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MIKE SCHABEL

Nov. 14th, 2012

DETERMINING THE OPTIMUM WAY TO DEPLOY SMALL CELLS WITHIN THE NETWORK

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SMALL CELLS THE EVOLVING STORY

Femto Small Cells HetNet

Home Office Public

Private indoor Public indoor Public outdoor

Churn Market share TCO

Coverage Capacity Services

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METRO CELLS CHANGING THE OPERATIONAL MODEL

MACRO RESIDENTIAL METRO / ENTERPRISE

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VOLUME OF CELL SITES NETWORK TOPOLOGIES

3x-10x the number of sites

LOCATION OF CELL SITES BACKHAUL ACCESS

Variety - site selection & access More diversity

SMALL CELLS WRITING A NEW PLAYBOOK

DEPLOYMENT & OPERATIONS

INTEGRATION

PARTNER ECOSYSTEM

REGULATION

Need to Educate

&

Expanding group of players

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VOLUME OF CELL SITES NETWORK TOPOLOGIES

3x-10x the number of sites

LOCATION OF CELL SITES BACKHAUL ACCESS

DEPLOYMENT & OPERATIONS

INTEGRATION

PARTNER ECOSYSTEM

REGULATION

Need to Educate

&

SMALL CELLS WRITING A NEW PLAYBOOK

Variety - site selection & access More diversity Expanding group of players

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Site Selection:

• Stop guessing

• Maximize offload

• Maximize capacity

Site Access:

• Land grab (time?)

• Wi-Fi

• Multi-host

• Lease costs

• Co-locate

LOCATION OF CELL SITES

It’s no longer all about RF

positioning.

RF

Interference

Mitigation

Site + Power

+ Backhaul

Availability

Footfall

RF

INTERFERENCE

MITIGATION

SITE + POWER

+ BACKHAUL

AVAILABILITY

FOOTFALL

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BACKHAUL BIT RATE LATENCY DOWN

GPON/XGPON via OLT 10 Gbps 0.2 / 0.3 ms

VDSL 25-100 Mbps 2.5 ms + backhaul

Leased Ethernet/Fibre 10 Gbps ~25msec

Hybrid Fibre Coax 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps ~30msec

Pt to Pt 802.11 Up to 200 Mbps <3ms

Pt to Pt Up to 10 Gbps <50µsec

Pt to Pt Microwave 800 Mbps <50µsec

Stacked XGPON to BBU 10 Gbps 0.15 ms

overlay on PON ~WDM-PON 10 Gbps 0.15 ms

G.Fast 100-500 Mbps 0.5-1 ms +

backhaul

• Flexibility

• Scalability

• Simplicity

• Low-cost

BACKHAUL AVAILABLE OPTIONS

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Small Cell Deployment

completed in 2017

Wireline Op.

Builds & Ops

MNO

Leases

MNO Builds

& Ops

PARTNER ECOSYSTEM AND ECONOMICS

Mobile

operator

Backhaul

provider

Site

owner

Leasing &

brokering co.

Installation &

maintenance

End-user “The Four P’s”

• Poles

• People

• Power

• Ports

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IMPROVED BROADBAND

COVERAGE TO CITIZENS

GREEN - REDUCES

POWER CONSUMPTION

BLENDS IN WITH THE

ENVIRONMENT

SAFE – NOT SIGNIFICANTLY

DIFFERENT THAN Wi-Fi

• Improved in-building coverage

• Improved network capacity

• Eliminates dead-zones

• Lower transmit power required

• Reduce macro power

• Greater signal strength at lower UE power

• 70% less power than macro cells

• Smaller footprint

• Lower UE power consumption

• More aesthetic then macro towers

• Unobtrusive – “blends in”

• Installed in discreet locations

INDUSTRY REQUIRES: 1) DEFINED GUIDELINES, 2) FAST TRACK PERMITTING, 3) TRADE ASSOCIATION PROMOTION

REGULATION COMMUNITY BUY-IN

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