A joint presentation from Spidercloud Wireless and IBWave on the Small Cell Forum stand at MWC15. A Scalable Small Cell System Practical Medium–Large Enterprise Deployment & Case Studies

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A Scalable Small Cell System
Practical Medium–Large Enterprise Deployment &
Case Studies
Mobile World Congress
3 March 2015
Art King
SpiderCloud, Director of Enterprise
Services
Benoit Fleury
iBwave, VP Products & Innovation

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SpiderCloud Wireless
Sells Scalable Small Cell Systems for Mobile Operators to Address Enterprises & Venues with Coverage,
Capacity & Managed Mobility Services
@SpiderCloud_Incwww.spidercloud.com
§ Based in Silicon Valley (USA). Founded in early 2008
§ $125 Million in funding as of February, 2015
§ Mobile Operator customers: Verizon, Vodafone UK & Netherlands, Warid Telecom & more
§ 3 Years Experience with Scalable System Deployments
§ First to market with dual-band 3G/4G and 4G/4G Radio Nodes (June 2014)
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Services Node
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Scalable Small Cell Systems
(1U in the enterprise data center)
One System of 1 Services Node and 100 PoE-powered Radio Nodes Can Scale to Cover 1.5
Million Square Feet
3G
Dual-Band 3G/4G
and 4G/4G
Portfolio of Radio Nodes
LTE

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First Commercially Available Dual-Band
3G/LTE Small Cell
SCRN-310: Concurrent 3G and LTE Radio Node
• 3G Radio
– 32 3G channels
– 21 Mbps HSPA+
– 250 mw peak transmit, receive diversity
• LTE Radio
– 32 active LTE users (64 w/upgrade)
– 150 Mbps LTE (300 Mbps w/carrier aggregation)
– 2x2 MIMO with 250 mW peak transmit power
– Single Ethernet cable, Power and Data over Ethernet
– > 99% accessibility and <0.5% dropped calls in scalable deployments
§ Each Radio Node is a full sector 3G (or 3G and LTE) cell, not just a radio head
§ Deployed over Enterprise Ethernet LAN
§ SCRN-310 can be upgraded to two carriers of LTE
§ RN operating at 250 mw covers ~ 15,000 ft2
§ Single Services Node supports up to 100 RNs; systems can serve building as large as 1.5 million ft2
Services Node

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Easy to Install in Enterprise Environment
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Services Node is Installed in 19” Rack
Radio Nodes are Mounted on Ceiling or Wall
3 RU
110V AC
• Single Cat5e cable pull from nearest PoE source
• Front-panel LED provides feedback to installer
Space & Power Efficient

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SpiderCloud
Radio Nodes
Power-Over-Ethernet
LAN Switches
Category 5
Ethernet Cables
Ethernet
Backbone
SpiderCloud
Services Node
Ethernet LAN
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Deployed over Gigabit Ethernet LAN
Option to share
existing enterprise
LAN (using
VLANs) or deploy
on a dedicated
Ethernet LAN.

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Services Node Solves Challenging Interference, RF and
Deployment Challenges
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§ 3-dimensional RF interference
§ Flat fading
§ Rapidly changing channel
§ Reliable voice handovers
difficult
§ SON is critical

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Site Walk
Open for Subscribers
Maintenance Package
• Rack Elevations
• LAN Design
• Circuit and Access Information
• Floor Plans
• Floor Plans w/iBwave Sim
• Equipment BOM
Post-SON
Ready for Service
(Live system topology)

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Enterprise
Customers

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§ Services Node installed in Telecoms Center to serve site
§ 65 Radio Nodes installed in the site
§ Utilizing separate enterprise LAN Architecture to support
installation
§ Onsite installation completed in 4 days
§ Happy Customer
§ Excellent 3G coverage throughout building
§ Offloads 100’s of Gigabytes per month of data from macro
network
§ 1,700 Voice calls + 287,000 Data sessions per day
Solution
Results
Large Global Financial Institution
1 Services Node
16 Floors
3,000+ Subscribers
65 Radio Nodes

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Large Ad Agency w/Multiple Buildings
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§ Services Node installed in Data Center to serve all three sites
§ 68 Radio Nodes installed in the sites
§ Utilized LAN/VLAN and MAN Architecture to support installation
§ E-RAN flexibility overcame Communications Room space issues
§ A Very Happy Customer
§ Immediate improvement in services levels and customer
satisfaction
§ 2,800 Voice + 175,000 data sessions per day
Solution
Results
1 Services Node
3 Buildings
1,700+ Subscribers
68 Radio Nodes

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Accelerating and Improving
Deployment
Software Applications

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E-RAN Estimator
§ Mobile Operator requested tool
§ Estimates radio count
– Pre-design process
§ Use before RF design to
screen projects (go/no-go)
§ Preserve precious RF
Engineering resources
§ Available for download:
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– https://itunes.apple.com/sr/app/e-ran-estimator/id811655301?mt=8
– https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spidercloud.SpiderCloud.ERAN

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E-RAN Site Manager App for Field Technicians
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On-Site Access
– RN Boot Status
– RN Inventory
– Pre and Post
Site Analysis
– On-Site
Services
Radio Node with Low Power Bluetooth
E-RAN Site Manager App Supports iOS and Android

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§ Higher volume of sites versus macro & DAS
§ Shorter deployment cycles (days versus months)
§ Simpler process without requiring RF experts
§ Engineering still involved without being bottleneck
§ Tools still needed to ensure quality, consistency & scaling

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Webinar:
Site
Surveys
ASSESS &
SURVEY
DIMENSION &
PLAN
DETAILED
ENGINEERING
INSTALL &
COMMISSION
OPERATE &
MAINTAIN
§ Digitize notes, pictures &
drawings into .ibw file
§ Integrate RF data collection
into the same file
§ Designs can be now
created in the field from
mobile device

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• Android app to plan, design & document small cells
and Wi-Fi access points right from the site
• Create new plans or access from an existing design
• Use prediction maps based on interference from macro & other cells
• Integrate with RF collection tools to automatically import RF data
• Document site surveys, place geo-located annotations & create markups
• Modify & update design information in the field (as-built documentation)
Simplifies and accelerates deployments

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CREATE FLOOR PLAN AND
ENVIRONMENT ZONES
STEP 1 STEP 2
COLLECT RF, SELECT SMALL
CELLS
AND RUN PREDICTION
STEP 3
ADD NETWORK EQUIP’T
& INCLUDE
ANNOTATIONS

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FIELD TECHNICIAN
UPLOAD
MOBILE
FILE
TO
CLOUD/UNITY
SEND
PROJECT
LINK
BY
EMAIL
Store projects centrally
and control integrity
RF ENGINEER
DOWNLOAD
MOBILE
FILE
FROM
CLOUD/UNITY
REVIEW
ON
DESIGN
Access any
project and review
as needed
As-Built
Documentation

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www.spidercloud.com
Q & A