Femto Forum Presentation

Shrinking the Network: Is a Network of
Million Femtocells a Possibility?
Andy Germano
Vice Chair
Femto Forum
Agenda
• Femtocells Overview
• Who are the Femto Forum?
• 3GPP Release 8 Femto Standards Overview
• Interoperability and the Iuh Standard
• 3GPP Release 9 Femto Standard Preview
• 3GPP2 & WiMAX Forum Standardization efforts
• Summary & Conclusions
Andy Germano, Vice Chairman, Femto Forum. SUPERCOMM ATIS Technology Conference October 21, 2009 2
What are femtocells?
• Low-power access points…
…using mature mobile technology
…in licensed spectrum
…generating coverage and capacity
…over internet-grade backhaul
…at low prices
…with full operator management
…self-organising, self-managing
• Applications include:
• Residential
• Enterprise Generic Femto Network
• Hot spot Architecture
• Metro
Femtocells Enabling Customer
Propositions
With full operator management, in existing

spectrum, at reduced cost-per-bit
What are femtocell services?
Secure home access Virtual home phone
Simple, useful & fun
Virtual fridge notes Picture synchronisation

& remote control
What do femtocells provide?
• Location / Presence / Context
information APIs
• When I get home, when I am at
home and when I leave home.
• Capability information
• “14.4Mbps available here”. Routeing
• Local routeing & Service
• My mobile and home PC can find Discovery
each other.
• Service discovery Capability
• My mobile can find my networked Information
TV and control it.
• Secure remote access
• A secure tunnel from a mobile
back to the home/office.
‘Greater’ Femtocells
• Not only for the home!
• Femtocell economies of scale can deliver cost-effective deployments in
offices and in high-traffic or low coverage locations
• Femtos in the enterprise and metrozone
• Scope for cost-effective access to rural and developing markets via
appropriate backhaul solutions
Macrocells – wide area coverage and mobility
Enterprise
femtocells
Domestic femtocells
Outdoor femtocells
Femtocells in Next-Generation Systems
Revenue
impact
Time-to-
market
Cost
savings
Services Deployment Approaches
The Femto Forum
- Promoting & enabling femtocells
- Not-for-profit, founded in 2007
- Independent, Inclusive, International
Aims Implications
Femto Forum Members
65 providers of femtocell technology
ubiquisys
Femto Forum Members
52 operators covering 1.404 billion subscribers
Femto Forum Group Organisation
Working Groups Special Interest
Groups
WiMAX
LTE
IOT
Services
Relationships with Other Key Bodies
Market
Liaison
Representation
agreement
Partner
Market
Representation Cooperation
Partner Agreement
Partnership Partnership
Agreement Agreement
Completed Management Standard
• Unique three-way partnership
• Set out operator requirements
• Achieved consensus on use
of TR-069 management
protocol
• Created femto-specific data
model (TR-196)
• Published by Broadband
Forum
• Incorporated in 3GPP
standard
TR-69 Architectural Framework
Benefits of TR-069
• TR-069 is already widely used in fixed broadband
networks and in set-top boxes and allows mobile
operators to simplify deployment and enable
automated remote provisioning, diagnostics-checking
and software updates.
• TR-069 also uses a combination of security measures
including IKEv2 (Internet Key Exchange v2) and IPsec
(IP Security) protocols to authenticate the operator and
subscriber and then guarantee the privacy of the data
exchanged
TR-196 Data Model for Femto Access
Points
3GPP Release 8 Completion
• The completion of the release 8 Home Node-B (UMTS femtocell)
specification was a major achievement for the industry, providing
clarity on the roadmap and enabling operator deployments in the
short term
• Many vendors already announcing full support for the standard
What is covered by the 3GPP Rel. 8?
The new femtocell standard covers four main areas:

• network architecture;
• radio aspects
• interference aspects &
• femtocell management / provisioning and security
The crucial interface between potentially millions of

femtocells and gateways in the network core is called Iuh.
3GPP Rel. 8 – “Home Node B”
Consideration given to:
• Access to 3G services
• Access to Evolved Packet System services
• Support for Closed Subscriber Groups (CSG)
• Support of Emergency Calls
• OAM
• Compliance with Radio communications license
conditions
• Compliance with Emergency call requirements
• Authentication
3GPP Rel. 8 – “UTRA HNB”
• Support of Closed Subscriber Group
• Minimize the impact to UEs camped on UTRA macro cells
• Minimize the impact to UEs in CELL-DCH on UTRA macro
cells
• Cell selection/reselection from macro cell to UTRA Home
NB
• Cell selection/reselection from UTRA Home NB to UTRA
• Cell selection/reselection of UEs between UTRA Home NBs
• Handover of UE from UTRA Home NB to UTRA macro cell
• Cell (re)selection from UTRA Home NB to GERAN macro
cell
First Femtocell Plugfest
• 1st Femto Forum UMTS Femtocell Plugfest: to take
place in March 2010
• Collaboration with European Telecommunications
Standards Institute (ETSI)I
• Interoperability tests between femtocell network
gateways, security gateways, femtocell access points
and chipsets
• Verifying the Release 8 Iuh interface and associated
security protocols
• Demonstrates:
• Appropriateness of the standard
• Vendor support for the standard in commercial products
TR 25.820 concluded
• Home Node Bs will not degrade the performance of networks deployed
in other channels.
• Dedicated carrier deployment of Home Node Bs is feasible for both
open and closed subscriber group systems in a wide range of
deployment configurations.
• Co-channel carrier deployment of Home Node Bs is feasible for both
open and closed subscriber group systems.
• Home Node Bs can provide reasonable performance whether deployed
in isolation or whether multiple Home Node Bs are deployed in the
same area.
• Home Node Bs can be engineered to radiate only when it is confirmed
that such an emission complies with regulatory requirements in force
where that Home Node B is operating.
• Home Node Bs can support UE speeds up to 30 km/h.
What is planned for 3GPP Rel. 9?
• LTE
• More advanced 3G Femtocells
• Work also underway by:

• 3GPP2
• WiMAX Forum
3GPP Rel. 9 Plans
• Enhanced Home NodeB / eNodeB (EHNB)
• Stage 1 for EHNB
• Architecture aspects of EHNB
• Security aspects of EHNB
• CT aspects - Support of Home NB and Home eNB enhancements
• 3G HNB Gateway and LTE HeNB Gateway OAM&P
• 3G HNB and LTE HeNB OAM&P Type 1 Interface
• 3G HNB and LTE HeNB OAM&P Type 2 Interface
• LTE FDD Home eNodeB RF Requirements
• LTE TDD Home eNodeB RF Requirements
• Home NB and Home eNB enhancements - RAN3 aspects
• Home NB and Home eNB enhancements - RAN2 aspects
• Home NB and Home eNB enhancements - GERAN aspects
3GPP Release 9 Consideration
Given to: (1/2)
• Home NodeB UTRA access to 3G services
• Access to Evolved Packet System services
• Support of PWS, ETWS
• Operational requirements for compliance with Radio
communications license conditions;
• Authentication including registered location
• QoS requirements when interworking with Home Gateways
• Plug and play (usability) aspects and self-organization
• Requirements for customizing services over DSL or cable
• Support of guest users
3GPP Release 9 Consideration
Given to: (2/2)
• Roaming aspects
• Support of HeNB in the corporate environment
• Support of legacy terminals
• Local IP Access to the home based network
• Managed Remote Access to home based network
• Local IP Access to the Internet
• IMS Capable HNB subsystem
• Open access and hybrid access
• OA&M Requirements
• Television Service
UTRAN HNB logical Architecture
CPE
HNB GW
CNT/DIST CN
Iupc
Iu-H
SAS
LCS
Iu-BC
BC domain
CBC
RNS
Iu-CS
Uu CS domain MSC
UE Iu -PS
PS domain SGSN
HNB HBS-C Wm D’/Gr’

SeGW AAA
Proxy/ HLR
Server
3GPP Rel. 9 Architecture Aspects of
eHNB:
Work Items:
• Study on Home (e)NodeB Security (SA3)
• Study of Self-Organizing Networks (SON) related OAM
interfaces for Home NodeB (SA5)
• Support of UTRA HNB (RAN2)
• WID HNB/EHNB Rel-8 (SA1)
• UTRAN Architecture for 3G HNB deployment (RAN3)
• WID on Enhanced Home NodeB / eNodeB for Rel-9 (SA1)
• CSG and Idle Mode Mobility for LTE Home eNodeB
• CSG and Idle Mode Mobility for 3G Home NodeB
E-UTRAN HeNB logical Architecture
Femtocell standardization efforts
underway in 3GPP2 & WiMAX Forum
WiMAX Stage I & II Complete 3GPP2 – Publication Expected 1Q 2010
Stage III & Phase 2 complete in 2010
Conclusions:
• The early barriers to femtocell deployment have
been overcome.
• In 2009, we have seen:
• Significant standards progress
• Commercial Availability
• Sprint, AT&T, Verizon, Softbank,
Vodafone…
• Standards activity is continuing and expanding.
• The stage is clearly set for a network of millions
of Femtocells

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Shrinking the Network: Is a Network of

With full operator management, in existing

Virtual fridge notes Picture synchronisation

Services Deployment Approaches

The new femtocell standard covers four main areas:

The crucial interface between potentially millions of

• Work also underway by:

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