What is an NGN?

ITU-T Definition
> Packet-based network > Provide various services including Telecommunication Services > Use multiple broadband, QoS-enabled transport technologies > Service-related functions are independent from underlying transport-related technologies. > Offers unrestricted access by users to different service providers > Generalized mobility allow consistent and ubiquitous provision of services to users

A vision implied:
> V arious Services accessed from A N Y W H E R E using A N Y D E VIC E

Circuit-Switch vs. Softswitch

Circuit-Switched
P R O P R I E T A R Y

Soft-Switched
Services, Applications & Features (Management, Provisioning and Back Office) Open Protocols APIs

Services & Applications Call Control & Switching Transport Hardware

Softswitch Call Control Open Protocols APIs

Transport Hardware

Solutions come from a single vendor that supplied everything in one proprietary box: software, hardware and applications Customers were locked-in to their vendorno room for innovation, expensive to implement and maintain

Solutions can come from multiple vendors, at all levels who supply open standards-based products Customers are free to choose best-in-class products to build their network. Open standards enable innovation and reduce costs

Softswitch Architecture
Service & Application Plane Management Plane Application/Feature Server (SCP, Service Logic, LDAP Server)
Open APIs & Protocols (JAIN, Parlay, XML, SIP)

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Application Signaling (SIP)

IN/AIN

Call Control & Signaling Plane

SIP-T; H.323
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Call Agent, MGC, Softswitch, GK

Inter-Network Switch

Subscriber & Service Provisioning, Network Management, Operation Support, Billing Support

Signaling (MGCP, H.248, SIP)

Transport Plane Interworking Domain:

TG (MG), SG, Interworking Gateway

Media Server

IP Transport Domain:
IP Backbone, Routers, Switches, BGs QoS Mechanism (RSVP, Diffserve, MPLS...), MS (Bearer Portion)

TDM PSTN/SS7/ATM SS7; Networks IP

other VoIP Networks Non-IP Access Domain:

Wireline Access (AG, Access Proxies) Mobile Access (RAN AG) Broadband Access (IADs, MTAs)

Source: IPCC, TELKOM Standard

IP Phones (H.323, SIP, MGCP, ...), IP Terminals, IP PBX

Non-IP Terminals/ Mobile Networks

BW, Footprint and Power Efficiency

Why Softswitch based NGN ?

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Bandwidth Saving:
> 64 K compare to 8 kbps (ITU G.729)
Saving about 7/8 = 87,5 % Increasing level of network optimization

Footprint comparison for 36.000 line

> PSTN : SS = 13 racks : 1 rack > 171.60 : 13.20 (converting for cost comparison)

Power consumption
> PSTN : SS = 600 A : 24 A > 62.40 : 4.80 (converting for cost comparison)

Source: Softswitch: Architecture for VoIP, Frank Ohrtman, McGraw-Hill 2002

Technology Maturity
Softswitch Standard Support
> Some of Standard Bodies for NGN technology are :
ANSI, ETSI, ITU-T etc IETF, 3GPP, PARLAY, JAIN, IPCC, etc Forum: MPLS Forum, ATM Forum, xDSL Forum, etc
ALCATEL CISCO SIEMENS LUCENT NEC UT STARCOM SONUS SANTERA HUAWEI SAMSUNG NUERA NORTEL ZTE TKD

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Data Analysis
SIP, SIP-T, H.323, MEGACO, MGCP, sigtran SIP, SIP-T, H.323, MEGACO, MGCP, sigtran SIP, SIP-T, MEGACO, MGCP, H. 323 MEGACO, MGCP, H.323, SIP, sigtran, MEGACO, MGCP, H.323, SIP, sigtran, H.248,MGCP,H323,SIP,SIP-T, sigtran SIP, H. 323, BICC, MEGACO, MGCP SIP, H. 323, BICC, MEGACO, MGCP SIP, SIP-T, H.323, MGCP, MEGACO, sigtran SIP, H.323, MGCP, MEGACO, sigtran, SIP, H.323, MGCP SIP, SIP-T, H.323, MCP, MEGACO, sigtran SIP, H.323, MGCP, MEGACO H.323, MGCP, sigtran

> NGN Standard by ETSI :

Architecture ETSI TIPHON (Telecommunication and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Network) Protocol ETSI SPAN (Services and Protocols for Advanced Network) API (Application Programming Interface) Services ETSI SPAN, 3GPP (3rd Generation Project Partnership).

> ITU Project according to NGN NGN 2004 Project which has main target to prepare recommendation, guidance, and standardization of NGN based on GII (Global Information Infrastructure) concept > TELKOMs standard
Softswith Standard System Technical Spec: Trunk Gateway, Signaling Gateway Most of Vendors support All of TELKOMs standard

Source: RFI 14 Vendors

Technology Maturity
ALCATEL

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Data Analysis

Vendors Perspective
> Most of Vendors support full system solution:
Application Server Softswitch Trunk Gateway Signaling Gateway Access Gateway

Application Server, Softswitch, Trunk Gateway, Signalling gateway, Access Gateway CISCO Application Server, Softswitch(Xener), Trunk Gateway, Signalling gateway, Access Gateway SIEMENS Application Server, Softswitch, Trunk Gateway, Signalling gateway, Access Gateway LUCENT Application Server, Softswitch, Trunk Gateway, Signalling gateway, Access Gateway NEC Application Server, Softswitch, Trunk Gateway, Signalling gateway, Access Gateway UT STARCOM Application Server, Softswitch, Trunk Gateway, Signalling gateway, Access Gateway SONUS Application Server, Softswitch, Trunk Gateway, Signalling gateway, Access Gateway SANTERA Application Server, Softswitch, Trunk Gateway, Signalling gateway, Access Gateway HUAWEI Application Server, Softswitch, Trunk Gateway, Signalling gateway, Access Gateway SAMSUNG Application Server, Softswitch, Trunk Gateway, Signalling gateway, Access Gateway NUERA Application Server, Softswitch, Trunk Gateway, Signalling gateway, Access Gateway NORTEL Application Server, Softswitch, Trunk Gateway, Signalling gateway, Access Gateway ZTE Application Server, Softswitch, Trunk Gateway, Signalling gateway, Access Gateway TKD Softswitch Application Server, Trunk Gateway(Audio Code), Signalling gateway, Access Gateway (AudioCode)

Source: RFI 14 Vendors

Technology Maturity
Operators Perspective (some of them)
> Fixed Network Forum
ALCATEL

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Data Analysis
China, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand Lab. Trial TELKOM Indonesia 33 countries, commercial project : 33, Surpass Trial : 19 Contracts : China Unicom, Tiscali (France, Spain), BT ignite, NTT China USA, Japan, Mexico USA, China, Germany China, Hongkong, Malaysia, Brunei Korea KT (Commercial 2004) Comcast, Cox, USA, USA, China, Brazil , Hongkong, UK, Germany, Spanyol, Itali China Railcom

Most of the members are in the learning CISCO SIEMENS process and trial (lab and field), except SINGTEL for class-4 commercially and class-5 LUCENT trial (non commercial)

> Other Players in The Region

Atlas One (Malaysia):
Start SS class-5 with VoAAL2 implementation and currently in the midst of implementing VoIP on SIP access protocol.

China NetComm, Aug. 2001, Softswitch field trial in Ningbo China Telecom, Dec. 2001, Next Generation ZTE Network Trial Project China RailCom, 2001, Softswitch Trial Project. Bharti, 2003, NGN Softswitch

NEC UT STARCOM SONUS SANTERA HUAWEI SAMSUNG NUERA NORTEL

Source: RFI 14 Vendors

Quality & Performance

Interworking to Existing Network mostly OK (source: Fixed Network Forum)
> Softswitch inter working to PSTN should be no problem since CCS7 has been relatively stable > OSS should be no problem by using the existing communication scheme. > Transmission cost is challenged to decrease due to compression > Common access and transport layers for all future services are required
xDSL, HFC, wireless, SDH/DWDM that support multi interface protocol (IP/Ethernet, TDM, ATM, etc)

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Data Analysis

IP Backbone should be managed (source: Fixed Network Forum)

> IP/packet Backbone for transport efficiency > MPLS implementation for better traffic engineering, real time services and extra VPN services to the customer

Vendor Services
All vendors provide telephony services that offer PSTN-like services Most of them fulfill with basic feature needed by Telkom. All vendors provide enhanced services with variation of types Most vendor support protocol MGCP, MEGACO, SIP and H.323

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Data Analysis

Source: RFI 14 Vendors

Next Plan: Research on IP RAN

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