Small Cell Forum State of the Market Workshop 2016

Small Cell Forum State of the Market Workshop

Market Progress to date, Today’s Deployment Stories and Tomorrow’s Technology

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1) Market Status Update

2) Today’s Deployment Stories

From: Softbank, Parallel Wireless, iBwave, Commscope, Nokia

3) Tomorrow's Small Cell Technologies

4) Wrap up

Agenda

Market update

Sue Monahan

CEO

Small cells have “crossed the chasm”

Big numbers:

• 13.3 million small cells shipped to date

• $1 billion in small cell revenue in 2015

• Non-residential shipments constituted 38% of total small cells in Q4

• Non-residential small cells comprised 66% of SC revenue in 2015

• In 2015, Enterprise shipments doubled

• In 2015, Urban shipments grew 280%

Note: Small cell definition now includes low-power remote radio-head units

© Small Cell Forum Ltd 2016

Small cells have “crossed the chasm”

Big numbers:

• 13.3 million small cells shipped to date

• $1 billion in small cell revenue in 2015

• Non-residential shipments constituted 38% of total small cells in Q4

• Non-residential small cells comprised 66% of SC revenue in 2015

• In 2015, Enterprise shipments doubled

• In 2015, Urban shipments grew 280%

Outlook:

• Enterprise small cell shipments will grow by 270% this year

• Urban small cell shipments will grow by 150% this year

Note: Small cell definition now includes low-power remote radio-head units


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Enterprise small cell shipments alone will rise to be worth $4 billion annually in 2020

Small cell revenue forecast


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Release 6: accelerating Enterprise deployments


Largest independent Enterprise survey

• 500 enterprises surveyed – across four major regions – North America (30% of respondents), Asia (28%), Europe (25%) and South/Central America (17%).

• 17 sectors – largest response from financial services (17.8%), professional services (14.3%), manufacturing (10.3%) and software/hi-tech (7.8%).

• Over 40% of respondents were at CxO or VP level, 27% were managers and 18% directors.

Nemertes – leading US consulting specialists in analyzing business value of emerging technologies.

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• 94% said in-building cellular performance had an impact on their business, with 42% rating it between 8 and 10 in terms of seriousness, especially in pharmaceuticals and hospitality.

• Poor voice quality was cited by almost 45% of respondents as a challenge, while 36% pointed to slow data or email.

• 63% of enterprises said they would be willing to pay more for improved quality of service, despite being generally sensitive to service and device costs.

• 30% of enterprises think small cells are the best solution to their in-building mobile challenges, compared to 19% for DAS.

• 55% say they would be more willing to buy services from a mobile operator which includes small cells in its portfolio.

What verticals are telling us: Key drivers

SCF member-only report: https://extranet.scf.io/filemanager/filesystem/1018

Report Summary: http://scf.io/en/documents/162_Enterprise_demand_for_Small_Cells_by_vertical_market.php


https://extranet.scf.io/filemanager/filesystem/1018

http://scf.io/en/documents/162_-_Enterprise_demand_for_Small_Cells_by_vertical_market.php

Industry liaisons

We have partnered with and supported standards bodies and other industry associations to overcome technical barriers, advance economies of scale and drive commercial deployments

Partnerships

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• 5G Americas – Content development and cross marketing

• Write and co-brand two white papers:

• Small cell siting and deployment challenges

• Neutral host small cells

• Co-promotion of online content – specifically SCF release documents & 5GA white papers

• WBA – Greater organizational and work program alignment

• Continue/possibly extend the SCF/WBA taskforce to explore 3GPP’s LWA solutions for enterprises

• GSMA LATAM – Promoting network densification in LATAM

• Audience: LATAM carriers, government & regulators

• Potential to become a template for global markets

Industry liaisons – Global operator outreach


Deployment

stories

SoftbankParallel WirelessNokiaCommscopeiBwave

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• Here are some stories from some of the 13.3 million small cells deployed today

• Parallel Wireless

• Softbank

• iBwave

• Nokia

• Commscope

Deployment stories

12/04/2016

Parallel Wireless, Inc. ProprietaryParallel Wireless, Inc. Proprietary PPT-PW-Overview-20151003-1

Reimagine the Nation: HetNet Trial

S m a l l C e l l F o r u m W o r k s h o p

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Parallel Wireless, Inc. Proprietary PPT-PW-Overview-20151003-1

HetNet Trial Background

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• iDA

• To address challenges of congested spectrum (130 devices per 100 ppl)

• HetNet trials to validate advance telecommunication technologies and the network's

capabilities to provide "pervasive, seamless high-speed internet access",

• M1

• First Singapore operator to achieve 3G mobile service, nationwide mobile broadband

service, Nationwide 4G service, Nationwide LTE-Advanced service

• Parallel Wireless

• Innovative vRAN architecture for rural, public safety, enterprise

• Selected by largest LTE provider in Europe for largest outdoor small cell deployment

• Deployed public safety LTE at Super Bowl 50: 3 weeks to plan, 20min to install


HetNet Trial Overview

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On-bus: Mobile small cell

In M1 operations center: RAN orchestrator


Why On-Bus HetNet technology?

Other On-Bus Wireless Services Versus On-Bus HetNet

On-bus HetNet

High bandwidth

High throughput (up to 300 Mbps

every single passenger can watch a

video)

Consistent QoS

Seamless experience (VoWI-Fi from

the bus seamlessly hands over to

VoLTE off the bus)

No dead zones

No dropped calls

Future proofed for LTE/LTE-A

Other On-Bus Wireless Service

• Limited bandwidth to be shared

among all the users aboard a bus or

train car

• Varied signal strengths

• Limited throughput: user are asked

to limit the streaming of audio and

video, as well as the download of

large files.

• Locations where service is

intermittent or unavailable: "dropped"

calls and "dead zones"

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M1 & Parallel Wireless deliver seamless mobility with high throughput to public transit riders via on-Bus HetNethttp://goo.gl/xI3DYg

High Throughput

Seamless Mobility

Consistent QoS

• World-first technology to enable “Wi-Fi-On-The-Go” successfully trialed in Jurong East, Singapore, with all riders receiving seamless connectivity from only one in-vehicle small cell using macro as the backhaul

• New unique low-impact on-Bus HetNet technology allows the end users to enjoy uninterrupted multi-media (not just simple web browsing/e-mailing) through innovations with carrier-aggregation for backhaul, intelligent traffic steering, traffic prioritization and offload

Summary: Small Cell vRAN Architecture to Enable In-Vehicle

Unit Delivering Seamless Connectivity

ePDG

HetNet GW EPC

http://goo.gl/xI3DYg


Important PointsSmart Nation Initiative

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• Parallel Wireless and M 1 press

announcement tomorrow, April 12 at 10AM

• Attend opening keynote tomorrow, April 12

09:20 - 09:30 by Khoong Hock Yun, Assistant

Chief Executive, iDA to learn more about

Smart Nation initiative

• Visit PW at the booth to learn more


Thank You

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Use Cases of Small Cells-Enterprise LTE-

11th April, 2016

Aya MukaikuboSoftBank Corp.

Confidential

Smoking Room (Macro Coverage)

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hallway

Well covered by both LTE and 3G Macro.

-SmallCell

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3 45

(dBm)

SmokingRoom

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MeetingRoom

2RSRP RSRQ PCI RSCP Ec/No SC

-72.1 -8.6 G-72.3 -9.3 H

-70.2 -10.6 C -60.5 -7.5 H-72.8 -10.8 C -71.3 -18.2 D-70.5 -8.1 B -50.9 -4.6 G-70.3 -8.4 A -64.6 -17.5 K-71.7 -10 B -50.1 -5.3 K-90.4 -28.7 D-72.5 -10.2 A-75.6 -17.5 A -41.4 -4.3 G-62.2 -6.9 B -57.2 -20.2 K-87.5 -12.8 B -73.5 -4.7 G-88.1 -11.5 B -78.5 -9.9 H-86.7 -12.4 B -62.65 -9.8 K

LTE 3G

-54.2 -10.3 G

-81.3 -9.5 B1

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A-D cell number of macro cell

Confidential

Smoking Room (Overview)

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• Population of smoking room : Dense• Main usage: Data • Nice to have additional LTE small cell nearby

Confidential

Smoking Room (SmallCell Coverage)

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LTE(RSRP) LTE(RSRQ) LTE(PCI)-67 -6.3 F-83.5 -21.2 F

4 -85.7 -21.5 F5 -83.5 -21.2 F6 -74.6 -6.6 F

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The LTE SmallCell has just enough coverage for the smoking room.

Any problem?

(dBm)

hallway

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MeetingRoom

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SmokingRoom

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F: cell number of small cell

Strong Macro

Strong SmallCellx

Confidential

Smoking Room (problem and solution)

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Problem: Frequent HO• Many i/o of UEs due to nature of smoking room.

Number of Handovers

- Average # of HO at other site - # of HO at the Smoking Room

Proportion of Handover

Solution : Parameter adjustment• Easy to hand in and hard to hand out.

to “trap” UE in the Small Cell.

- HO % at other site - HO % at the Smoking Room

Confidential

Smoking Room (New oppotunity)

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traffic

～～ ★Deployment of SmallCell

MacrocellSmallcell

• “Trapped” UE can capable more traffic.

• This additional traffic increases ARPU.

• Worth to deploy Small Cell at the area w/good macro coverage!

Confidential

Key Milestone for Enterprise Small Cells

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2015CY 2016

SON for Enterprise

Small/Femto Cell trial starts

SON for Enterprise

Small/Femto Cell Launch

Enterprise

Small/Femto Cell Launch

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Thank You

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iBwaveDesign case study, Mall in Manila

Benoit Fleury

High level deployment process for enterprise small cells

DOCUMENT

SURVEY

Client &

Site info

DESIGN

Planning

& Design

MAINTAIN

Maintenance

Upgrades

BUILD

Install &

Commission

4 basic steps to deploy enterprise small cell networks: survey / design / build / maintain

http://scf.io/case/xxx

Design tool objectives for enterprise small cell networks

Overall design tool objective for an enterprise small cell network:Minimize TCO while enabling scalability

PORTABLE: Easy to carry on-site

INTUITIVE: RF expertise not required

AFFORDABLE: Accessible to all field personnel

COMPLETE & ACCURATE: Getting it right the 1st time

INTEGRATED: Complete end-to-end workflow

55% time savings achieved by surveying & designing a Huawei Lampsite enterprise small cell site using iBwave Mobile Planner. www.ibwave.com http://scf.io/case/xxx

240K sq ft mall, Manila (Philippines)

LTE design criteria:

Coverage: RSRP -92 dBm @ 99%

Quality: SNIR 10dB @ 99%

Number of required small cells: 8

Survey & design: 4.5 hours

Time savings: 5 hours (55%)

Tool used: iBwave Mobile Planner

Case study of iBwave Mobile Planner: on-site survey & design tool

http://www.ibwave.com/

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Masood Bakhtyar

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12/04/2016 Small Cell Forum INTERNAL

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Beach Energy selects Nokia Networks and Challenge Networks to deploy private LTE small cell HetNet More: http://nokia.ly/1OQRuiU http://scf.io/case/018

“The new LTE network allows our staff to access key systems, facilities

and production information throughout our western Cooper Basin field

area, reducing requirements for travel between sites, making operations

more efficient, saving money and significantly enhancing safety”Neil Gibbins, Acting Chief Executive Officer at Beach Energy Ltd

Private LTE HetNet Connects Remote Oil OperationsChallenge Networks

deployed the private

LTE HetNet with

Nokia’s Flexi Zone

Small Cells and

Multiradio 10 Base

Stations

Beach Energy is Australia’s largest onshore oil producer

http://nokia.ly/1OQRuiU

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China Mobile supports 1M visitors in world's largest building at Auto Shanghai 2015 with Nokia Networks Small Cells http://nokia.ly/1M3NLss

• TD-LTE Advanced HetNet enables China Mobile’s network at Auto Shanghai 2015 • Nokia Flexi Zone small cells complement Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Stations, with

each supporting a phenomenal 600 simultaneous active TD-LTE users per cell• China Mobile delivered immaculate service experience for users attending the

event in the world’s largest building, the China Expo Complex

Small Cell HetNet in Worlds Largest Building

“This strategic engagement with Nokia Networks proves that our infrastructure is already at the next level – strengthened and equipped to deliver superb performance in the face of the data deluge on wireless networks.” Bu Tong, General Manager of Network Department, China Mobile Shanghai

http://scf.io/case/024

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Nex-Tech Wireless deliver high density LTE to 7,600 seat university venue using OneCell® from Commscope/AirvanaVideo http://goo.gl/0ISQM4 http://scf.io/case/012

C-RAN Small Cells Conquer a Coliseum

Packed 7,600 seat coliseum at Fort Hays State University, Kansas

Excellent user experience:

66 mbps download speed on a 10 MHz LTE channel

Simple deployment:

2-day physical installation,

3 weeks from start to volume use

Low cost:

Half the cost of upgrading the DAS to 4G

CommScope/Airvana OneCell® System deployed by Nex-Tech Wireless

http://goo.gl/0ISQM4

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http://www.smallcellforum.org/resources/deployment-stories/

Tomorrow’s

technologies

SCF Roadmap

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Designing and Refining Technology Generations

Standards

Commercial Deployment

refine

Research ideas

Interoperable specifications

value

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Designing and Refining Technology Generations

SCF accelerates commercial deployment and drives feedback into standardson how the technology can be improved to increase its value for its users

Standards


refine

redesign

standards

4GCurrent Generation

5GNext Generation

Research

Research

refine


ideas

Interoperable specifications

value

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SCF Work Items

Enterprise Accelerating commercial deployment through engagement with verticals

Interoperability PlugFest programme to test vendor interpretations of small cell standards are interoperable, and drive resolution of ambiguities

License ExemptHelping operators leverage benefits of unlicensed spectrumthrough integrated Wi-Fi, LWA and LAA technologies

Multi Operator Enabling small cells to address needs of neutral hosting

VirtualisationDefining an open and interoperable interface between physical and virtual parts of small cells

HetNet and SON Automating integration of small cells into dense networks


License Exempt

Championed by:

Alan Law Vodafone

Caleb Banke, Qualcomm

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Continued growth in network traffic demands even

greater network capacity

Changes in customer behaviour driving traffic

growth

Significant traffic growth expected

Saint Peter’s Basilica (election of Pope)<- 2003

Saint Peter’s Basilica (election of Pope)

2015 ->

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Licenced and licence exempt for Small Cell is a

perfect match - matched in ‘power’ and in

‘objective’

LTE small cell (licensed band)

LTE-U @ 5GHz

“Small Cell” site

Matched power levels offer traffic handling synergies

Network large scale densification only way to meet demand

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Leveraging licenced and licence exempt offers an

opportunity to significantly boost experience by

utilising more spectrum

Access to unlicensed spectrum offers a great complement to licensed spectrum

B D

5GHz Unlicensed band

A C

Typical 10-40MHz Licenced Operator

allocation

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To date, SCF have provided industry with the

knowledge and insight on how to make the most of

license exempt

064.05.01 Wi-fi/Cellular radio co-existence in enterprise products

097.05.1.01 Small Cells and License Exempt Spectrum, Carrier Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Calling, LAA and LWA

094.05.1.02 LTE-LAA: At its best with small cells

089.05.01 Integrated Small Cell Wi-Fi by SCF and WBA

063.05.02 Small Cell and Wi-Fi Coverage Study

164.06.01 The future of voice

178.06.01 Industry perspectives, trusted WLANarchitectures and deployment considerationsfor integrated Small-Cell Wi-Fi (ISW) networks

We continue to enable small cell/Wi-Fi integration

- SCF178 Trusted WLAN Architecture Recommendations

for Integrated Small Cell Wi-Fi

• SCF/WBA joint taskforce has been working working together for three years.

• As part of Release 7 we released SCF178, a second collaborative paper which addresses specification-gap in the architecture, interfaces and operations of trusted WLAN – i.e., the network connecting the Wi-Fi APs to the core network.

• A joint SCF/WBA task force now exploring architecture and opportunities of 3GPP’s LWA solutions for enterprises.

Wi-Fi integration

Integrated small cell/Wi-Fi access point

We help operators understand how to overcome the

integrated hetnet challenges

- SCF164 Future of voice – cellular & Wi-Fi

• Voice quality and coverage, especially indoors, increasingly important as usage moves to mobile-first

• Wi-Fi voice options, esp VoWi-Fi, are sometimes presented as full alternative to cellular voice

• But there remains a critical role for cellular voice

• VoWi-Fi performs strongly on carefully tuned and controlled networks

• But these cannot be guaranteed everywhere, and QoS becomes more challenging as congestion rises

• User reaction to unpredictable service can be serious for some operator models

• Ideal balance of Wi-Fi and VoLTE depends on use case – achieving this is part of the Forum’s work on integrated HetNet

Criteria OTT Wi-Fi Voice

Wi-Fi Calling

Licensed small cells

Capacity

Quality

Security

Coverage

Mobility

Deployment

Cost

Multi-Operator

98% of enterprise see

benefits of small cell voice

compared with wifi

Source: SCF/Nemertes2016

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SCF Working Group Work in Progress

MarKeTing• Enhance unlicensed whitepaper : providing industry relevant

solution guidance

Radio Phy • FAPI/nFAPI development(s) to support LAA/LWA

InterOPerability• Developing our license exempt capabilities the plugfest / IOP

roadmap

NETwork Architecture• SCF/WBA task force now exploring architecture and opportunities

of 3GPP’s LWA solutions for enterprises

DEPloyment • Practical deployment/dimensioning considerations of LAA/LWA

License Exempt

– We have a busy workplan going forward

to unleash future opportunities

Alan Law

Caleb Banke

Join our activities – define the future!

InterOPerability

Testing with

SCF Plugfests

Chaired by:

Kreso Bilan, NEC

IOP is Needed for a healthy vendor ecosystem

• A strong ecosystem requires operators have a wide choice of interoperable equipment from which to build their heterogeneous networks

• SCF IOP testing contributes to both product and standards development:

• Debugs equipment implementations

• Clarifies ambiguities or gaps in standards


What happens at a Plugfest?


1. Identify Plugfest agenda2. Specify Plugfest lab

requirements and test cases list

3. Invite participants. 4. Discuss and build Plugfest

test case suite. 5. Set up lab6. Conduct pre-test

integration7. Perform finalized IOP

tests8. Discuss test result9. Issue Test Report

Further reading:www.scf.io/document/085

http://www.scf.io/document/085

SCF Plugfests completed to date


Date Event and New Testing Themes Test report link

Mar-10 First 3G Femtocell Plugfest (Iuh) UMTS FemtoCell Plugfests 1 (2010)

Jan-11 Second 3G Femtocell Plugfest (Home NodeB Management Systems)

UMTS FemtoCell Plugfests 2 (2011)

Jun-11 Third 3G Femtocell Plugfest (mobility) UMTS FemtoCell Plugfests 3 (2011)

Jun-13 First LTE small cell Plugfest (S1, X2) LTE SmallCell Plugfests 1 (2013)

Jun-14 Second LTE Plugfest (SON, HeMS, IMS, CSFB, CMAS, mobility)

LTE SmallCell Plugfests 2 (2014)

Apr-15 Remote LTE Plugfest

(LIPA, SIPTO, LTE-A CA, CSG)

http://portal.etsi.org/CTI/article.htm?page=Downloads/TestReports

Autumn-15

Face to face LTE Plugfest

(LTE-A CA1, eICIC, remaining distributed SON features…)

http://portal.etsi.org/CTI/article.htm?

page=Downloads/TestReports

Small Cell LTE Plugfest 2016

27 June - 08 July 2016 Telecom Italia Lab, Naples, Italia

Test areas linked to HetNet and SON Release

• SON: Interference management, Self configuration, Mobility management and other HetNet features, followed with new features with emphasis on Small cell / macro network interaction - ICIC

• Regression tests - S1, X2 and management interfaces (TR-069/TR196) and areas such as Security, Management, Mobility (Outbound, Inbound), Voice Support via CS Fall-back schemes, Voice and Video over LTE, Location Reporting, CMAS, traffic offloading, closed subscriber groups, LTE-A Carrier aggregation

• Telecom Italia: Participants invited to demonstrate LAA/LWA products, potentially integrated with Telecom Italia live macro network

14 Participants covering:

• Small Cell Vendors: HeNBs, pico-Cells, micro-Cells

• SON solution providers

• Home eNodeB Gateway (HeNB-GW)

• HeMS vendors

• Evolved Packet Core (ePC)

• Operator observers

Future events currently being defined…© Small Cell Forum Ltd 2016

Multi Operator

Neutral Host

Championed by:

James Body, Truphone

Nick Johnson, ip.access

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Licensed Radio struggles to find traction in many

valuable vertical markets

Vendor Perspective:

• We have technology that can provide Multi-Operator solutions, at least as cost-effective and high-performance as WiFi


Operator Perspective

• Why should I enable my competitors?

Laws of Physics Perspective:

• In the congested spectrum future, we need a technology that manages and coordinates spectrum well, which is LTE

Customer Perspective:

• With existing small cell offers, I can’t get a licensed radio solution that works for all my customers.

• Even if I deploy DAS, I can’t get all the operators interested

• So I just use WiFi

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Licensed Radio struggles to find traction in many

valuable vertical markets

Vendor Perspective:

• We have technology that can provide Multi-Operator solutions, at least as cost-effective and high-performance as WiFi


Operator Perspective

• Why should I enable my competitors?

Laws of Physics Perspective:

• In the congested spectrum future, we need a technology that manages and coordinates spectrum well, which is LTE

Customer Perspective:

• With existing small cell offers, I can’t get a licensed radio solution that works for all my customers.

• Even if I deploy DAS, I can’t get all the operators interested

• So I just use WiFi

Are we happy with that?

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Market drivers: Circa x2.5 demand enabled by MO


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Market drivers – willingness to share

• 75% MNOs• 83% non-MNO service

providers


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• Today, multi-operator solutions suffer a “First Mover Disadvantage”

• If the operator is the first mover, they simply enable their competitors

• If a third party is the first mover, they run a “partial solution” risk if all operators don’t participate

Business case


Need to enable a business model that allows everyone to make money

• Identify• Document• Quantify

Market Drivers

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Make licensed radio small cells the preferred solution for vertical market, multi-operator applications

Our mission


To achieve this, we are addressing issues in multiple fields:

• Business case• Existing and upcoming technology• Regulatory• Spectrum licensing – existing and new licensing regimes

HetNet and SON

Championed by:David Orloff, AT&TJoe Thome, AirHopMartin Ljungberg, Ericsson

Why HetNet and SON?

1) Proliferating requirements for mobile connectivity are driving a change from a one-size-fits-all macro network to a combination of many different technologies:

• Macro, Small Cell, DAS, Integrated Wi-Fi, LAA/LWA/LWIP, Backhaul, Virtualisation (NFV), Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) Architectures

2) Integrating these into a HetNet which provides a seamless connectivity and consistent user experiences is complex, and operators require increasing levels of autonomy to make this feasible and affordable.

3) SCFs HetNet and SON release identifies the challenges operators are facing, and how the industry is collaborating to resolve them.


• Macro-Cellular Networks

• Small Cell Networks

• DAS Systems

• Wi-Fi Networks

• Interworking Wi-Fi & Cellular Networks

• Unlicensed LAA/LWA/LWIP Networks

• Backhaul Networks

• Virtualized Networks

• Mobile Edge Computing Architectures

• Device-to-Device Communications

HetNet components

✓ Many networks ✓ Seamless experience ✓ Optimized performance


Operator Objectives

SON economic benefits

1. Leverage automation to reduce Implementation/Deployment Costs of the HetNet (IMPEX)

2. Increase efficiency of deployed assets to reduce Capital Expenses (CAPEX) including equipment and spectrum

3. Leverage automation, optimization and self-healing to reduce HetNet Operational Expenses (OPEX)

SON operational benefits for small cells

1. Network Management Automation

2. Network Performance Optimization

3. Improve Network Agility

4. Improve Network Robustness

5. Enable Network Self-Healing


SNEAK PREVIEW MNO survey results

Operators poised to deploy

• Survey of 70+ Tier 1 and 2 MNOs worldwide

• Operators have ambitious plans to deploy key HetNet enablers in 2016-2020

• Small cells and new spectrum are the foundations – LE and TDD.

• By 2020 operators will have broader set of use cases, requiring complex mix of technologies

• Over 80% of MNOs will be using non-residential small cells, advanced SON, dedicated IoTconnections, and integrated LE spectrum by 2020

• Strong progress to MEC, virtualization and MO –key enablers of new models

• But operators need tools and support to achieve these goals …

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• MNOs asked to name top 2 HetNet-enabled business cases which would deliver incremental revenue over 18 months – now and expected in 2020

• Near term HetNet deployment overwhelmingly justified by enterprise use cases

• Video important but economics tough until new technologies mature eg MEC

• Virtualization and MO enable new business models eg NWaaS and new wholesale platforms

• Evolution of HetNet is an ongoing process, so are the incremental revenues it drives – no big bang, no killer app but continuous enhancement

SNEAK PREVIEW MNO survey results

Key market drivers

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HetNet architecture

LTEMacro

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LTEPNF

802.11PNF802.11PNFTransport

NETransport

NE

API/Value ChainsAutomation NG-OSS

ApplicationAutomation NG-OSS

Application

Orchestrator NG-OSS

Small Cell VNF Controller

Wi-Fi VNF Controller

Transport Controller

EMS


SCF172

(Self) Optimizing HetNet

service quality assurance

• Generate service quality information

• Automate and re-configuration of HetNet domains

• Account for changing user needs, business goals and subscriber behaviours

• (Self) Optimization consumes service quality across the HetNet

• Algorithmically determine recommendations on how service quality metrics can be enhanced

• Multiple candidate optimizations may need to be prioritized according to optimization policies


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Barriers & issues for SCF to address

1. Multi-vendor Interoperability: HetNet SON parameter coordination for interoperability and deployment costs for both C-SON and D-SON is still maturing , some difficult issues remain to be solved and some interfaces implementations are fragmented.

2. SON Evolution: SON features are evolving with each 3GPP release and SON API must evolve and adapt.

3. SON Benchmarking: Functional and performance expectations for SON features in the HetNet are not well defined

4. Backhaul SON: Backhaul is a key component of the HetNet and small cell deployment. How do small cells self-backhaul?

5. SON Deployment: Deployment of SON Small Cell solutions can have broad network implications. What are the deployment and maintenance challenges?

6. Small Cells in HetNet Capacity Planning: Capacity planning in the HetNet is complex and directly impacts the role of Small Cells in the HetNet.

7. NFV implication on SON: NFV is impacting the deployment options and interfaces of the HetNet. What are the implications of network virtualization on SON for small cells?

8. Unlicensed Spectrum in the HetNet: New dimensions of the HetNet are gaining traction with WiFi offloading and LAA primary examples. What are the driving use cases coordinated network operation with LTE? What are the technical challenges to co-exist in the HetNet?

9. Indoor Location: E911 and Enterprise enterprise applications require indoor location technology. How do small cells meet the requirements? How to ensure multi-vendor interoperability?

10. Energy Savings SON use cases: Leveraging SON for significant Energy Savings requires clear coverage and capacity Use Cases in the HetNet.


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HetNet deliverables


Publish SCWorld, London 9-12 May

Publish MWC Shanghai, 29 June

Virtualisation

Championed by:

SHI,Xiaohui, China Mobile

Mark Grayson, Cisco

Base Station Densification

Broader set of use cases

NFV and SDN

Mobile Networking Mega Trends

Indoor coverage, higher frequencies, shorter ranges

Not just Mobile Broadband, but agility to support verticals and IoT value chains

Twin focus on CAPEX/asset utilization as well as OPEX/automation


SCF Virtualization Activities: Addressing the historical architectural tension

• Flattening the RAN architecture• Adding intelligence into the base

station• Facilitating Small Cell Ecosystem• Hot Spot Capacity and Indoor

Propositions• Non-ideal backhaul transport

• Data Centre evolution and centralization of workloads

• Simplifying the radio access network• Macro and Hot Spot Capacity

Propositions• Advanced RF Co-ordination• ETSI NFV Use Case #6• Ideal fronthaul transport

CentralizationDistribution

“43% of operators deploying small cells will be deploying virtualization in part of their RAN” Source:

Maravedis-Rethink © Small Cell Forum Ltd 2015

Business Rationale for Virtualization (and associated centralization)

PHYRLC/MAC

SONOAMAPPS

RRCPDCP

UpperMAC

Lower MAC

Upper PHY

LowerPHY

RF

Centralization Benefits

RF Benefits

DRAN PDCP Split MAC MAC/PHY Split PHY CPRI

Transport Costs

Centralization Benefits Independent of Split

RF Gains improved with lower splits

Transport costs minimized with higher splits


VNF Centralized Functions PNF Remote SC Radio

Small Cell Forum: Accelerating Virtualization for non-ideal transport

Centralization benefits with no additional transport

requirements

Additional RF benefits with limited enhanced transport

requirements

Dark fiber not applicable to

venue

PHYRLC/MAC

SONOAMAPPS

RRCPDCP

UpperMAC

Lower MAC

Upper PHY

LowerPHY

RF

nFAPI

Mobility, Enhanced SON, RF Co-ordination, Improved Security, Policy Enforcement…

Simplified management, Advanced RF Co-ordination


1. Evangelizing Small Cell Virtualization

2. Defining a multi-vendor nFAPI interface to enable PNF/VNF decomposition based on MAC/PHY split

3. Accelerating demonstration of multi-vendor nFAPI interface

4. Driving ETSI ISG NFV to enable data-plane acceleration support for air interface crypto, RoHC and PTP/Sync

5. ETSI NFV ISG PoC showcasing feasibility of Virtualized Centralized Small Cell supporting nFAPI interface to remote PNFs (Scoping work and demonstration)

6. Co-ordinating with BBF to define PNF Management Object and associated counters

7. NFV-MANO aspects related to transport integration to enable workload placement/affinity rules to account for transport BW and Delay

8. Initial scoping to understand multi-operator aspects of virtualized small cells

9. Driving learning's of SCF virtualization work into 5G evolution

Small Cell Virtualization: The Role of the Forum


Acceleration of Multi-Vendor Virtualized RAN and Management/Automation

Centralized Small Cell VNF

NFVI

Hypervisor

Hardware Resources

(COTS)

Multi-VendorRemoteSmall Cell

(PNF)

DM

VNF EMS

(OSS/BSS)

NM: PNF/VNF Co-ordination

VNF Manager (VNFM)

Virtualized Infrastructure

Manager (VIM)

NFV Orchestrator

(NFVO)

NFV-MANO

DM

VNF Manager (VNFM)

Virtualized Infrastructure

Manager (VIM)

NFV Orchestrator

(NFVO)

Hypervisor

Hardware Resources

(COTS)

• Small Cell Workload Placement

Transport Network Management Integration

• Hardware Acceleration of VNF Small Cell Functions

IPSecAir interface CryptoRoHCPTP/Sync

• Real Time Processing Aspects

PCI/PCIe Pass-through, DPDK, CP/DP separation

nFAPI

TR-069/PNF MO

PNF EMS


Conventional DAS

Virtualized Small Cell: Addressing scalability of current multi-operator solutions

Multi-Operator DAS

SP#1ENB

SP#2ENB

WAN

Challenging to scale down due to need to bring on premise base stations from each operator

RF RF

Virtualized Small Cell

SP#1VNF

SP#2VNF

nFAPI nFAPI

WAN

Multi-Operator PNF

Multi-vendor nFAPI interface avoids i) RF interfacing and ii) on-premise base station requirement


DASOAM

PNFOAM

Driving the virtualization narrative into 5G


(Non-CPRI) virtualized RAN architecture is set to be a

foundational capability in 5G

Wrap up

We continue to drive thought and industry leadership through our SCF Work Items

Enterprise

License Exempt

HetNet and SON

Virtualisation

Multi Operator

Interoperability

Accelerating commercial deployment through engagement with verticals

PlugFest programme to test vendor interpretations of small cell standards are interoperable, and drive resolution of ambiguities

Helping operators leverage benefits of unlicensed spectrumthrough integrated Wi-Fi, LWA and LAA technologies

Enabling small cells to address needs of neutral hosting

Defining an open and interoperable interface between physical and virtual parts of small cells

Automating integration of small cells into dense networks


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STORIES• 1 slide format

• 5 min presentation to workshops

• Singapore 11th April

• London 8th May

• Contact: [email protected]

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Over 90 documents are available to help you

make the most of small cell technology

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AT&T, Ericsson, Airhop

Reliance Jio, Huawei

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Join and lead the industry with the SCF- shape the future today!

China MobileCisco, ip.access

Vodafone, Qualcomm

Truphone, ip.access

AT&T, Ericsson, Airhop

Reliance Jio, Huawei

DeliverablesDefinedRelease

OrangeSpidercloud, Huawei

R2

R8 nFAPI

R6

R2

cham

pio

ns

3GPP

Multi-operator

Virtualisation

Licence exempt

HetNet & SON

Enterprise

Verticals


Industry shaping output at:

scf.io

Our forum is finalising key deliverables across enterprise, hetnet and virtualisation now!

Exciting new activities under development!

covering Enterprise, MultiOp, Licence Exempt too

Small Cell Forum State of the Market Workshop 2016

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