Application Note

- 5G Mobile Fronthaul

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2022.03
 CONTENTS

Evolution of Raisecom 5G
Mobile Fronthaul solution Mobile Fronthaul Solutions

Successful Stories
01
The Evolution of Mobile Fronthaul solution
ü Background
ü Raisecom Mobile Fronthaul Solution
Background : 5G is Coming

VR/AR 4K

10Gbit/s
Ultra-high Bandwidth
eMBB

Internet of Things Autopilot

Smart City Industrial

1M/km2 1 ms
Automation
Ubiquitous Connection Ultra-low Latency
mMTC uRLLC
Background: Evolution from D-RAN to C-RAN

In the 4G time, wireless stations use macro

stations. Between the BBU and the RRU, the
bare fiber direct drive is generally used.

In the 5G time, BBU has divided into CU+DU.

Middlehaul Due to the centralized deployment of DUs,
the requirement of optical fibers between DU
and AAUs has been increased rapidly.
During 5G deployment, it will be resulting
in a large number of requirements in the
field of mobile fronthaul, in order to solve
the problem of lacking optical fiber
resource..
 Background:Huge gap in optical fiber resources when building 5G

Scenario Type Number of cores

Huge gap in optical
fiber,
Pure 5G 6 huge construction cost
5G dual-band 12
5G new creation
5G dual-band + high-frequency
24
expansion +Operation &
+ low Maintenance
Pure 5G+4G reconstruction 42 cost +
Reliability
5G new creation& 5G dual-band+4G reconstruction 42
4G reconstruction
5G dual-band + high frequency+4G
54
reconstruction
Passive Semi-Passive
02
Raisecom 5G Mobile Fronthaul solutions
ü Passive Solution
ü Semi-passive Solution
ü Equipment Description
 Solution 1：Passive Solution for 4G+5G MFH

Recommend

4G+5G Mobile Fronthaul Mobile Backhaul

AAU
CPRI+eCPRI

RRU 1c
3*25 ore 10k
G+3
*10G
AAU

1 core 10k IP/MPLS

3*25G+3*10G DU+BBU Network
RRU 0k
RRU re 1
1 co 3*10G
G+
3*25
BBU Pool
AAU

CWDM Passive Mobile Fronthaul Solution

Cost Effective
 Solution 1：Passive Solution for 4G+5G MFH
Wavelength planning

4G service(10G CWDM SFP)

1491 1471 RRU1

OPCOM100-OMUx
1531 X=6,12 1511
BBU RRU2
1571
1-core fiber
1551
RRU3

5G service(25G CWDM SFP) Passive Module Passive Module

1271
1291 AAU1

1331 1311

DU AAU2
1371

1351
AAU3
BOQ for Passive 4G+5G Mobile Fronthaul Solution

Item Models DU AAU

1 Chassis PB3 / PB16 PB3 / PB16

2 1:12 CWDM Module OPCOM100-OMU12-LU-L OPCOM100-OMU12LU-R

3 25G/10KM/CWDM SFP RSP-25C10-29/33/37 RSP-25C10-27/31/35

4 10G/10KM/CWDM SFP RSP-10C10-49/53/57 RSP-10C10-47/51/55

Note: Please confirm before ordering

 Solution 2：Semi-Passive Solution for 4G+5G MFH

4G+5G Mobile Fronthaul Mobile Backhaul

AAU
CPRI+eCPRI

RRU 1c
3*25 ore 10k
G+3
*10G
AAU

1 core 10k IP/MPLS

3*25G+3*10G DU+BBU Network
RRU 0k
RRU re 1
1 co 3*10G
G+
3*25
BBU Pool
AAU

CWDM Semi-Passive Mobile Fronthaul Solution

 Solution 2：Semi-Passive Solution for 4G+5G MFH
Wavelength planning

4G service(10G CWDM SFP)

1491 OPCOM100-OMUx 1471 RRU1

OPCOM100-SA
X=6,12

1531 1511
BBU RRU2
1571 1+1 protection
2-core fiber 1551
RRU3

5G service(25G CWDM SFP) Active Chassis Passive Module

1271
1291 AAU1

1331 1311

DU AAU2
1371

1351
AAU3
BOQ for Semi-Passive 4G+5G Mobile Fronthaul Solution

Item Models DU AAU

1 Chassis OPCOM100-SA PB3 / PB16

2 NMU OPCOM100-SA-NMU

3 1:12 CWDM card support 1+1 OPCOM100-CPM12A OPCOM100-OMU12-P

protection
4 25G/10KM/CWDM SFP RSP-25C10-29/33/37 RSP-25C10-27/31/35

5 10G/10KM/CWDM SFP RSP-10C10-49/53/57 RSP-10C10-47/51/55

Note: Please confirm before ordering

 Equipment Description：Passive Solution

Passive CWDM Muxponder Chassis for Passive Module

PB3

OPCOM100-OMU12-LU-L

OPCOM100-OMU12-LU-R

PB16
 Equipment Description：Semi-Passive Solution

2U, 3U, 5U chassis

6 channel CWDM cards (with 1+1)

DU Site 12 channel CWDM cards (with 1+1 or without 1+1)

Active Device

5 channels 25G/10G Transponder card

Chassis for Passive Module

AAU Site
Passive
Devices
6 Channel Module 12 Channel Module PB3 PB16
 Equipment Description：Semi-Passive Solution

DU site passive module

OPCOM100-CPM6A

OPCOM100-CPM12A

OPCOM100-SA-NMU
 Equipment Description：Semi-Passive Solution

AAU site passive module

OPCOM100-OMU6-P

OPCOM100-OMU12-P
03 Successful stories
ü Successful stories in 5G wireless fronthaul
 Successful Case: China Mobile 5G Mobile Fronthaul

Semi-Passive Solution • 2020 Q1, 5G front-haul first

procurement bid for Semi-passive CWDM
devices in China Mobile. Raisecom has
won 30% of the total bidding for 4,500
sets Semi-Passive CWDM devices.
• 2020 Q4, Raisecom has won 30% of the
total bidding for 25,000 sets Semi-
Passive CWDM devices.
• So far, more than 15,000 sets has been
deployed, and it's continuing in other
areas.

Active
router
Standby router
C C
W W
C C 6 Waves, 25G D
M
D
M
W
D
W
D Flexible Configuration, High A A
M M
Reliability, A A
DU U U
Easy Manageable
1+1 Protection
04 Roadmap
ü Leased-Line Service and Mobile Backhaul, Malaysia
ü Small Cell Backhaul, India
Roadmap

Semi-Passive
devices Released
Developing
5U chassis + passive
remote
3U chassis + passive
CWDM Semi-Passive remote
devices 2U chassis + passive
2U Active + passive remote

Passive

2020 2021 2022

 Link Budget calculation

≤2km ≤5km ≤10km

RSP-25C10,
Fiber loss 0.4×2=0.8 0.4×5=2 0.4×10=4 25G CWDM SFP+,
Movable joint 0.5×4 = 2 Typical Tx power =
Link loss
(dB) 2.5dBm, Rx power = -
Project margin 3 14dBm,
link budget = 16.5dB.
Total link Loss 5.8 7 9

6 waves ≤7
RSP-25C10,
IL(dB) 12 waves ≤8 25G CWDM SFP+,
18 waves ≤9 Typical Tx power =
WDM 6-wave link budget 12.8 14 16 3dBm, Rx power = -
WDM 12-wave link budget 19dBm,
13.8 15 17
link budget = 22dB.

For 6 waves, RSP-25C10 can meet 2/5/10KM link budget.

For 12 waves, RSP-25C10 can meet 2/5KM link budget.
For 12 waves, need to use RSP-25C10 to meet 10KM link
budget.
 BOQ for Semi-Passive 5G Mobile Fronthaul Solution

Model Name Version Description

6-wave 25G PSBU
CO 6-wave A.10  Including 1 OPCOM100-OMU6-LU-L (A) and three 25G CWDM optical
integrated modules RSP-25C10-xx (A)
packaging 25G
PSBU system  Maximum transmission distance between the CO device and remote
device: 10 km (the path loss budget is 1–12 dB)
 The wavelengths xx of optical modules are 1291 nm, 1331 nm, and
PSBU-6L-25
1371 nm.
 Support transmitting up to 6 ways of unidirectional services or 3
ways of bidirectional services in one fiber.
 It is applicable to the CO device. The remote device to be applied
is the PSBU-6R-25.
Remote 6-wave A.10  Including 1 OPCOM100-OMU6-LU-R (A) and three 25G CWDM optical
integrated modules RSP-25C10-xx (A)
packaging 25G
PSBU system  Maximum transmission distance between the CO device and remote
device: 10 km (the path loss budget is 1–12 dB)
 The wavelengths xx of optical modules are 1271 nm, 1311 nm, and
PSBU-6R-25
1351 nm.
 Support transmitting up to 6 ways of unidirectional services or 3
ways of bidirectional services in one fiber.
 It is applicable to the remote device. The CO device to be applied
is the PSBU-6L-25.