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Flexing the value proposition

David Turner, Head of Technical Sales Small Cells Backhaul World 10 June 2015

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Company background

•  Founded in 2010

•  Specialist in small cell microwave backhaul

•  Leadership team and board with extensive telecoms experience

•  Manufacturing partnership with MTI/Foxconn

•  Live deployments with commercial traffic

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Metnet solution overview

•  Fully self-organising

•  Multipoint-to-multipoint

•  No frequency planning

•  No antenna alignment

•  Simple installation

•  Small form factor

•  High capacity, low latency

•  Very low CAPEX and OPEX

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Self-organising small cell backhaul

22  deployed  nodes  –  2  fibre  sites   99  possible  links  

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Self-organising small cell backhaul

20  ac:ve  traffic  links  with  S-­‐TDMA  1584  possible  antenna  combina:ons  

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Urban outdoor small cell backhaul

Macro cell Metnet HG node

Fibre PoP Metnet node

Small cell

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Smart cities

Macro cell Metnet HG node

Fibre PoP Metnet node

Small cell

Traffic sensor

Surveillance camera

Public WiFi access point

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Indoor small cell backhaul or Enterprise backhaul

Internet

Indoor small cells

WiFi access point

Metnet node on rooftop

Ethernet switch

Wireless devices

Wired devices

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Synchronisation delivery

Backhaul network

Backhaul network

Timing and data Via microwave backhaul

SyncE too expensive Network cannot support 1588

GPS timing too expensive Fixed network still required

Ideal solution Local SyncE and 1588

SyncE or 1588 master

GPS Backhaul + SyncE/1588

Timing via GPS Data via fixed network

Timing and data via fixed network

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Home broadband

Fiber network

FWA sub unit

FWA access point

WiFi coverage

WiFi router

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Solution applications: flexing the proposition

Application Self-organising Capacity Low

latency Avail-ability Synch Quick

Install Small form

Scal-ability

Low capex

Low opex

Urban outdoor small cells n n n n n n n n n n

Smart cities n n n n n n n n n n

Enterprise/indoor small cells n n n n n n n n n n

Home broadband FWA n n n n n n n n n n

Key:   ¢ Highly required ¢ Partially required ¢ Not required

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Deployment case study China Mobile: Beijing

•  Busy shopping area: 600k visitors daily

•  Live deployment since Jan 2014

•  Metnet nodes backhauling Huawei LTE Atomcells

•  To increase capacity and optimise LTE coverage at street level

•  Demonstrated 90Mbps downlink speeds to handsets

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Deployment case study China Mobile: Longyan

•  Busy commercial area

•  Live deployment since Oct 2014

•  CCS nodes backhauling ZTE small cells

•  To increase capacity and optimise coverage

•  Difficult RF and GPS environment with tall, reflective buildings and narrow streets

•  Metnet nodes provide GPS-derived synchronisation if small cell’s own GPS fails

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Deployment case study US

•  Trial network deployed in 2014

•  Metnet nodes backhauling Airspan small cells

•  Nodes painted to blend in with lamppost

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Deployment case study South Africa

•  Trial network deployed in 2014

•  Carrying live traffic

•  Metnet nodes backhauling Huawei 3G small cells

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Deployment case study UK MNO

•  Trial network deployed in 2013

•  Carrying live traffic

•  Metnet nodes backhauling Nokia small cells

•  150Mbps per site

•  Multiple backhaul via Virgin and BT

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CCS Cambridge test bed – open for business!

•  Initial rollout of 200 sites

•  Deployed by Balfour Beatty

•  Supported by local council

•  Public WiFi and IoT applications

•  Will involve operator and multiple small cell vendors

•  Open for testing and research

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The world’s first self-organising small cell microwave backhaul