EVO RAN
ROADMAP
December 2014
Evo ran roadmap
This roadmap describes the Ericsson Evo RAN functionality for Traffic
management, RAN management, RBS Multi-standard functionality, Transport
solutions, Controller functionality introduced in the Ericsson Radio Access
Network
› The included products or product families are
– GSM RAN, WCDMA RAN, LTE RAN, RBS 6000, OSS and Transport Products
› Detailed information of the respective feature or solution, including planned GA
dates, is found in the corresponding product roadmaps and/or in the Feature
Descriptions for Legacy functionality
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EVO RAN
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EVo Release overview
G14B G15B G16B
GSM RAN
W14B W15A W15B W16A W16B
WCDMA RAN
L14A L14B L15B L16A L16B
LTE RAN
T14B T15A T15B T16A T16B
Transport
O14B O15B O16A O16B
OSS-RC
RBS
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2014 2015 2016
All dates are GA dates
Released Ready for Contract Indicative Candidate
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Evo ran Roadmap
RBS multistandard functionality support
Multi
Standard
Multi Multi Multi
Mixed
Mode:
Multi
Standard
Standard
Mixed
Standard
Mixed
Standard
Mixed
LTE
R/RUS 01/11 Mixed Mode: Mode: Mode:
/02/12 Mode:
Dynamic
mRRU (W+L) power
RRUS A2 sharing
R/RUS (W+L) AIR-21 Enhanced MSMM
Cascading
(MSMM on topologies WCDMA
AIR-21 both RUs) with improved
(MSMM on synchronization
Multi
one RU) solution
Cabinet
Increased Configurations Future
Cross MSMM
Sector
Antenna
Configuration
options with
GSM
Sharing (W+L) multiple DUG-20
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2014 2015 2016
Released Ready for Contract Indicative Candidate For Base Station HW roadmap,
see Base Stations Roadmap
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release compatibility principles
Multistandard Mixed Mode (MSMM)
› EOM dates for MSMM in a certain RAN release combination is determined by the earliest
RAN EOM date according to the GSM/LTE/WCDMA RAN Life Cycle Roadmaps
› After the MSMM EOM date for a certain RAN release combination, new RAN correction
packages do not support MSMM in that release combination
› Example:
– LTE RAN L13B EOM Feb 2015
– WCDMA RAN W13A EOM June 2014
– EOM date for MSMM config with L13B + W13A June 2014
– L13B correction packages after June 2014 do not support L13B + W13A MSMM configurations
› Depending on market deployment per release combination, EOM dates can be set to
earlier dates
› See GSM RAN Life Cycle Roadmap for details on GSM RAN SW maintenance principles
› See also life cycle plans in WCDMA RAN Roadmap and LTE RAN Roadmap
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MSMM, RAN release compatibility and
EOM dates
Versions (GSM W13B W14A W14B W15A W15B W16A W16B L13B L14A L14B L15B L16A L16B
RAN/WCDMA
RAN/LTE RAN)
G13B Dec Mar Mar Mar NS NS NS Feb Mar Mar NS NS NS
2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015
G14B Dec June Dec Feb Feb Feb NS Feb Sep Feb Feb Feb NS
2014 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016
G15B NS June Dec June Dec Dec Dec NS Sep Dec Dec Dec Dec
2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016
G16B NS NS NS June Dec June Dec NS NS NS Dec June Dec
2016 2016 2017 2017 2016 2017 2017
W13B NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Dec Dec Dec NS NS NS
2014 2014 2014
W14A NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Feb June June June NS NS
2015 2015 2015 2015
W14B NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Feb Sep Dec Dec Dec NS
2015 2015 2015 2015 2015
W15A NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Feb Sep April June June June
2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2016
W15B NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NS Sep April Dec Dec Dec
2015 2016 2016 2016 2016
W16A NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NS NS April Dec June June
2016 2016 2017 2017
W16B NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NS NS NS Dec June Dec
2016 2017 2017
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NS = Not supported
EVO Controller Roadmap
ATM support RNC in pool RNC in pool enh. RNC in pool enh.
for Iub RNC 3820+EvoC EvoC+EvoC >2 members
in Evo Controller Iu/Iur redundancy Iub redundancy with Load balancing
8200/RNC Iub redundancy with automated switchover
W12B
manual switchover
New capabilities Evo Controller 8300/RNC WCDMA
WIC (WiFi Controller) 33 Gbps* in one subrack
in Evo Controller Evo Controller 100 Gbps* in one cabinet
8200/Multi 13B 8200/RNC 10k cells and 500k cell relations
(BSC, RNC and WiFi) 33 Gbps* in one cabinet
Evo Controller
8200/BSC
12000 TRX in
single cabinet
Evo Controller BSC geo redundancy GSM
TDM support 8200/BSC
for Abis >60% more
in Evo Controller
capacity in main subrack
8200/BSC G13B
G13B or later SW
15A 15B 16A Future
2014 2015 2016
Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1
Released Ready for Contract Indicative Candidate * Engineering limit
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WCDMA
GSM
LTE
WIFI
Advanced IRAT Traffic Management
Future
Handover (PS)
PS HO
Radio and performance
Admission triggered offload
16A
Data Mobility – GSM WCDMA LTE WiFi
WiFi Interworking – End-user
15B
Performance LTE-WiFi
13A 15A
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WiFi Interworking – End-user Performance
WCDMA-WiFi
13A 14B
Offload – Admission & QCI Prio
PS HO
Offload
Release with redirect ph1/2/3
Legacy
Subscriber based mobility
Subscriber based mobility
Redirect with SI & DMCR
Redirect with SI
WCDMA
VoIP Bearer
GSM
LTE
CDMA
GBR
Handover (GBR)
Future
Offoad (SRVCC to GSM)
16A
CS Fallback (PS HO)
15B
Voice mobility – GSM WCDMA LTE cdma
Radio and performance
15A
Release w/ Redirect – Coverage
SRVCC CS+PS
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Reselection – Advanced Deployment
14B
Fast return - Enhancements
Single RX
CS Fallback
Offload
VoIP Bearer
GBR Enhanced Load & Service
Based Handover
Redirect (GBR) SRVCC (CS)
Legacy
CS Fallback (with/without SI) & DMCR
VoIP Bearer
Non-GBR
Fast return
Directed Retry
CS Fallback
dual RX
Load & Service
Based HO (CS)
Evo RAN, Self organizing
networks
ANR (G,W,L) micro RBS Auto-provisioning Antenna System Monitoring Automated SW rollout (G,W,L)
(W,L) (W,L)
Find Faulty Antenna (G,W,L) ANR: IRAT (G,W,L)
Coverage & Capacity MRO (G,W,L)
Optimization
Auto RET Opt (G, W, L)
(W,L)
MLB: IRAT off load LTE (W)
Auto-PCI (SC) selection and
Collision Resolution (W,L) RBS Re-Parenting Mgr (G,W)
Antenna System Monitoring
(G,W,L)
MDT (W,L)
CODC (G, W,L)
SON policy manager (L)
14B 15B 16A Future
SON abbreviations
(G) = GSM RAN supported ANR: Automatic Neighbor Relations MDT: Minimization of Drive Testing
(W) = WCDMA RAN supported COC: Cell Outage Compensation MLB: Mobility Load Balancing
(L) = LTE RAN supported COD: Cell Outage Detection MRO: Mobility Robustness Optimization
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Evo RAN, Self organizing
networks, legacy
macro RBS auto-provisioning (W,L) pico RBS Auto-provisioning
ANR (L) (W)
Centralized ANR (W)
IRATHOM-WL
ANR: IRAT WCDMA (L)
Advanced cell supervision:
ANR: IRAT GSM (L)
- sleeping cell detection and
Mobility Load Balancing recovery (W,L)
(W, L)
MRO (W) MLB: IRAT off-load WCDMA
Coverage & Capacity Optimization (W) (L)
Advanced Cell Supervision: Sleeping RBS Re-Parenting Manager
cell detection and recovery (W) (W)
Hotspot Finder (G,W, L)
IRATHOM-WG
IRATHOM-GG
IRATHOM-WW
Auto-PCI/SC selection (L)
Remote Drive Test (W)
RAN analyzer (W)
macro RBS Auto Provisioning
(G, W, L)
ANR: visualization (L)
PCI: visualization (L)
Configuration Profiles (G,W,L)
Remote Drive Test (W,L)
RAN analyzer (W,L)
Legacy 13B 14A
SON abbreviations
(G) = GSM RAN supported ANR: Automatic Neighbor Relations MDT: Minimization of Drive Testing
(W) = WCDMA RAN supported COC: Cell Outage Compensation MLB: Mobility Load Balancing
(L) = LTE RAN) supported COD: Cell Outage Detection MRO: Mobility Robustness Optimization
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Evo RAN
All IP Transport functionality
SyncE (L,W) OSPFv2 enh., e.g. Virtual routing Transport PM: TWAMP Controller
• ESMC • Route maps Ethernet OAM service •SLA validation TWAMP responder with IP
• Optical ports on path capacity
• Route tagging IPsec for RBS (W) SyncE for EvoC (W)
DUL and DUWv1 (L, measurement
W) • Metric manipulation Hierarchical TM Link
• Redistribution (advanced queue aggregation
Security for public handling)
deployments BFD for EvoC (W) Dynamic routing for IPv6
RAN Grand Master (OSPFv3)
Static routing in EvoC (W)
Phase & Time IPv4 in IPv6 tunnel
IP Flow Monitoring synchronization with PTP
over IP
Support for combined
GNSS
14B 15A 15B 16A Future
(G) = GSM RAN supported
Released Ready for Contract Indicative Candidate (W) = WCDMA RAN supported
(L) = LTE RAN) supported
(A)= GSM, WCDMA and LTE with SIU/TCU
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Evo RAN
All IP Transport functionality
S1/X2 over IP (L) Dynamic routing Y.1731 initiator (A) SyncE for DUWv2 and
1588v2 (PTP) Freq sync
Iub over IP (W) (OSPFv2) (A) (W) DUS (Integrated sync
SyncE
Abis over IP (G) distribution in RBS)
Single BE queue for multi • on optical port
IPv4 (G,W,L) • Electrical ports (L,
RAT transport (A) DUWv2 and DUS
W)
Ethernet (G,W,L) (W,L)
Volume counters per
IP over E1/T1 (G,W,L) IPsec for RBS (G)
DSCP (W,L) Indoor Pico Gateway
SoIP (NTP and 1588v2 for (W,L)
1588 Time/ Phase (L)
frequency) (A)
Transport sharing (A) 1588 Freq (L)
Egress traffic shaping (A) TWAMP Responder (A)
Priority scheduling (A)
Egress IP Traffic Shaper
Basic resilience with BFD (W,L)
(A)
Transport sharing with IPv6 O&M (L)
CDMA (A)
IPv6 traffic (L)
IPsec for RBS (L)
Policy Based Routing (A)
Ethernet Service OAM (A)
Ethernet link OAM (A)
Ethernet bridging (A)
Synchronous Ethernet (A)
Ethernet PM Y.1731 (A)
Jumbo Frames (A)
IP traffic mgmt (IP
shaping) (W,L)
Legacy 12B 13A 13B 14A
(G) = GSM RAN supported
Released Ready for Contract Indicative Candidate (W) = WCDMA RAN supported
(L) = LTE RAN) supported
(A)= GSM, WCDMA and LTE with SIU/TCU
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Evo RAN
energy efficiency
RAN Power save (W, L)
MCPA TX Power Savings (G) Traffic Aware Psi-Coverage (W, L) Small Cell Sleep Energy Meter (G,W,L)
BCCH Power Savings (G) Power Save (W) Mode (L)
BTS Power Savings (G) MIMO Sleep Mode (L) Psi-Coverage (G,W,L)
Dual Antenna Downlink Performance Micro Sleep for TX (G,L)
Package (L)
EUL Cell Edge Coverage (W) MIMO Sleep Mode (W,L)
Fast Dormancy Handling (W) Digital Unit Power Savings
F-DPCH (W) (G,W,L)
GPRS/EGPRS DL Power Control (G)
Inter-RAT Cell and Carrier
High Speed Downlink FACH (W)
Power Mgmt (G,W,L)
Improved Downlink Coverage (W)
Improved RACH Coverage (W)
Psi-Coverage (W)
Reduced Power Level After Handover (G)
SRB On HSDPA (W)
Time Slot Power Savings (G)
UTRAN Registration Area Handling (W)
Micro Sleep for TX (L)
Legacy 15A 15B 16A Future
(G) = GSM RAN supported
(W) = WCDMA RAN supported
(L) = LTE RAN supported
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Main changes
› All areas have been updated according to normal roadmap
adjustments and aligned with the respective Product Line
Roadmap
– RBS Multistandard functionality
– Evo Controller
– Radio and Performance
› Data Mobility and Services
› Voice Mobility and Services
– Self Organizing Networks
– All IP Transport Functionality
– Energy Efficiency
› The Evo RAN Release Overview slide has been updated
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