3G Microcell: Overview

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3G MicroCell
A femtocell home base station connects to the subscribers broadband modem, allowing customers to use their standard 3G handset to complete voice calls and data sessions as IP.
Radio Access Network (RAN)

Customer Home AT&T Mobility WAN

Mobility Core Network

Femtocell signal covers ~5,000 sq. ft.

IP Gateway

Standard 3G Handset

Broadband IP Network

Objectives:

Improve coverage and optimize data rates while delivering full AT&T Mobility feature parity. Enables AT&T to maintain the consumer voice relationship and some of the related revenue. Enable special in-home pricing allowing AT&T to effectively compete with recent service introductions from T-Mobile and Sprint. Optimize the potential to defer investment in RAN capacity by offloading voice / data traffic. Reduce the cost of delivering Mobility calls in the home.

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RESPONSIBILY
Provide end-to-end network operational/technical support of the Femtocell system Established Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 Troubleshooting Flows
AT&T Tier 1 - baseline knowledge and access to maintenance tools AT&T Tier 2 - advanced knowledge of network systems SME Breakout Plan for training and development Actively Engaged with Support Organizations Developing Troubleshooting Call Flows Developing Operations Support Flows Defining Change Management Processes Developing Tools Alignment with Wireless and Wireline Organizations Assigning Ownership Facilitating Regular Meetings for Team Read Outs Developing One AT&T Strategy

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3G MicroCell Operations Team

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3G MicroCell Operations Team

SYREETA THOMAS Area Manager Network Operations
SUDEEP GHOSH Intl Employee PRADEEP PALVE Intl Employee

MANISHA SHARMA Intl Employee

SURESH BADIREDDY Intl Employee

PRAVEEN AWASTHI Intl Employee

SANJAY SINGH CHAUHAN Intl Employee

RAVINDRA JOSHI Intl Employee

TAUSEEF FANSUPKAR Intl Employee

SATYANARAYANA Intl Employee

AMIT RANA Intl Employee

ALTAMASH KHAN Intl Employee

AMIT PANDEY Intl Employee

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Roles and Responsibilities

Day-to-day operation of the ASR5Ks 1) Health Checkup 2) Troubleshooting 3) provisioning of the system, e.g. EMS server management relationship management with partners. will also work closely with the Performance team identify scripting/automation opportunities to allow for more swift detection of Femto network issues.

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Provisioning:

Provisioning System
BAC Broadband Access Center RDU Regional Distribution Unit Manages the generation of all configurations Maintains the authoritative database Represents the central point through which all API requests must pass Supports external clients, OSSs, and other provisioning functions through the provisioning API FPG Femto Provisioning Gateway XML over HTTP interface between the Switch Control and the RDU ADS Auxiliary Data Store Location based data selection (i.e. Polygons) to identify which Access Controller (AC) and Provisioning Group (PG) a FAP should be associated to Calculation of Over-The-Air Location Area Code (OTA LAC), and Service Area Indicator (SAI) based upon lat / long coordinates from the provisioning flows Update IMSI changes within enabled white lists to keep up with SIM card changes and their impact within the Femtocell network

DPE Device Provisioning Engine

Last-step, device-configuration, file handling Communication of the configuration files through an embedded TFTP server Embedded ToD server Integration with Cisco CNS Network Registrar Cached-device configuration and provisioning information

3G MicroCell Logical Network Architecture

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3G MicroCell Logical IP Connectivity

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RAN System
AC Access Controller (IPAccess term)

Standards name is Femto Gateway (FGW) Controls up to 20K APs and aggregates them into a single IuCS (Circuit Switched) and IuPS (Packet Switched) interface to the Core Network. The MSC (CS) and SGSN (PS).

AP Access Point Customer Premise Devise that connects to the customers internet broadband

EMS/OSS Architecture Overview

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EMS System
RMM Remote Management Module TR-069 stack and framework Femtocell specific TR-106 data model Firmware download support for Radio, GPS, Router and RMM Translation and workflow logic for FAP provisioning to appropriate Firmware modules GPS chip interface Exposes FAP MIB via TR-069 remote procedure calls Initiate SSL connections Controls Network Listen and neighbor list update Controls statistics randomization and upload Initial redirection from National DPE Stores Service Provider specific configuration parameters OMC-R Operation and Maintenance Center Radio Consists of the Server and the Client Provides configuration management for Access Controllers. Generates Alarms for the Access Controllers and forwards them to the Fault Management System. Statistics Server

Secure interface to FAP network High volume file transfer server Interface to HP PI system

Wireshark

This will be replaced with either an Agilent or Tektronix Probe Used for network troubleshooting and analysis

Femto EMS System (cont)

NNM Network Node Manager

Fault Management - OMU Automatically discover the IP nodes in your network. Automatically monitor your networks status through the map interface and the event browser interface. Manage any vendor device that supports the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). NNM manages both standard and enterprise-specific Management Information Base (MIB) objects. Include new enterprise-specific Internet MIBs in NNMs MIB. Once you have loaded the new MIB module on the management station, you can access any of the MIB objects defined in that MIB module. Build new MIB applications (without programming) for Internet-standard and enterprise-specific MIBs. Once you have built a MIB application, you can monitor objects through the menu bar. Define event thresholds for MIB objects; for example, an event can be generated when the disk usage on a particular device exceeds a limit. Define actions to be taken upon receipt of an SNMP trap. Integrate your own fault detection applications into the menu bar to yield an integrated management solution. Diagnose network faults and performance problems from one location, and diagnose problems by looking at trends over time. This includes customizing and automating the monitoring of your network and the response of management stations to events. Launch Systems Management Server (SMS) Administrator, or view the SMS properties of a node. Launch Windows operating system applets such as the Event Viewer, Performance Monitor, and Registry Editor from within NNM on remote systems with the Windows operating system. Peformance Management - PI Automatically monitor your networks status. Collect historical MIB information about MIB objects events, store the data for trend analysis, and graph collected data. This helps you determine performance trends. Automatically set thresholds based upon standard deviations of historically collected data. Automatically collect data and generate General Availability and General Inventory reports. Manage and modify reports using the NNM Report Configuration Interface. Manage information being collected and stored in the data warehouse. Integrate your own performance monitoring applications with the menu bar to yield an integrated management solution. Configuration Management NAS UI Store critical configuration information from devices such as routers and switches. Track inventory of the devices on the network. Generate snapshots of your network before any departmental moves to speed reconstruction after the move.