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MSC Pool Creates Worry-Free Networks
MSC Pool Creates Worry-Free Networks
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SOLUTION
MSC Pool creates worry-free networks
worry-free networks
By Lu Chao
intact.
The disaster recovery system kept the data at
Morgan Stanley safe in any circumstances. For the
telecom industry there is a valuable lesson to be
learned, for there can be no system downtime and
services must remain stable 24 hours a day, especially
in an emergency. As a result, the industry is facing
the challenge of constructing trustworthy networks
and one key is using Pool technology.
Huawei Communicate
Real-time switching
When a disaster occurs, communications
services must be recovered as soon as
possible to ensure follow-up rescue
operations. The active and standby
networking mode for disaster recovery
requires at least ten minutes for switching
over services, during which services are not
available.
The MSC Pool disaster recovery scheme
ensures that services on the damaged or
overloaded MSC can be switched to other
MSCs immediately.
Choosing the
optimized
solution can help
operators to build
a trouble free
core network by
reducing risks in
network planning,
operation, and
maintenance of
the MSC Pool.
adopts the active and standby modes,
meaning that the standby equipment does
not function unless the active one breaks
down. A definite drawback is that when
traffic exceeds the maximum capacity
of the active equipment, the standby
equipment cannot be used once congestion
occurs.
Since network capacity is the total
capacity of all the switches in the pool,
the disaster recovery function of the MSC
Pool allows all switches in the pool to share
the load. The redundant resources of the
MSCs are fully utilized and the processing
ability of the network in handling surging
traffic is improved. In addition, the MSC
Pool helps to make full use of the network
resources, improving the efficiency of
backup servers that are in an idle state.
Deployment difficulties
Although the advantages of the MSC
Pool are obvious, progress in the largescale commercial deployment has been
slow. At present, there has not been largescale industry-wide deployment of the
MSC Pool. The main reason is that the
MSC Pool mandates higher requirements
in terms of network operations capability
when compared with traditional network
establishment modes. Operators also
face challenges in network planning,
construction, operation, and management
when they deploy the MSC Pool. The
problems to be solved are as follows:
Non-unified planning
The first consideration is that the
wireless access network must be upgraded
to support the traditional MSC Pool.
The support and capabilities of the
equipment supplied by different suppliers
are different and the equipment variation
affects the entire network planning and
implementation schedule.
The second aspect is that the data
configuration is not synchronized. The
data configuration of the MSC Pool
network requires that the access network
and core network work with each other
to realize unified operation. The existing
management mode is NE distributed
management. If this mode is used to
perform Pool-class management, both the
workload and volume of data are large,
opening the door to a lot of potential
faults and leaving the network vulnerable.
Compared with the traditional
n e t w o r k i n g m o d e , t h e M S C Po o l
networking mode features wider network
coverage and changed statistics. The MSC
Pool must adapt to existing network
statistics and expand the network properly
to meet the changing statistical and
management requirements of MSC Pool
network operations.
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SOLUTION
MSC Pool creates worry-free networks
Increased costs
Investment is more when the traditional MSC
Pool is deployed in the TDM network, and the Base
Station Controller (BSC) must be connected around
the clock with all of the switches in the pool. As a
result, a large volume of TDM transmission resources
are consumed. It is difficult for most operators to
make large investments for network establishment
and maintenance. Moreover, the upgrade of wireless
equipment for the entire network is capital intensive,
which also increases deployment costs.
Operating costs are increased when compared
with traditional networking, for the MSC Pool
requires more complex network management.
Operators need to process massive amounts of data
through complex programs to perform maintenance
and management operations such as configuration,
statistics, and network monitoring. If operators do
not have efficient operating and management tools,
operation costs rise drastically.
Optimized solutions
While the traditional MSC Pool products have
exhibited these deployment difficulties, Huaweis
MSC Pool implementation does not suffer from these
limitations. In fact, it represents a major advance over
both traditional TDM architectures and previous
MSC Pool implementations and reduces transport
costs, is faster to deploy, provides a higher user QoE,
and allows simple centralized maintenance.