Huawei LTE Roadmap and
Solution
www.huawei.com
Author: Wang Wanli, Senior LTE marketing manager
Email: wangwanli@huawei.com
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Contents
LTE Industry Updates
Huawei LTE Roadmap and Solution
Case Study
LTE Deployment Booming in Global MBB Market
159 Commercial Launches in 12Q4
159
160
The fastest
developing wireless
technology ever
39
1800
Oct. 1
80
43
2600
Forecast
100
MHz
Forecast
140
120
All Bands Evolve to LTE
8
800
105
13
700
60
47
40
17
20
0
2100
4
2300
4
2
AWS
2009
2010
October 1, 2012 © GSA
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2011
10
2012
Oct. 1, 2012 © GSA
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# of commercial LTE
networks in different
bands
LTE Devices Rapidly Increasing with Superstar Products
300% Growth of LTE Device
Superstar UE support LTE
~800
Oct. 2012
Dec 2012
Forecast
iPhone 5:
5 Million sold in 3 days
>300%
137
467
Oct. 2012
Huawei
Ascend P1
2012
Jun 2011
2 16
Tablet
28
104
Router
108
Module
Multi-band / Multi-mode is the trend
4-Core, GUL-FDD/TDD, Chipsets for all major bands
USB modem
36
26
Phone
Femtocell
Notebook
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K3V2
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Snapdragon
GL1800 Refarming: Key to Success of LTE
39 Commercially launched
• Total 75MHz in 1800M Band
• Most operators owns10~25MHz
• 1800M spectrum underused
• GL1800 co-site, co-coverage
• Larger capacity than HSPA+
Continents with commercial LTE1800MHz
• Frequency ready
• 30%~50% TCO saving by
SingleRAN
Source: GSA report. Oct 2012
 39 LTE1800 networks commercially
launched
 18 LTE1800 on-going deployment
• Eco-system is mature
...
• 98 LTE1800 announced devices
23 were built by Huawei
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• iPHone5 support L1800
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Contents
LTE Industry Updates
Huawei LTE Roadmap and Solution
Case Study
Released
Ready for Contract
Planned
Planning
LTE eRAN FDD Feature Roadmap Overview
eRAN2.x
3GPP Release 9
Radio Performance
• Compact Bandwidth
• Flexible User Steering
Service
• Flash CSFB
• ETWS
eRAN3.0
3GPP Release 10
Radio Performance
• UL Intra-eNB CoMP
• Adaptive ICIC
• Distance based Handover
Service
• LAI based CSFB
SON
• RACH Optimization
Transport and Security
• IPv6 & IPv4 Dual Stack
• S1, X2 over IPv6
Energy Saving
• PSU Intelligent Sleep Mode
SON
• Network Geographic Observation
• Coverage Evaluation
• Traffic Map
Transport and Security
• IPSec for IPv6
• Integrated Firewall (L2 & L3)
eRAN6.0
eRAN7.0 and Later
3GPP Release 10
3GPP Release 11
LTE Advanced
• Carrier Aggregation
• Static TDM eICIC
•
•
•
•
•
Radio Performance
• Advanced Receiver
• Control Channel IRC
Radio Performance
• PUCCH CoMP
Service
• CMAS
• Dynamic DRX
SON
• Network Geographic Observation
• Drop Call Analysis
• Sniffer based Rapid Self Configuration
(for Pico & Atom)
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2012Q3
Service
• eMBMS
• Offload (SIPTO / LIPA)
• Intelligent Access Class Control
SON
• HetNet MLB
Transport and Security
• Security Operation Center
Transport and Security
• Ethernet OAM (Y.1731)
2011Q3
LTE Advanced
DL 4x2 MU-MIMO
DL CoMP
Carrier Aggregation (>2 CC)
UL SU-MIMO
eICIC (CA based)
2013Q3
>2014
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Huawei LTE Key Values Overview
No-Edge
Network
Efficient
Network
• Enhanced user experience in cell edge
• Efficient spectrum utilization
• Smooth user experience in Multi-
• Efficient smart device usage
• Efficient operation
RAT/layer network
• Deep indoor coverage
SingleRAN LTE
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• Broad Pipe
• Smooth evolution
• Quick deployment
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SingleRAN LTE
No.1 SingleRAN Convergence
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
One Cabinet

Baseband Convergence

Blade RRU
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SingleRAN New Cabinet Highlights
 900M
 1.8G
 2.1G
2
6
6+3
BBU
RFU
RRU
2*60W
2*40W
BTS3900A
1
High capacity to support up to 6RFUs+9RRUs
96
%
PLUS
2
3
Easy expansion with stackable installation.
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Power
Efficiency
4
Energy Saving with high power efficiency
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Improved heat dissipation
Baseband Evolution to Multi-mode Convergence
Saving Boards
SingleOM
Saving Boards
GSM
GSM
SingleOM
GSM
GTMU
UMTS
LTE
WBBP
LBBP
UMPT
LMPT
UMTS
LTE
WBBP
LBBP
UMPT
future
UMPT
Co-UBBP
eRAN6.0
• Unified base band processing
card.
• Baseband support multi-mode
concurrent.
Co-UMPT
eRAN3.0
• Unified control card.
• Unified maintenance
Co-BBU
• GU, GL, UL in same BBU with
different boards
• GUL co-transmission
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LTE
UBBP
SingleOM
Saving BBU
UMTS
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Blade RRU: Flexible Assembled RRU
RRU3938
……
1.8G
12L/2*40W
IBW:35M
GA:2013Q2
5 minutes for new RRU installation

Faster for new RF installation: 12L/14KG, smaller size, standardized shape.

Seamlessly assembled as One Box, easier site acquisition.

Flexible combination for multiple bands : 2.6G ,900M, 1800M, 2.1G, and more.

Separated installation and maintenance for each module.
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No-Edge Experience
100+% more throughput on cell edge
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
Better experience in cell edge

Better experience indoor

Better experience Cross-Layer
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eRAN3.0 2012Q3
UL Intra-eNodeB CoMP: 10% Cell Edge Throughput Gain
UL CoMP with Co-demodulation &
Interference Rejection
2*Rx Gain (eRAN3.0, LBBPd1)
Without CoMP
With CoMP
7% ~ 10%
Without CoMP
10% ~ 16%
Cell2
Cell0
Cell average
Intra-eNB CoMP
throughput (Mbps)
Cell Edge throughput (Mbps)
(* Simulation assumption: 10MHz, 2-Sector CoMP)
UE1
UE2
4*Rx Gain (eRAN6.0, LBBPd2)
Cell1
Without CoMP
3%



Gain for UE1: Co-demodulated.
Gain for UE2: Interference (UE1) Rejection.
Improve capacity, coverage, and compatible with legacy UE
With CoMP
5%
Cell average
throughput (Mbps)
Cell Edge throughput (Mbps)
(* Simulation assumption: 10MHz, 2-Sector CoMP)
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eRAN3.0 2012Q3
Adaptive ICIC: 30% Cell Edge Throughput Increase
Cell edge interference lead to low
throughput
With Adaptive ICIC
eCoordinator2.0
(2013Q3)
Frequency: reuse=1
Frequency: reuse=3


Adaptive ICIC switch on/off
Support cell edge frequency
reuse (1, 3, 6)
High
Low
30%
Low
improved
Cell Edge
Interference
Cell Edge
Throughput
Cell Edge
Interference
Cell Edge
Throughput
Unique cell edge frequency reuse 6 in telecom industry
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eRAN6.0 2013Q3
Uplink Control Channel IRC: 30% Gain in UL Coverage
IRC: Interference Rejection Combining
Scenario: Urban area’ small ISD (Inter Site Distance) sites
Control Channel
IRC vs. MRC
UEs Interfering on PRACH and PUCCH
PUCCH IRC
Victim cell

2.5~3dB gain in 2Rx

3.7~4.2dB gain in 4Rx
Interfering cell
PRACH IRC
Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH/PRACH) IRC
 Increase UL control channel coverage
 Improve network access success rate
 Support of adaptive switch between MRC and IRC
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
3.5~4.5dB gain in 2Rx

5.1~7.8dB gain in 4Rx
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eRAN6.0 2013Q3
Advanced Receiver (PSIC): 16% Gain in UL Cell Average Throughput
AR(PSIC) Applied Scenarios:
16% UL cell average throughput
UL MU-MIMO + LMMSE
Huawei ASIC
UL MU-MIMO+ SIC
16%
Parallel Soft
Interference
Cancellation
• UL MU-MIMO
BBU
• Symbols of one UE
Uplink Cell Average Throughput
(2Rx, UL MU-MIMO+SIC vs. UL MU-MIMO+LMMSE)
 Based on Huawei ASIC
 PSIC handles interference for UL MU-MIMO and symbols of one UE
 Supported by LBBPd1/LBBPd2/LBBPd3
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PSIC: Parallel Soft Interference Cancellation
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AtomCell for Deep Coverage in Various Scenarios
1
BTS3202E
2
Outdoor hotspots or blind spot
(2011Q4 GA)
2.6G/2.1G(2013Q1)
2*5W@9.7L/11.5kg
( support external
antenna/ internal
external)
BTS3202B
3
Indoor hotspots
BTS3203E
Outdoor hotspots
( 2012Q3 GA)
(2013Q2 GA)
2.6G:
2*125mW@2.6L/2kg
( support external
antenna/ internal
antenna)
2.6G/2.1G
4*1W@ 5.2L/6.5Kg
( internal antenna)
Flexible Backhaul Solution
FE/GE
Macro site
Microwave/Wi-Fi/eRelay
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xDSL
AtomCell site
xPON
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eRAN6.0 2013Q3
Static TDM eICIC: 30% Coverage Extension for Small Cell


Macro and Micro LTE HetNet
Coverage of micro is limited by interference of macro
Coverage with eICIC
Coverage without eICIC
Sub-frames
Time
Synchronized
30% expansion
Almost Blank Sub-frame ( ABS)
Sub-frames
ABS allocated for cell edge UEs of
Micro eNodeB
Cell Range Expansion (CRE) Area
30% gain
 eICIC requires R10 UE
 Macro and micro cells must be time-synchronized
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No eICIC (ABS + RE)
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eICIC (ABS + RE)
Efficient Network
30+% more efficiency
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
Efficient Spectrum Utilization

Efficient smart device usage

Efficient operation
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Compact Bandwidth: 22% More Capacity in GL1800 Refarming
Compact
bandwidth
200KHz Guard Band (Standard)
GSM
LTE
GSM carriers
LTE carrier
18.4MHz
Sharper Filter
Normal
bandwidth
15MHz
Edge RB squeezed
6MHz
3.4MHz
15MHz
Case: Total bandwidth = 24.4MHz
Compact Bandwidth
Compact
Bandwidth
(MHz)
Available RB
number
Compact
4.8
9.6
14.6
18.22
18.58
18.94
19.3
25
50
75
92
94
96
100
Sharper Filter
Sharper Filter
Sharper Filter
6RB squeezed
4RB squeezed
2RB squeezed
Sharper Filter
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Capacity +22%
GL1800 Co-RRU@10MHz is planning
• No impact to UE
• Full use of frequency
15M (75RB)
18.4M (92RB)
• Unique value to operators
with limited spectrum
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eRAN6.0 2013Q3
LTE-A CA Enhances Multi-Carrier Spectrum Efficiency
Carrier Aggregation Scenarios
Carrier 1
 Peak
Carrier 2
150Mbps
 Intra-band CA continuous
Carrier 1
Rate per User Doubled
150Mbps
 Intra-band CA non-continuous
 Better Experience
Band 1
Carrier 2
Band 2
Carrier 2
Carrier 1
edge
Mbps
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in Cell Edge
Assign more RB
for cell edge UE
 Inter-band CA
2.6G
dual-carrier
R10 UE
DL 2*2MIMO @ 20MHz, CA: 40MHz
Carrier 2
Carrier 1
300Mbps
2600M + 800M
dual-band
CA
No-CA
…
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center
eRAN3.0 2012Q3
Enhanced CSFB: Shorten CSFB Time 30%
Flash CSFB
LAI Based CSFB
1.3s
 CSFB to GSM saving 2s
 CSFB
1~2s
 CSFB to GSM saving 2~3s
 CSFB
to UMTS saving
GSM/UMTS CN
LTE CN
Fallback to same
LAI, avoid location
update procedure
RAN Info
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GUL
GUL
No need to read
SIB in G/U
GU RAN
to UMTS saving
TA3/LA1
GUL
LTE RAN
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GSM/UMTS Fast Return to LTE , Delay Reduced 90%
Without fast return
PS
CSFB
LTE
CSFB
PS Ready
Fast Return
cell
reselection
GSM/UMTS
8s after UE idle
With fast return
PS
PS Ready
CSFB
GSM/UMTS
GSM / UMTS
• CSFB from LTE to GSM/UMTS for voice
500ms after CS call
• UE is redirected to LTE immediately after CSFB ends
• Huawei GBSS14.0 / RAN14.0 supported fast return
7.5s delay reduced
• UE should be GSM/UMTS/LTE multi-mode
improves the PS service users experience
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LTE
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LTE
eRAN6.0 2013Q3
Dynamic DRX Saves 60% of UE RF Power
Smartphone Challenge
Frequent
Heartbeat
No DRX
VoIP
VOD
Data
Traffic
High Traffic
Avoid Signaling
Strom
Always Online
DRX
Dynamic
DRX
Low traffic
25% Saving
60% Saving
Short Battery Life
Traditional
Method
Dynamic
DRX
DRX
Cycle
 Always online: 70% less signaling for heartbeat
 Ultra-Long DRX cycle: Up to 60% UE RF power
saved in heartbeat-only period.
 Fast out-of –sync: Reduce PUCCH resource
 Availabe in eRAN6.0
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Heartbeat
Continuous
Receive
Save 25% UE
RF power
Ultra-long DRX
Cycle
Save 60% UE RF power
Always online: resolve
signaling storm
Adaptive switch between different modes
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Integrated OSS：ATAE 1200 eNE
Unified Hardware Platform for All OSS Products
(M2000/PRS/TranSight/Nastar…)
Soft Expansion
eNE
1200
800
17
400
9
11
Add
2 Blades
Add
6 Blades
iManager 11
iManager 12
iManager 13
Example: One Cabinet for 1200 eNE (M2000+PRS)
Advanced Telecommunications
Application Environment
1200 eNE ， Max. 60000 Ucells (KPI-counter, 60 minutes)
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1200 eNE (M2000+PRS)
+ 253%
- 75%
Capacity
Power
- 80%
Footprint
ATAE vs. Traditional Server
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- 50%
Delivery
Typical Configuration : M2000+PRS, 800 eNE
800 eNE:
11
12
13
14
DB-Standby
10
PRS-DB
09
PRS-Standby
M2000
08
PRS
M2000
07
M20000-DB
M2000
06
M2000-DB
OSMU
M2000+PRS
Typical Configuration
05
LSW
04
LSW
03
M2000-Standby
02
TS
01
Add New Blade from 400 eNE
NE Type
Conversion Number of
Unit
Equivalent NEs
Total Number of
Unit of Mobitel
Total Number of eNE
of Mobitel
GBSS
1 TRX
1/75
15,000
200
WRAN
1 Cell
1/35
8,000
230
eRAN
1 Cell
1/42
180
5
Based on the conditions: All-counter, 30 minutes, if 15 minutes, the Number of eNB is 1.7 times
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SingleSON Improve Multi-RAT/Layer Network Operation Efficiency
SingleSON Architecture
Auto configuration
Auto maintenance
Professional
Service
M2000
Human involved
network analysis
and optimization
SingleRAN
Auto optimization
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Response
Time
Scale
Process
Complexity
eCoordinator
Multi-RAT/Multi-layer
Self-optimization
• GSM
• UMTS
• LTE
SingleSON features are distributed at multiple
products like
SingleRAN, eCoordinator, and OSS.
Slow
Large
High
Fast
Small
Low
Satisfy different requirement of response time
(milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours level)
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PnP: Improving Commissioning Efficiency up to 50%

Commissioning and planning
occupy 41% of rollout cost.

Marco Site and AtomCell PnP
1. Auto IPSec
Tunnel Setup
Commissioning
23%
Planning
M2000
18%
Security
GW
11%
7%
AtomCell
3. Auto Planning
(AtomCell Only)
30%
11%
2. Auto SW
Download
Marco Site
4. Auto
Configuration
 Up to 50% commissioning efficiency improved
 Up to 90% Planning efficiency improved for AtomCell
Huawei wireless intelligence
 IPSec tunnel automatic setup to enhance the security of data
transmission
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PnP: Plug and Play
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Multi-RAT ANR: Save

90% Manual Neighbor Configuration
More neighbor cells, modes and
frequencies

Multi-RAT ANR :
MR
18x
6
60
10x
LTE
UMTS
GSM
Generate neighboring cell
relations automatically
108
GSM/UMTS
G-Cell A
U-Cell 1
U-Cell 1
…
L-Cell B
…
L-Cell B
G-Cell A
G-Cell A
…
L-Cell B
U-Cell 1
GSM
GSM/UMTS/LTE
eCoordinator
Number of faults generated by neighbor cells:
More
30%
GSM/UMTS

Unique bi-directional inter-RAT ANR in telecom industry
 Industry 1st commercial ANR (German Operator)
GSM/UMTS/LTE
ANR: Automatic Neighbor Relation;
MR: Measurement Report
Multi-RAT ANR should be realized by both eCoordinator and eRAN features and supported by UE
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CODR: Fast Detection and Recovery of Cell Outage
Cell Outage Problems
Call Drop
Access Failure
Poor Experience
Cell Outage
M2000
Detect
Recovery
Scenario 1: Activate Cell
Scenario 2: Handover
CODR: Cell outage detect
and recovery
CODR should be realized by both
M2000 and NE features
Shorten Service Failure Duration and Ensure End User Experience
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Contents
LTE Industry Updates
Huawei LTE Roadmap and Solution
Case Study
Everything, Everywhere in UK: World’s Largest GL1800 Network
Challenge and Need

High OPEX & poor performance on legacy
GSM1800 network

Quickly provide a competitive LTE service
(10,000+ sites)

Nationwide coverage
Dense Urban
Sub-urban
50MHz+ in 1800M, difficult to cover such wide
spectrum
Solution and Benefit
GigaSite
Indoor
BTS3900L
Rural
RRU
BBU

GigaSite solution: High integration, easy
deployment, lower power consumption and
maintenance cost

High Performance MSR RF modules: High Tx
Power and wide IBW (2X80W) support GSM+LTE
dual-mode

E2E GL1800 Refarming: greatly save CAPEX and
OPEX, fast time-to-market
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12 RFU + 6 RRU
MSR
GSM+LTE
MRFUd
(2X80W)
Huawei
Ascend P1
GL1800 UE
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Distributed
DBS3900
9 RRU
RRU3929
（2×60W）
Huawei
E392
M1 Singapore : LTE Introduction and GSM Modernization
Excellent Performance in LTE1800 Network
Challenges and Needs
•
Fast growth mobile data and low growth service
revenue
•
Boosting in data traffic bring hotspot congesting and
effect experience
•
Keep leading in Singapore MBB market
Solutions and Benefits
•
Innovative DBS solution L2600 and GL1800
•
Huawei E2E LTE1800 solutions meet MBB
 Tailored L2600/1800 dual band device provided by Huawei
 Refarming Buffer Zone can eliminate GL interference on
the same frequency
--From M1 advertisement on straits times
Southeast Asia’s 1st LTE launched on Jun. 21th 2011
E398
E392
 HetNet (Multi-Layer Coverage) to improve spectrum
efficiency and offload Hotspot Traffic
•
Multi-band combination to meet both capacity and coverage
requirements
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FDD LTE 2600
HSPA+/HSPA/UMTS 2100
The First Multimode
LTE Modem in the world
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FDD LTE: D800/900/1800/2100/2600
HSPA+/HSPA/UMTS 900/2100
5 FDD Bands all-in-one
Multimode LTE Stick
Australia OPTUS: GL1800 Refaring with GU Swap
Challenges and Needs
•
Compete in MBB market. Competitor already launched
LTE service
•
Lack of new spectrum for LTE
•
TCO saving is needed for multi-RAT network operation
Optus is the NO.2
mobile operator in
Australia with 27% 3G
market share
•
•
TCO Saving
–
–
Solutions
SingleRAN large capacity site: BTS3900L
for GUL
•
–
•
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BTS3900L
MBB speeds up to 21Mbps for UMTS，
150Mbps for LTE
Delivery in time
Most Advanced Mobile Network
–
mRFUd
Synergy GSM/UMTS swap rollout by co-cabinet solution
MSR Ready, GU900 & GL1800
simultaneously, CoOAM and resource reuse
Fastest
–
Mature MSR module: mRFUd for GU900 &
GL1800
Optus
5960 27%
Telstra
10437
48%
3G Sub. includes WBB （Jun 2011） k subs
Benefits
•
VHA
5463 25%
Field-Proven best LTE network (Optus is running an
LTE1800 trial for over 1,000 users in Newcastle and the
Hunter Valley areas of New South Wales )
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Thank you
www.huawei.com
Singapore M1: Desirable Capacity Gain of UL Intra-eNB CoMP
Single UE Throughput in Cell Edge
CoMP
On
Single UE Throughput in Cell Middle
CoMP
On
CoMP
Off
CoMP
Off
CoMP Verified in Orchard Road,
CBD of Singapore
eRAN3.0
Single User
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UL 2Rx CoMP
(Intra-Site, 2cells)
Cell Middle
Throughput (Mbps)
Cell Edge
Throughput (Mbps)
CoMP On
12
4.5
CoMP Off
6.5
2
CoMP Gain
84.6%
125%
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