Quoc-Thinh Nguyen-Vuong nvqthinh@vntelecom.org Mobile network evolution Introduction of IP in 3G WCDMA RAN Agenda 1. Market & Technology trend 2. Introduction of IP in 3G/LTE solution 3. China Unicom: 3G HSPA deployment 2nd Vntelecom conference, May 9th 2009 1 Market & Technology trend 2nd Vntelecom conference, May 9th 2009 Mobile telecom market trend  Data revenues per user increase  Data revenues per Mbit decrease -> Cost per Mbit MUST decreases 2nd Vntelecom conference, May 9th 2009 155 Mbit/s 2.5 Gbit/s 10 Gbit/s 40 Gbit/s Network Core Granularity Mbit/s Gbit/s Tbit/s Customer Bandwidth requirement Nodal Capacity Time Time ASON – Automatically Switched Optical Network, ROADM – Reconfigurable Optical Add Drop Multiplexer, PXC – Photonic Cross Connect, ASTN – Automatically Switched Transport Network, MSSP – Multi Service Transport Platform, SDH – Synchronous Digital Hierarchy, ADM – Add Drop Multiplexer, N/MWDM – National/ Metro Wavelength division Multiplexing nxTbit/s Metro Ethernet T-MPLS Sync. Ethernet PBT Native Ethernet Evolution Path ATM SDH Evolution Path ASON (ROADM & PXC) ASTN & OTN (MSTP) SDH & WDM (Digital Cross Connect) SDH (ADM) Transport technologies – Wireless, SDH, Ethernet Wireless Access Evolution Path Digital Radio Systems Packet Radio Systems Radio Access Networks Analogue Radio Systems 2nd Vntelecom conference, May 9th 2009 Mobile technology evolution (3GPP only) 2nd Vntelecom conference, May 9th 2009 2 Introduction of IP in 3G/LTE solution 2nd Vntelecom conference, May 9th 2009 2G GSM GSM GSM BSC BSC GSM GSM BSC BSC GMSC GMSC Switch Switch GSM GSM BTS BTS GSM GSM BTS BTS MSC MSC Switch Switch MS MS MS MS A Abis Um GSM BSS PSTN PSTN A 2nd Vntelecom conference, May 9th 2009 2G (GSM) to 2.5G (GPRS) GSM GSM BSC BSC GSM GSM BSC BSC GMSC GMSC Switch Switch GSM GSM BTS BTS GSM GSM BTS BTS MSC MSC Switch Switch MS MS MS MS Gb SGSN SGSN GGSN GGSN A Abis Gn Um Gi Internet Internet GSM BSS IP PSTN PSTN A 2nd Vntelecom conference, May 9th 2009 2.5G (GPRS) to 3G (UMTS) R99 GSM GSM BSC BSC GSM GSM BSC BSC GMSC GMSC Switch Switch GSM GSM BTS BTS GSM GSM BTS BTS MSC MSC Switch Switch MS MS MS MS Gb SGSN SGSN GGSN GGSN A Abis Gn Um Gi Internet Internet RNC RNC Node B Node B Iub Iu-PS Iu-CS RNC RNC Node B Node B Iub Iur UE UE UE UE Uu UTRAN GSM BSS IP PSTN PSTN [...]... media independent sessions  Easier to manage 3G UMTS R99 to 3G R5: HSDPA +IP in UTRAN GSM BSS MS MS GSM BTS GSM BSC A Abis GSM BTS GSM BSC Gb Iu-CS /IP Uu Node B UE UE Node B Iub /IP Iub /IP Nc MSC Server Mc Um RNC Iur /IP Iu-PS /IP Nb CSMGW GMSC Server PSTN CSMGW IP SGSN Gn GGSN Gi IMS Internet RNC UTRAN  Key enhancements  Introduction of IMS  Introduction of IP transport option in UTRAN (Iub, Iur, IU-Ps,... Operations and Maintenance Plane 3 China Unicom: 3G HSPA deployment China’s telecom market overview China Unicom: 3rd largest mobile operator in the world Mobile business market share Fixed business market share  3G in China : Three licenses  China Mobile: TD-SCDMA  China Telecom: Pursue CDMA2000 EV-DO path (however choose LTE for 4G)  China Unicom: Choose 3G WCDMA  WCDMA vendor: Alcatel-Lucent, in fact... reliability:  Guaranteed thanks to MPLS /IP/ Ethernet BENEFITS  CAPEX & OPEX savings:  IP/ Ethernet cost efficiency IP- based UTRAN cost is much less than ATM-based UTRAN Pseudo-wire is used to transport ATM over IP (one IP backbone) Prepares mobile operators effectively for a future evolution to native IP in the mobile network (HSPA+, LTE solution) Single IP network for the Transport Plane, the Control Plane,... Iu-Cs)  Introduction of HSDPA 3G UMTS: R6, R7 & R8 50 Mbps 160 Mbps 11 Mbps 28 Mbps 0.4 Mbps 14 Mbps 0.4 Mbps 0.4 Mbps 3GPP R99 WCDMA 1999 2001 3GPP R5 HSDPA 2002 5.7 Mbps 14 Mbps 3GPP R8 LTE (MIMO, OFDMA) 3GPP R7 HSPA+ (MIMO) 3GPP R6 HSUPA 2005 2007 2008 HSDPA HSUPA performance IP interface addressing Packet data traffic HSPA+ introduction Full IP transport HSPA+ enhancements UMTS 900Mhz 2008 Utran... deployed in a convergence step MOCN 2010 2011 2012 2013+ MARKET VIEW Benefit of IP transport migration  Few full IP network planned / in deployment  Smooth E2E evolution towards full IP of transport architecture  Stepped approach addressing first data traffic growth with IuPS over IP & Hybrid Iub  Migrate all interfaces (Iub, Iu-CS, Iur) to IP in a second step  E2E QoS & reliability:  Guaranteed... 900Mhz 2008 Utran Sharing 2009 Advanced HSPA+ features HSPA accelerating data adoption HSPA+ aligned with full HSPA+ ecosystem ramp up Step by Step approach : Smooth E2E evolution towards full IP of transport architecture IP interfaces customization & optimization CS Voice over HSPA+ as a first step HSPA Utran sharing Voice over IP transport Data growth W-CDMA Markets views Summary VoIP over HSPA+ and.. .3G UMTS R99 to 3G R4: All -IP core network GSM BSS MS MS GSM BTS GSM BSC A Um Abis GSM BTS Uu Node B Iub GSM BSC Node B Iub Iu-CS CSMGW Nb GMSC Server PSTN CSMGW IP RNC Iur UE UE Gb Nc MSC Server Mc SGSN Gn GGSN Gi Internet Iu-PS RNC UTRAN  Optimized networks for voice and data  Service integration requires unified network  no difference between media (voice,... Shanghai Bell (ASB)  WCDMA HSxPA product: last version with hybrid Iub & Iu-PS over IP  Core network: Huawei’s MSTP solution How can the ALU win the contract?  Procurement: ALU (ASB), Ericsson, Huawei, ZTE  Each vendor did a trial  China Unicom then made a choice  To win this contract, ALU must propose very low price (the same as the one proposed by Huawei)  Consider the gain for the long term... must propose very low price (the same as the one proposed by Huawei)  Consider the gain for the long term and from the support  The following steps were taken to secure the deal …  Persuade customers  Lobby customers  Set reasonable price  No ASB, ALU cannot win the contract due to political issue (local vendor) Thank you for your attention . Quoc-Thinh Nguyen-Vuong nvqthinh@vntelecom.org Mobile network evolution Introduction of IP in 3G WCDMA RAN Agenda 1. Market & Technology trend 2. Introduction of IP in 3G/ LTE solution 3 B Iub /IP Iu-PS /IP Iu-CS /IP RNC RNC Node B Node B Iub /IP Iur /IP UE UE UE UE Uu UTRAN GSM BSS MSC MSC Server Server CS- CS- MGW MGW CS- CS- MGW MGW IP Mc Nb Nc IMS  Key enhancements  Introduction.  Introduction of IMS  Introduction of IP transport option in UTRAN (Iub, Iur, IU-Ps, and Iu-Cs)  Introduction of HSDPA PSTN PSTN 2nd Vntelecom conference, May 9th 2009 3G UMTS: R6, R7 & R8 3GPP