Open Signal Latency

Improvement & Strategy

SOUTH LUZON OPEN SIGNAL LATENCY IMPROVEMENT
RAN TO CORE

SHORTEST-PATH (DISTANCE)
PITVO PITVO
SL1 SL2
LUCENA BATANGA ONGOING ACTIVITIES:
S
vUSN vUGW LUCENA P* MM P** vUSN vUGW
 Cabuyao Clusters via CEN-MB POI Done Feb18
PREFERRED UPLOAD DOWNLOAD
 Silang Sub Clusters via CEN-MB POI Done Feb26
SYNERGY
UGW TRAFFIC TRAFFIC
NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2
IPBB
NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2  Dasma Cluster via CEN-MB POI Done March 3**
 Tagaytay via CEN-MB POI Feb W4***
10/16 13/16 8/16 PE
 Naga Clusters via Lucena PE May 2020

(63%) (81%) (50%) LUECENA PE SYNERGY CEN BATANGAS PE  Palawan Clusters Rehoming to VIS2 March W2
 Pre-works POI between CEN-HUCU
MB MB
MB MB MB MB

CSG CSG
BATANGAS
Cabuyao Tagaytay Dasma2
LUCENA POI Imus SSL Silang POI

SMART CEN

Note:
Already preference homing but not on neareast PIVOT*
Done Interim/Partial** LUCENA* BATANGAS*
Capacity Limitation*** BICOL* CALAMBA* MINDORO* BINAKAYAN**
Preferred to CLUSTERS TAC vUGW Homing Preferred to UL via Shortest Path DL Shortest Path
CLUSTERS TAC vUGW Homing Nearest Core UL via Shortest Path DL Shortest Path Nearest Core
PLDT Lucena 1 & 2 SL1 Lucena DONE Dec 17 DONE Feb 6 DONE Dec17 PLDT Binakayan TAC 39032 SL1 Lucena PENDING* PENDING PENDING
TAC 39031
Naga Concepcion TAC 39045 SL1 Lucena DONE Feb 21 DONE Feb 6 PENDING Dasma2 + Tagaytay TAC 39035 SL1 Lucena PENDING* DONE Feb26** DONE Feb26**
SMART Legaspi TAC 39039 SL1 Lucena DONE Feb 21 DONE Feb 6 PENDING Dasma2 + Tagaytay TAC 39048 SL1 Lucena PENDING* DONE March 3** DONE March 3**
SMART Legaspi TAC 39040 SL1 Lucena DONE Feb 21 DONE Feb 6 PENDING SMART Rosario TAC 39036 SL1 Lucena PENDING* DONE Feb 20** DONE Feb20**
PLDT Calamba TAC 39044 SL1 Lucena DONE Feb 5 DONE Feb 6 DONE Feb5 PLDT Batangas TAC 39034 SL2 Batangas DONE Dec 19 DONE Feb 6 DONE Feb 6
SMART Sta. Cruz TAC 39037 SL1 Lucena DONE Feb 6 DONE Feb 6 PENDING PLDT Batangas TAC 39043 SL2 Batangas DONE Feb 21 DONE Feb 6 PENDING***
PILTEL Cabuyao TAC 39033 SL1 Lucena DONE Feb 11 DONE Feb 6 DONE Feb 18 PILTEL Sta. Monica TAC 39042 SL2 Batangas PENDING* PENDING PENDING
PILTEL Cabuyao TAC 39038 SL1 Lucena DONE Feb 11 DONE Feb 6 DONE Feb 18 PILTEL Sta. Monica TAC 39053 SL2 Batangas PENDING* PENDING PENDING
VISAYAS OPEN SIGNAL LATENCY IMPROVEMENT RAN TO CORE

SHORTEST-PATH (DISTANCE)
PITVO PITVO
VIS1 VIS2
MANDAU ILOILO ONGOING ACTIVITIES:
E
vUSN vUGW JONES P*
vUSN vUGW
 Roxas via CEN<DFON> PE POI Done March 4
PREFERRED UPLOAD DOWNLOAD
 Capiz via CEN<DFON> PE POI Done March
SYNERGY
UGW TRAFFIC TRAFFIC
NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2
IPBB
NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2  Bacolod via CEN<DFON>PE POI March W2

16/16 16/16 8/16 PE

(100%) (100%) (50%) MANDAUE PE SYNERGY CEN ILOILO PE

MB MB
MB MB MB MB

CSG CSG
ILOILO
Bacolod
CEBU POI Roxas POI

SMART CEN

Note:
Already preference homing but not on neareast PIVOT*
Done Interim/Partial** CEBU ILOILO*
Capacity Limitation*** DUMAGUETE* TACLOBAN* ORMOC/MAASIN ROXAS*
CLUSTERS TAC
Preferred to
vUGW Homing Nearest Core UL via Shortest Path DL Shortest Path *
CLUSTERS TAC vUGW Homing Preferred to UL via Shortest Path DL Shortest Path
Nearest Core
PLDT So. Cebu 2 VIS1 Cebu DONE Nov 21 DONE Jan 23 PENDING PLDT Iloilo La Paz TAC 49003 VIS2 Iloilo DONE Nov 22 DONE Jan 24 DONE Nov 26
TAC 49028
PLDT So. Cebu 2 TAC 49029 VIS1 Cebu DONE Nov 21 DONE Jan 23 PENDING PLDT Iloilo La Paz TAC 49013 VIS2 Iloilo DONE Nov 22 DONE Jan 24 DONE Nov 26
PLDT So. Cebu 2 TAC 49030 VIS1 Cebu DONE Nov 21 DONE Jan 23 PENDING PLDT Iloilo La Paz TAC 49004 VIS2 Iloilo DONE Nov 22 DONE Jan 24 DONE Nov 26
PLDT So. Cebu 2 TAC 49031 VIS1 Cebu DONE Nov 21 DONE Jan 23 PENDING PLDT Iloilo La Paz TAC 49006 VIS2 Iloilo DONE Nov 22 DONE Jan 24 DONE Nov 26
PLDT So. Cebu 2 TAC 49032 VIS1 Cebu DONE Nov 21 DONE Jan 23 DONE PLDT Lapaz 2 + Roxas TAC 49026 VIS2 Iloilo DONE Nov 26 DONE March 5 DONE March 5
PILTEL Mabolo TAC 49021-22 VIS1 Cebu DONE Nov 21 DONE Jan 23 PENDING PLDT Lapaz 2 + Roxas TAC 49027 VIS2 Iloilo DONE Nov 26 DONE March 5 DONE March 5
PLDT Tacloban TAC 49023-25 VIS1 Cebu DONE Nov 26 DONE Jan 23 DONE Jan 24** SMART Bacolod TAC 49005 VIS2 Iloilo DONE Nov 29 DONE Jan 24 DONE Jan 30**
SMART Banilad TAC 49020 VIS1 Cebu DONE Nov 26 DONE Jan 23 PENDING SMART Bacolod TAC 49015 VIS2 Iloilo DONE Nov 29 DONE Jan 24 PENDING
NORTH LUZON OPEN SIGNAL LATENCY IMPROVEMENT
RAN TO CORE

SHORTEST-PATH (DISTANCE)
PITVO PITVO
NL1 NL2
SFLU CLARK ONGOING ACTIVITIES:
vUSN vUGW SFLU P* MM P** vUSN vUGW
 Vigan CEN-PE POI Done Feb 27
PREFERRED UPLOAD DOWNLOAD
 Laoag CEN-PE POI Done Feb 27
SYNERGY
UGW TRAFFIC TRAFFIC
NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2
IPBB
NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2  Bulacan Rehoming to NM1 June 2020

13/16 6/16 4/16 PE

(63%) (38%) (25%) SFLU PE SYNERGY CEN CLARK PE

MB MB
MB MB MB MB

CSG CSG
CLARK
MABALACAT SFP
SFLU POI POI

SMART CEN

Note:
Already preference homing but not on nearest PIVOT*
Done Interim/Partial** SFLU* CLARK**
Capacity Limitation*** REGION 1&2* DAGUPAN TARLAC* PAMPANGA** BULACAN**
Preferred to CLUSTERS TAC vUGW Homing Preferred to UL via Shortest Path DL Shortest Path
CLUSTERS TAC vUGW Homing Nearest Core UL via Shortest Path DL Shortest Path Nearest Core
PLDT Cauayan    NL1 SFLU DONE Nov 28 PENDING PENDING PILTEL Baliuag TAC 29052 NL2 Clark PENDING* PENDING PENDING
TAC 29029-30
Smart Laoag TAC 29045 NL1 SFLU DONE Nov 28 DONE Feb 27 Done Feb 27 SMART Plaridel TAC 29053 NL2 Clark PENDING* PENDING PENDING
SMART Baguio LEC TAC 29027 NL1 SFLU DONE Dec 3 PENDING PENDING SMART Dau TAC 29040 NL2 Clark DONE Dec 18 DONE Jan24 DONE Jan 15
PLDT SFLU TAC 29026 NL1 SFLU DONE Dec 17 PENDING PENDING SMART DAU 2nd/3rd TAC 29047 NL2 Clark DONE Dec 18 DONE Jan24 DONE Jan 23
PLDT Cabanatuan TAC 29031-50 NL1 SFLU DONE Dec 5 PENDING PENDING PLDT Tarlac LE TAC 29032 NL2 Clark DONE Dec 18 DONE Jan24 DONE Jan 17**
SMART Dagupan LEC TAC 29028 NL1 SFLU DONE Dec 10 PENDING PENDING Subictel TAC 29033 NL2 Clark DONE Dec 19 DONE Jan24 PENDING
Smart Dagupan LEC 2nd TAC 29049 NL1 SFLU DONE Dec 10 PENDING PENDING Subictel TAC 29034 NL2 Clark DONE Dec 19 DONE Jan24 PENDING
PLDT Balzain TAC 29046-55 NL1 SFLU DONE Jan 31 PENDING PENDING PILTEL Baliuag TAC 29052 NL2 Clark PENDING* PENDING PENDING
 PALAWAN 4G TRAFFIC FLOW
PITVO SL1 PITVO SL1
SAMPALOC QUEZON CITY
MAKATI
BATANGAS LUCENA

MM P

CALAMBA vUSN vUGW vUSN vUGW

TAYABAS
LOOP 3 NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2 NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2

CALAUAG

NASUGBU BATANGAS
DAET
LUCENA

ROXAS BATANGA PE LUCENA P LUCENA PE

PINAMALAYAN
EPC PIVOT PASACAO
EPC PIVOT NAGA
SL2
SL1
LAPAZ

SJDB MASBATE LEGASPI JONES P

LOOP 4
CSG CSG
TAYTAY DAANBANTAYAN
CALBAYOG
PALAWAN BACOLOD ORMOC

TACLOBAN
PALAWAN
CEBU JONES
CLUSTERS
ILOILO PE
BATINGUEL
OZAMIS
LOOP 5 MAASIN
TAGBILARAN
SURGAO
OROQUIETA

CDO BUTUAN KITCHARO

POLANCO
ILIGAN MALAYBALAY
LOOP 8 HUCU
PAGADIAN LOOP 6 BAYUGAN

SINDANGAN BUDA

IPIL DAVAO TAGUM CEN POI MB

BUUG

KIDAPAWAN
SMART CEN SYNERGY
LOOP 7
DIGOS

GENSAN
CAVITE | LAGUNA ZTE CEN PH3 w/ POI

PLDT BINAKAYAN SMART BACOOR SMART DASMA2

40G

BNKHUBE001 (36 20G 20G

%)

10G
Via Cavite ring (Main/Prot)
20G
)

10G SMART IMUS2

20G
Via Cavite ring (Main/Prot)
Via Silang-Imus2-Dasma2-Bacoor-Alabang-Muntinlupa-SanPedro-Calamba route
ROSARIO 20G
20G
5G
(0%) PILTEL CABUYAO
BNKHUBE001

20G 20G 10G 30G 20G

20G
SMART ROSARIO (34
SMART TAGAYTAY SMART SILANG SMART CARMONA %)
BATHUBE001

PLDT CALAMBA
pe2
4106 PTL Cabuyao
• Break Express Links to expannd per segment LZ_CEHUGTMN-0395
- For Assessment of needed modules (TR10) at ECI FS TRANSPORT NETWORK
PLDT CALAMBA
PE1
 HIGH LATENCY TROUBLESHOOTING
SHORTEST-PATH (DISTANCE)
MINDANAO:
Primary Homed to CDO PIVOT MIN1
 CDO1 Misamis Oriental Cluster DONE Nov 10-11
Primary Homed to DAVAO PIVOT MIN2
 Matina1 Davao Del Sur Cluster DONE Nov 12-13
*Sasa sub-cluster *(35 Sites) under Matina1 rerouted to
Davao POI from Sasa POI DONE Nov 13
*Sasa Uplink from CDO to Davao PE DONE Nov 20
*Sasa cluster revert to Sasa POI DONE Nov 21
*26 Sites for rerouting from Gensan POI to Davao POI
DONE Nov 18
 Matina2 Davao Del Norte Cluster DONE Nov 14-15
*81 Sites confirmed via Davao POI
 Gensan Cluster DONE Nov 14-15
*48 Sites for rerouting from Tacurong POI to GenSan
POI on Cancelled due to Gensan Utilization
*1 Site for rerouting from CDO to GenSan POI Nov 19
Note:
 CORE Activities
* IP/Transport Activities
VISAYAS:
Primary Homed to MANDAUE PIVOT VIS1
 South Cebu2 Cluster DONE Nov 21
*80 Sites for rerouting from Dumaguete POI to So.Cebu Link Expansion from 2x10G to 3x10G:Done Nov 16 1400H
*19 Sites for rerouting from Bacolod POI to So.Cebu
*4 Sites for Iloilo & 2 Sites for Bacolod to So.Cebu POI TACLOBAN PE1 – JONES P1
 Mabolo Cluster DONE Nov 21
*11 Sites for rerouting from Iloilo POI to Mabolo POI
*5 Sites for rerouting from Bacolod POI to Mabolo POI
*15 Sites for rerouting from So.Cebu to Mabolo POI
 Banilad Cluster DONE Nov 26
 Tacloban Cluster DONE Nov 26
Primary Homed to ILOILO PIVOT VIS2
 Iloilo Cluster DONE Nov 26
 Bacolod Cluster DONE Nov 29
CAPACITY
GENSAN PE1 – DAVAO P1/P2
 70% & 80% Utilization in normal condition. Reaching
100% during FOC at DFON Loop 7 affecting 168 LTE sites

 99% Utilization monitored since Nov 4 with direct
impact on latency of 60 sites under Tacloban Cluster.
 Link Expansion from 1x10G to 2x10G:Done Nov 14 1300H
ILOILO PE2 – JONES P1
 99% on remaining 2x10G, due to link down of 2x10G
Iloilo PE-Jones P1 on Nov 11 1105H, affecting 50% traffic
of ILOILO PIVOT VIS2
 Restored after tweak parameters at DFON by TSC DFON:
Nov 13 1834H
 For regrooming of uplinks between PE1/PE2 to prevent
same scenario above – c/o FCNO, TransIP Eng & TSC IPBB
MIN LTE S1-C & S11 INTERFACECDO P1– JONES P1
 99% Utilization monitored since Nov 18 with direct
impact on latency of MIN S1-C & S11 interface between
CDO P1 & Jones P1 & 80% between CDO P2 & Jones P2.
 CDO P1-Jones P1 & CDO P2 – Jones P2 Link Expansion
from 3x10G to 4x10G: Done Nov 21 & Nov 28
respectively
 HIGH LATENCY TROUBLESHOOTING
SHORTEST-PATH (DISTANCE)
SO.LUZON:
Primary Homed to LUCENA PIVOT SL1
 Lucena & Bicol Cluster For Schedule TBD
Primary Homed to BATANGAS PIVOT SL2
 Batangas Cluster For Schedule TBD
DECISION-MAKING:
 Mindoro and Laguna cluster still for study for the best
PIVOT homing
 Proposed Cavite Cluster will be primarily homed to SM2
Sucat Vitro
NO.LUZON:
Primary Homed to SFLU PIVOT NL1
 Cauayan & Laoag Clusters DONE Nov 28
 Balzain & Baguio Clusters DONE Dec 3
 SFLU, Dagupan & Region 1&2 Cluster For Schedule TBD
Primary Homed to CLARK PIVOT NL2
 Zambales, Tarlac Cluster For Schedule TBD
DECISION-MAKING:
 Proposed Bulacan and Pampanga cluster primary homed
to NM2 Sampaloc Pivot
EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE
NE40-8 BACKPLANE CAPACITY ISSUE ON 111 NE (CEN POI)
 IMPACT: Traffic was clipped and discarded due queue
overflow errors.
 Review EoS Project Phase 3 c/o TransIP Engineering
 AS-Migration of 30sites from CEN to Synergy c/o TPE/TSC
CAPACITY
GENSAN PE1 – DAVAO P1/P2
 70% & 80% Utilization in normal condition. Reaching
100% during FOC at DFON Loop 7 affecting 168 LTE sites
 Link Expansion from 2x10G to 3x10G:Done Nov 16 1400H
TACLOBAN PE1 – JONES P1
 99% Utilization monitored since Nov 4 with direct
impact on latency of 60 sites under Tacloban Cluster.
 Link Expansion from 1x10G to 2x10G:Done Nov 14 1300H

ILOILO PE2 – JONES P1

 99% on remaining 2x10G, due to link down of 2x10G
Iloilo PE-Jones P1 on Nov 11 1105H, affecting 50% traffic
of ILOILO PIVOT VIS2
 Restored after tweak parameters at DFON by TSC DFON:
Nov 13 1834H
 For regrooming of uplinks between PE1/PE2 to prevent
same scenario above – c/o FCNO, TransIP Eng & TSC IPBB
Note:
 CORE Activities
* IP/Transport Activities
 PIVOT VISMIN LTE IP TRANSPORT NETWORK
PITVO MIN1 PITVO MIN2 PITVO VIS1 PITVO VIS2
CDO DAVAO MANDAUE ILOILO

vUSN vUGW vUSN vUGW vUSN vUGW vUSN vUGW

NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2 NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2 NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2 NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2

CDO PE DAVAO PE MANDAUE PE ILOILO PE

CDO P DAVAO P JONES P

CSG CSG CSG CSG

SYNERGY SYNERGY
SYNERGY
CDO DAVAO
JONES
CLUSTER* CLUSTER** CSG
CSG CLUSTER*
CSG

CEN POI
CEN POI CEN POI
DAVAO POI ILOILO POI
CDO POI MDE POI
SMART CEN SMART CEN

CDO* CEBU*
MATINA** ILOILO*
BUTUAN* DUMAGUETE*
PAGADIAN* GENSAN** BACOLOD*
IPIL* SASA* KORONADAL* LEYTE* ROXAS*
ORMOC/MAASIN*
 PIVOT LUZON LTE IP TRANSPORT NETWORK
PITVO NL1 PITVO NL2 PITVO SL1 PITVO SL2
SFLU CLARK LUCENA BATANGAS

vUSN vUGW vUSN vUGW vUSN vUGW vUSN vUGW

NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2 NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2 NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2 NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2

SFLU PE CLARK PE LUECENA PE BATANGAS PE

METRO MANILA
SFLU P P LUCENA P

METRO MANILA
CSG CSG CSG P CSG
DAGUPAN

SYNERGY SYNERGY SYNERGY

SFLU CLUSTER* NL CLUSTER** LUCENA SYNERGY
CSG CLUSTER* CAVITE
CSG CSG CSG
CLUSTER**

CEN POI CEN POI

CEN POI CEN POI BATANGAS
SFLU POI CEN POI LUCENA POI POI
SMART CEN SMART CEN

SFLU* BULACAN** LUCENA* BATANGAS*

TARLAC* BICOL*
REGION 1&2* PAMPANGA** CAVITE**
DAGUPAN LAGUNA* MINDORO*
 VISMIN LTE IP TRANSPORT NETWORK
PITVO MIN1 PITVO MIN2 PITVO VIS1 PITVO VIS2
CDO DAVAO MANDAUE ILOILO

vUSN vUGW vUSN vUGW vUSN vUGW vUSN vUGW

NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2 NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2 NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2 NE40E-X8A_1 NE40E-X8A_2

CDO PE DAVAO PE MANDAUE PE ILOILO PE

CDO P DAVAO P JONES P

CSG CSG CSG CSG

SASA & TACURONG
SYNERGY
SYNERGY SYNERGY
JONES
CDO CLUSTER DAVAO CLUSTER
CSG CLUSTER
CSG CSG

CEN POI
CEN POI CEN POI
DAVAO POI ILOILO POI
CDO POI MDE POI
SMART CEN SMART CEN

CDO CEBU
BUTUAN ILOILO
MATINA DUMAGUETE BACOLOD
PAGADIAN GENSAN LEYTE
IPIL ROXAS
ORMOC/MAASIN
END OF PRESENTATION
Roxas Cluster Latency Improvement

Roxas Cluster Latency Improvement

- 181 FD-LTE Sites rerouted
- 10Gbps Total Traffic rerouted via Direct Iloilo - Roxas
POI bypassing Iloilo - Jones(via Loop4)
- 15ms latency improvement

Strategy #1: Established Roxas CEN facing Iloilo PE

utilizing ZTE CEN FOC to bypass Iloilo<>Cebu Jones (via
DFON Loop 4).
Bacolod Cluster Latency Improvement

Bacolod Cluster Latency Improvement (Ongoing)

1. Swap 7/0/1 10G Port to 1G port of F18 Bacolod facing 5867 SM
Bacolod – For Schedule of 10G swap on March Week 2. WFS is still
securing permit at SM Bacolod.
2. Swap 5/0/2 10G port to 1G port of F18 Bacolod facing Z73 Bacolod
Convention – DONE
3. Patching between  PLPZ _6031_DEP12 (31-415) <> 72F DFON TIE
Port 7/8 <> LPZGEFD058 ( Smart MGW to PLDT NGN Room) port
59/60 <> LPZHUBE001 7/1/4. - DONE