In-Building Wireless Solutions & Cellular Capacity Offload in LTE Networks

Dec 07, 2010

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Enterprise options
Single antenna enterprises repeater femto/pico WiFi AP Multiple antennae enterprises repeater- DAS femto/pico - DAS BTS-RRHs multiple femto/pico multiple femto/pico w. controller WiFi APs
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DAS Example 1

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DAS Example 2
Highlights: self-installable overlay RJ-45/Ethernet compatible

Head-End Element

RF Coverage Element
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Radio Remote Head Example

Micro Radio Server Remote Radio Head

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Example Femtos with Controller

Internet
Centralized RF system autotuning and zero touch optimization Centralized soft-handover management and anchoring

SmartCloud Services Node

SmartCloud Radio Nodes

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Option Matrix
System Local capacity Macro offload Data rate Reduced Tariff/ rates Cost
Integrating

IT

RepDAS FemtoDAS BTSRRH Femtos

Femtos/ controller

no yes yes yes yes yes

marginal low yes yes yes yes yes high high

no possible possible

Medium/ Not high possible Low to high * possible

Medium/ possible high low Low/ medium Low Possible Possible Possible

Medium/ possible high ** high high possible n/a

APs

* depends on self-installation ** depends on configuration and SON features 7 12/2010 Scheinert Telecom

Option Matrix II
System IndoorInterference Selfinstallation Handover needed within enterprise Handover risk (internal/ external) Multioperator Unlicensed

RepDAS FemtoDAS BTSRRH Femtos

Femtos/ controller

no no no yes yes yes

Possible/ difficult Possible/ medium Difficult* Possible/ easy Possible/ medium Possible/ easy

no no no yes yes yes

no low low Medium/ high Low/ medium Medium/ high

Possible Possible Very difficult Difficult Difficult Yes and no**

no no no no no yes

APs

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Wireless Solutions for Enterprises

60% 18% 11% 8.9% 1.5% 0.3% Current DAS Products

FAP Multiple FAP

Low cost DAS RRH

US Census Bureau: Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2003

One antenna enterprise

multiple antennae enterprise

90% of the 4.8m enterprise buildings are less than 50,000 sqft
source: Unstrung Insider Vol. 5, No. 4, April 2006

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Roadmap

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Roadmap Consequences
SON features improved interference handling between macro FAP FAP FAP improved handover handling between macro FAP FAP FAP Local breakout Outlook, Intranet, PABX integration simultaneous ringing, transfer of calls caller-id (e.g. office number) Repeater LTE L1-repeaters will compete with DAS and multiple femto solutions LTE voice Rel. 10 will provide HD-voice
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Femtocell interfaces

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Interference Femtocells need to address the two scenarios:

FAP macro interference
Minimize interference into macro cell

FAP FAP interference

Reduce interference to get:
Enough throughput Minimum guaranteed data rate

Requires a clear spectrum strategy

(shared or separate frequencies)

Requires sophisticated SON features Requires optimization on a per UE basis Requires short term configurations
(monthsweeksdayshoursminutescalls)
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Femto and WiFi Handover

Femtocells need to address the three scenarios: FAP > macro handover
Less of a problem

macro > FAP handover

Macro may have many neighbors

FAP > FAP handover

May need some knowledge about enterprise subnets

WiFi AP need to be supported by operators! otherwise no handover to/from macro requires secured links to HnB Gateways risky; especially when multi-operator configurations
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Backhaul for femtocells

Wireless Standard HSPA downlink HSPA uplink HSPA+ downlink HSPA+ uplink LTE downlink (20 MHz, 2x2) LTE uplink (20 MHz, 2x2) Max data rate 14 Mb/s 5.8 Mb/s 42 Mb/s 11 Mb/s 150 Mb/s 75 Mb/s
Standard

DSL (max) (typical) 24 Mb/s 1.5 Mb/s - 6Mb/s 3.3 Mb/s 384 kb/s 768kb/s 24 Mb/s 1.5 Mb/s - 6Mb/s 3.3 Mb/s 384 kb/s 768kb/s 24 Mb/s 1.5 Mb/s - 6Mb/s 3.3 Mb/s 384 kb/s 768kb/s
ADSL2+

Cable (max) (typical) 42 Mb/s 171 Mb/s 1.5 Mb/s 30 Mb/s 122 Mb/s 256 kb/s 42 Mb/s 171 Mb/s 1.5 Mb/s 30 Mb/s 122 Mb/s 256 kb/s 42 Mb/s 171 Mb/s 1.5 Mb/s 30 Mb/s 122 Mb/s 256 kb/s
DOCSIS 2.0/3.0

For most of the DSL and cable modems up- and downlink are the bottlenecks!
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What will change with LTE?

LTE is IP based easier transition no more soft handoff voice as VOIP new applications (HD-voice, video calling) potentially more users per femto flat architecture less interfaces more SON features dynamic configuration need to implement voice (release 10) multi-mode femtos (LTE&UMTS) MIMO (what MIMO is needed for what indoors?) IPV6 will be needed more frequency bands; bands no more technology specific (2G, 3G, 4G)
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Capacity issues in DAS Systems

assumption: 100% traffic increase per year in 5 years traffic will be 32 fold! if one BTS has 10 antennae; in 5 years each antenna has to carry 3x the capacity as of todays 10 antennae BTS.

Cells will have a lower number of antennas (capacity limited) more carriers per cell needed at some point multiple antennae may not make sense anymore (if a cell has 2 antennae or less)
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Cost Comparison for Enterprises

Example: 8 antennae enterprise
System Equipment Installation BTS Core Network total

Rep-DAS $23,000 FemtoDAS-1 FemtoDAS-2 BTSRRH Femtos

Femtos/ controller

$25,000 $20,000 $0 $10,000 $0 $0 $0

$0 $3,000 $3,000 $13,000 $24,000 $24,000 $4,800

no $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 no

$48,000 $42,000 $12,000 $25,000 $25,000 $30,000 $9,800

$18,000 $8,000 $1,000 $0 $5,000 $5,000

APs

Assumptions: femto: $3,000; AP: $600; RRH: $1,000 single operator; controller: $5,000 18 12/2010 Scheinert Telecom

Cost Comparison for Enterprises

Example: 8 antennae enterprise
System Equipment Installation BTS Core Network total

Rep-DAS $23,000 FemtoDAS-1 FemtoDAS-2 BTSRRH Femtos

Femtos/ controller

$25,000 $20,000 $0 $10,000 $0 $0 $0

$0 $3,000 $3,000 $13,000 $24,000 $24,000 $4,800

no $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 no

$48,000 $42,000 $12,000 $25,000 $25,000 $30,000 $9,800

$18,000 $8,000 $1,000 $0 $5,000 $5,000

APs

Assumptions: femto: $3,000; AP: $600; RRH: $1,000 single operator; controller: $5,000 19 12/2010 Scheinert Telecom

Cost Comparison for Enterprises II

Example: 8 antennae enterprise
System Equipment Installation BTS Core Network total

Rep-DAS $23,000 FemtoDAS-1 FemtoDAS-2 BTSRRH Femtos

Femtos/ controller

$25,000 $20,000 $0 $10,000 $0 $0 $0

$0 $500 $500 $9,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,800

no $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 no

$48,000 $39,500 $9,500 $21,000 $5,000 $10,000 $9,800

$18,000 $8,000 $1,000 $0 $5,000 $5,000

APs

Assumptions: femto: $500; AP: $600; RRH: $500 single operator; controller: $5,000 20 12/2010 Scheinert Telecom

Cost Comparison for Enterprises II

Example: 8 antennae enterprise
System Equipment Installation BTS Core Network total

Rep-DAS $23,000 FemtoDAS-1 FemtoDAS-2 BTSRRH Femtos

Femtos/ controller

$25,000 $20,000 $0 $10,000 $0 $0 $0

$0 $500 $500 $9,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,800

no $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 no

$48,000 $39,500 $9,500 $21,000 $5,000 $10,000 $9,800

$18,000 $8,000 $1,000 $0 $5,000 $5,000

APs

Assumptions: femto: $500; AP: $600; RRH: $500 single operator; controller: $5,000 21 12/2010 Scheinert Telecom

Outlook

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Some additional thoughts:

Femto owned by enterprise no cost for operator One femto serving multiple operators simplifies indoor coverage (1 femto for coverage) aggregates traffic of multiple operators Operators may pay femtocell owners for traffic public femtos (e.g. bars, restaurants) if quality requirements are met (e.g. QoS backhaul)

The future is waiting..

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Future for DAS in SME?

Other aspects: LTE L1-repeater will compete with DAS systems, eliminating even the cabling. RRH are competing with DAS solutions; will be even more attractive once fiber is common in enterprises. Multiple femto configurations will compete with DAS solutions; especially when capacity might be an issue. Capacity of DAS solutions are dependent on availability of: high capacity femtos (32 users or more) multiple carrier femto cells (2 or more femtos per cell)
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Future for DAS in public venues?

DAS for Public venues & large enterprises: full band support multiple bands (400 MHz 3.5 GHz) wireless standard agnostic multi-operator configurations support for > 20 BTS per DAS support MIMO configurations Going back to passive DAS? one band from 400 MHz 3.5 GHz

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and enterprise femtos?

Multiple femtocells may or may not be the solution for an enterprise: Need to minimize interference between femtocell and macrocell (other frequencies, SON-features) Need to minimize interference between femtocells (Controller, other frequencies, SON features) Optimize handover between cells Need for multi-carrier configuration per cell
Femtos need to be more intelligent (SON features) and/or a controller for interference and handover management may be needed
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Larger Enterprises & Public hotspots

DAS requirements for larger enterprises & public hotspots: Multi-operator requirements (3 4 operators) Multiband requirements (2 4 bands; trend going up) Full band support support of multiple wireless standards (2G, 3G, 4G) Example: 20 BTS per DAS area A multiple femto configuration would mean 20 femtos per antenna point!!!! very difficult to install so many femtos at one location!!
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