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Module4

Protocol Stack

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All IP/ Ethernet in NSN 2G Radio Access elements


Entire NSN GSM interfaces supporting IP/ ETH
BSS

Core Site

BSC

SML
C
Lb+

BS
C

TCSM /
TRAU

BSCBSC
Ater

MGW
A
A
Sigtran

Abis

MSC

Abis

BTS

Gb

O&M

NetActT
M

Before

BSS13

RG10

RG20

(CESoPSN)

(CESoPSN)

Packet Abis
A over IP

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SGSN

What basically is Packet Abis?


Ethernet or
MLPPP/HDLC

IP

UDP

RTP

RG20

CODECx

Codec is packed into packet directly instead of TRAU frame


Bandwidth is pooled for all types of traffic

(no dedicated allocation anymore)


e.g. PS data traffic can utilize all bandwidth available

Nothing is sent, when there is nothing to sent


Physical media is
PDH/SDH (E1/T1, STM1/OC3)
Ethernet
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Packet Abis Protocol Stack

PS U-plane

CS U-plane

C-plane

M-plane

NSN RTP

IUA

UDP

SCTP

ICMP

IP

ARP

MC ML PPP

Ethernet MAC

TDM

Ethernet PHY

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New Transport Protocols For Packet Abis


Packet Abis requires the adoption of new transport protocols
with respect to the Legacy Abis.
The transport protocols to be used, on the one hand depend on:
The type of traffic flow that has to be conveyed over the Abis
interface, on the other hand are conditioned to the two possible
variants;
Packet Abis over TDM based backhaul (E1/T1)
Packet Abis over PSN based backhaul (Ethernet).
Both variants make use of the IP layer but each one has of
course different requisites in terms of lower layers in order to
cope with the specific physical layer/media.

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New transport protocols for Packet Abis


In case of Packet Abis over PSN the foreseen lower layers are
(as familiar) based on Ethernet MAC and Ethernet Layer 1.
The Packet Abis over TDM variant is rather designed to keep
the currently (widely) adopted TDM backhaul and therefore,
instead of sending the IP packets through Ethernet, they are
sent using ML/MC PPP and HDLC protocols on top of e.g.
E1/T1

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ML PPP (Multi Link Point to Point Protocol)


ML PPP (Multi Link Point to Point Protocol) is defined in RFC 1990 [7] and
used to aggregate (bundle) multiple physical links into a single logical/virtual
link.
This ability to combine multiple lower-speed links into a single, higher-speed
data path is often referred to as packet-based inverse multiplexing.
In Packet Abis over TDM, ML PPP is to be used for aggregation of HDLC
channels and treat them as a single physical pipe for transporting the higher
layer IP packets.
In the transmit direction, ML PPP takes a packet, optionally fragments it, and
adds a ML PPP header which includes sequence number (and 2 bits
indicating beginning and end of fragment). Each resulting fragment (or whole
packet) is transmitted across a separate physical link of the bundle. At the
receiver side, the headers are used to reconstruct the complete packet.

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User Plan
Concerning CS /PS User-plane, the traffic is to be sent across
the Abis interface over the UDP/IP protocol stack; this
regardless of the nature of the traffic itself (i.e. speech, data).
Abis CS /PS User-plane frame format including NSN
Multiplexed RTP

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Control Plan
As far as C-plane is concerned, the signaling flow (TRXSIG) is
to be transferred via IUA (ISDN User Adaptation) protocol layer.
IUA (RFC 4233 [6]) defines a protocol for backhauling of
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Q.921 User
messages (i.e. LAPD user messages) over IP using the Stream
Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) in between.
IUA essentially uses SCTP to adapt LAPD channels to be
transferred over IP

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Header compression
In short, IP header compression is the process of compressing
excess protocol headers before transmitting them on a link and
uncompressing them to their original state on reception at the
other end of the link. It is possible to compress the protocol
headers due to the redundancy in header fields of the same
packet as well as consecutive packets of the same packet
stream.

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Header compression
Considering the constraint above and the fact that header
compression might not be available in all network elements, the
functionality is regarded as optional and to be enabled/disabled
by configuration.
Header compression is considered as essential for Packet Abis
over TDM where reducing the overhead allows a more efficient
use of the bandwidth compared to legacy Abis. For Packet Abis
over PSN (Ethernet) the functionality is instead considered as
beneficial (i.e. important but not essential and so deferrable to
future releases) since in this case bandwidth saving is less
crucial than in the TDM one.

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MC PPP (Multi Class Point to Point Protocol),


MC PPP (Multi Class Point to Point Protocol), as defined in
RFC 2686 [8], is an extension of ML PPP that allows defining
more than one instance of ML PPP each one distinguished with
a class number (by profiting of previously unused bits). This
way, for each class it is possible to use a separate sequence
number space and reassembly buffer to be able to ensure that
that most important traffic types are treated with higher priority.
The multiple ML PPP instances are still using the very same
data links (traffic is not separated on the links, but multiplexed
together).
In case of Packet Abis over TDM, MC PPP is to be used for
separation of traffic classes (C-plane, CS, PS, M-plane).

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Packet Abis over TDM

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CS Domain User Plane

BTS

BSC

Abis

TC

Ater

MSC

Transcoding
Codec
NSN muxd RTP

Codec
NSN muxd RTP TRAU frame

UDP

UDP

IP

IP

ML/MC-PPP

ML/MC-PPP

HDLC

HDLC

TDM L1

TDM L1

G.711

G.711

TDM L1

TDM L1

TRAU frame

TDM L1

TDM L1

Packet Abis over TDM; CS domain protocol stack (U-plane)

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CS Domain Control Plane

BTS

BSC

Abis

Abis L3

Abis L3

IUA

IUA

SCTP

SCTP

IP

IP

ML/MC-PPP

ML/MC-PPP

HDLC

HDLC

TDM L1

TDM L1

MSC

BSSMAP

BSSMAP

SCCP

SCCP

MTP

MTP

TDM L1

TDM L1

Packet Abis over TDM; CS domain protocol stack (C-plane)


with Legacy A interface
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CS Domain Control Plane With SIGTRAN

BTS

BSC

Abis

Abis L3

Abis L3

MSC

BSSMAP

BSSMAP

SCCP

SCCP

IUA

IUA

M3UA

M3UA

SCTP

SCTP

SCTP

SCTP

IP

IP

IP

IP

ML/MC-PPP

ML/MC-PPP

HDLC

HDLC

Eth L2

Eth L2

TDM L1

TDM L1

Eth L1

Eth L1

Packet Abis over TDM; CS domain protocol stack (C-plane)


with SIGTRAN at A interface
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PS Domain User Plane


MS
BTS

Um

BSC

Abis

SGSN

Gb

Data application
TCP/UDP
IP
SNDCP

SNDCP

LLC

LLC

RLC

RLC

BSSGP

BSSGP

MAC

MAC

NS

NS

L1

L1

GSM L1

GSM L1

PA-FP

PA-FP

NSN muxd RTP

NSN muxd RTP

UDP

UDP

IP

IP

ML/MC-PPP

ML/MC-PPP

HDLC

HDLC

TDM L1

TDM L1

Packet Abis over TDM; PS domain protocol stack (U-plane)


with Legacy Gb interface
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PS Domain User Plane With Gb Over IP


MS
BTS

Um

BSC

Abis

SGSN

Gb

Data application
TCP/UDP
IP
SNDCP

SNDCP

LLC

LLC

RLC

RLC

BSSGP

BSSGP

MAC

MAC

NS

NS

GSM L1

GSM L1

PA-FP

PA-FP

NSN muxd RTP

NSN muxd RTP

UDP

UDP

IP

IP

UDP

UDP

ML/MC-PPP

ML/MC-PPP

IP

IP

HDLC

HDLC

Eth L2

Eth L2

TDM L1

TDM L1

Eth L1

Eth L1

Packet Abis over TDM; PS domain protocol stack (U-plane)


with Gb over IP interface
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PS Domain Control Plane


MS
BTS

Um

BSC

Abis

SGSN

Gb

GMM/SM
LLC

LLC

RLC

RLC

BSSGP

BSSGP

MAC

MAC

NS

NS

L1

L1

GSM L1

GSM L1

PA-FP

PA-FP

NSN muxd RTP

NSN muxd RTP

UDP

UDP

IP

IP

ML/MC-PPP

ML/MC-PPP

HDLC

HDLC

TDM L1

TDM L1

Packet Abis over TDM; PS domain protocol stack (C-plane)


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Management Plane

BTS

BSC

Abis

Abis O&M

Abis O&M

IUA

IUA

SCTP

SCTP

IP

IP

ML/MC-PPP

ML/MC-PPP

HDLC

HDLC

TDM L1

TDM L1

Packet Abis over TDM; O&M signaling protocol stack (M-plane)

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Packet Abis over PSN

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CS Domain User Plane

BTS

BSC

Abis

TC

Ater

MSC

Transcoding
Codec
NSN muxd RTP

Codec
NSN muxd RTP TRAU frame

UDP

UDP

IP

IP

Eth L2

Eth L2

Eth L1

Eth L1

TDM L1

G.711

G.711

TDM L1

TDM L1

TRAU frame

TDM L1

Packet Abis over PSN; CS domain protocol stack (U-plane)

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CS Domain Control Plane

BTS

BSC

Abis

Abis L3

Abis L3

IUA

IUA

SCTP

SCTP

IP

IP

Eth L2

Eth L2

Eth L1

Eth L1

MSC

BSSMAP

BSSMAP

SCCP

SCCP

MTP

MTP

TDM L1

TDM L1

Packet Abis over PSN; CS domain protocol stack (C-plane)


with Legacy A interface
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CS Domain Control Plane With SIGTRAN

BTS

BSC

Abis

Abis L3

Abis L3

MSC

BSSMAP

BSSMAP

SCCP

SCCP

IUA

IUA

M3UA

M3UA

SCTP

SCTP

SCTP

SCTP

IP

IP

IP

IP

Eth L2

Eth L2

Eth L2

Eth L2

Eth L1

Eth L1

Eth L1

Eth L1

Packet Abis over PSN; CS domain protocol stack (C-plane)


with SIGTRAN at A interface

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PS Domain User Plane

MS
BTS

Um

BSC

Abis

SGSN

Gb

Data application
TCP/UDP
IP
SNDCP

SNDCP

LLC

LLC

RLC

RLC

BSSGP

BSSGP

MAC

MAC

NS

NS

L1

L1

GSM L1

GSM L1

PA-FP

PA-FP

NSN muxd RTP

NSN muxd RTP

UDP

UDP

IP

IP

Eth L2

Eth L2

Eth L1

Eth L1

Packet Abis over PSN; PS domain protocol stack (U-plane)


with Legacy Gb interface
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PS Domain User Plane With Gb Over IP


MS
BTS

Um

BSC

Abis

SGSN

Gb

Data application
TCP/UDP
IP
SNDCP

SNDCP

LLC

LLC

RLC

RLC

BSSGP

BSSGP

MAC

MAC

NS

NS

GSM L1

GSM L1

PA-FP

PA-FP

NSN muxd RTP

NSN muxd RTP

UDP

UDP

UDP

UDP

IP

IP

IP

IP

Eth L2

Eth L2

Eth L2

Eth L2

Eth L1

Eth L1

Eth L1

Eth L1

Packet Abis over PSN; PS domain protocol stack (U-plane)


with Gb over IP interface
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PS Domain Control Plane

MS
BTS

Um

BSC

Abis

SGSN

Gb

GM/SM
LLC

LLC

RLC

RLC

BSSGP

BSSGP

MAC

MAC

NS

NS

L1

L1

GSM L1

GSM L1

PA-FP

PA-FP

NSN muxd RTP

NSN muxd RTP

UDP

UDP

IP

IP

Eth L2

Eth L2

Eth L1

Eth L1

Packet Abis over PSN; PS domain protocol stack (C-plane)


with Legacy Gb interface
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PS Domain Control Plane With Gb Over IP

MS
BTS

Um

BSC

Abis

SGSN

Gb

GM/SM
LLC

LLC

RLC

RLC

BSSGP

BSSGP

MAC

MAC

NS

NS

GSM L1

GSM L1

PA-FP

PA-FP

NSN muxd RTP

NSN muxd RTP

UDP

UDP

UDP

UDP

IP

IP

IP

IP

Eth L2

Eth L2

Eth L2

Eth L2

Eth L1

Eth L1

Eth L1

Eth L1

Packet Abis over PSN; PS domain protocol stack (C-plane)


with Gb over IP
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Management Plane
BTS

BSC

Abis

Abis O&M

Abis O&M

IUA

IUA

SCTP

SCTP

IP

IP

Eth L2

Eth L2

Eth L1

Eth L1

Packet Abis over PSN; O&M signaling protocol stack (M-plane)

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Possible Scenarios
There are two possible scenarios pertaining to Packet Abis
feature:
Packet Abis using IP over TDM based backhaul (e.g. E1/T1)
Packet Abis using IP over PSN based backhaul (e.g. Ethernet)

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RG10

Scenario A: Legacy and PWE CESoPSN

BSC

Legacy Abis
TDM
TDM

TDM

TDM

TCSM

Ater
TDM

TDM

TDM

Legacy Abis (PWE3)


PWE

IPoEth
IPoEth

Any vendors
MGW

PWE

PWE

PWE

PWE
Gateway

PWE
*A.2200

Alternative interface

Mixed mode (TDM / Ethernet) possible


BSC3i 1000/2000 or FlexiBSC required

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MGW

RG10

Scenario A1: with TC in MGW

Legacy Abis
TDM

TDM
TDM

NSN
MGW

BSC
TDM

TDM

Ater
PWE
Gateway

Legacy Abis
PWE

IPoEth
IPoEth

PWE

TC

PWE
*A.2200

Packet / TDM conversion


Alternative interface

Mixed mode (TDM / Ethernet) possible


BSC3i 1000/2000 or FlexiBSC required

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MGW

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RG20

Scenario B: Packet Abis and A over IP (TC


in BSS)
PAbis oTDM
TDM

IPoTD
IPoTD
MM

BSC

TCSM

TDM

PAbis oEth
Eth

IPoEth
IPoEth

Ater
Eth

Any vendors
MGW

TDM

TDM

PWE

PWE

TDM

MGW
Eth

Legacy Abis
TDM

AoIP
TDM

(G.711)
TC in BSS

TDM
TDM
Packet / TDM conversion
Alternative interface

PWE capabilities (Abis/A) same, but partly not shown due to simplicity reasons
Any mixed mode possible

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RG20

Scenario C1: Packet Abis and A over IP

Any vendors
MGW

PAbis oTDM
TDM

IPoTD
IPoTD
MM

BSC
TDM

AoIP

Eth

PAbis oEth
Eth

IPoEth
IPoEth

TCSM
Eth

TDM

Legacy Abis
TDM

(CodecX )
TC in MGW

TDM

Ater

PWE

TC
MGW

A
TDM
TDM
PWE

Eth

TDM
TDM

AoIP
(G.711)
TC in BSS

Alternative interface

PWE capabilities (Abis/A) same, but partly not shown due to simplicity reasons
Any mixed mode possible
except Legacy Abis <-> AoIP (TC in MGW)
BSC3i 1000/2000 or FlexiBSC required

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RG20

Scenario C2: RG20


Packet Abis and A over IP

NSN
MGW

PAbis oTDM
TDM

IPoTD
IPoTD
MM

BSC
TDM

(CodecX )
TC in MGW

PAbis oEth
Eth

IPoEth
IPoEth

Eth

TDM

Ater

TDM

MGW

PWE
Gateway

PWE

Legacy Abis

TC

AoIP

Eth

TDM
*A.2200

TDM
TDM
Alternative interface

PWE Legacy Abis capabilities same, but not shown due to simplicity reasons
Any mixed mode possible
except Legacy Abis <-> AoIP (TC in MGW)
BSC3i 1000/2000 or FlexiBSC required

* RG10 late feature


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Scenario C: RG30 Study item


All Abis types and A over IP (TC in MGW)

Any vendors
MGW

PAbis oTDM
TDM

RG30

IPoTD
IPoTD
MM

BSC
TDM

PAbis oEth
Eth

IPoEth
IPoEth

Eth

(CodecX )
TC in MGW

Legacy Abis
TDM

AoIP

Eth

MGW

TC
TC

TDM

TDM
TDM
Packet / TDM conversion

PWE Legacy Abis capabilities same, but not shown due to simplicity reasons
Any mixed mode possible
BSC3i 1000/2000 or FlexiBSC required

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Packet Abis - HW/SW Requirements


Supported in BSC3i 1000/2000 and FlexiBSC (new and
upgraded)

New ETP unit needed

Supported in FlexiEDGE BTS and FlexiMultiradio BTS


Media conversion (legacy Abis) to PWE3 CESoPSN

supported for co-sited UltraSite / BTSplus.


A BTS site (BCF) operates either in Dynamic Abis or Packet
Abis mode.
Supported with PCU2-D and PCU2-E
A single PCU operates either in Dynamic Abis or Packet Abis mode.

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RG20

A over IP Implementation Scenarios


(RG20)
ETP

Packet Abis + AoIP


TC in MGW

Eth

ETP-A

Packet Abis
over IP
Eth

A
over IP

Core

A
over IP

Core

A
over IP

Core

FlexiEDGE

ETS2 ETP

Packet Abis + AoIP


TC in BSS

TCSM3i
ETP-A

Packet Abis
over TDM
TDM

FlexiEDGE

Flexi BSC or BSC3i 1000/2000

TCSM3i
ETP-A

Legacy Abis + AoIP


TC in BSS

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BTS

Legacy Abis

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AoIP interfaces in S15

ETPA

PAbis oEth

AoIP (FI) U-plane


Compressed codecs

Eth

MGW

BSC
Eth

Nb

TCSM

ETPE

ETPC

PAbis oTDM

TDM

ETPT

G
S
W
B

Ater
TDM

Eth

AoIP (PI) U-plane


G.711/CS Data

TDM

TDM

Legacy Abis

AoTDM (PT)
G.711/CS Data

TDM

Mc

AoIP C-plane

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Presentation
/ Author
Date
6.
Multi-operator
BSS /(MOBSS)
/ KH /03 2009 / RN2009

MSS

A over IP
Description:
The A-interface between BSS and MGW will be based on IP / Ethernet
3GPP Rel-8 defines two basic scenarios for AoIP functionality:
AoIP Transcoder in the BSS
The G.711 / RTP / IP protocol is employed
Supported in TCSM3i (stand-alone and combi)
AoIP Transcoder in the Core Network (MGW)
The CODECx / RTP / IP protocol is employed
Supported only with Packet Abis in S15
Benefits:
Simplifies the system configuration in Multipoint A / Flexible A scenarios

Improved transport efficiency and speech quality for the Transcoder in the Core
Network scenario through standardising TrFO for GSM/EDGE

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A-interface Alternatives
MSS

BSSAP/
SIGTRAN

AoIP (TC in MGW)

BSC

BTS

TCSM
BTS
Abis
(TDM/IP)

BTS

MGW

AoIP (TC in MGW):


CodecX

TrFO
TC

TFO

AoIP (TC in BSS)

AoIP
(IP)

BTS
Abis
(TDM/IP)

H.248

BSSAP, RANAP,
ISUP, BICC, SIP-I

RTP
UDP

Peer
System

IP

A, Ater, AoIP,
Iu, Nb, Nb(SIP-I) or PSTN

AoIP (TC in BSS):


G.711
RTP
UDP

Legacy A
(TDM,
G.711)

IP

TC
Ater
(TDM)

BSC

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Ater
(TDM)

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GSM EFR, GSM FR, GSM HR,


CodecX = FR AMR, HR AMR,
FR AMR-WB, Clearmode

PWE Concept

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Pseudo Wire Emulation End-to-End


(PWE3)
Overview on PWE3
PWE3 is standardized mechanism which emulates the essential attributes of a
service into Packet Switched Network (PSN)
-

different services can be emulated by PWE3, e.g. TDM, Frame Relay, ATM, SDH/SONET
emulation basically means conversion of the TDM traffic to packets according to PWE3
PWE3 of TDM traffic is referred to as CESoPSN (Circuit Emulation Services over PSN)

the required functions of PWE3 include


-

encapsulating service-specific set of information (=> forming PW) arriving at an ingress port,
carrying the PW transparently across a communication path (PSN tunnel),
managing the PWs timing and order,
re-converting to the original signal (native service) in the far end of the PSN tunnel

PWE3 does not intend to guarantee that the emulated service will be

indistinguishable from its origin (i.e. the one which is subject to emulation)
-

the emulation must be sufficient for the proper operation of the service with required QoS
the emulation introduces a trade-off between cost (bandwidth) and performance (delay)

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Pseudo Wire Emulation End-to-End


(PWE3)
PWE3 reference model (1/2)

Customer Edge (CE)

a device where a native service originates and/or terminates


the CE is not aware that it is using an emulated service rather than a native one

Provider Edge (PE)

a device that provides PWE3 to CE

PSN tunnel

a path over PSN which the content of one or more PWs is conveyed through

PW

a set of PDU sent through the PSN tunnel that contains all of the data (i.e. payload and control information) required
to provide the desired service

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Pseudo Wire Emulation End-to-End


(PWE3)
PWE3 reference model (2/2)
PSN-bound

CE-bound

CE1

CE2
PE1

PE2

Customer Edge

Provider Edge

AC
Native service
AC

PSN Tunnel
Packet Switched Network

Attachment Circuit

PW
Pseudowire

PSN bound

traffic direction in which information derived from a native service (in a CE) are adapted to a PW (and next, when
formed, PW PDUs are sent through PSN tunnel)

CE bound
traffic direction in which data conveyed through PW PDUs are received, processed, re-converted back to the native
service and delivered to a CE

Native service

a service which is subject to emulation (i.e. TDM signal in case of the feature)

Attachment Circuit (AC)


the physical (or logical) circuit linking a PE to the CE (e.g. connection within the HW module responsible for PWE3)

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PWE3 realization in BSS: CESoPSN


General feature information

Overview on CESoPSN functionality


Circuit Emulation Service over PSN performs the following activities:
-

the TDM bit stream is segmented according to the user specified TSS
- bits transmitted by indicated PCM TS in subsequent TDM frames
headers are added to each segment to form a manageable packet (encapsulation)
packets are forwarded to the PSN tunnel and transmitted to its destination over Ethernet network
at destination, the original bit stream is reconstructed by removing headers, concatenating frames
and regenerating the timing

an E1 line
TDM frame #1

TS31
Ch24

Ch2
TS1

Ch1
TS0

TDM frame #2

TS31
Ch24

Ch2
TS1

Ch1
TS0

TDM frame #3

TS31
Ch24

Ch2
TS1

Ch1
TS0

a resulting PW (also called CESoPSN packet)


- 3 TDM frames mapped
- PW composed of 31 TS
Ch24
TS31

Ch2
TS2

Ch24
Ch1 TS31
TS1

Ch2
TS2

payload
TSS composed of 31 TS

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Ch1 TS31
TS1
Ch24

Ch2
TS2

Ch1
TS1

CESoPSN Header

header
Ref. P. Spennemann, Internal Ethernet/IP Interfaces for BSS
Feature Request Sheet, FRS 94060, version 2.0, May 2007

CESoPSN
General feature information

Structure of payload (1/3)


PCM basics

125 s

TS 0 TS 1 TS 2 TS 3 TS 4 TS 5 TS 6 TS 7
8 bits

encoding resolution
sampling frequency

1 TS 8 bit 8 kHz = 8 bit / 125 s = 64 kbit/s

1 PCM30 32 64 kbit/s = 2.048 Mbit/s

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TS 31

CESoPSN
Structure of payload (2/3)
a PCM line is structured by a sequence of frames, a TDM frame lasts 125 s and carries 32
channels of 64 kbps (in case of E1)

the feature allows to select a set of TSs from consecutively transmitted frames of

a given PCM line and to bundle them together into separate set (called TimeSlot map or
TimeSlot Set, TSS)
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a user defines how many TSs and which particular ones form particular TSS, the selection is permanent, TS0 is always excluded
a user defines how many consecutive TDM frames contribute to a single Ethernet packet
this selection has impact on the required Ethernet bandwidth as well as introduced delay
a connection which transmits a TSS relevant contribution of chosen amount of frames is called Pseudo Wire (PW)
a PW is established between 2 Provider Edges (PEs) carried over PSN tunnel

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CESoPSN
General feature information

Structure of payload (3/3)


the described structure preserves both the sequence of TSs within the particular TDM frame
as well as the sequence of frames

each CESoPSN packet gets a leading control word (CW) where a packet sequence number is
stored, this allows to preserve the sequence of CESoPSN packets as well

this allows to re-construct the original PCM data in the receiving end

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CESoPSN
General feature information
CESoPSN protocol stack
standard version of CESoPSN protocol stack is shown below:
worst case protocol header
4
12
8
20
4
38 (26+12)
86

the protocol stack introduces (in the worst case) header with length of 86 bytes
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different vendors may use modified protocol stacks, e.g. RTP is not supported in BSS14
thus in S14 implementation the header length is either 74 bytes or 70 bytes (depending on whether VLAN is enabled or not)

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Planning Parameter

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Packet Abis - C-plane protocol stack


Packet Abis over TDM; CS domain protocol stack (C-plane) with Legacy A
interface
Logical links:
OMU signaling link for each BCF
TRX signaling link for each TRX
ISDN Q.921 User Adaptation Layer (IUA)
Stream Control Transmissin Protocol
(SCTP)
Default port for OMUsig: minSctpPort =
49152
Default port for TRXi: minSctpPort =
49152 + i
Multi Link Multi Class Point to Point
protocol (ML/MC-PPP) bundles several
HDLC to form one large capacity recourse
HDLC object to allocate capacity from an
E1/T1 (BTS end definition must mact to
to BSC
end
one)
BSC
end
one)
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IP address for each BCSU


IP address for M-plane
IP address for C-plane
M-plane and C-plane IP address
may have the same value within a
BCSU (collapsed IP address)

Packet Abis - C-plane protocol stack


Packet Abis over TDM; CS domain protocol stack (C-plane) with SIGTRAN at A
interface

IP address for Flexi EDGE BTS


IP address for M-plane
IP address for C/U-plane
M-plane and C/U-plane IP
address may have the same value
(collapsed IP address)
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U-plane protocol stack


CS U-plane

PS U-plane

TRAU
handling

TRAU
handling

PCU
frame

PCU
frame

RTP 1)

RTP 1)

RTP 1)

RTP 1)

UDP

UDP

UDP

UDP

IP

IP

IP

IP

ML/MCPPP

Ethernet

ML/MCPPP

Ethernet

HDLC

L1

HDLC

L1

TDM L1

TDM L1

CS-UDP
mux port 2)

Note1) NSN specific multiplexing used


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RTP multiplexing parameters


(for optimization)
PS-UDP mux port

2)

BSC:
U-plane-IP address =
ETP-IP address
BTS:
U-plane IP address =
C-plane IP address

The Main plannable parameters


IUA (LAPD D-channels for OMUsig and TRXsig)
SAPI
TEI
SCTP (one for BCF + one for each TRX)
SCTP association
SCTP parameter set (Packet Abis Fast, Packet Abis Medium, Packet Abis over Satellite, user
defined set)

Source & Destination port number (Source port number = Destination port number on Abis
interface)

IP

Source and Destination IP address


DSCP to plane mapping (QoS)
ML/MC-PPP
MC-PPP class mapping (QoS)
HDLC (one per E1/T1, 1 to 8 per BCF)
PCM-ID
Start TSL
BW
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Packet Abis SCTP association


Flexi EDGE BTS

TRX is associated with a BCSU


Balancing the BCSU load (up to 500
TRX per Flexi BSC BCSU)
Both TRXs of a dual TRX module to
the very same BCSU
BCF is associated with a BCSU
SCTP association
SRC/SDT IP address and SRC/DST
UDP port number
Default port for OMUsig:
minSctpPort = 49152
Default port for TRXi: minSctpPort =
49152 + i
Packet Abis site
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Flexi BSC
BCF
TRX1
TRX3
TRX5

DTRX
DTRX
DTRX

BCSU
TRX2
BCSU
TRX4
BCSU
TRX6
BCSU

Flexi EDGE BTS


BCF
TRX1
TRX3
TRX5

DTRX
DTRX
DTRX

TRX2
TRX4
TRX6

BCSU

Benefits

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Dynamic Abis today

Legacy TDM

PWE CESoPSN

Each voice channel is allocated to a dedicated air interface channel


PWE transports timeslots snapshots (empty or not)
Constant bandwidth need!!
Some savings can be achieved (unallocated timeslots by configuration)

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Packet Abis pools all traffic types

Almost same packets in TDM and Ethernet options

TDM: All timeslots/E1 are pooled single bit-pipe


similar to Ethernet media
No dedicated bandwidth reserved
TRAU framing and bit stuffing removed
No empty packets are sent (Unused, silence )
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Packet Abis - Benefits


The bandwidth savings achieved are significant due to only transferring
packets that contain data, compared with the previous technology that
required empty timeslots to maintain a constant bit rate.
Abis bandwidth gains are achieved by
Removing unneeded bits and header information from TRAU/PCU frames
Savings due to silence frames are shorter
All traffic (CS- and PS u-planes, c-plane (TRXSIGs) and m-plane (OMUSIGs))

pooled to the same bandwidth (multiplexing gain)


Bandwidth required depends on actual need (no longer constant)
Multiplexing of traffic to same packets
Header compression
Aggregation and oversubscription possible in the network

Cost of transmission
Ethernet transport is cost efficient in many areas
Efficient utilization of the current TDM transport
CS voice quality and CS data throughput not affected
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