VNPT-NET CORPORATION

EXPANDING RADIO NETWORK IN HANOI CITY, FRONTIER

PROVINCES AND SOUTHERN PROVINCES FOR VINAPHONE
NETWORK PERIOD 2020-2021

Annex 3.1 - Technical Solution Description

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 Contents
1. Introduction .................................................................................................... 5

2. Solution Overview .......................................................................................... 7

3. Solution Components ..................................................................................... 8

3.1 Radio Access Network ................................................................................... 8
3.2 Evolution of Single RAN ................................................................................ 8
3.2.1 Product overview .......................................................................................... 11
3.2.2 RAN Key Benefits and Features ................................................................. 26
3.2.3 Deliverables ................................................................................................... 30
3.3 Small Cells ..................................................................................................... 31
3.3.1 Small Cell Value Proposition ...................................................................... 31
3.3.2 Product Overview ......................................................................................... 33
3.3.3 Deployment Scenarios .................................................................................. 36
3.3.4 Deliverables ................................................................................................... 38
3.4 Network Management System (NetAct) ..................................................... 39
3.4.1 Product overview .......................................................................................... 40
3.4.2 Key benefits and features ............................................................................ 41
3.4.3 Technical assumptions and dimensioning parameters ............................. 43
3.5 Nokia EdenNet .............................................................................................. 43
3.5.1 Product Overview ......................................................................................... 44
3.5.2 Module Description ...................................................................................... 46
3.5.3 Key benefits and features ............................................................................ 46
3.5.4 Deliverables ................................................................................................... 48
3.5.5 Technical assumptions and dimensioning parameters ............................. 49

4. References ..................................................................................................... 50

5. Glossary ......................................................................................................... 52

6. Appendix ....................................................................................................... 53

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 Figures
Figure 1: High Level RAN Topology ..................................................................................... 7
Figure 2: Operator Challenges ................................................................................................ 8
Figure 3: Nokia Single RAN Technology ............................................................................... 9
Figure 4: RF Sharing examples ............................................................................................. 10
Figure 5: System module Sharing example .......................................................................... 10
Figure 6: Transport Sharing in Backhaul .............................................................................. 11
Figure 7: AirScale System Module ....................................................................................... 12
Figure 8: ASIA Connector layout ......................................................................................... 14
Figure 9: AMIA Subrack with max 6 ABIA ......................................................................... 15
Figure 10: AirScale RRH Module, AHEGA ......................................................................... 15
Figure 11: AirScale RRH Module, AHEGB ......................................................................... 16
Figure 12: AirScale RRH Module, FHEL ............................................................................. 17
Figure 13: mcRNC Modular Architecture ............................................................................ 18
Figure 14: BTS Mediator Overview ..................................................................................... 19
Figure 15: L3 Data Collector (MegaMon) basic configuration for mcRNC ........................ 21
Figure 16: L3 Data Collector (MegaMon) basic configuration for mcBSC ......................... 21
Figure 17: Feederless Site Solution for new sites with Airscale SM .................................... 22
Figure 18: RET Site Solution ................................................................................................ 23
Figure 19: Site Solution for swapped site ............................................................................. 23
Figure 20: Site Solution for remote-sector sites .................................................................... 24
Figure 21: TP5000 IP Clock Server ...................................................................................... 25
Figure 22: NSA option 3X support ....................................................................................... 29
Figure 23: Single logical node with Airscale and Flexi system module ............................... 29
Figure 24: Flexi zone Outdoor Small Cell (Micro) ............................................................... 33
Figure 25: Flexi zone Indoor Small Cell (Pico) .................................................................... 33
Figure 26: Flexi Zone micro outdoor BTS, FWGP............................................................... 35
Figure 27: Flexi Zone Outdoor Micro BTS, FWEA3 ........................................................... 36
Figure 28: Flexi Zone Versatile Configurations for All SC deployment scenarios .............. 36
Figure 29: Outdoor small cell deployment examples ........................................................... 37
Figure 30: Proposed OSS Solution ....................................................................................... 39
Figure 31: Nokia NetAct virtualized platform ...................................................................... 41
Figure 32: EdenNet Solution Offered ................................................................................... 44
Figure 33: EdenNet Functional Architecture ........................................................................ 45
Figure 34: SRAN Customer References ............................................................................... 50
Figure 35: Nokia NetAct References .................................................................................... 50
Figure 36: EdenNet References ............................................................................................ 51

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 1. Introduction
This document provides a description of Nokia’s technical solution proposal to VNPT-NET
in line with RFP requirements. Nokia’s advanced mobile broadband portfolio and technical
solution will enable VNPT-NET to deliver a highly-personalized user experience to its
customers, while improving efficiency and drastically reducing operating expenses.

As a leading supplier for technology networks worldwide, Nokia has built an innovative suite
of products and solutions that will help VNPT-NET modernize and roll out network faster
and with tremendous efficiency. As customers worldwide constantly look for ways to improve
their network’s capacity, efficiency and differentiation, Nokia complements them and gives
a competitive edge by being a true leader in innovations across new technology solutions.

Nokia is fully committed to support VNPT-NET by implementing a state-of-the art network,

which can provide a competitive edge that differentiates VNPT-NET in the market from both
Total Cost of Ownership and end-user quality experience perspectives.

The offered solution is based on our best in class Single RAN portfolio with revolutionary
AirScale. Nokia Single RAN solution consists of multipurpose hardware, supporting software
for WCDMA and LTE technologies, making network investments future proof. Nokia Single
RAN solution enables common base station operations and management (OAM), system
module sharing with shared front haul fibers and common transport function.

The proposed solution from Nokia is designed to meet the expectations and features the
following:

• Highly flexible and efficient products. All the offered products are highly
scalable and support future readiness with software upgrade only
• Lowest total cost of ownership with best in class site solution, smallest
base station footprint, lowest power consumption, SW based capacity
evolution and most innovative technical solution
• Cater to traffic demands for the growing mobile broadband subscribers with
provision of best in class services

In response to the VNPT-NET requirements, Nokia proposes a highly scalable and

comprehensive management solution in the current offer.

The technical solution designed for the current proposal will address the following business
objectives:

• Deploy an optimized solution with low CAPEX and OPEX

• Virtualized platform-based solution which is future ready, more scalable &
reliable
• Unified desktop management system managing multi-technology elements.

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Nokia proposed solution is the most versatile system in the market, supporting many different
network scenarios and an evolutionary path to new technologies. Leveraging on our global
experience, the solution addresses VNPT-NET business requirements and will help to evolve
seamlessly further. This solution is aligned to take into account all these factors and consists
of:

• Future proof products with advanced features for best end user experience
• Solution based on Nokia best in class product capabilities, consolidating
elements, supporting distributed architecture with reduced functional
redundancy
• Centralized Management System for monitoring the whole network from
centralized location.

As a global leader, Nokia is here to help you maximize efficiency in your network
development, upgrades, integration, deployment, and drive your business profitability and
sustainability. Nokia offers the solutions to transform your network and meet the next
generation demands for extreme connectivity.

Let us take your network to the future...!

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2. Solution Overview
The offered solution comprises of the following elements. Except for those offered products,
there are related existing network elements with SW expansion only.

Network Element Offered Product Offered SW Release

Single RAN BTS (2G/3G/4G) Nokia AirScale BTS SRAN19

3G Controller mcRNC WCDMA19

Data Collector Tools – 3G 3G Megamon WCDMA19
Network Management System NetAct SW Expansion NetAct19
SON EdenNet HW/SW Expansion EdenNet19
Table 1: High-level offer summary

The high level network topology for NE connection is shown as below:

Figure 1: High Level RAN Topology

Small Cells deployment is at VNPT-Net responsibility as defined in chapter IV – Scope of

Supply including installation and all related services.

The supplied equipments shall be deployed among existing network elements; thus, the
offered SW level must be compatible with existing controllers (RNC, BSC); management
systems (NetAct, EdenNet) and other elements (Megamon, Megaplexer…). As a result,
SRAN19 is offered as the latest software release which can satisfy this requirement.

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3. Solution Components
3.1 Radio Access Network

Nokia has a strong global footprint with its set of unmatched products and reliable services-
before and after deployment. Nokia’s ingenious and most contemporary Single RAN solution
will enable VNPT to deploy a network at minimal cost and provide its customers the best-in-
the arena end-user experience.

Single RAN cuts through the growing network complexity by running different technologies
on a single hardware platform. This is achieved by sharing multi-purpose hardware, with
functionality determined by shared software.

3.2 Evolution of Single RAN

Operators all around the world are facing many challenges. Every new equipment, network
and technology increases costs, network complexity and CO2 emissions. Also, increasing
uncertainty in Radio Access Technology (RAT) capacity lifecycles increases the need for
multipurpose hardware. These challenges can be solved with offered SRAN solution.

Figure 2: Operator Challenges

Single RAN is all about sharing multi-purpose hardware, with functionality determined by
shared software, and common Operations and Management, transport, and network
performance optimization and configuration. Single RAN cuts through the complexity by
running different technologies on one hardware platform, to move from separate installations
for each radio technology with its own transport and operational needs, to single installations
with a common transport and operational and management system.

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 Figure 3: Nokia Single RAN Technology

Below are the key enablers of SRAN:

Modular design

One of the prerequisites for Single RAN is modularity, which enables operators to start with
small configurations and scales up as markets grow. Modularity is increasingly needed
because the RF technologies are developed independently by standardization (3GPP), because
market needs differ and because technology requirements develop differently.

A good example is that while the expected 1000-fold increase in data traffic is valid for LTE,
it does not apply to GSM, which will experience only modest growth or in some markets no
growth at all. Also, as LTE is initially rolled out to provide basic coverage, there is no need
for huge baseband capacity. However, this is likely to change quickly and many LTE sites
will need to evolve to larger capacities. Modularity enables affordable capacity expansions.

Re-farming

Re-farming some existing GSM frequencies with LTE and HSPA offers great savings and
expanded business opportunities for operators, and the actual network rollout is much simpler
with Single RAN. Operators can expect better network quality to help reduce churn, as well
as higher data ARPU from HSPA subscribers than from GSM subscribers. Similar and even
greater benefits can also be expected with LTE re-farming.

RF sharing

RF sharing is enabled by Single RAN base station hardware, in practice changing from Single
Carrier Power Amplifiers (SCPA) in GSM to Multi-Carrier Power Amplifiers (MCPA) as
used in LTE and HSPA networks. This opens the door for re-farming because the existing
base station RF can now be used simultaneously for both GSM and LTE, or GSM and HSPA,
depending on the frequency band.

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 Figure 4: RF Sharing examples

Baseband (system module) sharing

The multipurpose Baseband or System Module design enables the same baseband hardware
to be used for multiple RF technologies with one software platform, which will simplify
installation and maintenance operations. Baseband processing capacity can be expanded by
remote software upgrades, adding capacity sub-modules and by chaining additional modules.

Figure 5: System module Sharing example

Transport sharing in backhaul

Transport backhaul sharing aims to simplify the network by moving to one shared IP/Ethernet
transport that can support GSM, HSPA and LTE, thus eliminating the need for TDM transport
links for GSM and ATM transport links for HSPA.

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 Figure 6: Transport Sharing in Backhaul

3.2.1 Product overview

The proposed Radio Access solution comprises of following network elements:

SRAN BTS (GSM, WCDMA & FDD-LTE)

• AirScale System Module

o ASIA AirScale Common
o ABIA AirScale Capacity
o AMIA AirScale Indoor Sub-rack
• RRU Modules
o RRH Module (1800 MHz): AHEB (4T4R)
o RRH Module (2600 MHz): AHHB (4T4R)
o RRH Module (1800/2100 MHz): AHEGA (2T4R) multi-band (B1/B3)
o RRH Module (1800/2100 MHz): AHEGB (4T4R) multi-band (B1/B3)
o RRH Module (1800 MHz): FHEL (2T2R)
All of LTE radio modules (1800, 2100 or 2600MHz frequency) offered in this
project will be used for FDD technology. No TDD supported for those radio
modules
• SW Release: SRAN 19 – to be compatible with existing network elements

New Radio Controllers and Others (Data Collector Tools)

• WCDMA: mcRNC
• 3G Megamon
• SW Release: WCDMA19, FDD-LTE19 (delivered within common SRAN19 SW
Rel).

Small Cells (Please refer to section 3.3 for details)

• 3G Micro Small Cells: Flexi zone micro FWGP 2100 MHz

• 4G Micro Small Cells : Flexi zone micro FWEA3 1800 MHz
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 [Link] Nokia AirScale BTS

AirScale System Module offers ten times more capacity than previous generation equipment.
AirScale System Module supports any radio technology - 2G, 3G, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE.

Nokia AirScale System Module is OBSAI/CPRI compatible and it has all the needed control
and baseband functions for the supported radio access technologies. The basic functionalities
are:

• Baseband processing and de-central control

• Transport control and integrated ethernet, and IPv4/v6 and IPSec transport
• BTS clock and timing generation and distribution
• BTS Operation and Maintenance
• Central radio interface control

AirScale System Module includes the following modules and plug-in units/modules:

• ASIA, Indoor Common plug-in unit

• ABIA, Indoor Capacity Extension plug-in unit
• AMIA, AirScale Indoor Subrack
• AMOB, AirScale Outdoor Subrack

Nokia AirScale System Module Indoor consists of one or two AirScale Common (ASIA)
plug-in units and up to six AirScale Capacity (ABIA) extension plug-in units in one AirScale
subrack (AMIA/AMOB).

Figure 7: AirScale System Module

ASIA unit contains the control and integrated ethernet transport processing and interfaces.
ABIA brings baseband signal processing capacity and/or another radio access technology into
the system.

Minimal configuration consists of one ASIA and one ABIA plug-in modules inside
AMIA/AMOB subrack.

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Nokia AirScale is available for SBTS operations and supports the following capacity figures
in SW release:

• GSM:
o 36 TRX
• WCDMA:
o Up to 24 cells per SM
o Up to 4 Local Cell Groups per SM
o Max number of cells per LCG -12 cells
o Max LCG capacity: 24 subunits (3 ABIA)
o Max amount of HSDPA users per LCG- 620 Users
o Max amount of HSUPA users per LCG- 620 Users
o 1*ABIA - 8 subunits
o Min LCG capacity: 4 subunits (½ ABIA)
o One subunit capacity: 96 Channel Element
• LTE
FDD-LTE capacity depends on software release. With SRAN19 (incl. FD-LTE19),
capacity is as below (per ABIA card):
o 12 LTE cells 15/20MHz 2T2R or 6 cells 15/20MHz 4T4R with 2 HWA
licenses (01 license per ½ ABIA card)
o Maximum 36 cells 15/20MHz 2T2R, 18 cells 15/20MHz 4T4R per half subrack
(1ASIA + 3*ABIA + 6*HWA licenses)
o 5040 connected users per ABIA ~ 15120 connected user per half subrack with
(1ASIA + 3*ASIA)
o Maximum 600 VoLTE calls per cell and 1920 VoLTE calls per ABIA (~960
per pool – ½ ABIA)
For TD-LTE, 01 ABIA can also support 6 cells 20MHz 4T4R or 4 cells 20MHz
8T8R.

Key features of AirScale SM Indoor System are as follows:

• Multi-RAT capable HW: GSM, WCDMA, FDD LTE, TDD-LTE, LTE-A.

• Modular approach: scalable capacity and superb connectivity
• Backwards/forwards compatible electrical and mechanical interfaces (RF,
Transport, site solution)
• Ingress Protection: IP20
• Operational temperature range: -5 °C to 55 °C
• Dimensions : 128 x 447 x 400 mm (h x w x d)
• Installation options: 19-inch rack, pole and wall, inside outdoor enclosure

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 • Weight: Minimum (Common PIU + Capacity PIU): 10.1kg, Maximum (2 Common
PIU + 6 Capacity PIU): 23.5kg

[Link].1 Nokia AirScale Common unit (ASIA)

Nokia AirScale Common (ASIA) functions include transport and centralized control
functions for supported radio access technologies. Additionally, ASIA has central antenna
data routing functions. ASIA plug-in unit occupies only half the width of a 19-inch subrack.
ASIA has central antenna data routing functions.

Figure 8: ASIA Connector layout

Key features of ASIA are:

• Multi-RAT control processing and integrated Ethernet transport

• Internal data bus interfaces compatible for chaining with Flexi Multiradio 10
System Module
• System Extension Interfaces (SEI) for chaining of multiple AirScale System
Modules
• 3 x 1G electrical, 2 x 1/10G optical backhaul interfaces
• Sync IN and OUT, External Alarms and Controls, LMT
• Power supply input 48V
• Up to 2 units in one subrack for independent Base Stations or high capacity
configurations
• Weight: 3kg

[Link].2 Nokia AirScale Capacity unit (ABIA)

Nokia AirScale System Module Indoor can consist of up to six AirScale Capacity (ABIA).
ABIA plug-in unit occupies half the width of a 19-inch subrack.

Key features of ABIA are:

• Multi-RAT baseband processing

• 6 x (OBSAI Gbps /CPRI up to 9.8 Gbps) RF interfaces
• 3 of the 6 CPRI interfaces support IQ compression

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 • Weight: 2kg

[Link].3 Nokia AirScale Indoor Subrack (AMIA)

AirScale Indoor Subrack (AMIA) has 3U height and can be fit into a standard 19” rack or can
be stacked on top of each other. Indoor subrack includes fans and backplane for internal
communication and DC-feed.

Figure 9: AMIA Subrack with max 6 ABIA

[Link].4 Radio Modules

Nokia radio module is a stand-alone fully operational transceiver module with integrated
antenna filters. The radio module can support one to three sectors in a BTS with RFM or one
sector with RRH module. The radio module hosts the RF functionality and provides control
and power supply to the Antenna Line. Radio-related signal processing is performed in the
radio module. The supplied radio modules in this project will be described as below:

AirScale Dual RRH 2T4R B1/3 240W, AHEGA

This dual-band radio module is designed for OPEX saving with 1800/2100 multiband, multi-
technologies support. This module is made up of two (02) Tx and four (04) Rx to transmit
and receive signals of different technologies (GSM/WCDMA/LTE) defined by a common
software release offered in this project. This module supports 20W power pooling per Tx
between 2 bands i.e. if 2100 MHz frequency only use 40W per Tx in total, the remaining band
– 1800MHz can use up to 80W per Tx and vice versa. This can also supports 4-Rx diversity
to improve coverage compared with 2-Rx diversity.

Figure 10: AirScale RRH Module, AHEGA

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AHEGA has the following characteristics:

• RF Output Power: 2x80W per band; 2*120W in total

• Band 1: TX 2110 - 2170 MHz, RX 1920 - 1980 MHz
• Band 3: TX 1805 - 1880 MHz, RX 1710 - 1785 MHz
• Optical Interface Type: 2* 9.8 Gb/s CPRI with compression
• Antenna connector: 4.3-10
• RET: 8-pin circular, RS-485
• IP65 with -40 to +55 °C with fan cooling (optional) or wind speed 10.8 km/h
• Operation between GSM, WCDMA and LTE defined by SW

AirScale Dual RRH 4T4R B1/3 320W, AHEGB

AHEGB is a 4T4R radio transceiver module for 1800/2100 MHz band support. The module
consists of four (04) independent branches designed to transmit and receive multicarrier
signals of multiple radio technologies (GSM/WCDMA/LTE) defined by software.

Figure 11: AirScale RRH Module, AHEGB

AHEGB has the following characteristics:

• RF Output Power: 4x40W per band; 4*80W in total; no power pooling support
• Band 1: TX 2110 - 2170 MHz, RX 1920 - 1980 MHz
• Band 3: TX 1805 - 1880 MHz, RX 1710 - 1785 MHz
• Optical Interface Type: 2* 9.8 Gb/s CPRI with compression
• Antenna connector: 4.3-10
• IP65 with -40 to +55 °C with fan cooling (optional) or wind speed 10.8 km/h
• Operation between GSM, WCDMA and LTE defined by SW

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AirScale RRH 2T2R B3 120W, FHEL

FHEL is a 2T2R radio transceiver module for 1800 MHz band support. The module consists
of 2 independent branches designed to transmit and receive multicarrier signals of multiple
radio technologies (GSM/LTE) defined by software.

Figure 12: AirScale RRH Module, FHEL

FHEL has the following characteristics:

• 2x60W at the antenna connector

• iBW 75 MHz
• Optical Interface Type: 2* 6Gbps, OBSAI
• IP65 with -40 to +55 °C
• GSM and FD-LTE 1800 support

[Link] Radio Controllers Solution and Others (data collector tools)

Multicontroller RNC (mcRNC)

Nokia Multicontroller RNC is based on top of a novel, compact and highly scalable
Multicontroller platform. The mcRNC hardware is based on the latest component technology
enabling extremely high packing density and because of its modular and simple architecture,
the capacity, connectivity and functionality can be efficiently scaled to match network and
end-user needs in a flexible and cost-efficient way. The main function of mcRNC is to control
and manage the radio access network (RAN) and radio channels. The mcRNC is designed for
efficient use of radio resources as well as easy installation, operation and maintenance.

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 Figure 13: mcRNC Modular Architecture

The smallest fully functional configuration consists of two controller modules. The capacity
upgrade can be made according to the required traffic mix up to 8 modules.

The dimension of a mcRNC module is with dimensions of 444 mm (width), 450 mm (depth)
and 176 mm (height).

Multicontroller RNC capacity with BCN-B2 hardware are given below. In reality, the
supported capacity might change due to real traffic e.g. more smart phones.

Configuration/capacity Step1 Step3 Step7

User plane capacity
AMR Erlangs 25 000 63 000 142 500
AMR Erlangs (including soft handover) 35 000 88 200 199 500
User plane throughput (Iub total in Mbps) 6 300 15 750 35 700
DL user plane throughput (Iub total in Mbps) 4 400 11 000 25 000
UL user plane throughput (Iub total in Mbps) 1 900 4 750 10 700
Control plane capacity
RNC subscribers 1 000 000 2 520 000 5 700 000
Max number of RRC connected UE's 400 000 1 000 000 1 000 000

Network connectivity
Max number of cells 2 640 6 600 10 000
Max number of BTS sites 528 1 320 2 000
Table 2: mcRNC Capacity Steps

BTS Mediator

BTS Mediator introduces new mediation functionality between M-Plane of BTS and
destination EMS (Element Management System). The mediation functionality includes the
following:

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 • data collection
• data aggregation
• data harmonization
• data conversion
• data distribution

BTS Mediator is:

• Part of BTS OAM SW

• loosely coupled and co-located with NetAct
• Own software delivery
• Virtualized and bare-metal deliveries
• Gets OAM metadata from BTS (minimizes SW changes due to BTS radio features)
• Maps between BTS internal object model and management object model (visible to
user)
• Validates parameters

The following diagram depicts overview of BTS Mediator :

Figure 14: BTS Mediator Overview

The data collector is responsible for M-Plane interface termination using binary data payload
and the data distributor is responsible for termination of NE3S interface towards EMS. A
converter is used between data collector and data distributor that is responsible to change
binary format received from BTS to XML format (for example RAML) expected by EMS.

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BTS Mediator is standalone entity in form of network element. As separate software
component, it needs to be installed at dedicated X86 type hardware.

In this project, existing BTS Mediator capacity could handle additional cell/site.

The following figure depicts BTS Mediator dimensioning with SRAN19 SW Rel.

vCPU HDD (GB) RAM BTSs NCells

Small 6 80 24 5K 11K

Medium 8 80 32 11K 24K

Large – opt 1 16 120 64 13K 48K
Large – opt 2 16 280 64 20K 48K
Table 3: BTS Mediator Supported Configuration

2G/3G Megamon

Megamon (L3 Data Collector) is a tool developed to overcome a challenge for recording the
needed logs for different purposes. Typically troubleshooting requires very detailed
information about the occurred events during a failure. Challenge always is that when failure
(or event requiring thorough investigation) occurs, logs related to that event would have
already been needed to capture.

L3 Data Collector (Megamon) has been developed so that it records continuously all needed
events and stores or forwards those for further processing. L3 Data Collector (Megamon)
functionality includes:

• Configurable message capture filters

• Configurable message storage parameters including parameters for
• Output type: Streaming, ASCII or Ring Buffer
o Message storing time
o Storage size: # of files & size
o Storage free space supervision
• Real-time interface to L3 Analyzer / Viewer (Emil)
• Message capture compression
• Different logging capabilities
• Alarm forwarding to NetAct using RPC protocol
• License handling
• Security between network element and Megamon

L3 Data Collector (MegaMon) consist on following parts

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 • L3 Data Collector (MegaMon) SW and PC/ Server HW where it is running
• IP-switch to accommodate connection to all required units in RNC.
• Cabling between IP-switch, cable-panel and RNC.

L3 Data Collector (MegaMon) can be used for different purposes, thus post processing of the
collected logs can vary.

Figure 15: L3 Data Collector (MegaMon) basic configuration for mcRNC

L3 Data Collector (MegaMon) consist on following parts

• L3 Data Collector (MegaMon) SW and PC/ Server HW where it is running

• Cabling between MegaMon server and BSC.

L3 Data Collector (MegaMon) can be used for different purposes, thus post processing of the
collected logs can vary.

Figure 16: L3 Data Collector (MegaMon) basic configuration for mcBSC

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[Link] Site Solution

[Link].1 New Site Solution

In AirScale BTS, same System Module and RF Module, can be used for feederless site
solution. With the feederless site solution, radio module is located close to antennas, so
traditional long antenna feeders are not needed. Distributed architecture, with the RF module
or a remote radio head eliminates feeder losses.

The feederless site solution offers a flexible way to optimize BTS site performance. Some of
the benefits of a feederless site solution are:

• CAPEX savings in antenna system equipment and installation work.

• The System Module can be freely located (by an optical interface) up to 300 meters
away from the RF Module, typically closer to the transmission termination point and
other site support equipment (e.g. existing BTS shelter or inside BTS or Site Support
cabinet) and to the location with easier access.
• Removes coverage losses introduced by long feeder runs.
• Target signal strength can be achieved with lower power level, which means savings
in OPEX.
• RF parts mounted next to antennas (no MHAs needed).

Figure 17: Feederless Site Solution for new sites with Airscale SM

Each radio module (RRH) offered in this tender shall have capability of RET AISG 2.0
support. Software release provided for SBTS also has a function of Antenna Line
Management which can help operator operate, maintain RET, MHA (TMA) devices.

Below is an example of RET tilting for 2*60W pipe RRH (FHEL 2T2R 1800MHz). For
detailed configuration at BTS site, the procedure shall be provided to customer at
implementation phase with detailed connection for baseband and radio ports.

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 Figure 18: RET Site Solution

[Link].2 Solution for 100 swapped sites

In this project, there will be 100 system modules of existing 3G sites to be swapped and re-
connect existing radio modules to new Airscale system module supplied in LTE 4T4R
configuration. The existing system module – FSMF and related installation materials for
FSMF will be reused for remote-sector site which is under VNPT-Net responsibility. The
below figure describes this connection:

Figure 19: Site Solution for swapped site

[Link].3 Solution for 250 remote-sector site

Figure 20 describes site solution for remote-sector site. There will be 150 site using Airscale
system module supplied in this project and 100 site using FSMF from swap and FBBC from
VNPT warehouse.

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 Figure 20: Site Solution for remote-sector sites

For details of site items including hardware and software offered, please refer to offered
BOM.

[Link] Synchronization (TP5000)

Bidder offers a highly scalable and efficient synchronization solution that comprises of
Microsemi TimeProvider 5000 (hereinafter referred to as TP5000) - Next Generation
Networks timing and frequency solution to meet the requirements of the project. With dual
Input/Output Clock cards in active and standby mode, the TP5000 ensures there is no impact
on client performance when failover occurs.

TimeProvider 5000 combines the functionality of a highly accurate IEEE 1588 Grandmaster
clock with E1/T1 and 10 MHz/1 pps I/O ports in a high-performance, yet compact 1RU
footprint. It adheres to the latest IEEE 1588-2008 (PTPv2) standard including the
provisioning of telecom profile extensions for telecommunications based applications, and
meets applicable performance requirements of the ITU-T G.8272 standard for a Primary
Reference Time Clock (PRTC).

TP5000 is a carrier-class IEEE 1588-2008 Grandmaster clock that utilizes a fully-redundant

architecture to guarantee maximum uptime and resiliency. It incorporates hardware-based
time stamping which provides precise timing and frequency over a broad range of wire line
and wireless applications.

The equipment is available with both Quartz and Rubidium oscillator options, enabling
service providers and network equipment manufacturers to choose the optimal level of
holdover based on network performance, application requirements and equipment cost
targets.

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 Figure 21: TP5000 IP Clock Server

Features

• IEEE 1588-2008 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) Grandmaster with support for PTP
telecom profiles
• High capacity (up to 1000 PTP clients)
• High PTP message rate (up to 128 messages per second)
• Redundant hardware: inputs, outputs, clock, and power
• Hardware-based packet processing
• Quartz and Rubidium holdover clocks options
• User configurable PTP profiles with IPv4 and IPv6 support
• Supports the latest ITU PTP profiles including ITU-T G.8265.1, ITU-T G.8275.1 and
ITU-T G.8275.2
• ITU-T G.8272 PRTC
• Synchronous Ethernet support with optical SFPs
• Single or dual GNSS inputs with GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and Beidou options
• Input source priority auto-switching
• E1/T1 inputs and outputs
• Optical and electrical interfaces (100/1000 Base-T, 1000Base-SX, 1000Base-LX)
• 10 Mhz / 1 PPS support
• PTP and carrier grade NTP server (optional)
• PTP probe for PDV measurement (optional)
• Up to 500 VLANs per port with licensed software option
• Management via CLI, SNMP v2c/v3, TimePictra® PTP probe licensed software
option
• RoHS compliant
• TimeProvider Expansion platform support
• Compatible with TimeProvider 2700, TimeProvider 2300, IGM1100 series,
Microsemi embedded PTP clients, and standards-based 3rd party PTP clients

Key benefits

• Fully interoperable with standards based clients

• Highly scalable PTP grandmaster supports 1000 PTP clients at full 128 messages per
second rate
• No performance degradation as client capacity grows
• Simultaneously supports both PTP and NTP elements in your network
• Capabilities grow with TimeProvider expansion products

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3.2.2 RAN Key Benefits and Features

[Link] SRAN software release – SRAN19

Supporting AirScale Base Station and Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station, and single logical
SBTS on AirScale and Flexi (AirScale-Flexi chaining), aligned with range of latest RAN and
OSS features like 5G and SBTS subrack sharing, Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) solution
with GSM-LTE support, support for new AirScale Common ASIB PIU and support for new
AirScale radios.

SRAN Release GSM Release WCDMA Release FDD-LTE Release

SRAN19 GSM19 WCDMA19 FDD-LTE19

Table 4: SRAN19 Components

[Link].1 GSM Software release - GSM19

GSM19 is Nokia new and upcoming GSM Radio Access software release. The software
release consists of Basic Software (BSW) and Application Software (ASW). The Basic
Software includes basic functionality and enhancements; whilst the Application Software
introduces value-adding feature capabilities.

GSM19 provides advantages through supporting:

• QoS enhancement for Voice

• Security enhancements
• Operability enhancements
• BSC Evolution to Cloud
• Dual stack (IPv4 & IPv6) Support for mcBSC
• IoT/M2M enhancements

Following are some of the main features and benefits of the offered software release:

GPRS
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) provides packet data radio access for GSM mobile
phones. It upgrades GSM data services to allow an interface with Local Area Networks
(LANs), Wide Area Networks (WANs) and the Internet.
Capex and Opex savings by flexible data capacity deployment and better used network
resources (less idle time). Increase revenue by new services, applications and business.
Increase end user experience by flexible data services.

Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE)

Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) enhances the data capabilities of GSM
networks towards 3rd generation services. Enhanced General Packet Radio Service (EGPRS)

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supports high rate packet data services across varying channel conditions. EGPRS is built on
top of the packet switched data service, GPRS.
Improved service quality through increased data capacity and higher data throughput that
decrease response time for all data services.

AMR Quality and Coverage (FR)

AMR Quality and Coverage (Full Rate) improves the speech quality of the call by adapting
the voice codec according to the radio condition. This results excellent speech quality, when
the radio condition is good. In case the radio condition is deteriorated then to utilize more
robust codec, so the low frame error rate (FER) is maintained and voice quality is improved.
This feature will improve speech quality by AMR capability to maintain good speech quality
in poor C/I condition. Capacity Gain by AMR robustness allows to tighten re-use patterns
increasing spectral efficiency.

[Link].2 WCDMA Software release - WCDMA19

WCDMA19 is Nokia new and upcoming WCDMA Radio Access software release. The
software release consists of Basic Software (BSW) and Application Software (ASW). The
Basic Software includes basic functionality and enhancements; whilst the Application
Software introduces value-adding feature capabilities.

WCDMA 19 Software release highlights

• Increased energy efficiency and simplified refarming

• Seamless migration from IPv4 to IPv6 with mcRNC
• Improved uplink performance
• Enhanced WCDMA - LTE load-balancing and layering

The key WCDMA features offered as a part of the solution are as follows:

HSDPA Dynamic Resource Allocation

Dynamic HSDPA channelization codes allocation enables full cell resource utilization, better
end-user experience and increased network capacity.
Gain in cell throughput is achieved as the cell resources are better utilized for varying traffic
mix. Control on resource division between NRT DCH and HSDPA allows flexible support of
different pricing strategies for DCH and HSDPA data.

HSDPA 64QAM
64QAM modulation can be used for HSDPA, increasing the peak bit rate up to 21.1Mbps.
This feature provides 3 -15 % higher average HSDPA cell and user throughput, depending on
the radio conditions and UE receiver.
HSDPA 64QAM feature enables high HSDPA bit rates and offers possibilities for
subscription differentiation and additional data service revenue. In addition to a single user
peak rate enhancement, the average cell throughput is also increased, which improves both
end user experience and overall network efficiency.

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HSUPA 5.8 Mbps
The peak bit rate on E-DCH for single user is increased up to 5.8 Mbps. HSUPA UE
categories 4, 6 and 7 support higher peak bit rate than 2 Mbps. With this feature category 4,
6 and 7, UEs may transmit data with their maximum bit rate, which is achieved with an E-
DCH configuration of 2ms transmission time interval (TTI).
This feature enables to offer higher HSUPA bit rates to premium data subscribers and
increase data service revenue.

[Link].3 FDD-LTE Software release – LTE19

LTE 19 is a Nokia world market release for LTE radio access and enhances the capabilities
of the earlier SW releases.

• LTE 19 commercializes 5G interworking and Dual-Connectivity with 3GPP Rel.15

Dec.2018 compliance
• LTE 19 widens the multi-gigabit opportunity by supporting 7 component carrier
aggregation with LAA
• LTE 19 increases uplink data rates by up to 40% with 256QAM high order
modulation in uplink
• LTE 19 supports IoT use cases with up to 1Mbps efficiently with LTE-M for
Cat.M1 devices
• LTE 19 optimizes IoT coverage with up to 100km cell radius with NB-IoT for
Cat.NB1 device
• LTE 19 enhances AirScale base band capacity with ASIB plug-in units
• LTE 19 extends the AirScale portfolio, including massive MIMO antennas for TD-
LTE and FDD-LTE
• LTE 19 is based on 3GPP Rel.14 (March 2018)

Support of 64 QAM in DL
64-QAM modulation option in AMC in DL will improve up to 50% in DL Peak bit rate. LA
may select 64-QAM modulation for PDSCH. 64-QAM modulation could increase DL peak
bit rate by 50 % under favorable radio conditions, as compared to 16-QAM scenario.
Performance measurement is supported to track 64-QAM usage.
High peak rate potential for downlink.

Closed loop UL power control

AirScale BTS supports slow closed loop uplink power control mode. The enhancement is
based on combined decision about received signal level and quality measures. The closed
loop power control feature adapts fast open loop control to operate in optimum reception point
under varying propagation and interference conditions.
Adaptive UL power control simplifies network planning, enhances UL performance, and
reduces UE power dissipation.

Downlink Adaptive Close Loop SU MIMO (4x4)

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The adaptive closed loop SU MIMO 4x4 solution is based on the transmission mode 4 or 9
for UEs supporting up to 4 layers for spatial multiplexing. The transmission mode is selected
based on the UE capabilities.
Higher downlink peak rates can be offered to end users with category 5 or higher UEs
supporting spatial multiplexing up to four layers.

LTE-UTRAN Load Balancing

With the LTE-UTRAN Load Balancing feature, the eNB monitors the load in its own cells.
If a cell load is high, the eNB initiates a load-based handover (HO) from an LTE to a WCDMA
cell.
The LTE-UTRAN Load Balancing feature reduces the probability of overload situations in
the LTE network due to offloading sufficient UEs to the WCDMA network

LTE-NR Dual Connectivity Option 3X is SBTS

With this feature, LTE-5G deployment in NSA mode can be deployed within SRAN19.

Figure 22: NSA option 3X support

Single Logical SBTS on AirScale + FSMF

By supporting this feature, SRAN19 helps operator to modernize existing site while re-using
existing Flexi MR10 SM for 2G/3G with single OAM for SBTS node with (2/3G on FSMF
and 4G/5G in Airscale).

Figure 23: Single logical node with Airscale and Flexi system module
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3.2.3 Deliverables

High level scope of supplied and configuration is as below:

No. Configuration Offered Hardware Quantity

I Airscale BTS
U2100 4T4R/L1800 4T4R
1 20MHz AMIA + ASIA + 2*ABIA + 3*AHEGB 138
U2100 2T2R/L1800 2T2R
2 20MHz AMIA + ASIA + 2*ABIA + 3*AHEGA 322
L1800 4T4R 20MHz; adding
3.1 existing 3G sites AMIA + ASIA + 2*ABIA + 3*AHEB 100
3.2 L1800 4T4R 20MHz AMIA + ASIA + ABIA + 3*AHEB 56
4 L1800 2T2R 20MHz AMIA + ASIA + ABIA + 3*FHEL 888
HW reused from customer. Nokia
Remote sector (3G/LTE - 01 supplies remote SFP for FRGY and
5.1 sector) FHEL and pole kits for FHEL only. 100
Remote sector (3G/LTE - 01
5.2 sector) AMIA + ASIA + ABIA + AHEGA 150
Adding L2600 on top of existing
6 (Hanoi core area) ABIA + 3*AHHB 100
7 Small Cell 3G (FWGP) FWGP 400
8 Small Cell 4G (FWEA3) FWEA3 400
Expansion from L15 MHz to
9.1 L20MHz - Macro site License only 1626
Expansion from L15 MHz to
9.2 L20MHz - Small cell site License only 702
II Core Sites
Step 3 – Propose for Middle-DLK (01),
1 mcRNC Step 3 North HNI (01) 2
2 Megamon 3G HPE Server (for respective new mcRNC) 2
HW/SW Expansion (Please refer to
3 EdenNet EdenNet deliverables for details) 4
4 NetAct SW Expansion only 6

Table 5: RAN Deliverables

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3.3 Small Cells
3.3.1 Small Cell Value Proposition

Extending Mobile Broadband Services

Small cells not only provide capacity, they also provide coverage. Some MNOs offer small
cells to build or extend coverage in remote rural areas. It is also true that small form factors
for small cells, for example, may indeed provide for cost-efficient coverage as installation
sites in rural areas may be easy to procure.

Industry-smallest with macro capability

Flexi Zone Indoor Pico BTS “Macro like” processing power allows the use of the same
software as Nokia Networks’ macro base stations making them very easy to integrate into
Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets). Operators can enjoy identical features available in macro
cells, such as easy software upgrade to LTE-Advanced and support by the same NetAct
Operations and Support System (OSS) & Nokia EdenNet. In addition, the Flexi Zone Indoor
Pico runs on the same industry acclaimed Smart Scheduler and associated interference
mitigation capabilities, bringing the highest subscriber performance in all indoor locations.

Addressing capacity needs to Meet growing Traffic Demands

Mobile broadband on macro-cellular grids is experiencing capacity problems. As spectrum is

becoming increasingly scarce, efficient LTE technology combined with smaller cell structures
is likely to become popular solution. It may be the only solution for resolving the pending
capacity crunch in the long term. It is widely accepted that to achieve significantly increased
speeds in real world deployments, and therefore meet the forecasted growth in demand, many
smaller cell sites will be required.

Reducing TCO

While early mobile broadband business cases for MNOs were dominated by CAPEX during
the early 3G-era, a great deal of focus now is to include OPEX reductions also.

Indoor small cells provide the lowest TCO for providing coverage and capacity in indoor hot
spots in enterprises and public buildings. As an example, the indoor small cells provide more
than 30% lower TCO compared to the cheapest DAS solution, with a very large capacity gain
compared to any of the DAS solutions. The deployment, installation and other CAPEX are
significantly reduced, creating a very attractive business case for indoor small cells. Also,
thanks to novel zone architecture and the zone controller, Flexi Zone efficiently scales to a
capacity of up to 100 Flexi Zone APs, while lowering the TCO by simplifying backhaul

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requirements, limiting the EPC impact, managing RF interference and simplifying the
installation and operation paradigm thanks to innovation around SON for HetNet and the
unified Nokia network management solution.

Traffic Offloading Opportunities

The potential for indoor offload is quite significant, since a large percentage of global wireless
data traffic is generated indoors and most if not, all smartphones and laptops are equipped
with Wi-Fi connectivity. The indoor offload will connect users to the nearest connectivity
node, reducing interference and transmission power, increasing capacity and reducing battery
consumption. Load-based traffic steering between the macro, micro, pico clusters and Wi-Fi
layers will be needed in order to use the available spectrum efficiently.

Efficient use of spectrum

Spectrum Re-farming is a cost-efficient way to increase both coverage and capacity. The
most cost-efficient approach is to deploy the lower spectrum initially for coverage and deploy
the higher spectrum later for macro or micro/pico cells, depending on the traffic density and
spectrum availability. Pico cell deployment is a cost-efficient way of increasing network
capacity and coverage. Interference management techniques are used to ensure scalability
(low impact/fast deployment of new Pico) and allow operators to cost effectively support the
growth in demand in indoor locations.

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3.3.2 Product Overview

Nokia provides a complete Small Cells Solution, consisting of network technology with
advanced operation and a management solution, capable to offer a wide variety of services.

Figure 24: Flexi zone Outdoor Small Cell (Micro)

Figure 25: Flexi zone Indoor Small Cell (Pico)

Small Cells continue to grow in importance to our customers as they struggle to address the
ever-increasing capacity and coverage demands on their networks. Nokia has a complete

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portfolio of Small Cells products that can address all these different applications.

Small Cells are best used as a complement to a mobile broadband macro network: today for
coverage enhancement (particularly in-building), but as macro networks become congested
and unable to meet the continuing increase in data demand, Small Cells will be used tomorrow
for capacity enhancement: as a capacity underlay beneath the macro layer.

Nokia has a wide range of small cell portfolio available for FDD-LTE and WCDMA.

The Nokia Flexi Zone suite is a LTE/Wi-Fi-capable cellular solution engineered to increase
capacity by providing coordinated underlay networks at street level and indoors, both for
public indoor locations and enterprises. Flexi Zone micro base stations support the most
common FDD-LTE frequency bands and have integrated optional Wi-Fi in some specific
modules. As demand grows, the base stations can be linked to a Flexi Zone Controller to scale
up network capacity almost limitlessly, outdoors and indoor.

Flexi Zone Outdoor Micro WCDMA/LTE BTS 2100, FWGP: Band 1

The specs of FWGP are compiled in below table

Product Flexi Zone Micro Outdoor

WCDMA/LTE Band Band Class: BC-01 (2100MHz)
1
Support Frequency : UL 1920 ─ 1980; DL 2110 – 2170
RF Output Power 250mW to 5W per Tx branch

Carrier 1-C on LTE variant; 4-C on WCDMA variant

LTE Bandwidth Support 5, 10, 15, 20 MHz
RRC Connected User 840 connected users on LTE;
2
Support 72 CE/50 HSPA users or 72 AMR Voice Calls on WCDMA

3 Dimensions: 247(H) x 327(W) x 86(D) mm

Size Mass: 5.2 Kg; Volume: 5.0 L
RF GPS; IEEE 1588v2
Synchronization
Synchronous Ethernet
100/1000 Base-T Copper and 1000Base Fiber
Backhaul Port-A: SFP based Fiber; Port-B: RJ45 Ethernet
4
SFPs Supported: SX, LX, G-PON, E-PON
Configuration: 2Tx / 2Rx MIMO
Antenna Type: Stick, Remote, Integrated Directional
Connector: N-Type
Local Maintenance Bluetooth or Unused RJ45 Port

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 Input Power 90 ─ 264 VAC
o o
Operational Temperature − 40 C to +55 C
Range
Table 6: FWGP Specs

Figure 26: Flexi Zone micro outdoor BTS, FWGP

Flexi Zone Outdoor Micro BTS 1800MHz, FWEA3: Band 3

The specs of FWEA3 are compiled in below table:

Table 7: FWEA3 Specs

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 Figure 27: Flexi Zone Outdoor Micro BTS, FWEA3

3.3.3 Deployment Scenarios

Depending on use case, Nokia Flexi Zone small cells BTS can work as standalone AP or in
concert of APs orchestrated by Flexi Zone controller (optional) as shown in Error! Reference s
ource not found.. When deployed in standalone mode they will be directly connected to
backhaul and core network like any other eNB. Nokia Flexi Zone small cells BTS support
standard 3GPP interfaces (S1, X2) which enables easy integration with the legacy mobile
network also in a multivendor environment.

Figure 28: Flexi Zone Versatile Configurations for All SC deployment scenarios Indoor Use
Cases & Typical Configurations

The critical enablers for lighter deployments are base station size, low power consumption,
wireless backhaul availability, reuse of existing LAN infrastructure, and “all in one box”
solutions. The Nokia Flexi Zone small cells BTS product family uses state of the art System-
on-Chip (SoC) and RFIC technology, to create an industry leading compact form factor with

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low power consumption. The compact single enclosure is designed for light installations,
whether they are pole, ceiling, or wall mounted.

In outdoor scenario, Small cells serve in outdoor locations that are not adequately served by
the Macro cell, to improve performance indoors, to add additional capacity into high traffic
areas, and to improve user experience.

1) Small Cells are typically placed in traffic hotspot locations (high user density areas) to
increase capacity – not uniformly placed across an area.

2) Adding Small cells improves coverage levels, especially in places where the Macro
coverage may have been poor before the Small cells were introduced (e.g. areas where the
Macro cell signal is blocked by a building or other obstruction).

3) Deployment of Small Cells should be avoided in areas with strong nearby Macro sites (e.g.
line-of-site conditions) since the Small cell is likely to provide limited coverage due to the
Macro site dominating the desired area of coverage.
4) Not an issue if Macro and Small cell are on different frequencies

5) The better isolated the Small cell is from the Macro cell interference, the better its overall
performance.

With the reduced footprint of the Flexi Zone, there can be many locations that can be used as
a Small Cell location (e.g. lamp posts, sides of buildings, bus shelters, traffic lights, utility
poles, balconies, roof tops)

Figure 29: Outdoor small cell deployment examples

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3.3.4 Deliverables

Nokia offers 400 Flexi zone Micro for this project based on chapter IV - Scope of supply.
Related controllers (mcRNC), NetAct, EdenNet are SW expansion only to support additional
small cell nodes in the network. The offered variants are as follow:

Functionality Hardware Quantity SW Release

Micro Outdoor 3G 2100 FWGP 400 WCDMA FZ18SP

Micro Outdoor 4G 1800 FWEA3 400 FDD-LTE19

Table 8: Small Cell Deliverables

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3.4 Network Management System (NetAct)

Nokia offers OSS solution which is completely aligned with offered network elements. This
solution meets all the management requirements of network growth, satisfying different
demands along the way. An overview of the complete network structure through an easy-to-
understand network view and the ability to zoom down to NEs details give a clear
understanding of the network, its configuration, and events. The proposed OSS is capable of
bridging different technologies and controlling costs. It provides Operation, Administration
and Maintenance (OAM) through the GUI based applications that allow conveniently,
automated and integrated operation of network elements (NEs) under direct control.

The key OSS elements in the offered solution are outlined in the table below:

Product Functionality

Nokia NetAct 19 Element Manager with management functionality for SRAN (2G,
3G and LTE)
Table 9: Proposed OSS Components

In this project, Nokia offers only Software expansion of 06 existing NetAct Clusters to carter
additional radio capacity, no hardware is offered in this proposal.

SRAN is integrated with NetAct via BTS Mediator through NE3S/WS interface.

The proposed Network Management system architecture is as mentioned in the figure

below:

Figure 30: Proposed OSS Solution

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 3.4.1 Product overview

Nokia NetAct- Virtualized OSS that goes beyond network management

Nokia OSS provides industry leading network management solutions. Nokia NetAct is
offered to address the requirement for standardized, centralized, economical and virtualized
solution. Nokia NetAct gives you one consolidated view over any network, even the most
complicated multi-domain, multi-technology system. NetAct is virtualized for minimal
downtime and resilience and provides full visibility and control over your network, whether
traditional or cloud-based.

What NetAct means for you:

Simplify: Get one consolidated view over the whole network
Control: Use near real time performance and fault management, automated configuration
Optimize: Access all the tools you need to improve network performance and subscriber
experience.

NetAct lets you save up to 80% in OPEX by automating network-wide configuration

operations compared to performing tasks manually and with multiple systems.

NetAct provides a comprehensive suite of premium, modular applications for managing all
network domains. It comprises a common computing platform, adaptation and mediation
layer, an application layer and VMware Hypervisor layer in NetAct.

• The adaptation and mediation layer- is responsible for converting the network
element data to NetAct internal format and for adapting the applications to, for
example, a certain network domain and technology. It also provides the application
layer with services not specific to any network management operation, for instance,
access control and logging.
• The application layer- contains the applications for common management tasks, such
as fault, configuration, performance management and optimization. These are
accessible through user workstations. Depending on the VNPT installation, the tools
allow management of part or all of the network domains.
• VMware Hypervisor- is installed on physical servers which provide the HW
virtualization capability. Virtualization is a software technology, which uses physical
resources such as a server and divides it up into virtual resources called virtual
machines (VM's).
The figure below depicts the virtualized NetAct:

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 Figure 31: Nokia NetAct virtualized platform

Virtual Machines (VMs) allow the sharing of the underlying physical server resources
between different virtual machines, each running its own instance of the operating system.
Servers simply add I/O, CPU, and RAM computing resources to the HW “resource pool.”

Virtualization provides a logical view of data, computing power, storage capacity and other
server resources. Within each logical replica virtual machine, a guest operating system may
run independently of other guest operating systems running in other virtual machines.

3.4.2 Key benefits and features

The proposed OSS Solution completely adheres to the requirement of managing underlying
network efficiently from a centralized location. The solution provides seamless multi-
technology support with highly intuitive GUI oriented applications.

The key benefits and features of the solution are outlined below:

Operational Efficiency
Nokia provides development to support operators in OPEX savings targets. Following are the
methods used for OPEX reduction:
• Fast adaptive and customizable user interface
• Configurable working sets for different roles improve efficiency
• Multi-technology support from common platform

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 • Comprehensive alarm filtering and correlation rules
• Load sharing on different servers
Nokia NetAct cuts through network complexity and helps VNPT to manage different network
technology domains even from different vendors with one single system. This results in a
reduction of administration, maintenance, and system integration costs.

Virtualization of the platforms

Virtualization is a software technology, which uses physical resources such as a server and
divides it up into virtual resources called virtual machines (VM's). Virtual machines (VMs)
allow the sharing of the underlying physical server resources between different virtual
machines, each running its own instance of the operating system.

Due to virtualization application, scaling is possible up to full capacity. VNPT can share
redundancy resources, which provides high availability with lower costs. With the help of
virtualized platform of NetAct, the operator has the flexibility of hardware. It also helps in
decoupling it and 3rd party HW and SW.

Improvements during upgrade and reduced CAPEX

The upgrade can be performed by cloning the system within the virtualized infrastructure.
Network visibility is not lost during the upgrade and upgrade can be executed during office
hours. Virtualization enables near-zero downtime software upgrade or migration, higher
availability and better resource sharing possibilities with other OSS products.
Virtualized infrastructure capacity extension is optimized as upgrade utilizes existing
infrastructure. Switch-back lowers risk of possible downtime. Existing hardware can be
reused and hence reduced CAPEX.

Highly scalable architecture allows modular framework which provides rapid and
flexible addition of new components to the solution
The proposed management system is a highly scalable solution which provides much
flexibility for further expansion. It is based on pay as use model which can be designed for
small to large network configurations that can support both centralized and remote operations.
This is useful for any current expansion requirements. Virtualization enables optional near
zero downtime software upgrade or migration, higher availability and better resource sharing
possibilities with other OSS products.
It provides flexibility to design the networks for present and further expansion & upgrade
requirements.

Centralized management system for monitoring, measuring and configuring network

The proposed management solution for VNPT is equipped with a powerful set of tools for
pre-processing, storing and displaying alarms in real time. Performance monitoring is possible
by which VNPT can measure the quality of service by monitoring near real-time data.
Configuration management retrieves configuration data from network elements and saves this
information to allow VNPT to create an archive of configuration stages. It enables them to
optimize their network. System administration is possible with a comprehensive set of tools
for administration. In addition, there are Security management tools to configure network and
data security controls in the system.

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NetAct provides a comprehensive set of tools which addresses all the key requirements of the
VNPT regarding centralized monitoring, performance monitoring, configuration
management and security management. It maintains a downward pressure on capital costs
by managing all the technologies and by rolling out next generation networks in cost effective
way. Moreover, it provides timely support for upcoming network releases with optimized
CAPEX and more revenue generation.

3.4.3 Technical assumptions and dimensioning parameters

• 20 concurrent window users are considered.

• All SW Licenses are based on Perpetual Pricing.
• Reporting Suites, Thresholder & Profiler, Trace based troubleshooting, SW
Management, Security Log have been offered.

3.5 Nokia EdenNet

Nokia EdenNet has been offered in current solution. Solution is offered for 4G LTE only. No
3G functionalities are considered in this project due to VNPT requirements.

Nokia proposes EdenNet as centralized SON solution for LTE radio networks. With its
advanced capabilities, EdenNet performs SON functions seamlessly across OSS and RAN
boundaries – even if RAN equipment is intermixed within a market.

The figure below illustrates the solution offered to VNPT-Net in which all of existing
EdenNet (04) will be expanded with additional hardware and SW/license to support additional
4G Cells in this project. For list of hardwares offered, please refer to Table 10 at the end of
this section.

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 Figure 32: EdenNet Solution Offered

EdenNet sits on top of vendor’s network management system to provide a single, simplified
and integrated network optimization view and enable process automation. EdenNet is a
software solution that provides productized open-loop and closed-loop automation for the
Network Operations Centre. For the expansion scenario for VNPT, 1 Netact will be deployed
for Hanoi region, and another Netact will be deployed for 11 Provinces region. Each of these
new netact will be homed to the region where an EdenNet logically serving. As such, EdenNet
for Hanoi will now be handling existing NetAct and the new offered one. The same goes for
11 Provinces region where the existing EdenNet will be hosting the existing Netact and the
2nd New Netact.

3.5.1 Product Overview

EdenNet uniquely addresses the emerging carrier demand for SON by bridging the gap
between RAN and IT suppliers. EdenNet delivers the ultimate in network performance,
reliability, and operational efficiencies. EdenNet provides an extremely powerful, highly
extensible architecture.

Advanced intelligence within the EdenNet framework minimizes the bandwidth required on
the OSS interface. EdenNet requires only a relatively small subset of event data. It parses the
event data, aggregates the events, calculates summary statistics, stores only the aggregated
counts within the its databases, and discards the event files. EdenNet retrieves performance
data in compressed format and performs sophisticated caching to minimize CM read and
writes.

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 Figure 33: EdenNet Functional Architecture

The major framework subsystems of EdenNet are listed below:

• SON Module Engine provides extensive functionality for the run-time execution of
SON Modules. The logic of each functional SON Use Case is delivered as a plug-in
“Module”. EdenNet comes with a toolbox of SON Modules as described herein and
operators have the capability to modify these SON Modules and create or have
created additional SON Modules.
• EdenNet GUI provides an interface for users of EdenNet to manage and configure
the operation of EdenNet, launch SON Modules, view the results of SON operations,
and view the network topology, SON status, SON logs, and overall network
performance.
• OAM&P Engine includes extensive functionality in the domains of administration,
configuration management logging, and fault management.
• SON Adapter Layer provides a well-structured abstraction layer for interfaces to
external systems (e.g., RAN configuration parameter data, KPI’s, Layer 3 event data,
alarm data, etc.). The EdenNet Adapter Layer ensures configuration data consistency
by supporting configuration updates to RAN OSS elements via the OSS or EMS
interfaces. Since configuration changes are implemented via the OSS, configuration
data that is read from the OSS reflects the actual configuration of the network at all
times. The SON Adapter Layer can be readily extended to support additional external
systems such as backhaul, data probes, etc.
• Network Performance Engine performs processing of network performance
metrics, events, and alarms. These metrics, events, and alarms are available to SON
Modules via the EdenNet API.
• Parameter Management Engine manages network configuration parameter data
that is pulled from and pushed to the network. This component maintains a full history
of changes made to network parameters by EdenNet and other systems, which forms
the basis of the EdenNet parameter rollback capabilities. Any and all changes to the
network configuration can be efficiently and easily undone.

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 • Extensive SON Module Toolbox for performing autonomous network optimizations
(e.g., ANR lists, handover parameters, reuse parameters, antenna parameters),
workflow automation (e.g., automatic performance reports, real-time alerts,
parameter consistency enforcement), network reliability automation (e.g., sleeping
cell detection, cell outage compensation), and dynamic network adaptation (e.g.,
traffic load balancing, optimization of special events, etc.). The SON Modules
configure hundreds of RAN parameters within closed loop SON operation.

3.5.2 Module Description

EdenNet is a highly extensible, multi-vendor, multi-technology SON solution with a unique

open framework. The EdenNet SON Modules address the needs of the operators and provides
them the largest performance gains in their network.

[Link] Automatic Neighbor Relations

EdenNet ANR automatically detects, creates, modifies and deletes adjacencies in multi-
vendor, multi RAT, multi-layer networks. It is fully automated, can perform its actions
without any human intervention in selected interval.

Customer Benefits:

• Adjacency management ensures stable quality e.g. Reduced Drop call rates, reduced
drops due to missing neighbors.
• Customer can benefit on reduced time needed for adjacency management, as well as
improved customer retainability due to increased and assured quality.

[Link] Reuse Code Optimization

EdenNet Reuse Code Optimization Modules automatically and dynamically improves the
performance of mobile networks by detecting and resolving code reuse conflicts and
developing optimal code reuse plans. The reuse conflicts that are detected and resolved
include reuse collisions (i.e., neighbor cells that share the same reuse code); reuse confusions
(i.e., multiple neighbors of a source cell share the same reuse code).

Customer Benefits:

• Major network performance gain as many performance problems are due to sub-
optimal reuse code planning.
• Customer can benefit on reduced time needed for PCI optimization, as well as
improved customer retainability due to increased and assured quality.

3.5.3 Key benefits and features

Time Savings for Network Optimization and Maintenance

EdenNet SON Modules are based on patented transformational SON technologies (27 issued
patents and 70 pending) that will deliver by far the best network performance, network
reliability, and operational efficiencies.

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EdenNet has by far the most comprehensive and most effective SON Modules in the industry
today.
• Improved efficiencies of network optimization engineers from automation.
• Improved efficiencies of maintenance engineers from automation.
• Improved efficiencies from best operational practices shared consistently across
properties and RAN vendors.
• Automatic Neighbor Relations (ANR) frees up 1 hour per day per RAN optimization
engineer (20-person years for T-Mobile USA).
• Additional resources freed up from the auto configuration SON Module.
• Capacity and Coverage Optimization (CCO) help eliminate RF Issues (e.g. drive
tests, fixing antennas).
• Many more SON Modules have an impact on enhancing operational efficiencies.
• Even greater savings from enhanced operations with future multi-layer HetNets.
EdenNet includes the most extensive library of SON Modules. These Modules could provide
substantial additional value. If and when Nokia Siemens Networks chooses to turn on
additional SON Modules, it is extremely fast and simple to deploy and activate such modules
with the EdenNet solution.

Software Tool Consolidation

EdenNet operates within a fully virtualized environment, enabling deployment in private
cloud infrastructure and easily scaling to support any sized operator deployment. The
EdenNet framework ensures correct interaction of SON with OSS and other systems through
its adapter layer. This is used for intelligent interfacing with external systems such as RAN
OSS, RAN KPI, RAN event data, alarm management, subscriber geolocation systems and RF
planning tools. The EdenNet adapter layer can be readily extended to include integration with
additional IT systems.
• Elimination of other tools (such as COPS, in-house scripting solutions).
• Leveraging capabilities of the EdenNet framework and Web Front end.
• Operator develops custom modules.
The advanced, fully virtualized, highly extensible EdenNet framework enables flawless
operations with real-world evolving networks at scale. EdenNet framework includes a
complete SDK, enabling operators across the globe to develop custom SON Modules

Reductions in Customer Care Costs

EdenNet additionally provides substantial efficiency improvements for optimization
engineers and customer care.
• Greater network reliability from ANR
• Mobility Robustness Optimization(MRO), CCO,Sleeping Cell Resolution etc.
• Much better user experience and fewer trouble tickets from reduced dropped sessions
and leakage.

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 • Greater customer satisfaction from increased capacity, improved network balancing
and enhanced QoS.
EdenNet has realized substantial improvements with industry’s largest gain KPIs for
GSM/UMTS/LTE networks across diverse network deployments in the North America, Asia,
Europe and Africa. The level of gains varies depending on the state of optimization and
specific deficiencies of the network.

Reductions in Churn
EdenNet realizes the industry’s largest KPI gains in Retainability (Reduced Drop Call Rate
and Reduced Drops Due to Missing Neighbors), Mobility (Increased Handover Success Rate,
Reduced HO Ping Pong and Early Handover), Integrity (Reduced IRAT Leakage, Better
Channel Quality CQI, Increased Throughput and Capacity and Reduced Congestion),
Accessibility (Reduced Access Failure Rate and Fewer trouble tickets) and Availability
(Reduced Cell Downtime and Increased Service Availability).
• Reduction in churn from elimination of poor performing cells.
• Reduced churn from reduced dropped sessions and leakage
EdenNet SON Module also proved valuable for improving an issue with dropped calls in the
multiple regions, on a high-speed train path. The handover success rate was improved for
cells impacted by the reuse code collisions. The EdenNet SON Modules has also provided
substantial value with the network, identifying several out-of-bounds network configurations.
These results have shown a significant reduction in churn.

3.5.4 Deliverables

Considered LTE modules offering are:

⚫ Automatic Neighbor Relations for LTE

⚫ Reuse Code Optimization for LTE

Quantity
Functionality Hardware Configuration (for each Area
EdenNet)
EdenNet HPE BL460C Gen10, EdenNet Hanoi and
HP Blade 1 11 provinces
Server 2x6130 CPU, 384GB
04 EdenNet (HN,
VNX 200GB SSD 11 provinces,
Storage Expansion Disks 2
25X2.5 DPE/DAE SouthEast and
SouthWest)
VNX 600GB 10K SAS EdenNet Hanoi and
Storage Expansion Disks 7
25X2.5 DPE/DAE 11 provinces

Table 10: SON Deliverables

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 Based on the dimensioning and assessment, additional HW has to be considered for
the EdenNet instance in Hanoi and 11 Province to be able to handle the additional Netact and
4G cells. The table above highlights the HW needed for this scope.

3.5.5 Technical assumptions and dimensioning parameters

Dimensioning is calculated based on number LTE cells. Also, to be considered as input is the
number of SON modules and the frequency of running each module per OSS/EMS, as well
as the CM/PM retention period. Dimensioning is done based on 5-VM architecture.

EdenNet is hardware agnostic and can be run on dedicated off the shelf HW or deployed in a
fully virtualized environment. In the current solution, EdenNet is delivered based on HP
hardware.

Dimensioning inputs – Based on the network size information in the scope, dimensioning is
done for the deployment of the EdenNet solution.

Following assumptions/considerations have been assumed while calculation resource

requirements and dimensioning:

• Default Data retention period considered -

o PM requirements [PM granularity PM desired Retention (days)]
­ 15 min - 7
­ Hourly - 30
­ Daily - 365
o CM changes retention (days)
­ CM - 365
• Backup and restore is considered.
• Offline map server is considered.
• Self-monitoring is considered.

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 4. References
Radio References

Figure 34: SRAN Customer References

OSS References

Figure 35: Nokia NetAct References

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 Figure 36: EdenNet References

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 5. Glossary

Term Explanation
3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project
BTS Base Station Trans receiver
CAPEX Capital Expenditures
GSM Global System for Mobile communication
HW Hardware
IoT Internet of Things
LTE Long-Term Evolution
LTE-A LTE-Advanced
NB-IoT Narrow band IoT
NSA Non-Standalone
OPEX Operational Expenditure
OSS Operations Support System
RAN Radio Access Network
SW Software
SRAN Single Radio Access Network
FDD Frequency Division Duplexing
GSM Global System for Mobile Communication
HSPA High Speed Packet Access
RAN Radio Access Network
RAT Radio Access Technology
WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access

Table 13: Glossary

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 6. Appendix
• Nokia AirScale System Module Product [Link]
• Nokia AirScale Radio Module [Link]
• Nokia Multicontroller RNC Product [Link]
• Nokia NetAct Product [Link]

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