Presentation by American Tower at the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona.

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Enterprise Small Cell
Opportunities and Challenges
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2. You Get Data?
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1917 2017

3. In-Building Opportunities
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› Reduced space and power in the
Equipment Room
› Fewer antenna requirements
› Reduced cost
› Faster deployment with
Self-Organizing Network (SON)
› Ease of integration and densification
for 5G
› Support of virtualization

4. In-Building Challenges
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› Lack of multi-tenant model
› Undesirable aesthetics when multi-tenant support is required
› Lack of visibility in network performance
› Inconsistencies with existing network infrastructure deployment
› Scalability

5. CBRS Shared Spectrum Opportunity
› Lack of multitenant model
› Undesirable aesthetics when multitenant support is required
› Lack of visibility in network performance
› Inconsistencies with existing network infrastructure deployment
› Scalability
3,550MHz 3,600MHz 3,650MHz 3,700MHz
US Military Radars (on-ground, ship borne)
Fixed Satellite Stations
Wireless ISPs
Priority Access License (PAL)
General Authorized Access (GAA)
Tier 1 (Incumbents)
› Primarily in coastal areas, some inland
› Wireless Internet Service Providers to transition to Tier 2/3
Tier 2 (PAL)
› Up to seven 10MHz channels
› Three-year term by census tract
Tier 3 (GAA)
› At least 80MHz of unlicensed spectrum
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Source ( CBRS Alliance )