2. Introduction
RSG (Radio Service Gateway)
ASG (Aggregation Site Gateway)
CSG (Cell Site Gateway)
Network Architecture
Physical Topology
Traffic Flow
KIRKOS SITE Logical Network Topolgy
KIRKOS SITE Physical Board Layout
3. ET’s implemented integrated IPRAN & IPCORE solution to provide
high quality 2G ,3G and LTE (Long Term Evolution) mobile services.
ET IPRAN network is composed of ATN950B, CX600 (CX600-X8 &
CX600-X16) and NE40E equipments. Among them, ATN950B devices
are used as CSGs( Cell Site Gateway) on the base station side,
CX600-X8 are used as ASGs (Aggregation Site gateway )on the
aggregation side while CX600-X16 work as RSG (radio service
gateway) device at the base station controller site to connect
RNC/BSC. NE40E place at the same site with CS/PS play as the
same role as ZTE Voice ER, And Interconnect to the ER/CR device
which is existed in ZTE IP Core network, NE40E also connects to the
PS/CS device.
Totally, for wireless service and Core Network Solution in AA, 5 RSG
site, 21 ASG sites and 130 CSG sites have been deployed.
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Introduction
4. In ET network pairs are deployed for connecting
base station controllers (BSCs) and radio network
controllers (RNCs) directly and mobility
management entities (MMEs) through the NE40E.
Five RSG sites in Addis Ababa are located at:
NifasSilk, Microwave, Bole, Arada, & Kirkos. CX600-
X16 routers are used as RSG
Based on distributed hardware forwarding and non-
blocking switching technologies, CX600 has
features of:
carrier-class reliability, line speed forwarding
capability, a well-designed Quality of Service (QoS)
mechanism, transmission of Ethernet over Multi-Protocol
Label Switching (EoMPLS) services, and L2 and Layer 3
(IP) services.
RSG (Radio Service Gateway)
5. These are deployed to aggregate traffic from the access
layer.
CX600-X8 routers are used as ASG and a pair of ASG is
installed to enhance the reliability.
ASGs (Aggregation Site Gateway)
6. These are deployed in the access layer. One ATN950B Routers per each
CSG sites have been installed .Each CSG is connected to the nearby
ASG directly or through another CSG using the existing fiber resource.
ATN950B routers serve as a bypass 2G/3G and LTE services to the
Aggregator sites.
At access side, Radio BTS/NodeB/eNodeB without optical resource are
connected to Microwave first then to ATN950B while Radio BTS/NodeB
/eNodeB with optical resource are connect to ATN950B directly.
In addition to that, a pair of High-end NE40E routers at each five core
sites to integrate Huawei CS/PS service and interconnect IP CORE
network to the Existing ER/CR routers, Pair of E8000 Eudemon firewall &
S9306 switches at three core sites (Nifas Silk , Microwave & Kirkos) for
PS service and pair of S9303 switches at every core sites for CS
service have been installed.
As an access and aggregation switch, the S9300&S9300E provide line-
speed Fast Ethernet (FE), Gigabit Ethernet (GE), 10GE, and 40GE
interfaces.
CSG (Cell Site Gateway)
7. Core: This describes the IPCore structure ,RSG interconnection and NE40E
Integration to the Existing IPCore network.
RSG interconnection to RNC, BSC and NE40E
NE40E interconnection to RSG, core service, and Existing ER or CR
VRF and IP design
ASG: This describes the Aggregation part of the IPRAN
CSG: Describes the Access part of the IPRAN
IPRAN Logical Network Design
The IP RAN is divided in to three layers as described below:
The access layer consists of CSGs (Cell Site Gateway). The
network topology can be a ring or chain depending on fiber
connections between sites.
The aggregation layer consists of ASGs (Aggregation Site Gateway)
aggregating traffic from the access layer. Pair of ASG for each
access area is deployed to improve the reliability of aggregation
nodes.
RSG (Radio Service Gateway) pairs are deployed for connecting
base station controllers (BSCs), radio network controllers (RNCs)
directly and mobility management entities (MMEs) through IPCore.
RSG interconnection to RNC, BSC and NE40E
NE40E interconnection
Network Architecture
9. In Addis Ababa the entire network topology (IPRAN) is deployed
as below with 7 rings interconnected through existing fiber
resource.
CSG ,ASG & RSG are used to build the IPRAN .There are 7
rings and Each Ring include the following sites:
Ring 1 include: Microwave, Old airport, Kirkos, Nafis Silk, Bole,
Filowoha
Ring 2 include: Mekanisa, Karanyo, Old airport
Ring 3 include: Nafis Silk, Bole Michael, Akaki, Kality, Lebu,
Hanna Mariam
Ring 4 include: Ketema, Kolfe, Barau, Asko, Shegole
Ring 5 include: Microwave, Ketema, Arada, Sidis Kilo, Yeka,
Bole, Filowoha
Ring 6 include: Arada, Gebeya, Ferensail
Ring 7 include: Yeka, Kotebe, Ayat Meronia, Gerji
Physical Topology
11. The bandwidth of ring Microwave-Filowoha-Bole-NifasSilk-
Kirkos-OldAirport is 2*40GE
The bandwidth of ring Microwave –Ketema-Arada-SidisKilo-
Yeka-Bole-Filowoha is 1*40GE
The rest of the CX ring is 2*10GE
The ATN ring is 1*10GE
The access layer uses 10GE links for service access, but at
the aggregation 2*10GE or 1*40GE or 2*40GElinks are
used.
Multiple physical interfaces are bundled into an Eth-Trunk
using the link aggregation technique to increase the
Bandwidth and reliability just like smart group.
12. The traffic over IP RAN consists of both voice and data. The
voice traffic can be classified as Inter Site RNC/BSC -Voice
traffic, Intra-Site RNC/BSC Voice traffic and Inter site CS -to-
CS traffic.
Inter Site RNC/BSC -Voice traffic is traffic between a
BSC/RNC and a CS device on another location. If the traffic is
between BSC/RNC and CS in the same site the traffic is
called Intra-Site RNC/BSC traffic. If traffic is between CS sites
it termed as Inter site CS -to-CS site traffic.
In IP RAN Inter Site RNC/BSC -Voice traffic, Intra Site
RNC/BSC -Voice traffic and PS traffic (data) are forwarded
through IP RAN network without crossing IP CORE network.
Inter site CS -to-CS traffic is forwarded through IP CORE
network.
Traffic Flow
13. Inter-site and Intra-site RNC/BSC Traffic Model
Inter-Site
Traffic
ZTE IP NGN
A/Abis/Gb
Iu_b/Iu_CS/Iu_U/Iu-C
A/Iu_CS/Signaling
Signaling
CX600-X16
NE40E-X8
S9303
Gom
ER/CR
ER/CR
ZTE IP NGN
A/Abis/Gb
Iu_b/Iu_CS/Iu_U/Iu-C
A/Iu_CS/Signaling
Signaling
CX600-X16
NE40E-X8
Gom
ER/CR
ER/CR
BR-1 BR-2
SITEA SITEB
Intra-Site
Traffic
IP CORE
IP BH
14. Inter site CS to CS Traffic Model
ZTE IP NGN
A/Abis/Gb
Iu_b/Iu_CS/Iu_U/Iu-C
A/Iu_CS/Signaling
Signaling
CX600-X16
NE40E-X8
S9303
Gom
CR/ER
CR/ER
ZTE IP NGN
A/Abis/Gb
Iu_b/Iu_CS/Iu_U/Iu-C
A/Iu_CS/Signaling
Signaling
CX600-X16
NE40E-X8
Gom
CR/ER
CR/ER
BR-1 BR-2
SITEA SITEB
Inter-Site
Traffic
ZTE CS
ZTE CS
IP BH
IP CORE
15. PS Traffic Model from SGSN/GGSN to RNC
A/Abis/Gb
Iu_b/Iu_CS/Iu_U/Iu-C
Gn/Gp/Ga/Iu_C/
Gr/Signaling/Gb/Li
Gn/Gp/
Signaling/Li/Gy
Gi Gi
CX600-X16
NE40E-X8
S9303
E8000E
CR/ER
A/Abis/Gb
Iu_b/Iu_CS/Iu_U/Iu-C
Gn/Gp/Ga/Iu_C/
Gr/Signaling/Gb/Li
Gn/Gp/
Signaling/Li/Gy
Gi Gi
CX600-X16
NE40E-X8
S9303 E1000E
BR1 BR2
IP BH
IP CORE
Inter-Site PS
traffic
Intra-Site Traffic
CR/ER CR/ER CR/ER
SiteA SiteB
16. KIRKOS SITE
Logical Network Topolgy
Kirkos site is the core site in the ET IPRAN network, two NE40Ex8 and two
CX600-x16 are installed in this site.
Kirkos
RSG A
CX600-X16
Kirkos
NE40E
BSC/RNC
MSOFT UMG
GGSN SGSN
IP Core Network
IP Core
IPRAN
Agg Layer
IPRAN
Access Layer
Kirkos
RSG B
CX600-X16
Nifas silk
RSG-A
CX600-X16
Nifas silk
RSG B
CX600-X16
OLD
AIRPORT
ASG A
CX600-X8
Kirkos
NE40E
Nifas silk
NE40E
Nifsa silk
NE40E
Kirkos Nifas silk
CX Ring
OLD
AIRPORT
ASG B
CX600-X8
56N-DCSG
49N-DCSG
18. KK Site After Migration
After migration NE40E which already connect with 6gei bundle interfaces of
Kirkos edge routers will be changed to 1*10 gei interface of Arada core
routers.Kirkos site is located in ring 1. Here there used same interfaces on
both ends of the devices for interconnection.
AD_CR_A AD_CR_B
Kirkos_ER_HW_A Kirkos_ER_HW_B
Kirkose_FW_PS_A Kirkos_FW_PS_B
Microwave_SW_PS_A Microwave_SW_PS_B
Kirkos_SW_CS_A Kirkos_SW_CS_B
M6000
NE40E-
X8
CX600-X16
S9300
E8000E
Nifas silk RSG-A
Old airport ASG-B
BSC
RNC
BSC RNC
Kirkos_RSG_A Kirkos_RSG_B
10GE
40GE
Key
Eth-trunk 15
Eth-trunk 30
Eth-trunk 25
Eth-trunk 20
Eth-trunk 10
49N
56N
6*GE
ATN950B
Eth-trunk 2
Eth-trunk 2
Eth-trunk 15
Eth-trunk 15
Eth-trunk 3
11*10GE
Eth-trunk 1
GE
19. Physical Layout and Rack Desgn
Board Layout(NE40E)
There are two types of LPU’s which are installed in the NE40E-x8 which have 8 LPU
slots Only one 40GE LPUs is installed in the Slot1 three 10x10Ge LPUs are
installed in slot2,slot6 and slot7. All the LPU type can be intall in from slot1 to slot 8.
1 2 3 4 9 11 10 5 6 7 8
SRU SRU
SFU
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20. The SRU/MPU manages, monitors, and maintains the boards, fans,
and power modules.On the NE40E-X8, one independent SFU and
two SFU modules on the SRUs constitute three switching planes
that work in 2+1 load balancing mode.
SFU has a control channel that provides the following functions:
Detects voltage, current, and temperature.
Provides protections against over-voltage, over-current,
and over-heating.
There are three type LPU’s are installed in the CX600-X16 which
have 16 LPU slots.All service line cards are interchangeable.
Only one 24xGE LPUs is installed in the Slot2
three 10x10Ge LPUs are installed in slot6,slot8 and slot14.
Two 2x40Ge LPUs are intalled in slot3 and slot7
All the LPU type can be intall in from slot1 to slot 16.
21. Switch Fabric Unit(SFU)
The CX6DSFUI401B on the CX600-X16 switches data for the entire
system at line speed of 640 Gbit/s (320 Gbit/s for the upstream
traffic and 320 Gbit/s for the downstream traffic). This ensures a
non-blocked switching network.The CX600-X16 has four SFUs
working in 3+1 load balancing mode. The entire system provides a
switching capacity at wire speed of 2.56 Tbit/s.
Main Processing Unit(MPU)
The MPU consists of the main control unit, system clock unit, and
system maintenance unit.The MPU consists of a motherboard and
three pinch boards. The MPU controls and manages the system. As
the system clock source and the management and maintenance
unit, the MPU provides the functions of the control plane, switching
plane, and maintenance plane.