About Small Cell Markets

Within the Rural & Remote market, there are multiple segments:

Rural Community Remote Industrial Public safety

Coverage for underserved community Coverage for workers at hard-to-reach Coverage for emergency services
beyond range of normal service. sites with existing infrastructure. & rst responders.

Transportation Special events Military

Services for passengers and Services for temporary planned Services for military personnel.
operational needs on all classes of gatherings.
shipping, aircraft and trains.

Disaster Recovery / Smart city

Humanitarian
Rapid reinstatement of coverage after
extensive damage to mobile infra-
structure, and support for ongoing
humanitarian efforts.
Developing smart city use case
require massive connectivity.
The market and use-cases for small cells
is dened by the Small Cell Forum
smallcellforum.org

REFERENCES
[1] Alphonzo Samuels, CTO, Telkom South Africa, Broadband World Forum 2014
http://telecoms.com/interview/alphonzo-samuels-cto-telkom-south-africa/
[2] Business drivers for connecting the unconnected via small cells, Small Cell Forum
http://scf.io/en/documents/150_-_Business_drivers_for_connecting_the_unconnected_via_small_cells.php
[3] Schoolar: Is xed wireless access a thingagain?, FierceWireless
http://www.ercewireless.com/wireless/schoolar-xed-wireless-access-a-thing-again
[4] Considerations for the 3.5 GHz IMT range: getting ready for use, GSMA
https://www.gsma.com/spectrum/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Considerations-for-the-3.5-GHz-IMT-range.pdf
[5] Why the 3.5 GHz CBRS Band Could Be a Breakthrough for 5G, sdx central
https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/3-5-ghz-cbrs-band-breakthrough-5g/2017/03/
The Problems

The Unserved
Over 1.2 billion of the global population
is still unconnected.
Remote industrial and offshore sites facing
connectivity challenge. 4G wireless could service
them, but the coverage is not there yet.

The Underserved
Many people or businesses in rural areas
have limited coverage.
Vertical markets such as special events,
public safety, ... are using older propietary
connectivity solutions.

The Business Case

A cost eective way of serving rural populations,
remote sites or answering vertical markets
requirements open new opportunities.
But provide 50% of revenue and 80% of telecom
operators' prots[1]. This highlights that more cost
effective ways of serving rural populations are
needed so that they do not miss out on the
benets of mobile.

Accelleran Small cells are driving:

Lower CAPEX
Reduction of OPEX
Reduced subscriber costs, lower ARPU
Alternative & innovative backhaul
Different ecosystems and business models

Small cells could deliver affordable mobile

broadband coverage to an extra 650 million
users worldwide with GDP benets close to
$1 trillion or an estimated operator benet
of $163 billion[2]
 The Solution

LTE Small Cells

Small cells reduce deployment costs and allow operators to target areas that
were traditionally out of reach.
Non-residential small cells will enjoy a CAGR of 36% in 2016-2021 and reach about
5m annual shipments in 2021.

Small Cell Benets

01. Reducing the initial CAPEX

investment to enter a new market or area
Low equipment costs, outdoor small cells typically
1/10th to 1/30th of macrocell costs.
Low power, typically 1% of macro power consumption.
Small form factor, simplifying site acquisition if needed
at all and transport of equipment to remote areas.
Easy product installation, reducing deployment time
and costs.

02. Targeting small concentrated

pockets of users
This helps to minimize the cost per subscriber by
ensuring no coverage is wasted.

03. More readily supporting a range

of backhaul options in remote areas
including existing IP based broadband connections,
3 LOS and NLOS wireless backhaul solutions and
optimized IP VSAT satellite backhaul solutions.

04. Reducing on-going OPEX in

remote area
Via reduced site footprint (and hence less perimetral/
physical security needed) and lower power consump-
tion (allowing use of renewable energy sources).

05. Typical ROI

Small cell CAPEX/OPEX compared to Macro cell.

Capex Opex
350,000 327,125
25,000 24,020 24,020
300,000

20,000
250,000
Cost / Int$

200,000
Cost / Int$

15,000

150,000
10,000
100,000 79,417
5,915
50,000 5,000 2,222
11,995 7,972
0
0

Macrocell - Challenging backhaul Small cell - Challenging backhaul Macrocell - Challenging backhaul Small cell - Challenging backhaul

Macrocell - Simple backhaul Small cell - Simple backhaul Macrocell - Simple backhaul Small cell - Simple backhaul
The Applications

Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) 3.5 GHz LTE TDD

FWA is a concept for providing broadband service
to homes and SMEs
This is particularly attractive in cases where there is
no infrastructure in place to deliver wired broadband
via copper, ber or hybrid solutions.
It can also be used when the existing infrastructure is
not able to provide sucient service. In many cases
FWA is the last mile for xed broadband, being
considerably cheaper than connecting each home
with ber.
Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISP) typically
offer these services and are migrating from legacy
WiMAX to LTE technologies[3].
3.5 GHz spectrum (bands 42, 43 and 48 US CBRS)
is becoming a standard for next-gen global roaming
(International Mobile telecommunication IMT)[4] and
lightly licensed US CBRS[5].
Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) modems are avai-
lable now and the rst 3.5 GHz capable smartphones
are also entering the market.
Some WISPs already possess licenses for this
spectrum, as it was also used for WiMAX, that is now
being repurposed for LTE FWA.

Accellerans Local Area Outdoor

E1000 Series eNB

Specications
Single Cell 2x2 MIMO
24dBm (250mW) per port
Integrated GNSS PoE Injector 56V DC
Dimensions
270mm(L) x 200mm(W) x 65mm(H)
2.8 Kg. IP67. Up to 64 active users

Mode Band Product

B42 E1010
B43 E1011
TDD B48/CBRS E1012
B38/41 E1013
B40 E1014
B7 E1020
FDD B3 E1021
B1 E1022
Use Cases

FWA for WISPs (Fixed Wireless Access for Wireless Internet Service Providers)
Tower mounted B43 Local Area Outdoor E1011 at 49m height with a 17 dBi cross-polarised
antenna and xed CPEs 21dBm power conguration.
Solid, reliable, error-free data transfer (achieved max theoretical throughput) with up to 5Km cell
radius (cell capable of supporting up to 14.3Km with PRACH 0)

FWA FTTx Last-mile

FTTH is expensive (CAPEX $500$1,000 / subscriber) single carrier 4G LTE business case
works in developing regions. MIMO for ber like speeds in developed regions.
Upgrade path towards 5G.
Roof Top mounted B42 Local Area Outdoor E1010 at 20 m height with a 18 dBi panel antenna
with downtilt and xed outdoor CPEs 21dBm power conguration
Solid, reliable, error-free throughput (achieved max theoretical value) with up to 1.5 Km cell radius.
 Core/Edge RAN UE

End-To-End Solutions Radio Access Network User

Equipment

Evolved Packet Core

While Accelleran provides small cells, we realize

that many customers need help with realizing a
Macrocell
consistent end-to-end LTE solution.
WE CAN HELP YOU!
Multi-access
Edge Computing
Fixed or Mobile
Wireless Access

eNB
Small Cell eNBs & Self Optimizing Network (SON)
Small cells reduce deployment costs and allow operators to target areas
that were traditionally out of reach. Non-residential small cells will enjoy a
CAGR of 36% in 2016-2021 and reach about 5m annual shipments in 2021.

LTE TDD Selectable Downlink/Uplink Configurations

D:U 8:1 7:2 3:1 2:1 1:1 2:3 2:5

U%

Omnidirectional &
D%

eNB

sectorized Antenna
5 4 2 3 1 6 0

Partner provided choice of

TDD Config

the antenna you need.

eNB
EPC
Tested interoperability with major EPC vendors and soft EPC providers.
Integration services available. We successfully integrated soft EPCs into our
eNB box. Private LTE network in a box. Great for PoC/labs.

eNB
User Equipment (UE) / Customer Premises Equipment
(CPE) + SIM cards
Tested interoperability with major outdoor/indoor UE/CPE vendors
(cat 4 & 6). Depending on the operational band, we can assist you in sourcing
the most suitable on the market. SIM cards too!

eNB
Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC)
Our small cells contain a plug-in framework to embed limited MEC
functionality. Or co-locate an external edge platform for high performance
MEC (like video storage/transcoding).

eNB Spectrum Licensing & Regulatory

If you dont have the spectrum licensing in place, we can provide external
consultancy for your spectrum planning and regulatory needs.
 About Accelleran
Accelleran is a Belgium-based provider of 4G & 5G RAN
control plane software and integrated small cells.
We provide Urban, Enterprise, Rural and Remote 4G Small Cells
for Fixed Wireless and Mobile access, enabling deployments from
sparse coverage-constrained to capacity-boosting ultra-dense
HetNet environments.
We offer single cell and next-generation multi-carrier/multi-cell
solutions which include support for the new worldwide 3.5GHz
mobile capacity band and US CBRS.

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