iBwave ‘e. oman 8Motivation Business Technology Drivers i Our solution G > With over 70% of wireless user traffic originating from indoor environments — there is a driving need for high quality, high-performance in-building coverage. An optimized, economical and efficient in-building design leverages the knowledge of macro networks and plans for the indoor coverage against a pre-determined set of Grade of Service (GoS) design criteria Optimization Module is an add-on product to the industry standard iBwave Design that meets this growing industry need.Product Description ¥ Network Optimization is an add-on module to iBwave Design software \\ Pre-requisite: Propagation Module * Advanced 3D * Coverage prediction * Optimum DAS antenna modelling of building of signal quality and placement * DAS signal level ata thraUohpat * Data + voice DAS jietion = Data e desi ge DAS desitProduct Description v Feature'1: indoor interpolation of thal jacro RF signal v Feature 2: DAS data rate and Signal aay maps a < v ; oyeIndoor interpolation of the macro RF signal v Purpose: ‘. To find indoor areas with weak RF coverage and/or high RF interference v Benefits: \. Determine candidate areas for DAS antennas How to bring the macro signal indoors?¥ Purpose: Quantify data throughput variations throughout the building Benefits: Provides RF engineers with means to design beyond “voice coverage” * Enables RF engineers to design the DAS for the highest available data rate WiData Throughput coverage map — Example: LTE network with low interfering macro signalSignal Quality coverage map v Purpose: ‘\. Quantify signal quality (Ec/Nt, SINR, C/l) variation throughout the building v Benefit: \\ Signal quality determines maximum data throughput rate \\ Improving the DAS signal quality also improves the DAS data rate T j i 8 ; i i 8 éLTE network example (SINR)Soft handoff maps v Purpose To determine coverage overlap between neighboring sectors Benefits: * Reduce soft handoff zone + Increase data throughputSoft handoff maps (cont.) WCDMA network example: an NFL stadium sa0i173) sao.) saanOptimal Antenna Placement (OAP) Y Purpose \\ OAP recommends minimum number of antennas and best antenna locations v Benefit \\ Eliminates guesswork and error in the preliminary design Phase \\ Allows prioritization of coverage zones (“'VIP” vs. “regular area” vs. “no coverage” zones) ‘\ Optimal cost of inbuilding DAS , covereas hoOptimal Antenna Placement (cont.) Example 3a: PCS HSPA+, low interfering macro signalOptimal Antenna Placement (cont.) Example 3b: PCS HSPA+, high interfering macro signal OptimatAntennaPlacemert Bi keec i504 WB DiscorasS.05) Smite 2Optimal Antenna Placement (cont.) Example summary WX Wicretuel(ere lp Eleizoy Freq, bai #ofDAS | Coverage ss Ey uC UMTS voice L cellular 1 > 97% HSPA (7.2 Mbps) = PCS 9 > 90% HSPA ‘High PCS 18 > 90% HSPA+ (21 Mbps) Low Pcs 12 90% HSPA+ ‘High Pcs 19 89% LTE (38 Mbps) — Low AWS 9 > 90%What's In It For The Manager? Indoor DAS or macro network? Wit the intorpotation map of an eutdoor signal, a manager can predict with a high-level of confidence — = - the cost of deploying a fullfledge new indoor network Cah we reuse any existing signal in vers the cost of instaling minal equipment tat wll the building? enhance the quality of caverage. How much hardware do we need?. ‘The optimal antenna placement feature recommends the minimum number of antennas for maximum coverage and data throughput. | Which applications can be supported ? ee the results from the output maps, business case for data applications can be bull based an the expected revenues that will be generated out of Indoor network deployment. Can | prioritize the coverage based on | Optimize cost cf deployment and improve RO! by the applications used? ‘liminating the cast of unnecessary indoor equipment Caused by “overcdesigning’. How do | troubleshoot the system? Using the results from the output maps, one can | predict areas of poor quality of coverage and make ‘courale assessments on possible origins of technical problems.Biswove oe Cos ome Steen!Optimal Antenna Placement (OAP) OAP steps: ¥ Place multiple antennas (candidates) at various possible locations on the building’s floor plan; ¥ Set the minimum signal level: RSSI and Ec/Nt (or C/I or SINR) and the minimum target coverage; ¥ OAP processes each antenna based on the above Grade of Service (GoS) and ranks them from best to worst; ¥ The end result identifies minimum number of antennas required to meet the given GoS.ptimal Antenna Placement (cont.) Example 1: Cellular UMTS voice, low interfering macro signalOptimal Antenna Placement (cont.) Example 2a: PCS HSPA, low interfering macro signalOptimal Antenna Placement (cont.) Example 2b: PCS HSPA, high interfering macro signal ‘Optimal Antenna Pacem i Feop 00%) Wi dicosnoo Sytem 2Optimal Antenna Placement (cont.) Example 4: AWS LTE, low interfering macro signal