Thegrowingdemandfornew
broadbandservicesrequiresmore
connectivityandadditionalportsat
cellsites.Packettrafcgrowthfrom
thesenewbroadbandservicesdrives
bandwidthrequirementshigher—
upto20Mb/sto30Mb/spercellsite.
Thisincreaseisdrivenbypackettrafc
ratherthanvoicetrafc,socapacity
andqualityconstraintsaredifferent.
Asmobilenetworkinfrastructure
evolves,IP-nativebasestationswill
haveEthernetinterfacesratherthan
E1orT1.Thischangeinphysical
interfacesbringsnewchallengesto
backhaulnetworks;andbecausethe
transitionwillnothappenovernight,
backhaulnetworksmustmigrate
gracefullywhilesupportingamixed
payloadoflegacyTDMandgrowing
packettrafc.
The Need for IP Transformation
Figure 2. Traffic and Revenue Evolution with a Massive Introduction of
Broadband Services. Data traffic is growing fast but revenues are not
increasing at the same pace. You need more efficient ways to transport
the additional packet traffic generated by broadband services.
Traffic and
Revenue
Divergence
Time
Revenues
Voice Era Data Era
Packet
Traffic
IP TRANSFORMATION DRIVERS
•The need for additional
connectivity(ports)to
introducenewbroadband
technologiesandservices
(HSDPA,EV-DO,Wi-Fi
hotspots,WiMAX)
•Increased bandwidth
requirementsfornewpacket-
basedservices(20Mb/sto30
Mb/spercellsite)
•Physical interface changes
(Ethernetbasestations)which
avoidtheneedforseparate
overlaynetworkstosupport
Ethernetconnectivityand
backhaul
TheevolutionofmicrowaveradiofromTDMtopacket
technologiesenablesdata–awaretransport—whichcan
supportnewhigh–bandwidthserviceswhileleveraging
existingtechnologies.IPtransformationtypicallyseeks
toachievefourmajorgoals:
•Gradualtransformationofthenetwork—focusing
onareaswherecompellingeventsforceinvestment
inasolution
•Returnontheseinvestmentsinlessthantwoyears,
asaresultofOPEXsavings
•MinimizedOPEX,despitecapacityincreases—
whichrequiresoptimizingtheuseofscarce
resourcesandaggregatingallservicesovera
singlepipe,withnooverlays
•Useofamulti-vendormodel,withstandardprotocols
andnoproprietaryequipment
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