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How to build
a mobile
network?
3. januar 2023
Radio access network evolution
-The journey has just started
3. januar 2023
The future contains frequent
Techno-strategic decisions
3. januar 2023
Ericsson:
In 3 years network
traffic has increased
by a factor of 10…
…and revenue
increased by 35%...
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Example of
establishing a
GSM radio
network
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The base stations
(BTS) are distributed
to give
RADIO COVERAGE
En
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The base stations
(BTS) are distributed
to give
RADIO COVERAGE
– and Capacity
En
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Increased traffic drives cost
Network
cost
Challenge!
Requested traffic
Smaller spectrum Larger spectrum
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The challenge of mobile broadband
$
COST
Revenue
Traffic
With boosting data traffic there is a need for
more frequent network updates than before
Network cost
LTE
HSPA+
HSPA
Basic 3G
Traffic load
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Limited spectrum drives cost!
Example: Two operators with very different spectrum size
•Country 1: 8,8MHz band ->44 channels
– =>132 Erlang per base station
– => 40 base stations needed to handle total
traffic of 5190 Erlang
Area= 50km2
Population= 1 M
Subscribers= 346k • Country 2: 4,4 MHz band -> 22 channels
15 mErl/sub (*) – =>29 Erlang per base station
Tot. traffic= 5190 Erl – => 179 base stations needed to handle total
traffic of 5190 Erlang
(*) Meaning that the average customer calls for 1,5% of the most busy hour of the day
For illustration purpose only – the conclusions and calculations are simplified
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Getting more spectrum essential for
meeting future service demand
Digital
Dividend 3G
(UMTS2100)
CDMA Mobile broadband
GSM900 GSM1800 extension band
500 MHz 1000 MHz 1500 MHz 2000 MHz 2500 MHz 3000 MHz
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3G in new frequency bands - refarming
(WCDMA = UMTS/HSPA = 3G)
(HSPA)
In-Building
coverage area for
suburban terrain
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(Source: Nokia Siemens Networks & Elisa)
Access to low frequency spectrum:
-High impact on mobile broadband
800 MHz
2600 MHz
11%
800 MHz:
Very attractive for coverage, but how to
avoid traffic congestion if 89% of all
users only have coverage from the 800
MHz system?
7.5 Mbit/s
5 Mbit/s
2.5 Mbit/s
1 Mbit/s
10 Mbit/s
0.5 Mbit/s
5 Mbit/s
0.2 Mbit/s
2 Mbit/s
0.05 Mbit/s
0.5 Mbit/s
3. januar 2023
Growing need for indoor coverage systems
3. januar 2023
-Is the path towards LTE evident?
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-or will we need proper guidance?
3. januar 2023
LTE is defined for all relevant frequency bands
Digital
Dividend 3G
(UMTS2100)
CDMA Mobile WiMAX/ Fixed
EDGE900 EDGE1800 Mob. 3G extension band WiMAX
WiMAX
500 MHz 1000 MHz 1500 MHz 2000 MHz 2500 MHz 3000 MHz 3500 MHz
LTE
LTE LTE LTE LTE LTE LTEAdv.
Low Frequency High Frequency
Long range Short range
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Evolution in site capacity from GSM to LTE
- Downlink, sum of voice and data
Disclaimer: Values should be taken as indicative. Performance will vary greatly with deployed solution,
surrounding environment, terminal penetration and size of frequency spectrum. HSPA assumes 14,4 Mbps
version. HSPA+ assumes 64QAM feature, not MIMO or Dual Carrier.
Source: CONTEST, Telenor.
Competitive power
-Determined by spectrum
10
2600
MHz
2600
20
800
MHz
Fakecom
LTE deployment strategy
must be tuned to our
relative ability to compete.
To summmm up…
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Key take-aways
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LTE:
Customers expect high performance
…and they expect coverage
Thank you for
your attention!
Backup slides
3. januar 2023
Abbreviations
BSC Base Station Controller IP Internet Protocol
BSS Base Station Subsystem ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
BTS Base Transceiver Station ITU International Telecommunication Union
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access IMT-2000 International Mobile Telecommunication
CSD Circuit Switched Data MSC Mobile Switching Center
CN Core Network PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
D-AMPS Digital-Advanced Mobile Phone System PSK Phase Shift Keying (Modulation)
EDGE Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
E-GPRS Enhanced - GPRS RNC Radio Network Controller
ERAN EDGE Radio Access Network SCP Service Control Point
ETSIEuropean Telecommunications SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node
Standards Institute TDD Time Division Duplex
FDD Frequency Division Duplex TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
FDD-DS Frequency Division Duplex – UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications
Direct Spread System
FDD-MC Frequency Division Duplex - MultiCarrier UTRAN UMTS Terestrial Radio Access Network
GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node VHE Virtual Home Environment
GERAN GSM EDGE Radio Access Network VLR Visitor Location Register
GMSK Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol
(Modulation) WAP Wireless Application Protocol
GPRS General Packet Radio System W-CDMA Wideband -CDMA
GSM Global System for Mobile 2G 2nd Generation (mobile network)
communication (2,5G GPRS)
HLR Home Location Register 3G 3rd Generation (mobile network)
HSCSD High Speed Circuit Switched Data 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership
IN Intelligent Network Project
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Sites, BTSs and cells…
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Typical user data rates
LTE-
Advanced 30 – 300 Mbit/s
LTE
5 – 60 Mbit/s
HSPA
1.0 – 5 Mbit/s
3G basic
150-350 kbit/s
Media Subscriber
Core Gateway profiles ChargingService Platform
Network
Intelligent Network
Core
Packet
Transport
Internet
Switch
Base Gateway
Statio Packet
n Switch
Contro Serving
Transport Backhaul l Node
Network
Base station
Marie Anne
Cost distribution in mobile networks
BTS
MSC BSC
ISP internet
connection BTS
Hub
Core
Backbone network Access network
m*E1 n*E1
E1 BTS
MGW
Backhaul
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