Michel Tong

GSET West Europe

[email protected]

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Agenda

1 Architecture Evolution
2 Proposed Architecture & Solutions

3 5G Transport Network Evolution

4 Q&A

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3GPP 4.5G & 5G Standardization Process

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Rel-12 Rel-13 Rel-14 Rel-15 Rel-16

LTE-A LTE New Marker (4.5G)

Mar 17
5G Previous Timeline 5G Phase 1 5G Phase 2
Global
Non-SA Full IMT-2020 Launch
5G Current Timeline SA-NR
NR NR
Dec 17 June 18 Dec 19

SA-NR: Standalone Next-gen Radio

Carriers 5G Plans : 2018 Early Trial, 2019 Ready, 2020 Launch

2017 2018 2019 2020

17H1/H2:5G RFI/RFP Trial 2017H2 TN Ready Feb 2018 5G Trial, aimed at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games

NG-TN/MSAN/WDM RFP 2018: Test & Trial 2019: Ready July 2020, 5G Olympic
commercial use

2017~18: Innovation & Standard 2018: Test & Field Trial 2019: Ready 2020 5G commercial
launch

2017H2: 5G RFI & 5G RAN Trial 2018: Test & Field Trial 2019: Early Deployment 2020 5G commercial
launch

2017H1: IT RFI, 17H2: IT Trial 2018:Field Trial @ IT & ES 2019: Ready 2020 Launched in
developed markets.

20/21 5G commercial
2017/18: Test & Demo 2018/19: Field Trial 2019/20 commercial trial with friendly user
launch

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Understanding of European SP 5G Deployment Timeline

Deployment Phase 1: Deployment Phase 2 Deployment Phase 3:

“Early Deployment” “Migration Phase” “Full Deployment”

<2020 2021~ 2023~

eMBB, FWA Vertical (uRLLC, mMTC) FMC
SP 5G  Smart City  Automotive  5G IoT  Smart steering of traffic
 Streaming (Video Audio)
Use Cases  Drone  Industry 4.0  Bonding
 VR，AR，MR
 E-Health  Energy

eMBB ：50Mbps/100Mbps Anywhere Smart City：~100ms，5Mbps

Network FWA：1Gbps+ （mmWave） Automotive ：~10ms，UL 50Mbps 5G IoT：1s，500kbps

Requirements Streaming： 4K 50Mbps，8K 120Mbps drone ：20ms，UL 50Mbps Industry4.0 ： robotic 5ms
E-Health ：10ms，UL 50Mbps Energy： 10ms
VR：~100Mbps，~20ms

Throughput Latency Full Service

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 5G Network Calls for Cloud Architecture

More Bands… Higher

Denser Site…
mmWave MIMO…
5G Will be Full Spectrum Access.
Massive MIMO is the trend. More sites to meet traffic challenges.

UCNC

…
…
Urban Inter Site Distance:

2 7 13
Carriers
2T2R 4T4R
… 64T64R 500m 300m … 100m

CloudRAN as 5G-oriented architecture will manage ultra complex network

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CloudRAN: Future Proof Elastic Architecture

Unified Architecture
for Multi-technologies and Multi-layers
CloudRC LBO
VR Server mAOS

RAN-NRT

CBS
(Centralized Base
Station)

V2V App
Small Cell Macro 5G NR
RAN-RT RAN-NRT
RAN-RT User
UL Plane RAN-RT
RAN-RT DL Control RAN-RT
Plane Gbps 1 ms
Dual-connectivity

Flexible Multi-connectivity High Efficient Coordination On-Demand Deployment

5G Smooth Introduction Maximize User Experience Adaptable to Diversified Service

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 Standardization with 5G NR
• CU/DU split is the high-layer split option 2 (April 3rd 2017, 3GPP TSG-WG3 Meeting # 95-bis in Spokane, US)
 IP Transport, latency >1ms, throughput equivalent to S1 interface Backhaul
CU DU RU
 Coordination: CA, CSPC, eICIC
Midhaul
CU DU RU
• CPRI/eCPRI is the low-layer split between baseband and RF
Midhaul Fronthaul
Core CU DU RU

Backhaul Low High Low

Backhaul Fronthaul
CU DU RU
RRC CU – Central Unit
CU MCE DU – Distributed Unit
HLS – High Layer Split
LLS – Low Layer Split

FH Latency requirement
PDCP RU – Radio Unit

Midhaul Split Option 2

RLC-H In April 2017, 3GPP decided at

Coordination gain
TSG-WG3 # 95-bis in Spokane,
5G add requirements to the Transport network in the

FH BW requirement
RLC-L USA, accepted to use the split Access : Back Haul, High Layer Spllit (HLS, Mid-Haul) and
DU MAC-H
RAN RT mode option 2 which centralized
PDCP / RRC and distributed RLC / Low Layer Split (LLS, Front-Haul) with Bandwidth, Latency,
MAC / PHY in the first 5G version
MAC-L R15. Synchronization
(Consistent with Huawei's
PHY-H recommended type of split on  Bandwidth : MH similar to BH, CPRI 100G, eCPRI 25G
CloudRAN)  Latency : MH <2ms BH : 10ms, CPRI 100us, eCPRI 100us
Fronthaul
eCPRI RRU
 Synchronization : HLS, BH : ,1us , CPRI :10ns , eCPRI : 130ns
PHY-L
CPRI CU-CP/CU-CP separation
RF (3GPP under discussion) High Low High
Flexible
8 function split: Option2/option7/option8
RRU or combined option2&7 or option2&8
NG Core: Reconstruct for Simplified and Flexible Deployment

CP
HSS ANDSF PCRF MME Common DB
Control DB DB DB DB
Plane Control Plane Atomic Functions Library
Reconstruct AMF SMF PCF …
AAA DHCP IMS
DB DB DB Service Framework

Service-based Converged Control Plane

GW-C
GW
GW-U UP eMBB Slice
User Plane UP UP
Reconstruct
Firewall URL filter Video opt. Cache
User UP
uRLLC Slice
UP
Plane DPI TCP opt. Gi-LAN
mMTC Slice
40+ core NFs, CP/UP/DB binding UP
Difficult deployment for vertical market
Local Regional National
Today Flexible deployment User Plane

NG Core
Optimized infrastructure and Flexible routing are needed
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 Cloud RAN Drives Transport Network Architecture Evolution

3G Network 4G Network 5G Network

Internet Internet Internet

NG CORE
CS/PS EPC
CP/UP

Backhaul

RNC RNC UP UP UP
Backhaul CU
CU CU

Midhaul
Backhaul
Centralized Centralized
BBU DU

Fronthaul Fronthaul

NB NB NB NB NB NB eNB eNB eNB eNB RRU RRU DU DU DU DU RU RU

MSTP IP RAN IPRAN

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 Cloud-Native Architecture: Provides Flexibility for Diversified
Service
Typical Latency & Distance in E2E Architecture On-demand Deployment for Services

Higher
Efficiency
Regional DC DC
(POC1) IoT Server
< 200 km Latency:10~30m Latency:10~30m NGC-UP NGC-CP
s s RAN-NRT

DC
Aggregation DC Latency:5~10m …
Latency:5~10m Cache
(POC2) s s NGC-UP APP
< 80 - 100 km
RAN-NRT

DC
Latency: 0.5~2ms Latency: 0.5~2ms V2X Server
CO (POC3) NGC-UP …
< 20 km RAN-NRT
CloudBB
Latency: 0.1ms
< 10 km Latency: 0.1ms

RAN-RT RAN-RT RAN-RT

Local Site (POC 4) Macro Site
< 100 m
Better
Micro Site Experience Latency Connected Car VR/AR Smart Meter
Requirement <5ms <20ms <~minutes
Centralize What Can, Distribute What Must

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Agenda

1
Industrial Trends & Challenges

2
Proposed Architecture & Solutions

3 5G Transport Network Evolution

4 Q&A

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 5G E2E Requirement
Orchestration

SDN Controller VNFM

E2E Slicing
Central DC
RAN-Real Time
Macro (LTE/5G)
NG Core CP
Regional DC
Local DC
RAN-Real Time 10G/ 50G 200G/400G NG Core UP APP 400G/1T NG Core UP APP
NG Core UP APP
Micro(LTE/5G) RAN-Non Real Time RAN-Non Real Time
IP+Optical RAN-Non Real Time IP+Optical IP+Optical

RAN-Real Time
E2E: 130ns BITS BITS
Pico(LTE/5G)
E2E: 1.5us

High Bandwidth Low Latency Sync. Slicing Management

LTE 150Mbps 30~50ms 1.5us No slicing Inflexible

GAP ~100x 10x 10x Separation NFV/SDN

5G 40Gbps 3ms（E2E） 130ns/50ns Slicing Automation

ITU-R M.2083-0 – IMT Vision – Framework and overall objectives of the future development of IMT for 2020 and beyond
DRAFT NEW REPORT ITU-R M.[IMT-2020.TECH PERF REQ] – Minimum requirements related to technical performance for IMT-2020 radio interface(s)
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Proposed 5G Transport Network Architecture

Local DC Regional DC Core DC

MCE/MEC/ CDN/5G Core Internet/MIoT/5G

CPRI Ring 5G Core UP/Controller UP/Controller Core UP/Controller

200/400G 400G
eNB
Access Ring
50G

CPE ASG RSG /Metro Core PE CORE PE

CSG

CloudBB
OLT

OXC
OXC

Architecture High Bandwidth Low Latency Precise Sync. Agile Network Slicing

Best 5G Transport Network

(Optimized + High Capacity + Smart O&M + Sliced Architecture)

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5G Transport Network Simplified Target Architecture

FMC Management &

Automatic
Slice Mgmt.
4G, 5G and FMC service control Layer  CSG Plug & Play

Automation Mgmt.Controller
Lifecycle Mgmt.  Automatic service provisioning
Vertical  Visualized management
IOT, Automotive, Drones,
Netconf/YANG Telemetry
eHealth, Energy, Smart Simplified
City… NGC UP
SRv6 VPN Service Layer  Flatten 3 layers
业务连接：EVPN+VxLAN
NR CU NFC
CSG AGG CR  SR, protocol simplified
业务连接：EVPN+VxLAN NFC
eMBB slice  Unified protection, TI-LFA
mMTC slice
 EVPN unify VPN technology
uRLLC slice

Edge DC
4G - eNB Connection Layer FDC/BDC
IPv6 + SRv6
5G – gNB CSG AGG CR
Internet
FMC Access
FlexE FlexE
FlexE FlexE
FlexE FlexE

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Simplification: SR+EVPN Simplify Operation and High Reliability

As is To Be
Residential Mobile Corporate … Residential Mobile Corporate …

Service L2VPN L2VPN

L3VPN Protocol: 3  1 EVPN
(VLL) (VPLS)

T-LDP BGP
BGP

Tunnel RSVP TE LDP

Protocol: 5  2
IGP (Segment Routing)
IGP

Challenges: Benefit：
 Multi-Protocol, Complex Configuration  Easy Maintenance w. Protocol Simplification & Unification
 Isolated O&M for Each Domain, Low efficiency  100% Topology protection switching <50ms (TI-LFA)

Protocol consolidate help reduce CAPEX & OPEX and easily migrate to SDN

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 DC Centric High Bandwidth Low Latency Precise Sync. Agile Network Slicing

Bandwidth Forecast and Calculation Model

Single Access Ring Capacity 50Gbps

Single Site Capacity 10Gbps

Access 50/100GE, Site Type: LTE&5G 10 Sites per Access Ring,

Aggregation/Core 200GE/400GE 4G：5*20MHz，3 cells， 4T4R 10*Macros
5G：1*100MHz，3 cells，64TR Access Ring Bandwidth

Single Sector Average Rate： Peak Rate/Site 9Gbps Average Rate/Site 3.75Gbps
Core 5*50Mbps+1*1G(100MHz*10 bit/Hz)bps=1.25Gbps
400GE
Single Sector Peak Rate: Single Site
Single Site
5*300Mbps+1*5G(100MHz*50bit/Hz)bps=6.5Gbps Average Rate ×
IP+Optic Peak Rate ×1
9
al Shift
Down to Aggregation
ASG 200/400GE 3 sector Base Station Bandwidth
Single Access Ring: 42.75Gbps
Average Rate/Sector
Peak Rate/Sector 6.5Gbps
1.25Gbps
Single Aggregation Ring Capacity 400Gbps
Acc
ess
50GE and Single Sector Single Sector Single Sector
compatible to Peak Rate ×1 Average Rate ×2 Average Rate ×3 5 Access Rings per Aggr. Node
100GE
6 Sites per Aggr Ring, 4:1 Convergence Ratio

LTE&5G 5*42.75Gbps*6/4=320Gbps
Single Site Peak Rate: Single Site Average Rate:
9Gbps 3.75Gbps
Single Aggr. Ring: 320Gbps

Source: NGMN Refer to CMCC 5G Design

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Bandwidth Planning for 5G Transport Network

5G CSG
Macro
AGG CR
Fiber
CSG
100GE

AGG CR

CSG 10GE PtP N * 100G, 400G DWDM Links

4G XPON Or 100G DWDM Links

Regional-
Macro 50GE Ring POP
CO-POP

Radio Sites Access PtP or Ring Aggregation DWDM Ring Core DWDM Ring with PtP
with PtP connection connection
 Radio : E-Band MW, Fiber, PtP PON, XGS-PON
 CSG : Dual 10GE uplinks or 50GE Ring to AGG
 AGG : 100G DWDM
 CR : n*100G, 400 DWDM

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50GE High Speed Physical Port, the Best Cost Performance Interface
25GE SFP
50GE will widely adopted, server port forecast 2019 > 7M
DRV TOSA
25G NRZ
NRZ
TIA ROSA
50GE QSFP
(Single Lane, small difference with
25GE )
DRV TOSA
50G
PAM4
TIA ROSA
Cost per 10Gbps estimation of optical module
100GE LR4 CFP/CFP2 10
8 10GE
4*25G NRZ 6

MUX
4*DRV 4*TOSA 4
40GE
50GE
2
NRZ 100GE
0
DEMUX
4*TIA 4*ROSA 2017 2019

Ready on 2017 Q4

 Based on single lane implementation, 50GE represents the best cost performance, 50GE per 10Gbps cost will be 2/3 of 100GE, and
1/2 of 100GE in the future.
 Finisar considered 50G will be the same cost with 10GE in long-term.
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5G Fronthaul Solution overview and Requirement

5G Front haul Scenario
Fronthaul is NOT everywhere.
TCO should be carefully studied .
• No extra transmission device Following solutions are just for reference
• Massive fiber resources
required
• No supervisory capability IP eCPRI interface Requirements
Cloud BB
1. Direct Fiber
eCPRI
Solution 4. E&D-BAND
Solution Band Width
(100Mh 64T64R)
~10~25G

Cloud BB
Cloud BB Delay 100~150us
1800V
5G RRU
Interface ETH：25GE
100G N*25G
N*25G 3.Passive Colorless
810 Solution Synchronization +/- 130ns
GE/10GE
eCPRI/CPRI
GE/10GE eCPRI/CPRI
2. Active FO
Solution 2/3/4G BBU 5G RRU
5G RRU
2/3/4G BBU
• High Reliability and Quality OAM
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Microwave can Reach 20Gbps Bandwidth via E-Band :

(FrontHaul or Connect NodeB to CSG, POC3 …)
Traditional Bands Milli-meter wave Bands (TBD)

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Beyond 100GHz

6 7/8 11 13 15 18 23 26 28 32 38 42 GHz 57 ~ 66 71-76 81-86 92 ~ 115 130 ~ 175

V-band E-band W-band D-band

Milli-meter wave bands are introduced and combined with traditional bands MW to provide 10G-level capacity
Urban Suburban Rural
<2Km,10Gbps+ 2-7Km,3~10Gbps >7Km, 2Gbps

E-band/D-band Super Dual Band XPIC+ Carrier

Aggregation
10G E-band Ready
E-band 20G E-band Q22017
XPIC D-band DEMO/2018， Singe Antenna
up to 20G 2020/ready Q22017 2018Q3

Bundling 4 continuous or
fragmentary CS
Low-
priory
service
80GHz E-band 140GHz D-band
20Gbps+ capacity 50Gbps+ capacity Carrier Aggregation (CA) : 4x4 MIMO
High-priory Super Dual Band ~ XGbps in Traditional Band
Millimeter-wave
service
Swap with E-band/D-band Adding E-band Traditional Band with CA/MIMO
 Architecture High Bandwidth Low Latency Precise Sync. Agile Network Slicing

Active OTN Front-haul Solution : OTN Mux in 100G

AAU
OSN OSN
3* 25G eCPRI/CPRI
CPRI

100G
6~12*CPRI 2~8
RRU RRU RRU eCPRI
RRU RRU RRU
RRU RRU RRU 10 km 5G Board 4G Board
RRU RRU RRU 4G Board
FAN

New OSN810 OSN1800V

Site BBU

15*CPRI / eCPRI -> 100G 6*C15XX

C15XX: 100G ->15 CPRI / eCPRI

OSN 810 multiplex 15*client ports (CPRI/ eCPRI) to 50G/100G

OSN1800V with C15XX muxponder, de-multiplex 50G/100G to 15 * CPRI/eCPRI based on OTN technology

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DWDM Passive Colorless Front-haul : (Nx10G/25G Tunable Optics)

RU/eNB/gNB site Central Office
SFP28 (1.5W)
3G/4G/5G
Passive
Passive
RRU SDN&APP for failure diagnose
6x25G Passive
18λ x10/25G，10km self-injected FP laser diode
SFP+ (1.5W) If 9* λ x10G，25km
NB 6x10G Cloud BB
Shared Laser source,
6x25G
SFP+ (1.5W) Mux/DeMux/OA/OPM
Enterprise

Huawei Patented
Features Active Solution Passive WDM
Colorless WDM

Power Supply NOT Required No Yes Yes

Transport Maintenance at RU No Yes Yes
Optical module without laser No No Yes
Low cost tunable laser No No Yes
Colorless Modulator Laser Source
25G Power consumption >2W >2W <1.5W
25G SFP28 Supported No No Yes

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Topics to consider for High Bandwidth

• Traffic modelling (could include FMC)
• Network Transformation and Simplification
• Business Case for CPRI/eCPRI
• CPRI/eCPRI transport solution : OTN, Passive DWDM or mmWave
• Upgrade Cell-Site CSG to 10GE in Phase1 and nx10GE or 50GE in later phase
• Access CSG to POC in Star or Ring topology (based on fiber availability
 Fiber Star : Dual Homing to Aggregation (more fiber, less capacity)
 Fiber Ring 50GE or 100GE (less fiber, more capacity)
 DWDM Ring 100G (less fiber, less capacity)
• Upgrade Aggregation and Core DWDM ring 100G, 200G, 400G , ….
• IP+Optical in Aggregation and Core

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5G Latency is Critical for eMBB and uRLLC

CSG Pre-AGG AGG Core

mMTC UP
uRLLC UP eMBB UP CP
DCI DCI
Edge DC Metro DC Core DC

3GPP TR 22.866
RTT < 2~4ms (uRLLC)
5G eV2X < 5ms
E2E RTT < 10-12ms (eMBB) 3GPP TR 22.863
Latency streaming 8k 3D video : RTT 10-12ms
RTT < 30-50ms (mMTC)

RTT < 1ms

(uRLLC) RTT < 1~3ms (uRLLC)

RTT < 8ms

(eMBB) RTT < 2~4ms (eMBB)
RTT (TBD)
(mMTC) RTT < 20ms (mMTC)

*3GPP TR 38.913 Air Interface Backhaul Latency

Latency*
EPC functions shift-down to to users, reducing the fiber latency
 Architecture High Bandwidth Low Latency Precise Sync. Agile Network Slicing

E2E Latency through 5G Transport Network : < 10ms

• Microwave ：~160us / link
Forwarding latency : Fiber transport
30us/hop latency : 5us/km Assume 8 nodes per ring
Core DC

ACC Convergence
AGG CORE
layer

30km 80km. 120km

230km

Typical E2E Network Latency Solution to Reduce Latency

• Latency on Forwarding = (30 * 8 * 3) *2= 1.4ms

• Latency on Optical Path = (230 *5)*2 = 2.3ms
• Flatten layers
• L3 to Edge
• Other latency = 0.3ms
• GW, Service moving down
• Total latency = Forwarding latency + Transport latency
• Reduce Device Forwarding Latency
+ other latency = 4ms
• Eliminate congestion : planning
Above example as in light loaded network scenario, while in • Isolate Congestion : FlexEthernet
congestion network scenario the latency can rise to 100us+.

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L2 & L3 in the Edge : Fast Convergence and Optimal Routing

CR CR
L3 L3 L3 L3

1 CU/MEC 1 CU/MEC
CU/MEC CU/MEC AGG1 AGG2 L3
L3 AGG1 AGG2 L3 DC2 L3 DC2
DC1 DC1
Slave Slave
Master Master
Primary Backup Route
Route Routing Protocol
L2 CSG: L3 CSG: 2
2
• Static Routing in BBU • Dynamic Routing in CSG with security
• BFD between BBU and AGG mechanisms
• 50 ms protection could not be • Optimized BFD between CSG and AGG
achieved: • 50 ms protection achieved :
 BFD Software slow timers L2 L2 CSG L2  Fast failure Detection L3 L3 CSG L3
 BBU ARP learning in AGG  TI-LFA
 Slow switch-over in BBU 3  Switch-over in NP
Static 3
Routing
DU DU DU DU DU DU
1- DC1 failure : L2 Edge Solution 1- DC1 failure : L3 Edge Solution
L2 Edge CSG : failure not detected by BBU. When DU learns DC2 becomes master, L3 Edge CSG : failure is advertized by AGG1. DC2 becomes master.,
traffic uses non optimal path through AGG1  not suitable for rLLC services advertized to CSG by AGG2. Traffic to DC2 with optimal path.
2- Primary Link failure : 2- Primary Link failure :
L2 Edge CSG : slow detection with software BFD, Slow switch-over to backup route, L3 Edge CSG : Fast failure detection, Fast protection with TI-LFA  Fast
ARP learning in AGG2  Service impact Convergence, no Service Impact
3- DU in cell site choose different CU 3- DU in cell site choose different CU
L2 Edge CSG : Traffic to DC2 uses non -optimal path through AGG1 L3 Edge CSG : Traffic to DC2 uses optimal path through AGG2
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FlexETH: Congestion Isolation, Low Latency Assurance

Traditional IP network Physical layer isolation
serial processing based on FlexETH
 FlexETH is the Next-Gen ETH
interface technology. Via TDM Tech,
FlexETH
a physical port can be splitted into
Standard ETH MAC
multiple sub channels, with
MAC Flex Shim
independent time slot and MAC;
PCS PCS
 Physical layer isolation based on
PMA PMA
FlexETH ensure service stable and
PMD PMD guaranteed forwarding latency.

Standard evolution:
FlexETH
FlexETH Discussion FlexETH Standard
FlexETH (Agreement FlexETH (Agreement (Agreement
and Preparation of Project Start
1.0)Standard Released 2.0)start 2.0)standard
standards (OIF)
Released

2013/11 2015/1 2016/3 2016/5 2017Q4

OIF Q413 OIF Q115 OIF Q216 OIF Q216

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Topics to consider for Low Lattency

• Business Case for rLLC use-cases
• Low latency requirement figures
• Optimize the Routing infrastructure
 Topology Optimization
 Optical bypass : Direct Fiber, DWDM with ASON, IP+Optical (SDN)
 Flatten layers
 L3 to Edge vs L2
• MEC, GW Service moving down
• Reduce Device Forwarding Latency
• Eliminate congestion : Network planning
• Isolate Congestion : FlexEthernet

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5G NR/Comp/SFN have stricter requirements for synchronization :

High Accuracy, LowTime error
Comp : different cells’ antennas
to transmit and receive UE’s
signal cooperately to get more
bandwidth gain.

SFN: Different cells 'antennas to

transmit on same frequency with
same signal
• 5G NR air interface synchronization : ±1.5us in • CoMP/SFN requirement: ±130ns in low frequency and
low frequency and ±350ns in high frequency ±100ns in high frequency (TBD)

Timing
Scenario services Timing Requirement Impacts Scenario Services Requirement Impacts
Inter-Base station Low Precision of Sync will cause
Basic FDD/TDD 5G Low
±0.05ppm handover switching the basic 5G service failure (low
service frequency(sub- Basic 5G service < ±1.5us
failure frequency)
4G 6Ghz)
Basic TDD TDD cell closed if time
service < ±1.5us error exceeds 10us 5G High Low Precision of Sync will cause
frequency(above Basic 5G service < ±500ns the basic 5G service failure (high
4.5G UL CoMP -6Ghz) frequency)
< ±1.5us Zero gain for CoMP
function 5G Low collaborate
< ±130ns Zero gain for CoMP//SFN
frequency(sub- services(CoMP/
6Ghz) SFN)

Synchronization Design factors: Clock Server Sync precision, number of hops, NE Sync precision
Source: HW RAN
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Summary of Synchronization Technologies (Phase & Freq)

End-to-End Hop-by-Hop End-to-End
Technology SDH SyncE GPS 1588V2 Freq 1588V2 Phase 1588V2 Phase
Sync Sync Sync
Freq Sync √ √ √ √ √ √
Phase Sync ╳ ╳ √ ╳ √ √
Packet based
Packet based
Packet based No change to mid
Phy based High cost No change to mid
Mid network should network
TDM based Reliable High network
Feature support Performance
Reliable Ideal sub for maintenance Performance
Hot tech for Phase affected by mid
SDH Political risk affected by mid
Sync network
network
Less mature
G.8271
G.8261 G.8261.1 G.8271.1 G.8271.2
G.813
Standard G.8262 G.8263 G.8272 G.8273.4
G.823
G.8264 G.8265.1 G.8273.2 G.8275.2
G.8275.1

SyncE + Hop-by-Hop 1588V2 is by far the most reliable solution for Time Synchronization
Full Timing Support (FTS):
G.8275.1, “Precision time protocol telecom profile for phase/time synchronization with full timing support from the network”, June 2016
G.8271.1, “Timing characteristics of enhanced primary reference time clocks”, November 2016 (Network limits)
G.8273.2, “Timing characteristics of telecom boundary clocks and telecom time slave clocks”, January 2017 (Clock specification)
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Device Synchronization Precision Improvement

GNSS
PRTC
T-BC T-BC T-BC BBU RRU
T-GM T-TSC

Current Precision PRTC: ± 100ns Transport ： ± 1.0us (FTS) End Application: ± 150ns
Target Precision PRTC: ± 40ns Reserved time Error: ± 250ns
Transport ： ± 60ns (FTS) End Application: ± 20ns
Reserved time Error: ± 10ns

ETH ETH
Router ETH ETH ETH WDM/
OTN T-BC T-BC
T-BC T-BC < ±30ns < ±30ns
< ±30ns < ±30ns < ±10ns < ±10ns
< ±10ns < ±10ns

<±40ns <±40ns GPS SFP BITS

Clock Source

<±50ns
< ±20ns < ±100ns
MicroWave < ±100ns < ±40ns

 Increase device precision with new chipset and algorithm

 Current precision is 30ns/device, align with Class B in G.8273.2
 future need to reach 10ns/device, could aligned with Class C in G.8273.2 in future study

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 Architecture High Bandwidth Low Latency Precise Sync. Agile Network Slicing

5G low frequency basic service requirement : < ±1.5us

——Clock server shiftdown + Current network NE (30ns)

5G Era: 1.0us level precision requirement

PRC PRC
Traditional Solution: GPS @Cell Site
 GPS deployed in each Cell site
1  High CAPEX, high OPEX with high power
consumption and failure rate.
PRTC-B PRTC-B
Agg/Core ±100ns

Proposed Solution: 1588 hop by hop

(G.8275.1)
±850ns= ±1us
Access ① Clock server shift down as demand,
30ns*13 hops+
200ns asymmetric + reduce hops between cell sites and clock
250ns redundancy
server. (max 13 hops)

±50ns

5G low frequency service requirements: < ±1us

PRTC-B is TBD

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 Architecture High Bandwidth Low Latency Precise Sync Agile Network Slicing

NCE: Enable Full Lifecycle Automation for On-demand Network

Cloud Platform Orchestrator/OSS Application

Agile Services
5G Slicing Network; IP+ Optical MLO;
Open APIs Traffic optimization；Agile VPN
Unified Web Portal

Management Control All in One

Cloud Native Platform with Unified data
Network Connectivity Mgmt Super Controller models and Portals for full lifecycle
Plan (Multi-Domain/Multi-Layer/Multi-Vendor) Cross-Domain Analytics
& & Hybrid Mode
What-if IP Optical MW
Assurance
IP Optical MW PNF + VNF Hybrid Mgmt. & Ctrl.
NW NW NW Domain Domain Domain
Mgmt Mgmt Mgmt Controller Controller Controller Domain + Super
Hierarchical arch. for MV integration
Easy scale in/out for large scale network
Common Platform Service Framework
Standard & Open

Legacy Network SDN/NFV Network IETF L2SM/L3SM

3rd Party Controller/EMS
RESTCONF/YANG APIs

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 Architecture High Bandwidth Low Latency Precise Sync Agile Network Slicing

Future Full Lifecycle Automation with Network Cloud Engine

Tenant BSS / e-commerce platform

Small loop OSS / Orchestration platfrom

Big loop

Network planning 3 Network O&M engineer

engineer Synchronize network configuration, topology,
traffic info to off-line planning tool
1 Service visualization
Off-line planning tool Fault precaution

Management Control Analytics

Get data
automatically
2
Service Routing Performance,
Unified data Data Data 告警& History
Alarm
数据 Data
Traffic real-time optimization + automated troubleshooting

1 2 3
Enable service automation Network autonomous: network traffic optimization + Full Lifecycle Network Mgmt
automated troubleshooting

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 Architecture High Bandwidth Low Latency Precise Sync. Agile Network Slicing

5G E2E Slicing Architecture

CloudVPN Order V2x Business MBB Service Order IOT Business
App. Layer
Management Management Management Management
API
Dedicated Management Interface
 Each slice has independent
Mgmt Layer E2E Slice Provision E2E Slice Management E2E Slice Assurance configuration/management view
Restful/YANG  Network function of each slice is scalable
based on actual demand.
RAN Transport Controller Core Network
Transport Network Slicing Management
Controller Controller
uRLLC Slice eMBB Slice mMTC Slice Other Slice

Virtual &Physical Network Resource Management

Control Plane
Control Layer  Each slice has an independent network
uRLL uRLLC Slice uRLLC
topology, control protocol and resource
C
eMBB eMBB Slice eMBB assigned. These functions are supported
mMTC
by corresponding SDN controller.
mMTC mMTC Slice

Other Other Slice Other

Network Slice (Hard Pipe) Assigned per Use Case;

VPN (Soft Pipe) Assigned per Tenant
Forwarding Plane
 Transport collaborates with RAN and
Local DC Core DC Core Network
Local DC
CSG  Based on FlexETH/ODUk technology,
Network Layer IP+Optical coordination, providing E2E
Internet physical layer isolation capability to
CR ensure differentiated business SLA
CSG AGG AGG
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 Architecture High Bandwidth Low Latency Precise Sync. Agile Network Slicing

Network Slicing Solution

NCE NBI

Step1: Controller collects topology, bandwidth resource from network Management Control Analystic&
Slicing lifecycle E2E Connection Slicing Tunnel Assurance
Step2: Controller receives service requirement from GUI/NBI, calculates service path,
Management Management Path Path Traffic
allocates resource Control Control collect
Device Resource Management
Step3: Controller creates VS and deploys dedicate protocol instance for each slice
Step4: Controller deploys slice by create channelized sub-interface and FlexEthernet sub- NCE Platform OS
interface, allocate bandwidth to the sub-interface, associate sub-interface to Virtual-system IaaS&Paas

Step5: Controller deploys VPN inside the VS, so that the service use the resource of the slice

VRF
100M Netconf/BGP-LS/PCEP
Green VLAN1001

VRF VLAN1002
300M
Red
Channelized VLAN1001 FlexEthernet VRF
10G sub-interface Green
sub-interface
VLAN1002
VRF
VRF 30G Red
Blue VLAN1003 VLAN1003
10G VRF
50M
Blue
Access Aggregate
VS #1
ISIS, BGP, RSVP VR Slicing

VS #2
Game Slicing
ISIS, BGP, RSVP
VS #3
IOT Slicing
ISIS, BGP, RSVP

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 Architecture High Bandwidth Low Latency Precise Sync. Agile Network Slicing

Slicing Evolution in 5GTransport Phase 3

Full Deployment

Phase 2
Migration Stage VS + FlexEthernet : Network
infrastructure slice
Phase 1  Dedicated NE Hardware, Management
1st Deployment Control isolated with Virtual System
FlexEthernet : Hard-Pipe slice
 Dedicated network management slices
 Physical interface split into multiple
for vertical industry services in global
independent, isolated time-slots and MAC to
5G deployment in phase 3
ensure service stable and guaranteed
VPN + QOS : Soft-Pipe Slice forwarding latency. VR+FlexEth1: eMBB VR+FlexEth3: mMTC

 Shared NE, Shared Management Control

 well known technique, logical slice to Plane
VR+FlexEth2: uRLLC

provide non deterministic separation

 Hard-Pipe to guarantee Forwarding latency
between applications VR
with RLLC services growing in phase 2 (virtual
 SR routing could help on tunnel FlexEth Slicing1: eMBB FlexEth Slicing3: mMTC
router)

separation FlexEth Slicing2: uRLLC

VPN1: eMBB VPN+QOS

FlexEth Port belong to
VPN2: uRLLC different slicing

VPN3:
mMTC

Performance Differentiation Service Isolation Independent Operation

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Agenda

1
Industrial Trends & Challenges

2 Proposed Architecture & Solutions

3 Proximus 5G Transport Network Evolution

4 Q&A

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5G Transport Network Solution Implementation Recommendations
Phase1 Phase2 Phase3
 Simplified architecture  50GE uplink for 5G site when 26G
 10GE uplink for 5G site high spectrum used
High Throughput
 50GE@access ring  Upgrade to 100GE@access ring
 100G DWDM Aggregation/Core  200G/400G DWDM Aggregation/Core
Clock Sync.  1588v2 FTS + Sync. E  Transport devices support
 Class B Clock precision to class C clock precision
support E2E ±1.5us
Network Protocol &  Edge DC @CO
Edge DC  IPv6 + SRv6, L3 to ACC  SRv6 E2E, SRv6 to DC TOR

Guaranteed Low  FlexETH POC  FlexETH trial  FlexETH deployment

Latency
 FCAPS mgmt. by domain
 Policy based Network/Service
Automation Mgmt. manager  Lifecycle management
optimization closed loop
 Netconf/YANG, Telemetry

 VPN +QoS for Services and  FlexETH for low latency  E2E Slicing mgmt. for massive
Network Slicing SLA isolation service isolation vertical industries

2018~2019 2020~2022 After 2022

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 New CSG to Support Backhaul Evolution

LoRa
FE
2G BTS GE GE(Optical) ESS SR
3G NodeB CISCO ADVA ESS
SR
4G ESS
eNodeB

LoRa
FE
2G BTS 10GE(Optical)
Titan SN
3G NodeB GE CSG LN
4G
eNodeB 10GE(O)
5G gNB

Key Requirements:
- Port scalability: from FE to GE then to 10GE.
- 5G ready: PTP, network slicing.
CSG: Cell Site Gateway
- Low OPEX: PnP, joint one site-visit with mobile.
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 CSG for Macro Site : ATN910C, 1U Highest-density 10GE
Router (Tree Topology)

ATN910C Series ATN910C-A and ATN910C-B matches Proximus

High Specification
• 12*10GE Ports + 16GE ATN910C-A 4*10GE+8*10GE/GE(O)+16*GE(O)
Ports
136Gbps 12*10GE 1+1 Backup AC/DC • Routes:512K, MAC:256K,
Dimensions (H x W x D): 1U x 442mm x 220mm • LSP:32K
Weight: 4.7kg(DC)/4.9kg(AC)
Power Consumption: 78.4~85.6W
High Reliability Dual DC/AC USB 4*10GE 8*10GE/GE(O) 16*GE/FE(O)
MTBF: 40 years
• Power Supply : 1+1 mode
Fully meet the port density requirements • Temperature : -40~65℃
and support smooth upgrade for Proximus ATN910C-B 4*10GE+8*10GE/GE(O)+8*GE(O)+8*GE(E)
Full Feature, SDN Ready
• L2VPN/VLL/L3VPN/HVPN
• 4 optical ports multi-rate 1G – 10G (one • Seamless MPLS / SR
towards WAN and 3 towards LAN) + Dual DC/AC USB 4*10GE 8*10GE/GE(O) 8*GE/FE(O) 8*GE/FE (E)
• SynE/1588v2/1588ACR/15
Minimum 5 Fe ports – RJ45
88 ATR Comments:
preferably multirate to allow remote
upgrade from 1 to 10G once the • RFC2544/ Y.1564/ Y.1731/ 4*10GE : Default 4 10GE ports
aggregation network is 10G capable IP FPM / TWAMP 8*10GE/GE(O) : 8 GE/10GE auto-adaptive SFP+ ports
8*GE(E) : 8 RJ45 electric GE ports

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 CSG for Macro Site : ATN 950C, 50GE Ready, Smooth Upgrade
to 100GE (Ring Topology)

Multi-service Bearer
Higher Specification F
CXP CXP
ATN950C
PIU
2*10GE, 20*GE 2*10GE,20*GE
A
Routes MAC LSP 2*10GE, 20*GE 2*10GE,20*GE
PIU N
4*10GE,20*GE 4*10GE,20*GE
512K 256K 32K
2U

High Reliability • 160/360Gbps, 6 service slots

Size: 442mm(W)×220mm(D)×88.9mm(H)
CXP Power Supply Temp. • Rich L3, Multicast, IPV6
160/360Gbps 1:1 1+1 40~65℃
• Full clock mode:

Smoothly Evolution SynE/1588v2/1588ACR/CES ACR

Interface: 10GE50GE100GE • RFC2544,Y.1564,Y.1731; IP FPM

Card: 1*50GE / 2*50GE Card
• Dual DC
1*100GE Card in Roadmap

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CSG for Small Cell Site : ATN905, Best Choice for Small Cell
Backhaul
1 Compact design
245x180x52(mm) Size as iPAD Weight as Laptop
ATN 905A, 6G capacity, 2.55kg
2GE(O)
Similar with
2GE/FE(O)

2 Any where installation

2GE/FE Combo
-40~65OC
ETH/OAM

Temperature harden IP65 Wall mounted Pole mounted

ATN 905A-P(Dock), 4G capacity, 2.95kg 3 Common installation with Small Cell
2GE/FE 30W PoE

GE/FE Combo
130W PoE
GE/FE (O) ATN905A BTS3911E
ETH/OAM bracket bracket

The same mounting bracket onto the target pole

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ATN9xx Ready for 5G Evolution: 4 Key Requirements

2
uRLLC Slice 1
3 eMBB Slice 2
Slice 3
SDN Controller
GE Copper mMTC
3G NodeB Netconf/YANG
4
ATN910C 1G/XGE upgrade to 50GE EVPN
10GE Fibre
5G gNodeB
1 BGP
EPC
GE/xGE CO SR
4G eNodeBFibre
ATN910C

10GE Fibre

5G gNodeB

1 Ultra-high bandwidth: bandwidth 10x increase, and Peak 10Gbps of base stations, 8 ports of 10GE/GE, flexible for evolution.

2 Network slicing: network isolation with slicing, and automation management of slicing, To ensuring different service SLAs.

3 Clock synchronization: TDD/FDD coexist, requires time synchronization.

4 Automation: Segment Routing + EVPN Enables Protocol Simplification. Support SDN based Automatic Service Provisioning.
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 Atom GPS Timing System Flexible Installation (Outdoor)

Antenna Feeder
Atom GPS Module ATN 905A

Surge
protector
Ground
cable

ATN 905A Atom GPS timing

system, support hang wall or
hold pole installation Integrated Antenna remote installation
installation maximum distance 150m

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Atom GPS Timing System Flexible Installation (Indoor)

 Atom GPS used in building with Indoor ATN  Atom GPS used in base station with Indoor ATN
Atom GPS module

Atom GPS inserted to

any GE SFP port of ATN

Ensure that the bending radius of the feeder is 20 times the feeder diameter.
Route the feeder along the cable rack that is mounted on the wall and use feeder fasteners to fix the feeder. The
interval between feeder fasteners is 2.5 m.

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Highlights of Huawei 5G Transport Network Solution
Innovative Cost-effective 50GE Microwave Smoothly Evolution

CA, SDB, E-band & D-band

Slicing & Flex ETH guarantee Latency High-precision Time Synchronization

HUAWEI led FlexE2.0 in OIF, promote BITS
200GE/400GE FlexE, timeslot 10ns High
granularity from 5G to 1G precision time
SYN
1588V2 FTS
SRv6+EVPN Simplifies Protocol
Huawei Completed EANTC
test in 2017 Transport Domain Manager
Network Cloud Engine
Main contributor for IETF
IP Network Management IP Domain Control
Planning
5G scalable ATN 9xx series for CSG Simulation Optical Management optical domain control Analysis

MW management MW domain control

Scalable interfaces, PAYU

5G features rich Synergy with ~ €300 Saving Per Site
One time site visit for CSG & 4.5G upgrade
Engineering Synergy between CSG & 4.5G upgrade
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