THE IN-BUILDING WIRELESS STANDARD

Benoit Fleury, VP Products & InnovationMarch 2015

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SPENDING ON NETWORKS

OUTDOOR 2%

INDOOR 21%

DAS, SMALL CELLS,

CARRIER WI-FI, PUBLIC SAFETY

COMPLEXITYONLY 2%COVERED

2013 2019NETWORK 2013 - 2019

THERE IS 30 BILLION SQUARE

METERS OF OFFICE SPACE

720 CUSTOMERS87 COUNTRIES

MARKET 2013 - 201980% OF MOBILE DATA OCCURS INDOOR

4.5B MOBILE USERS

40% 3G / 4G PHONES

56B APPS DOWNLOADED

2.6EB DATA TRAFFIC

5.5B

70%

250B

15.9EB

325M BYOD 1.3B

2003 - 2015

Source: 2014 Cisco Visual Networking Index

IN-BUILDING WIRELESS

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DATABASE OF COMPONENTS(16,000+ parts)

DESIGN & PLANNING SOFTWARE SUITE

IN-BUILDINGCOLLABORATIONPLATFORM

MOBILE PLANNING& DOCUMENTATION(Android app)

TRAINING & CERTIFICATION(3 levels)

Design Unity Mobile CertificationProgram

Database

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ASSESS & SURVEY

DIMENSION & PLAN

DETAILED ENGINEERING

INSTALL & COMMISSION

OPERATE & MAINTAIN

Site surveys and documentation

Installation & commissioningMaintenance & upgrades

Planning & design

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1. SCALE OF DEPLOYMENTS

2. SITE ACQUISITION

3. INTERFERENCE MITIGATION

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Higher volume of sites versus macro & DAS Shorter deployment cycles (days versus months) Simpler process without requiring RF experts Engineering still involved without being bottleneck Tools still needed to ensure quality, consistency & scaling

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Webinar: Site Surveys

ASSESS & SURVEY

DIMENSION & PLAN

DETAILED ENGINEERING

INSTALL & COMMISSION

OPERATE & MAINTAIN

Digitize notes, pictures & drawings into .ibw file

Integrate RF data collection into the same file

Designs can be now created in the field from mobile device

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• Android app to plan, design & document small cellsand Wi-Fi access points right from the site

• Create new plans or access from an existing design

• Use prediction maps based on interference from macro & other cells

• Integrate with RF collection tools to automatically import RF data

• Document site surveys, place geo-located annotations & create markups• Modify & update design information in the field (as-built documentation)

Simplifies and accelerates deployments

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CREATE FLOOR PLAN AND ENVIRONMENT ZONES

STEP 1 STEP 2

COLLECT RF, SELECT SMALL CELLS AND RUN PREDICTION

STEP 3

ADD NETWORK EQUIP’T & INCLUDE ANNOTATIONS

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IBWC Interface

Collection ToolsiBwave Mobile

iBwave Design Seamless data exchange Single survey/collection fileOptional on-site design Integrated file stored on cloud/server

Significant time savings(no more file import/export)(no need for post processing)

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FIELD TECHNICIAN

UPLOADMOBILE FILE

TO CLOUD/UNITY

SEND PROJECTLINK BY EMAIL

Store projects centrallyand control integrity

RF ENGINEER

DOWNLOADMOBILEFILE FROM CLOUD/UNITY

REVIEW ON DESIGN

Access any project and review as needed

As-BuiltDocumentation

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Traditional Approach With iBwave Mobile

COLLECT BUILDING INFO

COLLECT RF MEASUREMENTS

POST PROCESSING

ORGANIZE PICTURES (ex:PPT)

IMPORT RF DATA IN IBWAVE

SYSTEM DESIGN SYSTEM DESIGN

Relative time savings: 48%

COLLECT BUILDING INFO

COLLECT RF MEASUREMENTS

8h

4h

4h

3h

2h

21h

8h

3h

11h Reduce project life cycle Reduce cost Increase quality

Time Savings

0 hours

2 hours

3 hours

4 hours

1 hours

Total 10 hours21h 11h

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DESCRIPTION

Small cells survey in LA warehouse building Design created including AP location,

network equipment and cable routing RSSI prediction to determine AP coverage 7 floors surveyed in approx. 2 hours

BENEFITS

Significant time savings (estimated 10 hours) Single site visit for survey, planning, design Viewing prediction ensures sufficient APs Skip detailed engineering step for small

venues.

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One System of 1 Services Node and 100 PoE-powered Radio Nodes Can Scale to Cover 1.5 Million Square Feet

3G

Dual-Band 3G/4G and

4G/4G

Portfolio of Radio NodesServices Node(1RU in the enterprise data center)

LTE

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SSP Radio NodeSSPRN 19Mounted below suspended ceiling

SSP Radio NodeSSPRN 20Mounted below suspended ceiling

SSP Radio NodeSSPRN 24Mounted below suspended ceiling

SSP Radio NodeSSPRN 23Mounted below suspended ceiling

SSP Radio NodeSSPRN 22Mounted below suspended ceiling

SSP Radio NodeSSPRN 1Mounted below suspended ceiling

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Coverage Simulation (iBwave) – Radio Node EIRP: +12.1dBm

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1 Services Node

11 Floors

1,800 Subscribers

49 Radio Nodes

Solution

Results

A Very Happy Customer

Excellent 3G coverage throughout building

50% decrease in load on macro-cells

Zero disruption to Unilever operations and infrastructure

3,000 Voice + 94,000 Data calls per day

Services Node installed in Unilever Data Center to serve site

49 Radio Nodes installed in the site

Utilizing Unilever’s enterprise LAN/VLAN Architecture to support installation

Onsite installation completed in two evenings

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DEPLOYMENT EXAMPLES POINTING TO CONCRETE SAVINGS

SMALL CELL PLANNING & DESIGN NEEDS TO BE STREAMLINED TO SCALE

DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS ARE NEEDED FOR DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS

iBWAVE MOBILE PLANNER: FIELD-BASED SURVEY, DESIGN & DOC’N

SCALABLE SOLUTION INCLUDING CENTRALIZED REPOSITORY

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