ZTE Communications ›› 2011, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (4): 63-67.

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Mobile Backhaul Solutions

Li Mo1, Fei Yuan2, and Jian Yang2   

  1. 1. ZTE(USA) Inc., Richardson, TX 75080, U.S.A;
    2. ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen 518004, P.R.China
  • Online:2011-12-25 Published:2011-12-25
  • About author:Li Mo (mo.li@zte.com.cn)received his B.Eng. degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Queen’s University, in 1989. After graduation, he worked at IBM, Nortel, and Fujitsu before joining ZTE in 2001. Currently, Dr. Mo is the chief architect for ZTE USA and works as marketing specialist for ZTE headquarters in Shenzhen. Dr. Mo has worked in the networking industry for more than 20 years, and has numerous publications and U.S. patents. His research interests include fixed and mobile core networks, session control, QoS, and routing. Dr. Mo is also an active member of IEEE, ITU, ETSI, and IETF.

    Fei Yuan (yuan.fei@zte.com.cn) is the acting vice general manager of the Department of Standard Development and Industry Relations at ZTE Corporation. He has been working in telecommunications for eighteen years and has a strong technical background in a range of fields. Fei Yuan guides the standardization and advanced research teams with innovative strategies and ideas.

    Jian Yang (yang.jian90@zte.com.cn) joined ZTE after receiving her bachelor's degree from XiDian University. She is now the vice general standard engineer of bearer networks and has made many contibutions to MPLS-TP standard development, both in the ITU-T and IETF.

Abstract: In this paper, we give an overview of mobile backhaul solutions and propose an MPLS-centered solution that takes into account timing synchronization, OAM, and protection. We also propose an evolved protection bandwidth allocation mechanism that makes the transport network as efficient as possible.

Key words: mobile backhaul, multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), optical networking, protection