Ericsson Radio System

transport
Intelligent
Functions

E-RAN provisioning Automation & Optimization

Elastic RAN Architecture
› Baseband 5216s are connected to each other
Nx 10G Nx 10G via the Router 6675
– Baseband IDL to 2x 10GE Router 6675
100G
Router Router
6675 6675
› E5 operation is possible between Baseband
5216 located in different racks and/or different
Baseband – Baseband locations, provided round trip time latency is <
round trip time latency:
60μs between the Basebands
60μs
– Translates to around 4-5 km

› Any Baseband can be configured to be

coordinated with any six other Basebands
– Remotely configured, no need for site visit

Baseband 5216 Baseband 5216

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C-RAN/E-RAN case study
Ca Groupings – 6 micros per BB

L N B
KA1
A3
B16
M B9
B1

A2
B15
B2
D
A B14
B12
B8 B4
B3
A17
A1
B13 B11
O B7 B6 B5 E
C14 B10 C1 C2
A1 6 C13
A1 C12 C4 C3
5
J 4 A13
A6 X
C11 C10
A4
C C5

C7 C6
C8
A11
A10 A7 A5 C9 F
A12 A9 H G
A8 I

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C-RAN/E-RAN case study
(Partial) transport network
Hub B
E-RAN (E5) link dimensioning:
1 x Router 6675
4x Baseband 5216 • E5 CA requirement between two hubs, each with four basebands:
o 2x10G < inter-hub capacity < 4 x 10G

VLAN 2000 • E5 CoMP requirement between two hubs, each with four
basebands:
100G LR o Inter-hub capacity = 4 x 10G
VLAN 4000
4x10G <E5 <6x10G

Local VLAN 100

Micro Hub 100G LR
4x10G <E5 <6x10G
VLAN 3000

Local VLAN 100

100G LR
Micro Hub 4x10G <E5 <6x10G
Hub C
Hub A 1 x Router 6675
1 x Router 6675 Local VLAN 100 4x Baseband 5216
4x Baseband 5216

Micro Hub

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Baseband 5216 &
Router 6675 E-RAN
› Baseband 5216 and Router
Hub B 6675 are connected via VLANs
UE
Hub A › Each Baseband 5216 has six
neighbor Baseband 5216s in
its coordination set
› Coordination set follows the UE
› Coordination features
HUB B
HUB A RACK 2
– Carrier Aggregation
HUB A RACK 1
Router 6675 Router 6675 Router 6675

– Coordinated Multi-Point
Baseband 5216 Baseband 5216 Baseband 5216
Inter VLAN 2000
Local VLAN 100

Local VLAN 100

– Additional coordination
features planned for future
releases
Baseband 5216 Baseband 5216

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Challenge

› E-RAN for a single C-RAN hub is straightforward

› Mass roll-out of C-RAN/E-RAN hubs

–E-RAN enabled for CA & CoMP
–4G/5G, V-RAN, Synchronization, Security,

› SDN based Automation

–To manage complexity and OpEx
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RAN & Transport SDN
Transport Intelligent Function

Automation Performance Business

OpEx 65% Faster

Better RAN
Reduction Performance TTM

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Operators are deploying SDN
› Early adopters in deployment,
massive ramp-up expected in the
upcoming years

› Need for programmable

connectivity

› Addressing OPEX reductions

through automation
Source: TBR NFV/SDN Customer Adoption Study H1 2017

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transport Intelligent
Functions
› Transport Intelligent Function
Ericsson Network Manager (ENM)
– TIF, an innovative solution from
TIF SDNc Ericsson enables e2e transport auto-
integration, auto-configuration and
Baseband/
auto-optimization based on RAN
Router 6k policies. TIF collects RAN service
RBS
CPRI/eCPRI
E5 Transport network for
requirements and provides the
BB interconnections intelligence to decide how to
Baseband/
E5
configure/optimize the transport
Router 6k
network through the SDN controller.
CPRI/eCPRI

RBS › Results
– Higher degree of transport automation
CPRI/eCPRI
and optimization based on RAN
RBS requests (E-RAN and 5G) leads to
lower OPEX, fast roll-out and optimized
RAN performance.
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ERICSSON Radio System
Automation Framework

Ericsson Network Manager ENM

Transport
Intelligent SDN Controller SDN Controller
Function Open Interface

Standardized Interface

COMMON O&M INTERFACE

COMMON SOFTWARE
RAN
Interface
BASEBAND FRONTHAUL ROUTER 6000 MINI-LINK

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ERAN Auto-configuration
5 6
Visual
2 3 4

TIF 1

SLA Flow Path Policy

Map Map

6
2 3 1 4 5 1 Transport Topology Discovery

Mon
SDNc 2 RAN Topology Discovery

6 1 5 3 RAN Active Request for Transport

E5 4 Connectivity Service Request

C5
BB 6675 BB
S1 6675
5 Setup Transport Connectivity
Transport Infra
6
RAN flow discovery & Mapping to Topology
with real-time SLA
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Evolving TIF portfolio

security app
TIF for backhaul
TIF for eCPRI/CPRI
Synchronization app
TIF for VRAN
TIF for 4G/5G interworking
TIF for ERAN
TIF framework and agent
Demo 18.Q4 19.Q2 19.Q4

Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

2018 2019 2020

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Dynamic co-ordination Sets
Each hexagon represents all cells
configured on one Baseband 52xx, including
both macro and small cells

› Each Baseband 5216 has six neighbor

Baseband 5216 in its co-ordination set.
– One cell in a Baseband 5216 has relations to 125
RACK 1 RACK 2
HUB 3 other cells
Router 6675 Router 6675 Router 6675
› Co-ordination set follows the UE
› Coordination features are possible between
any Baseband 5216s and cells within a co-
ordination set
– Carrier Aggregation
– Coordinated Multi-Point
UE – Additional coordination features planned for future
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