AUGUST 2002 NO.5

>> Discussion on Future Fixed Telecom Network Evolution

>> Analysis of the New GenerationBSS

>> A Close Look At Wireless LAN (WLAN)

>> Some suggestions on suburban network re-structuring

>> The Policy of IP Video Conferencing based on H.323 to improve the Qos

>> New Metropolitan Area Networks Solutions and Comparison

>> The apocalypse of Netword Construction

>> Advice of Air-condition and Fire-control System for New Founded Integrated Telecom Building

>> The Principles of Network Traffic Management and its Application of S1240 Exchange

>> Approach and Analysis on the Security Technologies of Digital Cellular Mobile Communications System

Some suggestions on suburban network

re-structuring

JI Yan-ping

  Beijing suburban telephone network has 1.9 million lines capacity and 1.45 million households and some 40 switching systems at present. The switching system has four modes, i.e. S1240, EWSD, CC08 and E10B,among them, S1240 has 10 systems, EWSD has 26, CC08 has 3 and E10B has 1 switching system. Other than these, the suburban network has also equipped with some access equipment for Hua Wei and Zhong Xing companies. The current switching point has reached to 700, and covering 15,000 km2 suburban area,providing telecommunication services for the 6 million suburban households.

1. Network Profile

  Beijing has 10 suburban areas and counties, among them,the big 5 areas (Da Xing, Fang Shan, Shun Yi, Tong Zhou and Chang Ping) have 5-6 switching systems on the average, and the 5 small areas (Yan Qing, Huai Rou, Mi Yun, Ping Gu and Men Tou Gou) have 2-3 switching systems on the average. Each system has 50, 000 capacities. Generally speaking, the parent office has the capacity of 10, 000 to 20, 000 lines,while others like the remote module or V5 access will spread to each counties or villages. From this network structure,we can see clearly that each area has 2-3 district or county central offices (or we can call it auxiliary tandem offices) and some end offices. These central offices have connected to tandem offices directly, and undertaken the outgoing calls, while the outgoing calls of other end offices be connected to other auxiliary tandem offices by the load sharing. The Beijing suburban area has 22 auxiliary tandem offices to undertake the outgoing calls of the 40 switching systems. Take the Chang Ping for example, the incoming and outgoing calls of the 8970 office be connected to T2X(T21、T22、T23、T24) to undertake the incoming and outgoing calls of the switching system. See the exhibition 1.

2. Main Issues

   With the development of increasing households and various multi-network services, such as the dial-up and campus card, as well as the urban population migration,especially after the abandon of the suburban calling tariff, the suburban traffic volume increased distinctly. Take Chang Ping, Shun Yi and Tong Zhou areas for example. The trunking lines from Sha He Bureau to city T21, T22 and T23 has been 10E1 respectively at the beginning of 2001. And now it has been increased to 18,18, and 29E1 respectively, and there are 40% overflow. From the analysis of the traffic volume and direction, it has found that the traffic volume of Sha He Bureau has also increased other volumes that has tandemed the Sha He Bureau. With the destination code analysis, it has been found that the 6975 bureau to the urban volume (one way) is 540Erl, the 6977 bureau to the urban volume (one way) is 480Erl, and the 6178 bureau nearly 200Erl, plus the urban voice traffic volume of the incoming calls, the 6973 bureau and the 6970 bureau has tandemed the voice traffic volume nearly 1000Erl. This has increased the auxiliary tandem office voice load, and at the same time, increased the demand for the trunking lines and has made pressure on the trunk module of the areas and counties.

   See the suburban voice traffic volume in exhibition 1 (destination code analysis).

3. Suggestions

   According to the statistical analysis, it is suggested that we should add 5 direct trunk lines from the end offices (6975, 6977, 8049, 8959 and 6957) to the urban tandem offices to relay the voice traffic. This will help to reduce the pressure of the auxiliary tandem offices.

   Owning to the network structure of the transactions from the outgoing calls to incoming calls, we therefore suggested that to transfer these 5 bureaus to the city network, i.e. 6975 and 6977 bureau be merged into T21, T23, T24, T12 and T6, 8049 bureau be merged into T42, T43, T44, T32 and T5, 8959 and 6957 bureau be merged into T42, T43, T44, T32 and T5. These direct trunking lines are used only for the tandem of the suburban traffic of this end office and its inter-network calls, while the long distance calls are dealt with by the auxiliary tandem office.

  The detailed steps are shown as follows:

  (1). Add inter-office trunk lines from the end office to tandem office
  (2). Transfer the suburban outgoing traffic volume to the new routing path
  (3). The tandem office will direct this office number to the new rout.

  The above-mentioned need the co-operation between Network Departments and Tandem Offices. If other end offices have rapid increase in the suburban traffic volume, this suggestion can be used with some adjustment, and the new added switching system also be transferred into city network based on incoming and outgoing calls.

  With the development of suburban economy and city migration, the differences between city and suburb has become smaller and smaller. The suburban voice traffic should increase rapidly. We therefore should reinforce the statistic analysis on the voice traffic and direction, to get the changing information and find the new business. By doing these, we can adjust the unreasonable factors timely and to make the suburban network into a more secure, economy and reasonable direction.