NGN Roadmap May 2008

Dr.
Mahboob Siddiqui
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NGN Master Plan

by
Dr. Mahboob ul Haq Siddiqui
T&S Wing PTCL HQ
Islamabad
Dr. Mahboob Siddiqui

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Agenda
Historical
Background
PSTN - Digitalization of Transmission & Switching elements, ISDN..

Packet Switched Networks X.25 & TCP/IP, FR, ATM, IP/MPLS
NGN
Building Blocks of NGN
Brief overview of Protocols between NGN Elements
NGN
Master Plan for PTCL
Master Strategy for C4 & C5 NGN Network

Ongoing C4 & C5 NGN Projects
C5
NGN Roadmap
NGN Case Studies
Evolution towards IMS

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Historical Background
PSTN was designed to provide basic voice services.
With PCM transmission technique, 64 kb/s channel became the basic
building block of PSTN system.
The SPC (essentially computers) used in PSTN switches allowed a
number of supplementary services on top of basic voice service.
Through modems, it was possible to use PSTN for access to data
networks, with data speeds up to 64 kbps.
Parallel to PSTN network, public data networks were deployed as an
overlay network to support various data services.

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In mid 90s, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) was the first
major step in integrating both voice and data networks.
ISDN offered a digital interface to the user with 64kb/s channels, the
important difference being the usage of these channels for voice or data
can be determined on a per call basis.
Apart from economic reasons, there was still a problem with the ISDN.
Since channel allocation was in units of 64 kb/s, there was non-optimal
usage of transmission bandwidth in many scenarios.
For example, channels allocated for voice calls are not used half the
time because a person is listening; advantage of speech compression
cannot be leveraged; data is usually sent in bursts, but a fixed allocation
of bandwidth leads to wastage when no data is sent.

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The answer to this problem lies in packet switching, where
payload is encapsulated into packets & packets are stamped
with destination address for routing in a packet switched
network.
This led to ATM taking shape in mid 90's, which offered cell
switching with fixed cell size of 53 bytes (48 + 5).
ATM is a layer 2 protocol capable of adapting all forms of media,
not just voice, but also video and data.
However, ATM arrived in the scene a bit too late, when Ethernet
and Internet Protocol (IP) had already established themselves
firmly in the LAN environment.
ATM became a protocol of choice in the WAN environment, a
place that it shared with frame relay.

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In LAN, Ethernet continued as the dominant layer2 protocol
For packet transport of voice in the LAN, IP (over Ethernet) was
considered, while in the carrier network, voice transport over ATM was
considered.
Both IP and ATM emerged as a means to transport voice, leading to the
concept of Voice over IP (VoIP) and Voice over ATM (VoATM)
respectively.
Next Generation Network (NGN) was thus born with this realization that
a packet switching infrastructure was the best way to support different
media types of varying bit rates, over the same converged network.

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NGN

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NGN
ITU definition of NGN
Next Generation Network is:

packet-based network to provide telecom services
able to make
technologies
use
of
multiple
broadband
access
QoS enabled transport technologies, and

in which service-related functions are independent from
underlying transport-related technologies

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In other words
Next Generation Network:
Open and distributed network architecture
NGN adopts the hierarchical architecture, which is divided into
media
access
layer,
transport
layer,
control
layer
and
service/application layer.
Independent network control layer
NGN is based on standard protocols and packet switching network.

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Architecture
Service Management
Network Control
Core Switch
Edge Access

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NGN Network Architecture

iOSS
Service Management
Network Control
Policy
Server
Application
Server
Location
Server
SoftSwitch
RADIUS
Server
MRS
SCP
SoftSwitch
Packet Core Network
Core Switching
Edge Access
IAD
AMG
BroadBand
Access
SG
PSTN
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TMG
UMG
UMG
PLMN/3G
Contrast between PSTN and NGN

Intelligent Service Server
SoftSwitch
Switching Array
IP Core
Trunk Module
Trunk
Gateway
Service Server
CPU
Signaling
Module
SS7
Signaling
Gateway
User
Access Module
Trunk
Gateway
Trunk
Gateway
User Access
Gateway
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Soft Switch
Softswitch is the core element in the NGN network.
Softswitch performs:
z call processing
z media gateway access control
z resource allocation
z protocol handling
z routing
z Authentication (subscriber database)
z Billing & maintenance functions
Through collaboration with service layer devices such as application
servers & SCPs, softswitch provides traditional as well as variety of new
intelligent services.
It performs interoperability with peer NGN entities.

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Gateways
Trunk Gateway (TGW)
Allows interoperability with PSTN/PLMN (MSC) via E1.

Interfaces with SS7 network using traditional 64kbps signaling channels.
Supports H.248 protocol to interwork with soft-switch.
Implements variety of codecs to allow transport of voice signals over IP
network & vice versa.
Access Gateway (AGW)

Allows interconnection of legacy PSTN & ISDN subscribers lines
Implements variety of codecs to allow transport of voice signals over IP
network & vice versa.

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Gateways
Multi Service Access Gateway (MSAN)
Allows interconnection of legacy PSTN & ISDN subscribers lines
as well as xDSL lines.
Implements variety of codecs to allow transport of voice signals
over IP network & vice versa.
Allows access to BRAS devices for xDSL lines.
Integrated
Access Gateways (IAD)
Allows integrated access to POTs as well as xDSL devices.

Implements variety of codecs to allow transport of voice signals
over IP network & vice versa.
Supports MGCP protocol to interwork with soft-switch.

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NGN Control Layer
SoftSwitch
SoftSwitch
Call control path
IP Core Network
Talking Path
IAD
UMG
AMG
Broadband
Access
SG
PSTN
TMG

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UMG
PLMN
3G Access
NGN Edge Access Layer
Core Switching Layer
Edge Access
IAD
IP Core Network
UMG
AMG
Broadband
Access
SG
PSTN

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TMG
UMG
PLMN
3G Access
NGN using standard protocol
IN
OSS
SNMP/MML
MRS
PARLAY/
SIP
Location Server
AppServer
TRIP
MGCP/H248/SIP
INAP
SIP-T/BICC/H.323
Softswitch
M3UA/SCTP
Softswitch
H.248
M2UA/SCTP
SG
ISUP
Packet Core Network
H.248
H.248/MGCP
STP
TMG
SIP/
H.323
switch
PLMN
PSTN
AMG
IAD
Soft-phone

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MGW
Summary
NGN is divided into four layers: access layer, transport layer,

control layer and service layer.
NGN is the four-layer hierarchical network based on packet

switching and transmission. Interworking between different layers
is realized via open standard protocols, which provides NGN with
considerable advantages and flexibility.
Located at the control layer of NGN, Softswitch is the core control

equipment in NGN for information interchange. It is used to control
the communication of various MGWs.
The transmission and interchange of information streams (RTP)
between MGWs do not fall into the control of Softswitch. It is under

the control of transport layer instead.
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NGN Master Plan

Migration of TDM Switching Network
Agenda
NGN Master Plan

Transit network (C4)
International Network (C4)
Local Network (C5)
C5 NGN Roadmap
Phase-I: NEC/AXE Replacement
Phase-II: Consolidation & NGN Cities
Phase-III: Migration of Remaining Network
Impact on Metro, PIE & DWDM network
Evolution towards IMS

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Why we need NGN
Key driving factors

Outlived TDM switching network
No support on existing software & hardware releases
Diminishing in-house O&M capabilities
Risk of complete exchange failures
Reduce operating cost

Reduce number of elements through network consolidation &
migration to IP based NGN network.
Increase broadband penetration & new NGN services

NGN migration would help to achieve aggressive broadband
penetration plan.
Introduce new NGN IN services

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Challenge: Making the Transformation

of Minimal Financial Impact
OPEX associated with
network migration
Flatter
CAPEX required for

network components
Ide
al t
r
ans
it
ion
OPEX
Shorter
Current Network
Hybrid Network
All-IP Network
Present
Transition
Future
Source: Booz Allen Hamilton, 2006

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time
Challenge: Migration Timing and Size
Competitors with
significantly
better cost structure
Regulatory
Decisions
Anticipated
post-transformation
revenue growth
Revenue
Cost
Critical situation!!!
?%
cost reduction
? investment schedule
? time of investment
Today
Source: Booz Allen Hamilton, 2006

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time
NGN Master Plan

Transit & International Network
TDM Transit Network
Region
TX (Transit exchange)
Pure Transit
CX (Combined Exchange)
Transit+Local
EWSD
E10B
EWSD
E10B
C&C08
CTR
FTR
GTR
HTR
ITR
KTR
LTR
MTR
NTR-1
NTR-2
RTR
STR-1
STR-5
WTR
17
11
Total

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HCTE
(High capacity TX)
Current C4 NGN
Huawei C4 NGN
Deployed as part of transit expansion project (2003-2004)
z
z
Pair of soft-switch with 20 Media Gateways (2400 E1s)

Engineered to carry 20% transit traffic
C4 NGN is currently being used to

z
z
z
Carry international incoming traffic (More than 100 M minutes

per month)
VMS traffic (~ 1M calls per day)
10 % of national transit traffic

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Steps toward C4 NGN Migration
Step 1 (Completed in 2007)

As part of STP-MNP project, One pair of ZTE soft switches & 23
MGWs deployed to carry interconnect traffic at combined
exchanges.
Step 2
Gradually migration transit traffic from TDM to NGN network
Introduce IP interconnect with CMOs & LDIs
z
z
z
TDM based interconnect traffic is already creating congestion on

TDM transit network.
More than 70% international traffic (VoIP) carried on C4 NGN is
terminated on MGWs with E1 connectivity with CMOs
Recent PIE expansion will facilitate IP interconnect with CMOs &
LDIs.

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Step -1 Remove transit functionality from the

combined exchanges
Region
MGW Deploying Principle:
CX
TG
Transit
Media gateway at all the places

of CX
Local
Migrate transit traffic from CX

to MGW
ZTE C4 NGN (Being Deployed)
VoIP
TDM
District 1
District2
Pair of soft-switches with 23 Media Gateways covering 7000 E1s

20 media gateways are deployed to carry transit and interconnect traffic
No further expansion in TDM transit Exchanges
3 media gateways, will be used to cater for additional POI requirements at
Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad.

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District 3
Step-II: Two-plane Transit Structure

Migration of traffic to NGN:
Traffic proportion of NGN will be
increased
TDM LD
Transit
Plane
IP Interconnect to CMOs & LDIs.
Z%
100%-Y%
Y%
Advantage:
Consistent with NGN flat network
structure
In the future, all transit plane will be
IP-Based NGN with TDM network
withdrawal.

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NGN LD Transit
Plane
Local Telecom
Network 1
100%-Z%
X% 100%-X%
Local Telecom
Network 2
Local Telecom
Network 3
International Network
S.
No
International
Gateway
Type & Make
Installed
C4 NGN
Huawei
2005
C&C 08 Huawei
China
August
2002
Used
(E-1s)
IGE-III Islamabad
at PTCL Complex
S/T RWP
INT: 400
NAT:
500
INT: 183
NAT: 225
INT: 200
BeingatReplacedAXE-10
with TGW controlled
C4 NGN SoftSoft-switch
IGE-II Karachi
(TG-III) by existing
November
NAT:
Marston Road
Ericsson Sweden
1998
278
INT: 195
NAT:204
IGE-I Karachi Pak

Capital Exchange
Building.
INT: 320
NAT:42
0
INT: 142
NAT: 276
C & C 08 Huawei
China

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Capacit
y (E1s)
August
2002
Evolution of International Network

z
National and international Layer partly already

merged
C4 NGN is already carrying part of international

incoming traffic (100M minutes per month).
AXE 10 Switch is being replaced and its traffic will

be migrated to existing C4 NGN.
Complete migration to NGN Depends

international partner readiness toward NGN

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on
Migration from TDM to C4 NGN

VoIP Ratio
100%
90%
80%
70%
50% Traffic
Migration
60%
50%
HCTE Migration
30% Traffic
Migration
40%
30%
20%
15% Traffic
Migration
DTE Migration
10%
Year
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2012
With increased C5 NGN penetration, transit layer will gradually reduce.

C4 NGN plan will be re-visited every year to see how C5 NGN plan is
progressing
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Master Plan
C5 Local Network
Master Plan for Local Access
C5 Master plan
10% NGN penetration by end of 2008
z New Expansion
325 K (IP/NGN) using FTTC/ONU
z
TDM Migration
400 K (IP/NGN) Replacement using MSAN
30% NGN penetration in 2009-10

z New Expansion
360K (IP/NGN)
z
TDM Migration
2 M (IP/NGN)
50% penetration by 2011.
Need continuous review from Operation & Commercial

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Master Plan
OFAN
z
z
z
z
Provide 542 K pots and 100K BB lines in 13 Majors cities through

Optical Fiber Access Network
Zones
Lines
Vendors
ONU
North
Center
South
93000
245000
203500
ZTE
ZTE
Huawei
241
616
612
Currently POTs traffic is back hauled via V5.2 over TDM switches
In future, POTs traffic will be back hauled on C5 NGN
Similarly, VoBB traffic will also be homed to C5 soft-switches.
Triple Play
z
z
z
To provide voice, data and IP TV services over single telephone

line using DSL technology
Scope includes 166K DSL lines (66K lines on pure copper and
100K lines on OFAN + Copper) in 13 major cities
Applications includes Voice, high speed internet and 100 IPTV
channels
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PTCL Confidential 2007
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Target C5 NGN network
The C5 NGN network will comprise of following building

blocks catering 4 M lines.
z
One pair of SHLR containing sub database
8 Pairs of Soft-switches for 4 M Lines

3 Pairs for Central Zone
3 Pairs for South Zone
2 Pairs for North Zone
Max capacity of Soft-switch is 500K ports/SS pair
240 MSANs sites acting as access gateways offering

both narrowband & broadband services.

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Target C5 NGN Network

Softswitch
21
AG
Heartbeat
13
- 4 M Line Ports
- 8 Pairs of SS
-
20
Max. 500K ports/SS pair
- Total
240 MSAN sites
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25
8
7
55
39
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Master plan for C5 Network
3
8

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PTCL Confidential 2007
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Target C-5 NGN Network

RTR
ITR
HTR
North
Softswitch
NTR
MSAN
NTR-2
SoftSwitch
2Pairs SoftSwitch
IP link
SoftSwitch
3Pairs
3 pairs
IP Network
WTR
CTR/GTR
STR-3
LTR
STR-2
Central
FTR
MTR

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STR-I
South
STR-II
C5 NGN Roadmap
Strategy
C5 NGN Migration Strategy
Migration in phased manner

Phase 0: Field Trail
Phase I: Replacement of NEC-AXE switches
Phase II:
z Consolidation of existing switching network
z NGN Cities (Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad)
Phase III:
z NGN in Remaining big cities

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Phase-I: Replace NEC-AXE switches

(2007-2008)
Replacement of 38 outlived exchanges:

16 NEAX61 exchanges with 111K sub lines
22 AXE10 exchanges with 301K sub lines
Other Components include:
Software Licenses for 140K OFAN lines.

Software Licenses for 45K SIP subscribers
20K ADSL2+ lines (5% of replacement lines)
New value added services ( NGN IN services )

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Phase-I: Replace NEC-AXE switches

Zone
TDM
Licenses
Licenses
Replacement lines
For OFAN lines
For SIP
North
45,724
32,400
10,000
Central-I
96,000
32,800
10,000
Central-II
270,336
36,000
15,000
South
40,000
10,000
Total
412,000
141,000
45,000
( Lahore )

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Why Replacement
Outlived exchanges (installed in 1992-93)
z
z
z
Tier-II vendor support not available

Few NEC exchanges working without standby
Spares already exhausted
Visibility on Centralized NOC not possible (No EMS)

No B&CC interface (On line billing not possible)
OPEX saving - Removal of two vendors from switching layer
Limited skilled staff for NEC & AXE VSS factor

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Project Deliverables
Project deliverables includes:

Four pairs of C5 Soft-switches
Media Gateways to connect with PSTN
MSAN to connect POTs, payphone & PABX lines at each exchange site
(NEC & AXE sites)
HSS (SHLR) for subscriber DB profiles
SBC for firewall between NGN & Public IP network
MRS & LI equipment
NGN-IN Application Servers
Element Management System with NBI to NOC & B&CC

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Project Timeline
Letter of Award (LOA) issued to Huawei Technologies on

February 8th 2008.
Project will be completed in about 7 months time from LOA.

Central Zone:
North Zone:
South Zone
200 days
180 days
165 days

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Phase-I : New NGN services
NGN value added services include:
IP Centrex
Web 800
Click to Dial & Click to Fax
CRBT
Unified Messaging
SHLR based services

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Phase-II: Network Consolidation

(2008-2010)
Network Consolidation
Support from switch vendors (Alcatel, Siemens ??)
Either pay $$$ for TDM upgrade or move towards NGN
z
z
z
Tech support & spares issue with existing software versions

NBI for NOC project
Call transfer facility for E10B
Reduce number of switches in order to simplify the network.

Reduce OPEX (power & footprint saving)
Network Consolidation in step by step manner

Step-1 Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad..
Step-2 Consolidation in other big cities
Step-3 Migration of 4 M subscribers

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Migration Roadmap C5 NGN

Network Consolidation in Lahore
and Karachi
Rest of PSTN LE
migration
Phase 3
Phase 2
NGN migration for 4 M
step-3
Phase 2
step-2
Phase 2
NGN migration in
big cities
step-1
Phase 1
2008
2009
2010
AXE and NEC LE
replacement
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2011
2012
2013
Phase-II
Implementation Strategy
ALI & ALIS Switch Wise

As on 29th Feb-2008
Sr. No.
Switch
ALI
EWSD
2851602
1997225
E10B
1974069
1348883
ZXJ-10
1103799
700521
AXE-10
300432
258523
NEAX-61E
97455
89472
6327357
4394624
Total

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ALIS
Three Major Cities

S.#
CITY
OFAN
Lines
Exchange
Lines
Total
Lines
Lahore
129K
581K
710K
(EWSD
&ZXJ10)
(EWSD
&ZXJ10)
Islamabad &
Rawalpindi
74K
271 K
(EWSD
&ZXJ10)
(EWSD
&ZXJ10)
Karachi
182K
1073 K
EWSD,E10B
&ZXJ10)
(EWSD,E10B
&ZXJ10)

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345K
1255K
TDM Lines in Lahore

S. #
Switch
Type
OFAN
Lines
Exchange
Lines
Remarks
EWSD
104K
374 K
478K
Partial Rep. ?
ZXJ10
25K
207 K
232K
Easy to make
these into
AGWs
E-10B
0.3 K
0.3K
Replace
581 K
710K
Total Lines
129K

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Total
Lines
TDM Lines in Karachi

S. #
Switch
Type
OFAN
Lines
Exchange
Lines
Total
Lines
Remarks
EWSD
29K
186 K
215K
Partial or full
E10B
110K
716 K
826K
Partial or full
ZXJ10
43K
171 K
214K
Partial
Total Lines
182K
1073 K

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1255K
TDM LINES IN Islamabad & Rawalpindi

S. #
Switch
Type
OFAN
Lines
Exchange
Lines
Remarks
EWSD
69K
188 K
257k
Partial Rep.
ZXJ10
5K
83 K
88k
Partial Rep
E-10B
Total Lines
74K
271 K

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Total
Lines
345k
What Strategy we shall follow ??
Exchange-wise (Selective sites)

PROS
z Only outdated & operationally problematic exchanges will be
replaced.
CONS
z Small islands of NGN without tangible benefits of NGN technology,
particularly for new services
City-wise
PROS
z Offer new services across the whole city
z Cannibalization of new equipment at other locations.
CONS
z Even recently deployed TDM switches (2003) will be replaced

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Strategy 1: EWSD & E10-B Exchanges (Proposal by Operation Wing)
Region
Karachi
MSU
ALI
RLU
ALI
OFAN
ALI
Total ALI
27672
27672
27672
470278
27672
27672
27672
89654
27672
27672
27672
91068
FTR
27672
27672
27672
175013
ITR
27672
27672
27672
141685
STR 2&3
Hyderabad
STR-1
Lahore
(N&S)

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Which City first for NGN ??
Lahore
AXE is already being replaced with C5 NGN.
ZXJ10 can be converted into IP based AGWs with H.248 back-haul to
Soft-switches
ONU based lines (125K) can be back-hauled to NGN soft-switches
30% of EWSD lines (DLUDs) can be converted into Access Gateways,
without needing MDF level migration.
Karachi
Almost no presence of C5 NGN (except Gulshan-e-Hadeed)
Large number of Alcatels E10B exchanges (close to 1 Mil. )
40% of E10B lines (CSN MM) can be converted to Access Gateways,
without needing MDF level migration.
More problems are being experienced in E10B.
ALU is more non-cooperative as compared to NSN.

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Phase-II: Network Consolidation
Impact on Metro, PIE and DWDM network

Recent expansion of PIE network do we need to further augment ?
Recent Metro expansion project would it cover requirements for
making NGN cities
With finalisation of sites, anticipated interface & BW requirement on
Metro & PIE network will be shared with stake-holders

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Packet Core Network

Dr. Mahboob Siddiqui

NGN is divided into four layers: access layer, transport layer,

NGN is the four-layer hierarchical network based on packet

Located at the control layer of NGN, Softswitch is the core control

The transmission and interchange of information streams (RTP)

between MGWs do not fall into the control of Softswitch. It is under

NGN Master Plan

NGN Master Plan

Impact on Metro, PIE & DWDM network

Evolution towards IMS

Dr. Mahboob Siddiqui

Why we need NGN

Key driving factors

Reduce operating cost

Increase broadband penetration & new NGN services

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Challenge: Making the Transformation

CAPEX required for

Source: Booz Allen Hamilton, 2006

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TDM Transit Network

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Pair of soft-switch with 20 Media Gateways (2400 E1s)

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Carry international incoming traffic (More than 100 M minutes