ZTE 5G RAN RFI Clarification - Draft v7 PDF
ZTE 5G RAN RFI Clarification - Draft v7 PDF
ZTE 5G RAN RFI Clarification - Draft v7 PDF
Agenda
ZTE Introduction
2
Leading 5G Standardization As Tier 1 Player
Board member
Co-chair of 802.11 Tgax PHY adhoc Vice chairman of international corporation group
Member of SA New Standard Committee Vice chairman of radio access working group
3
ZTE 5G E2E Roadmap
5GC
Architecture in one step;
Function introduced step by step
With Frozen
Terminal Standard
is coming soonand Rapid Development of Industry,
3-6 months
Commercially
SA will be Readyavailable in 19H2Scale Commercialization in 2019
for Large
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Agenda
ZTE Introduction
6
Spain Mobile Frequencies
Source: https://www.spectrummonitoring.com/frequencies/
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5G Spectrum Strategy - Standalone
• Continuous coverage
3.4-3.8 GHz • eMBB service
(eMBB, VoNR) • VoNR
• Hotspot coverage
mmWave
• eMBB service
(eMBB)
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5G BBU Product Roadmap
2018 2019 2020
- 15x 100MHz 64T64R @ N78 -30x 100MHz 64T64R @ N78
BBU - 60x 20M 2T4R @ N28 -120x 20M 2T4R @ N28
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Virtualized IT BBU - ZXRAN V9200
Specification
1 GSM: 540 TRXs
UMTS: 135 CSs
Capacity LTE: 90 * 20MHz 4T4R/8T8R ;
MM: 15 * 20MHz 64T64;
5G NR: 15 * 100M 64T64R
2 3 4 5
S1 Bandwidth 100 Gbps
1. Baseband Processing Board (VBP)/General Computing Board
(VGC)
2. Power Distribution Board (VPD)
Power
Less than 1700W
3. Power Distribution Board (VPD)/Environment Monitoring Board Consumption
(VEM)
4. Switching Board (VSW) Volume
5. Fan Array Module (VF) 88.4 mm*482.6 mm*370 mm
(H*W*D)
Weight 18 kg (with full configuration)
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Series Radio Units for Diversified Scenarios
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5G Macro Cell Product Roadmap
2018 2019 2020
2017&Before Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
R8139
Indoor LTE 20M + NR 100M R8139
LTE + NR
Qcell 2T2R + 4T4R NR LAA
pBrige 2x125mw + 4x250mw
pRRU Connection & Power Supply
PB1120B 8*10GE Port
ZTE Introduction
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Coverage Enhancements by 5G NR – physical aspects
~20MHz
4G terminal 5G terminal 4G LTE
5G NR
~100MHz
23dBm 26dBm
Multiple antenna enables flexible Bandwidth advantage can be
beam forming, decreases inter- transformed to coverage advantage
Single TX Dual TX user interference and increases BS via allocating more resource for edge
antenna antenna receiving sensitivity UEs and lowering inter-BS interference
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Coverage Enhancements by 5G NR – system aspects
Hybrid MU/SU CRS free Design
NSA
Beamforming 16 steams • There is no always on CRS signal in 5G NR, which saves RE
…
needs 16 UEs
resource and eliminates the inter cell interference
• 2 stream SU-MIMO × 12 UEs
=24 streams SA
• More easy for MU pairing
…
• Less resource consumption on
control channel
24 streams needs only 12 UEs
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Multi-user Simulation Results – Uplink
NR 3.5GHz provides a much better UL edge data rate due to its advantage in multi-user scheduling and interference
reduction;
The average throughput of NR 3.5G is also much better than FDD 1.8G , which mainly comes from the frequency
efficiency increase via MU-MIMO in cell center area;
The advantage of capacity and anti-interference in NR 3.5GHz can easily be transformed to coverage advantage
Uplink Cell Edge User Throughput (Mbps)—20UE Uplink Cell Average Throughput (Mbps)—20UE
1 0,942 70
63,52
0,9
60
0,8
0,7 50
0,6
0,471 40
0,5 31,66 31,76
0,4 30
0,307
0,3 20 17,20
0,2 0,150
0,101 8,31
10
0,1
0 0
FDD 1.8G (2R) FDD 1.8G (4R) TDD 1.9G (8R) NR 3.5G (16R) NR 3.5G (16R) FDD 1.8G (2R) FDD 1.8G (4R) TDD 1.9G (8R) NR 3.5G (16R) NR 3.5G (16R)
20% 40% 20% 40%
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Multi-user Simulation Results – Downlink
DL edge data rate of NR 3.5GHz (64TR) is almost 10X compared with FDD 1.8G(2TR);
The average throughput of NR 3.5G is almost 20X compared with FDD 1.8G(2TR);
Regarding both capacity and coverage, NR 3.5GHz is far better than FDD 1.8GHz;
Downlink Cell Edge User Throughput (Mbps)-20UE NR Cell Average Throughput (Mbps)-20UE
14,00 13,14 1000,0
911,7
900,0
12,00
800,0
10,00 682,5
700,0
8,12
600,0
8,00 499,8
500,0
6,00
4,51 400,0
4,00 300,0
200,0
2,00 1,12 1,40
100,0 46,9 53,8
0,00 0,0
FDD 2TR FDD 4TR NR 16TR NR 32TR NR 64TR FDD 2TR FDD 4TR NR 16TR NR 32TR NR 64TR
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3.5GHz NR vs FDD 1.8GHz Test in Shenzhen - China
Indoor/Outdoor Coverage Test 4G/5G Collocated Sites Outdoor Coverage Test Dive Route Site AAU&Antenna
3.5GHz
5G AAU
1.8G
Antenna
One 4G/5G collocated site for indoor coverage test and another 4G/5G collocated site for outdoor coverage drive
test. 3.5GHz NR AAU and 1.8GHz FDD-LTE antenna mounted on the same pole.
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Indoor Coverage Comparison NR 3.5G vs. FDD 1.8G
17 locations on Floor 2 and Floor 6 of the target building were selected for UL throughput test;
Roughly 100%-150% average throughput gain from 5G NR to 1.8G FDD-LTE.
UL Throughput UL Throughput
(Mbps) (Mbps)
Location Location
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Outdoor Coverage Comparison NR 3.5G vs. FDD1.8G
UL Throughput FDD NR Distance to BS
与基站距离(米)
100,00 900
90,00 800
80,00 700
Throughput (Mbps)
70,00 600
Distance (m)
60,00
500
50,00
400
40,00
30,00 300
20,00 200
10,00 100
0,00 0
Time
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Mobility - ZTE Support NSA/SA HO defined in 3GPP Rel15
Mobility with SA Option 2
Operation NR<->NR NR->LTE LTE->NR
Intra Frequency √ √ √
PS Handover
Inter Frequency √ √ √
Cell Selection and Intra Frequency √ √ √
Reselection Inter Frequency √ √ √
Intra Frequency N/A √ N/A
Redirection
Inter Frequency N/A √ N/A
Mobility with NSA Option 3x
NR Operation Secondary Node Secondary Secondary Node
LTE Change Node Add Release
Intra-Master Node Intra Frequency √ √ √
Handover Inter Frequency √ √ √
Inter-Master Node Intra Frequency √ √ √
Handover Inter Frequency √ √ √
All Option 2 mobility ítems supported in NR18.2. All Option 3x mobility ítems supported in NR 18.1 23
SA vs NSA: Overview
5GC introduced by SA NSA terminals can only NSA needs much more SA is the final target while
mode will enable operators transmitted with single effort in existing NSA is a transient
more power for service antenna at NR network upgrade, architecture
innovation in vertical Under SA NR and LTE can
SA has better uplink evolved independently With similar scale, NSA
industry
coverage and downlink while under NSA NR and needs less CAPEX for initial
NSA (Option 3 series) performance than NSA LTE are tightly coupled deployment, but needs
mode can only provide additional CAPEX for 2nd
SA has better user Under NSA operator
eMBB service upgrade to SA in the
experience for DL/UL has no flexibility for future. So the ultimate TCO
data rate vendor selection with NSA is bigger than SA
NR 3.5GHz can be co- Inter system IoT can
located with FDD 1.8G 2R guarantee service
to form a continuous SA continuity in SA early
coverage deployment
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Service: 5GC enables more opportunities
With the 5GC, operators can provide 5G end to end services experience.
5GC new features, including SBA, network slicing, finer flow based QOS, flexible networking, open API offer operator with more
opportunities on 5G new services.
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Performance: SA outperforms NSA
Comparing to dual layer transmission for SA UE, only single layer UL
transmitting for NSA UE at 3.5GHz band, so that for NSA:
UL coverage decays by 3dB: With only 23dBm transmitting power, UL coverage of Avg. DL Cell Throughput (Mbps) NSA SA SA Gain
3.5GHz will be severely impaired. 16TR 458.3 536.6 +17%
Single user UL throughput reduces by 50%: Dual layer transmission of SU-MIMO is
lost at UL. 64TR 883.8 981.2 +11%
Cell DL throughput drops by 10%: simultaneous MU-MIMO and SU-MIMO are not
designed for NSA
VR/AR(4K) 45Mbps 16ms These requirements are only based on 4K, more
stringent requirements may be needed for higher
resolution
V2X(including 100Mbps 3ms Requirements for IoV are very complicated, here only
autonomous driving) refers to L5 level autonomous driving
Smart Grid *Kbps 5ms Here mainly refers to control requirements in smart
Grid, not including video surveillance
For initial 5G launch service may limited to eMBB type such as HD video or VR/AR, experienced data rate
of 50Mbps per user is a reasonable requirement, which is a important guide for 5G network planning
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Deployment: SA makes deployment easier
In NSA mode, LTE eNB requires a large modification. Complex interoperability between 5G NR and LTE. Tight coupling for 5G
and 4G leads to inflexible 5G vendor selection, complex operation and evolution.
In SA mode, loose coupling for 5G and LTE makes evolution and deployment easier and simple.
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Cost: SA has lower comulative cost.
SA is the final target architecture while NSA is just intermediate. Two step SA (NSA-
One >SA)
Operators can go directly with SA, or NSA first then evolve to SA. Cost
Cost Item step
category Initial Evolve
Under the same scale, two step approach may bear higher SA
NSA to SA
accumulative investment cost than one step approach with the NR Equipment √ √
following four extra cost: SW Upgrade (NSA->SA) √
NR upgrade New 5G NR Engineering
√ √
(Installation/Optimization)
4G eNB modification Engineering (NSA->SA Optimization) √
EPC upgrade and expansion 4G eNB SW upgrade (4/5G interoperability) √ √
Upgrade/mo
Transmission reconfiguration dification SW upgrade/expansion (NSA DC) √
5GC Equipment √ √
One step Approach Two step Approach New 5GC Engineering
√ √
(Installation/Optimization)
new NR new NR NR upgrade
SW upgrade (4/5G interoperability) √ √
4G eNB SW upgrade
4G modification (NSA)
4G eNB SW upgrade EPC
(Interoperability) (Interoperability)
Upgrade/mo
new 5GC new 5GC dification SW upgrade/expansion (NSA DC) √
EPC upgrade (interoperability) EPC upgrade and expansion EPC upgrade (interoperability)
Transmission expansion/ new (5G) √ √
Transmission
new transmission or expansion new transmission or expansion Transmission Re-configuration
expansion/ Transmission modification (4/5G DC) √
Initial NSA Evolve to SA new
Transmission modification (NSA->SA) √
Common cost Extra cost
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ZTE 5G RAN Split Solution
Low layer DU/AAU split Split interface between CU&DU defined by 3GPP
Data
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ZTE 5G RAN Split Solution
Low layer DU/AAU split Split interface between CU&DU defined by 3GPP
Data
Cell Split Option Bandwidth (MHz) Ant. Port Layers Fronthaul Requirements
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Multiple Options for Telefonica Flexible Deployment
Cloud CU
D-RAN C-RAN
Cloud CU Cloud CU
Centralized Centralized
CU+DU DU
CU+DU
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CU/DU Deployment Solution for Different Services
mMTC: CU Cloud
5G AAU+DU CU
eMBB:
• wide bandwidth CU/DU integrate
low latency
5G AAU DU+CU
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Synchronization
GNSS
Baseb
and front haul
RF unit
unit
GPS: Most common 1588V2: No extra cable is needed Remote GPS: option
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Synchronization
Grandmaster
GPS |T|<=1.5us
Security requirement
System risk analysis Release & Delivery
Data protection requirement
Anti-virus scanning
@ Version integrity
Security hardening
System Design
Security architecture design
Open-source / third-party component
security assessment
Software security test design
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Typical Threats in the RAN Network
eNB/gNB
UU OMC
④
LDAP
EMS
①
②
③
Threats AMF/MME AUSF/UDM
Transport Security
Wireless Security
Air Interface Encryption VLAN
802.1X
Application
IPSec
Layer Security
MACSec
OM Security
Transport
Account Management
Layer Security Device Security
Authentication
Site Construction Security
Security Log
Equipment
Security Alarm Device Physical Security
Clock Synchronization Security Layer Security
Operating System Security
Security State Audit
Built-in Firework
and Monitoring
SSL/TLS Software Digital Signature
Sensitive Information Protect Port Security Management
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3GPP R16 Voice & SMS Standard Evolution
3GPP R15 has satisfied the requirement of commercial deployment of 5G Voice & SMS ( SA ).
3GPP R16 focuses on IMS enhancement, which is not a mandatory option. 39
3GPP Standard 5G Voice Solution voice
Idle/Data,Registration/SMS
CS EPC 5GC
CS EPC CS EPC 5GC Sv/SGs N26
Sv/SGs Sv/SGs N26
2/3G LTE 5G NR
2/3G LTE 5G NR 2/3G LTE 5G NR
Core uses IMS + 4G EPC, supports CSFB to 2/3G Core uses IMS + 5GC, supports EPS Fallback to 4G. Core uses IMS + 5GC+ 4G EPC, voice continuity
guaranteed by PS domain.
Note: In NSA Option3 voice user plane bearer can be established on LTE or NR (decide by RAN). It has the same requirement for CN and VoLTE.
CS
EPC EPC
MSCS SGs SAE-GW MSCS SAE-GW
MME MME
CS
Sv/SGs
SGs
MGW MGW
handover
Under Option 3 architecture, UEs will be connected to EPC and reuse LTE voice solution.
Realize high speed data transmit through 5G DC. 41
Voice and SMS Solution for Option2 (5GC SA)
EPS Fallback Voice
Idle/Data
VoNR Voice
Idle/Data
Registration/SMS Registration/SMS
IMS IMS
VoNR and EPS Fallback use the same IMS architecture, 5GC/NR or EPC/LTE act as voice bearers.
In inical time, VoLTE solution for NR hotspot coverage, then smooth evolution to VoNR as NR coverage grows. 42
5G Emergency Call Solution
AUSF UDM
I/S-CSCF
SMF+ EATF
AMF
UPF
A
NR
PSAP
P-CSCF
P
E-CSCF
PCF
AMF Functions SMF & UPF Functions: PCF Functions IMS Function
1. Supports local emergency service data 1. Supports emergency service data 1. PCF provides SMF with QoS Supports identifying 5G location
configure configure parameters and policies for emergency information and delivering to PSAP.
2. Supports emergency registration and 2. Supports emergency PDU session service PDU session UE Function
emergency PDU session setup setup 2. Supports to guarantee only emergency
Supports emergency fallback
3. Supports issue emergency service 3. Provides special QoS guarantee and service data transferred on the
indication and emergency fallback policy control for emergency service emergency PDU. NR Function
indication 4. UPF guarantee only emergency service Supports emergency fallback
4. Supports issue emergency call number data transferred on the emergency PDU.
list
5. Supports emergency fallback
5G emergency call solution does not require new features on 2/3/4G network. 43
Two Solutions of 5G SMS
SMS over NAS SMS over IP
IMS
SMS over IP
IP-SM-GW
IP-SM-GW
Nx
SMSC
SMSF 5GC SMSC
5GC
EPC EPC
SMS over NAS
LTE NR LTE NR
Due to co-existence of different types of UEs and APPs, two solutions may both exist.
For voice-centric UEs, SMS over IP is the best choice, which implements both voice and SMS services.
For data-centric UEs, SMS over NAS is the best choice, which allows UEs not to load the IMS client and
simplifying the protocol stack for UEs. 44
ZTE ElasticNet UME R18 Architecture
NMS / 3rd Party System
Unified Portal
NR LTE
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ZTE ElasticNet UME Main Functions & Solutions
• Fault Management
• Configuration Management
Main
• Topology Management
Functions
• Performance Management
• RAN Supervision Dashboard
• Inventory Management • Security Solution
• Software Management Main • High Availability Solutions (HA,
• Security Management
Solutions BR, GR)
• Signaling Trace Management • NBI Solution
• VNF Management • Integration solution with MANO
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gNB Commissioning Workflow – Plug & Play
47
gNB Commissioning Tool - LMT
Router/Switch
NE Test Computer
(OS: Windows)
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ZTE’s Device Roadmap
2018H2 2019H1 2019H2
SmartPhone SmartPhone
Engineer Sample Engineer Sample
Hand Sub6G Sub6G
set NSA NSA/SA
8150+X50 8150+X55
201812 201909
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ZTE’s RAN IoDT Plan
2018 2019
NSA CS SA TQ
Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Lab
Lab
Lab
Field
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Energy Consumption
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Power Saving Features
Baseband processors
automatical shut down
based on traffic load
Automatic shut down of 5G
NR layers for multi-layer 5G
NR sites Automatic shut down of
Cell In a SRAN node with
NR and 4G deployed
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4G Site Evolution to 4G/5G
…
…
2G/3G/4G RRU
2G/3G/4G RRU
B8200 V9200
V9200
SDR BBU and IT BBU give flexible and suitable choices for 5G evolution! 53
V9200 supports 4G and 5G
Phase I: GULN+NR Phase II: GULN+NR Phase III: All 5G
+ + +
5G AAU Existing RRUs 5G AAU
2G/3G/4G RRU 5G AAU 2G/3G/4G RRU
upgrade SW to
support 5G
V9200 V9200 V9200
B8200
B8200
mmWave FWA Option 3 or DC with NR in low bands Low coverage, low mobility requirements.
AR/VR eMBB slice in 3.5 GHZ, local CDN Latency less than 5ms to mitigate the “vertigo”
(MEC) effect -> CDN introduction.
URLLC NR FDD in sub1GHz band (700 MHz) FDD NR as coverage layer, providing URLLC &
voice as primary services. Latency
requirement may be as low as 0.5 ms E2E
(tactile interaction).
Massive IoT NR FDD in sub1GHz band (700 MHz), Introduction of a new RRC mode, RRC
although casuistics can be large connected inactive situation.
In general, NW slicing is regarded as a basic enabler for multiple use cases re-inforcing the option 2 as primary
architecture option.
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Use Cases and Deployment Strategy (2/ 2)
mMTC: CU Cloud
5G AAU+DU CU
eMBB:
• wide bandwidth CU/DU integrate
low latency
5G AAU DU+CU
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Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Requirement for URLLC
Use case V2N for mid/ long-term V2X for short term environment V2X for cooperation
Smart grid
attribute environment modelling modelling (sensor sharing) (coordinated control)
<3 ms end-to-end for <5ms E2E for
Not critical (100 ms end-to- transmission/ grid
platooning, backbone,
Latency end seems to be tolerable) <20 ms end-to-end
<10 ms end-to-end for <50ms for distribution
cooperative manoeuvres. and <1s for access
99.9% – 99.999% for the
Reliability Not critical 99% – 99.999% Critical (99.999%) different domains/
applications
Source: NGMN “Perspectives on Vertical Industries and Implications for 5G”
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E2E Latency Requirement for URLLC and eMBB
gNB
UE 5G AAU CU for URLLC Core
DU CU for eMBB/mMTC
New CPRI
Backhaul
URLLC UPF URLLC UPF
Mini-slot
Processing Time BBU CPRI RRU UE
Length
Downlink <180μs 30μs <20μs 142μs/71μs <120μs
Uplink <200μs 30μs <20μs 142μs/71μs <100μs
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URLLC in 3.5G is difficult for commercial deployment
S S U S S S S S U S
• Due to cross-slot
interference, difficult to
deploy in network;
• Limited uplink slots lead to
uplink service bottleneck.
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Some information about Maturity on URLLC
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OSS Integration, UNICA
• We’re willing to integrate our 5G system with TEF’s NMS, as we did for
3/4G
• We understand we’re in the process of VRAN RFI and are waiting for
next steps for the instruction from TEF
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Large-capacity, wide-bandwidth, compact
64T64R 5G NR AAU - A9611
AAU
Advantages
• Smooth Evolution
• Large Capacity, High Output
A9611
Power
A9603
• Compact Design
A9815 • Smart Antenna Array,
Volume 57 L
Weight 40 kg Counter Interference
S35/S37: 200 W
Output Power
S45: 100 W
Application scenarios
IBW 200 MHz • The A9611 can be deployed
OBW 100 MHz in various scenarios, such as
S35: 3400-3700 MHz
sector coverage, hotspot, and
Operating Band S37: 3600-3800 MHz
S45: 4400-4800 MHz
high rise building coverage.
Antenna Gain 25.5 dBi
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Large-capacity, wide-bandwidth, compact
16T16R 5G NR AAU - A9603
AAU
Advantages
• Smooth Evolution
A9611 • Large Capacity, High Output
Power
A9603
• Compact Design
A9815 • Smart Antenna Array,
Counter Interference
R9105 BS9315
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Indoor Small Cell – QCell Solution
Cat6A & Above
QCell 700 1800 2100 2600 3500
Fiber Multi bands
2T2R 2T2R 2T2R 2T2R 4T4R
pBridge Any combination of 3.5G NR and one LTE Band
pBridge
pRRU R8139
100m
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5G Ready Product Make Simplified Network Evolution
2G/3G/4G 5G NR
5G Ready
One BBU
All Bands & All Modes
800MHz 1800MHz 2600MHz
900MHz 2100MHz 3500MHz Sub-6GHz mmWave
1 Time
Investment
Ultra-broadband
Multi-mode & Multi-band
2 Networks
Full Range
Services
eMBB
mMTC
Competitive 4G Network
Cloudification & Virtualization Ready for 5G Evolution URLLC
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Remote Radio Unit — ZXSDR R9212E
Specification
415 mm
Max TOC 2*80W
TxRx 2T4R
Typical Power
230W in LTE Single Mode
Consumption
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ZTE BBU - ZXRAN V9200 Roadmap
VBP VBP
Indoor BBU
ZXRAN V9200 VPD VSW/VGC VF
VPD/VEM
2 3 4 5
1.Virtualized Baseband Processing Board (VBPc1)/Virtualized General Computing Board (VGCc1) 2.Virtualized
Power Distribution Board (VPDc1) 3.Virtualized Power Distribution Board (VPDc1)/Virtualized Environment
Monitoring Board (VEMc1) 4.Virtualized Switching Board (VSWc1) 5.Virtualized Fan Array Module (VFc1)
Note: Suffix “c1” stands for the board/module type.
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Multi-Mode Radio Units HW Roadmap
2017&Before 2018 2019 2020
R9212E
600M 2*80W
Band28 R8854
4*40W
…
…
2G/3G/4G RRU
2G/3G/4G RRU
B8200 V9200
V9200
SDR BBU and IT BBU give flexible and suitable choices for 5G evolution! 75
Existing B8200 interworking of 4G and 5G(Backup)
Existing network Evolve to Option3x Evolve to Option7x
+ +
2G/3G/4G RRU 2G/3G/4G RRU 5G AAU 2G/3G/4G RRU 5G AAU