This document discusses the need for in-building wireless solutions as 80% of mobile data occurs indoors. It introduces iBwave's in-building wireless products and solutions including design and planning software, a mobile planning app, training programs, and an in-building collaboration platform. The mobile planning app allows technicians to conduct site surveys, collect RF measurements, and design small cell networks directly on a mobile device, streamlining the deployment process. Case studies demonstrate time and cost savings using the iBwave mobile solution.

1. THE IN-BUILDING
WIRELESS STANDARD
Benoit Fleury, VP Products & Innovation
March 2015

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SPENDING ON
NETWORKS
OUTDOOR 2%
INDOOR 21%
DAS, SMALL
CELLS,
CARRIER WI-FI,
PUBLIC SAFETY
COMPLEXITY
ONLY 2%
COVERED
2013 2019
NETWORK 2013 - 2019
THERE IS 30
BILLION SQUARE
METERS OF
OFFICE SPACE
720 CUSTOMERS87 COUNTRIES
MARKET 2013 - 2019
80% OF MOBILE DATA OCCURS INDOOR
4.5B MOBILE USERS
40% 3G / 4G PHONES
56B APPS DOWNLOADED
2.6EB DATA TRAFFIC
5.5B
70%
250B
15.9EB
325M BYOD 1.3B
2003 - 2015
Source: 2014 Cisco Visual Networking Index
IN-BUILDING WIRELESS

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DATABASE OF
COMPONENTS
(16,000+ parts)
DESIGN &
PLANNING
SOFTWARE SUITE
IN-BUILDING
COLLABORATION
PLATFORM
MOBILE PLANNING
& DOCUMENTATION
(Android app)
TRAINING &
CERTIFICATION
(3 levels)
Design Unity Mobile Certification
Program
Database

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ASSESS &
SURVEY
DIMENSION &
PLAN
DETAILED
ENGINEERING
INSTALL &
COMMISSION
OPERATE &
MAINTAIN
Site surveys
and documentation
Installation & commissioning
Maintenance & upgrades
Planning & design

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1. SCALE OF DEPLOYMENTS
2. SITE ACQUISITION
3. INTERFERENCE MITIGATION

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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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IBWC Interface
Collection ToolsiBwave Mobile
iBwave Design Seamless data exchange
 Single survey/collection file
 Optional on-site design
 Integrated file stored on cloud/server
 Significant time savings
(no more file import/export)
(no need for post processing)

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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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Traditional Approach With iBwave Mobile
COLLECT BUILDING INFO
COLLECT RF MEASUREMENTS
POST PROCESSING
ORGANIZE PICTURES (ex:PPT)
IMPORT RF DATA IN IBWAVE
SYSTEM DESIGN SYSTEM DESIGN
Relative time savings: 48%
COLLECT BUILDING INFO
COLLECT RF MEASUREMENTS
8h
4h
4h
3h
2h
21h
8h
3h
11h Reduce project life cycle
 Reduce cost
 Increase quality
Time Savings
0 hours
2 hours
3 hours
4 hours
1 hours
Total 10 hours21h 11h

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DESCRIPTION
 Small cells survey in LA warehouse building
 Design created including AP location,
network equipment and cable routing
 RSSI prediction to determine AP coverage
 7 floors surveyed in approx. 2 hours
BENEFITS
 Significant time savings (estimated 10 hours)
 Single site visit for survey, planning, design
 Viewing prediction ensures sufficient APs
 Skip detailed engineering step for small
venues.

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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
Services Node
(1RU in the enterprise data center)
LTE

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SSP Radio Node
SSPRN 19
Mounted below
suspended ceiling
SSP Radio Node
SSPRN 20
Mounted below
suspended ceiling
SSP Radio Node
SSPRN 24
Mounted below
suspended ceiling
SSP Radio Node
SSPRN 23
Mounted below
suspended ceiling
SSP Radio Node
SSPRN 22
Mounted below
suspended ceiling
SSP Radio Node
SSPRN 1
Mounted below
suspended ceiling

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Coverage Simulation (iBwave) – Radio Node EIRP: +12.1dBm

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1 Services Node
11 Floors
1,800 Subscribers
49 Radio Nodes
Solution
Results
 A Very Happy Customer
 Excellent 3G coverage throughout building
 50% decrease in load on macro-cells
 Zero disruption to Unilever operations and
infrastructure
 3,000 Voice + 94,000 Data calls per day
 Services Node installed in Unilever Data Center to
serve site
 49 Radio Nodes installed in the site
 Utilizing Unilever’s enterprise LAN/VLAN Architecture
to support installation
 Onsite installation completed in two evenings

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DEPLOYMENT EXAMPLES POINTING TO CONCRETE SAVINGS
SMALL CELL PLANNING & DESIGN NEEDS TO BE STREAMLINED TO SCALE
DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS ARE NEEDED FOR DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS
iBWAVE MOBILE PLANNER: FIELD-BASED SURVEY, DESIGN & DOC’N
SCALABLE SOLUTION INCLUDING CENTRALIZED REPOSITORY

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