Andy Odgers of Quortus gave this presentation as part of the State of the Market workshop at Small Cells Champions Day in Rome, September 2015

1. www.quortus.com
Virtualised
Small
Cell
Networks
For
Enterprise
&
Public
Safety
sectors
Andy
Odgers
CEO
Rome
2015

2. www.quortus.com
Who,
what
and
how?
Quortus
–
UK
soIware
company
• Champions
of
pushing
core
intelligence
towards
the
network-­‐edge
Award-­‐winning
virtualised
4G/3G/GSM
core
network
• Embedded
at
the
network
edge,
variety
of
devices,
or
in
cloud.
• Targeted
at
Enterprise,
public
safety,
military
and
rural/remote.
SoluQon-­‐driven
innovaQon
• Aligning
with
new
industry
architectures:
SCF,
ETSI
MEC

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Back
in
2013:
Quortus
ECX
Enterprise
for
3G
launched
• First
realisaPon
of
SCF
Release
2
for
Enterprise
architecture
Now
with
4G
support,
and
local
VoLTE
capabiliPes
• True
QoS
managed
voice,
allow
integrated
with
local/hosted
PBX
• Local
embedded
IMS.
Centralised
IMS
core
not
necessary.
Unique
mulP-­‐technology
architecture:
4G,
3G,
GSM
• Allows
CS
fallback,
high
mobility,
local
SMS
over
4G
• Radio
vendor
agnosPc
–
many
supported
-­‐
IntroducQon

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Recap:
Long-­‐lined
Enterprise
SCs
Enterprise
MNO
Iuh
Backhaul
Macro
4G
EPC
Macro
3G
core
• Coverage
only
soluPon
• No
direct
access
to
Enterprise
LAN
or
PBX
• Burden
on
MNO
core
• Cost
structure
doesn’t
support
reduced
tariff
plans
• Doesn’t
help
MNO
footprint
or
churn
• Li]le
or
no
integraPon
with
local
IT
services
IP-­‐PBX
LAN
3G
Small
Cells
4G
Small
Cells
S1

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Enterprise
MNO
3G
Small
Cells
Backhaul
Macro
4G
EPC
Macro
3G
core
4G
Small
Cells
• ECX
as
MEC
server
• No
changes
at
MNO
• Core
funcPons
at-­‐the-­‐edge
• Access
to
local
IT
services
• Localised
VoLTE
&
3G
voice
• Common
user
QoE
• AuthenPcaPon
sPll
by
MNO
• Offloaded
voice
&
data
• Aligned
with
SCF
Release
2
LAN
IP-­‐PBX
x
2011
+1
555
132
2011
x
2012
+1
555
132
2012
x
2100
SIP
-­‐
High
level
Iuh
S10,
S11,
S6a
(aggregated)

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Agile
4G
criPcal
comms
soluPon
for
high
mobility
users
• Eg
front-­‐line
emergency
service
personnel
and
military
Small
footprint,
integrated
with
small
cell
4G
eNodeB
• Ideal
for
vehicles,
drones,
backpacks
Based
on
4G
ECX
Core
(EPC)
with
enhancements
• Meshing,
broadcast,
traffic
relay
Targeted
at
public
safety
sector
• 4G
chosen
universally
as
next-­‐gen
radio
access
technology
-­‐
Overview

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• Sodware
available
for
embedding
on
partner
hardware
• Example
hardware:
DescripPon
LTE
eNodeB
with
embedded
ECX
TacPcal
sodware,
including
EPC
CPU
Cavium
Octeon
Fusion,
running
baseband
and
ECX
Bands
3,
7,
40,
42.
Sodware
selectable
Power
27dBm
output,
18W
input
PoE
Integrated
devices
2x
miniPCI
slots,
2x
SIM
slots
-­‐
Hardware
pla[orm

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ES
vehicles
Sat
link
(opt)
Mesh
UE
MNO
Backhaul
link
(Uu)
Backhaul
IP
pipe
(carries
tunnelled
S10,
S6a,
S11,
Iuh/CS)
UE
UE
PGW
Company Confidential © Quortus 2015
ES
Services
UE
Mesh
Mesh
-­‐
Vehicle
meshing

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Macro
cell
• Coverage
mulPplier
• Meshing/traffic
relay
using
4G
• Backhaul
on
satellite
or
macro
cell
• Rural
villages,
long
remote
roads…
4G
meshing
for
network
extension
4G
rural
cell
4G
rural
cell
• Local
offload
opPon
• Local
services
(MEC)
• SON
&
eICIC

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Thank
you