Huawei LTE Roadmap and

Solution
www.huawei.com

Author: Wang Wanli, Senior LTE marketing manager

Email: wangwanli@huawei.com

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Contents
LTE Industry Updates
Huawei LTE Roadmap and Solution
Case Study

LTE Deployment Booming in Global MBB Market

159 Commercial Launches in 12Q4
159

160

The fastest
developing wireless
technology ever

39

1800

Oct. 1

80

43

2600

Forecast

100

MHz

Forecast

140
120

All Bands Evolve to LTE

800

105
13

700

60

47

40

17

20

2100

2300

2
AWS

2009

2010

October 1, 2012 GSA

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2011

10

2012
Oct. 1, 2012 GSA

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# of commercial LTE
networks in different
bands

LTE Devices Rapidly Increasing with Superstar Products

300% Growth of LTE Device

Superstar UE support LTE

~800

Oct. 2012

Dec 2012
Forecast

iPhone 5:
5 Million sold in 3 days

>300%
137

467

Oct. 2012

2012

Jun 2011

2 16

Tablet
28

104

Router
108

Module

Huawei
Ascend P1

Multi-band / Multi-mode is the trend

4-Core, GUL-FDD/TDD, Chipsets for all major bands

USB modem

36

26

Phone
Femtocell

Notebook

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K3V2
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Snapdragon

GL1800 Refarming: Key to Success of LTE

Total 75MHz in 1800M Band

39 Commercially launched

Most operators owns10~25MHz

1800M spectrum underused

GL1800 co-site, co-coverage

Larger capacity than HSPA+

Continents with commercial LTE1800MHz

Frequency ready
30%~50% TCO saving by
SingleRAN

Source: GSA report. Oct 2012

39 LTE1800 networks commercially

launched

18 LTE1800 on-going deployment

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Eco-system is mature

...

98 LTE1800 announced devices

23 were built by Huawei

iPHone5 support L1800

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Contents
LTE Industry Updates
Huawei LTE Roadmap and Solution
Case Study

Released
Ready for Contract
Planned
Planning

LTE eRAN FDD Feature Roadmap Overview

eRAN2.x
3GPP Release 9

Radio Performance
Compact Bandwidth
Flexible User Steering
Service
Flash CSFB
ETWS

eRAN3.0
3GPP Release 10

Radio Performance
UL Intra-eNB CoMP
Adaptive ICIC
Distance based Handover
Service
LAI based CSFB

SON
RACH Optimization
Transport and Security
IPv6 & IPv4 Dual Stack
S1, X2 over IPv6
Energy Saving
PSU Intelligent Sleep Mode

SON
Network Geographic Observation
Coverage Evaluation
Traffic Map
Transport and Security
IPSec for IPv6
Integrated Firewall (L2 & L3)

eRAN6.0

eRAN7.0 and Later

3GPP Release 10

3GPP Release 11

LTE Advanced
Carrier Aggregation
Static TDM eICIC

Radio Performance
Advanced Receiver
Control Channel IRC

Radio Performance
PUCCH CoMP

Service
CMAS
Dynamic DRX
SON
Network Geographic Observation
Drop Call Analysis
Sniffer based Rapid Self Configuration

(for Pico & Atom)

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2012Q3

Service
eMBMS
Offload (SIPTO / LIPA)
Intelligent Access Class Control
SON
HetNet MLB

Transport and Security

Security Operation Center

Transport and Security

Ethernet OAM (Y.1731)

2011Q3

LTE Advanced
DL 4x2 MU-MIMO
DL CoMP
Carrier Aggregation (>2 CC)
UL SU-MIMO
eICIC (CA based)

2013Q3

>2014

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Huawei LTE Key Values Overview

No-Edge

Network

Efficient

Network

Enhanced user experience in cell edge

Efficient spectrum utilization

Smooth user experience in Multi-

Efficient smart device usage

Efficient operation

RAT/layer network
Deep indoor coverage

SingleRAN LTE
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Broad Pipe
Smooth evolution
Quick deployment
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SingleRAN LTE
No.1 SingleRAN Convergence

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One Cabinet
Baseband Convergence
Blade RRU

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SingleRAN New Cabinet Highlights

2
6
6+3

900M
1.8G
2.1G

BBU

RFU
RRU

2*60W
2*40W

BTS3900A

High capacity to support up to 6RFUs+9RRUs

96

PLUS

Easy expansion with stackable installation.

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Power
Efficiency

Energy Saving with high power efficiency

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Improved heat dissipation

Baseband Evolution to Multi-mode Convergence

Saving Boards
SingleOM

Saving Boards

GSM

GSM

SingleOM
GSM

GTMU

UMTS

LTE

WBBP

LBBP

UMPT

LMPT

UMTS

LTE

WBBP

LBBP

UMPT

future

UMPT

Co-UBBP

eRAN6.0

Unified base band processing

card.
Baseband support multi-mode
concurrent.

Co-UMPT

eRAN3.0

Unified control card.

Unified maintenance

Co-BBU

GU, GL, UL in same BBU with

different boards
GUL co-transmission
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LTE

UBBP

SingleOM

Saving BBU

UMTS

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Blade RRU: Flexible Assembled RRU

RRU3938

1.8G
12L/2*40W
IBW:35M
GA:2013Q2

5 minutes for new RRU installation

Faster for new RF installation: 12L/14KG, smaller size, standardized shape.

Seamlessly assembled as One Box, easier site acquisition.

Flexible combination for multiple bands : 2.6G ,900M, 1800M, 2.1G, and more.

Separated installation and maintenance for each module.

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No-Edge Experience
100+% more throughput on cell edge

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Better experience in cell edge

Better experience indoor
Better experience Cross-Layer

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eRAN3.0 2012Q3

UL Intra-eNodeB CoMP: 10% Cell Edge Throughput Gain

UL CoMP with Co-demodulation &
Interference Rejection

2*Rx Gain (eRAN3.0, LBBPd1)

Without CoMP

With CoMP

7% ~ 10%
Without CoMP

10% ~ 16%
Cell2
Cell0

Cell average
Intra-eNB CoMP

throughput (Mbps)

Cell Edge throughput (Mbps)

(* Simulation assumption: 10MHz, 2-Sector CoMP)

UE1
UE2

4*Rx Gain (eRAN6.0, LBBPd2)

Cell1

Without CoMP

3%
Gain for UE1: Co-demodulated.
Gain for UE2: Interference (UE1) Rejection.

Improve capacity, coverage, and compatible with legacy UE

With CoMP

5%

Cell average

throughput (Mbps)

Cell Edge throughput (Mbps)

(* Simulation assumption: 10MHz, 2-Sector CoMP)

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eRAN3.0 2012Q3

Adaptive ICIC: 30% Cell Edge Throughput Increase

Cell edge interference lead to low
throughput

With Adaptive ICIC

eCoordinator2.0
(2013Q3)

Frequency: reuse=1

Frequency: reuse=3

High
Low

Adaptive ICIC switch on/off

Support cell edge frequency
reuse (1, 3, 6)

30%

Low

improved
Cell Edge
Interference

Cell Edge
Throughput

Cell Edge
Interference

Cell Edge
Throughput

Unique cell edge frequency reuse 6 in telecom industry

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eRAN6.0 2013Q3

Uplink Control Channel IRC: 30% Gain in UL Coverage

IRC: Interference Rejection Combining
Scenario: Urban area small ISD (Inter Site Distance) sites

Control Channel
IRC vs. MRC

UEs Interfering on PRACH and PUCCH

PUCCH IRC

2.5~3dB gain in 2Rx

Victim cell

3.7~4.2dB gain in 4Rx

Interfering cell

PRACH IRC

Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH/PRACH) IRC

Increase UL control channel coverage
Improve network access success rate
Support of adaptive switch between MRC and IRC
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3.5~4.5dB gain in 2Rx

5.1~7.8dB gain in 4Rx

eRAN6.0 2013Q3

Advanced Receiver (PSIC): 16% Gain in UL Cell Average Throughput

AR(PSIC) Applied Scenarios:

16% UL cell average throughput

UL MU-MIMO + LMMSE

Huawei ASIC

UL MU-MIMO+ SIC

16%
Parallel Soft
Interference
Cancellation

UL MU-MIMO
BBU

Symbols of one UE

Uplink Cell Average Throughput

(2Rx, UL MU-MIMO+SIC vs. UL MU-MIMO+LMMSE)

Based on Huawei ASIC

PSIC handles interference for UL MU-MIMO and symbols of one UE

Supported by LBBPd1/LBBPd2/LBBPd3
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PSIC: Parallel Soft Interference Cancellation

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AtomCell for Deep Coverage in Various Scenarios

1

BTS3202E

BTS3202B

BTS3203E

Outdoor hotspots or blind spot

Indoor hotspots

Outdoor hotspots

(2011Q4 GA)

( 2012Q3 GA)

(2013Q2 GA)

2.6G/2.1G(2013Q1)
2*5W@9.7L/11.5kg
( support external
antenna/ internal
external)

2.6G:
2*125mW@2.6L/2kg
( support external
antenna/ internal
antenna)

2.6G/2.1G
4*1W@ 5.2L/6.5Kg
( internal antenna)

Flexible Backhaul Solution

FE/GE

Macro site

Microwave/Wi-Fi/eRelay

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xDSL

AtomCell site

xPON

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eRAN6.0 2013Q3

Static TDM eICIC: 30% Coverage Extension for Small Cell

Macro and Micro LTE HetNet

Coverage of micro is limited by interference of macro
Coverage with eICIC

Coverage without eICIC

Sub-frames

Time
Synchronized

30% expansion

Almost Blank Sub-frame ( ABS)

Sub-frames

ABS allocated for cell edge UEs of

Micro eNodeB

Cell Range Expansion (CRE) Area

30% gain

eICIC requires R10 UE

Macro and micro cells must be time-synchronized

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No eICIC (ABS + RE)

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eICIC (ABS + RE)

Efficient Network
30+% more efficiency

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Huawei Confidential

Efficient Spectrum Utilization

Efficient smart device usage
Efficient operation
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Compact Bandwidth: 22% More Capacity in GL1800 Refarming

Compact
bandwidth

200KHz Guard Band (Standard)

GSM

LTE

GSM carriers

LTE carrier

18.4MHz

Sharper Filter

Normal
bandwidth

15MHz
Edge RB squeezed

6MHz

3.4MHz

15MHz

Case: Total bandwidth = 24.4MHz

Compact Bandwidth
Compact
Bandwidth
(MHz)

Available RB
number

Compact

4.8
9.6
14.6
18.22
18.58
18.94
19.3

25
50
75
92
94
96
100

Sharper Filter
Sharper Filter
Sharper Filter
6RB squeezed
4RB squeezed
2RB squeezed
Sharper Filter

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Capacity +22%

GL1800 Co-RRU@10MHz is planning

No impact to UE
Full use of frequency

15M (75RB)

18.4M (92RB)

Unique value to operators

with limited spectrum

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eRAN6.0 2013Q3

LTE-A CA Enhances Multi-Carrier Spectrum Efficiency

Peak

Carrier Aggregation Scenarios

Carrier 1

Carrier 2

150Mbps

Intra-band CA continuous
Carrier 1

Rate per User Doubled

150Mbps

Intra-band CA non-continuous

Better Experience

Band 1

Carrier 2

Band 2

Carrier 2
Carrier 1
edge

Mbps

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in Cell Edge

Assign more RB
for cell edge UE

Inter-band CA

2.6G
dual-carrier

R10 UE

DL 2*2MIMO @ 20MHz, CA: 40MHz

Carrier 2

Carrier 1

300Mbps

2600M + 800M
dual-band

CA

No-CA

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center

eRAN3.0 2012Q3

Enhanced CSFB: Shorten CSFB Time 30%

Flash CSFB
CSFB

LAI Based CSFB

CSFB

1.3s
CSFB to GSM saving 2s

1~2s
CSFB to GSM saving 2~3s

to UMTS saving

GSM/UMTS CN

LTE CN

Fallback to same
LAI, avoid location
update procedure

RAN Info

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GUL

GUL

No need to read
SIB in G/U

GU RAN

to UMTS saving

TA3/LA1
GUL

LTE RAN

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GSM/UMTS Fast Return to LTE , Delay Reduced 90%

Without fast return

PS
CSFB

LTE

CSFB

PS Ready

Fast Return

cell
reselection

GSM/UMTS

8s after UE idle

With fast return

PS

PS Ready

CSFB

GSM/UMTS

GSM / UMTS

CSFB from LTE to GSM/UMTS for voice

500ms after CS call

UE is redirected to LTE immediately after CSFB ends

Huawei GBSS14.0 / RAN14.0 supported fast return

7.5s delay reduced

UE should be GSM/UMTS/LTE multi-mode

improves the PS service users experience

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LTE

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LTE

eRAN6.0 2013Q3

Dynamic DRX Saves 60% of UE RF Power

Smartphone Challenge

Frequent
Heartbeat

No DRX

VoIP

VOD

Data
Traffic

High Traffic

Avoid Signaling
Strom
Always Online

DRX
Dynamic
DRX

Heartbeat

25% Saving

60% Saving

Short Battery Life

Always online: 70% less signaling for heartbeat
Ultra-Long DRX cycle: Up to 60% UE RF power
saved in heartbeat-only period.
Fast out-of sync: Reduce PUCCH resource
Availabe in eRAN6.0
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Low traffic

Traditional
Method

Dynamic
DRX
DRX
Cycle

Continuous
Receive

Save 25% UE
RF power

Ultra-long DRX
Cycle
Save 60% UE RF power
Always online: resolve
signaling storm

Adaptive switch between different modes

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Integrated OSSATAE 1200 eNE

Unified Hardware Platform for All OSS Products

(M2000/PRS/TranSight/Nastar)

Soft Expansion
eNE

1200

800
400

17

11
Add
2 Blades

Add
6 Blades

iManager 11
iManager 12
iManager 13
Example: One Cabinet for 1200 eNE (M2000+PRS)

Advanced Telecommunications
Application Environment

1200 eNE Max. 60000 Ucells (KPI-counter, 60 minutes)

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1200 eNE (M2000+PRS)

+ 253%

- 75%

Capacity

Power

- 80%
Footprint

ATAE vs. Traditional Server

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- 50%
Delivery

Typical Configuration : M2000+PRS, 800 eNE

800 eNE:
11

12

13

14
DB-Standby

10

PRS-DB

09

PRS-Standby

M2000

08

PRS

M2000

07

M20000-DB

M2000

06

M2000-DB

OSMU

M2000+PRS
Typical Configuration

05

LSW

04

LSW

03

M2000-Standby

02

TS

01

Add New Blade from 400 eNE

NE Type

Conversion Number of
Unit
Equivalent NEs

Total Number of
Unit of Mobitel

Total Number of eNE

of Mobitel

GBSS

1 TRX

1/75

15,000

200

WRAN

1 Cell

1/35

8,000

230

eRAN

1 Cell

1/42

180

Based on the conditions: All-counter, 30 minutes, if 15 minutes, the Number of eNB is 1.7 times
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SingleSON Improve Multi-RAT/Layer Network Operation Efficiency

SingleSON Architecture
Auto configuration
Auto maintenance

Professional
Service

M2000

Human involved
network analysis
and optimization

SingleRAN

Auto optimization

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Response
Time

Scale

Process
Complexity

eCoordinator
Multi-RAT/Multi-layer
Self-optimization

GSM
UMTS
LTE

SingleSON features are distributed at multiple

products like
SingleRAN, eCoordinator, and OSS.

Slow

Large

High

Fast

Small

Low

Satisfy different requirement of response time

(milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours level)

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PnP: Improving Commissioning Efficiency up to 50%

Commissioning and planning

occupy 41% of rollout cost.

Marco Site and AtomCell PnP

1. Auto IPSec
Tunnel Setup

Commissioning

23%

Planning

M2000

18%

Security
GW

11%
7%

30%
11%

2. Auto SW
Download

AtomCell
3. Auto Planning
(AtomCell Only)

Marco Site
4. Auto
Configuration

Up to 50% commissioning efficiency improved

Up to 90% Planning efficiency improved for AtomCell

Huawei wireless intelligence

IPSec tunnel automatic setup to enhance the security of data

transmission

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PnP: Plug and Play

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Multi-RAT ANR: Save

90% Manual Neighbor Configuration

More neighbor cells, modes and

frequencies

MR

108

18x

Multi-RAT ANR :

60

10x

LTE
UMTS
GSM

Generate neighboring cell

relations automatically

GSM/UMTS

U-Cell 1

L-Cell B

L-Cell B

G-Cell A

G-Cell A

L-Cell B

U-Cell 1

GSM

GSM/UMTS/LTE

Number of faults generated by neighbor cells:

More
30%
GSM/UMTS

G-Cell A
U-Cell 1

GSM/UMTS/LTE

eCoordinator

Unique bi-directional inter-RAT ANR in telecom industry

Industry 1st commercial ANR (German Operator)

ANR: Automatic Neighbor Relation;

MR: Measurement Report

Multi-RAT ANR should be realized by both eCoordinator and eRAN features and supported by UE
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CODR: Fast Detection and Recovery of Cell Outage

Cell Outage Problems
Call Drop
Access Failure
Poor Experience

Cell Outage

M2000
Detect

Recovery
Scenario 1: Activate Cell

Scenario 2: Handover

CODR: Cell outage detect

and recovery
CODR should be realized by both
M2000 and NE features

Shorten Service Failure Duration and Ensure End User Experience

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Contents
LTE Industry Updates
Huawei LTE Roadmap and Solution
Case Study

Everything, Everywhere in UK: Worlds Largest GL1800 Network

Challenge and Need

High OPEX & poor performance on legacy

GSM1800 network

Quickly provide a competitive LTE service

(10,000+ sites)

Dense Urban

Sub-urban

50MHz+ in 1800M, difficult to cover such wide

spectrum

Solution and Benefit

Nationwide coverage

GigaSite

Indoor
BTS3900L

Rural

RRU
BBU

GigaSite solution: High integration, easy

deployment, lower power consumption and
maintenance cost
High Performance MSR RF modules: High Tx
Power and wide IBW (2X80W) support GSM+LTE
dual-mode
E2E GL1800 Refarming: greatly save CAPEX and
OPEX, fast time-to-market

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12 RFU + 6 RRU
MSR
GSM+LTE

MRFUd
(2X80W)

Huawei
Ascend P1

GL1800 UE

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Distributed
DBS3900

9 RRU
RRU3929
260W

Huawei
E392

M1 Singapore : LTE Introduction and GSM Modernization

Excellent Performance in LTE1800 Network

Challenges and Needs

Fast growth mobile data and low growth service

revenue

Boosting in data traffic bring hotspot congesting and

effect experience

Keep leading in Singapore MBB market

Solutions and Benefits

Innovative DBS solution L2600 and GL1800

Huawei E2E LTE1800 solutions meet MBB

Tailored L2600/1800 dual band device provided by Huawei

Refarming Buffer Zone can eliminate GL interference on
the same frequency

--From M1 advertisement on straits times

Southeast Asias 1st LTE launched on Jun. 21th 2011
E398

E392

HetNet (Multi-Layer Coverage) to improve spectrum

efficiency and offload Hotspot Traffic

Multi-band combination to meet both capacity and coverage

requirements

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FDD LTE 2600

HSPA+/HSPA/UMTS 2100

The First Multimode

LTE Modem in the world
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FDD LTE: D800/900/1800/2100/2600

HSPA+/HSPA/UMTS 900/2100

5 FDD Bands all-in-one

Multimode LTE Stick

Australia OPTUS: GL1800 Refaring with GU Swap

Challenges and Needs

Optus is the NO.2

mobile operator in
Australia with 27% 3G
market share

Compete in MBB market. Competitor already launched

LTE service

Lack of new spectrum for LTE

Benefits

TCO saving is needed for multi-RAT network operation

SingleRAN large capacity site: BTS3900L

for GUL

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BTS3900L

Jun 2011

k subs

Synergy GSM/UMTS swap rollout by co-cabinet solution

MSR Ready, GU900 & GL1800
simultaneously, CoOAM and resource reuse
MBB speeds up to 21Mbps for UMTS
150Mbps for LTE
Delivery in time

Most Advanced Mobile Network

mRFUd

3G Sub. includes WBB

Fastest

Mature MSR module: mRFUd for GU900 &

GL1800

Optus
5960 27%

Telstra
10437
48%

TCO Saving

Solutions

VHA
5463 25%

Field-Proven best LTE network (Optus is running an

LTE1800 trial for over 1,000 users in Newcastle and the
Hunter Valley areas of New South Wales )

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Thank you
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Singapore M1: Desirable Capacity Gain of UL Intra-eNB CoMP

Single UE Throughput in Cell Edge

CoMP
On

Single UE Throughput in Cell Middle

CoMP
On

CoMP
Off

CoMP
Off

CoMP Verified in Orchard Road,

CBD of Singapore

eRAN3.0

Single User

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UL 2Rx CoMP
(Intra-Site, 2cells)

Cell Middle
Throughput (Mbps)

Cell Edge
Throughput (Mbps)

CoMP On

12

4.5

CoMP Off

6.5

CoMP Gain

84.6%

125%

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