Small cells and femtocells are needed to address increasing mobile traffic demands and provide better coverage and service. They offer several benefits:
1) They provide more network capacity and better performance by offloading traffic from the macro network. This keeps pace with exponentially growing traffic demands.
2) They enable lower capital and operating expenses compared to traditional macro cells by reducing costs of site acquisition, installation, and power/maintenance needs.
3) They improve the user experience indoors where most data is used by enhancing service availability, data rates, and quality of service in bandwidth-constrained areas.
Mobile data traffic is growing year to year. Mobile operators are facing a different situation from voice legacy business. The growth of data traffic is not as high as one of revenue. They need to lower cost of Mbps to survive otherwise they will collapse.
Mobile data traffic is growing year to year. Mobile operators are facing a different situation from voice legacy business. The growth of data traffic is not as high as one of revenue. They need to lower cost of Mbps to survive otherwise they will collapse.
Overview slide set on LTE FDD and TDD, including the drivers, benefits, business opportunities, standardization, spectrum, network commitments, trials, planned launches, eco-system/devices, LTE-Advanced
This presentation draws primarily upon the Evolution to LTE Information Paper published by GSA on June 7, 2010 (available at www.gsacom.com)
Event | LTE Americas
Manish Singh, VP of Product Line Management, Continuous Computing
When: Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Topic: Embedding LTE into Notebooks and Consumer Devices, How Important will this be for the Success
of LTE?
• Importance of having notebooks and devices that are embedded with LTE chipsets
• How soon will dual mode CDMA and LTE embedded devices become available
• Examining the market opportunities for LTE devices, what is possible and when will this become a reality?
• What challenges do consumer electronics companies face with embedding devices with wireless
connectivity?
• Are consumer electronics companies willing to subsidise devices that have LTE connectivity?
Wi Max, A Wireless Solution For Fixed Wireless Access In Emerging MarketsGreen Packet
Emerging markets are hungry for fixed broadband services, however characteristics of ADSL limit the even distribution of fixed broadband services to encompass urban and rural areas. Of late, WiMAX has surfaced to substitute ADSL in these markets and the results are encouraging. This application note discusses why WiMAX is the way forward for fixed broadband and how WiMAX
Operators can use the right end user devices to ensure successful deployment.
Technologies in the Networked Society, IP Networks in transitionEricsson Slides
Presentation by Ulf Ewaldsson, Senior Vice President, CTO, Head of Group Technology Ericsson, at Broadband World Forum, Amsterdam 2012.
For more information on 4th Generation IP for mobility and the cloud: http://www.ericsson.com/yourbusiness/telecom_operators/fixed-broadband-convergence
This presentation is based on the book "Building the Mobile Internet", the central theme being that the lack of a true session layer in the TCP/IP stack causes problems with mobility. The presentation addresses different ways of dealing with that problem on the various layers of the TCP/IP stack.
Lte Latin America 2011 Ims Assuming An Important Role On Lte V1.0Alberto Boaventura
Presented in Informa LTE LATAM Forum 2011, it intends to provide an overview about voice service support in LTE and what is the IMS role in this new enviroment, passing through the alternative solutions for voice support in LTE.
The ability to use voice, mobile apps, SMS, email, websites, chat, video, and social media through a single device is forcing operators to rethink their mobile strategies in the form of offload. With the increased data usage, operator networks become increasingly congested. As such, a smart and dynamic connected interaction is necessary to allow better traffic management with particular capabilities of the device with which it is characterized.
In this paper, we will examine how dynamic data offloading with 3GPP based Access Network Discovery Selection Function (ANDSF) plays its role in the implementation of selective offloading. ANDSF as specified in 3GPP standards describes how the inter-system mobility between 3GPP systems and non-3GPP systems (WLAN, WiMAX, CDMA) policies and priorities can control the conditions for which a device connects to which wireless network. As mobility is becoming a mainstream for customer engagement, operators must ensure contextual continuity is preserved through an integrated approach.
It was about Femto cells . When we have a major problems in wireless communication and there is a weak signal received by mobile station , we talk about femto cell which overcome this obstacle and cover a specific area that have the weak signal .
Overview slide set on LTE FDD and TDD, including the drivers, benefits, business opportunities, standardization, spectrum, network commitments, trials, planned launches, eco-system/devices, LTE-Advanced
This presentation draws primarily upon the Evolution to LTE Information Paper published by GSA on June 7, 2010 (available at www.gsacom.com)
Event | LTE Americas
Manish Singh, VP of Product Line Management, Continuous Computing
When: Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Topic: Embedding LTE into Notebooks and Consumer Devices, How Important will this be for the Success
of LTE?
• Importance of having notebooks and devices that are embedded with LTE chipsets
• How soon will dual mode CDMA and LTE embedded devices become available
• Examining the market opportunities for LTE devices, what is possible and when will this become a reality?
• What challenges do consumer electronics companies face with embedding devices with wireless
connectivity?
• Are consumer electronics companies willing to subsidise devices that have LTE connectivity?
Wi Max, A Wireless Solution For Fixed Wireless Access In Emerging MarketsGreen Packet
Emerging markets are hungry for fixed broadband services, however characteristics of ADSL limit the even distribution of fixed broadband services to encompass urban and rural areas. Of late, WiMAX has surfaced to substitute ADSL in these markets and the results are encouraging. This application note discusses why WiMAX is the way forward for fixed broadband and how WiMAX
Operators can use the right end user devices to ensure successful deployment.
Technologies in the Networked Society, IP Networks in transitionEricsson Slides
Presentation by Ulf Ewaldsson, Senior Vice President, CTO, Head of Group Technology Ericsson, at Broadband World Forum, Amsterdam 2012.
For more information on 4th Generation IP for mobility and the cloud: http://www.ericsson.com/yourbusiness/telecom_operators/fixed-broadband-convergence
This presentation is based on the book "Building the Mobile Internet", the central theme being that the lack of a true session layer in the TCP/IP stack causes problems with mobility. The presentation addresses different ways of dealing with that problem on the various layers of the TCP/IP stack.
Lte Latin America 2011 Ims Assuming An Important Role On Lte V1.0Alberto Boaventura
Presented in Informa LTE LATAM Forum 2011, it intends to provide an overview about voice service support in LTE and what is the IMS role in this new enviroment, passing through the alternative solutions for voice support in LTE.
The ability to use voice, mobile apps, SMS, email, websites, chat, video, and social media through a single device is forcing operators to rethink their mobile strategies in the form of offload. With the increased data usage, operator networks become increasingly congested. As such, a smart and dynamic connected interaction is necessary to allow better traffic management with particular capabilities of the device with which it is characterized.
In this paper, we will examine how dynamic data offloading with 3GPP based Access Network Discovery Selection Function (ANDSF) plays its role in the implementation of selective offloading. ANDSF as specified in 3GPP standards describes how the inter-system mobility between 3GPP systems and non-3GPP systems (WLAN, WiMAX, CDMA) policies and priorities can control the conditions for which a device connects to which wireless network. As mobility is becoming a mainstream for customer engagement, operators must ensure contextual continuity is preserved through an integrated approach.
It was about Femto cells . When we have a major problems in wireless communication and there is a weak signal received by mobile station , we talk about femto cell which overcome this obstacle and cover a specific area that have the weak signal .
Small cells are Low-powered radio access nodes, Operate in licensed and unlicensed spectrum, Short range mobile phone base stations, Range from very compact residential femto-cells of area 10 meters to larger equipment used inside commercial offices or outdoor public spaces of area 1 or 2 kilometers, "small" compared to a mobile macro cell, with range of a few tens of kilometers, Complements mobile phone service from larger macro cell towers, Offer excellent mobile phone coverage and data speeds at home, in the office and public areas for both voice and data, Developed for both 3G and the newer 4G/LTE radio technologies.
Femto cells are Initially designed for residential and small business use with a short range and a limited number of channels. Femtocell devices use licenced radio spectrum. Femto cells must be operated and controlled by a mobile phone company, One cell with one mobile phone operator. When in range, the mobile phone will detect cell and use it in preference to the larger macrocell sites. Calls are made and received in exactly the same way as macrocell. Except, the signals are sent encrypted from the small cell via the public or private broadband IP network to one of the mobile operators main switching centres.
5 g latin america april 2019 network densification requirements v1.0Alberto Boaventura
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Discussing the digital transformation of every part of the network with nfv s...Alberto Boaventura
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Head to Head - The Battle between the Bellheads and the Netheads for control ...Pieter Geldenhuys
Part 1: When the infrastructure is ubiquitous and operates as a utility, like water or electricity, we will move beyond the current paradigm of cyberspace. What happens when information and knowledge are accessible to all who choose to look? What happens when eBusiness, eHealth and eLiteracy have become an invisible normality? What happens after the Ubiquitous Internet has irreparably changed our very understanding of the world we live in? A new Digital Value Chain will be required when the Netheads and Bellheads pit their business models against each other in an epic battle where the only winner is bound to be the consumer. Who will find the right balance between the investments required to support the infrastructure and the money that inevitably will flow to edge of the network where the intelligence and power resides?
Multimode, The Key Ingredient For Ubiquitous ConnectivityGreen Packet
Users today are demanding ubiquitous connectivity, an ultimatum the industry still struggles to achieve. The good news is that there are positive developments in this direction through the evolution towards multimode as far as networks and devices are concerned. However, what is lacking is the absence of a mechanism that unifies multiple networks and devices for a seamless
experience. This paper discusses the mechanism required to think on behalf of networks and devices so that users enjoy a truly ubiquitous connectivity.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
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- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
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Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
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Attacks on counties – USA
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Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
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Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
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In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
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• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
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Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
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In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
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And...
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Charlie Greenberg, Host
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This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
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1. Small Cells and Femto Cells
For Future Mobile Broadband
PIMRC – 21st Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor
and Mobile Radio Communication
Turkey – 28th Sep 2010
Dr Shahram G Niri
Director of LTE/SAE Global Strategy & Solution – NEC Europe
2. Femto for Operators and End Users
The Requirements Of Changing Industry
Services will grow in multiplicity, diversity and richness
New services with the Internet at the heart the services
New ecosystem & new player, new business and revenue models
More powerful and enabled devices
Users will grow in importance
Customer delight is absolutely essential
Adopting new habits (e.g. social media)
More demanding on the quality, interactivity, personalisation,
Networks will grow in complexity
Walled Garden will change to Open Networks
High capacity pipes with intelligent plumbing
Self managed and automated networks Relay
Femto
Communication delivered through SW on standards / generic HW Small
Micro/Pico
Macro
Communication networks to improve in intelligence, flexibility,
automation, resilience, efficiency, speed, security, privacy, latency YET
lower delivery cost per bit/per sub/per sq km
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3. Diverged Traffic & Revenue Growth
50 Telecoms Price Development
From Kilo (103 ) bytes to Tera (1012 ) and Zeta (1021 )
40 Mobile
bytes
Broadband
Global ubiquitous Internet-based solution with hyper 30
Euro/Month
Connectivity
Hundred-fold increase in network flow brought by mass 20
terminals and mass digital content, and the thousand-
fold, increase in traffic flow on mobile networks 10
0
Users are spending more time on the phone & internet 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Average household spending on communication falls
Consumer pay less while getting better value -> they
Traffic
pay ~30% less than 5 years ago
Complexity
Significant growth in traffic while slow in revenue
User experience at risk
What do we do with a surging traffic Gap
Is it a problem or an opportunity?
Revenue
Time
Overall cost reduction is a very critical but not at the cost
of compromising the service quality
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4. Innovation & Reform Towards More Sustainability
Significant growth in traffic while slow in revenue
Cost Vs Revenue does not add up
User experience at risk
Limit/control it (e.g. Cap in flat rate)
Bring the cost of it down (e.g. More efficient deliveries in radio, transport and core network,
Optimizations and other means of traffic handling
Turn it to revenue (e.g. Innovative solutions, New revenue streams and sources)
LTE
Bigger, Smarter & Cheaper pipe
Cheaper NW operation
Higher performance
Femto
Intelligent Indoor Solution
New services & applications
Cost saving and revenue generation
Carrier Cloud
New service & revenue model
Service differentiation
Cost optimization
Lower cost & better performance and new revenue streams needed
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6. Small Cells /Femto Cells Benefits
Better availability of high data rate
Lower CAPEX due to saving in
multimedia services
site acquisition, installation and
Service bundling
civil work Optimised
Services Faster data rates indoors where most of
OPEX savings due to power, Deployment
the data traffic exists
site rental, operation manpower
Longer terminal battery life due to lower
Build as you grow where the
transmit power requirement
investment needed
Fast LTE deployment
Business Last mile broadband solution
More capacity at reduced Performance
Target high revenue locations
Opportunities
cost per bit New revenue streams (indoor)
Higher peak and cell edge Location-specific tariffs and family
performance contracts
Churn reduction
Indoor / Outdoor deployment
Zero Touch, Plug&Play
NO Site acquisition necessary
Indoor / Outdoor
One-Touch and Plug&Play operation
deployment
Fan Less and Air-Cooling
Residential / SOHO
Lowe power consumption
Enterprise for indoor
Commercial Power Adaptation
private
(AC/DC)
Outdoor Public
Small Cells and Femto cells are essential part of the future mobile broadband
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7. Femto for Operators and End Users
Operators End Users
Coverage improvements Better quality and availability,
Capacity improvements Single handset & single subscription
TCO reduction / optimisation Cheaper tariff /free calls
Increased revenues (home zone and family tariff),
•New market and new services Secure broadband mobile data
•Reduce churn, improve quality and New services - Social Networking, Home
encourage more usage voice & data networking, Presence, Content Sharing,
• Increase customer loyalty, FMS
The solution/ proposition different depending on:
Where you are (region/country),
Which operator (mobile/hybrid/ new player, small / large, …)
Which market (residential/ enterprise/various mobile broadband segments)
Existing investment in high speed mobile broadband
Cost saving on the capacity will depend on many factors
A very efficient and cost effective solution for a true mobile broadband
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8. 3GPP LTE Femto Status
R99 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
HSPA
HSPA
IMS HSPA
UMTS
EPC
LTE/
LTE
Adv
UL
DL
+
Comm
MMTel
IMS
Rel 8 Rel 9 Rel 10
The key functionalities added
in Release 9 are:
In Rel 8, 3GPP specified UTRA • A novel Hybrid Cell concept
and LTE Femto cells. HeNB • Management of out-of-date
main functionalities that were CSG info Release 10 discussions are still
defined are: • Inbound Mobility (including ongoing.
• Architecture variants proximity reports) Major work items include:
• Closed and open access • Hybrid access control • Enhanced Mobility
control • Operation, Administration • Enhanced ICIC
• Automatic CSG selection and Maintenance for HeNB
• Outbound Mobility • Operator controlled CSG list
• RF Requirements for TDD
and FDD HeNBs
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9. Femto & LTE Femto Architecture Variants
3G Femto with Iuh LTE Femto:
1 - Dedicated HeNB-GW
LTE Femto
2 - No HeNB-GW
3GPP defines 3 options for LTE Femto, the
choice depends on several factors
Reuse of the LTE ePC
MME and SGW scaling and expansion LTE Femto
Connectivity and signalling load 3 - HeNB-GW for C-Plane
TNL processing and functionality
3G Femto migration
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10. LTE deployment with Small Cells & Femto Cells
macro
High cost of outdoor/macro radio
Data traffic /revenue mainly in hotspots & in-building Macro LTE deployment drivers
Pico
2G and 3G networks (already provide macro coverage)
Femto
Invest where the traffic and hence the revenue is (Residential
Improve your overall data traffic capacity and performance /SME) 4
2
1
Fast to deploy, cheap and easy to install and operate 3
Overlay LTE Network - Start small and build as your number of
users / traffic increases 1 Capacity Driven
Hotspots and high traffic zones
LTE on 2.6 Ghz initially for high data traffic hot spots
Address indoor coverage and capacity with LTE Femto 4
Use macro 800 Mhz for LTE wide area coverage 3
Improve macro (HSPA) coverage by overflowing traffic to LTE
2
1
2G/3G HSPA/LTE (800 Mhz) 2 New Business Driven
2G&3G for ubiquitous voice & Femto and hotspot islands
HSPA mainly data
LTE (1800/2.6 Mhz)
2G&3G for Voice & HSPA for
LTE 1
ubiquitous data & LTE for High
data with small cells and Femtos 3
LTE 4
2G / 3G for voice , HSPA for 2
ubiquitous data & LTE for High Femto
2.6
data 2.6
Mhz
Mhz Coverage Driven
LTE Femto 3
Macro deployment
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11. Concluding Remarks
LTE as a cost effective and future proof technology is a key to future
mobile broadband
Capacity and cost will remain a challenge in the future mobile
broadband
New innovative solution, lower TCO, flexibility and scalability in the
deployment, simplicity and ease of operation will be key to the success
of mobile broadband
An overlay network with LTE small cells and LTE Femto deployment is
the way forward
Small cells and Femto cells a must in meeting capacity and
performance demand in future mobile broadband
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