iPASOLINK VR SERIES

Introduction

November, 2015
Masayoshi Higashiyama ( William Tan)
m-higashiyama@zb.jp.nec.com

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 NEC’s Mobile Backhaul Portfolio Enhancement
NEW ACCESS PRE-AGGREGATION AGGREGATION METRO

iPASOLINK SX iPASOLINK EX (Ether)

iPASOLINK iX
(V-band) (E-band)
(6-42GHz)

5000iP Series
iPASOLINK GX
(Long Haul)
(Outdoor Router)
iPASOLINK EX (CPRI) (E-band)

iPASOLINK 100E
iPASOLINK BR
iPASOLINK 100A / 200A iPASOLINK 400/400A iPASOLINK 1000 (multi-channel combiner)
iPASOLINK 100 / 200

iPASOLINK VR
4096
Series QAM
Compact ODU
High Power ODU
112
MHz iPASOLINK VR10
iPASOLINK VR2 iPASOLINK VR4 Shared resources

Spectrum resources
1 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Sub6GHz Licensed Band V-Band E-Band

6-42GHz 59-63GHz 71-86GHz
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iPASOLINK VR Series (Converged Packet Radio)

iPASOLINK VR is NEC’s most advanced and comprehensive optical and radio converged transport product
family, providing solutions for backhaul optimization and cost efficient integration of both TDM and carrier-class
Ethernet network and versatile and smooth migration from TDM to IP next generation network. .

iPASOLINK VR2 iPASOLINK VR4

ü up to 2-way Radio ü up to 5-way Nodal Radio

ü Redundancy ü Redundancy
üPDH and All IP ü Three Universal Slots
ü Pay as you grow architecture ü PDH/SDH and All IP
ü Low cost Compact design ü Pay as you grow architecture
üNatural Cooling iPASOLINK VR10 ü Low cost Compact design

ü12-way Nodal Radio

ü Redundancy
ü14 Universal Slots
üPay as you grow architecture
üPDH/SDH and All IP
ü High Speed 10GbE INTFC
ü CWDM

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What’s New

ALL IN ONE MODEL (WITH HIGH CAPACITY, HIGH FLEXIBILITY)

• Universal Transport for Wired and Wireless

OVER 1GBPS WIRELESS TRANSPORT

• Ultra High Modulation (4096QAM), Ultra Wideband (112MHz)

10G OPTICAL TRANSPORT

• Seamless connectivity with Optical Transport

SWITCH BYPASS FEATURE FOR ULTRA LOW LATENCY

• Physical level path management for Multi-service traffic

HIERARCHICAL QoS (H-QoS) Mode or MPLS-TP Mode Selection

• Multiple VLAN service with multiple priority or MPLS-TP functions supports

PAYLOAD COMPRESSION

• Maximize L1 throughput with Multilayer compression

BANDWIDTH NOTIFICATION

• Resource optimization with Bandwidth Information Exchange

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All in One (with High Capacity wired & wireless transport)

▌ Wired and Wireless Converged Node with High-speed interface

▌ N x 1G/10G with CWDM (Optical) capability
▌ > 1G wireless transport with High modulation, Wideband radio, etc
▌ Smooth transformation to a high capacity wired & wireless transport
▌ High flexibility with optional universal card Slots
▌ Application with high capacity millimeter wave AOR

Wireless Transport Wired Transport

AOR

All-in-One
ODU
N-way Radio
High modulation
High Speed Interface
Wide band
1G/10G x N (CWDM)
MIMO*
( >10G )
( >1G )

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Ultra multi-level modulation (4096QAM) implementation
▌ NEC is the pioneer in ultra high modulation
l Has achieved 1Gbps transmission with 2048QAM in commercial use
l Developing 4096QAM to give more flexibility to support large capacity

▌ More than 1Gbps full transmission radio w/o compression

▌ Reduce Bit Cost: 83 % OFF (QPSK => 4096QAM)

More
than
1Gbps
48% up
36% up 4096QAM
2048QAM
25% up
Commercial use
1024QAM
11% up 1Gbps
512QAM

256QAM

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 Over 1Gbps wireless transport (on Licensed band)
▌ Enable over 1Gbps optical fiber-level transfer rate with single-carrier and single polarization without any
compression techniques
l Ultra-multilevel modulation (4096QAM) leading the industry
l Wide Band channel (112MHz)

112MHz / 4096QAM
28MHz / 2048QAM
Single carrier
V V V or H Single polarization
Two Carriers
H H
112MHz
Aggregation

28MHz 28MHz • No XPIC

Dual Polarized (XPIC)
• No Aggregation
• No compression
over
1Gbps 1Gbps

x1.5 x4

256QAM 4096QAM 28MHz 112MHz

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 Radio aggregation with dedicated link for low latency

• Achieve physical level (L1) path aggregation for Multi-service traffic

• Enable to aggregate the dedicated radio link for ultra low latency service and other radio links by
XPIC

XPIC
(ultra low latency &
mobile service)

MODEM

MODEM
MODEM
Aggregated traffic
XPIC
Dedicated pipe for ultra V

MODEM
MODEM
H
low latency
Dedicated pipe For Low latency
Switch Bypass
Ultra low latency

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 Bandwidth maximizer for more L1 throughput

▌ Maximizing radio capacity utilization by using industry-proven multi layer compression technique
▌ Achieve ultra low latency compression

Bandwidth Bandwidth
Maximizer Maximizer

Compressed
idx
FCS Payload Header IFG Payload FCS Payload Header IFG

Enable transmit more packets at

same capacity l Multi-layer header compression
30% to l Highest capacity gain; 30% @Typical traffic and
200%+ > 200% @ Shorter packet traffic of voice & text
intensive packets
Capacity [Mbps]
@ 56MHz

L3 Compression l Properties are completely preserved

L2 Compression l In addition, Lempel-Ziv based data compression
IFG/PRE Suppression
will be available, if it fits on network SLA.

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iPASOLINK VR4

Transmission Specification

Frequency bands: 6 to 42 GHz

Radio Transmission Capacities:
-QPSK/16/32/64/128/256/512/1024/2048/4096* QAM
Flexible Converged Node for Accesses and Aggregation - Hitless-AMR
with up to 5way Nodal. 1U with Main card and 3 - LDPC FEC
Universal Slots. - Transmission Bandwidth 7,14,28,40&56,112*MHz
- MTPC / ATPC
Advanced Ethernet Functionalities - Any combination of PDH / LAN traffic
Interface :10/100/1000 Base-T
1000 Base-SX / LX
Main Card Ports: 8 x 1GbE (4 x RJ45 + 4xSFP) or 10 GbE
6 x 1GbE and 2x10 GbE 16 x E1
VLAN ・ Port-based VLAN 3 Universal slots: 2x STM-1, Modem A/AE, GbE…..
・ 802.1Q Tag-based VLAN
・ 802.1ad Provider Bridges
QoS ・ 802.1p CoS / ToS /Diffserv/ Scalability and Flexibility
- MPLS EXP / VLAN ID
- Hierarchical QoS
・ Advanced QoS (for AMR) Pay as you grow concept
Switch Bypass - software upgrade
Synchronous Ethernet
Flexible configuration
IEEE1588v2 (TC & BC)
- 1+0, 2 to 5 (1+0), 1+1 HS/SD/FD, XPIC (1+0),APS
RSTP (802.1w), MSTP
- Radio Traffic Aggregation (L1, L2, L3)
ERP ITU-T G.8031, 8032V2
- 388x388E1 Cross Connect SW (4 x STM-1)
Ethernet OAM, IEEE802.1ag, ITU-T Y1731
- PWE (SAToP)
Link OAM IEEE802.3ah
- DHCP Server/Relay Function
Link Aggregation 802.3ad with LACP
- TDM Ring Protection (SNCP)
Header Compression (L2/L3) - In-Band DCN
MPLS TP - 2 Port (PoE) support

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iPASOLINK VR10

Transmission Specification
Frequency bands: 6 to 42 GHz
Radio Transmission Capacities:
-QPSK/16/32/64/128/256/512/1024/2048/4096* QAM
- Hitless-AMR
- LDPC FEC
Flexible Converged Node for Aggregation and Metro with up - Transmission Bandwidth 7,14,28,40&56,112*MHz
to 12 way nodal. 3U with Main Card and 14 Universal Slots. - MTPC / ATPC
- Any combination of PDH / LAN traffic
Advanced Ethernet Functionalities Interface :10/100/1000 Base-T
1000 Base-SX / LX
10 GbE
16 x E1
Ports: 4xGbE-A=16x(1GbE)+10xGbE2 =20 x(1GbE) STM-1
2 x XGbEMV (10GbE) 14 Universal slots: 2x STM-1, Modem A/EA, GbE…..
VLAN ・ Port-based VLAN
・ 802.1Q Tag-based VLAN Scalability and Flexibility
・ 802.1ad Provider Bridges
QoS ・ 802.1p CoS / ToS /Diffserv/
- MPLS EXP / VLAN ID Pay as you grow concept
・ Advanced QoS (for AMR) - software upgrade
- H-QoS Flexible configuration
- Synchronous Ethernet /IEEE1588v2 (TC & BC) - 1+0, 1+1 HS/SD/FD,XPIC (1+0)/(1+1), APS
- RSTP (802.1w), MSTP - Radio Traffic Aggregation (L1,L2,L3)
- ERP ITU-T G.8031, 8032V2 - 975x975 E1, (14 STM-1) Cross Connect SW
- Ethernet OAM, IEEE802.1ag, ITU-T Y1731 - TDM Ring Protection (SNCP)
- Link OAM IEEE802.3ah - DHCP Server / Relay Function
- Link Aggregation 802.3ad with LACP - PWE (SAToP )
- Header Compression (L2, L3) - CWDM
- MPLS-TP - In-Band DCN
- 6 Port PoE support

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 iPASOLINK VR (Split Radio)
Functions, Features and System Performance

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FEATURES-1

COMPACT AND RELIABLE PLATFORM

• Very compact and light platform for easy installation setup

1U IDU (VR2/VR4) 3U (VR10)

• Graphical user interface (GUI) with WEB browser

• Command line interface (CLI) with SSHv2 (secure shell version 2)
High reliability and quality backed by excellent field proven MTBF
Low Power consumption: adoption of high efficient RF components

VERSATILE RADIO SECTION

• High modulation up to 2048 QAM (VR2/VR4/VR10)for Native Ether and TDM

• High modulation up to 4096 QAM (VR4/VR10) (future with new modem)RL.2

• High system gain using LDPC FEC and Linearizer techniques
• Higher BW with 112 MHz (Future with new modem) RL.2

• Adaptive modulation Radio (AMR)

• cross polarization interference canceller. (XPIC)

•Double transmission capacity up to 1240 mbps in 56 MHz BW (2048 QAM)

• Enhanced system gain with new ODU ( IAG/IAP)

• Frequency agility and easy tuning using sub-band free ODU

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iPASOLINK Introduction
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Common Features
• Provide more transport flexibility & reliability
• Operation continuity and upgradability
• Customer benefit

Advantages
• High capacity transmission

• Co-Channel dual polarized (XPIC)

• Double Capacity Ring
• LOS MIMO
• Bandwidth Maximizer*
• Radio Bandwidth Notification*
• Converged Node with flexibility
• Variety of interfaces; (Radio, Ethernet, PoE, TDM, CWDM..)
• Carrier-grade IP functionalities
• non-blocking forwarding performance
• Advanced QoS (H-QoS)
• Superb OAM
• MPLS
• Full synchronization support (TDM, Sync ETH, 1558v2., ACR, External clock

• SDN (BRM / OpenFlow) ready * Future

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INTERFACES
• Ethernet Interfaces
• 1 GbE (Electricl) /(Optical)
• 1 GbE (PoE)(VR4/VR10)
• 10 GbE (optical)(VR4/VR10)
• TDM Interfaces
• E1

• STM-1 (Through/Channelized) VR4/VR10

• CWDM high speed Interfaces VR4/VR10

INTERFACES – VR2 Main Board

• 4 x 10/100/1000 Base-T(X)
• 2 x 1000 Base-SX/LX SFP
• 16 x E1 main board

INTERFACES – VR4 Main Board

• 4 x 10/100/1000 Base-T(X)
• 4 x 1000 Base-SX/LX SFP or 2x 1000Base-SX/LX + 2x 10 GbE Base-SR/LR/ER

• 16 x E1 main board and 16E1-A (US)

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INTERFACES – VR4 Universal slot

• 16 x E1 (Universal slot)
• 2 x STM-1 optical /electrical (Universal slot)
• 2 x 10/100/1000 Base-T(X), 2 x 1000 Base –SX/LX SFP (Universal slot)
• MSE (Multi Service Engine) 64 x E1 PWE card (Universal slot)

INTERFACES – VR10
• 16 x E1 card (Universal slot)
• 2 x STM-1 optical /electrical (Universal slot)
• 2 x 10/100/1000 Base-T(X), 2 x 1000 Base –SX/LX SFP (Universal slot, 4 Cards)
• 4 x 1000 Base –SX/LX SFP (Universal slot, 4 Cards) (Future)
• 2 x RJ-45, 2x SFP & PoE support for AOR (Universal Slot ,14 cards) (Future)
• 10 GbE SR/LR/ER SFP+ (Universal slot) (2 Cards)

• MSE (Multi Service Engine) 64 x E1 PWE card (Universal slot, 2 Cards)

SAToP (RFC4553)
• CWDM High speed interface
• Redundant Main card (TDM/L2 Switch matrix with CPU)
• Fourteen front mounted universal slots are available for Modems and option
interface cards

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ADVANCED QoS FUNCTION – VR2/4/10

Enhanced QoS functions

Packet classification functions based on:

(802.1p, IPv4 Precedence, IPv4/IPv6 DSCP. MPLS TC(EXP) / Port / VLAN ID)

Bandwidth Management (Traffic shaping, CIR/EIR policing per port/VLAN/CoS)

Class mapping (4 or 8 Class queues for QoS control)

Congestion avoidance mechanism (WTD or WRED)

Flexible Scheduling (Deficit-weighted round robin or strict Priority)

Hierarchical - QoS

ETHERNET / VLAN – VR2/4/10

VLAN functions on layer 2 based carrier network

VLAN table size 4094 group (VLAN 1 ~4094)

Port based VLAN, tag based (IEEE 802.1Q), Provider bridge (IEEE802.1ad)

Support Jumbo frame (FE < 2000 , GbE < 9600)

Redundancy Function:RSTP(IEEE802.1W)/MSTP for redundancy loop prevention

Ethernet Ring (G.8032)

Link aggregation (IEEE802.3 ad) with LACP

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HYBRID SWITCHING FUNCTION – VR2
•TDM Cross connect: max 168 x 168 E1 left and right hand routes

•Support SNCP

•Packet Switching: up to 16 Gbps

HYBRID SWITCHING FUNCTION – VR4

•TDM Cross connect: max 388 x 388 E1 left and right hand routes
•STM-1 up to 4 x 4
•Support SNCP
•Packet Switching: up to 80 Gbps

HYBRID SWITCHING FUNCTION-VR10

•TDM Cross connect: max 975 x 975 E1 left and right hand routes
•STM-1 up to 14 x 14
•Support SNCP

•Packet Switching: up to 104 Gbps

Redundant Main card (TDM/L2 Switch matrix with CPU)

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SYNCHRONIZATION
•High Accuracy clock supply for clock synchronization

•Support both native TDM and synchronous Ethernet for clock reference
•iPASO – VR2 IEEE 1588v2 support TC

•iPASO – VR4 IEEE 1588v2 support TC/BC

•iPASO – VR10 IEEE1588v2 TC/BC

•Support external clock input / output

•Adaptive Clock Recovery for PWE

•NE clock selected from 3 sources based on quality mode or priority mode

PROTECTION SCHEMES
•E1 Ring Protection

•Automatic Protection switching (APS) for STM-1 for VR4/VR10

•RSTP / MSTP, G.8031 Linear Protection, G.8032v2 Ether Ring protection

•Timing source protection Priority or Quality

•Hot Standby and Twin path for radio protection

•Radio Traffic Aggregation

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Scalable Modular Architecture - Universal Slot -
Universal Slots
Universal Interface Card（Modem/INTFC) can be
VR4 series mounted on Universal Interface Slots

3 Universal Card Slots l Universal Interface Slot

ü MODEM card A/EA

MODEM
ü INTFC card
4xGbE
16E1

STM-1
etc.
10 GbE

ü Multi-function card
VR10 series MSE
üCWDM card
14 Universal Card Slots
CWDM
üVR Series Universal cards

10 GbE GbE -AV GbE –2AV

Modem AV

l Main Card (Not a common card)

üCPU / Main SW (L2/TDM) / CLK
ü LCT,

l Term Card
ü NMS/NE port / Ext clk

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iPASOLINK VR RADIO CONFIGURATIONS
iPASOLINK VR10

Slot No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Redundancy Group SWGRP1 SWGRP2 SWGRP3 SWGRP4 SWGRP5 SWGRP6
(1+1)Hot standby No1 No2 No1 No2 No1 No2 No1 No2 No1 No2 No1 No2
(1+1)Twin Path No1 No2 No1 No2 No1 No2 No1 No2 No1 No2 No1 No2
XPIC GRP1 XPIC GRP2 XPIC GRP3 XPIC GRP4 XPIC GRP5 XPIC GRP6
(1+0) XPIC
Master Slave Master Slave Master Slave Master Slave Master Slave Master Slave
(1+1) XPIC GRP1 (1+1) XPIC GRP2 (1+1) XPIC GRP3
(1+1) XPIC
Master1 Master2 Slave1 Slave2 Master1 Master2 Slave1 Slave2 Master1 Master2 Slave1 Slave2
PRTA 2(1+0) Radio GRP1 Radio GRP2 Radio GRP3 Radio GRP 4 Radio GRP5 Radio GRP6
PRTA (3 to 4 links)* Radio SW Group-1 Radio Switch Group-2
PRTA N links (N >4)* Radio SW Group-1
MIMO* SWGP1 SWGP2

1 2 3 4
1 3 4 5 5 6 7 8
2 Main Board 9 MC-MV
10 MC-MV
iPASOLINK VR4 iPASOLINK VR2
11 12 13 14
Slot No. Main Board 3 4 5 Slot No. Main Board Term PS PS
N x (1+0) No1 No2 No3 No4 No5 2 x (1+0) No.1 N0.2
Redundancy Group SWGRP1 SWGRP2 Redundancy Group SWGRP1
(1+1)Hot standby No1 No2 No1 No2 (1+1)Hot standby No.1 N0.2
(1+1)Twin Path No1 No2 No1 No2 (1+1)Twin Path No.1 N0.2
XPIC GRP1 XPIC GRP2 XPIC GRP1
(1+0) XPIC (1+0) XPIC
Master Slave Master Slave Master Slave

(1+1) XPIC (1+1) XPIC

PRTA 2(1+0) Radio GRP1 Radio GRP2 PRTA 2(1+0) Radio GRP1

* Future Release
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 iPASOLINK VR universal slot mounting & Interfaces
iPASOLINK VR 10

Slot No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Modem EA / A
Modem AV*(112MHz/4096 QAM)
GbE-A (2RJ45+2SFP) 3 Ports
GbE-AV (4SFP) 3 ports
GbE-2AV (2RJ45+2SFP) 2GbE
XGbE-MV
STM1-A
16 E1-A
MSE-A**
CWDM-A/B

iPASOLINK VR4 1 2 3 4
Slot No. Main Board 3 4 5 5 6 7 8
Modem In-built modems EA / A EA / A EA / A 9 MC-M
Modem AV* In-built modems AV* AV* AV* 10 MC-M
GbE-A 11 12 13 14
GbE-AV
Term PS PS
GbE-2AV
XGbE-MV
STM1-A
16 E1-A 16E1 Main Board
MSE-A***

* Future Release
** 2X MSE card can be used with SW Key for more than 64E1 PWE. And
*** 1x MSE card only
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 Interfaces
VR2 VR4 VR10 1000 >>VR10
Nodal Solution 2 way 5 way 12way 12 way
Universal Slots non 3 14 14
Modems ( in built Main Card) 2 2 non non
Universal Slot Modem A/ EA non 3/3 12 / 12 12 / 12
No modem ?? yes yes ??
E1 Interface (main) 16 x E1 16 x E1 non non
16 E1 A card (US) non Up to 3 Up to 14 card Up to 14 cards
STM-1 Interface non 2 x STM-1 (US) x 3 2x STM-1 (US) x14 2 x STM-1 (US) x 14
1GbE interface (Main) 4 x RJ-45 + 2x SFP 4xRJ-45 + 4xSFP non non
2xRJ45 + 2xSFP 2xRJ45 + 2xSFP 2xRJ45 + 2xSFP
GbE-A (US) non
(US 1 to 3) (US 9 to 12) (US 9 & 10)
GbE-AV (US) non (4xSFP) (US 1 to 3) (4xSFP) (US 9 to 12) non
GbE-2AV (2 ports out of 4)
non 3US (2xRJ45+2xSFP) 14 US (2xRJ45+2xSFP) non
1Port PoE
10 GbE interface Main Board non 2 non non
XGbE-MV (US) non non 2 2
MSE-A (PWE) non 1 (2 TBD) 2 Card 128xE1 (PWE) 2 Cards128 E1 (PWE)
PoE Support non 2 ports 6 ports TBD
Power supply 2x Power supplies 2 x Power supplies 2 x Power supplies 2 x Power supplies
AUX-S (DI-DO, EOW B-B) non non non Non
CWDM Card (US) Support Support
Clock module (CLK-CV) 002 (CLK-CV)002 or 001 CLK-MV CLK-MV
IEEE 1588v2 TC/BC TC TC / BC TC / BC TC / BC
Redundant Main Card Support Support

US-Universal Slot
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 Function List
Function VR2 VR4 VR10 1000 > VR10
(1+1) Radio protection (HS/SD/TP) 1 group Up to 2 groups Up to 6 Groups Up to 6 Groups
(1+0) XPIC 1 group Up to 2 groups Up to 6 groups Up to 6 groups
(1+1) XPIC non non Up to 3 group Up to 3 groups
Adaptive Modulation Radio QPSK to 2048 QAM QPSK to 2048 QAM (4096 QAM * future)
Channel Spacing 7/14/28/40/56MHz 7/14/28/40/56MHz (112 MHz)* 7/14/28/40/56MHz
Radio aggregation L2 Up to 2 links Up to 4 links Up to 8 links Up to 8 links
Radio Aggregation L1: 2(1+0) 1 group 2 groups 6 groups 6 groups
Radio Aggregation L1: 3 to 4(1+0)(R2) Non non 2 groups 2 groups
Radio Aggregation L1: 8(1+0)(R2) non non 1 group 1 group

SNCP E1 Ring Protection yes yes yes yes

STM-1 APS Protection non Card/line protection Card/line protection Card/line protection
TDM XC SW Capacity 168 x 168 388 x 388 975 x 975 975 x 975
TDM STM-1 Thru Capacity non 4 14 14

CLK Synchronization TDM / Sync E /EXT CLK

Synchronization modes Priority or quality level
Adaptive Clock Recovery No Yes Yes Yes
IEEE 1588V2 TC TC / BC TC / BC
Maintenance TDM INTFC LB Yes Yes Yes Yes
Maintenance Modem IF LB Yes Yes Yes Yes
Maintenance L2 LB modem Yes Yes Yes Yes
Maintenance L2 LB Port Yes Yes Yes Yes
Maintenance L2 LB VLAN yes Yes Yes Yes
Link OAM LB yes Yes Yes Yes
FAN Control Yes Yes

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 Function List
Function VR2 VR4 VR10 1000 > VR10
H-QoS yes yes yes yes
Switch bypass RL.2 yes yes yes yes
Ingress / Egress Filter yes yes yes yes
VLAN Swap yes yes yes yes
QoS VLAN Groups 8x8/4x8/8x4 8x8/4x8/8x4 8x8/4x8/8x4 8x8/4x8/8x4
Ether OAM IEEE 802.1ag, ITU-T Y1731 CC/LB/LT/DM/LM CC/LB/LT/DM/LM CC/LB/LT/DM/LM CC/LB/LT/DM/LM
Link OAM IEEE 802.3ah yes yes yes yes
Ethernet Loop prevention RSTP / MSTP
Ethernet Linear Protection (EPS)* yes
Ethernet Ring Protection (ERPS) Major and Sub Ring Major and Sub Ring
IEEE 802.1q Access Trunk Tunnel
IEEE 802.1ad C-Access S-Trunk C-Bridge
VLAN group 4094
Jumbo Frames yes
MAC Address Learning Yes (32K)
QoS Classification 4 Level SP or DWRR or SP+DWRR
QoS Classification 8 level SP or DWRR or SP+DWRR
Policing Two rates (CIR/EIR) Three color Color aware policer
Congestion avoidance WTD / WRED
LAG (LACP )-Line Packet layer
Link Loss Forwarding yes
Broadcast storm Control yes

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 iPASO VR4 Layout and Configuration Options
Universal Slot-Cards
Main Board 4xGbE [4xRJ45, 2x(SFP)] Multi Service Engine 16 x E1 TDM INTFC
Changeable Modem-A /Modem-EA Channelized STM-1(or 2xSTM-1)
EXT CLK FAN Cooling
ODU Interface Universal Slot-3 Universal Slot-4 Universal Slot-5

1U
GND
4 x GbE (RJ-45) SFP Power input Optional
USB SLOT LCT / NMS
LED Indication 4xGbE or Power input
(Status/Alarms) ODU PS SW 16 x E1 INTFC NE1 or User Port1 2x GBE + 2X 10GbE

Name Order Code

MDP-1200MB-1AA NWA-096340-001-01

MC-AV Main Board

Removable

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iPASOLINK VR10 –Slots and Module configuration

14 x Universal Slots

4xGbE [2xRJ45, 2x(SFP)] Multi Service Engine 16 x E1 TDM INTFC

Channelized STM-1(or 2xSTM-1) Modem A/EA CWDM
GbE INTFC
FE1 / FE2 SFP
16 x E1 INTFC 2xSTM-1 INTFC
2xGbE

Main Card1
Redundant Main Cards
Main Card2

NMS/ NE1 CLK? Power Supply-1 Power Supply-2

OW Jack FAN Unit

10 G INTFC
Protect SW

Call Button USB Memory Slot

Name Order Code Remarks

12 Universal slots, MC-MV main Card

MDP-1200MB-1BB NWA-096320-001-01 TERM – MV , FAN-MV, PS-MV

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iPASOLINK VR4 Block diagram

Native TDM line

MODEM EA
E1 INTFC DXC MODEM To ODU

Native Packet
line
CPU MUX/DEMUX

Universal slot Modem A / EA

L2 SW (3)
8Gb
LAN INTFC 2 xSTM-1
4RJ-45+4SFP Universal slot 16 x E1
(4)
Clock 4 x GbE
Module
EXTCLK Universal slot MSE
(5)

Power
Supply
-48V FAN Module
Power
options Supply

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 iPASOLINK VR10 IDU Block Diagram

Modem A/EA Universal

Universal
16 x E1 INTFC CWDM
slotslot
Universal
Universal #n-1#n
2x STM-1 Universal HSI
MSE (64xE1 PWE)
slotslot
#1 #2 slot slotHSI
2
10 GbE

4 x GbE
slot #
Native TDM Bus
Native Packet Bus

FAN1
Control Bus
NMS/NE1
TERM-M
TDM SW L2 SW CPU
EXT CLK

- 48V
PS
PS
Optional
Clock PS - 48V
Main Board
Synchronous Ethernet Optional redundant
(Redundancy)
Power supply

FAN2

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iPASOLINK VR2 / VR4 Indicators

TX RX
1 2 1 2

TX 1 & TX2
ON: SYS1 & 2 Transmit Status
LAN Por1 to 6 (Green) MAINT ALM PWR1 & 2
RX 1 & RX2
ON: LAN Link UP Status ON; Maintenance ON ON;IDU Total Alarm ON : Power on
ON: SYS1 & 2 Reveive Status
Blink : when data TX/RX Protect SW ON OFF: Normal Operation OFF: Power OFF / ALM
TX RX OFF: Link down Blink :During CPU Boot up
1 2 1 2 When Accessing USB

LAN Por1 to 8 (Green) MAINT ALM PWR1 & 2

ON: LAN Link UP Status ON; Maintenance ON ON;IDU Total Alarm ON : Power on
Blink : when data TX/RX Protect SW ON OFF: Normal Operation OFF: Power OFF / ALM
OFF: Link down Blink :During CPU Boot up
When Accessing USB

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iPASOLINK Introduction
 iPASOLINK VR 10 Indicators

Main Card 1

Main Card 2

TERM-MV CARD MC-MV MAIN CARD

EOW
EOW Headset Jack 1 Vbus 1 NMS TXD(+)
MAINT
1 NMS TXD(+) 2 D (-) 2 NMS TXD (-)
Call Push Button ON; Maintenance ON
2 NMS TXD (-) EOW Buzzer Call button 3 D (+) 3 NMS RXD (+) Protect SW ON
3 NMS RXD (+) 4 Ground 4 Not Connected Blink :During CPU Boot up
ALM
4 Not Connected ON; TERM-MC Card Alarm (USB) TypeA 5 Not Connected When Accessing USB
5 Not Connected OFF: Normal Operation 6 NMS RXD (-)
Protect Switch
6 NMS RXD (-) 7 Not Connected ON Line
Down: Normal Operation
7 Not Connected ON: Indicate Main Card 1 or 2 is
UP: For Out-of-Service 8 Not Connected
Online in redundant main
8 Not Connected Transfer files to/from USB LCT (RJ-45)
card configuration
NMS / NE1 (RJ-45) OFF: Standby Card
CLK D-Sub 15 Pins, Female)

1 In TOD 422 P 6 CLK EXT1 IN P 11 IN 1PPS 422 P

ALM
2 In TOD 422 N 7 CLK EXT1 IN N 12 IN 1PPS 422 N ON; IDU Total Alarm
3 CLK EXT1 out N 8 CLK EXT1 OUT P 13 OUT TOD 422 P OFF: Normal Operation
4 CLK 10M 422 Out 9 OUT TOD 422 N 14 OUT 1PPS 422 N
5 GND 10 GND 15 OUT 1PPS 422 P

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 iPASOLINK VR2 / VR4 / VR10 Modem
iPASOLINK-VR2/VR4 inbuilt Modems
Ground iPASOLINK-VR4/VR10 Power ON/OFF Switch

Alarm (Red)
ON: Modem / ODU ALM
Blink: IF Cable short
IF Cable open
Ground

Power ON (Green)

ONLINE (Green)
TX 1 & TX2 IF IN / OUT XIF IN/ OUT
ON: SYS1 & 2 Transmit Status TX STATUS (Green)
TX frequency: 350 MHz Frequency: 140 MHz
RX 1 & RX2 REF FREQ: 5 MHz RX STATUS (Green)
RX frequency 140 MHz
ON: SYS1 & 2 Receive Status
Ref Frequency: 5 MHz (XPIC) Connector: IEC 169-29(1.0/2.3)

DC Power : -48V Impedance: 75 Ohms

FOR XPIC BETWEEN MASTER
Connector: TNC (Female)
AND SUB MASTER
Control 10 MHz
Impedance: 50 Ohms

Modem-A Modem-EA
NWA-055300-322 NWA-074398-322 NWA-074398-422
RTA (Physical Layer) Available Available Available
Multi-layer Header Compression Available Available Available
40 MHz Channel Separation Available Available Available
Up to 512 QAM Up to 2048 Up to 2048
(28/40/56 MHz)

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 iPASOLINK VR2 MAIN BOARD LAN INTERFACES
Ethernet Features Gigabit Ether Interface RJ-45 1,2,3,4
VLAN Port Based VLAN/ Tag Based VLAN / 802.1ad Type 10/100 Base-T(X) or 10/100/1000 Base-T
QoS 802.1p CoS / ToS/Diffserv/MPLS TC / VLAN ID
Connector 4 x RJ-45
Standard QoS or H-QoS
QoS Control SP or DWRR or SP + DWRR Gigabit Ether Interface SFP (Optical) 5, 6
Type 1000 BASE-SX / LX
Bandwidth Port and class shaper, policing per VLAN or port
Connector 4 x SFP Optical Interface (LC)
Management
Jumbo frame FE: Up to 2000 bytes GbE: 9600 bytes
Protection RSTP (802.1w, MSTP (802.1s)
ERP (ITU-T G.8032v2) LACP (802.1AX)
Link Loss Disabled / Enabled selectable
Forwarding

1 Vbus 1 NMS TXD(+) 1 NMS TXD(+)

2 D (-) 2 NMS TXD (-) 2 NMS TXD (-)
3 D (+) 3 NMS RXD (+) 3 NMS RXD (+)
4 Ground 4 Not Connected 4 Not Connected
(USB) Type1 5 Not Connected 5 Not Connected
6 NMS RXD (-) 6 NMS RXD (-)
7 Not Connected 7 Not Connected
8 Not Connected 8 Not Connected
LCT / NMS (RJ-45) NE1 (RJ-45)

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 iPASOLINK VR4 MAIN CARD LAN INTERFACES
Ethernet Features
VLAN Port Based VLAN/ Tag Based VLAN / 802.1ad
QoS 802.1p CoS / ToS/Diffserv/MPLS TC / VLAN ID
Standard QoS or H-QoS
QoS Control SP or DWRR or SP + DWRR
Bandwidth Port and class shaper, policing per VLAN or port
Management
Jumbo frame FE: Up to 2000 bytes GbE: 9600 bytes FE /Gigabit Ether Interface RJ-45 1,2,3,4
Protection RSTP (802.1w, MSTP (802.1s) Type 10/100 Base-T(X) or 10/100/1000 Base-T
ERP (ITU-T G.8032v2) LACP (802.1AX)
Link Loss Disabled / Enabled selectable Connector 4 x RJ-45
Forwarding

1 NMS TXD(+) 1 NMS TXD(+) Gigabit Ether Interface SFP (Optical) 5, 6, 7, 8

2 NMS TXD (-) 2 NMS TXD (-)
Type 1000 BASE-SX / LX
3 NMS RXD (+) 3 NMS RXD (+)
4 Not Connected 4 Not Connected Connector 4 x SFP Optical Interface (LC)
1 Vbus
2 D (-) 5 Not Connected 5 Not Connected 10 Gigabit Ether Interface SFP+ (Optical) 7, 8
3 D (+) 6 NMS RXD (-) 6 NMS RXD (-)
Type 10Gbase-SR /LR /ER
4 Ground 7 Not Connected 7 Not Connected

(USB) Type1 8 Not Connected 8 Not Connected Connector 2 x SFP+ Optical Interface (LC)
LCT / NMS (RJ-45) NE1 (RJ-45)

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 iPASOLINK VR 10 Ethernet Interfaces GbE-A & XGbE-MV

LAN Por1 (Green) Alarm (Red)

LAN Por1 to 4 (Green)
ON: LAN Link UP Status Alarm Status
ON: LAN Link UP Status
Blink : when data TX/RX
Blink : when data TX/RX
OFF: Link down
OFF: Link down Alarm (Red)
Alarm Status

GbE-A Card (4 Cards/ VR10)

XGbE-MV (2 Cards/VR10) Type (Electrical) 10/100 Base-T(X) or 10/100/1000 Base-T
Type 10Gbase-SR /LR /ER Connector 2 x RJ-45
Type (SFP) 1000 BASE-SX / LX
Connector 1 x SFP+ Optical Interface (LC)
Connector 2 x SFP Optical Interface (LC)

Ethernet Features
VLAN Port Based VLAN/ Tag Based VLAN / 802.1ad
QoS 802.1p CoS / ToS/Diffserv/MPLS TC / VLAN ID
Standard QoS or H-QoS
QoS Control SP or DWRR or SP + DWRR
Bandwidth Port and class shaper, policing per VLAN or port
Management GbE-2AV Card (14 Cards/ VR10)
Jumbo frame FE: Up to 2000 bytes GbE: 9600 bytes Type (Electrical) 10/100 Base-T(X) or 10/100/1000 Base-T
Protection RSTP (802.1w, MSTP (802.1s) Connector 2 x RJ-45
ERP (ITU-T G.8032v2) LACP (802.1AX) PoE Port Port 1 (max 6 ports/IDU)
Link Loss Disabled / Enabled selectable Type (SFP) 1000 BASE-SX / LX
Forwarding Connector 2 x SFP Optical Interface (LC)

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 iPASOLINK Transmission Capacity

ITEM IDU
Channel
7 MHZ 14MHz 28MHz 40MHz 56 MHz 112 MHz
Spacing
Radio Max Packet Radio Max Packet Radio Max Packet Radio Max Packet Radio Max Packet Radio Max Packet
Capacity Throughput Capacity Throughput Capacity Throughput Capacity Throughput Capacity Throughput Capacity Throughput
QPSK 10 13 21 27 44 56 62 78 90 113 181 226
16 QAM 21 26 43 55 90 113 125 157 181 227 363 454
Transmission 32 QAM 26 33 54 69 112 141 156 196 226 284 453 568
Capacity
and 64 QAM 31 40 66 83 135 170 187 235 272 341 545 682
Channel spacing 128 QAM 37 47 77 96 158 198 219 274 318 398 636 796
256 QAM 42 53 88 111 181 227 251 314 364 456 729 912
512QAM 47 60 98 124 203 254 281 352 407 510 815 1000
1024QAM 53 67 109 137 222 279 308 386 447 560 894 1000
2048QAM - - 121 152 247 309 341 428 495 620 991 1000
4096QAM 269.58 337 373 466 540.88 673 1081 1000

* Max Packet Throughput using 64 byte packet size

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 iPASOLINK XPIC (Cross Polarization Interference Canceller)
iPASOLINK can double its transmission capacity up to 1240Mbps in 56MHz bandwidth by adopting
NEC’s state of the art XPIC technology.
XPIC working with Radio Link Aggregation and G8032v2 ERPS
The additional required components for XPIC are;
nDual polarized antenna,
nAdditional ODU,
nAssociated IF cable kit, (iPASO VR4 / VR10)
nSoft-key upgrade in IDU.

iPASO VR2

iPASO VR4

iPASOLINK VR4 / VR10 can be configured with Multiple groups of XPIC links in one IDU.

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 iPASOLINK VR2 / VR4 XPIC Configuration – (1+0)
F1 (V) OMT

Vertical
F1 (H)

Horizontal
[XPIC Cable Cross Connection for Canceller Signal]
n When XPIC on Slot-1 & 2 MODEM circuits on Main Card, the X-IF Signals will be
connected internally in Main Card.
n When XPIC on Slot-3 & 4 MODEM modules, the X-IF Cables should be ordered to
F1 (V) OMT Canceller Signal connection. F1 (V)

Vertical

(1+0) XPIC
Horizontal
F1 (H) OMT
F1 (H)
Vertical Horizontal

X-IF Cables
Master Slave Master Slave Master Slave

Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 Slot4 Slot5 Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 Slot4 Slot5
X-IF connection (1+0) XPIC (1+0) XPIC
(1+0) XPIC
internal One IDU

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XPIC Configuration – (1+0) / (1+1)
F1 (V)
Vertical (1+0) XPIC

OMT Horizontal

F1 (H)

Vertical

Vertical
F1 (V)

F1 (H) Horizontal
Horizontal

MASTER-1 MASTER-2 SLAVE-1 SLAVE-2

(1+1) XPIC

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iPASOLINK Throughput with XPIC

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iPASOLINK – 1000 CWDM MODULES

(40 Km)

Colored
SFP

Colored
SFP

Colored
SFP

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iPASOLINK Introduction
iPASOLINK
OUT DOOR UNIT

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Frequency / Power / Hardware flexibility
Sub band Filter
IAP advantage 5 dB increase in power
Conventional ODU IAG ODU
IAG ODU
Sub-band Sub-band
6G 6G
7G 7G
8G MDU
8G Sub-band
Free
23G 23G
26G 26G

42G 42G

Sub band Fixed Sub band “Free”

(1 type ODUs)
(each different ODU)
Tunable BPF
Target Frequency
7*/8*/13/15/18/23 GHz band

13-42 GHz IAG ODU

Sub-band can be easily changeable

with sub-band Free IAG ODU *

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FREQUENCY BAND

Frequency Band (GHz) Range (GHz) Frequency Plan (ITU-R/CEPT) RF TX/RX Spacing (MHz)
L6 5.925-6.425 F.383 (CEPT/ERC, REC T/R14 Annex-1) 252.04
U6 6.430-7.110 F.384 (CEPT/ERC, REC T/R14 Annex-1) 340
7 7.110-7.900 F.385 161
7 7.425-7.725 F.385 Annex-1 154
7 7.110-7.750 F.385 Annex-3 168, 196
7.5 7.425-7.900 F.385 Annex-4 245
8 7.725-8.275 F.386 Annex-1 311.32
8 8.275-8.500 F.386 Annex-3 266
8 7.900-8.400 F.386 Annex-4 310
10 10.150-10.650 F.1568 Annex-1 350
10 10.500-10.680 F.747 Annex-1 91
11 10.700-11.700 F.387 490, 530
13 13.750-13.250 F.497 (CEPT/ERC, REC T/R 12) 266
15 14.500-15.350 F.636 (CEPT/ERC, REC T/R 12) 315, 420, 490, 644, 728
18 17.700-19.700 F.595 (CEPT/ERC, REC T/R 12) 1008, 1010, 1560
23 21.200-23.600 F.637 Annex-1, 3 (CEPT/ERC, REC T/R 13 Annex-A) 1008, 1232
23 21.200-23.600 F.637 Annex-4 1200
26 24.500-26.500 F.748 (CEPT/ERC, REC T/R 13 Annex-B) 1008
28 27.500-29.500 F.748 (CEPT/ERC, REC T/R 13 Annex-C) 1008
32 31.800-33.400 F.1520 (CEPT/ERC, REC T/R 01 ) 81
38 37.000-39.500 F.749 Annex-1(CEPT/ERC, REC T/R 12 ) 1260
42 40.500-43.500 (CEPT/ERC ) 1500

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Adaptive Modulation radio (AMR)

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 Concept of Advanced AMR
• To keep high transmission efficiency, Modulation scheme and Traffic capacity are automatically selected in accordance with the path condition with QoS. (LAN
Throughput –in small packet size: 64 bytes)

Normal condition

28MHz 28MHz 28MHz 28MHz 28MHz 28MHz 28MHz 28MHz 28MHz 28MHz
QPSK 16QAM 32 QAM 64 QAM 128 QAM 256 QAM 512QAM 1024 QAM 2048 QAM 24096 QAM
56Mbps 113Mbps 141 Mbps 170 Mbps 198Mbps 227Mbps 254Mbps 279Mbps 309Mbps 334Mbps

112 MHz 112 MHz 112 MHz 112 MHz 112 MHz 112 MHz 112 MHz 112 MHz 112 MHz 112 MHz
QPSK 16QAM 32QAM 64QAM 128 QAM 256QAM 512QAM 1024QAM 2048QAM 4096QAM
226 Mbps 454 Mbps 568 Mbps 682Mbps 796 Mbps 912 Mbps 1000 Mbps 1000 Mbps 1000 Mbps 1000 Mbps

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 iPASOLINK – Adaptive Modulation Radio
4096QAM (new Modem)

2048QAM

C/N 39 dB 1024QAM
(2048Q)

C/N 36 dB
512QAM
(1024Q)

C/N 33 dB
(512Q) 256QAM

C/N 30 dB 128QAM
(256Q)
C/N 27 dB
64QAM AMR Mode: CNR + RSL
(128Q)
Down CNR, Up RSL
C/N 24 dB 32QAM
(64Q)
16QAM
C/N 21 dB
(32Q)
AMR Mode: CNR
C/N18 dB QPSK
(Under Interference)
(16Q)
Modulation Up Down & up both CNR
C/N 33 dB + No Error

C/N 30 dB + No Error
Modulation switching is done at BER=10-10.
Equivalent C/N is shown 64QAM 256QAM
128QAM

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RTA （Packet layer Radio Traffic Aggregation）

・VR 10 up to 8 links

・VR 4 up to 4 links

・VR 2 up to 2 links

Link#1

Link#2

Link#3

Link#4

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PRTA （Physical layer Radio Traffic Aggregation）

・Dividing to small packets

・Transmit as normal Ethernet packet after dividing

・VR 10 up to 8 links or 2 GRPs 4 links each

・VR 4 up to 2 links (2 GRPs)

・VR 2 up to 2 links

Link#1

Link#2

Link#3
Re-construction
Divide to small packets Link#4

Link#1

Link#2

Link#3

Link#4

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 iPASOLINK VR series clock functions
Equipment Optional Clock Type Supported Functions
CLK-CV type-002 CLK-CV type-001 CLK-MV EXT CLK in/out & OW Sync-E 1588-TC 1588 BC*2
VR2 Default*1 O O
Option O O O O
VR4 Default*1 O O
Option O O O O
Option O O O O O
VR10 Default*1 O O O
Option O O O O O

iPASOLINK VR10
iPASOLINK VR2

Default

With clock options

iPASOLINK VR4

With clock options Note *1: Sync E function is supported as a default

because a clock equivalent to current iPASOLINK
(CLK2M-C) is mounted
Default Note *2: Require PTP software key

Note *3: In addition to above ACR is supported in

VR4 / VR10

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Synchronization Method
iPASOLINK can utilize multiple clock sources.

Modem-1 Synchronous Ethernet

Modem-n SDHLine Transmit Clk

Timing Source 1 PLL
E1 Line CLK S
S PDHLine Transmit Clk
Timing Source 2 E
Option Line CLK(STM1) E
L
L Timing Source 3 Radio Clk Output
GbE Line CLK
G.703 External Clk Output

SEL

External CLK OUT

VR 2/4/10 External Clock

External CLK IN 1
Synchronize
external
SSU equipment
Synchronization
Synchronization modes Source Unit

Master (internal Clock) >>>Slave (modem) per hop basis

Slave Mode: Priority Level; (Quality information not considered)
Slave Mode: Quality Level; (First Quality information then Priority))

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 MAC Header Compression
IFG PRE MAC DA
Click the OK button.
MAC SA VLAN L IP Packet FCS
12 8 6 6 4 2 V4/V6 46 -1500 4 Ethernet Frame

20bytes
MAC DA MAC SA VLAN L IP Packet FCS
First compression 4 2 V4/V6 4 Ethernet Frame with
6 6 46 -1500
Preamble
12bytes compression
VLAN L IP Packet FCS
Second 4 2 V4/V6 4 Ethernet Frame with
46 -1500
compression Preamble & MAC
IPV4 Header 24 Byte IPV6 Header 40 Bytes compression

Packet FCS
Ethernet Frame with Preamble &
46 -1500 4 MAC compression and IPV4 or V6
Third
(including VLAN compression
compression

Packet
46 -1500
Above including FCS
Compressed Headers in Enhanced Mode Store Headers up to 2048
L2 header L3&L4 header MPLS FCS
LCT setting item
MAC VLAN IPv4 IPv6 Label remove
Disable × × × × × ×
MAC (basic version) ○ × × × － ×
MAC+IPv4 ○ ○ ○ － － ×
MAC+IPv6 ○ ○ － ○ － ×
MAC+MPLS［High］ ○ ○ － － ○ ×
Enhanced MAC+IPv4 ○ ○ ○ － － ○
Enhanced MAC+IPv6 ○ ○ － ○ － ○
Enhanced MAC+MPLS ○ ○ － － ○ ○

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 RSTP (IEEE 802.1w)/ MSTP (IEEE802.1s)
• Layer2 based loop-free protection mechanism
– Each device using STP/RSTP send BPDU frames, and root bridge, root port, designated port, backup port and
alternate port are decided by BPDU frame.
• Widely used in the enterprise network
• Protection Switching Time; STP < 60sec / RSTP < 2~3 sec
• Topology is no limitation (Ring, Tree, etc…)
Blocking Forwarding
Blocking Forwarding à Forwarding

Failure
Forwarding Forwarding
Forwarding Forwarding

Root Bridge
Root Bridge
Forwarding Forwarding
Forwarding Forwarding à Blocking

• Some topology (instance) can be treated with same

STP network
• The VLANs are divided into some groups (instances),
MSTI 2
and blocking port is decided in the each group Blocking
VLAN: 201 - 300
(instance). For MSTI1
Double
• MSTP is based on RSTP (IEEE 802.1w), and can used capacity
RSTP independently in each VLAN
Blocking
– Enables load balancing, over a large number of For MSTI2
VLANs Root Bridge
• The restructuring of each VLAN becomes possible. As
a result, the time required to restructure can be MSTI 1
VLAN: 101 - 200
shortened.

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G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protection Switching

• Utilizing widely-deployed Ethernet (802.1,3) with OAM (802.1ag/Y.1731)

• Loop-free protection mechanism
• Protection Switching Time <50ms
• Scalable topologies
– Single ring, interconnected rings, and logical rings
– No. of nodes per ring: no limitation in theory(?)
• Administrative operation
– Forced switching
– Manual switching
– Revertive/ Non-revertive

Client #1
Signal
ETH-CC Traffic
separation
with VLAN Tag
RPL (Ring Protection Link)
Blocked port

Client #2
Signal

RPL (Ring Protection Link)

Blocked port

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Multiple Instances

• Multiple instances per physical ring

– Logical rings can be configured on a physical ring.
– Each logical ring has a group of user VLANs (instances) and a dedicated APS
channel.
– APS protocol runs independently.
• RPL can be placed at a different point respectively
• FDB flush operation is performed per logical ring
• All logical rings shares the monitoring information of
ETH-CC (link layer) and Link Failure (physical layer).

Physical
User VLAN group #1 Instance #1
APS channel #1
(Link Monitoring)
ETH-CC-1
User VLAN group #2 Instance #2
APS channel #2
(Link Monitoring)
ETH-CC-2

User VLAN group #3 Instance #3

APS channel #3
(Link Monitoring)
ETH-CC-3

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Management DCN

NMS Management-1 (VLAN100)

NMS
GbE-P1

400 100 / SV

300
200 / SV

100 / SV

GbE-P1 (Trunk 200, 300)

In-Band Management-1 (VLAN 200)

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 Usability enhancement with various user interface

▌ Supply user friendly Web browser based GUI environment (Web-LCT) as the installation and
maintenance tool
▌ In addition, support CLI (Command Line Interface) environment for operability enhancement of
continuous operation
▌ Enable operability enhancement of bulk operations with combination with Web-LCT and CLI

• GUI setting
• CLI setting
• Export / import file
Web-LCT
• Bulk setting

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