MToP in the RAN

Address Increasingly Complex Mobile Transport
A new generation of multimedia applications is transforming mobile services and operator networks. The Radio Access Network (RAN) now requires new capabilities and significantly more bandwidth to support 3G and 4G services. Delivering these applications while supporting legacy voice and data services can create a complex assortment of networks in the RAN.

Simplify Operations with Mobile Transport Solution
Cisco Mobile Transport over Packet (MToP) technology provides an ideal backhaul aggregation solution. With this mobile transport solution, you can:

• Substantially increase bandwidth to cell sites at a fraction of the cost of adding T1 or E1 circuits
• Reduce operational costs and complexity by operating a single IP/MPLS network
• Extend quality-of-service intelligence to the RAN
• Simplify operations with a single management system for the core network and RAN
• Evolve the RAN infrastructure incrementally without service disruption
• Implement a scalable, standards-based solution that can evolve to meet future requirements

Together, these capabilities help you deploy broadband services more quickly and cost-effectively.

Mobile Transport over Packet in the RAN
The Cisco Mobile Transport over Packet solution uses pseudowires, which are MPLS virtual circuits, to aggregate traffic and perform Time Division Multi-plexing (TDM) and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). This mobile transport solution grooms these pseudowires, along with native-IP radio traffic and clock synchronization, from the RAN to the core network over a Carrier Ethernet transport.

High Quality, Flexibility, and Simplicity
MPLS traffic management can provide the highest-quality experience for end users. The Cisco Mobile Transport over Packet solution also:

• Simplifies the RAN architecture and reduces costs
• Delivers the flexible bandwidth of IP
• Provides the ability to pre-provision for rapid deployment and scaling of new services

Advanced Mobile Network with Cisco Mobile Transport over Packet
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Cisco 7600 Series Routers
These intelligent edge routers offer carrier-class Ethernet switching, IP/MPLS routing, and integrated optical provisioning for consumer, business, wholesale, and mobile services.

Cisco Circuit Emulation over Packet (CEoP) Shared Port Adapters for the Cisco 7600 Series Routers
These shared port adapters provide protocol-independent, bit-transparent data transport to deliver new services, improve scalability, and reduce costs in mobile networks.

• Cisco 24-Port Channelized T1/E1/J1 Circuit Emulation Over Packet Port Adapter
• Cisco 2-Port Channelized T3/E3 CE Over Packet & Channelized ATM SPA
• Cisco 1-Port Channelized OC-3/STM-1 Circuit Emulation Over Packet Port

Cisco MWR 2941-DC Mobile Wireless Router
This cell site access platform, designed to aggregate and transport mixed-generation RAN traffic, lets you deploy new technologies and services while lowering operational expenses..