Product Specification for

VoiceMAXe
System Release 9.5
This specification details features supported by the standalone VoiceMAXe
product and Airspan WiMAX system release as stated. It covers the standard
configuration of the Airspan WiMAX system release.

Title

Name

Author
Senior Director
Product
Management

BR-001

Approved VP of
Engineering

OH -001

Signature

Date
September, 2010

This is the unpublished work, the copyright of which vests in Airspan Communications Corporation. All Rights
.
Reserved The information contained herein is the property of Airspan Communication Corporation and is
supplied without liability for errors or omissions. No part may be reproduced or used except by contract or other
permission. The copyright and the foregoing restriction on reproduction and use extend to all media in which
the information may be embodied.

Document Reference Number

PSP-D00141

Revision
A

Date
September, 2010

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Revision History
Revision
A

Originator

Date

BR - 001

23/09/10

Description
1st release

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Contents

1PRODUCT OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................. 5

1.1
1.2

GENERAL OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................. 5

1.1.1VoIP over WiMAX Challenges........................................................................................................ 5
VOICEMAXE FAILOVER REDUNDANCY .................................................................................................. 5

2VOICEMAXE FUNCTIONALITY ............................................................................................................ 7

2.1 AUTO DISCOVERY ................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1.2 Functionality ................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1.3 Auto Discovery message flow signalling only...... ........................................................................ 7
2.2 ADMISSION CONTROL.............................................................................................................................. 8
2.2.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 8
2.2.2 Functionality ................................................................................................................................... 8
2.3 DYNAMIC UGS / ERTPS.......................................................................................................................... 8
2.3.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 8
2.3.2 Functionality ................................................................................................................................... 8
3NETWORKING / MANAGEMENT .......................................................................................................... 9
3.1 NETWORKING .......................................................................................................................................... 9
3.1.1 Failover redundancy ....................................................................................................................... 9
3.1.2 Management and SIP on the same Ethernet card ........................................................................... 9
3.1.3 Management and SIP/Data traffic Separation................................................................................ 9
3.2 LOCAL & REMOTE MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................ 10
3.3 STANDALONE VOICEMAXE IMPLEMENTATIONS ................................................................................... 10
3.3.1 Standard implementation .............................................................................................................. 10
3.3.2 Media and Signalling flows. ......................................................................................................... 11
4PHYSICAL & POWERING...................................................................................................................... 12
4.1
4.2
4.3
5

DIMENSIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 12
POWER................................................................................................................................................... 12
MOUNTING ............................................................................................................................................ 12

COMPLIANCY .......................................................................................................................................... 13

6 HARDWARE INFORMATION HP PROLIANT DL 160 G5 ....... ..................................................... 14

6.1
6.2
6.3

ADDITIONAL CARD SPECIFICATION ....................................................................................................... 14

GENERAL HARDWARE SPECIFICATION .................................................................................................. 14
QUICK SPECS ......................................................................................................................................... 15

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6.4
6.5

15
ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS ......................................................................................16
WARRANTY ..............................................................................................................16

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Product Overview

This section (Section 1) provides a descriptive overview of the product and may contain reference
to features and functionality available in future system releases.
1.1 General Overview
VoiceMAXe is a standard SIP based solution for VoIP over Mobile WiMAX (16e). VoiceMAXe acts
as a proxy between SIP UA (User Agent) to SSW (Soft Switch) or SBC (Session Border Controller).
VoiceMAXe communicates with Airspan Mobile WiMAX Base Station (MacroMAXe) to accomplish
the task of guaranteeing Voice quality as well as managing VoIP bandwidth. It is useful in the
following network architectures:
1) MacroMAXe used in stand alone mode for fixed/nomadic application, with no ASN GW.
2) MacroMAXe used in a hybrid network where mobile users are managed via the ASN
GW using IP CS and fixed/nomadic users are managed in a separate path, using
Ethernet CS. The VoIP clients served by VoiceMAXe are fixed/nomadic users.
The key features associated with VoiceMAXe are as follows:
1. Auto Discovery of SIP User Agents (UA) Upon identifying a registration message,
the VoiceMAXe discovers behind which Base-Station the UA is located.
2. Admission Control VoiceMAXe enforces Service Provider Bandwidth Policy and
prioritize Emergency Services.
3. Dynamic UGS or eRTPS VoiceMAXe instructs the Base-Stations to dynamically create
and tear down UGS or ertPS sessions per Voice calls. This mechanism guarantees
optimized Bandwidth utilization. The operator decides whether the solution is UGS based or
eRTPS based.

1.1.1

VoIP over WiMAX Challenges

1) VoIP media streams require a constant, uninterrupted data flow. Each UDP packet carries
between 10 and 30 milliseconds of voice data. In an ideal world packets never arrive out
of sequence or suffer from packet loss.
2) Wireless environments are not ideal when latency and packet loss is considered.
3) Overbooking is widely used to maximise revenues.

1.2 VoiceMAXe Failover Redundancy

To ensure continuous availability of the VoiceMAXe functionality, the VoiceMAXe failover
redundancy solution comprises of two VoiceMAXe servers. One server acting as primary while the
other monitors the health and becomes active if the primary has failed. Both servers can act as
primary and secondary and change roles according to their status.

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VoiceMAXe functionality

The standalone VoiceMAXe server enables the VoIP over WiMAX service provider to dynamically
allocate the WiMAX network resources with minimum overhead of pre-assigned bandwidth.
The application must deal with 2 challenges:
Signalling, SIP messages Admission control
Media, RTP media streams Dynamic UGS or eRTPS
2.2

Auto Discovery
2.1.1 Overview
To enable dynamic allocation of WiMAX resources for SIP calls the VoiceMAXe must know
where each SIP UA (User Agent) is located and communicate with the appropriate BS
(Base Station).
2.1.2 Functionality
One of the fundamental methods of SIP communication is the registration to a registrar
server; the VoiceMAXe acts as a standard SIP proxy listening to all SIP messages. The
registration packet triggers the Auto Discovery mechanism which gives the
VoiceMAXe the ability to determine to which BS a specific SIP UA belongs to.
2.1.3 Auto Discovery message flow signalling only

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2.2

Admission Control
2.2.1 Overview
An operator must control what type of traffic is allowed on a particular network or segment
of a network. Call Admission Control is a known term in the VoIP world as it prevents
oversubscription of VoIP traffic. Essentially, Call Admission Control protects existing voice
traffic from degrading in quality as additional traffic tries to gain access. It prevents
network congestion.
2.2.2 Functionality
According to Service Provider defined resources The decision whether to allow a new
SIP call establishment has been done on the standalone VoiceMAXe server on a per call
basis. The standalone VoiceMAXe can give precedence to emergency calls and high
priority users.

2.3

Dynamic UGS / eRTPS

2.3.1 Overview
VoiceMAXe provides the ability to dynamically create and tear down UGS or eRTPS.
Using this mechanism guarantees bandwidth utilization per need according the negotiated
Codec selection.
2.3.2 Functionality
As mentioned before the VoiceMAXe server intercepts all SIP traffic and collects all
needed information. One of the protocols that is being intercepted is the SDP (session
description protocol), from this protocol the VoiceMAXe can predict which Codec will be
used during the call conversation and apply a suitable UGS / eRTPS between the BS and
the SS (subscriber station).

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Networking / Management

3.1

Networking
VoiceMAXe server supports three Giga Ethernet cards that can be used in the
following topologies.

3.1.1 Failover redundancy

One of the Giga Ethernet is only used for Redundancy purposes
3.1.2

Management and SIP on the same Ethernet card

ISP

SIP service Provider

VoiceMAX
Ethernet A

Management
Network
Data
Network

3.1.3

Management and SIP/Data traffic Separation

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3.2

Local & Remote Management

Standalone VoiceMAXe can be managed using one of the following options:

1. Console - the VoiceMAXe hosts SSH server that enables a secure connection
to configure and monitor the server.
2. WEB the standalone VoiceMAXe hosts a web server for basic monitoring
and configuration via a WEB browser.
3.3

Standalone VoiceMAXe implementations

This section will contain several network diagram examples for VoiceMAXe deployment.

3.3.1 Standard implementation

This diagram describes a standard WiMAX network with VoIP capabilities, in
this implementation the standalone VoiceMAXe acts as a standard SIP proxy.

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3.3.2 Media and Signalling flows.

The current VoiceMAXe handles the entire SIP signalling traffic while the RTP will be
sent directly to the Provider SBC or media GW.

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Physical & Powering

The VoiceMAXe server is installed on an HP DL160 server.

4.1

Dimensions

The table below lists the physical dimensions of VoiceMAXe

Parameter

Value

Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth)

600mm (L) *444mm (W) *43.6mm (D)

Weight

10kg

4.2 Power
Power supply - 100V/240V; 50Hz/60Hz 400W Single Power Supply
The standalone VoiceMAXe power consumption is typically : < 200W
4.3 Mounting
The standalone VoiceMAXe can be mounted in the following ways:
1. Mounted horizontally on a desktop
2. Mounted horizontly in a rack (ETSI or 19)

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Compliancy

Description
US / Canada ( UL1950-CSA950)

Value

Comments

US (FCC, CFR47 Part 15, Class B)

Europe (TUV / CE, EN55022 compliance to
EU Directive 89 / 366/ EEC)
Europe (CE, EN55022 & EN55024)
Russia (GOST-R)
Taiwan (BSMI)
China (CCC)
International (CISPR-22, Class B)

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Hardware Information HP Proliant DL 160 G5

6.1 Additional Card Specification

PCIe Gigabit Network adapter HP NC110
6.2

General Hardware Specification

HP ProLiant DL 160 G5 Server.

Processor - Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor E5405(2.00GHz, 80W, 1333MHz FSB)

Cache 12MB (2x6MB) Level 2 cache

Chipset - Intel 5400 Chipset

Memory type - PC2-5300 Fully Buffered DIMMs (DDR2-667)

Maximum Memory slots - 8 slots

Actual current memory 2 GB.

Internal drive bays -Non-Hot Plug SATA 80 GB, 7200 RPM.

HP Embedded SATA RAID Controller.

Chassis - 1U Rack

650W Power Supply (Non-Hot Plug, Auto-switching)

Interfaces - Network RJ-45 (Ethernet) - 2 10/100/1000 NIC ports (plus 1 dedicated for the
HP ProLiant Lights Out 100i Remote Management); Serial - 1; Pointing Device (Mouse) - 1;
Graphics - 1; Keyboard - 1; USB - 5 (two front, one internal, two rear)
Network interface - Two embedded NC105i PCIe Gigabit server adapters
Manageability features - HP Lights-Out 100i Standard:

i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.

Virtual Power
System event log access
System health
Remote serial console
Browser, Telnet access
SMASH-CLP compliant
IPMI 2.0 compliant

19" Rack mounting kit.

DVD drive

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6.3

Quick Specs

Front view:
1. Access panel
2. Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5400 series processors (supports up to two)
3. Eight PC2-5300 (DDR2-667) fully buffered DIMM memory slots
4. Power supply (650 Watts)
5. System fans
6. DVD-ROM drive
7. Two USB ports
8. Power on/off & system LEDs
9. Two(2) 3.5" Non-Hot plug SATA or hot-plug SAS/SATA hard drive bays
10. Two(2) 3.5" Non-Hot plug SATA or hot-plug SAS/SATA hard drive bays

11. Expansion Slots: Two available x16 PCI-Express Gen2 slots

Rear view:
1. Power supply cable socket
2. PS/2 Mouse port
3. PS/2 Keyboard port
4. Two GbE LAN ports for NIC1 and NIC2
5. Rear USB Ports
6. LO100i 10/100Mbps LAN port for IPMI management (RJ-45)
7. Video Port
8. Serial Port
9. Low-profile PCI-Express x8/PCI-X riser board slot cover
10. Standard Height/full-height PCI Express x16/PCI-X riser board

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6.4

Absolute Maximum Ratings

Dimensions (HxWxD)(with feet) 1.70 x 17.64 x 26.85 in (4.32 x 44.80 x 68.20 cm)
Weight (approximate) 37 lb (16.78 kg) Fully configured
Input Requirements, Range Input Voltage 90 to 140 VAC/180 to 264 VAC
Normal Line Voltage 115 or 230 VAC.
Line Frequency 47 to 63 Hz
Rated Input Current load 7.31A at 115VAC, 3.6A at 230VAC
BTU Rating BTU-Hr 2228

Temperature Range Operating 50 to 95 F (10 to 3 5 C).

6.5

Power Supply Output, Rated Steady-State Power 653W

Warranty
Service & support This product is covered by a global limited warranty and supported by
features HP Services and a worldwide network of resellers and service
providers. Hardware diagnostic support and repair is available for
three years from date of purchase. Support for software and initial
setup is available for 90 days from date of purchase
Serviceability features Tool-less access to all system components for easy in rack
serviceability
Warranty

1 year Parts, 1 year Labor, 1-year on-site support

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