Disaggregated Cell Site Gateway

Cell Site Gateways from Edgecore

With the increase in data and video traffic for CSPs, upgrades to existing equipment are required as mobile backhaul usage surges with coming 5G deployments. Sitting at the edge of the network, the Cell Site Gateway (CSG) is a high volume deployment product and a natural location for network operators to start enjoying the benefits of open networking.

The disaggregated cell site gateway removes single vendor lock-in and traditionally slow technology roadmaps from incumbent. Edgecore CSG family is truly open hardware that can run different commercial and open source operating systems, offering choice to the operators.

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Cell Site Gateway Network Toplogy

Edgecore's Disaggregated Cell Site Gateways (DCSG) are a 1RU fully-featured cell site router with a wide range of Ethernet connectivity options for client and network sides. As a cell site gateway, DCSG supports Layer-2, Layer-3 and MPLS features - with native time synchronization protocols such as IEEE-1588 v2 and Synchronous Ethernet for the mobile base stations.

Mobile base stations typically connect to a cell site gateway using RJ45 or SFP Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. However, to accommodate the increased capacity required in modern 4G and coming 5G networks, base stations will also use 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ interfaces. This makes most cell site routers currently deployed unsuitable to carry 5G base station traffic.

The Open Optical & Packet Transport (OOPT) Project Group within the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), in conjunction with several leading global mobile operators - Vodafone, Telefonica, TIM Brasil, BT, and Orange - produced the definition of an open white-box cell site gateway device that operators can widely deploy in their current 2G/3G/4G cell sites, but that also supports the port speeds and densities which will be required for 5G networks.

Cell Site Gateway Features

Ports

Small physical form factor of 1RU

Speed

Extended operating temperature range for cell sites

Silicon

Front panel display for system operational status and easy deployment

CPU

Optimized for 1GE, 10GE, 25GE connectivity; 100GE connectivity

Silicon

Zero-Touch Provisioning

Silicon

Deep packet buffering

Cell Site Gateway Hardware

AS7316-26XB
Spec Sheet
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AS7316-26XB
16 x 10G SFP+, 8 x 25G SFP28 and 2 x 100G QSFP28

The Edgecore AS7316-26XB is an open design cell site gateway platform that provides a combination of 1/10 Gbps, 25 Gbps, and 100 Gbps interfaces, utilizing merchant silicon and an x86 processor with optimized performance for service provider access and aggregation networks.

  • Open design cell site gateway for mobile backhaul networks
  • Conforms to OCP Cell Site Gateway Specifications
  • 16 x 10G SFP+ , 8 x 25G SFP28 and 2 x 100G QSFP28 fixed ports
  • Full line-rate Layer 2 or Layer 3 forwarding of 300 Gbps
AS7315-27X
Spec Sheet
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AS7315-27X
20x 10G SFP+, 4x 25G SFP28 and 1x 100G QSFP28

The Edgecore AS7315-27X is an open cell site gateway platform that provides a combination of 1/10 Gbps, 25 Gbps, and 100 Gbps interfaces, and it utilizes merchant silicon, and an x86 processor with optimized performance for access and aggregation networks.

  • Open cell site gateway platform for mobile backhaul networks.
  • 20 x 1G/10G SFP+, 4 x 1G/10G/25G SFP28 and 3 x 100G QSFP28 fixed ports.
  • Full line-rate Layer 2 or Layer 3 forwarding of 300 Gbps.
  • Rack mountable in standard 19" racks.
AS5915-18X
Spec Sheet
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AS5915-18X
4x 1G RJ45, 8x 1/2.5G SFP and 6x 10G SFP+

The Edgecore AS5915-18X is a 6x SFP+, 8 xSFP/4x 1G RJ45 cell site gateway, providing IEEE 1588 and SyncE utilising Broadcom's StrataDNX Qumran.

  • 6x SFP+, 8 x SFP and 4x 1G RJ45
  • IEEE 1588 and SyncE
  • Broadcom® StrataDNX Qumran
  • Open Source and commercial soſtware

Compatible Software

Exaware

Infinera

IP Infusion

ONIE

Open Network Linux

Volta

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