Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

Document number: Document issue: Document status: Date: UMT/PLM/INF/004862 V01.08/EN Standard May 29th, 2006

Copyright 2006 Nortel, All Rights Reserved Printed in France NORTEL CONFIDENTIAL: The information contained in this document is the property of Nortel. Except as specifically authorized in writing by Nortel, the holder of this document shall keep the information contained herein confidential and shall protect same in whole or in part from disclosure and dissemination to third parties and use same for evaluation, operation and maintenance purposes only. The content of this document is provided for information purposes only and is subject to modification. It does not constitute any representation or warranty from Nortel as to the content or accuracy of the information contained herein, including but not limited to the suitability and performances of the product or its intended application. The following are trademarks of Nortel: *NORTEL, the NORTEL corporate logo, the NORTEL Globemark, UNIFIED NETWORKS. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. Nortel assumes no responsibility for errors that might appear in this document. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

PUBLICATION HISTORY
21/OCT/2002
Issue 01.01 / EN. Creation of Document (previously called V01)

08/NOV/2002
Issue 01.02 / EN. Approved version for account distribution after internal review. (Previously called V02)

19/NOV/2002
Issue 01.03 / EN. Editorial and minor changes.

29/AUG/2003
Issue 01.04 / EN. Editorial and minor changes. Additional details provided on UA02 capacity validation and RNC 2500. Change to Video Telephony AF.

12/JAN/2004
Issue 01.05 / EN. Revised UA03 capacity. Incorporated new connectivity options.

9/JULY/2004
Issue 01.06 / EN. UA04 capacity baseline. Introduce Nortel UMTS RNC 1500, Enhanced RNC 2500 Market Models, Minor Corrections.

20/May/2005
Issue 01.07 / EN. UA04.1 capacity baseline. Capacity improvements, Introduce Nortel UMTS RNC 1500 Multi-shelf, Mixed capacity Profile, Minor Corrections.

07/Nov/2005
Issue 01.07b / EN. UA04.1 capacity baseline. RNC 2500 in UA05.

06/Feb/2006
Issue 01.08 / EN. UA04.2 capacity baseline.

29th/May/2006
Issue 01.08b / EN. UA04.2 capacity baseline. Update to reflect UA05 PoR. Minor corrections.

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 3/23

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

CONTENTS
TABLES ................................................................................................................................................5 1. INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................................6 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 2. OBJECTIVE ............................................................................................................................6 SCOPE OF THIS DOCUMENT .....................................................................................................6 RNC 1500 OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................7

ASSUMPTIONS AND METRICS.................................................................................................8 2.1. 2.2.

CALL PROFILE ASSUMPTIONS ..................................................................................................8

METRICS .............................................................................................................................10 Traffic Metrics .............................................................................................................11 Coverage Metrics........................................................................................................11 Connectivity Metrics....................................................................................................11

2.2.1 2.2.2 2.2.3 3.

CAPACITY PER SOFTWARE RELEASE .................................................................................12 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. UA04.0 CAPACITY ................................................................................................................12 UA04.1 CAPACITY ................................................................................................................13 UA04.2 CAPACITY ................................................................................................................13 UA04.2 RNC release BorDEr limits.............................................................................14

3.3.1 4.

RNC PHYSICAL CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS ...........................................................................16 4.1. RNC CONNECTIVITY BY UA RELEASE ....................................................................................17

5. 6. 7.

RNC SCALABILITY ..................................................................................................................18 UA04.2 FEATURES IMPACT....................................................................................................20 RNC CAPACITY EVOLUTION..................................................................................................21 7.1. RNC 1500 AND 2500 CAPACITY ...........................................................................................21

ABBREVIATIONS ...............................................................................................................................23

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 4/23

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

TABLES
Table 1: Traffic parameters per Uni-service .......................................................................................... 8 Table 2 Traffic parameters for RNC service-mix profile ........................................................................ 9 Table 3 Traffic parameters for RNC service-mix profile Cont. from Table 2 ....................................... 9 Table 4 Signalling parameters Common to all call profiles............................................................... 10 Table 5 Signalling parameters RNC service-mix profile only........................................................... 10 Table 6: RNC 1000 Capacity with UA04 software.............................................................................. 12 Table 7: RNC 1000 and 1500 Capacity with UA04.1 software ........................................................... 13 Table 8: RNC 1000 and 1500 Capacity with UA04.2 software ........................................................... 14 Table 9 RNC PCM Connectivity Options for All Market regions except North America ....................... 16 Table 10 RNC MSS PoC Connectivity Options for All Market regions except North America ............. 16 Table 11 Connectivity Options for North American Market Regions ................................................... 16 Table 12: Summary of RNC 1000 Scalability ...................................................................................... 18 Table 13: Summary of RNC 1500 Scalability ...................................................................................... 18 Table 14 RNC 1000 and 1500 Optional Features Capacity Impacts ................................................... 20 Table 15: Summary of RNC 2500 Capacity per configuration............................................................. 22

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 5/23

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

1.
1.1.

INTRODUCTION
OBJECTIVE
Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap provides product capacity commitments on a per release basis, based on a set of capacity metrics for Nortel defined Speech, Mobile Office Internet (i.e. PS 64/128 I/B), an R99 service-mix and HSDPA servicemix capacity profiles only. Capacity figures for the other service profiles are provided for example purposes only and are subject to change. A capacity commitments validation report is available for every UMTS Access release comparing the RNC capacity commitments with the actual measured capacity. The UA04.2 validation report is available now and shows that Nortel RNC meets capacity commitments. Nortel uses the following criteria to formulate the capacity commitment of the RNC 1000 & 1500: Scenarios must be verifiable either in a lab or in the field Capacity metrics chosen based on their suitability for network engineering

The Capacity Commitments Validation report provides the following benefits: Full and Comprehensive visibility of RNC capacity: The test report gives a comprehensive view of Nortels RNC capacity in loaded conditions for a given release. A transparent commitment from Nortel: The capacity committed is directly comparable to the actual measured capacity in Nortels labs. This ensures that Operators can hold Nortel accountable for the capacity we commit to on the RNC. Continuity of capacity commitment: Each release of the capacity test report will contain the same capacity metrics, guaranteed to be verified in identical conditions and formatted to allow simple comparisons against capacity commitments for this release and results from previous release(s). Capacity Achievements in live networks Each release Nortel will share the major capacity achievements obtained in live network deployments.

1.2.

SCOPE OF THIS DOCUMENT

Nortel RNC Capacity Roadmap provides RNC product capacity commitments on a per release basis. The baseline release for this document is UA04.2 release. This document describes the assumptions and environment under which the Nortel RNC achieves a specific capacity. It also highlights which tests will be executed to ensure that capacity commitments are achieved once the relevant software release is available.

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 6/23

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

1.3.

RNC 1500 OVERVIEW

The RNC 1500 is based on the Multi-Service Switch (MSS) platform and is available from UA04.1. The RNC 1500 is functionally equivalent to the RNC 1000 i.e. same feature content, capacity, performance and reliability; but occupies 50% less cabinet space than the RNC 1000 SDH & SONET models. The RNC 1000 will be manufactured discontinued in June 2006.

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 7/23

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

2.
2.1.

ASSUMPTIONS AND METRICS

CALL PROFILE ASSUMPTIONS
Nortel are introducing an RNC service-mix profile to provide a view of RNC capacity with a mix of different CS and PS services. In particular, the RNC service-mix profile is designed to stimulate current and future RRM features, which can be verified in Nortels test environment. It is not intended to model real network call profiles that evolve continuously over time. The RNC service-mix profile definition will remain stable release over release for comparison purposes, like the Speech and Mobile Office Internet Uni-service profiles. In UA04.2, Nortel provides a commitment and issues a capacity validation report for the RNC R99 and HSDPA service-mix profiles also. In both call profiles the PS services are the same, but an HSDPA bearer is used instead of dedicated RB in the downlink. Nortel RNC capacity commitments are based on a set of call profile assumptions per service. Call profiles are described by traffic parameters per service and service independent signalling parameters. However, in order to trigger different RRM features additional signalling parameters are defined for the RNC service-mix profile. The following tables describe the Uni-service and RNC service-mix profile assumptions:
Uni-Service Call Profile assumptions Traffic parameters Downlink Activity Factor 50% 100% 50% 50% 90% 90% 50% Uplink Activity Factor 50% 100% 5% 10% 20% 10% 10% Mean Call duration (second) 90 180 85 75 200 220 75 Mobile Terminated Calls 44% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

RAB CS Conv. 12,2 AMR CS Conv. 64 PS I/B 64/64 PS I/B 64/128 PS I/B 64/128 PS I/B 64/64 PS I/B 64/384

BHCA 1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Typical Service Speech Video Telephony Basic browsing Mobile office Internet Video streaming Audio streaming Mobile office Premium

Table 1: Traffic parameters per Uni-service Table 1 Notes: Each service assumes that 100% of the traffic is generated using only this service. Note that in reality, there will be a mixture of services. BHCA per attached Subscriber is 1 for speech, the same as the NUSCM. However, NUSCM considers a low BHCA for each data service (CS or PS) since all services are running in parallel in a service-mix profile. In the Uniservice profiles, data services are run in isolation. Therefore, BHCA for each data service has been set to 0.3 in order to make each all data scenario significant and comparable.

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 8/23

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

RNC Service-mix Call Profile assumptions Traffic parameters Downlink Activity Factor 50% 100% 40% R99 2.4% HS 30% R99 3.8% HS 20% R99 7.5% HS 50% Uplink Activity Factor 50% 100% 10% 10% 10% 50% Session duration (second) 90 240 232 90 100 120 Iu Conn. Duration (second) 90 240 272 130 140 120

RAB CS Conv. 12,2 AMR CS Conv. 64 PS I/B 64/64 PS I/B 64/128 PS I/B 64/384 CS Conv. 12,2 AMR

BHCA 1 0.11 0.43 0.43 0.29 0.002

Typical Service Speech Video Telephony Basic browsing Mobile office Internet Mobile office Premium Emergency Calls

Table 2 Traffic parameters for RNC service-mix profile Table 2 Specific Notes: Session Duration is the time from the first to last user packet transmission. Iu connection duration time = Session duration + AlwaysOn TimerT1 (downsize timer) + AlwaysOn TimerT2 (Iu release timer). PS I/B calls are assumed to end due to T2 timeout and RNC initiated release. HSDPA RNC service-mix profile uses HSDPA in the Downlink for PS services, rather than R99 dedicated bearers. e.g. R99 PS I/B 64/64 is HSDPA PS I/B 64/HSDPA. Note as HSDPA bearers have higher peak rates than R99 DCH bearers, the AFs for HSDPA are different (in DL only). HSDPA AFs are denoted as HS in Table 2. Corrected session duration error (250s to 240s) for CS Conv. 64Kbps RAB.
RNC Service-mix Call Profile assumptions Traffic parameters Cont. #Pauses / Pause Mobile Bad Radio Compressed Terminating Duration Events per Mode Calls (second) session Typical Service 10% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 44% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0 0 4/38s 4/5s 2/15s 0 0 0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0 Speech Video Telephony Basic browsing Mobile office Internet Mobile office Premium Emergency Calls

RAB CS Conv. 64 PS I/B 64/64 PS I/B 64/128 PS I/B 64/384

CS Conv. 12,2 AMR

CS Conv. 12,2 AMR

Table 3 Traffic parameters for RNC service-mix profile Cont. from Table 2 Table 3 Specific Notes: Compressed mode represents the % of 3G calls per busy hour that terminate with a Hard Handover to 2G. Number of pauses per session and the average pause duration simulates long intra session periods of inactivity in data applications. These pauses may result in a change to/from the downsized/nominal state.

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 9/23

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

Call Profile assumptions (common to all services) Signalling parameters

Parameter IMSI attach IMSI detach Location Area Update Routing Area Update % attached subscribers Macro Diversity (R99 only)

Value 0.17 (CS) 0.27 (PS) 0.14 (CS) 0.08 (PS) 1.25 (CS) 0.65 (PS) 70% (CS) 80% (PS) 1.3 0.1 6 0.75 1.5 1 10%

Comments Per attached subscriber during busy hour Per attached subscriber during busy hour This includes UE and network initiated Per attached subscriber during busy hour Per attached subscriber during busy hour Percentage of reference subscribers attached to the network Average Sector per User in Cell DCH state Active Set Update rate. This means 1 radio link addition OR one radio link deletion every 10 seconds UMTS Cells per RRC Measurement Report MR/sec per subscriber in cell-DCH state CN paging request repetition factor UTRAN Paging repetition factor (means 1 transmission) Due to Block Error Rate

RRC Measurements Paging Repetition RLC Retransmission

Table 4 Signalling parameters Common to all call profiles.

Call Profile assumptions (common to all services) Signalling parameters

Parameter Value Comments Cell Update (R99 only) 0.03 (PS) Per second in Cell FACH state NBAP MR rate (R99 1 Dedicated MR per iRM upgrade Only) Compressed Mode Cells 6+6 UMTS+GSM per RRC MR iRM scheduling events Assume 10% of PS sessions experience bad (R99 only) Radio conditions once per session PS Session termination RNC always terminates due to T2 Always-On time-out

Table 5 Signalling parameters RNC service-mix profile only The assumptions proposed in these tables are realistic assumptions based on Nortels extensive field experience in live GSM, CDMA and IP networks: The signalling parameter values are taken from Nortel UMTS Standard Call Model (NUSCM), which is an average of the call profiles observed or anticipated on various networks. All traffic and signalling values are for attached subscribers. These signalling parameters apply to both R99 and HSDPA mixed profiles, unless stated otherwise e.g. Macro diversity (in DL) does not apply to HSDPA PS services.

2.2.

METRICS
The RNC capacity is defined in three dimensions: traffic coverage connectivity

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 10/23

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

These dimensions are independent, thus the RNC capacity is determined by the most constraining limit. Nortel uses the following Metrics to quantify the capacity of the RNC:

2.2.1 TRAFFIC METRICS

Iu Mbit/s UL+DL at application layer o This metric is defined as the sum of UL and DL traffic on Iu-CS and Iu-PS interfaces, at the application layer. Iu Mbit/s UL+DL at physical layer o This metric is defined as the sum of UL and DL traffic on Iu-CS and Iu-PS interfaces, at the physical layer. This figure is always greater than the application layer throughput. Reference Subscriber o This metric is the total number of subscribers located under the coverage of that RNC. Simultaneous TRB subscribers (or Erlangs for CS domain) o This metric represents the amount of simultaneous subscribers with a Traffic Radio Bearer assigned. Note that in case of CS Services, this is equivalent to the Erlang metric.

2.2.2 COVERAGE METRICS

Number of Node B o This is the number of Node Bs that can be under a single serving RNC. Number of Cells o This is the number of cells that one serving RNC can support. A cell is defined as one carrier in one sector; for instance, a S222 contains 6 cells.

2.2.3 CONNECTIVITY METRICS

Number of E1/DS1 o This is the number of E1/DS1 links that the RNC can terminate. Number of STM1/OC3 o This is the number of STM1 or OC3 links that the RNC can terminate.

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 11/23

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

3.

CAPACITY PER SOFTWARE RELEASE

This section provides the capacity per UMTS Access (UA) software release. These capacity commitments are based on: A maximum RNC Configuration i.e. o o RNC 1000: 14 TMU-Rs and 12 Packet Servers RNC 1500: 12 Packet Servers

Apply to all physical RNC connectivity options e.g. E1, STM1, OC3 Capacity commitments, shaded in green are for Speech and Mobile office internet (PS 64/128 I/B RB) service profiles only for UA04.1 and prior releases. From UA04.2, Nortel also supports capacity commitments for an RNC R99 and HSDPA service-mix profiles. Capacity figures for the other service profiles are provided as examples. These are not commitments from Nortel and are subject to change.

3.1.

UA04.0 CAPACITY
The capacity commitments for Nortel UMTS RNC 1000 for UA04.0 release are provided in Table 6.
Service & Bearer Iu Mbit/s Applicati on Layer 49 170 85 140 240 200 225 Capacity of RNC 1000 Iu Mbit/s Physical Layer 83 205 105 170 300 240 270 Reference Subscribers 220 000 130 000 400 000 400 000 140 000 210 000 230 000 Simultaneous TRB subscribers 3900 1300 2200 2000 1900 3100 1100

RAB CS Conv.12,2AMR CS Conv. 64 PS I/B 64/64 PS I/B 64/128 PS I/B 64/128 PS I/B 64/64 PS I/B 64/384

Typical Service Speech Video Telephony Basic browsing Mobile office Internet Video streaming Audio streaming Mobile office Premium

Table 6: RNC 1000 Capacity with UA04 software Notes: These are the capacity figures for RNC 1000 UA04.0 General Availability (GA). Capacity commitments of Speech and Mobile Office profiles are unchanged.

UA04.0 Capacity Validation notes: The capacity figures in green coloured cells have been measured during capacity tests and included in the UA04.0 capacity commitments validation report. RNC capacity validation improvements : o Increased call model coverage i.e. new signalling procedures implemented.
V01.08/EN Standard Page 12/23

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

o o Model more closely reflects typical Node B deployment Improved accuracy in the U-plane traffic generation.

3.2.

UA04.1 CAPACITY
The capacity commitments for UA04.1 release are provided in Table 7.
Service & Bearer Capacity of RNC 1500 & RNC 1000 Iu Mbit/s Applicati on Layer 49 160 100 176 240 200 225 Iu Mbit/s Physical Layer 83 190 130 217 300 240 270 Reference Subscribers 220 000 120 000 470 000 500 000 140 000 210 000 230 000 Simultaneous TRB subscribers 3900 1200 2700 2500 1900 3100 1100

RAB CS Conv.12,2AMR CS Conv. 64 PS I/B 64/64 PS I/B 64/128 PS I/B 64/128 PS I/B 64/64 PS I/B 64/384

Typical Service Speech Video Telephony Basic browsing Mobile office Internet Video streaming Audio streaming Mobile office Premium

Table 7: RNC 1000 and 1500 Capacity with UA04.1 software Notes: These are the capacity figures for UA04.1 General Availability (GA). RNC 1500 was introduced in UA04.1. Capacity commitment for the Mobile Office profile was increased in UA04.1 i.e. new commitment is 176 vs original 140 Mbps. Capacity commitment of Speech profile is unchanged at 3900 Erlangs. RNC service-mix profile is a capacity commitment from UA04.2.

UA04.1 Capacity Validation notes: The capacity figures in green coloured cells have been measured during capacity tests and included in the UA04.1 capacity commitments validation report, which is available.

3.3.

UA04.2 CAPACITY
The capacity commitments for UA04.2 release are provided in Table 8.

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 13/23

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

Service & Bearer Iu Mbit/s Applica tion Layer 49 140 110 176 220 130 220 88 88

Capacity of RNC 1500 & RNC 1000 Iu Mbit/s Physical Layer 83 180 130 217 270 160 260 120 120 Reference Simultaneous TRB subscribers 3900 1100 3000 2500 1700 2100 1100 2500 2500

RAB CS Conv.12,2AMR CS Conv. 64 PS I/B 64/64 PS I/B 64/128 PS I/B 64/128 PS I/B 64/64 PS I/B 64/384 R99 RABs R99 & HSDPA RABs

Typical Service Speech Video Telephony Basic browsing Mobile office Internet Video streaming Audio streaming Mobile office Premium R99 Service-mix HSDPA Service-mix

Subscribers 225 000 100 000 530 000 500 000 130 000 140 000 220 000 49 000 49 000

Table 8: RNC 1000 and 1500 Capacity with UA04.2 software Notes: These are the capacity figures for UA04.2 General Availability (GA). RNC HSDPA and R99 service-mix profiles are capacity commitments from UA04.2.

UA04.2 Capacity Validation notes: The capacity figures in green coloured cells have been measured during capacity tests and included in the UA04.2 capacity commitments validation report, which is now available.

3.3.1 UA04.2 RNC RELEASE BORDER LIMITS

Border limits define the maximum operating range of the RNC for a given release i.e. the maximum capacity figures that cannot be exceeded irrespective of call profile. The following border limits exist on the RNC: 310Mbps Iu DL throughput on the current 16pOC3/STM1 (PQC based) Card. o A new version of the 16pOC3/STM1 (MS3 based) is being introduced in UA05 that supports line rate (upto 2.5Gbps) IP forwarding. Nortel are increasing this border limit from 220Mbps to 310Mbps and aligns with the MSS engineering recommended IP forwarding limit for this card.

A fully configured UA04.2 RNC 1000 and 1500 can support a maximum of 9600 (UA04.1 = 7200) RRC contexts. The following is a breakdown of the different RRC contexts pools: o o o Max number of CS RRC contexts: 6048 (UA04.1 = 4320) Max number of PS RRC contexts: 8640 (UA04.1 = 3600) Max number of UE RRC contexts: 9600 (UA04.1 = 4620)

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 14/23

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

o Max number of FACH RRC contexts: 6720 (UA04.1 = 2400)

In UA05.0, Nortel plan to introduce CELL_PCH and URA_PCH RRC context states. Nortel plan to support o o Max number of CELL_PCH RRC contexts: 7020 Max number of total CELL_PCH and URA_PCH RRC contexts: 32,040. Max number of FACH RRC contexts: 7020 (UA04.2 = 6720). All other UA04.2 RRC context pools remain unchanged.

o o

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 15/23

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

4.

RNC PHYSICAL CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS

The RNC is based on the industry leading MSS Platform. The MSS portfolio supports numerous different interface options, not all of which are applicable to a UTRAN system. Nortel adds new connectivity options to our RNC product every release. This section provides the capacity in terms of links & ports for each available connectivity option. Each connectivity option supports the same processing capacity in terms of Erlangs, Subscribers, and Mbps etc. as per section 3.
Connectivity Option Single Slot/ Double Slot Optical/ Electrical Max. RNC Configuration MSS7K (if required) RNC Connectivity Capacity E1s STM1 w/o IMA 210 (30 * 7 FP) IMA Upto UA04.1 154 (22 * 7 FP) from UA04.2 196 (28 * 7 FP) Upto UA04.1 154 (22 * 7 FP) UA04.2 196 (28 * 7 FP) 8+8 (RNC 1000) 9+9 (RNC 1500) Interface Availability

Interface

Variant

# ports

# FPs

MSA32

DS

32

Electrical

6+1

7K

UA01

E1 MSA32 SS 32 Electrical 6+1 7K 210 (30 * 7 FP)

8+8 (RNC 1000) 9+9 (RNC 1500)

avail 2005

Clear Channel STM1 Channelized

SS

16

Optical

1+1

None

In SDH config 15+15 (RNC 1000) 16+16 (RNC 1500)

UA01

DS

Electrical

2+2

7K

228

252

8+8 (RNC 1000) 9+9 (RNC 1500)

UA04.1

Table 9 RNC PCM Connectivity Options for All Market regions except NA
Connectivity Option Single Slot/ Double Slot Optical/ Electrical Max. RNC Configuration PoC (if required) RNC Connectivity Capacity E1s STM1 w/o IMA 210 (30 * 7 FP) IMA Upto UA04.0 154 (22 * 7 FP) from UA04.1 196 (28 * 7 FP) 8+8 (RNC 1000) 9+9 (RNC 1500) Interface Availability

Interface

Variant

# ports

# FPs

MSA32

DS

32

Electrical

6+1

7K

UA01

E1 MSA32 SS 32 Electrical 9+2 7K From UA04.1 330 (30 * 11 FP) From UA04.1 308 (28 * 11 FP) 8+8 (RNC 1000) 9+9 (RNC 1500) avail 2005

Clear Channel

SS

16

Optical

1+1

None

In SDH config 15+15 (RNC 1000) 16+16 (RNC 1500) 24+24

UA01 PCR 5.2 (Min)

Clear Channel STM1 Channelized

SS

Optical

6+6

15K

DS

Electrical

2+2

7K

228

252

8+8 (RNC 1000) 9+9 (RNC 1500) 8+8 (RNC 1000) 9+9 (RNC 1500)

UA04.1

Channelized

SS

Optical

5+5

7K

570

630

PCR 7.1 (min)

Table 10 RNC MSS PoC Connectivity Options for All Market regions except NA
Connectivity Option Single Slot/ Double Slot SS Optical/ Electrical Electrical Max. RNC Configuration PoC (if required) 15K RNC Connectivity Capacity DS1s OC3 w/o IMA 896 (112 * FP) _ IMA 896 (112 * FP) _ 8+8 (RNC 1000) 9+9 (RNC 1500) 15+15 (RNC 1000) 16+16 (RNC 1500) 64 (AN) UA03 Interface Availability

Interface

Variant

# ports

# FPs

DS3

Channelized

8+2 1+1 (RNC) 4 (PoC)

OC3

Clear Channel

SS

16

Optical

15K

UA01

Table 11 Connectivity Options for North American Market Regions

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 16/23

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

Notes The maximum number of interfaces a single connectivity option can support is provided. Nortels RNC is very scalable and allows for smaller configurations. Connectivity options are segregated, i.e. North America and all other regions. MSS7K can be deployed as part of the RNC 1500 PCM configuration or as a Point of Concentration in UA04.1 or UA04.2. In #FP column the redundancy scheme is provided e.g. 6+1 implies 6 active cards and 1 spare card. Max number of E1s with MSA32 card are for unspared MSS7K configurations

4.1.

RNC CONNECTIVITY BY UA RELEASE

The new connectivity options introduced in UA04.1 are o The single slot MSA32 card available from year end 2005 o This is the same card as the current double slot MSA32, but occupies a single card slot only.

The STM1 electrical Channelised card is a 2 port card and supports ATM and IMA services. RNC 1500 has an additional port over RNC 1000 because a port is no longer required for the CNode platform. Support for a 2pSTM1/OC3 card in the MSS7K PoC and Access Nodes; MSA32-STM1 card is being MDd in June 2006 as this will not be made RoHS compliant.

The new connectivity options that introduced in UA04.2 are o o o Support for 28E1s with IMA per MSA32 card on the RNC PCM configuration 2ptSTM1o ch card in the MSS7K PoC (min PCR 7.1 release) Support for Y-splitter functionality on the 16ptOC3/STM1 card, which enables equipment (not line) protection even though there is only a single fiber.

The new connectivity options planned for UA05 are o Nortel plan to MD the RNC 1500 PCM configuration from UA05 and only support PoCs.

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 17/23

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

5.

RNC SCALABILITY
In previous sections, Nortel RNC capacity was quoted based on the maximum configuration. However, Nortel RNC is a very scalable platform, and can be configured to meet different network capacity needs. Table 12 and Table 13 show the main dimensioning metrics for the RNC scalability models. The new connectivity options being introduced in UA04 and beyond will provide similar scalability.

RNC 1000 Market Models

UA Release Node B Cells Speech (RB CS Conv.12,2AMR) Erlangs or Simultaneous TRBs Mobile Office Internet (RB = PS I/B 64/128) Iu App. Throughput (Mbit/s) RNC R99 & HSDPA Service Mixed Profile Simultaneous TRBs
UA04.x S4-4-0 P4-4-3 80 360 PCM Only P6-6-5 120 600 S7-7-0 P9-7-5 140 720 S11-10-0 P12-10-7 200 1080 (S) 1200 (P) S14-12-0 P14-12-7 200 1200

980

1600

2000 (S) 2300 (P)

2900 (S) 3300 (P)

3900

UA04.0 UA04.x
(x= 1 or 2)

36 44

60 73

72 (S) 84 (P) 88 (S) 103 (P) 1250 (S) 1460 (P)

108 (S) 120 (P) 132 (S) 147 (P) 1880 (S) 2080 (P)

140 176

UA04.2

625

1040

2500

Table 12: Summary of RNC 1000 Scalability

RNC 1500 Market Models

1504 Node B Cells Speech (Erlangs) Mobile Office Internet Iu App. Throughput (Mbit/s) RNC R99 & HSDPA Service Mixed Profile Simultaneous TRBs
80 360 980 44

1506
120 600 1600 73

1507
140 720 2000 88

1510
200 1200 3300 147

1512
200 1200 3900 176

625

1040

1250

2080

2500

Table 13: Summary of RNC 1500 Scalability Notes: For more details about the definition of the metrics and assumptions used to compute these figures please refer to previous section 3 Capacity per software Release S refers to RNC SONET configuration in North America, whereas S refers to SDH for all other market regions. P stands for PCM in the table.

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 18/23

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

This notation only refers to RNC 1000. The RNC 1500 also supports SONET, SDH and PCM configurations but does not include this notation in the naming;

The available RNC 1500 Market Models are provided below. The model naming uses the last 2 digits (i.e. RNC 15XX) to refer to the number of Packet Servers. MSA32 cards are required for RNC 1500 PCM models only.

RNC 1500 Market Models

PS MSA32 1504 4 3 1506 6 5 1507 7 5 1510 10 7 1512 12 7

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 19/23

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

6.

UA04.2 FEATURES IMPACT

In general, Nortel includes most of the base and optional features in the capacity calculation. This means that the capacity given in this document assumes that most of the features are enabled in the network. However, the following exceptions should be noted: 1- Nortel assumes that the parameter setting is within a reasonable range. For instance, setting always-on timers or handover threshold outside of this range can cause additional procedures and degrade RNC Capacity. 2- When implementing new features in future software releases, there is always the possibility that a feature(s) may degrade the RNC capacity. While every effort will be made to ensure there is no degradation in capacity over a previous release, Nortel will notify operators before the customer readiness milestone and quantify the capacity degradation. 3- The capacity communicated in this document assumes that features that are specifically designed to optimize or commission a network are turned-off. This is the case for call trace and OCNS. In UA04.2, there are two optional features that have an impact on RNC capacity i.e. Silent Mode (SM) and Full Event Triggered Measurement Reports (fETMR), which replaces Partial Event Triggered Measurement Reports. The following table highlights the impact of these optional features on RNC 1000 and 1500 capacity.

Feature Impact

RNC 1000 14-12 Erlangs Mbps 153 153 176 176 Erlangs 2730 2730 3390 3900

RNC 1512 Mbps 158 158 172 176

RNC Base Capacity (No SM, no ETMR) Silent Mode Only Enabled Full ETMR Only Enabled Silent Mode and Full ETMR Enabled

2630 2630 3900 3900

Table 14 RNC 1000 and 1500 Optional Features Capacity Impacts

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 20/23

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

7.

RNC CAPACITY EVOLUTION

Nortel Networks RNC 2500 is the next generation RNC and is planned in UA06 release.

UA04.1 UA04.1
ORBiT

UA06 UA06

UA06 UA06

2X 2X

+
Optional NGPS3

Optional

Optional

RNC 1500 Highlights

Hitless Patching Single Platform Increased Density

RNC 2500 2X Capacity Increase OPEX reduction

RNC 2500

2X capacity PS Mixity

Figure 1 RNC capacity roadmap The key benefits of this product for a customer are: Increased number of Node B per RNC This will allow the expected network expansion and densification without additional RNCs. Increased number of Mbit/s per RNC The added Mbit/s will absorb traffic growth without having to install new RNCs. Increased number of subscribers per RNC The 3G-subscriber base will grow and the RNC can absorb this growth without having to install new RNCs. Reduced operational costs thanks to a smooth upgrade policy The evolution from Nortel Networks RNC to Nortel Networks RNC 2500 is achieved through a software upgrade and (optionally) simple upgrade of FRU (Field Replaceable Units). No forklift is required. The current platform also allows a second step upgrade by addition of Next Generation PSFPs, without requiring a forklift of the cabinet. This is a candidate feature for UA06.

7.1.

RNC 1500 AND 2500 CAPACITY

The capacity of RNC 2500 and NGPS is presented in the table below:

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 21/23

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

RNC 2512 6 NGPS + 6 PS1 720 3600 16 9600

RNC 1512 Max Config.

RNC2504 160 720 16 2,000

RNC 2506 240 1200 16 3,200

RNC 2507 280 1440 16 4,000

RNC 2510 400 2400 16 6,600

RNC 2512 Max Config. 400 2400 16 8,000

RNC 2512 with NGPS 800 4800 16 16000

Node B Cells STM1/OC3 Speech (Erlangs) Mobile Office Internet Iu App. Throughput (Mbit/s)

200 1200 16 3,900

176

88

146

176

294

352

704

438

Table 15: Summary of RNC 2500 Capacity per configuration Notes: RNC 2500 supports the same Market Models as RNC 1500 RNC 2500 uses same model naming convention as RNC 1500 o The RNC 2512 is a fully populated RNC with 12 Packet Servers.

Given that we are only at the early stage of the project, the capacity of these models are guidelines only and subject to change as development progresses. RNC 2500 with Next Generation PSFP doubles RNC 2500 capacity. RNC 2500 shall support a single mixity configuration of 6 current PSs and 6 next generation PSs.

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 22/23

Nortel UMTS RNC Capacity Roadmap

ABBREVIATIONS
2.5G 2G 3G AF AN BHCA DL DS FRU NGPS NUSCM RNC SR SS UA UL TRB 2.5 Generation Wireless Network 2nd Generation Wireless Network 3rd Generation Wireless Network Activity Factor Access Node Busy Hour Call Attempts Downlink Refers to an interface card that occupies a double slot in the shelf Field Replaceable Units Next Generation Packet Server Nortel UMTS Call Model Radio Network Controller Strategic Readiness Refers to an interface card that occupies a single slot in the shelf UMTS Access release. Uplink Traffic Radio Bearer

END OF DOCUMENT

UMT/PLM/INF/004862

V01.08/EN

Standard

Page 23/23