Do LTE and Femtocells Need One Other?

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April 26, 2011

Peter JarichService Director, Mobile EcosystemCurrent Analysis [email protected]

Do LTE and Femtocells Need One Another?

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Agenda

LTE & Femtocells: Getting Our Facts Straight LTE: Why & Where Femtocells: Why and What

The LTE and Femtocell Intersection PointsWhat We’re Not Hearing From the Market









Prepping Us For MWC2012









The LTE Rationale

Source: AT&T









The LTE Rationale

Source: AT&T









The LTE Momentum









The LTE Small Cells

≠ Commercial Momentum









The Femtocell Rationale (Today)

What’s The Femto Use Case?









The Capabilities of HSPA+

Just your average Twitter conversation…

@pnjarich: So, the iPhone 4S tops out at HSPA+ 14.4. Not even 21 Mbps?

@GlennF: @pnjarich Why would anyone need more than 14.4 Mbps on a phone? Who cares?

@pnjarich: @GlennF Operators, that’s who. When you’re trying to maximize network capacity, HSPA+ 21 (or, better yet, 42) matters.

@GlennF: @pnjarich Understood.









Have We Defined “Femtocell” Yet?

VS.









LTE & Scale









The Fragmentation of Spectrum

Think Scale!

Think Coverage!









No Spectrum Left Behind

Think Refarming, Auctions,

Reclamation, etc.

Think, “Why TDD Now?”









That Means WiFi Too, Right?

Source: AT&T









…and Multi-Tech Gateways

Source: Cisco









…and New Backhaul Architectures









…and New Backhaul Architectures









…and Core Architecture Evangelism

Source: Acme Packet

Circa 2008?









Conclusions and Recommendations

LTE Is Moving Forward Fine Without Femtos

The Public Story is Easy to Understand

The Residential Story is Confounded by… WiFi Coverage vs. Capacity 3G Capabilities

What We’ll Need To Get There SubsidiesApps LTE Story Beyond

CapacityMulti-standard

Femtos Evangelism!









Thank youName: P. JarichTitle: Service Director, Mobile EcosystemEmail: [email protected]: 703.788.3792Twitter: @pnjarichWebsite: www.currentanalysis.com







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