LTE Hetnet Deployments: The Five W's and the H

LTE World Summit

Dr. Akram Awad
Consulting Systems Engineer Service Provider Mobility
June 2013

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The Heterogeneous Network

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4G Network

3G Network

The HetNet 2G Network

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4G Vendor 1 Macro Small 4G Vendor 1 Macro Small 4G Vendor 1 Small Macro Macro Small 4G Vendor 2 4G Vendor 1 Small Macro Macro Small 4G Vendor 2

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3G Vendor 1 Small Macro Macro Small 3G Vendor 2 3G Vendor 1 Small Macro Macro Small 3G Vendor 2 Small Macro 3G Vendor 2 Small Macro 3G Vendor 2

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Wi-Fi Network

WiFi Vendor 1 WiFi Vendor 1 Indoor Outdoor Indoor Small Outdoor Outdoor Indoor Outdoor Macro Indoor 2G Vendor 2 WiFi Vendor 2 WiFi Vendor 2 WiFi Vendor 1 WiFi Vendor 1 Indoor Small Outdoor Indoor Outdoor Outdoor Macro Indoor Outdoor\ Indoor 2G Vendor 2 WiFi Vendor 2 WiFi Vendor 2
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LTE LTE HetNet HetNet Strategy Strategy Story

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Who

Why

How

LTE HetNet Strategy Story

Where What/ Which

When

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Who

Why

Enabling New Services Coverage Not-Spots Capacity Hotspots Technology Leadership

How

LTE HetNet Strategy Story

Where What/ Which

When
Owned Spectrum Refarming LTE Spectrum Acquisition Regulator Plan Clarity

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Who

Why

How

LTE HetNet Strategy Story

Where What/ Which

When

Indoor/Outdoor Residential/Enterprise/Venue Urban/Suburban/Rural

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High/Low Frequency FDD/TDD Macro/Micro/Metro/Pico/Femto

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Who

Why

How
ICIC Radio Resource Distribution Strategy SON

LTE HetNet Strategy Story

Where What/ Which

When

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C B A

How shall the BW split between centre and cell edge?!

What define an overload or high interference status? What if multi-vendor?! X2 Message (HII or OI)

C B A What shall the power ratio be between the two zones? How shall the shared zone be prioritized?!

How much time shall be granted to small cells?!

X2 Message (ABSF)

When shall a subscriber be considered at cell centre or cell edge?! Is it mandatory to small cell?! What if small cell is location at macrocell edge!
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C B

X2 time Message (HII or OI) What if the environment change over A

How shall the BW split between centre and cell edge?!

What define an overload or high interference status? What if multi-vendor?!

?!

C B A

Who will guarantee different cells will cooperate not compete?!

X2 Message (ABSF) When shall aX2 subscriber be considered at cell What if each vendor interpret centre or cell edge?! How much time shall be granted to small cells?! messages differently?Is ! it mandatory to small cell?!
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What shall the power ratio be between the two zones? How shall the shared zone be prioritized?!

How will LTE cells coordinate with other technologies (e.g. 3G)?!

What if small cell is location at macrocell edge!

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C B

X2 time Message (HII or OI) What if the environment change over A

How shall the BW split between centre and cell edge?!

What define an overload or high interference status? What if multi-vendor?!

?!

C B A

How can ICIC be optimised for the sheer number of small cells?!
X2 Message (ABSF) When shall aICIC subscriber be considered at cell What if each vendor interpret centre or cell edge?! How much time shall be granted to small cells?! messages differently?Is ! it mandatory to small cell?!
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What shall the power ratio be between the two zones? How shall the shared zone be prioritized?!

What if each cell should have different ICIC parameters and thresholds?!

What if small cell is location at macrocell edge!

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Vendor Selection: ! RAN ! Backhaul ! Core ! SON

Who

Why

How

LTE HetNet Strategy Story

Where What/ Which

When

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USC 7000 Series Concourse

Mobile Internet delivered in the modern urban landscape

Venue
High density, high intensity

USC 5000 Series Enterprise

All business is mobile today

Hotspot
Everyone consumes the mobile Internet here

USC 3000 Series Home

Mobile as the center of your lifestyle

Small Office/ Home Office (SoHo)

In touch with the world with my mobile business device

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! Consistency across LTE hetnet LTE Small Cells

HeNB

HeNB-GW
Small Cell Management System

! Speeds up introduction of new

components and vendors

! Avoids extensive IoT between

S1-MME, S 1-U
IPSec Tunnel

MME
S11

UE

RAN and Core elements

ASR5K
PGW S5/S8 SGW

HeNB

IPSec

l Tunne

! Multiple Architecture Options

UE

S1

, X2 U 1 S , -MME

ASR5K

supported:
! Both S1-MME and S1-U

LTE Core

Aggregation over HeNB-GW

! Only S1-MME Aggregation

LTE Macro cells

X2

over HeNB-GW
eNB

! Elastic Platform allows for future-

proof investment and flexibility

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Proven Interoperability ! Reduced OpEx! Complete Coverage ! Increased Quality of Service

Cisco ASR 901S

Pairs Ciscos best-in-class mobile backhaul solution with industry-leading wireless backhaul vendors

LoS ! NLoS ! Zero Touch Provisioning ! End to End Synchronization and Management

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Cisco cSON

! Fully Automated and

Closed Loop Process functions

LTE OSS

! Implements iRAT SON ! Wide area SON

MME

UMTS OSS Small Cell GW RNC RNC

Small Cell OAM

LTE Hybrid SON

oversight and control

eNB dSON dSON eNB

! Multi Vendor cSON

NodeBs

H(e)NBs

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POLICY

Orchestration

ANALYTICS

Harvests Real-Time Network Intelligence, Analyzes it, and applies the right policy to:
! Optimize End-to-

Software

End Network Resources

! Capture New

Monetization Opportunities at the Right time and location

Indoor Location Premium Video Sponsored Data

Monetization

Optimization
Access Transport Cloud

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