With a 30X explosion in IP-based mobile traffic in the next 5 years, the mobile backhaul network needs to address new key requirements for service reliability, flexibility, and scalability to support new high-bandwidth, delay-sensitive mobile broadband services and applications.
How do you cope with the impact technologies like 4G LTE and small cells (femto/pico) will have on the backhaul network? How do you handle 2G, 3G and 4G traffic on a single backhaul network? How can you be profitable doing so? What role do breakthrough technologies like lightRadioTM play in improving service delivery and lowering network costs?
This session answers how mobile operators can evolve towards one converged, optimized, scalable, multi-access IP network allowing dynamic service creation and delivery. In doing so, a holistic approach is presented towards achieving a High Leverage NetworkTM addressing the dual challenge of simultaneously scaling and managing network capacity while delivering differentiated, revenue-generating services. Key topics include:
• How tight interoperability across multiple access technologies achieves architectural flexibility while minimizing cost of transport
• How a common packet switched backhaul network, unified using MPLS, addresses high-bandwidth, delay-sensitive all-IP services
• Benefits of backhaul and packet core convergence
• How new wireless network tools and common OAM enhance QoS and traffic optimization.
Presenter:
Steve Dyck, Director, Mobile Backhaul Solutions, Alcatel-Lucent
