected to start in 2010, the real Frequency Bands
growth in subscribers is expected over the next three to
four years. According to Juniper Research,2 there will be TIME
100 million LTE subscribers by year 2014. This is driving
the requirement for initially co-located LTE Evolved Packet LTE IS NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE HUGE TRAFFIC GROWTH
Core (EPC) nodes serving a limited set of users, and can
later expand to meet subscriber growth. These nodes Figure 1. Anticipated Traffic Growth
will be distributed over a period of time as demand for
bandwidth increases. Distributed EPC nodes should
also offer better coverage and geographical redundancy.
The co-located and distributed nodes will serve the
same areas and will keep expanding from the existing
deployments.

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Common solution for different 2,500,000

Data 131% CAGR 2008-2013
subscriber usage needs P2P
2,000,000 Video
Having different solutions for different deployment Audio
nodes can be very expensive for both OEMs and Service

TB/MONTH
1,500,000
Providers, both from a development and from a support
standpoint. The solution should be flexible to allow 1,000,000
scalability for high density urban areas, while at the same
time being cost-effective for low density/rural areas. 500,000

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Traffic Model 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

As per the market data, wireless data traffic is Figure 2. For more details, see Appendix B: Forecast and Methodology. Source: Cisco,3 2009
continuously growing but the revenues from data traffic
are not increasing at the same level. Cisco3 predicts
that the biggest driver for the traffic increase will come
2,500,000
from video traffic, which will account for roughly 64 Middle East and Africa 131% CAGR 2008-2013
Central Eastern Europe
percent of all mobile data traffic in 2013. In 2008, video 2,000,000 Latin America
traffic averaged around 13,000 Terabytes per month, Japan

TB/MONTH
or roughly 39 percent of all mobile traffic. Cisco projects 1,500,000 Asia Pacific
that by 2013, video traffic will increase by more than Western Europe
North America
100 times and will average around 1.3 million Terabytes 1,000,000
per month. A study by mobile browser developer Opera
500,000
Software showed that data traffic sent to mobile phones
jumped 463 percent in November 2008 as compared
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with November 2007, and that page views on mobile 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
devices were up by 303 percent over the same period.
Figure 3. Source: Cisco,3 2009
About 10 percent of mobile users—who are often players
of bandwidth-intense video games or music—account for
80 percent of the data traffic, according to operators. In
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Low data user density for wider area Figure 4. Sources: Cisco,3 from Operators’ network data and Analysts, 2008; Informa, 2008;
and Pyramid, “Mobile data revenue will double by 2012,” Dan Locke, Analyst Insight, 4/2008.
(such as rural/remote areas)

Data Used For The Traffic Model
For the purpose of studying and analyzing the
requirements, we have to make several assumptions
to estimate traffic through the LTE nodes.
The following analysis is based on Cisco VNI3 projections
[VNI Forecast from Jan 29, 2009]: http://www.cisco.
com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns341/ns525/ns537/
ns705/ns827/white_paper_c11-520862.html], Analysys
Research Report4 (January 2008), and UMTS Forum5
February 2009 Whitepaper on Mobile Broadband
Evolution: HSPA to LTE.
As per this forecast, 0.5 million Terabytes of mobile
download traffic per month is estimated (worldwide)
by year 2011. Roughly, about 20 percent of the traffic
(based on UMTS Forum whitepaper—Feb 2008) is
expected to go through LTE networks in this timeframe
[0.1M Terabytes]. Assuming 80 percent of the traffic
happens in 20 percent of the hours/day, that gives
us 4.8 hours as the peak download time per day. We
calculate the data throughput through the LTE networks
of about 0.1 x 106 *8*0.8/(4.8*30*3600) = 1.23
Terabits/sec. Now, an estimated 4 million mobile†
subscribers will be on LTE infrastructure by 2011. This
brings average data traffic to 0.30 Mbps/subscriber.

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High Density—Concentrated Area The 6WINDGate implementation provides a ready-

This pattern would be most common in a Metro or Tier-1
city deployment. Based on data from GSA forecasts, we
assume 40 LTE network installations by 2011. And from
analyst projections and other references the subscriber
and data traffic growth projections are assumed to be
doubling every year.
Trial/Early Deployment (Base year 2011) About 300,000††
subscribers per installation. With a peak data rate of
0.30Mbps, this means that each LTE evolved packet
core (EPC) node would need to support about 90Gbps.
Next 24 months (Yr 2013): With double subscriber/yr
(1.2M) and data traffic growth (1.20Mbps), the traffic
per installation will need to accommodate 1.4Tbps
of data throughput.
Historically, on a per installation subscriber base, a
typical range of subscribers afforded by operators
on a given installation is about 1-2M (risk considered
very high beyond that point).
In this deployment, it would be expected that the EPC
will be deployed in at least two locations in order to
maintain redundancy.
Low LTE Density—Wider Area
This pattern would be most common in a low-awareness,
wide area consisting of a couple of Tier-2/Tier-3 cities or
the countryside.
Trial/Early Deployment: 35,000 subscribers with average
data usage of 0.3Mbps driving about 10.5Gbps per
installation.
for-production validated Fast Path packet processing
including IPv4 and IPv6 forwarding, virtual routing (VRF),
Link Aggregation, VLAN, GRE encapsulation, IP in IP, GTP,
filtering and firewall, IPsec, QoS, IP Reassembly, ROHC,
etc. RadiSys leverages the 6WINDGate implementation
to power the Intel and Octeon multicore boards,
enabling the platform to scale up in a cluster of multiple
multicore CPUs. Aricent uses 6WINDGate routing and
security Control Plane protocols to integrate LTE signaling
protocols. The solution provides data path handling
for EPC for GTP tunneling in SGW and GTP-U to IP
forwarding in PGW, along with metering, filtering and
QoS as per EPC requirements.
Aricent offers pre-integrated pre-optimized frameworks
for MME, SGW and PGW frameworks. These are based
on Aricent’s industry-leading diameter and GTP IPRs,
which have been well-tested, integrated and deployed
across vendors and networks. The MME solution
offers a comprehensive feature set to support Mobility
Management, Session Management and Security. External
interfaces supported by this solution include S1-MME,
S11, S6a, S10, S13, S101, S102, S3, SGs. The feature
set supported by the SGW/PGW solution includes online
and offline charging, static and supported interfaces that
include S11, Transparent SGi, Non-transparent SGi, S5,
Gn, Gx, Gy/Ro, Gz/Rf, and S4. The control framework
comes pre-integrated with a management interface
which can be easily be replaced by a customer’s own
management framework. The LTE solution can scale
to support up to one million subscribers.

Next 24 months (Yr 2013): 140K subscribers and

SGW/PGW APP MME APP
1.2Mbps per subs. Total peak traffic that each installation READY PLATFORM READY PLATFORM
will need to support = 168Gps. OEM LTE
Apps
ACCELERATE TTM WITH REDUCED RISKS: Complete Offering
RadiSys’ LTE-Ready Platform (Pre-Optimized, Benchmarked) (Includes OAM, HA Integration AND Data Path)

RadiSys/Aricent/6WIND offer a pre-integrated, pre-

PMIP v6 (S5, S2a) eGTP Cv1 & Cv2 STACKS
optimized EPC solution that delivers to OEMs substantial eGTP Cv1 & Cv2 STACKS (Gn, S10, S11, S3 Sv, s101),
ARICENT LTE
time and cost savings in building LTE EPC nodes. (Gn, S5, S11, S4), Diameter Stacks NAS
Diameter Stacks (S6a, S13, DNS, DDDS, S1AP, Framework
The joint solution includes RadiSys’ industry-leading
(Gx, Gv, Gz, SGi, S6b) SgsAP, SBcAP)
Promentum® ATCA platform for packet processing with
the latest Intel and Cavium Octeon multicore processors,
HA-MANAGEMENT
and Aricent’s LTE-ready frameworks for EPC nodes,
powered by 6WINDGate™ Linux-based packet processing
CONTROL PLANE
framework (IP Control Plane protocols, hardened Linux SYSTEM SERVICES
(Routing, IKE…)
networking stack and high performance Fast Path). SYSTEM 6WINDGate
MANAGER Packet Processing
OS OS NETWORKING
RadiSys offers the broadest portfolio of ATCA products STACK
that include switching, x86 based processing, packet
FAST PATH
processing and media processing boards with the latest BLADE SHELF
IPv4/IPv6, IPsec, L2, Qos, Firewall,
silicon technologies to deliver optimal configurations for MANAGEMENT MANAGER
GTP, GRE, Virtual Routing… RADISYS INTEGRATED
LTE EPC. RadiSys’ ATCA application-ready platform also PLATFORM: HW BBs,
3RD PARTY HW System Manager, HA, OS
includes an integrated chassis, OS, diagnostics, system HARDWARE PLATFORM WITH RADISYS
(CPU, Storage,
manager and high availability middleware. This platform QUALIFIED ASSETS
AMC, RTM)
has already enabled more than 35 telecom applications
and is now configured for robust performance in LTE
Figure 5. RadiSys/Aricent/6Wind LTE Ready Platform
EPC, for both 10G and 40G configurations.

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Deployment models Year 2011 2013

The joint framework offers the following two types
of deployment models:
Scalable Nodes in Single Deployment
This deployment would constitute a single RadiSys
chassis hosting a 6WINDGate packet processing
framework and Aricent EPC frameworks for MME,
SGW and PGW. As and when subscribers and traffic
requirements increase, more blades are added for
increased throughput. The additional blades would act
as another MME,SGW or PGW from a pool. Each blade
would serve one set of tracking area (TA). eNodeBs
would choose the right MME based on the Tracking
Area Indicator (TAI). MME would further choose the
right SGW based on the TAI. Hence when new blades
are added, the configurations would permit MME to
choose new SGWs without downtime. PGWs can be
chosen based on APNs for each user.
Assumptions
Subscribers Per Installation 300000 1200000
Average Per User Data Rate (Mbps) 0.3 1.2
Total Data Per Installation(Gbps) 90 1440
Performance
Packet Processing (Gbps) Per Blade 20 40
Control Plane Processing/Blade (Subs) 100000 200000
Redundancy
Packet Processing (n+m) n:m Ratio 10 10
Host Processing (n+m) n:m Ratio 1 1
Number of Slots Per Chassis/System 16 16
Integrated ATCA 5-GW & P-GW Configuration & Density Requirements
Switching Modules (1+1) 4 20
Packet Processing Modules (n+m) 16 119
Control Plane Processing Modules (n+m) 10 18
Fully Configured Systems Required/Installation 2 10

Scalable Nodes Using Distributed Table 1. High Density—Concentrated Area

Mode Deployment
This mode of deployment would be suitable for
geographical redundancy. In this scenario, EPC nodes S7, S11, G X C SGi, S2a, S2b, S1-4, S4
shall be placed in different locations which give proximity INTEGRATED
to the eNodeBs. Each location would have the EPC PGW & SGW 16-SLOT ATCA CHASSIS
nodes deployed in a separate chassis. All EPC nodes
would know of each other. In this case too, scalability
would occur by identifying each of the blades of the new
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of the locations goes down, other EPC nodes in different
locations can handle the traffic. The operator gets the
dual benefit of expansion and geographical redundancy.

Use Cases for Traffic Models

1+1 INTEL CPU CAVIUM OCTEON NPU
Given the traffic and subscriber requirement assumptions BASED CONTROL BASED USER PLANE
in section 3.1.2 and 3.1.3, LTE EPC solutions can be PLANE PROCESSING PACKET PROCESSING

developed using RadiSys’ Promentum ATCA platform

and building blocks to allow carrier grade-reliability Figure 6. RadiSys Promentum ATCA Sys-6016
and redundancy, scalability to start deployment cost-
effectively with minimum configuration, and increasing
capacity with modular upgrades as the subscriber base
grows. Based on the performance benchmarks on
Cavium Octeon and Intel processors and RadiSys building
blocks with 6WIND’s and Aricent’s software stacks, the
hardware configurations are suggested (Figures 6 and
7)—to serve as an example for building integrated P&S
Gateway solutions:

High Density—Concentrated Area (Table 1)

As the rough order magnitude calculations show, two
to ten 14 to 16-slot systems are required to support
up to 1.2M subscribers. Figure 6 is a sample system
configuration.

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Low LTE Density—Wider Area (Table 2) Year 2011 2013

As the rough order magnitude calculations show, two
to six 5U 6 slot systems are required to support the
needs of a given installation over the three year period.
5U systems provide better modularity for smaller
upgrades. Figure 7 is a sample system configuration.
OEMs Benefit from RADISYS/
ARICENT/6WIND OFFERING
This section describes some of the unique benefits
that the solution provides:
Reduced Time-to-Market
The LTE-ready platform reduces the development
time by 50 percent (9-12 months) and offers unique
time-to-market advantages to OEMs. The framework
solution has been pre-integrated and benchmarked for
high performance levels over a multicore environment.
Whenever there are enhancements in the specifications,
the solution goes through release upgrades. This helps
future-proof OEMs’ investments. OEMs can also fully
concentrate on their “secret sauce” or differentiating
product features by leaving all standard development
to the joint framework.
Assumptions
Subscribers Per Installation 35000 140000
Average Per User Data Rate (Mbps) 0.3 1.2
Total Data Per Installation(Gbps) 10.5 168
Performance
Packet Processing (Gbps) Per Blade 20 40
Control Plane Processing/Blade (Subs) 100000 200000
Redundancy
Packet Processing (n+m) n:m Ratio 2 2
Host Processing (n+m) n:m Ratio 2 2
Number of Slots Per Chassis/System 6 6
Integrated ATCA 5-GW & P-GW Configuration & Density Requirements
Switching Modules (1+1) 4 12
Packet Processing Modules (1+1) 5 21
Control Plane Processing Modules (1+1) 3 3
Fully Configured Systems Required/Installation 2 6
Table 2. Low LTE Density—Wider Area
S7, S11, G X C SGi, S2a, S2b, S1-4, S4

CAPEX savings
This solution offers highly scalable EPC frameworks
which drastically reduce initial CAPEX requirements for

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OEMs. Building EPC nodes using these frameworks
costs at least 50 percent less than building them from
scratch. These cost savings arise from unique features
including pre-tested solutions, benchmarked performance
levels, robust interoperability testing and use of scalable
multicore platforms.
1+1 CPU 1+1 PACKET
Easy Interop with legacy networks CONTROL PLANE PROCESSING
PROCESSING BLADES
RadiSys and its partners understand that most LTE
deployments must be overlay legacy networks like Figure 7. RadiSys Promentum Sys-6006
2G/3G/HSPA/Rel 8/CDMA. The joint offering from
RadiSys, Aricent and 6WIND supports most interfaces,
including Gb, SGs, S12, S3, S4, S101, S102, Sta, Gxa etc.
For instance, Aricent is committed to not just providing
compliance, but to also continuously upgrading the
releases to ensure support for the latest specifications
with its LTE stack. 6WIND’s Control Plane protocols are
compliant with a wide range of IETF RFC. They enable
multiple ready-to-run use cases on legacy networks (refer
to http://www.6wind.com/RFC for more information).

Voice and SMS support

It is understood that although LTE is simply a packet data
technology, its mass adoption would need it to support
voice and SMS as well. Building on this understanding,
voice and SMS support has already been designed in
as an integral part of the solution.

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Performance scalability
Given the CAPEX constraints and expected subscriber
and data growth rates, performance of the solution
is a key consideration:
6WINDGate’s Fast Path-based architecture delivers
the best possible packet processing performance. For
instance, it delivers 14.8 Mpps forwarding performance
on a CN5860 Octeon processor and about 30 Mpps on
a RadiSys dual Octeon ATCA board. Due to its distributed
architecture, 6WINDGate performance scales on clusters
of multicore Octeon and multicore-x86 RadiSys boards
to power Aricent’s LTE signaling and LTE’s users packet
processing in an ATCA chassis, whatever the chassis
configuration might be.
Resiliency and HA
6WINDGate software is fully integrated with the high
availability system. 6WINDGate provides HA-ready critical
capabilities including NSR (Non Stop Routing), NSF
(Non Stop Routing), ISU (In Service Upgrades), Graceful
Restart, monitoring services and active synchronization
between Control Plane protocols for critical functions
such as routing, security and firewalls.
Fully Managed Solution
The RadiSys/Aricent/6WIND/ solution comes with a
complete management system. It integrates 6WINDGate’s
XML-based Management Software (XMS) for L2-L4
software. The open architecture of XMS simplifies the
integration of value-added features from the management
point of view.
Deployment Experience
The LTE-ready platform is based on proven technologies
and processes.
RadiSys has a strong base of worldwide deployments
in the telecom space, was the first to deliver 10G ATCA
platform solutions and has delivered solutions enabling
more than 35 different applications in the telecom space.
RadiSys’ customers include all major Telecom OEMs
worldwide that have adopted ATCA. Using its approach
of a pre-integrated application-ready platform solution,
RadiSys has successfully helped its TEM customers
deliver solutions to market in record time (in some
cases as short as 12 months from vendor selection
to commercial traffic flowing through the solution).
Aricent has been offering products and services in the
wireless space for more than 15 years. It has co-developed
many industry firsts such as the femtocell solution and the
WiMAX Base Station. It has a comprehensive list of IPRs
across several wireless technologies including GSM, GPRS,
UMTS, HSPA and WiMAX, and has recently announced
pre-optimized LTE frameworks for packet core nodes
including MME, SGW and PGW.
6WINDGate has been ported and validated for use
with all major multicore chipset vendors. It is designed
for use on embedded chipsets and their operating
system environments, and on multicore-based equipment
for telecommunications, networking, security and
more. The 6WINDGate packet processing solution
has been selected by the majority of Tier-1 equipment
manufacturers to deploy their entire LTE infrastructure,
including eNodeB and EPC Packet Core (http://
www.6wind.com/productdesign-wins.html).
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glossary:
COTS: Commercial off-the-shelf
IP: Internet Protocol
LTE: Long Term Evolution
M ME: Mobility Management Entity
O EM: Original Equipment Manufacturer
P GW: Packet Data Network Gateway
SGW: Serving Gateway
referenCes:
†
Based on Analysys Research Report (Jan 2008)
and updates from various industry sources.
†† 
Assumes 30 percent nodes cover 70 percent of
subscribers via metro deployments. In 2011, out
of 4M total LTE subs, 3M subs in Metro with 10
installations = 300K subscribers/LTE node. In wider
area, 30 installations = 1M subscribers = 35K subs/
installation.
citations:
1
GSA Reports: http://www.gsacom.com/news/
2
Juniper Research: http://juniperresearch.com/shop/
viewpressrelease.php?pr=147
3
Cisco VNI Forecast from Jan 29, 2009: http://www.
cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns341/ns525/
ns537/ns705/ns827/white_paper_c11-520862.html
4
Analysis Research Report (January 2008)
5
UMTS Forum, February 2009 Whitepaper on
Mobile Broadband Evolution: HSPA to LTE
6
Sep 29, 2009 article on data explosion in Mobile
Telecom Networks: http://www.mg.co.za/printformat/
single/2009-09-29-data-both-blessing-and-curse-
for-mobile-telecoms
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the world’s leading equipment manufacturers, device manufacturers
and service providers.
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6WIND provides an embedded “middleware style” networking software
solution that brings great simplicity and speed to designing and maximizing
performance of networking functions and applications running on multicore
technology.
The software, 6WINDGate™, has been ported and validated for use with
all major multicore chipset vendors and is designed for use upon embedded
chipsets and their operating system environments, on multicore-based
equipment for telecommunications, networking, security and more.
Used by the majority of telecommunications equipment manufacturers,
6WINDGate rids designers from needing to deal with traditional multicore
design complexities, leading to noticeable reductions in development
costs and a faster realization of revenues.
6WIND is a privately owned company based near Paris, France with
a subsidiary in California, sales office and support in Asia, and an R&D
center in Beijing, China. For more information, visit www.6wind.com.
Europe: +33 1 39 30 92 10
Korea / Japan / China: +82 2 6203 3088
USA: +1 650-968-8768
Corporate Headquarters
5445 NE Dawson Creek Drive
Hillsboro, OR 97124 USA
Phone: 503-615-1100
Fax: 503-615-1121
Toll-Free: 800-950-0044
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