Universal Small Cells

Architectures
SCTG-TME
March 2015

CISCO Small Cell Solution: Converged Architecture

Cisco Quantum

Policy Suite

O
CO
IISSC
CC

Cisco 8000 Series

USC Controller

Cisco ASR 5000

Series

Cisco Universal
Small Cells

Cisco USC Modules for

Aironet 3600/3700

Cisco Aironet
Wi-Fi Indoor &
Outdoor

Cisco Prime

Mobility
Services Engine

Small Cell
Gateway

3G/4G
Core

Virtualized or Physical

Internet

Wireless Controller
Cisco 8510

Subscriber/MNO Gateway
Cisco ASR 1000

Provisioning

s
eerrs
v
iv
elli
DDe

Investment Protection
Protection
Investment

USC8000 Series
Large Enterprise Small Cells
3G APs, LTE APs or Dual-Mode

SON Suite

Management

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USC Architecture
Prime
Prime
Networks
Networks

Prime
Prime
Performance
Performance

Prime
Prime
Central
Central

Alarms & KPIs

( 3x,5x,7x)

NMS

Cisco
Cisco Prime
Prime Mobility
Mobility

Registration, Activation, Care: XML/HTTP

RMS
RMS

Alarms & KPIs (8k only)

eRMS
eRMS

Iuh, NTP over IPSec

Iuh/Mgmt over IPSec
S1/X2 over
IPSec

USC
USC 8000
8000
3G+LTE
3G+LTE
APs

SeGW
SeGW

Alarms
& KPIs
(8k)

SeGW
SeGW

USC 7330
USC
USC 5310
5310
USC 3331

TR-069, HTTP
over TLS

Alarms &
KPIs
(3x/5x/7x)

AAA / RADIUS
Whitelists
+ DHCP

UMTS
Core Network

IuCS/PS

HNB-GW

HeNB-GW
HeNB-GW

IT Systems

S1

EPC

ASR5K
ASR5K
Proprietary
Iuh/S1

USC 8088 Controller

New
New
Existing
Existing

Legacy
Optional
Optional

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Q4CY14 SCS 3.0

Available Now

Solution Architecture 3G for

Medium Enterprise (5x/7x family)
Notes:
(*) SeGW and H(e)BGW can be co-located on the ASR5k
(**) AS recommended for deployment in large volumes
(***) SP NTP is required for AP frequency synchronisaxztion

Enterprise Network
Up-to 8 SC in a grid

GridIurh, /
IPSec***

3G HW, SW

HTT
P/
TLS
Activation
Activation
Hosted
Server
CloudBase
CloudBase
**
**

PMG DB
BA
C

DCC UI
Ops Tools

SP
Interna
l
Networ
k

Network
Services
PNR: DHCP
PAR: AAA
UTT: Trace

Upload Server

SP DNS
DNS NTP
Iuh/IPSec

ASR9K/ASR5
K*
SecGW
SecGW

Macro
EMS

QSS

PMG
PMG

Mgmt
(TR.069.HT
TP)
/TLS

SP NTP

TR-069 / 196

SP
SP OSS
OSS

HetNet cSON

RMS

Access
Network

USC 5310 AP
USC 7330 AP

XML / HTTP

Small Cell
GW

Iuh

ASR5k*
ASR5000

WiFi RAN

IuCS
IuPS
IuBC

3G CN

HNB-GW
HNB-GW

Platform Alarms & KPIs

Small Cell Alarms & KPIs

Prime
Mobility Suite
NMS

Prime
Prime Central
Central

Prime
Network
Network

Prime
Prime Performance
Performance

Alarms
& KPIs

SP NMS

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Solution Architecture 3G+LTE for

Large Enterprise (8x Family)

SP
SP OSS
OSS

HetNet cSON
Up-to 100 SC in a grid

USC 8738
Enterprise
SC

USC 8050

3G HW, SW

Mgmt
(TR.069.HT
TP)

4G HW, SW

SC Grid/
IPSec***

USC 8088
Enterprise
Enterprise SC
SC
Controller

Macro
EMS
EMS

QSS
QSS

Mgmt
(TR.069.HT
TP)
Iuh,/IPSe
c**
S1,X2/IPS
ec

Enterprise SC
Management
System

SP
Interna
l
Networ
k

Access
Network
ASR9K/ASR5
ASR9K/ASR5
K*
K*
SecGW
SecGW

Iuh

Enterprise Network
Notes:
(*) SeGW and H(e)BGW can be co-located on the ASR5k
(**) Mgmt, Iuh and S1 can use separate or common IPSec tunnel
(***) proprietary interfaces
USC8k integration with Prime and Call Trace is a roadmap item

S1 WiFi RAN

Small Cell
GW
ASR5k*
ASR5000

IuCS
IuPS
IuBC

3G
3G CN
CN

HNB-GW
HNB-GW
HeNBHeNBGW

S1

Alarms
& KPIs

LTE
LTE EPC
EPC

SP
SP NMS
NMS

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(*) LTE with 6x is a roadmap item

(**) USC8k integration with Prime and Call Trace are
roadmap item

Overall Solution Architecture 3G+LTE

XML / HTTP

USC 8050
Large Enterprise (up-to 100 SC grid)
USC 8x88
Enterprise
SC
3G
3G HW,
HW, SW
SW

SC Grid*
IPSec

Mgmt
(TR.069.HT
TP)

USC 8088

TR-069
TR-069 // 196
196

3G GridIurh
4G grid
x2
/
IPSec***

3G
3G HW,
HW, SW
SW
4G
4G HW,
HW, SW
SW

HTT
P/
TLS
Activation
Hosted
Server
Server
CloudBase
CloudBase
**

Iuh, /
IPSec
S1-X2 /
DNS NTP IPSec
Iuh, /
IPSec
S1, X2
/IPSec

Mgmt
(TR.069.HT
TP)
/TLS

BA
C

DCC UI
Ops Tools

PNR: DHCP
PAR: AAA
UTT: Trace

Small Cell
GW

Iuh
S1

ASR5k*
ASR5000

WiFi RAN

Prime
Prime Central
Central

Prime
Prime
Network

Notes:
(*) SeGW and H(e)BGW can be co-located on the ASR5k
(**) CloudeBase considered for USC deployment in large volumes
(***) Grid-Iuh Not applicable to Resi

IuCS
IuPS
IuBC

3G CN

HNB-GW
HNB-GW
HeNBHeNBGW
GW

Platform Alarms & KPIs

Small Cell Alarms & KPIs

Prime
Mobility Suite
NMS

Network
Services

Upload Server

ASR9K/ASR5
K*
SecGW
SecGW

SP
Interna
l
Networ
k

PMG DB

Resi, SMB (No Grid), Small and

Medium Enterprise (up-to 8 grid)

Macro
EMS

QSS

PMG

SP NTP
SP DNS

SP
SP OSS
OSS

HetNet cSON

RMS
Access
Network

Enterprise SC
Controller

4G HW, SW

USC
3x/5x/6x/7x

Enterprise SC
EM
EM

Prime Performance

Alarms
& KPIs

S1

LTE EPC

SP NMS

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