HSPA+ Advanced

HSPA+ enhancements in
3GPP R11 and beyond

February 2013
 HSPA+ Continues To Evolve
2013 2014 2015 2016+

Dual-Carrier
Higher Order 10 MHz Up to 4x/20MHz MultiFlow HSPA+ HetNets&UL Enh.
Across Bands WCDMA+, S-UMTS
Modulation & MIMO Dual-Carrier Multi-Carrier 8x Multi-Carrier
Uplink Dual-Carrier
Rel-7 Rel-8 Rel-9 Rel-10 Rel-11 Rel-12 & Beyond

HSPA HSPA+ HSPA+ HSPA+ Advanced

DL: 14.4 Mbps DL: 28 Mbps DL: 42 Mbps1 DL: 84 -168 Mbps2 DL: 336+ Mbps4
UL: 5.7 Mbps UL: 11 Mbps UL: 11 Mbps UL: 23 Mbps2 UL: 69+ Mbps4
Rel-12

WCDMA WCDMA+
Frees up resources
High Quality, Reliable, Ubiquitous Voice
for HSPA+ data

1R8 reaches 42 Mbps by combining 2x2 MIMO and HOM (64QAM) in 5 MHz, or by utilizing
HOM (64QAM) and multicarrier in 10 MHz.
2R9 combines multicarrier and MIMO in 10 MHz to reach 84 Mbps. Uplink multicarrier
doubles uplink peak data rate to 23 Mbps in 10 MHz.
3R10 expands multicarrier to 20 MHz to reach up to168 Mbps with 2x2 MIMO.
4R11 expands multicarrier up to 40 MHz to reach 336 Mbps with 2x2 MIMO, or 20Mhz with
4x4 MIMO. Uplink 2x2 MIMO with 64QAM reaches 69Mbps.

Commercial
Note: Estimated commercial dates. Created 2/13/2013
Dual-Carrier HSPA+ is the New Baseline

HSPA+ IS THE NEW BASELINE

LAUNCHES NETWORK COMMITMENTS

OPERATORS QUICKLY MOVING TO DUAL-CARRIER

LAUNCHES FIRST LAUNCH

HSPA+ DEVICES ACROSS ALL SEGMENTS

HSPA+ DEVICES DC-HSPA+ DEVICES

Source: www.gsacom.com, November 2012 devices, as of Jan 2013 3

HSPA+ is the Mobile Broadband Leader

~2.5B
HSPA/HSPA+
MBB* connections
Connections (Millions) end of 2016
3,000

2,500

1B
HSPA/HSPA+
MBB* connections
2,000 HSPA Family
reached in 2012

1,500 EV-DO Family

1,000
TD-SCDMA

500
LTE

0
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Source: HSPA, EV-DO ,TD-SCDMA and LTE subs Wireless Intelligence (Jan 13) . 2,437 Billion HSPA family connections expected Q4 2016 4
HSPA+ and Small Cells are Key to 1000x

1000x
HIGHER
Evolve HSPA+, e.g.
HetNets Enhancements
Smartphone signaling
EFFICIENCY WCDMA+ to free up data

Supplemental Downlink
Scalable UMTS
Authorized Shared Access (ASA)

Neighborhood small cells

deployment model

Note: neighborhood small cells and ASA are not covered in this presentation, see www.qualcomm.com/hetnets and www.qual;comm.com/spectrum for more details. 5
 ~3X

with Range Expansion

HSPA+
~1.6X

1X
Small Cell

Macro, 4 Small Cells 4 Small Cells

Dual-Carrier added + Range Expansion

Median Gain1 Possible With HSPA+ Today

For same amount of Spectrum

1000x Begins With HSPA+ Optimizations Available Today

HetNets Range Expansion Further Increases Capacity
1 Gain in median downlink data rate, 4 small cells of pico type added per macro and 50 % of users dropped in clusters closer to picos (within 40m), Model PA3 full buffer ISD 500m. Enabling range expansion features: reduced power
on second macro carrier , Dual-Carrier devices and mitigating uplink and downlink imbalance (3dB Cell-individual offset (CIO) and pico noise-figure pad)
HSPA+ AdvancedTaking HSPA+ to the Next Level

HSPA+
Advanced Maximizing HSPA+
Rel 11 & Beyond Investments

HSPA+ HSPA+ is the

Rel 7-10 New Baseline

HSPA 100% of WCDMA

Rel 5-6 operators have
upgraded to HSPA

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 HSPA+ Advanced
Continued multicarrier evolution Optimizations to bring more
to leverage all spectrum assets out of HetNets/small cells

Multiple antenna evolution for Enhancements to support

better coverage and capacity billions of connected devices

HSPA+ Advanced is used as the name for features in 3GPP Release11 and beyond. 8
Multi-Carrier Further Enhances Broadband Experience
AGGREGATED,
FATTER DATA PIPE

HIGH BAND
2.1 GHz Band I
1900 MHz Band II

AGGREGATION ACROSS
TWO BANDS (R9)
(Up to 4x currently defined)1

LOW/SECOND
BAND .

850/900/1500/1800 MHz
Band V/VIII/XI/III
850/2100 MHz Band V/IV
MULTI-CARRIER
HSPA+ DEVICE
4x Downlink 8x Downlink Non-Contiguous
(R10) (R11) Aggregation (R11)

Higher Data Rates to All Users, More Bursty Capacity2

1 Additional spectrum bands and band combinations continuously defined in 3GPP. 2Non-contiguous aggregation within a band. 2 For typical bursty applications and typical partial carrier load, Multi-
Carrier supports more bursty application users. 9
Aggregate Unpaired Spectrum for More Downlink Capacity
Supplemental Downlink
Unpaired Paired Paired
(Downlink) (Downlink) (Uplink)
L-Band 1.4GHz
Harmonized in Europe1 F1 F2 F1 F2 F1 F2

L-Band has 40 MHz of idle unpaired

spectrum available2.
February 21 2013: L-Band
Announcement
supplemental to cometrial in
downlink network
Toulouse with Orange and Ericsson
Commercial launch 2014/2015

LEVERAGES HSPA+ R9 MULTICARRIER ACROSS BANDS1,

EXPANDED SUPPORT IN R10 AND BEYOND
1 L-Band in Europe: 1452 MHz to 1492 MHz, sometimes referred to as 1.4GHz or 1.5GHz spectrum.
2 Aggregation across bands is supported in HSPA+ R9 for two downlink carriers, but each specific band combination, e.g. combination of band 1 and L-band, has to be defined in 3GPP.
3 AT&T is planning to deploy supplemental downlink in lower 700 MHz (12 MHz of unpaired spectrum) using LTE Advanced.
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MultiFlow Improves Overall Network Capacity
Evolves multi-carrierdata from multiple cells/NodeBs

F1: 5MHz F1: 5MHz F1: 5MHz F1: 5MHz

Serving user from

multiple cells Utilizes neighboring cell capacity
Improved user experience in loaded cell

Improved Network Load

Cell Edge Balancing

Note: MultiFlow transmission is a.k.a. SFDC. Receive diversity with interference suppression (type 3i receiver) required to reject other-cell interference. 11
Small Cells are Key to Meet the 1000x Data Challenge

Adding small cells like Picocells, Optimizations Brings Even

Femtocells, and Remote Radioheads
More Out of Small Cells

Bring Network Closer

to UsersSmall Cells

More Spectrum Higher Efficiency Techniques

New bands, Re-farming, S-UMTS Evolve HSPA+, more efficient apps and services etc.
Aggregate unpaired spectrum (SDL)

More
capacity

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 USER OPERATOR
DEPLOYED DEPLOYED
Very low-cost indoor small cells Low-cost outdoor/indoor
Inside-out deployment small cells

RESIDENTIAL

ENTERPRISE

Tighter Wi-Fi and HSPA+

integration for opportunistic offload

Extreme Small Cell DensificationFurther HetNets Enhancements

Today: Dual-Carrier and Even Better with Advanced Device Receiver HetNets Interference
Reduced Macro Power MultiFlow (R11) Provides Additional Gain Mitigation and Mobility
Range Expansion Balance Load Q-ICETM Study Item in 3GPP R12
Across Cells
Note: Self-Organizing Networks (SON) techniques HetNets and are standardized already in R10, such as Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT) and Automatic Neighbor Relation (ANR)
with continued enhancements in R11 and beyond
HSPA+ Advanced: Further HetNets Enhancements
Range
Expansion
Reduce second carrier
Macro Power
Carrier F2

Carrier F1

Small Cell Macro

Multiflow
Device

Further range expansion Multiflow optimizations to Mobility enhancements

even better small cell offload balance load across cells between small cell & macro
Mitigate up/downlink imbalancessuch as Such as mobility support to switch from Such as further enhanced serving cell change
extended range/reconfiguring of power offsets and dual-carrier to multiflow in the region procedures, and load based serving cell change
further enhanced advanced receivers where up/downlink are imbalanced

Note: All these are 3GPP R12 study items. In addition, Self-Organizing Networks (SON) techniques and are standardized in R10, such as Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT)
and Automatic Neighbor Relation (ANR) with continued enhancements in R11 and beyond 14
Continued Multiple Antenna and Multi-Carrier Evolution

336 Mbps
More Antennas (4x4 MIMO 20MHz)
Or More 5MHz Carriers
(40MHz contiguous and non-contiguous)

168 Mbps Multiflow

4x Multi-Carrier
(20MHz) HSPA+ Advanced

84 Mbps
Uplink 2x2 MIMO
2x2 MIMO and
Dual-Carrier (10MHz) Uplink Beamforming
69 Mbps
42 Mbps 2x2 MIMO+64QAM (5MHz) UL 2x2 MIMO + 64 QAM
28 Mbps Or DC-HSPA+(10MHz) 23 Mbps
2x2 MIMO (5MHz)
Uplink Dual-Carrier (10MHz)

R7 R8 R9 R10 R11
Downlink Speed Uplink Speed
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HSPA+ Advanced
Continued optimizations for the explosion
of interconnected low-traffic devices
Such as R11 FE-FACH, R12 uplink enhancements, R11/12 Machine Type Communication (MTC) Enhancements

The Smartphone Explosion

~5 BILLION CUMULATIVE SMARTPHONE SALES
BETWEEN 201220161

The Internet Of Everything

THE NEXT ERA OF NETWORKING AND COMPUTING,
WHERE EVERYTHING IS INTELLIGENTLY CONNECTED

1 Source: Average of Gartner, Oct. 12; Strategy Analytics, Aug.

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Ever Increasing Smartphone Application Traffic
Excessive signaling due to frequent small data bursts in the background1

1) Higher Signaling Pipe CapacityFE-FACH

News Push
Location Updates
Instant Messaging 2) Compress uplink data
Social Networking

3) Smart PipeGate Background Requests2

1Applicationspush notifications, updates, messages to users, even when application is not active, could be multiple times per hour.
This causes excessive network signaling due to setting up and tearing down the data channel for small, short, but frequent data bursts.
2Offered as part of our CnE solution, device connectivity engine. 17
 HSPA+ Continues to Accommodate Smartphone Growth

Commercial HSPA+
HSPA+ Advanced
R7/R8 CELL-FACH1 R11 FE-FACH3

Up to 90% reduced
signaling load Another
over HSPA capacity over HSPA+
Small data bursts

Extended Further extended

battery life battery life
over HSPA2

Non full-buffer applications

1R7/R8 allows small amounts of data to be efficiently transported in CELL-FACH state: up to 90% reduction in network signaling load due for social media example. 2Cell-DCH w/ R7 CPC allows non full buffer apps to use connected mode, DCH, more
efficiently (DTX/DRX). 3A main enhancements is downlink triggered feedback (CQI) and acknowledgements on the FACH reverse link, which makes FACH efficient like a regular HSPA link, see simulation assumptions in R1-112679
Efficient Compression and Other Uplink Enhancements

Improved Video/ Higher level

Audio Codecs Optimization/Compression Uplink data compression is part of a group of 3GPP R12 uplink
enhancements for improved coverage, capacity and load-balancing.

High Level OS
~70% 30-40%
reduction improved Improved
Lower Level Optimizations: in uplink battery life
Uplink Data Compression (3GPP R12)1 signaling2 throughput

1 3GPP R12 proposal: Add payload (e.g. HTTP GET & POST packets) compression to the PDCP layer, header (RoHC/IPHC) compression already resides in PDCP. Uplink compression is suitable since highly compressible HTTP packets
are ~70% of uplink smartphone data volume (based on Qualcomm logs). 2Reduction in Radio Resource Control (RRC) transitions, which drives network signaling, frees up resources for more data capacity 19
Further Machine to Machine Communication Enhancements

3GPP R12
ENHANCEMENTS
Low data rate SUCH AS:
Small data size Very long DRX Cycle - days
Significantly
increased
Infrequent transmissions battery life
Fast return to Idle State
/receptions

Limited power source Reduced measurements

Increased
Reduced signaling Capacity

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Summary: Continued Evolution
to Support the 1000x Challenge

HSPA+ Advanced
HSPA+ Continued multicarrier evolution
Advanced to leverage all spectrum assets
Rel 11 & Beyond

Optimizations to bring more

HSPA+ out of HetNets/small cells
Rel 7-10

Multiple antenna evolution for

HSPA
Rel 5-6 better coverage and capacity

Enhancements to support
billions of connected devices

HSPA+ Advanced is used as the name for features in 3GPP Release11 and beyond. 21
Driving Network Evolution

www.qualcomm.com/1000x www.qualcomm.com/hspa_plus
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT 1000x TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HSPA+ EVOLUTION

HSPA+
Advanced
Rel 11 & Beyond

HSPA+
Rel 7-10

HSPA
Rel 5-6

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