C-DOT MAX-NG

RELEASE NOTE FOR

C-DOT MAX-NG ACCESS NETWORK SOFTWARE
[Dated: 16.01.2017]

CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TELEMATICS

MANDI ROAD, MEHRAULI, NEW DELHI 110030

ELECTRONICS CITY, HOSUR ROAD, BENGALURU- 560100

Proprietary and Confidential © 2017, C-DOT.

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1. INTRODUCTION AND HIGHLIGHTS
The MAX-NG Access Network provides universal access to NGN Core for
subscribers reachable over copper for ordinary subscriber line, V5.2 interface
and ISDN interface. It consists of approximately 2000 C-DOT MAX technology
exchanges in the BSNL network which will be migrated to VoIP Gateways by
upgrading hardware and software in each MAX exchange. Each MAX
exchange consists of a Central Module (CM) which inter-connects up to 32
Base Modules (BMs) in the exchange.
Migration of MAX exchange to MAX-NG involves complete removal of the
Central Module and upgrade of hardware in the Base Module. Hardware
upgrade in the Base Module involves replacement of 24 card controller complex
with redundant pair of VoIP Line Access Gateways (LAG). The LAGs sit behind
the Line Termination Units (LTUs) of existing Base Modules. There will be no
change made to the existing LTUs of the Base Module. As a consequence,
subscribers of MAX exchanges shall remain completely unaffected by the
migration exercise.
Various types of subscriber and trunk units in existing MAX exchanges which
terminate E1 Links shall be replaced with corresponding VoIP Gateways in a
manner completely transparent to the equipment installed at remote end of the
E1 Link. As a consequence, equipment at the remote end of the E1 link shall
remain completely unaffected by the migration exercise. As PSTN MAX
exchanges implement several legacy protocols which were introduced in
telecom networks in over two decades of MAX deployment, each legacy
protocol requires an explicit protocol gateway for connectivity to standard NGN
Core network. These gateways covert signaling and media flows to SIP over IP
and RTP-over-IP flows respectively. Different types of protocol gateways are
used for upgrading MAX exchanges to MAX-NG.
In essence, the modifications in MAX hardware and software are confined to
handling the subscriber interface and the remaining call processing is carried
out by the other NGN core components of MAX-NG solution. This architecture
permits retention of existing terminal units for only as long as they are
necessary in the BSNL network without having to retain the associated back
end processing modules.

1.1 MAX-NG ACCESS NETWORK

The MAX-NG Access comprises of mainly two types of Systems as mentioned
below.

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1.1.1 CENTRAL ACCESS CONTROL UNIT (CACU)
Every Central Module of MBM system will be converted to CACU System with
6-Slot Chassis which will house 02 Nos. of Network Access Gateway(NGTJ)
Cards (for SG/MG/V5/PRI applications), 02 Nos. of Main LAN Switch (C-DOT
Aggregator) and 02 Nos. of Ethernet to E1 Main (EBM) Card. There are 2
additional slots of smaller form factor with two Shelf Manager (SLM) Cards.
The CACU Chassis is fed with two independent pair of redundant -48V power
feeds in the backplane. There is a Fan tray at the bottom housing four Fans for
cooling the Chassis and the temperature sensor card with digital temperature
sensing for each slot at the top of the CACU Chassis.
The front plane face plates of the CACU Chassis cards have mainly the LED
indicators for status and the motherboard at the backplane of the Chassis has
mainly various connectors like RJ45 Ethernet ports, Euro E1 connectors, RS232
serial ports and power feed connectors. In the front face plate of MLS cards,
apart from the LEDs, there are two optical SFP connectors for uplink
connectivity with BSNL MPLS router.
All gateways use the NGTJ card (NGTJ card version APC-NGTJ36/D-SE3) and
differ only in the functional software release loaded on the card. Besides these
gateways, two copies of Ethernet to E1 conversion modules with each card
supporting up to 16/32 E1s can equipped in the other two universal slots for
providing E1 connectivity to LAGs at remote BM sites. Uplink to the NGN Core
Network provided with 1 Gbps dual redundant links from each Aggregator
(MLS card).
Following Gateway applications can be loaded over the NGTJ cards over
CACU:
 V5.2 Access Gateways (V5AG) for converting bi-directional V5.2 circuits
landing on C DOT MAX exchanges over E1 links to SIP based VoIP calls
in the MAX-NG network.
 PRI Access Gateways (PRIAG) for converting bi-directional ISDN PRI
links landing on C DOT MAX exchanges to SIP based VoIP calls in the
MAX-NG network. The requirement of PRI AG is dependent upon the
total number of ISDN PRI links working in the exchange.
 Signaling Gateways (SG) for converting bi-directional SS7 signaling
channels landing on C-DOT MAX exchanges over E1 links to SIP based
VoIP calls in the MAX-NG network.
 Trunk Media Gateways (TMG) for converting bi-directional A-law
circuits landing on C DOT MAX exchanges over E1 links to SIP based
VoIP calls in the MAX-NG network.

1.1.2 LINE ACCESS GATEWAY UNIT (LAGU)

Every Co-located Line BM and Remote BM (RSU) will be converted to 2-Slot
LAGU System having two LAG cards (NGTJ card version APC-NGTJ36/D-

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 AE3) in redundant mode. Each slot contains NGTK Card Line Access Gateway
Application with Integrated EEB module.
This Card Frame, though known as 2-slot configuration has two more slots
which are used for housing existing BMs TSI cards two copies. This variant is
used only in the Line BM configurations with both remote and co-located cases
included. The collocated BMs in the main exchange site will have the LAGs
uplinked via aggregator in 6-slot Card Frame however for the remote BMs the
E1s links are terminated at the EBM equipped in 6-slot Card Frame.

1.2 MAX-NG ACCESS HARDWARE

MAX-NG Access Hardware present under the two type of card frames; CACU and LAGU is as
mentioned below.

1) CACU-16/32 System with EBM-16 or EBM-32:

i. NGTJ (NGN Gateway card): version APC-NGTJ36/D-SE3

ii. EBM (Ethernet 32/16 E1 Bridge Main card) :

 version APC-EBMJ22/D-SE2: 32 E1 support (for CACU-32)

 version APC-EBMJ22/D-AE2: 16 E1 support (for CACU-16)

iii. SLM (Shelf Manager card): version APCSLML22/ H-AE2

iv. MLS (MAX-NG Layer 3 Switch Card): version APC-MLSJ64/O-SD1

v. PCRJ(PLUG COMPUTER RADIO CARD; Thin Client): version APC-PCRJ19/D-SE2

vi. FCL (Fan Controller card): version APC-FCLJ06/T-S00

vii. TSN (Temperature Sensor Card for NGN(MAX):

Version APC-TSNL10/T-SC0

2) LAGU System:

i. NGTJ (Line Access Gateway card with integrated EEB module):

Version APC-NGTJ36/D-AE3

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 1.3 MAX-NG ACCESS SOFTWARE DELIVERABLES
Note: The Card Environment (Highlighted in Green) software is part of the Firmware.

S.no. Deliverables Type Deliverables Name Size (Bytes) Access Node

CLAGL2_4_1.2_1 APC-NGTJ36/D-AE3
1 EMS LAG AGENT TAR clagl2_4_1.2_1-lagagent.tar 10270720
2 EMS LINUX AGENT TAR clagl2_4_1.2_1- 3532800
linuxangent.tar
3 LAG Configuration TAR lagconf_1.2.tar 8488960
4 LAG Release TAR lagrel_1.2.tar 46202880
5 Release Note Document P58-PI-NOT-
RELEASE_CLAGL2_4_1.2_1.do
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Card Environment ( ENVIRONMENT-V52 ) APC-NGTJ36/D-AE3
1 Device Tree Binary NGTJ.dtb.VER52 10055
2 Linux Image NGTJ.uImage.VER52 3806124
3 RAM Root File System NGTJ.rfs.s.VER52 19078430
4 UBOOT NGTJ.u-boot.bin.VER52 369880
5 par file NGTJ_U53_VER1.par 2792
Card Field-Programmable Gate Array ( FPGA-V21 )
1 Programming Object File CTL_NGTJ_U6_V21.pof 524492
(NGTJ_VER21.pof)
2 Programming Object File TS_NGTJ_U25_V21.pof 524492
Card Root File System ( RFS_MMC-V05 ) This is given as
software tarball.
1 MMC Root File System MXNG-NGTJ-LTIB-V05.tar 190617600
NGTJCDL1_1_1.6_1 APC-NGTJ36/D-SE3
1 NGTJ Common Executables ngtj.tar 17152000
TAR
2 NGTJ Card Drivers NGTJ4.2drivers.tar 112496640
0
3 NGTJ I2C Executables TAR NGTJ_DELIV.tar 51200
4 Release Note Document P58-SIG-NOT-
RELEASE_NGTJCDL1_1_1.6_1.
doc
Card Environment ( ENVIRONMENT-V52 ) APC-NGTJ36/D-SE3
1 Device Tree Binary NGTJ.dtb.VER52 10055
2 Linux Image NGTJ.uImage.VER52 3806124
3 RAM Root File System NGTJ.rfs.s.VER52 19078430
4 UBOOT NGTJ.u-boot.bin.VER52 369880
5 par file NGTJ_U53_VER1.par 2792
Card Field-Programmable Gate Array ( FPGA-V21 )
1 Programming Object File CTL_NGTJ_U6_V21.pof 524492
(NGTJ_VER21.pof)
2 Programming Object File TS_NGTJ_U25_V21.pof 524492
Card Drivers ( NGTJ_DRIVER_CACU-REL3 )
1 CACU DRIVERS TAR NGTJ_DRIVER_CACU-REL3.tar 10240

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 2 Installation Script install_ngtj_drivers.sh 1004
Card Root File System ( RFS_MMC-V05 )
1 MMC Root File System MXNG-NGTJ-LTIB-V05.tar 190617600
AGL1_1_3.4_1 APC-NGTJ36/D-SE3
1 V5AG Release TAR agl1_1_3.4_1.tar 124518400
2 Release Note Document P58-SIG-NOT-
RELEASE_AGL1_1_3.4_1.doc
PRIAGL1_1_2.5_1 APC-NGTJ36/D-SE3
1 PRIAG Release TAR priagl1_1_2.5_1.tar 94392320
2 Release Note Document P58-SIG-NOT-
RELEASE_PRIAG1_1_2.5_1.doc
SGL1_3_1.8_1 APC-NGTJ36/D-SE3
1 SG Release TAR sgl1_3_1.8_1.tar 296458240
2 Release Note Document P58-SIG-NOT-RELEASE-
SGL1_3_1.8_1_1.doc
CDTMGL1_1_1.8_1 APC-NGTJ36/D-SE3
1 CDOT Trunk Media Release CDTMG-SD2-NGSG- 3332636
TAR 1_1_1.8_1.tar.gz
2 CDOT Trunk Media Release CDTMG-NGTJ-CACU- 1771911
TAR for CACU Solution 1_1_1.8_1.tar.gz
3 CDOT Trunk Media Release CDTMG-NGTJ- 2055149
TAR for NGTJ 1_1_1.8_1.tar.gz
4 Release Note Document P58-SIG-NOT-
RELEASE_CDTMGL1_1_1.8_1.
doc
GWYAGENTL3_1_1.5_1 APC-NGTJ36/D-SE3
1 NGTJ Card Agent TAR gwyagentl3_1_1.5_1- 8990720
NGTJCardAgent.tar
2 PRIAG Agent TAR gwyagentl3_1_1.5_1_pri_agen 675840
t_ngtj.tar
3 TMG Agent TAR for NGTJ gwyagentl3_1_1.5_1_tmg_age 450560
Card nt_ngtj.tar
4 TMG Agent TAR for SGTK gwyagentl3_1_1.5_1_tmg_age 3430400
Card nt_sgtk.tar
5 V5AG Agent TAR gwyagentl3_1_1.5_1_v5ag_ag 1423360
ent_ngtj.tar
6 Release Note Document P58-NGEMS-NOT-
RELEASE_GWYAGENTL3_1_1.5
_1.doc
SLML1_1_1.5_1 APCSLML22/ H-AE2
1 CACU Chassis Agent slml1_1_1.5_1- 9144320
ChassisAgent.tar
2 CACU Shelf Manager CACU-SLM.tar 993280
3 SLM Installation Script install_cacu_cards.sh 104982
4 Release Note Document P58-PI-NOT-
RELEASE_SLML1_1_1.5_1-
1.doc

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Card Environment ( SLM_ENVIRONMENT-V17 ) APCSLML22/ H-AE2
1 Device Tree Binary SLM.dtb.VER17 6832
2 Linux Image SLM.uImage.VER17 2012475
3 RAM Root File System SLM.rfs.s.VER17 15143980
4 UBOOT SLM.u-boot.bin.VER17 386764
5 SLM-U2-VER5.sof 496530
6 SLM-U6-VER2.bin 512
Card Field-Programmable Gate Array ( SLM_FPGA-V05 )
1 Programming Object File SLM-U2-VER5.pof 524492
EBML1_1_1.7_1 APC-EBMJ22/D-SE2
APC-EBMJ22/D-AE2
1 CACU EBM EMS Agent ebml1_1_1.7_1- 8970240
EBMCardAgent.tar
2 CACU EBM Release TAR eebrel_1.7.tar 81920
3 Release Note Document P58-PI-NOT-
RELEASE_EBML1_1_1.7_1.pdf
4 PATCH1-Over- PATCH1-Over- 20480
EBML1_1_1.7_1-DISPL- EBML1_1_1.7_1-DISPL-
INVALID-PORT-NUM INVALID-PORT-NUM.tar
Card Environment ( EBM_ENVIRONMENT-REL1.9 ) APC-EBMJ22/D-SE2
APC-EBMJ22/D-AE2
1 Device Tree Binary EBM.dtb.VER18 6470
2 Linux Image EBM.uImage.VER18 2001528
3 RAM Root File System EBM.rfs.s.VER19 14747787
4 UBOOT EBM.u-boot.bin.VER18 386276
5 par file EBM-U25-VER1.par 2788
6 EBM-PSB6970.bin 512
Card Field-Programmable Gate Array (EBM_FPGA ver6 )
1 Programming Object File2 EBM-U2-VER6.pof 524492
(ebmj22_VER6.pof)
MLSL1_1_1.2_1 APC-MLSJ64/O-SD1

1 MLS Release TAR MLSL1_1_1.2_1.tar 11202560

2 Release Note Document P58-PI-NOT-
RELEASE_MLSL1_1_1.2_1.pdf
Card Environment (MLS) APC-MLSJ64/O-SD1
1 Boot file redboot.bin 149176
2 CEServices file CEServices_MLSSD1_SW001.gz 4016391

Card Environment (PCRJ; Thin Client) APC-PCRJ19/D-SE2

Firmware details of Pre-Assembly Programmed Devices

1 drax-pcrjse2-uboot.bin 669804
Firmware details of Post-Assembly Programmable Devices
1 uImage.cprs 3463080
2 drax-pcrjse2-rootfs- 816694907

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 ubuntu10.04.tar.gz
3 pcrjse2_main.pof 7862
Firmware details of USB bootable drive (used for Post-Assembly Programming)
1 uImage.cprs 3463080
2 d2plug-rootfs-20110830.tar.gz 739719865
SWINSTL1_1_2.16_1
1 Backup
1 and Restoration bkrs_lagbackend.tar 215040 APC-NGTJ36/D-AE3
LAG Backend TAR
2 Backup
3 and Restoration PRI bkrs_priagbackend.tar 174080 APC-NGTJ36/D-SE3
Backend TAR
3 Backup
4 and Restoration SG bkrs_sg.tar 153600 APC-NGTJ36/D-SE3
Backend TAR
4 Backup
5 and Restoration bkrs_tmgbackend.tar 174080 APC-NGTJ36/D-SE3
TMG Backend TAR
5 Backup
6 and Restoration bkrs_v5agbackend.tar 174080 APC-NGTJ36/D-SE3
V5AG Backend TAR
6 Network
7 Traffic Report NETTRF_BE_DELIV.tar 153600 APC-NGTJ36/D-SE3
Backend TAR APC-NGTJ36/D-AE3
7 Processor
8 Report Backend PROCREP-BACKEND.tar 153600 APC-NGTJ36/D-SE3
TAR APC-NGTJ36/D-AE3
8 SWINST
1 LAG Backend TAR lag_be_deliv.tar 266240 APC-NGTJ36/D-AE3
0
9 SWINST
1 PRIAG Backend priag_be_deliv.tar 174080 APC-NGTJ36/D-SE3
TAR
1
10 SWINST
1 SG Backend TAR sg_be_deliv.tar 174080 APC-NGTJ36/D-SE3
2
11 SWINST
1 TMG Backend TAR tmg_be_deliv.tar 174080 APC-NGTJ36/D-SE3
3
12 SWINST
1 V5AG Backend TAR v5ag_be_deliv.tar 174080 APC-NGTJ36/D-SE3
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13 Backup
1 and Restoration P58-PI-NOT-
Release
5 Note RELEASE_SWINSTL1_1_2.15_1
-V02.doc
14 Network
1 Traffic Report P58-PI-NOT-
Release
6 Note RELEASE_SWINSTL1_1_2.15_1
-V06.doc
15 Processor
1 Report Release P58-PI-NOT-
Note
7 RELEASE_SWINSTL1_1_2.12_1
-V03.doc
16 Remote
1 S/W Installation P58-PI-NOT-
Release
8 Note RELEASE_SWINSTL1_1_2.16_1
-V01.doc