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WCDMA/LTE VoIP and

Data Network

Technical Assumptions Overview

Table of content
1. Radio Access network.....................................................................................4

1.1 Network Architecture..............................................................................................4

1.2 Dimensioning Assumptions of 3G Flexi Node B......................................................4

1.3 Dimensioning Assumptions of RNC.........................................................................5

1.4 Dimensioning Inputs Table.....................................................................................5

1.5 Dimensioning Assumptions....................................................................................5

1.6 Transmission Planning Assumptions......................................................................5

1.7 NDR Sheets 3G RAN..................................................................................................6

1.8 Traffic Matrix...........................................................................................................6

2. Packet Core network.......................................................................................7

2.1 Network Architecture..............................................................................................7

2.2 General Dimensioning Inputs.................................................................................7

2.3 General Dimensioning Assumptions.......................................................................8

2.4 NDR Sheet PS Core Network....................................................................................8

3. NVS VoIP core network...................................................................................9

3.1 Network Architecture..............................................................................................9

3.2 General Dimensioning Inputs and Assumptions.....................................................9

3.3 Traffic Distribution...............................................................................................10

3.4 NDR Sheet NVS VoIP Core Network.......................................................................10

4. HLR................................................................................................................11

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4.1 Assumptions: DX 200 HLR.....................................................................................11

5. IP Backbone Network...................................................................................12

5.1 Nationwide Topology............................................................................................12

5.2 General Dimensioning Inputs and Assumptions...................................................12

5.3 IP Traffic Matrix.....................................................................................................13

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1. Radio Access network

1.1 Network Architecture

1.2 Dimensioning Assumptions of 3G Flexi Node B

 Output power per carrier is considered to be 20W for 2100MHz.

 Pole Installation is considered for RF module
 Stack installation type is considered for System module
 Feederless site is considered
 FSAA Flexi System Alarm Cable is considered
 ESFA SYNC CABLE is considered
 FTCR OD Cable RJ45 is considered

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1.3 Dimensioning Assumptions of RNC

 Maximum RNC Fill Rate Limit85%

 Iub Transport utilization85%
 VoIP Traffic Transport utilization85%
 IuPS Transport utilization85%
 Iur Transport utilization85%
 SW Optimization Profile for RNCVDB
 SFP 1000BASE-SX Fiber Multi-Mode is considered
 All interfaces are IP
 Interface modules are considered to be of electrical type

1.4 Dimensioning Inputs Table

Phase Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

Number of Subscribers 1,000,000 2,500,000 3,500,000 4,250,000 5,000,000

VoIP Subscribers (100%) 1,000,000 2,500,000 3,500,000 4,250,000 5,000,000
Total number of
28,130 70,317 98,441 119,530 140,625
simultaneous calls
Total VoIP Bandwidth
(Mbps) = subs* 11.2 315 787.55 1,102.54 1,338.74 1,575
Kbps/sub

1.5 Dimensioning Assumptions

 All subscribers are considered for the VoIP service.

 3G Data Subscribers considered as 90% of total subscribers.
 Data rate considered (in BH) as 250Kbps/Sub.
 HSDPA BTS Processing set 1 assumes 32 users and 7.2Mbps per cell.
 HSUPA BTS Processing set 1 assumes 24 users and 5.8Mbps per cell.

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1.6 Transmission Planning Assumptions

 Dense Urban cell range is 0.9 km and site to site distance is 1.35 km.
 Urban cell range is 5 km and site to site distance is 10 km.
 Suburban cell range is 7 km and site to site distance is 14 km.

1.7 NDR Sheets 3G RAN

1.8 Traffic Matrix

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2. Packet Core network

2.1 Network Architecture

2.2 General Dimensioning Inputs

 Total number of attached subscribers after 5 years is 5 Million.

 Total PDP contexts after 5 years are 2,250,000.
 Total estimated throughput after a period of 5 years is 4,050 Mbps.
 Geo redundancy is not considered.
 90% Direct Tunnel is considered.

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  All the hardware is considered in the first phase
 90% of 3G subscribers is considered as PDP
 5 kbps/3G PDP throughput is considered
 384 kbps is considered as maximum UL throughput
 5.2 Mbps is considered as maximum DL throughput

2.3 General Dimensioning Assumptions

 90% of 3G subscribers is considered as PDP

 45% of 3G subscribers is considered as active PDP sessions
 5 kbps/3G PDP/BH throughput is considered
 90% Direct Tunnel is considered
 All the hardware is considered in the first phase
 GGSN maximum throughput is 250Gbps
 GGSN maximum sessions supported is 21.6 million
 SGSN maximum capacity supports 8M SAU
 SGSN maximum throughput is 1.8Gbps/8Gbps
 SGSN maximum PDP Contexts of 10 million
 MME maximum simultaneously activated PDP Contexts for LTE is 15 million
 MME maximum data throughput is 27Gbps
 SGW maximum number of activated EPS bearer/PDP Context is 24 million
 SGW maximum data throughput is 160Gbps

2.4 NDR Sheet PS Core Network

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3. NVS VoIP core network

3.1 Network Architecture

3.2 General Dimensioning Inputs and Assumptions

 The offered release of NVS is M14.0

 The NVS supports and maintains all the sessions for VoIP calls
 The offered release of MGW is U3
 All the hardware is considered in the first phase
 VoIP traffic profile assumes 20 ms voice payload, an average of 50 pps and an
average call bandwidth of 11.2 Kbps/sub
 Off net traffic has been equally distributed between PSTN and PLMN
 Camel is considered for 100% subscribers
 Electrical SFPs are considered for NVS and MGW connectivity

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  MGW connectivity for TDM assumed to be 100% over STM-1
 Max BHCA per NVS Server is 2.5 million
 Max erl per MGW is 22,700 erl
 MHT is assumed to be 90 sec

3.3 Traffic Distribution

 MOC = 40% (10% international, 45% PSTN, 45% PLMN), Originating Outgoing
 MTC = 40% (10% international, 45% PSTN, 45% PLMN), Terminating Incoming
 MMC = 20%, Originating/Terminating Local Network
 Total number of subscribers = 5,000,000 (after 5 years).

3.4 NDR Sheet NVS VoIP Core Network

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4. HLR

4.1 Assumptions: DX 200 HLR

Below are the assumptions taken for DX HLR in the offered solution.

 DX 200 HLR is offered on ATCA platform.

 The following subscriber count is considered for DX HLR:

Phase Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

Number of Subscribers 1,000K 2,500K 3,500K 4,250K 5,000K

 Electrical O&M interfaces are offered.

 Electrical Back End interfaces are offered.
 Multimode signaling interface is offered.
 IP signaling support is provided for DX HLR on ATCA platform.
 Maximum capacity supported is 5 million subscribers.

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5. IP Backbone Network

5.1 Nationwide Topology

5.2 General Dimensioning Inputs and Assumptions

Quality of Service Values for voice transmissions are assumed to be as given below:

QoS Parameter Recommended One-Way transmission Preferred One-Way transmission

values for voice values for voice
Jitter < 10 ms < 5 ms
Latency < 30 ms < 20 ms
Packet loss (%) < 0,1 % < 0.1 %

 In the IPBB Planning process, special attention was given to the signaling network’s
resilience to link failure and its adequate capacity.

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  Equipment types per each cluster were considered.
 Services provided on each cluster were also considered.
 Capacity per each equipment type was taken into account.
 IN services were also considered during the dimensioning process.
 Voice and signaling traffic matrixes form the results from the end to end traffic
modeling of the network and are the basis for traffic routing.
 Protection planning including both equipment and route protection.
 Routing principles will be based on these IPBB network planning assumptions.

5.3 IP Traffic Matrix

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