S.

SRINIVASAN SDE RTTC

CHENNI
BSNL NIB-II Network

•100 location Managed IP & MPLS Network

•Centralized NOC and DR site
•NOC site at Bangalore, DR site at Pune
•Regional POPs at 5 cities
•Chennai – South
•Bangalore – South Central (Co-located with NOC)
•Pune – West (Co-located with DR-NOC)
•Noda – North
•Kolkatta – East
•Integration with Existing NIB-1 Network of BSNL
BSNL NIB-II Network

Implementation of Network split into 4 Projects

Project 1 – IP / MPLS Core Backbone
100 location Managed IP & MPLS Network
Awarded to HCL Infosystems Ltd.
Network using Cisco (12410, 12416, 7613) and Juniper (M40e, M20)
Router
Common Backbone for all other projects of BSNL and integration with
other projects of NIB-2 and other Data Projects of BSNL
International Gateways connected for Internet access
Provides MPLS-VPN Services and Internet Services.
Project 2.1 – Narrowband Access Network
Consists of Narrowband RAS (NRAS)
Awarded to UTStarcom
Provides access to Dial-up Customers for Internet Access & Dial-VPN
BSNL NIB-II Network (Contd…)

Project 2.2 – Broadband Access Network

Network for Providing Broadband Access
Awarded to Huawei and UTStarcom (70 : 30 Split)
Network built on Huawei Broadband RAS (BRAS), Huawei Tier-1 Switch,
Huawei / 3Com Tier-2 Switch and Huawei / UTStarcom DSLAMs
Provides Broadband Internet Access (DataOne) and VPN Services
Project 3 – Server / Application Infrastructure
Consists of Data Centers in 4 locations – Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai &
Noida
Awarded to TCIL consortium with TCS and IBM
IBM Servers, Nortel Network & Security equipment
Provides Mail, DNS, Co-Hosting, Co-location, Billing etc.
Current Project 2.2 Broadband Network
Broadband RAS (BRAS) working as PE Router for MPLS
Core Network
BRAS present at all ‘A’ Type Locations – 23 in No.
Tier-1 Switch co-located with and connected to BRAS
Layer 2 Network below is aggregated by Tier-1 Switch
Tier-2 Switches connecting to Tier-1 Switches in Star
Fashion
DSLAMs connect to Tier-2 Switch
 Broadband Services
• High speed Internet Access
• VPN
• Interactive Games
• IP TV, Interactive TV, Multicasting
• Video-on-Demand / Audio-on-Demand
• Bandwidth-on-Demand
• Video Conferencing
• Telecommuting (LAN)
How Many services we were able to give in Project 2.2?
Bandwidth Demand by Applications

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In Kbps

Applications
2000 High Definition TV
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600 Real time Sports
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200 Real time Movie
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60 Online Games
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50 Video Conferencing
0
30 Multimedia Web Browsing
0
20 Interactive TV
0
13 Hi-Fi Audio Streaming
0
12 Video Telephony
0
10 Software downloading
0
50 Static Web Browsing

30 Text E-Mail
12 IP Telephony
 DSL Technologies
Technology ITU-T Distance Downstrea Upstream
Standar m Data Rate
d Data Rate
ADSL G-992.1 4 Kms 8 Mbps 640 Kbps
ADSL2 G-992.3 4-6 10 - 12 2 Mbps
ADSL2+ G-992.5 Kms
2 -3 Mbps
20 - 24 2.5 Mbps
2 Wire High-Speed G-991.2 Kms
3.0 Kms Mbps
2312 Kbps 2312 Kbps
DSL
4 Wire High-Speed G-991.2 3.0 Kms 4624 Kbps 4624 Kbps
DSL
VDSL G-993.1 < 1 Km 50 Mbps 16 Mbps
VDSL2 G-993.2 < 0.5 100 Mbps 26 Mbps
Km
 Broadband Components
• Customer Premises Equipment(CPE)
• Digital Subscriber Line Access
Multiplexer (DSLAM)
• LAN Switches: for aggregating DSLAM
• Broadband Remote Access Server
(BRAS)
• RADIUS and LDAP (SSSC)
• Provisioning System
 DSLAM
• DSLAMs are in general collocated with
existing PSTN exchanges which provide last
mile access to customers over copper wire up to
average span lengths of 3 kms
• Size of DSLAM vary considerably from 480
Ports , 240 ports, 120 Ports, 64 ports, 48 Ports
and 24 ports.
• Uplink of DSLAM is on a Ethernet interface,
converting ATM traffic to Ethernet.
• 2 Wire analog for PSTN interface
 BRAS
• Supports termination of DSL customers.
• Allottment of IP address to customer
• Bandwidth control using rate limiting
• Act as an edge router for terminating VPN
traffic.
• Protocols: OSPF, BGP, MP-BGP and LDP
• Supports Lawful interception and monitoring
 BRAS Architecture
• Deployed at the edge of the NIB-II
network
• Installed in all the A sites (except
Mumbai). Total 23
• Capacity of 8 Gbps (in A1 sites) and 4
Gbps (in other A sites)
• Can handle 480000 concurrent sessions
(A1 sites)
 NIB-II Broadband DSL Deployment
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ADSL
ADSL
ADSL terminals ADSL
terminals ADSL terminals terminals

Splitter
 Network Topology with
Multiplay
MultiPlay
MultiPlay Project
Project33
Load
Balancer
BNG
PE
Router PE
PE Router
PE
Project
Project-1
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22.1.1
Broadband Multiplay – A1 & A2
Cities
NOC, DRNOC, RPOP
Broadband Multiplay – A3 & A4
Cities
Broadband Multiplay – B1 &
(B2+BNG) Cities
Broadband Multiplay – (B2-
BNG) Cities
BNG is of Redback make. Some Features
are…

•Every card is self supporting

•Every card makes logical routing & switching
decisions
•Pay as you grow model
•Redundant power supply for every slot
•Redundant dual route processor
•Hot Swap for every card
• Simple and stable physical topology and logical
topology
• Compared with traditional mesh topology, the RPR ring
based topology greatly simplifies the physical topology,
substantially reduce the fiber connections and router ports.
• From logical point of view, all nodes on a RPR ring are
directly connected, thus reduces the routing table amount.
In case of a link failure or a node failure, there is no need to
re-calculate the routing path which has significant meaning
to a large scale IP backbone.
• High quality services at low cost
Feature of RPR
Scalability - upto 200 nodes in single ring
Topology discovery – easy to add or delete node
Rapid protection – in case fibre cut etc..
Fairness Algorithm - Let us see the next slide
• 10G bandwidth is needed for broadband services
• More and more users are using internet services
• Bandwidth consuming services are emerging (eg.
multi-media interactive applications)
• Simple ring topology needs more bandwidth
• Ring bandwidth is shared among all nodes, thus larger
bandwidth is required
• The price of 10G port is affordable nowadays
 MCR, BNG & RPR Tier-I for
Chennai
• There are 8 BNGs and 8 RPR Tier-I
switches allotted for Chennai
• 4 BNG and 4 RPR Tier-I are installed at
Haddows Road
• The other 4 BNG and 4 RPR Tier-I are
installed at K.K.Nagar
• MCR-1 installed at Haddows Road, MCR-2
installed at K.K.Nagar.
 DSLAMs
• UTSTAR Make
– 960 / 480 / 240 / 120/ 64 ports DSLAMS
– Card types : 48 port / 24 port
• Siemens Make
– 960 / 480 / 240 / 120/ 64 ports DSLAMS
– Card types : 72 port
 CPEs
• Type 1 UT300R2U
• Type 2 Wireless WA3002G4
 Type 1
• LAN Interface
– RJ-45 Ethernet Port 10/100 Mpbs – 1 No
– USB Port
• WAN Interface
– RJ-11 Connector
– Line Impedance 100 ohms
 Type - II
• LAN Interface
– 4 RJ-45 Connectors (10/100 Ethernet ports)
– 1 USB Port
• WLAN Interface
– IEEE802.11b/g WiFi complaint
– Data rate uptp (54Mbps for 802.11g)
– RF output Power200mW
• WAN ADSL Interface
– One RJ-11 Connector
 RPOP Components
As Chennai is the RPOP for South, the
following servers are being installed
1. AAA
2. SSSC, SSSS
3. ACS
4. eMS for CPEs and DSLAMs
5. Policy Servers (Netsweeper is an interesting
component here)
•Netsweeper will be implemented in Multiplay
Project

•Policy servers & Gateway Filters are being

installed at RPOP

What Netsweeper Does ?

Categorizes Internet requests using a variety of

methods

 Uses the assigned categorization to decide

Motive Products – for BSNL Multiplay
 Service Activation Manager (SAM)
 Configure PC & CPE, resolve any issues
automatically at activation

 Self-Service Manager (SSM)

 Error-triggered, local, and portal-based solutions to
common subscriber issues

 Customer Service Manager (CSM)

 Immediate visibility into subscriber configuration,
connectivity, and errors/issues

 Home Device Manager (HDM)

 Remotely manage and support CPE

 Reporting
 Out of the box standard reports for analysis
and improving service delivery and efficiency
Ensures a simplified, consistent configuration of
every broadband subscriber

Avoid calls in the first thirty days of service

Enables single solution for multi-CPE vendor model

Abstract technology complexity away from

subscriber
Enables subscribers to resolve problems
without intervention from a CSR

Provision of visual tutorials for necessary

subscriber actions

List of comprehensive FAQ for subscriber

reference

Utilities to help subscriber detect and resolve

common problems
Utilize a single CSR interface for phone & email
assisted service events

Leverage pre-defined service models to flag root

causes

Guide CSRs directly to problem area via Root

Cause Filtering
Reduce average handle time by minutes

Eliminate CSR errors byremoving guesswork in

problem identification

Streamline CSR processes for more consistent

support
 Customer Confidence
• Speed
• Billing
• Provisioning efficiency
• Ensuring fault free service
 Speed Low ? Reasons
• ADSL equipment
• Machine (PC) memory / OS
• Many simultaneous users (more than one machine
using the same broadband connection)
• Remote site speed ( the speed at which the site
you are visiting could dispense pages for you)
• Network congestion
• Other applications running on your local machine
• Virus attack & cookies in your machine
 Billing
• Project-3 is taking care of the Billing.
However it will be feeding to the local
billing software as done in existing 2.2. The
local billing software is being amended as
per mulitiplay requirements.
While Provisioning efficiency might
improve and customer complaints might
come down because of the SAM, SSM and
CSM along with Project-3 software and
SSSS from which the customer himself can
order a new service like BOD, VOD etc..
there are certain major challenges ahead to
be addressed.
 Challenges
• Services like IP-TV will really require our
employees, our partners are to be fully willing to
work on 24 x 7 basis
• Plans for Volume based, Time based as well as
unlimited volume are to be introduced with
attraction to draw customers to our side
• Now as a number of Tier-2s are connected in a
Ring, fibre quality should be good as it is going to
of 10Gbps ring. But many fibres used for the rings
lack quality now itself which may further
deteriorate.
 Challenges (Contd…)
• Our Level 2 help line and our external units
should work in tandem. Though the external unit
man willing to work beyond his duty hours, there
is no help rendered to him from the help line and
vice-versa.
• Only Broadband Internet and VPN is offered now
in Multiplay. But very soon, the other services
must be launched otherwise the delay will enable
the private providers to take away the customers