Cisco 3G small cells: products and architecture Djordje Vulovic Consulting Systems Engineer CCIE #16582 Small Cell Market Drivers Growth in Mobile Data Presentation_ID Lack of Spectrum Attractive Economics of Offload Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Anytime Anywhere Access to Data Cisco Public Increase in Indoor Consumption 3 Solving the Mobile Broadband Challenge 2.3/2.6GHz 1800MHz 2100 MHz 700 MHz 900 MHz 10 2100 MHz 20 1800MHz 30 900 MHz MHz 40 2.4GHz (WiFi) MORE SPECTRUM 2x 17x DEMAND OVER 5 YEARS SPECTRUM 0 Today - 80MHz 2015 - 160MHz+ EVOLVED TECHNOLOGY LTE 1.5 1.5x HSPA 1 SPECTRAL 0.5 GPRS 0 1 2 3 4 5 G SMALLER CELLS QPSK 16QAM QPSK 64QAM/ MIMO 6 EFFICIENCY 16QAM 64QAM/ MIMO 6x QPSK EBytes / Month SE bps/Hz 2 4 3 2 1 16QAM 64QAM/ MIMO QPSK 16QAM DENSIFY 64QAM/ MIMO 1 km 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Data/Web (35%->28%) File sharing (11%->5%) Video (52%->63%) M2M (3%->4%) Cisco VNI, Global Mobile Traffic Forecast Presentation_ID Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 4 Gaining Capacity: “Outside-In” vs “Inside-Out” Classic “Outside-In” Deployment …indoor users are cell edge users …only 30-35% traffic served outdoors …cell sites are now scarce and costly “Inside-Out” deployment …65-70% usage indoors …users well served …costs low …backhaul/site cheap Presentation_ID Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 5 Small Cells: Evolving Terminology to Match Demand Indoor Location > Home Outdoor Enterprise Urban Office, campus, hotel City centres Rural Before the mobile data revolution Primary driver > Old name > Coverage extension and end user experience Voice coverage Femtocell Picocell Coverage and capacity Voice coverage Microcell After the mobile data revolution Primary driver > New name > Coverage extension and end user experience Coverage (voice and data) Femtocell Enterprise Small Cell Data capacity Data capacity Voice coverage Metro SC Indoor Metro SC Outdoor Rural Small Cell SMALL CELL TECHNOLOGY Presentation_ID Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. MACROCELL TECHNOLOGY Cisco Public 6 Where are Metro Indoor Hotspots Restaurant Supermarket Presentation_ID Café/Shop Station Shopping Mall Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 7 Cisco Small Cells Solutions Comprehensive, Intelligent 3G/LTE/Wi-Fi Small Cells 3G • Built on industry standards; 3GPP architectures • Innovative features and capabilities solving coverage & capacity challenges Minimize deployment OPEX with zero/low touch provisioning • Proven optimization & monetization models with robust Policy & Subscriber services • End-to-end, validated, carrier-grade network solutions (radio, access, backhaul, core, policy/charging) Best of breed SON solution ensuring Macro radio co-existence Presentation_ID Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 8 Cisco Small Cells: Built on Unrivaled Expertise • Most widely deployed small cells in the world • Over 18 million Wi-Fi APs deployed, 55%+ share • 200+ Service Providers using Cisco SP Wi-Fi • Over 2 million Licensed Small Cells deployed Presentation_ID Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 9 Standards Bodies Involved in Small Cells Market representative organization pushing femto as the de facto solution for in home coverage for all technologies (WCDMA, CDMA, WiMAX) www.smallcellforum.org 3G/LTE standardization Body – Defining standards femtocell architecture and interface for 3G and LTE www.3gpp.org – R8 contains initial set of standards published. Follow-on functionalities being specified in R9/10/11. DSL standardization body www.broadband-forum.org – Objective is to reuse TR-069 framework for zero-touch provisioning of Femtocell Access Point. Femto specific data model (WT-196) published in April 2009 Mobile SP organisation defining interoperability and deployment guidelines www.ngmn.org – Published guidelines on Femto security and broadband network reqs Mobile SP organization looking at beyond 3G services and architecture www.gsmworld.com Presentation_ID – Fully supporting FemtoForum work on Femtocell for LT Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 10 3G HNB Reference Architecture Refer to TS 25.467 (R10) RAN-based achitecture – i.e. connecting to existing 3G core network Multiple access control modes – Closed, Open, Hybrid Gi Gn/S5 Uu Mobility L-GW HNB Iuh Iu Security Gateway Iurh Iuh HNB GW Uu HNB Gn/S5 – Full idle mode mobility support (cell (re)selection) – Active mode mobility defined over three releases Security (38.200) – IPSec tunnel mode with IKEv2 for negotiation – X.509 based authentication (SIM based is optional and is complementary to certificate based authentication) Provisioning L-GW – TR-069 based interface Gi Management (3G TS 32.581, 582, 583, 584) HMS – Standard configuration and performance management interface(XML based) Presentation_ID Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 11 3G Femtocell Functional Split Most 3G RNC functions are moved to the HNB HNBGW supports – HNB Aggregation (optionally includes SeGW) – Connectionless distribution (Paging, Hand-in filtering) – Iuh termination Iu control-plane (RANAP) HNBGW Iu user-plane (CS and PS) Whitelist Handling Iuh Termination Connectionless handler Mgmt CS data PS data TR-069 Iuh over IP RTP HNB RRC Connection Oriented Presentation_ID Stats File GTP Mgmt RLC MAC-hs MAC W-CDMA air interface Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 12 Iub vs Iuh Comparison Presentation_ID Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 13 Cisco Small Cell Solution Presentation_ID Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 14 Small Cell Solution (SCS) Reference Solution Architecture – 5 Key Domains Cloudbase Bootstrap PKI Registration, Activation, Care: XML/HTTP SP OSS AP RMS Client Mgmt over TLS DMZ ACE 4710 AAA / RADIUS Whitelists RMS TR-069 HTTP XMPP PMG (TR069, CMHS) Access Radio Stack Point Radio HW DCC Remote UI Management System CAR CMHS RAN BAC NTP DMZ Iuh, CS, PS Over IPSec SP Firewall or 7600 Upload Server DHCP CNR ASR5000 Small Cells HNB-GW Gateway SeGW IuCS SP MSC IuPS SP SGSN or GGSN ASR5K SGSN, GGSN Iuh, CS, PS Alarms & KPIs NMS Alarms & KPIs Alarms & KPIs Prime Mobility Network and Element Management Prime Prime Prime RAN Optimization/SON Central Performance Network Alarms & KPIs SP NMS Provided by Operator Presentation_ID Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 15 Small Cell Solution Architecture Platform and SC Alarms Platform KPIs NMS Prime Mobility Suite Hosted CloudBase Prime Central Prime Performance Platform PM / FM Platform PM / FM Prime Network Platform PM / FM, SC FM Platform PM / FM Provisioning / Care, XML / HTTP, Bulk Import / Export, AGPS RMS CM, FM, PM, FW TR069 / HTTPS Network Small Cell 3G NMS KPI (WiFi) Prime Infrastructure PKI Bootstrap HTTP/S TR-069 AGPS HTTPS NMS FM OSS / IT PM Manager DHCP for IPSec Small Cell PM Counters HNB AAA Whitelists RAN GW S1 & Iuh IPSec LTE CAPWAP DTLS WiFi SeGW ASR9k VSM ASR5000 CAPWAP Over DTLS WiFi HeNB-GW S1 / S2a / STa SaMOG WiFi Breakout LTE EPC PMIPv6 WLC Internet NTP Presentation_ID 3G CN HNB-GW S1, Iuh IEEE 1588 Clock IuCS / IuPS Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 16 SON Capabilities of 3G ActiveRadio Self-Configuring Zero-Touch Activation Automatic Carrier & PSC Selection: choices defined by network policies but selected autonomously by small cell Automatic Neighbour List Generation: neighbour list (both 2G & 3G) generated through initial radio environment scan Continuous Fast Sniff: frequent single frame scan of radio environment to detect changes for responsive adaptation Self-Optimising Cognitive RRM Strategies Self-Healing Advanced System Monitoring Presentation_ID Enhanced Power Adaptation: efficient utilisation of available DL power & adaptation of maximum allowed UL power to provide coverage dominance in locality of small cell whilst simultaneously ensuring served users do not interfere with surrounding 3G macro network Cell Faults/Outage Detection & Recovery: system watchdogs monitor cell status & responses from all internal processes. Factory recovery or soft restart mechanisms invoked post fault/outage detection Cell Outage Compensation: quasi co-operative power setting amongst neighbouring small cells through detecting known small cells in outage (& presence of new small cells) Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 17 Zero-Touch Activation control & 1 Download configuration 2 Initial NWL: Scan neighbours & read SIB messages 5 Power Adaptation: Using UE Measurement Reports parameters: From management system 4 Enable Radio: AP is ready to handle calls Presentation_ID Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 3 6 (Auto) Configuration: Select carrier, code & initial power. Populate neighbour list. Report final configuration to management system. Continuous Fast Sniff: Periodic interference level checks Cisco Public 18 Key Highlights of ActiveSON® Group Management Small cells assigned to Group ID Characterisation at first power-up Self-Organising Network Small cells sense each through Network Listen & P2P on LAN Balance power levels & coverage (with overlap) Build small cell & macro cell neighbour lists Peer Monitoring Network Listen & P2P heartbeats Adjust neighbour & handover lists when units offline Multicast of changes Seamless Mobility Seamless handovers small cell-small cell, hand-out (& hand-in) No-signalling idle mobility Bridge units self-detection for “small cell foyer” High Capacity Solution Load balancing for small cell network capacity boost 11-12 Erlang for a 16-call grid unit WiFi-Like Install Coffee cup radio planning Wall mounted units, PoE, VLAN over Ethernet Enable Enterprise IT personnel deployment! Presentation_ID Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 19 Cisco SON Differentiation • Multi-vendor, multi-technology, multi-layer Het-Net orchestration • Automated closed-loop optimization • AP SON orchestration Quantum Quantum • Small cell/macro SON SON integration, including shared carrier • • • • Cisco Hybrid SON Small Cell Quantum SON SON • Dynamic real-time optimization and selfhealing • Measurement-based adaptiveness • ActiveSON for peering among small cell groups • Scalable, simple installation experience – just like Wi-Fi Instant AP deployment with auto planning, initialization & optimization Enhanced mobility, reduced interference and effective macro offload Smart SON agent in AP orchestrated by Quantum SON Optimal Het-Net Quality of Experience Presentation_ID Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 20 Shipping Small Cell Solution Roadmap Key Themes Committed Planning Solution Key Themes Solution Release Solution Releases Integrated and Tested E2E Cisco Certified Small Cell Solution SCS 3.0 SCS 4.0 SCS 5.0 EFT: Mar 2014 FCS: June 2014 EFT: Q3 2014 FCS: Q4 2014 EFT: Q1 2015 FCS: Q1 2015 3G Baseline Solution with Mobility and Scale Enhanced 3G Mobility LTE Baseline Solution with Mobility Enhanced LTE Mobility Baseline WiFi Convergence Baseline SON Solution Enhanced SON SCS 2.0 FCS: Now Presentation_ID Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public VoLTE 21 Cisco USC Product Segmentation Quantum SON Suite (Het-Net Manager) SP Wi-Fi RMS, CloudBase (RAN Management) & Prime (EMS) USC 3000* Home / SoHo USC 5000 Enterprise USC 7000 Public Space, Venue USC 9000 Rural Outdoor Power 7-13 dBm 20 dBm 24 dBm 24-33 dBm Users 4-8 Users 16 Users 16-32 Users 16-64 Users Access 3G Closed LTE Open 3G Closed / Open LTE Open / Closed 3G Open LTE Open 3G Open LTE Open Deployment Single Unit 1-10+ Units 1-3 Units per site 1-5 Units per Macro sector Indoors Presentation_ID Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 23 Cisco Universal Small Cell USC3310 - 3G/HSPA+ Standalone Indoor Access Point for Residential 4-8 User 3G Closed / Open Mode <20mW Transmit Power Product Offer – 3G Standalone Capability RF Band I or II/V RF Power 3G 20mW at Ant. Port Mains power Antenna 3G: 1x1 SISO R99 WCDMA Voice Calls RF BW 5 MHz HSDPA+ 21Mbps* / HSUPA 5.76Mbps (Peak Rates)* Simple to install. Ethernet and plug top PSU with zero touch configuration. Committed for 3GPP Band I. Band 2/5 planned for future Available Now! Presentation_ID 3G/HSPA 3G Throughput 14.4/5.7 Mbps HSPA+ (peak rate) 3G Feature Set 4-8 Active users; 32 idle ;3GPP R99 & R7 HSPA ; Iuh / TR-069, TR-196 Mobility 3G Active CS/PS and Idle Mode Reselection SON / HetNet 3G : Network Listen Power Supply DC 12V using adapter brick 100240V AC (50-60 Hz) Size / Weight 183 x 225 x 44.5mm <500g (complete unit) Deployment Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Free standing Residential/SoHo 24 Cisco Universal Small Cell USC5310 - 3G/HSPA+ Plug-in Module for Aironet AP3600/AP3700 Product Offer – 3G + Wi-Fi 16 User 3G Open Mode Module 3G HSPA+ - 21Mbps/5.7Mbps <100mW/20dBm EiRP 16 Active Users Presentation_ID RF 3G/HSPA + 802.11n Band II/V or I 802.11n 2.4/5GHz <100mW Transmit Power (same as ETSI 802.11) RF Power Antenna Compatible with 3600i/3600e Wi-Fi 1x1 SISO 802.11n 4x4 3SS / Beamforming RF BW 5 MHz Base Platform USC Software Platform Power provided by the Aironet through PoE+ (IEEE 802.3at) or external PSU. R99 WCDMA Voice Calls HSDPA+ 21Mbps / HSUPA 5.76Mbps (Peak Rates)* Available Now! Capability Available in 3GPP I (Rest of World) and Band II/V (USA/LATAM) Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 100mW at Ant. Port 3G Throughput 21/5.7 Mbps HSDPA+ (peak rate)* 3G Feature Set 16 Active users; 200 idle ;3GPP R99 & R8 HSDPA+ ; Iuh / TR-069, TR-196v1, Open Mode Mobility 3G Active CS/PS and Idle Mode Reselection SON / HetNet 3G : Network Listen 802.11 : Clean Air Power Supply Provided by the Aironet Product Size / Weight 1.5L ; 1.4kg (complete unit) Deployment Cisco Public Desk/Wall/Ceiling 25 Cisco Universal Small Cell USC541x – LTE Plug-in Module for Aironet AP3600/AP3700 Partner to USC 5310 Module Module supports (auto-selects) – 1x1 SISO with 6W PSU (AP3600/AP3700) – 2x2 MIMO with 10W PSU (USC5030) LTE FDD Up to 20 MHz iBW – 16 Active Users – 128 RRC Connected Users 100mW Output Power Available in 3GPP I/III/VII (Rest of World) and Band IV (USA/LATAM) Target FCS – December 2014 Presentation_ID Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 26 Cisco Universal Small Cell USC5030 - Dual Module Holder Module holder only – 1x GbE RJ45 ports Provides 2x10W via Cisco module connector Module Configurations – – – – – 1x3G 1xLTE (When available) 2x3G (Planning) 2xLTE (When available) 1x3G + 1xLTE (When available) Power PoE+ and/or 48V DC Compatible with USC 5310 and USC 541x Target FCS – May 2014 Presentation_ID Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 27 Cisco Universal Small Cell USC7330 – 3G/HSPA+ Standalone Indoor Access Point Product Offer – 3G Capability Standalone Venue product RF 16 User 3G RF Power 250mW Transmit Power 3G HSPA+ - 21Mbps/5.7Mbps <250mW/24dBm EiRP 16 Active Users 3GPP II/V or I 250 mW Antenna SISO RF BW 5 MHz R99 WCDMA Voice Calls Base Platform HSDPA+ 21Mbps / HSUPA 5.76Mbps (Peak Rates)* Data Throughput 21 Mbps DL*; 5.7 Mbps UL 3G Feature Set 16 Active users; 200 idle ;3GPP R99 & R7 HSDPA+ ; Iuh / TR069, TR-196v1, Open Mode External PSU or PoE+ support Available in 3GPP Band II/V (USA/LATAM) or I (Rest of World) Available Now! Presentation_ID 3G/HSPA Mobility Active and idle mode mobility SON / HetNet Auto-configuration, 3GNetwork Listen, Cisco SON support Power Supply 15W Size / Weight <2L ; <2kg Deployment Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. USC Software Platform Cisco Public Indoors (wall or ceiling mount) / Cisco Standard Accessories 28 Cisco Universal Small Cell USC9330 - 3G/HSPA+ Standalone Outdoor Access Point Rural Outdoor product 16 User 3G Capability Tx Power 1W RF 3GPP II/V or I Range up to 2km RF Tx Power 1W (30 dBm) Antenna Gain 2 dB Power Interface: PoE+ or DC (48V) IP67 3G HSPA+ - 21Mbps/5.7Mbps 32dBm EiRP 16 Active Users Target FCS – May 2014 Presentation_ID Product Offer – 3G -30 to +45 ºC Ambient, +55 ºC with Solar Loading (1200W/m2) EIRP RF BW Data Throughput Mobility 3G/HSPA 32 dBm 5 MHz 21 Mbps DL*; 5.7 Mbps UL Active and idle mode mobility SON / HetNet Auto-configuration, 3GNetwork Listen, Cisco SON support HSDPA+ 21Mbps / HSUPA 5.76Mbps (Peak Rates)* Power Supply <20W Weight 3.2kg Available in 3GPP Band II/V (USA/LATAM) or I (Rest of World) Deployment Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public Rural Outdoor 29 ASR5K HNBGW/HeNBGW/SeGW HNBGW Key Features HNB 3G Core HNBGW HeNBGW EPC HeNB Integrated SeGW – Up to 1M IPSec IKEv2 Tunnels – HNB Authentication (X.509 & EAPSIM/AKA) – NAT Traversal Presentation_ID Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. – Iuh Standard compliance (3GPP R9) – IuCS/IuPS/IuFlex over IP or ATM – Full mobility with F2F through core (pre-Iurh) – Open/Closed Access mode – Cell Broadcast Services (Iu-BC interface) – Intelligent Paging – Session Recovery, Congestion Control – Comprehensive Bulkstats Successful IOT and Commercial Deployments Cisco Public 30 Small Cell RMS SW Architecture Serving Node Components Central Node Components Status monitoring heartbeat and CR XMPP / TLS CMHS SP Order Management Performance and log file upload via HTTP (no TLS) Cloudbase PKIBootstrap XML over HTTP Upload Server Config, FW, Live Data, Diag: TR-069 & HTTP (no TLS) TLS ACE 4710 DCC UI SP CSR UI PMG BAC DPE BAC RDU SP RAN Databases HNB RMS Client SP DMZ Firewall IPSec ASR5000 DHCP CPNR Radio Stack RMS SW Components RADIUS AAA NTP RAN / DMZ HW CPAR SP OSS / BSS Presentation_ID Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 31 RMS Solution Components Name Full Name Description BAC Broadband Access Center A versatile TR-069 management system that provides all essential Femto management functions including configuration, firmware, data retrieval, troubleshooting. Consists of DPE (SB services) and RDU (central functions). PMG Provisioning & Management Gateway Provides NB API to OSS/BSS/IT. XML/HTTP requests and notifications. Femto activation workflow with the BAC. Enables automatic assignment of GWs, SAI, Cell ID, location-specific parameters and whitelist management. DCC Device Command & Control UI and CLI tools for Femto-specific provisioning functions. Provides Installer / Technician UI, CSR interfaces and Administration Tools for ops personnel. CMHS Cisco Management Heartbeat Server A highly scalable XMPP-based service which is designed for active status monitoring of Femtocells. This service provides real-time monitoring and management functions not covered by TR-069 protocols. Currently supported only for IPA devices US Upload Server CPAR Cisco Prime Access Registrar Cisco AAA product. Provides AP authorization on HNB-GW and delivers AP whitelists to HNB-GW via RADIUS. CPNR Cisco Prime Network Registrar Cisco DHCP product. Used to allocate IPSec addresses for SeGW via DHCP. The lease database can then be queried to discover the current AP IP address. Presentation_ID A high-scale service for receiving uploads from the Femtocells, including periodic performance data, logs & traces. Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 32 Cisco Service Provider Mobility Software Enabled End-to-end Network Intelligence Mobile Packet Core Enabling the evolution from 3G to LTE and driving the convergence with Wi-Fi Leveraging multivendor SON and network intelligence into the radio access network (RAN) Small Cell Gateway SON Building on Cisco’s experience with Enterprise IT deploying millions of small cells Providing SPs with a comprehensive solution that extends an intelligence layer across the mobile network Presentation_ID Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 3G LTE Cisco Public Small Cells
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