AGL Regional Pleasanton December 2013

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Site Acquisition: Where Will All the Wireless Go?
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Patti Ringo, Black & Veatch (moderator)
Henry Huang, AT&T Antenna Services Group
Nathasha Ernst, Channel Law Group
Omar Masry, City of San Francisco
Will Gable, Ericsson

Small Cell, DAS, Wi-Fi: New Wireless Frontiers
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Joe Madden, Mobile Experts (moderator)
Ted Abrams, Abrams Wireless Inc.
Bob Salutric, TE Connectivity
Darlene Braunschweig, Tempest Telecom

Wireless Business Trends Roundtable
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Janet Gill, Solution Seven (moderator)
Karnel Thomas, UTC
Jason Nicolay, Media Venture Partners
Tony Peduto, CTI Towers
Jon Walton, San Mateo County

NATE Presentation
Todd Schlekeway
Executive Director, NATE

Who Do You Want Building
Your Network?

AGL Regional Conference
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The Wireless Industry & NATE
“I have deep admiration for
the work that the tower
construction and maintenance
industry does with the wireless
communications industry. It is
indispensable, valuable and
the features that you add to
the wireless service…there
would be no wireless service
without what you do.”

Industry Snapshot
LTE = Long Term Employment
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“Boom” cycle in industry
Ambitious build-outs
projected over next 3-4
years
Ongoing workforce
challenges confronting
the industry
Communications is a
necessity not just a luxury

Responsibility to Hire a
Qualified Contractor
Your network will probably end up
resembling your contractor!

Qualified Contractors
Evaluation Checklist
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The Qualified Contractors
Evaluation Checklist was
primarily designed to serve as
a tool to help carriers evaluate
a contractor’s dedication to
safety.

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Print the Qualified Contractors
Evaluation Checklist at
www.natehome.com

STAR Initiative Program

The NATE STAR Initiative emphasizes Safety,
Training, Accountability and Reliability by asking
participants to commit to requisite levels of
training, site safety audits and the implementation
of safety programs while adhering to industry best
practices.

Participating Training
Companies

Course Categories
Course Categories
CONFINED SPACE

ELECTRICAL

EQUIPMENT/ VEHICLE OPERATIONS

FALL PROTECTION AND RESCUE

FIRST AID/CPR/AED

GIN POLE

HAZARDS

HOIST

LADDER/SCAFFOLDING

OSHA 10-HR.

OSHA 30-HR.

RF AWARENESS

RIGGING/SIGNALMAN

ROPE

TECHNICAL

WIND

NATE UNITE 2014

You Are Invited!

LTE and the Art of Achieving and Maintaining
Tower Integrity
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Todd Schlekeway, National Assn. of Tower Erectors (moderator)
Tony D’Alessio, Anritsu
John M. Celentano, TESSCO
Brandon Chapman, Valmont SitePro 1
Jim Miller, EasTex Tower Inc.

Vertical Markets: Fertile Ground for Small-cell
Technology
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Robert Jystad, Channel Law Group (moderator)
Leslie Zimmerman, AT&T ASG
Greg Najjar, Sprint
Bryan Kemper, HetNet Wireless

Sprint Network Vision
Greg Najjar
Director, Custom Network Engineering

3/7/2013

© 2011 Sprint. This information is subject to Sprint policies regarding use and is the property of Sprint and/or its relevant affiliates and may contain
restricted, confidential or privileged materials intended for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution or disclosure is
prohibited without authorization.

Positive impact

Enhanced customer experience

Sprint Network Vision is expected to profoundly enhance the customer experience

TODAY

• Multiple devices for different services
• Move in and out of coverage zones
• Risk losing signal strength at edges of tower
coverage / in buildings

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VISION

• Existing devices perform better; a selection of
new, universal devices automatically access all
networks / services via strongest signal
• Consistent coverage / quality across all towers /
spectrums, even in buildings
• Seamless, superior service indoors, across the
city and around the country

© 2012 Sprint. This information is subject to Sprint policies regarding use and is the property of Sprint and/or its relevant affiliates and may contain restricted, confidential or privileged
materials intended for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution or disclosure is prohibited without authorization.

Small Cell Solutions Use Case
Indoor C-Femto: 10 mW
Outdoor: NA
Coverage: 5k sq. ft.

C-Femto

Indoor:
20-100mW
Outdoor:
0.2-1W
Coverage radius: 100-500m
Indoor E-Femto: 200 mW
Outdoor: NA
Coverage: 100k sq. ft.

K 12 School

Mall / Shopping center

Outdoor: >10W
Coverage radius: 1-25 Km

Office Park - Low

E-Femto
DAS

Indoor: 250mW
Outdoor: 5W
Coverage Indoor:90k sq. ft.
Coverage Outdoor:0.5 sq. Km

Residential

Hospital / College Campus
/ Tall bldg.

Airport

Pico (cluster)

Macro

Dense Residential
Urban canyon - downtown

Office Park - High

© 2012 Sprint. This information is subject to Sprint policies regarding use and is the property of Sprint and/or its relevant affiliates and may contain restricted, confidential or privileged
materials intended for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution or disclosure is prohibited without authorization.

Major Highways

Vertical Markets: Fertile Ground for
Small Cell Technology
Leslie Zimmerman
DAS Business Development West Region
Antenna Solutions Group, AT&T Services, Inc.
leslie.zimmerman@att.com

© 2013 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

Small Cell Comparison
AT&T’s Investment in Small
Cells
Small Cell Deployment
Results
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What are Small Cells?
Small cells are low-power wireless access points that provide improved cellular
coverage and capacity for homes, enterprises, and metropolitan and rural
public spaces. They range from femtocells (the smallest) to microcells (the
largest).

Residential
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Enterprise

Metropolitan & Rural

Femtocell

Picocell/
Metrocell

Metrocell/
Microcell


When are Small Cells Practical?
Provide coverage to whitespace
buildings or floors
(smaller footprint, tight CapEx)

Address UMTS (future LTE/Wi-Fi)
coverage issues reflected in CIQ data
or enterprise customer complaints

Small Cells

Relieve capacity demand in-building
in spectrum constrained markets

Provide easily deployable temporary
capacity or coverage for specific
events

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Comparing In-Building Solution options
Repeaters*
Repeaters (also called BDA or bi-directional amplifier) are used in small (<100K sq. ft) venues to expand coverage. A repeater uses a rooftop antenna draw
capacity from a nearby macro cell site as the RF source and rebroadcasts the signal throughout the facility. Donor cell site capacity is shared with external
traffic and is not dedicated to the venue. DAS antennas and splitters provide coverage to various locations inside the building from the input of the BDA.

Base Transceiver Station (BTS)
The Macro BTS is the RF source primarily used in the macro network. For in-building applications, BTS are expensive and require dedicated backhaul, but offer
a coverage & capacity solution that can support a large number of users over a wide area.

Distributed Antenna System (DAS)
The DAS distributes the RF signal across antennas that are installed throughout the facility. A Small Cell, BDA or BTS can be used as the RF source for the DAS.
Primarily used to modify, improve or extend coverage of a site. Primarily used in large buildings, stadiums, public spaces, airports, enterprise & outdoor
environments with strict zoning, etc.

Small Cells
Low-powered radio access points (less than 1 Watt) that improve indoor and outdoor coverage to increase capacity and offload traffic. Deployments have
been underway since the beginning of this year.

Femtocells
Femtocells are small personal BTS providing service over a limited area (5K sq. ft) to a limited number of users (4~20). Primarily used in small office / home
office or residential areas.

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* Repeaters are not available in some markets or venues

What’s in the Toolbox?
Neutral-Host
Distributed
Antenna Systems
(DAS)
Wi-Fi
Small Cells
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ASG Value Proposition Want It.
Get Wireless Where Your Customers
Target Markets
•Public Venue
• Stadiums
• Arenas
• Convention Centers
• Airports
• Hotels
• Commercial Towers
• Casinos
• Retail
• University
• Office
• Manufacturing
• Production
• Hospitals
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Comprehensive market strategy


Premier Mobile Network: Densification
Supporting Growing Customer Demand

Densification of Wireless Grid
Enhances AT&T’s ability to offer
best-in-class voice and data services

Supports launching Voice over LTE
Multiple technology deployments
PLANNED*: 10,000+ new macro sites
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1,000+ distributed antenna systems

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40,000+ small cells *Over plan period for Project VIP (20132015)

Lead to Better Customer Experience, Usage and Revenue
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Premier Mobile Network: Small Cell Technologies
Small Cells: Delivering Flexible Coverage Where It’s Most Needed

Improve in-building coverage
Used in densely populated areas to help augment
the wireless carrier’s capacity and coverage needs

Multi-technology UMTS/HSPA+/LTE/Wi-Fi
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Initially 3G UMTS and 4G HSPA+
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4Q12: First field application
1Q13: Start general deployment

2014: Future evolution to 4G LTE and Wi-Fi

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of densification
program to use Small
Cell Technology
by 2015

Features
• To meet coverage hot spot, coverage hole filling and
capacity requirements

Throughput

The Future is bright with Small Cells

Macro Cell
Small Cell

• Increased capacity to meet enterprise capacity demands
• Broaden market penetration to business segments
• Flexible deployment - IT Tech installation possible in future
• Lower cost than alternatives. (Macro, Micro, DAS, etc.)

Coverage Distance

Macro Cell

• Simple IP connectivity, intended to leverage existing
IP backhaul, where possible
• Multi-mode technology: 3G/LTE/Wi-Fi Standards

• Low profile, compact, scalable unobtrusive solution
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Small Cell

Designed for easy deployment
Metrocell can be deployed with minimal disruption
• Compact measuring 9.5” X 9.5” X 2” and weighing 4.4 lbs.
• Supports multiple antenna options
• Wall and ceiling mountable - can be deployed almost
anywhere

• Uses existing Internet access for backhaul can be either
shared or dedicated
• Self-configures when multiple Metrocells are deployed
which makes installation significantly less complex and
costly than traditional distributed antenna systems
• Low profile, compact, scalable unobtrusive solution
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Metrocell features
Solutions for indoor and outdoor coverage
Cover 7,000-15,000 sq. ft. depending upon building construction
Access open to all AT&T users in range of the device
Each Metrocell can:

• Connect up to 32 devices with each device supporting
simultaneous voice and high speed data sessions
• Securely connect to the AT&T network via Ethernet and
the Internet
• Seamlessly handoff calls to other Metrocells as well as
support seamless two-way interworking with the greater
AT&T network
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Small Cells – First Trials (Outdoor 3G)
for your neighborhood
Crystal Lake Park, MO:
Outdoor Coverage
Enhancement:
14 Access Points
Deployed in a residential
environment

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Small Cells – First Trials (Indoor 3G)
for your office
Office Building, Waukesha, WI:

Indoor Coverage Solution:
12 Access Points
deployed in an enterprise
environment

15% Increase in traffic
Combined (metro/macro) drop rates equivalent
to the macro network and trending down
Processed more than 50,000 data sessions per day
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Small Cells – First Customer Deployments (Indoor 3G)
for your office
Multiple Enterprise Customers, New York
City, NY:
Indoor Coverage & Capacity Solution:
Ex. 20 Small Cells: 4 per floor x 5 floors

“The Metrocell is working very well, we’ve seen significant improvements with data connection
and speed which was our biggest issue before installation. Voice also seems to be working well.”

“The individuals within the office have seen a stronger signal and are able to make and receive
calls in areas that they couldn’t before.”
“The new system seems to be working – my primary benchmark is whether or not I experience
dropped calls …. I am not. In the past I received a voice mail notice but the phone never rang to
give me an opportunity to answer it. Now all calls are coming through.”
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AT&T Small Cell Deployment at Disney Parks
Summary of network enhancements at
Walt Disney World® Resort and Disneyland® Resort:
More than 25 Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS)
to increase the AT&T wireless capacity in areas with
high mobile traffic
More than 350 Small Cells to extend AT&T network connectivity
10 Cell Sites across Walt Disney World® Resort to provide wide-ranging mobile
services to AT&T guests
More than 40 repeaters to further enhance the mobile experience for both
AT&T guests and Cast Members
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Lessons Learned
Small Cells are used in densely populated areas to
help augment the wireless carrier’s capacity and
for small pockets of coverage
Macro BTS will continue to be the most efficient way to
provide wireless service across America
Small Cells offer operators a system that is potentially more cost effective
than other solutions
Cost effective backhaul solutions are necessary in order for Small Cells to
realize their potential
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Small Cell Consulting for Enterprise Clients
Specialists in the consulting, engineering, design and
support of complex wireless systems

Master Planning

Implementation

Design

Support
Bryan.Kemper@HetNetWireless.co
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PHOENIX CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
Phoenix, AZ

SACRED HEART – PEACE HEALTH
Springfield, OR

First Responder Coverage
With the introduction of The National
Emergency Communications Plan, finalized in
July 2008, national code requirements for
public safety radio coverage are being
Public Safety & Private Radio Awareness
developed
Local first responders communicate with facilities & engineering regarding adoption of local
ordinances to amend the fire/building code to align with national standards (IFC/NFPA)
Public Safety & Private Radio/Paging
Bands
VHF (136-174MHz)
UHF (385-512MHz)
700PS (764-776)
800PS (851-869)
900 Paging (929-930)

Possible Local and National Codes
NFPA 2011 Standards
IFC 2009 Standards
NEMA4X Requirement
UL Certification

RADY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
San Diego, CA

Structural Considerations
Glass Glazing and Energy Efficiency

Keys to Success

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Develop comprehensive wireless plan

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Enable working relationship with all parties

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Implement plan - on schedule and on budget

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Provide continual support post-deployment

Public Safety, Cellular, WIFI, Mesh, RFID, Paging, etc.
Building, Business, Consultants, Users, etc.
Work with local electrical contractor on-site, if requested
Engineer, Furnish, Install, Maintain

Bryan.Kemper@HetNetWireles
s.com

Thank you!
See You Next Year in These Cities:
Nashville, TN, March 20
Dallas, TX, Oct. 9

National Harbor, MD, June 19
Glendale, AZ, Dec. 4

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