Ericsson NGN Solution

Presentation to ALTTC on BSNL Network Modernization

August 26, 2006

Pankaj Mukhija Jaswant Boyat

Pankaj.mukhija@ericsson.com Jaswant.boyat@ericsson.com

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Agenda, August 26

ƒ Ericsson NGN – overview

– Ericsson’s strategy
– Next generation network architecture
– Engine The Soft Switch Solution for Telephony and Multi-media
ƒ NGN Solution – ToIP
– Signalling protocols, compression, interoperability and standards
– Key issues for Network design – capacity, redundancy , design and
dimensioning
– Carrier class Telephony over IP – just VoIP not good enough
– Customer Cases
– Recommendation for BSNL

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Ericsson NGN - overview

ƒ Ericsson’s strategy
ƒ Next generation network architecture
ƒ Engine – The Soft Switch solution for telephony and
multi-media

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Ericsson’s converged systems architecture
Layered architecture based on 3GPP

Convergent Services
AS-X AS-Y over common IP core!
Application layer

Interactive
Multimedia SIP - interface

Fixed Mobile
Telephony Telephony

TeS MSC
Control layer Srv

PSTN GSM
IP Core
Connectivity layer ss
cce ss
a ce
B B a c
IP 3G GSM/Edge
S TN
P WLAN
Wireline
Access layer access

CDMA2000®

POTS and multi-media supplied over one broadband access

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Network overview – voice and data

Video
ISP
National IP SP
Legacy H.248 CL TeS IP
CS
IP V5.2
ISUP
IP/MPLS
CS voice & dial-up

DTS MGW-TAG
BRAS

CODEC
DLS BRAS
TAG
BRAS
CE

IP
MSG/TAG MSG/TAG
H.248 UNI
H.248 UNI
PRA
PBX
PBX
Eth Eth Eth
prop.
AN/RSS
AN/RSS V5.2
voice data voice data
H.248 UNI Public
SIP Ethernet

xDSL

POTS
IP-MSAN IP-MSAN IP-MSAN

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Evolution of telephony and multi-media services
Current Introduction ToIP BB and multi-media services
CS/TDM Continued migration class 4 and 5 traffic

Other Networks
VoIP
IMS

SIP, H.323 SIP

Legacy TeS SIP
Legacy ISUP TeS
CS TGW TeS ISUP
CS ToIP
MGCF
H.248 MMoIP SIP
ToIP H.248 TDM CS
MGW IP
MGW MGW
MGW
CS
CS

H.248
POTS+DSL

Complicated structure Migrate transit traffic to NGN

Ageing HW Rehome RSS POTS
Growing OPEX Convert CSS to RSS

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Evolution of telephony and multi-media services
BB and multi-media services BB and multi-media services
Continued migration class 4 and 5 traffic Continued migration class 4 and 5 traffic

IMS

IMS 2 to 1 strategy
SIP

SIP SIP SIP

TeS
TeS
TeS ISUP TeS
TeS ISUP
MGCF
MGCF MGCF
MGCF
AGC SIP
SIP
H.248 H.248
TDM TDM CS
CS
MGW MGW IP
IP MGW
MGW

H.248 H.248

POTS+DSL
POTS+DSL

POTS POTS

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Wireline IMS architecture
Sce
nari
Telephony provided by IMS also for
Engine
o
legacy telephony access IMS control
MultiMedia
HSS
Presence Feature
Server Server
Diameter
ISC
~SIP
SIP
RSS TeS
TeS SIP-T
SIP
CSCFSIP-T
SIP TeS
TeS
MGC/
V5.2 AGC
AGC
Engine
Softswitch
NGC
SIP-T Engine
SGW
Softswitch
SIP SIP SIP
SIP ISUP
Q.931
EAR MRFC
TDM H.248 H.248 H.248
(AGW)
IUA
MRFP
H.248

TDM
MPLS/ IP CCS
PBX
MSG PBN Telephony

RTP MSG PSTN

RTP
MSAN

D MSG
ABG RTP MSG
S Broadband SIP/H.323
L access Router/
VoIP
BRAS

IAD

SIP+RTP

EAB/ OX Lennart Norell

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Evolved telephony based on IMS

Service Network

AS AS
P2P Presence
Multi-
Multi-media

D
S
L
L SIP CSCF
IP access &
network
MSAN
TeS
AGCF
D
S
L IMS

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New wireline architecture

~101 TeS TeS TeS

MPLS/ IP PSTN
BRAS
MSG/TAG BRAS
~102

Public Public Public

Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet
~103 -104

IP-MSAN POTS
POTS

~106 Multi-
media

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 Engine
The softswitch solution for telephony and multi-media

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 Engine Integral - Telephony Softswitch Solution
Solution overview and main building blocks

Service Control Point (IN)

Application Operations and
Server Management

Telephony Softswitch Solution (TSS)

Telephony Telephony
Softswitch Softswitch

Management for TSS

Other Networks
TeS TeS

Transit Media Media

Exchange TE Gateway Gateway
EAR
Packet Backbone
Local
Exchange LE
Separation of call and connection control
PBX
IP-MSAN
Signalling
Connection

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 Softswitch – Telephony Server (TeS)

Service Control Point (IN)

Application
Server

Telephony Softswitch Solution (TSS)

Telephony Telephony
Server
Server

Other Networks TeS TeS

Transit Exchange
Media Media
TE Gateway Gateway
Telephony Server (TeS) Packet Backbone EAR
Engine Integral Softswitch
Call control & call logic
Local Exchange
Uses proven Technology
LE
PBX
Global Class 4 and Class 5 feature set
Carrier Class HW and SW implementation

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 Media Gateway – AXD 301

Service Control Point (IN)

Application
Server

Telephony Softswitch Solution (TSS)

Telephony Telephony
Server
Server

Other Networks TeS TeS

Transit Exchange
Media Gateway - AXDMedia
301 Media
TE Gateway Gateway
Media Gateway for telephony services Packet Backbone
EAR
Multiple IP and TDM interface options
Multiple codec support
Local Exchange
Carrier Class
LE HW and SW implementation
PBX

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 PBN – Cisco IP Core and Edge Technology

Service Control Point (IN)

Application
Server

Telephony Softswitch Solution (TSS)

Telephony Telephony
Server
Server

Other Networks TeS TeS

PBN – Cisco Core & Edge Routers
Cisco 12000 and CRS-1
Provides the IP/MPLS transport
Transit Exchange
Carrier-class implementation Media
meeting Media
TE Gateway Gateway
the telephony requirements Packet Backbone EAR

Local Exchange
LE
PBX

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 PSTN access node - Engine Access Ramp (EAR)

Service Control Point (IN)

Application
Server

Telephony Softswitch Solution (TSS)

Telephony Telephony
Server Server

Other Networks TeS TeS

Transit Engine
MediaAccess Ramp Media
Exchange TE Gateway Gateway
Solution for ISDN and PSTN Backbone
Packet EAR
Copper Concentration
Carrier Class
Local
LE
Exchange PBX

IP-MSAN

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Operations and Management – MN OSS

Operations and
Management

MN-OSS Billing Service

Mediation Activation
Telephony Softswitch Solution (TSS)
EMS Telephony
Server

Management for TSS

Cisco/Juniper EMS Telephony
Server
TeS TeS
Other Networks
TeS

Media
TE Gateway
Transit Exchange Packet Backbone Media
MGW MGW
Packet Backbone Gateway
EAR EAR

MN-OSSLE
Local Exchange
NetworkManagement and Service Assurance
A complete operational support solution defined specifically for multi-service PBX
networks
Designed to improve the solutions performance and reduce cost of operations

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Engine Multi-Media Softswitch Solution

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Engine Multi-Media network solution
3GPP architecture based om IMS
Session server (CSCF)
• Routing of SIP messages
Home Subscriber Server • Triggering of services
• Holding user profiles • Session control function
• Authenticating a user • Bearer authorisation and policing
• Authorising user requests
• Binding a user and a session
Application
Servers
Application Layer

e s
v ic The MGC/MGW provides:
r Media
Interworking with ISUP/TDM,
Se Subscriber
SIP & H.323 NWs
Manager

Control Layer Manager

Connectivity Layer Session

Server

IP IP Connectivity PSTN
Access Network
BRAS MGW

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Engine multi-media solution - 3GPP architecture
Detailed view

Application

Network & Services Management

Layer CS-MS CS-AS CS-CS PS AS
SNM

H.323
SIP
SIP
SIP
NBG Provisioning
Control Layer HSS SIP

DIAMETER ISUP

SIP
MGCF/SG Charging
CSCF SIP
MGCP Mediation

Connectivity
Layer RTP
ABG MG TDM DNS / ENUM

SIP RTP

UE

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 Value of Engine Multimedia

IP Centrex IP Telephony
• Hosted PBX • First or second line
• One network for voice and replacement
data • Several phone lines
• Complete service set for Engine • Video call
the enterprise • Instant messaging
• Easy management of
Multimedia • Presence
subscribers • Buddy lists
• Multimedia services

•The only standardized architecture for SIP based

multimedia services
•Open architecture – enables multivendor deployment
•Modularity – add functionality
•Fixed mobile convergence – common core network

IMS Architecture
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 NGN Solution – ToIP
ƒ Signalling protocols, compression, interoperability
and standards
ƒ Key issues for Network design – capacity,
redundancy , design and dimensioning
ƒ Carrier class Telephony over IP – just VoIP not good
enough
ƒ Customer cases

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Signalling protocols, compression, interoperability and standards

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Signalling overview in Telephony Softswitch Solutions
Basic operation

Telephony Softswitch Solution (TSS)

AS IMS
Other Networks SIP-T/BICC
PSTN Sigtran SIP

ISUP TeS TeS

DSS1 H.248/SCTP
PBX PRA SIP, H.323 Other Networks
VoIP

V5.2
AN
ISUP Media Media
Gateway Packet Backbone Gateway
Transit EAR
Exchange TE ISUP

Codecs:
H.248 G.711 PBX
Local
LE G.723.1
Exchange
G726
Interoperability
G.729 SIP-T ”ISUP over IP” Î well defined by IETF RFC
IP-MSAN H.248 being standardised by ETSI/Tispan

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ISUP signalling – two basic alternatives

Channel associated signalling STP - signalling

SCP SCP
SCP SCP

INAP/CS1 INAP/CS1

TeS RPG
TeS
BICC BICC
RPG
Reduced need of RPG
ISUP

ATM/IP ATM/IP

MGW MGW MGW MGW

MGW
MGW MGW MGW

ISUP ISUP ISUP

POI POI EAR V5.2 POI POI EAR V5.2

Secure signalling transport
Redundancy

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Ericsson’s view on signalling in NGN

ƒ SIP-T or BICC for interconnect with other telephony

softswitches (Sigtran)

ƒ H.248/SCTP for gateway control

ƒ H.248 access signalling for POTS and SIP for multi-

media over a common broadband access.
– Operators see H.248 as the “next-gen. V5.2” for VoIP
– Based on operator feedback Ericsson has decided to implement
H.248 signaling for POTS, rather than “SIP”

ƒ IP-MSAN (AGW) controlled by H.248 (ETSI Tispan)

– Implementation in two phases

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IP-MSAN in two phases
based on the evolving H.248 standardization
phase 1 in ETSI Tispan.
AXE
H.248 CL H.248 CL
V5.2
TeS

H.248 UNI

V5.2 PSTN/ISDN
H.248 UNI
IP Network AXE

Public Ethernet ABG/TAG

IP MSG

EDA Combo

phase 2
TeS H.2
AGW 48
CL
H.248 UNI
L
8C
H .24

H.248 CL
PSTN/ISDN
IP MPLS/ IP Network
PBN Telephony AXE
MSG
Public Ethernet
EDA MSAN
AGW
IP to IP gateway

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Key issues for Network design
Capacity
Redundancy
Design
Dimensioning

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Redundancy for transit applications

TeS two separate MGW

MGW MGW
MGW 50%
50% MGW

LX LX
50% MGW MGW
MGW 50%
MGW

partitioning
TeS

loss
50%
40%

30%

20%

10% Redundancy

20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

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 Redundancy for local applications MGW
MGW
MGW
MGW Dual-homing
Two options
RSS

TeS “Cold” stand-by

TeS N+1 protection

Option 1: N+1
Advantages
MSG
MSG MSG
MSG MSG
MSG
ƒ Cost-efficient, 1 redundant TeS can support
may working TeS

Mated pair
Option 2: Mated pair, 1+1 “Hot” stand-by
TeS 1+1 protection
s
Advantages
p ƒ Hot stand-by, no traffic disturbance in case
of a failure
MSG
MSG MSG
MSG

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Redundancy for local applications
Two options

TeS “Cold” stand-by

TeS N+1 protection
Option 1: N+1
Advantages
MSG MSG MSG ƒ Cost-efficient, 1 redundant TeS can support
MSG MSG MSG
may working TeS

Option 2: Mated pair, 1+1 “Hot” stand-by

1+1 protection
TeS
X activation
Advantages
deactivation X
ƒ Hot stand-by, no traffic disturbance in case
of a failure
MSG
MSG MSG
MSG

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It is not only about IP – it is about carrier-class IP

6 key issues Guiding principles

Network architecture
Network architecture ƒ Multi-service, Multi-vendor
ƒ Support MPLS/Pure IP
ƒ Several hundreds MGW
QoS Security QoS
ƒ Mouth-to-ear delay < 150 msec
ƒ Voice packet loss < 1%
ƒ MOS-value > 4
Availability – better than “5 nines”
Network ƒ Back-up links
Availability ƒ Link restoration time < 1 sec
mgmt
Security
ƒ Protect the telephony nodes from different
Network economics kinds of attacks
Management
ƒ Proactive monitoring of voice traffic in IP
network

MOS=Mean opinion score

Carrier class IP is about network design and management!

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 Delay budget

Mouth-to-ear budget: 100-150 msec

TDM average Local

Local TDM TeS Our tests Exchange
Exchange
LE 0,650ms
LE
IP-MSAN IP-MSAN
12 hops
Ethernet Media Media Ethernet
Gateway Gateway
Packet Backbone
~15 ms ~15 ms

Access network Access network

delay Encoding Prop. delay (5 ms/1000 km) Jitter Decoding delay
delay ~10 ms (2000 km) Buffer Delay
+ IP Core network Delay ~10 ms (G.711/5 ms)
Sampling: 5-20 ms
~20 ms ~25 ms (G.729/20 ms)
Encoding algoritm: ~10 ms

Delay contribution from IP-core network could safely be ignored

Allow longer sampling time – if voice quality MOS>4

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 Contracted In Service
Engine Softswitch Networks Softswitches 103 69
Media Gateway 316 223
Customers 33 24

your

communications

In commercial service Contract

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Network development - Phase 1
ENGINE for the growing interconnect traffic to other operators

Other operators Telephony

TX Server TX

1 2 13
MGW
MGW
MGW
MGW MGW
MGW MGW
MGW MGW
MGW MGW
MGW

packet core LS
LS

MGW
MGW MGW MGW
MGW
MGW MGW MGW MGW MGW
MGW MGW

Telephony
TX TX
Other operators Server

2 Tes
4000 E1 26 MGW

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Network development - Phase 2
Replacement of analogue local switches

Telephony
Telephony
TX Server TX
Server
1 2 13
MGW
MGW
LS MGW
MGW MGW
MGW MGW
MGW MGW MGW
MGW MGW

X packet core
X
X
MGW
X MGW
MGW MGW
MGW
MGW
MGW
MGW
MGW
MGW MGW
MGW

Telephony
TX Telephony TX
Server
Server

Max. 125k

TeS
TeS TeS
TeS

MGW
MGW MGW
MGW MGW
MGW MGW
MGW MGW
MGW MGW
MGW

New access nodes

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ENGINE in Mexico
Starting point

Telmex PSTN

Growth
Impossible! AXE AXE AXE
AN

V5.2 CSS

RSS AXE E10

RSS
R2 R2
RSS
RSS
PBX PBX

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Engine in Mexico
Step 1 – introduce Engine softswitch

Telmex PSTN

TeS

Growth MGW
V5.2 AXE AXE AXE

AN

CSS

RSS AXE E10

RSS
R2 R2
RSS
RSS
PBX PBX

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Engine in Mexico
Future steps – expansion and network consolidation

Telmex PSTN
R2
TeS
PBX

Growth V5.2
MGW MGW
X X X
AXE AXE AXE

AN

RSS
X
AXE E10

RSS
R2

CSS Î RSS RSS

PBX
RSS

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Engine in Mexico
Future steps – grow with IP-MSAN

Telmex PSTN
R2
TeS
PBX

Growth V5.2
MGW MGW X X X
AXE AXE AXE

AN

IP IP

NAM
X
AXE
IP-MSAN IP-MSAN

RSS RSS RSS ETH ETH

CSS Î RSS
Growth with IP-NAM´s, reduced OPEX through node reduction

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BT 21C aims
ƒ Revolutionise customer experience
– Make it easier to buy and use services
– Enable customers

ƒ Deliver innovative products more rapidly

– Rapid service creation & implementation
– With more people creating new services

ƒ Make it simpler to deliver and maintain service

– Process, systems & network automation

ƒ Transform the cost base of the Company

– Enabler of whole life cost reduction (Capex & Opex)

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What is the overall architecture?

ƒ A converged network based on IP and an

MPLS core

ƒ An Intelligence layer that is mobile enabled based on 3GPP

concepts

ƒ OSS systems controlling the complete network

ƒ An open applications layer

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21st Century Network structure vision

Logical ~80,000 ~100,000 ~1000 + ~170 Core Data

Nodes PCPs Remote Voice Switches Switches Centre
in the Concs, and Data Cross (DMSU / NGS)
Access DLAMS Connects
Network & Data
Today Muxes International
Networks

Internet
Peering

End Customer

~30,000 ~100 ~10

Begin Multi- Metro Core
Logical Fibre Service Routers Routers Data
Nodes to the Access Centre
PCP Devices
Future Aggregation Service Edge Core

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 Network areas & Selected partners

I-Node

Core

Transmission

Metro

Access

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Recommendation for BSNL
Network

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“Rome was not built in a day”

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Recommendations for BSNL Network

ƒ Introducing NGN (TSS) Solution in International

Gateway , Class 4 and Tandem Network.
ƒ Migration of BSNL Local Access Nodes (RSS & V5.2
Nodes) to TSS based Network .
ƒ Strengthening the IP access and IP Core Network.
ƒ Increasing the Broadband Penetration.
ƒ Introducing IMS Solution in Class A and Class B cities
seeking Multimedia application.
ƒ Evolving the mobile network under IMS umbrella
providing feature transparency and true Fixed Mobile
Convergence.

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