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A breadth of solutions in transport
securing private LTE today andfutureproofing the evolution totomorrow’s private 5G.

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A breadth of transport solutions for low latency,
robust, and secure services everywhere.

Are you setting up your private networks toneeds in a cost-effective manner. Ericssonbring private long-term evolution (pLTE)

is committed to helping our customers

to life or evolving it for higher capacity andto prepare for all network cases. With ourcoverage? As a trusted partner, Ericsson

Transport portfolio, you can build for thedelivers what our customers need while

future using today’s networks.

reducing complexity and cost. As Utilities
consider deploying pLTE, it is critical to plan

Scaling up for future

the transport requirements of pLTE services

applications and device counts— and the evolution to private 5G networks

Increased bandwidth and capacity have— to ensure that the cellular network

been key since the first deployments ofperforms at its best. Planning the transport

mobile networks. A new spectrum, thenetwork for private networks from day zero,better use of the available spectrum, andrather than assuming the existing transport

coordination features increase the bandwidth

network will suffice de-risks the investment

and lead to a higher demand for capacity inin pLTE, enabling resilient mission-critical

the transport network.

communications.
Low latency
Transport has and will continue to play an

Low latency is essential for communication

important role in meeting future capacity

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4certain use cases, such as critical internet ofAssured quality of service (QoS)things (IoT). Transport is crucial in meeting

and automated operations

the future 5G requirements for enhanced

There is an increasing demand for

performance and for making the mostguaranteeing service quality in all traffic

efficient use of the radio access spectrum.

types. Intelligent, automated coordination
between radio access network (RAN),

Providing end-to-end security

transport, and mobile core networks is central

Security needs to be distributed and scalable

to any robust, sustainable pLTE solution.

across the whole network. Transport

Building a service-based network with annetworks play a vital role in this. Secured

intelligent and agile infrastructure enables

end-to-end transmission is crucial for many

service providers to take advantage ofdifferent use cases on the electrical grid. The

network automation.

demarcation between trusted and untrusted
domains must be part of the security

Energy efficiency and other cost

solution, including the trend towards zeroadvantages

trust architecture (ZTA).

Networks benefit from purpose-built andenergy-efficient transport systems that

Synchronization support

support simplicity, scalability, and flexible

Synchronization support in the mobilesolutions, with high bandwidth and multibackhaul is crucial to enabling time division

protocol support. To ensure flexibility andduplex (TDD-based) radio networks andreduce implementation costs, service

guaranteeing radio performance. Backhaul

providers can deploy a combination of fiberrouters and microwave nodes are used

and microwave transport technologies.

to efficiently distribute time, phase, andfrequency synchronization as part of theoverall synchronization solution for enhanced
radio coordination and new use cases.
Planning for secondary timing solutions
ensures that synchronization services aremaintained, ensuring reliable operation when
GPS is not available.

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Transport product portfolio
MINI-LINK 6000
As the leading point-to-point microwave
portfolio in the market, MINI-LINK provides
the most flexible tools for building costefficient transport solutions that meet thestringent requirements of mobile networks.
MINI-LINK 6000 provides the rightsolution for each part of the network — all
deployment scenarios and site types. MINILINK 6000’s superior system gain ensureslonger hops, higher capacities, or smaller
antennas, thereby reducing operating
expenditure (OPEX).
Robust RAN transport services are built withcapabilities like adaptive modulation withsupport for wide channels, multiple carriers,
multi-band links, low latency, and advanced
synchronization.
Cost-effective operations are provided withsuperior power efficiency and features suchas automatic transmit power control, ECO
mode, and carrier deep sleep, along with thesame building practice efficiencies provided
by all products in the Ericsson Radio System.
Resilient and redundant networks canbe built with a robust set of protection

mechanisms for radio link protection,
ethernet graceful degradation, policy-basedforwarding, support for resilient topologies,
and hardware component protection.
Key features of the portfolio are:• inclusion of all building practices: outdoor,indoor, and split-mount in all frequencies
with 6 – 80 GHz in any combination• high capacity: 4x10 Gbps multi-band links
and 4x25 GE interfaces in a single node
• superior power efficiency: 40 percent
lower than the industry average, providing
considerable savings for OPEX
• superior system gain: longer reach or
greater capacity and reducing total cost ofownership (TCO) by using smaller antennas
Router 6000
With cost-efficient and scalable routing,
the Router 6000 series responds directly
to challenges in the internet protocol (IP)RAN backhaul / aggregation domain.
It supports exponential traffic growth,
increased network connectivity, and theneed for synchronization and security in acomplete, scalable, and cost-efficient router
portfolio. Built with a focus on optimizing theperformance of radio networks, Router 6000

can provide RAN-level performance and still
cover other network needs in a converged
infrastructure while optimizing both thecapital expenditure (CAPEX) and OPEX
spend for the network.
The Router 6000 family contains:• purpose-built routers with optimized
throughputs and high 10/25/100 GE port
densities to meet the needs of transportnetworks• support and interoperability for now
ubiquitous multiprotocol label switching(MPLS) networks and forward-looking
support for future technologies such as
SRv6 that will enable even more reliable andscalable networks• industry leading power consumption tominimize power costs of the network• scalable solutions with up to 4.8 Tbps ofcapacity• advanced synchronization support withhigh accuracy• lower operations costs with options thatinclude designs without fans and filters tominimize on-site maintenance visits

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superior Transport
Enable your private network with Transport

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A comprehensive RAN
Transport portfolio

What makes the Ericsson Transport offering unique is the breadth ofsolutions that will help meet the performance and reliability needs ofpLTE and future moves to 5G or beyond. The transport network is thefabric of RAN and is a foundation for meeting higher demands withmuch greater data volumes and a range of new requirements. It is
an integrated transport solution that includes fiber- and microwavebased backhaul as part of our Ericsson Radio System. Ubiquitouscoverage is achieved by combining microwave, router, and opticalsolutions. Our Transport portfolio delivers the capacity, latency, andreliability needed to build and evolve private networks everywhere.
Flexible and modular Transport solutions
for any deployment scenario
Varying networks require tailor-made solutions. This increases theneed for flexible solutions that scale without high up-front costs andensures the required reliability. Scalable, flexible, and cost-efficient
fiber- and microwave-based solutions provide superior performanceand support various RAN architectures.

Industry-leading performance with Ericsson Radio System
Our portfolio of Transport solutions is part of the Ericsson Radio
System, ensuring a smooth evolution path. Ericsson Radio System isdesigned to fit all site types and traffic scenarios, even as networks
grow in scale and complexity and across radio technologies. It
delivers industry-leading performance on the smallest site footprint
with the lowest energy consumption.
Superior performance with commonmanagement from radio to core
With Ericsson Network Manager (ENM), all network technologies
can be handled with a single management platform. The solution
provides a single interface for managing the complete private
network with a reduced cost of operation by automating tasks suchas monitoring, service provisioning, software management, andinitial deployment. ENM allows for software defined networks (SDN)
based management with open and standard interfaces, a frameworkfor policy-driven automation, and end-to-end orchestration tosupport the efficient roll-out of private network services.

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8Utilities centric Transport

Ericsson’s robust Transport portfolio,
including Router 6000 and MINILINK 6000, can implement a varietyof network solutions, including endto-end Multiprotocol Label Switching(MPLS) network with an ethernet
transport underlay. At the network layer,
implementing MPLS with Router 6000 willoffer several benefits to utility transportnetworks.
Live in North America multi-vendor
networks today showing ecosysteminteroperability for ubiquitous MPLS.
First, MPLS enhances network efficiency
by enabling the prioritization of critical
data packets. Network architectureswith inherent redundancy along withobservability and traceability capabilities
also provide network reliability which
ensures the seamless transmission ofreal-time data like energy grid and sensor
data. This is crucial for maintaining thereliability of utility services. Second, MPLS
provides robust security capabilities,
such as traffic segregation, safeguarding
sensitive utility data from potential

threats. Ericsson’s products and services
support the important North American
Electric Reliability Corporation Critical
Infrastructure Protection (NERC CIP)
reliability requirements. Ericsson has alsoachieved the GSM Association (GSMA)
Network Equipment Security Assurance
Scheme (NESAS) audit certification. We
also support zero-trust target architecture
security by design and an endpoint
security solution, providing a cybersecurity
blueprint for utilities private LTE. Third,
MPLS simplifies network managementwith its centralized control and easy-toconfigure architecture, reducing operational
complexity and enhancing network
reliability. Beyond MPLS, Ericsson hasrouters that natively support segmentrouting on IPv6 (SRv6), providing thenext wave of simplicity and resiliency inIP networking. Overall, implementing
MPLS in your transport network is vital tooptimizing the performance, security, andmanageability of your transport network,
contributing to the uninterrupted delivery ofessential services.
At layer two, MINI-LINK 6000 provides

9ethernet services that complement theseend-to-end objectives with link-levelfeatures that enhance transmission overradio links. Ericsson offers industry-leading
system gain (output power minus receive
threshold), which provides the ability
to carry more capacity with the sameequipment, a given capacity with smaller
antennas, and the ability to increase therange of a link for a given capacity. In
building your utilities transport network,
it is critical to de-risk your investment
and properly prepare for private LTE. All
Ericsson Transport products are part ofthe same Ericsson Radio System building
practice, allowing all products to work
together in the same enclosures, withthe same power requirements, the same
airflow and cooling, and being managed
by the same network management system.
Ericsson access routers, for example, arebuilt without a filter and with a sealed
chassis, keeping dust off the electronics,
and eliminating site visits for the purposeof changing air filters. It is also important toinvest in a company that continues to invest
in technology, such as artificial intelligence/ machine learning (AI/ML) capabilities

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that will enhance operations evenfurther. For example, AI/ML capabilities
are being used to read radio frequency(RF) signatures to determine the type ofobstruction experienced by a microwave
link, which can reduce unnecessary sitevisits.
Finally, in this era of utilities asking theircustomers to conserve their energy usage,
it is important for the utilities themselves tobe as energy efficient as possible as well.
All Ericsson products in the Ericsson Radio
System have an energy efficiency roadmap
to ensure we are minimizing the energy
footprint required to operate our networks.
MINI-LINK, as an example, has several
features that reduce radio output power orshut off radio channels completely when
the capacity is not needed. Combining
these features has been demonstrated toreduce energy consumption by up to 40
percent. All product lines have industryleading energy efficiency, and we arealways innovating to help our customers
conserve even further.

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10The full advantage with
Ericsson as your partner
for transport

As the leader in 5G we know transport
Ericsson is committed to helping service
providers take full advantage of 5G witha strong Transport portfolio, developed inconjunction with the Ericsson Radio Systemradio portfolio to support all 5G deployment
scenarios, including cloud RAN. We reducecomplexity and provide market-leading
capacity and interface density using open
and standardized interfaces to ensure fullinteroperability in multivendor networks.
Turn on and evolve pLTE faster
The high level of serviceability in our
Transport portfolio together with Ericsson’s
unparalleled experience with large
deployments enables us to effectively help
customers move quickly and efficiently
and transition to the next generation 5G
transport network, capturing the full valueof connectivity.

Different transport requirements are driven
by a variety of factors, from new use cases,
demand for lower costs, and new RAN
architectures and interfaces to expectations
for high capacity, low-latency, reliable, andsecure communications. With Ericsson 5G
Transport, service providers can establish
technology leadership in new markets,
prepare for fast 5G services introductionand evolution, and run the network withoptimized network performance.

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