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 Evolution from BSC3i Configurations to Flexi BSC
Flexi BSC with 3000 TRX

BSC3i 1000/2000 Flexi BSC

BSC3i 660

BSC3i 2000
• Extension option • 3,000 /4200 TRXs in 1-cabinet
BSC3i 1000 up to 2,000 TRXs/BTS • Capacity upgrade path from
• 1,000 TRXs/BTSs • Upgrade path from BSC3i 660 and BSC3i
• First BSC3i configuration • Integrated 1000/2000
• Up to 660 TRX BSC3i 660 to BSC3i
STM-1/OC-3 1000/2000 • Integrated IP for all external
with 1 cabinet interfaces interfaces
2002 2007 2009

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 Continuous GSM controller evolution

Flexi BSC Multicontroller BSC AirScale BSC

• Single purpose hardware • Flexible hardware • Virtualized
• A platform per technology • Multi-RAT platform • Common IT/Telco hardware
• Limited scalability • Scalable and modular • Resources software scalable
• Physically large • Physically small • Physically somewhere

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BSC mode

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 Agenda
 AirScale BSC20 Product overview
 Introduction
 HW
 Synchronization
 Data Center Site IP Connectivity
 Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI) (subnet requirement)
 Routing

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AirScale BSC
AirScale BSC is a SW product

… running on top of the

Nokia Cloud Infrastructure for Real-time applications (NCIR) cloud infrastructure (software)

… on the

Nokia Data Centre Solution (NDCS) HW.

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 ETSI Network Function Virtualization (NFV) reference model…
Os-Ma
OSS/BSS
Orchestrator
Se-Ma
Service, VNF and Infrastructure
Description
Or-Vnfm
EMS 1 EMS 2 EMS 3

Ve-Vnfm
VNF 1 VNF 2 VNF 3 VNF
Manager(s)
Vn-Nf
NFVI
Or-Vi
Virtual Virtual Virtual
Vi-Vnfm
Computing Storage Network

Virtualization Layer
Vl-Ha
Virtualized
Hardware resources Nf-Vi
Infrastructure
Computing
Nokia Internal Use Storage Network Manager(s)
Hardware Hardware Hardware

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 …and mapping of Nokia products
Os-Ma
Nokia
OSS/BSS
CloudBand
Se-Ma Network
Service, VNF and Infrastructure Director
Description (CBND)
Or-Vnfm
NetAct NetAct NetAct AirScale BSC:
BSC application &
OMS Nokia platform software
Ve-Vnfm
CloudBand
AirScale RNC AirScale BSC AirScale BTS CBAM:
Application Life-cycle
Manager management for
Vn-Nf AirScale BSC
NFVI (CBAM)
Or-Vi
Virtual Virtual Virtual
NetAct

Vi-Vnfm
Nokia Cloud
Computing Infrastructure
R Storage (NCIR)
Network SW Nokia Cloud
on Compute & Storage Nodes Infrastructure R
Virtualization Layer
Vl-Ha (NCIR) SW on
Virtualized
Hardware resources Nf-Vi Controller
Infrastructure Nodes
Computing
Nokia Internal Use Storage Nokia AirFrame
Network Manager(s)
Hardware Hardware Hardware
Datacenter Solution (NDCS)
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 AirScale BSC – architecture (functional units)

SN+ N+1 N+1 N+1 2N 2N Operations and Maintenance Unit (OMU)

• O&M interfaces and local user interface
• Centralized alarm and statistics systems
ETM PCU MCMU OMU GPLU
ETME BCXU RRMU Management and Central Memory Unit (MCMU)
A M
• Radio network configuration and recovery
• Database
VNFC
AirScale BSC SW architecture Radio Resource Management Unit (RRMU)
VNF • Radio resource and connections management

BSC Signaling Unit (BCXU)

• Abis and AoIP signaling
VNF Packet Control Unit (PCUM)
Networks • GPRS/EGPRS functions
Site/Edge routers • Abis PS user plane and Gb termination
CBAM
OAM Transport Termination Unit for Abis (ETME)
NetAct Backbone • Abis CS user plane termination
Backhaul
Transport Termination Unit for AoIP (ETMA)
• AoIP user plane termination

General Purpose Linux Unit (GPLU)

• hosts the connectivity towards the external
VNF: Virtual Network Function ~network element
NTP server
VNFC: VNF Component ~functional unit running on a Virtual Machine (VM) in this presentation shortly VM

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P v4
s
AirScale BSC (VNF) – logical interfaces er
ve
r s

AirScale BSC

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AirScale BSC (Infra) – logical interfaces

NTPv4 servers DNS servers
Infra CBAM

NADC
M

NCIR
NetAct
Switches
SNMP Traps

AirFrame OR19

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• The introduction of Nokia Telco Cloud and Nokia Cloud
Infrastructure brings additional monitoring requirements to the
Telco Operator

• Cloud concepts change the management architecture with the

decoupling of the Infrastructure and the Virtual network element
(VNF)
N
C
• Fault and performance data is generated at multiple layers:
I
• Bare metal hardware: Servers, switches, storage, rack R
mount controllers & power distribution units

• Virtualization software (OpenStack Services)

• Cloud RAN VNF’s

• The introduction of Infrastructure monitoring within Nokia

NetAct provides the means to monitor the physical network and
both the VNF and Infrastructure with a common EMS

Compute, Network, Storage

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VLAN Networks – Tennant External

BCXU RRMU MCMU OMU PCUM ETME ETMA GPLU

Abis interface U-plane

Abis interface c-plane (TRXISG)
Abis interface m-plane (OMUSIG)

SIGTRAN (secondary subnetwork for multihoming)

management network. O&M traffic towards NetAct and CBAM. Leaf switches /
NTP network Edge Routers
monitoring network. For trouble-shooting / L3 Data Collector (MegaMon).
Gb interface. *)
A over IP interface u-plane. *)
*) multiple networks for multi-operator case
Ref: table1 in AirScale BSC, Rel. 20 FP2, Operating Documentation, Issue 02 AirScale BSC Site Solutions DN209382006 Issue 06 Approval Date 2019-11-20
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VLAN Networks – Tennant Internal

BCXU RRMU MCMU PCUM ETME ETMA OMU GPLU

EMB. Message bus. Two networks

U-plane between ETME and ETMA (EEP interface)
Internal NTP network

• VMs connect to the Accelerated Virtual Switch( AVS) within NCIR

• The physical Ethernet ports of the compute nodes are connected to two switches ( a.k.a Top of
rack- ToR/Leaf switches) for redundancy.
• The VLANs are configured between the AVS and the TOR and thus the VLAN IDs are not visible
at the BSC application
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 AirScale BSC - network connectivity and traffic handling capacity

RD1_BS RD2_BSC RD3_BSC RD4_BS RD5_BSCD

C 1100 3300 5500 C 8800 4400

Erlangs 6 600 19 800 33 000 52 800 26 400 User Plane

PCU Channels for GPRS / EDGE 4 864 24 576 16 384 54 016 35 840

RD1_BS RD2_BSC RD3_BSC RD4_BS RD5_BSCD

C 1100 3300 5500 C 8800 4400
Control Plane
Busy Hour Call Attempts 198 400 594 400 990 000 1 584 400 792 400

RD1_BS RD2_BSC RD3_BSC RD4_BS RD5_BSCD

C 1100 3300 5500 C 8800 4400

Number of TRXs 1 100 3 300 5 500 8 800 4 400 Connectivity

Number of cells 550 1 650 2 750 4 400 2 200
Number of BTS sites 550 1 650 2 750 4 400 2 200

• Note : Stated traffic handling capacities of AirScale BSC reference deployments are defined against the Nokia nominal traffic profile
Ref: AirScale BSC, Rel. 20 FP2, Operating Documentation, Issue 02 AirScale BSC Product Description DN187395033

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 Efficient AirScale BSC deployment with multi-tenancy

Nokia AirFrame RM17

Multiple AirScale BSC VNFs in one cloud instance :
• Upto 4 AirScale BSC VNFs in one Nokia AirFrame
installation when instantiated with reference deployment RD1_BSC RD3_BSC RD3_BSC RD4_BSC RD5_BSCD
RD1_BSC 1100 1100 3300 5500 8800 4400
• Efficient HW resource utilisation within the cloud
infrastructure
• Logical BSC network structure can be maintained during RD1_BSC
modernisation 1100

Number of Number of compute

Reference deployment RD1_BSC RD3_BSC RD3_BSC
tenants nodes *
1100 3300 5500
RD1_BSC 1100 4 20
RD2_BSC 3300 2 20
RD1_BSC
RD3_BSC 5500 2 20 1100

RD4_BSC 8800 1 20
RD5_BSCD 4400 1 15

* In reference to Nokia AirFrame NDCS RM17 HW, spare compute node for
each VNF in the multitenant deployment considered in the total compute Virtual Infrastructure (Host)
node number
NCIR17A SW
NDCS RM17 Hardware (Nokia AirFrame)

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 Introduction

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 HW
Cloud BSC20 on the AirFrame HW

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 Nokia AirFrame

Cloud HW
NDCS RM17/RM19, NDCS OR18/OR19
•HW solution
•Nokia Data Center Solution

NCIR 17A or NCIR18/NCIR19

•SW
•Nokia Cloud Infrastructure for Real time applications

Reference combinations
2+2+20note1 with switch &
3 controller and up to
•NDCS RM17/NCIR17A (RC0563 not for new deliveries) server redundancy
45 compute servers
BSC: RC0563
•NDCS RM17/NCIR18 (migrated from the NCIR17A) BSC: RC0994
•NDCS OR18/NCIR18 (RC0994) Note1: the notation 2+2+20 stands for:
• 3 Controller nodes
•NDCS OR19/NCIR18 (RC1764) • 2 Storage nodes
• 20 Compute nodes
•NDCS RM19/NCIR19 (RC0952)

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Switch AR-S4048T-A/D
OR18/OR19

AR-S4048T-A/D used as HW management switch (also AR-S3048 in RM racks)

This switch provides six 40GE interfaces (QSFP+) and 48 twisted pair interfaces (speed {10 | 100 | 10000 | auto})

Ref: AirFrame Data Center Solution, Rel. NDCS OR 19, Hardware Operating Documentation, Issue 06 AirFrame Open Rack Data Center Hardware Description DN09235789

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Switches AR-Z9100ON-A/D used as Leaf

This switch provides 32 pieces QSFP28 ports and two SFP+ ports. Each QSFP28 port can be independently

configured as 100 GbE or 4 x 25 GbE for up to 128 ports of 25 GbE.

Ref1:AirFrame Data Center Solution, Rel. NDCS RM 18, Hardware Operating Documentation, Issue 02 AirFrame Rackmount Data Center Solution Description DN09235932 Issue 1-0

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 Data Center Site IP
connectivity
Standalone Airframe IP Connectivity blue print

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 VNF IP Connectivity blue print

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VLANs
25GE/100GE
Leaf U21
VMs Compute node CP0 VLAN 1000
CP1 VLAN 1001

OAM (ext) vNIC1 25GE MP VLAN 1002

OvS P4 UP VLAN 1003

Multi Chassis Link

VLAN 1004
VRF 0

VRF 1
Edge1

25
Cplane0 (ext) vNIC2 Bond

GE
FH VLAN 1005
P3 Aggregation groups VRF 2

vSwitch
(LACP)
VLANs 1100 to 1199
Cplane1 (ext) vNIC3 VRF 3

Uplane0 (ext) vNIC4

25GE (active/active)
no IP address

Host P2
VRF 0
Bond

25
Fronthaul (ext) vNIC5 VRF 1

GE
(LACP) P1 VRF 2
Internal vNIC6 VRF 3
Mgmt Leaf U23
CP0 VLAN 1000
CP1 VLAN 1001
MP VLAN 1002

Control/Storage node UP VLAN 1003

VLAN 1004
Edge2
VRF 0
FH VLAN 1005 VRF 1
VMs VLANs 1100 to 1199
VRF 2

OAM (ext) vNIC1

OvS P4 no IP address
VRF 3
Bond

P3 VRF 0
vSwitch

Cplane0 (ext) vNIC2 (LACP)

VRF 1

Cplane1 (ext) vNIC3 VRF 2

Host P2 VRF 3
Uplane0 (ext) vNIC4 Bond
HW mgmt
(LACP) P1
Fronthaul (ext) vNIC5

Internal vNIC6 Mgmt

VRF 0 P53 HW spine

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MCLAG

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 AirFrame
Fibers & adapters
Fibres and accessories for ODF

A-T40GMM-
A
NDCHW1176
850 nm +

A-T40GMML-A
NDCHW1177
850 nm

40GE

Ref1: AirFrame Data Center Solution, Rel. NDCS OR 19, Hardware Operating Documentation, Issue 06 AirFrame Open Rack Data Center Hardware Description DN09235789

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