Themobilemarketischanging,andto
remaincompetitive,mobileservice
providersmustdelivernewprotable
servicesandreducetheirbackhaul
costs.Mobileuserdemandcontinuesto
movebeyondbasicdataserviceslike
instantmessagingande-mailtomore
delaysensitiveapplicationslikemedia
streamingandreal-timemultimedia.In
response,broadbandwireless
technologiesincludinghigh-speed
packetaccess(HSxPA)andevolution
dataoptimized(EV-DO)areevolvingto
enablehighertransmissionspeedsand
packetinterfaces.Backhaulnetworks
mustevolvetomeetthesenew
bandwidthdemandsatacceptablecost
points.
IPtransportcanhelpmobileproviders
transformtheirnetworks—tobetter
managetheincreasingtrafcdemands
ofbroadbandservices.Tosatisfythe
needfornewpacketbackhaulsolutions,
Alcatel-Lucentoffersarevolutionary
wayoftransportingpacketsnatively.
Withthisnewapproach,theAlcatel-
Lucent9500MPRproductcanassure
thequalityofservicerequiredforeach
trafctype,dramaticallyreduceOPEX
andimprovetheconnectivityof
EthernetandlegacyE1basestations.
Asaresult,yournetworkcanabsorb
rapidgrowthinmultimediatrafceasily
andefciently,withasmoothmigration
fromTDMtoIP.
Meet a Key Backhaul Challenge –
The Rapid Growth of Multimedia Traffic
Packet
Radio Node
Aggregated Packet Traffic
Packets
Ethernet
“Data Aware”
Packet Aggregation
ATM NxE1
TDM NxE1
Cell Site
Cell Site
Cell Site
Cell Site
TDM Radio
Node
Overlay of Multiple Traffic
TDM
NxE1
Ethernet
2G
3G
E1 Stacking
ATM NxE1
TDM NxE1
2G
3G
Figure 1. TDM Transport compared to Packet Aggregation. There is a clear gain in scarce radio resources when transporting packet traffic natively.
Packet solutions can absorb TDM traffic efficiently while TDM solutions cannot handle packet traffic cost-efficiently.
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