LTE ebook No 8 - Guide to adding network capacity

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MORE THAN ONE WAY TO INCREASE CAPACITY

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FOUR WAYS TO INCREASE CAPACITY

INCREASEMACRO SITE

CAPACITY

ADD SMALLCELLS

ADD SPECTRUM

OPTIMIZE NETWORK CAPACITY+

+

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INCREASE SPATIAL EFFICIENCY WITHOUT ADDING NEW MACRO SECTORS

9764 METROCELL OUTDOOR

Macro eNB

Metro cell Metro cell

Higher median

throughput with one

metro cell addition

PLAN DEPLOYMENT IN HOTSPOT AREAS FOR BEST CAPACITY OFFLOAD BENEFITS

3x

ADD SMALL CELLS

Products: Compact, multiple bands, multiple power options

Features: SON (plug & play, ANR, etc.)

Services: Small cell services + Tools + certified sites and

backhaul, facilities providers + certified installers

Experience: Verizon and CMCC deployed LTE metro cells

Small cell solution optimizes capacity offload

1 2 3 4

193%300%

467%

960%

PERCENT GAIN IN MEDIAN USER THROUGHPUT (COMPARED TO MACRO ONLY)

NUMBER OF METRO CELLS PER MACRO

+

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GET MORE PERFORMANCE FROM YOUR HETNET

DYNAMIC EICIC INCREASES METROCELL PERFORMANCE AND MACRO CELL OFFLOAD

30%Capacity

gains* with 10 small cells (5W) per macro

30%capacity gains

with eICIC

Dynamic eICIC maximizes metro cell coverage area

Dynamic eICIC cancels interference

SON Supervisor

Centralized SON Server

NPO SON Platform

Extended X2 SON Server

KPI/SON Config DB

X2 interface used for fast adaptation to quickly changing network conditions

ADD SMALL CELLS+

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ADD SPECTRUMUSE UNLICENSED SPECTRUM (WI-FI®)

Carrier cloud

Network management

5620 SAM

7750 SRWLAN GW

IP edgelightRadio Wi-Fi access

Metro cell Enterprise cell

Hotspot2.0 WLAN AP

OpenWLAN AP

Wi-Fi

Policy and subscriber management

Wireless packet core

Internet

CARRIER Wi-Fi IS ESSENTIAL TO THE NEW ULTRA-BROADBAND MOBILE EXPERIENCE

2xSIMPLE

SEAMLESS

SECURE

Wi-FiOption

Cellular

CAPACITY INCREASE70%

OF USERS ARE IN WI-FI ZONES >70% OF THE TIME IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD

9764 METRO CELL

OUTDOOR WITH WI-FI

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FREE UP EXISTING SPECTRUM WITH VoLTE

OVERCOME SPECTRUM CHALLENGES WITH VoLTE AND 2G/3G SPECTRUM REFARMING

MORE VOICE USERS CARRIED OVER THE SAME BANDWIDTH

• Working with AT&T and Verizon to help power their VoLTE services

• Robust VoLTE performance software• Open innovation and scaling

Voice capacity per sector for 5 MHz

250

200

150

100

50

0GSM UMTS CDMA 3G FDD VoLTE

Num

ber

of

Voic

e

Use

rs

LTE VOICE

LTE DATA

UMTS VOICE

* Case of 5 Mhz Bandwidth

FREE UP VOICE CAPACITY FOR DATA

ADD SPECTRUM

Alcatel-Lucent E2E VoLTE solution

52% LESS BANDWIDTH

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Common FDD/TDD end-to-end network

• Common network, hardware and features for FDD & TDD

• LTE FDD+TDD network in the US (sprint)

• Both metro and macro FDD and TDD portfolio

• Same baseband used for TDD or FDD commercial networks

ADD TDD LICENSED SPECTRUM

MAXIMIZES THE COMMONALITIES BETWEEN TDD & FDD

Source: Informa Telecom and Media

Use of additional bands

Refarming of WiMAX spectrum

Migration from TD-SCDMA

TDD+FDD devices already available

25%OF GLOBAL LTE SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL BE LTE-TDD

BY 2017

TDD ENABLES:

ADD SPECTRUM

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MAKE THE BEST USE OF AGGREGATED SPECTRUM

OPTIMIZED RESOURCE USAGE AND PRODUCT FOOTPRINT WITH F IELD PROVEN SOLUTION

1800 MHz

1800 MHz

1800 MHz

1x

2x

3x

800 MHz

800 MHz

2600 MHz

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

INTER-BAND CARRIER AGGREGATION EXAMPLE

2300 MHz

2300 MHz

2300 MHz

1x

2x

3x

2300 MHz

2300 MHz

2300 MHz

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

INTRA-BAND CARRIER AGGREGATION EXAMPLE

ADD SPECTRUM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq1561ViIBU

Click on link below to watch Carrier Aggregation in action




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ADD SPECTRUMOPTIMIZE NETWORK CAPACITYENABLE LTE BROADCAST: EMBMS

• Better spectrum efficiency• Less packet core and transmission traffic• Content preloading during off peak hours

Multicast with eMBMS

Unicast

USE LTE BROADCAST TO OPTIMIZE NETWORK RESOURCE USAGE AND MAXIMIZE USER EXPERIENCE

• Same management system as the RAN, Backhaul and Packet Core

• Broadcast provisioning system• Professional services for eMBMS implementation• Supported on macro and metro cells

ALCATEL-LUCENT END-TO-END CARRIER GRADE eMBMS SYSTEM

Media Gateway

TransportNetwork

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LEVERAGE CAPACITY OPTIMIZATION TOOLS

PerformanceMonitoring

SubscriberAnalysis

Self-Optimization

ANALYTICS ASSURANCE SON

GLOBAL VIEW OF RADIO ACCESS NETWORK BEHAVIOR

FOR OPTIMIZATION OF PERFORMANCE AND CAPACITY

• Anticipate congestion and capacity issues

• Quickly identify hot spots and problem areas

• Monitor performance of self-organizing network algorithms

• Securely orchestrate RAN optimizations

Field recognized capacity tools:

OPTIMIZE NETWORK CAPACITY

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Project subscriber evolution to new

technologies.

Anticipate when operator will experience

capacity exhaustion.

Forecast how many macro and

metro sites, & recommend when to introduce metro

cells.

Analyze spectrum optimization, re-farming and

acquisition plan.

LEVERAGE CAPACITY OPTIMIZATION SERVICES

Comparison of evolution scenarios with TCO analysis and generation of Network Evolution Recommendations Report.

SUBSCRIBER EVOLUTION

Network Evolution Planning

CAPACITYSHORTAGE

ANTICIPATION

METRO CELL INTRODUCTION

TIMING

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS

OPTIMIZE NETWORK CAPACITY

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WHY ALCATEL-LUCENT FOR CAPACITY?

Field recognized NPO tool

ANY SPECTRUM SUPPORT HIGH CAPACITY NETWORK CAPACITY OPTIMIZATION

One Network

FDD TDD

Wi-Fi

High macro site product capacity

Leadingsmall cells portfolio

LTE advanced ready with first deploymentAdvanced SON solution for HetNet

ServicesTools

The right expertise and Bell Labs innovation

Products Software Architecture

Pooling and virtualizing the BBU

SON mechanisms

HetNet

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