Small Cell Forum MWC 2016 Presentation: Small Cell Forum, Alan Law

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Making the most of License Exempt with Small Cells
Alan Law – Vodafone, Caleb Banke – Qualcomm

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3. Continued growth in network traffic
demands even greater network capacity
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Changes in customer
behaviour driving traffic
growth
Significant traffic growth
expected
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4. Licenced and licence exempt for Small Cell is a
perfect match - matched in ‘power’ and in ‘objective’
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LTE small cell (licensed
band)
LTE-U @ 5GHz
“Small Cell” site
Matched power levels offer
traffic handling synergies
Network large scale
densification only way to
meet demand

5. Leveraging licenced and licence exempt offers an
opportunity to significantly boost experience by
utilising more spectrum
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Access to unlicensed spectrum offers a
great complement to licensed spectrum
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5GHz Unlicensed band
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Typical 10-40MHz
Licenced Operator
allocation

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To date, SCF have provided industry with
the knowledge and insight on how to make
the most of license exempt
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Wi-fi/Cellular radio co-
existence in enterprise
products
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Small Cells and
License Exempt
Spectrum, Carrier Wi-
Fi, Wi-Fi Calling, LAA
and LWA
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LTE-LAA: At its best
with small cells
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Integrated Small Cell
Wi-Fi by SCF and WBA
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Small Cell and
Wi-Fi Coverage
Study

7. We continue to enable small cell/Wi-Fi integration
- SCF178 Trusted WLAN Architecture Recommendations for
Integrated Small Cell Wi-Fi
• SCF/WBA joint taskforce working together for
three years.
• We are about to release SCF178, a second
collaborative paper which addresses
specification-gap in the architecture, interfaces
and operations of trusted WLAN – i.e., the
network connecting the Wi-Fi APs to the core
network.
• A joint SCF/WBA task force now exploring
architecture and opportunities of 3GPP’s LWA
solutions for enterprises.
Wi-Fi integration
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Integrated small cell/Wi-Fi access point

8. We help operators understand how to overcome
the integrated hetnet challenges
- SCF164 Future of voice – cellular & Wi-Fi
• Voice quality and coverage, especially indoors,
increasingly important as usage moves to
mobile-first
• Wi-Fi voice options, esp VoWi-Fi, are sometimes
presented as full alternative to cellular voice
• But there remains a critical role for cellular voice
• VoWi-Fi performs strongly on carefully tuned and
controlled networks
• But these cannot be guaranteed everywhere, and
QoS becomes more challenging as congestion rises
• User reaction to unpredictable service can be serious
for some operator models
• Ideal balance of Wi-Fi and VoLTE depends on use
case – achieving this is part of the Forum’s work on
integrated HetNet
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Reduce consumer churn
Keep user on network
Support enterprise services
Replace home landline, greater
control
Remains a significant revenue source
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Top 5 reasons for operators to continue to invest in
their own voice platforms

9. SCF Working Group Work in Progress
MarKeTing
• Enhance unlicensed whitepaper : providing industry relevant
solution guidance
Radio Phy • FAPI/nFAPI development(s) to support LAA/LWA
InterOPerability
• Developing our license exempt capabilities the plugfest / IOP
roadmap
NETwork Architecture
• SCF/WBA task force now exploring architecture and opportunities
of 3GPP’s LWA solutions for enterprises
DEPloyment • Practical deployment/dimensioning considerations of LAA/LWA
License Exempt
– We have a busy workplan going
forward to unleash future opportunities
Alan Law
Caleb Banke
Join our activities – define the future!

10. Q & A
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