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and Power Costs
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SMARTPHONE DENSITY
INTERNET OVER MOBILE
Source: Bell Labs analysis
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From a select urban study on bandwidth consumption
Source: Alcatel-Lucent measurements using 9900 WNG within live networks and Bell Labs analysis
Forecast consumption
80%-85% of packet switched calls are originated from Smartphones
40% of 3G devices are Smartphones
Worldwide Aggregate Mobile Traffic
Dongle/tablets
Smartphones
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Calculated Base Station Requirements in a Tier 1 City
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1,000
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2,000
2,500
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
More energy, more space, more maintenance
Source: Bell Labs synthesis of real network data with industry growth forecasts
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On a façade
On a pole
On a lamppost
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lightRadio Metrocell
Baseband system-on-a-chip (SoC)
Network MiMO/CoMP leadership
Multiband RRH
BBU SoC
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Multiband/technology
Higher reliability
Loss of single element does not impact entire band (FRU)
Beam forming
Reduces interference
Radome
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Software Defined Radio-on-a-chip design
Same size and weight as today’s single band RRH
Less mass and wind loading
Technology Advancement
Dual Band Antenna
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Adding capacity where
it’s needed
(8 elements panel)
Providing 60%-80% indoor coverage at 64 QAM (measured)
Many backhaul options (GPON, microwave, etc.)
Lowering the cost per bit
Higher gain and lower transmitted power
High average spectral efficiency
(4 to 6 bits/s/Hz)
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Open platform
Applications are “virtualized”
to conserve resources
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Deployment Flexibility and
Step 2: “pooling”
Step 3:“Coordinated Multi-Site Processing”
Advanced features e.g. CoMP, ICIC
Up to 2x data capacity
1U Design
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Point-to-Point wavelength
Compatible with CWDM/DWDM (as sub λ, typically up to eight WB-AAAs per fiber)
Overlay of residential PON infrastructure
CPRI over Dark Fiber
CPRI over CWDM, PON
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SoC-based BBU (2G/3G/LTE)
Consistent IP service quality and management between Wireless and Wireline
Flexible and scalable
Virtualization and processing aggregation
Integration with Optics (WDM, PON) and xDSL
Processing
Optimization
Virtual control
Ultra compact
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THE IMPACT OF POOLING AND CLUSTERING
Source: Bell Labs analysis
So I would rephrase operational savings by TCO components savings
Source: BL analysis – capacity gains from new architecture, advanced radio and antennas, advanced OA&M on a high capacity macro indoor site in an European urban area in 2013
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Source: Based on Bell Labs analysis using Wireless Strategy Optimizer modeling 20 mil. urban pop. and traffic forecasts
A natural evolution toward lowering the cost per bit
Small Cells
3G only
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Traffic growth 30 fold
6 independant scenarios of evolution of the network with different opportunity to cope with traffic increase, ranging from no new technology and limited refarming to lightRadio and small cell deployement.
2G and 3G only, poor refarming
3G+ capacity enhancement
LTE, 3G+ and 3G small cells
Light RAN , with 3G Small cells
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OSS/BSS INTEGRATION
KEY BENEFITS
Radio planning, optimal baseband pooling
Mobile backhaul strengthening (Compressed CPRI transport)
KEY BENEFITS
Integration with added value applications and services
KEY BENEFITS
A complete service portfolio to ensure success
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Controller Cloud
Metrocell trials
New Controller platform for 2G, 3G, Small Cells
Common OAM
Complete Family
A step roadmap approach – delivery every six months
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*Note: Single O&M (5620 SAM), SoC-based BBU, ATCAv2-based controller (macro/micro/small cells), and WB-AAA with 1800-260 0MHz capability
Small Cells
Small Cells
LTE & 3G
BBU clustering
2G/3G
Converged
RAN
Starting from 2G/3G Macro
Reduce OPEX further with lightRadio BBU. Prepare for capacity increase and LTE-A
LTE-Advanced
>Rel10
Add Localized Capacity
(unified maintenance, sparing, training
Lower OPEX, Higher QOE
Light Radio WB-AAA + BBU*
What’s the story for “Hard Hunting?”
We can help in your 3G offload problem densification in 3G for data offload starting with small cells (Femto based – commercially available) from 2011 and then with Metrocells (SOC based) from 2012 à will need to dedicate one carrier in 2.1 GHz and our 3G topology will be without RNC using SC Gateway to CN.
After being a “wireless vendor” with small cells we may have opportunities to enter as LTE overlay – but lets likely to happen with macro so focus on metro – assuming dedicated frequency is accepted for densification. This will have to be proved with the right studies – then take ALU as LTE vendor with an overlay approach based on macro/metro/femto approach.
By doing this with our 3G/LTE metro cells your are preparing your hot spot for very quick launch of LTE in 2.6 à our metro with magic cubes 2.1+2.6 is fully LTE ready
In the sites where you have deployed a metro LTE then you can grow vertically with macro LTE by installing an active antenna (with magic cubes) in the top of the building
we could think of metro having a slot to plug a bigger SOC and become BBU of the AA on top of the mast. Reuse power, enclosure and transport interface – this has to be still verified with the system architects -
The AA 2.6 LTE has passive 1.8 and 2.1 antennas, but we may want to consider to activate 2.1 3G with the magic cubes à main reason is because we may provide more capacity than classic macro 3G with passive antennas by different vertical tilt of the 2 macro carriers. Legacy 3G may be swap out
The TCO of the overall solutions happen to be more efficient  and legacy 2G can be disconnected some time after as well à now we are very trusted and operator gives the keys of the house : voice revenue support
Now the full network architecture can be migrated to enable the [CRN3.0] vision : “invisible BTS and cloud processing” à BBU pools with fiber or microwave + Network Controller in the Cloud
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Alcatel-Lucent’s lightRadio™ for converged 2G/3G/LTE Radio Networks
Data Capacity will reach a limit in every network. lightRadio extends the life of the network through a flexible, graceful approach.
A new solution for wireless networks that evolves data capacity as need arises
An evolution that solve today’s problems and evolve to higher capacity at less cost:
Products that reduce the number of items on the tower – Wideband AAA and Multiband RRH
Baseband Deployment flexibility that includes Conventional, in the RF, or Centralized
Software Defined Baseband, simultaneously 3G & 4G on one card and be changed through SW
A path forward to 2x the capacity* at a lower cost/bit through Centralized Baseband approach
Bell Labs Innovations
lightRadio Cube, CPRI 3x Compression, Network MIMO, Baseband SOC Algorithm
A total solution including 2G, 3G, 4G, and Small Cells managed as one, and putting data capacity where it’s needed.
*compared to LTE, Rel8, 20 MHz, 2x2 Antenna Config
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