IP RAN

2G, 3G & LTE

Muhamad Yopan
CCIE#38903
Ericsson Indonesia

100NGN Workshop
June 17-19, 2013

Traditional telecommunication
network

A dedicated infrastructure is required to

support different services

IP Convergence
IP convergence refers to the capability of the Internet to act as a
single foundation for various functions that traditionally had their
own platforms.

2G & 3G Architecture
RAN

What is IP RAN

IP RAN is a reference solution

IP RAN

Synch
srv

IP RAN
OSS-RC

2G
BSC

3G
SIU/TCU

MBH

IPSec
Switch site
router

LTE

MBH

cell site

CPG / MME
RNC

MPBN

MPBN

switch site

A reference for how to connect cell site and switch site:

Physical and logical connectivity

HW recommendations
Redundancy
2G/3G/LTE/Wifi co-location
Quality of Service
Synchronization
Security
IP Addressing
Management

IP RAN Design Goals

The IP RAN solution abstracts away the diverse transport networks
-Multiple technologies and providers but one network view for the RAN applications

Provides a unified set of services to the RAN applications

-Synch, QoS handling, SLA monitoring, security, ...

Utilizes simple, cost efficient transport services

Enables multiple transports to cell site
- Different transports for different traffic types with different requirements (QoS vs. Availability)

Dual transport redundancy

IP RAN solution is aligned with

mbh and Mpbn
BSC

CGW

MSS

2G
IP site
Infrastructure

3G

LTE

IP RAN

IP RAN

HRAN, METRO

LRAN, Access

MBH

MBH
Multivendor

RNC

MM
E

CGW

MPBN
MPBN
For Mobile Core

Mobile Transport
The IP RAN solution is fully aligned with the
Mobile Backhaul and the MPBN solutions
Together they form Mobile Transport, and provides end-to-end
transport services.

IP RAN Engineering Aspect

IP RAN Network Design Approach

Requirement
Specification

Solution Design
Specification

Network
Acceptance

Detailed Design
Specification
L3 Routing
L2 Switching

Addressing

Traffic Modeling

Node & Interface

Dimensioning
Protection &
Redundancy

Build

Build

Traffic Separation
Topology
Quality of Service
setting
Security

Start-up &
Info Gathering

Solution
Design

Integration

Tunneling &
Firewalling

Detailed
Design

Conclusion

Competencies required
Mobile broadband

IP
Basic
- IP Addressing
- VLAN
- Static routing
- Dynamic routing (OSPF, IS-IS)
- STP (MSTP, PVST, RSTP)
- VRRP, HSRP
- QOS
- BFD

Optional:
- IP MPLS
- VPN L2/L3
- MPLS TP
- Tunneling
- Metro E
- IP SLA

- 2G Architecture
- 3G Architecture
- Product Knowledge

Synchronization in IP
RAN

IP RAN recommends the SoIP

solution
SoIP is independent on what transport network is
used as long as it provides IP connectivity and the
right characteristics
Based on standard NTP and/or 1588v2
Same transport network requirements, same sync
algorithm

SoIP server integrated in the RNC boards

SoIP over NTP only supported

Standalone SoIP server required for 1588v2

SoIP client in SIU, TCU 02 and RBSes
1588v2 currently only supported by the SIU/TCU 02

Proven in live customer networks

FREQUENCY SYNCRONIZATION
USING SIU/TCU

FREQUENCY SYNCRONIZATION
WITHOUT SIU/TCU

SECURITY

RAN security challenges

User plane traffic:

GSM: Abis is not encrypted from BSC to RBS
WCDMA: Iub frames are encrypted (3GPP standard) from RNC to UE
LTE: Can be natively protected using IPSec

Control plane traffic:Is un-encrypted for GSM, WCDMA and LTE.

Can be protected using IPSec for GSM and LTE
Can be protected using external IPSec equipment for WCDMA

O&M traffic:
Is protected on application level using SSL for both GSM, WCDMA and LTE
(Ericsson solution)
IPsec is supported for LTE O&M and can be activated if needed, to get an extra
level of security

Highest priority is to protect BSC/RNC site and OSS from external intrusion.

IPSec in LTE

eNodeB supports IPSec (currently for IPv4 only) to protect traffic

Tunnel mode
Encryption and integrity (ESP) according to 3GPP
Anti-replay protection
3DES and AES encryption
MD5 and SHA-1 integrity

Certificates based IKEv2 key handling

Separate tunnels for UP/CP/Synch and O&M.

One IPsec tunnel for UP/CP and Synch, and one for O&M. (O&M is also
SSL-protected inside the IPsec tunnel).
Redundant tunnels monitored using Dead Peer Detection

Auto integration also supports IPSec

Using IKEv2 Configuration Payload

QUALITY OF
SERVICE

BEHAVIOR OF FLOWS

QOS PRIORITY HANDLING

IP RAN solution provides

recommendations for:
Traffic classification
Prioritization
Scheduling
Link dimensioning (including for
adaptive modulation)

The solution resolves RAN

congestion in a controlled and
predictable way
Common QoS recommendations
apply for
GSM/CDMA/WCDMA/LTE

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The transformation