The document discusses how Reliance Jio, an Indian telecommunications company, uses iBwave software to design small cell networks for dense indoor venues like hotels in order to meet connectivity and customer experience goals, providing a case study of how iBwave was used to design a network for a 600,000 square foot hotel property with 437 rooms in just 3 days compared to an estimated 10 days without the software.

1. How Small Cells Resolve Design Challenges in a Dense Venue
Case Study from the Industry Leader Reliance Jio
SCF Densification Summit 4-5 October 2017
Reliance Jio Campus, Mumbai
Georges Kechichian, SVP Engineering

2. Did you know?
Indoor traffic
expected to grow
600%25%
more connectivity
issues with
Indoor vs Outdoor*
By 2020
Source: ABI Research 2016

3. Did you know?
Connectivity Planning
…Now!
• Future Proof
• Traffic Growth
• Technology Evolution
• Traceable
• Maintainable

4. HOSPITALITY
of customers will pay more
for a better experience
will switch carriers due
to bad experience
86%
62%
Dependable
Enterprise Networks
Business Critical
Poorly Planned
Network  TCO ↗
Getting it Right
1st Time: Imperative

5. iBwave is the software standard
adopted and mandated by
Reliance Jio for planning indoor
networks

6. Who is iBwave?
WORLDWIDE STANDARD
for in-building network design and documentation
TRUSTED BY 900+ CUSTOMERS
in more than 90 countries
CONTINUOUS INNOVATION
evolving current products and broadening portfolio
COMPLETE SUITE OF SOLUTIONS
enabling all phases of deployment lifecycle

7. AIRPORT
HetNet
PUBLIC
SAFETY
Wi-Fi
SUBWAY
ENTERPRISE
Any technology, any venue,
any vendor
STADIUM
SMALL
CELLS
DAS

8. iBwave’s Value addition to Jio
Hundreds of Licenses & Users
Trained
Engineers
Everywhere
Dedicated iBwave
Support engineers
covering all circles
 Several Market Partners & Vendors also using & Integrated with iBwave
 Using iBwave since 2010

9. Case Study: Hotel
5-star business hotel complex in India
600,000 sq. ft. / 14 floors / 437 rooms
1,500 to 4,000 Users

10. Hotel Case Study: Design KPIs for an enterprise
Capacity Planning : Define end-user experience
Technologies :
Generate reports/documentation (with full BoM)
• Building structure & layout
• Equipment room,
facilities & logistics
• Backhaul
• RF based on right KPIs
• Cabling runs
• Active and passive
elements
Design all aspects of the network
Iterate to optimize design while meeting KPIs
LTE 2.3 & 1.8 GHz/Wi-Fi 2.4GHz / 5GHz
RSRP: -98 dBm > 95% area,
RSRQ: -19dBm >95% area,
SINR : - 4dBm at 98% of the venue area
( At 100% load at all the surrounding cells)
Wi-Fi : - 65/70 dBm > 95% area
MADR: 2mbps per user
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11. Hotel Case Study: Indoor planning and deployment process
BUS. CASE SURVEY DESIGN BUILD MAINTAIN
Project Info from
Internal tool
Survey &
Prelim. Design
Design validation &
optimization
Installation &
as-built changes
Workflow
Management&
Future upgrades

12. Design Engineer
Hotel Case Study:
Survey Technician
Walk test Technician
Building acquisition team
Site forge
iBwave Mobile
iBwave Unity
iBwave Design
Xcal Accuver
 Project
information
 Building details
 Lat long
 As built report
 Final Report
 BOM
 Walk test
 Ibwc file
 Post processing
 Export to .csv format
 Survey
 Preliminary design
 Basic coverage
predictions
 Engineering design
 coverage predictions
 Bom
 Reports
 Optimizing the
design

13. Hotel Case Study: Results
290SMALL CELLS 1REPORT
17kmTOTAL CABLING
 Equipment list
 Prediction heat map
 Cable routing
 Cost details
 Annotation
 Compliancy
 Capacity

14. Hotel Case Study: Results
COMPLETED IN
3 days*
1Visit
TRADITIONALLY
10 days
3-4 Visits
70% TIME / MONEY
SAVING
* Elapsed time

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