Small Cells
a Vital Part of Building a No-Edge
Network
Xiangjun Zhang/George Zhao
Huawei SmallCell Production Line
5 Nov. 2013
Trends
The Next Wave MBB, Everything on Wireless
Everything on wireless, MBB is changing peoples life
Connection (Bil.)
Digitalization
People to
people
50
Internet-formation
People to
people
People to PC
3 minutes/day
online
40
30
20
10
1980
Mobilization
People to
people
People to
machine
M2M
20 minutes /
day online
Intelligent
7*24 online
95%+
connection
on wireless
People
Things
Data
10 million
APP
mobile internet user
ratio: 50%+
2020
1 million mobile
APP
2013
iPhone launched
2011
Mobile user ratio:
2007
50%
1990
2000
2010
2020
2030
Resource: KPCB, comScore, IDC, Google, Apple, ITU
Mobile Network Transforming to Experience Oriented
Voice business
Coverage = Service
Voice requirement 12kbps
Data business
Experience = Service
Normal video (240p) 300kbps
HD Video (1080p) = 5Mbps
Operators Voted for important issue on MBB Network
Others
Source: Huawei user group meeting 2013, 300+ customers from 103
operators /organizations
Unbalanced Service Lead Challenges for
Experience
Sharp Capacity Demand in Hot Zone
Tokyo Hotspot traffic will increase 2000
3000 times, in Tokyo, therere more than
100 site per KM2
Indoor Takes Up 90% Data Traffic.
Small cell will be 50 times more than Macro
Voice Service
69.7%
30.3% Outdoor
Data Service
90%
10% Outdoor
Indoor
In China, 60% traffic in 20% cell and 60%
users in 20% cell
60%
60% traffic in 20% cell
40%
60% user in 20% cell
Indoor
Traffic load ratio
SmallCell+WiFi Co-Deployment to Capture Traffic
on Hot Area
A typical MBB network traffic load distribution
Statistics 8000 Cells network
Hotspot
Dense urban
Urban / Sub-Urban
80 Traffic
Rural
scenarios
20 traffic
SmallCell+WiFi
LTE
UMTS
GSM
Small+Wifi Co-deployment: Economical MBB Solution in valuable Hot Zone
SmallCell+Wi-Fi Complement Each Other for Better
MBB Experience
Spectrum and deployment decide quality of
network
Small Cell + Wi-Fi : 1+1>2
License spectrum
Mobility
Fetmo
(Home)
User deployed
Small Cell
(Hotspot +
public)
5
4
3
2
1
0
Terminal
QoS
Operator
controlled
Wi-Fi
(Home)
Wi-Fi
(Hotspot +
Enterprise)
Unlicensed spectrum
Coverage
Small Cell
WiFi
Capacity
Huawei SmallCell Solution
Main Concerns for SmallCell Outdoor
Implementations
1. Installation: How SmallCell to Satisfy Complex and Comprehensive Site Scenarios?
2. Transmission: How to Provide Flexible Backhaul for Complex and Comprehensive Site
Scenarios?
3. Experience: How to guarantee user experience among macro & micro, cellular & wifi?
Street Pole Street Tel-booth Roof-top
Gymnasium Metro-line Residential Indoor
Penetration
Installation: AtomCell Micro, One Box for Easy
Deployment
one site, one box, one cable:
Quick Deployment:30 minutes install,1 Engineer
Mounting
Dock
BTS
3 PoE
output
Compact Design: 5L/6kg
Dock: power, Lighten protection, backhaul
AAS Beamforming: adaption for
target area
Transmission: multi Backhaul for all senarios
V-band:
The smallest MW backhaul
TDD eRelay:
Leading industry
NLOS
PtMP
RRN
2.1L
PoE
400m@300Mbps
eRelay
BS
RRN
M2000
Complete Backhaul Solution
FE/GE
Macro site
Microwave/Wi-Fi/eRelay
xDSL
xPON
xPON intergation
Dock
FE/GE optical
Integration with
SFP ONU (xPON)
xDSL
Experience: provide Always-Best-Connection
Enhance operation
experience
MSA solution:
Multi service aggregation
Unified authorization
Unified Charging
SRC
(Single Radio
Controller)
Macro
Enhance terminal
experience
Small Cell & Wi-Fi
Convergence
wifi
Small Cell
Intelligent Wi-Fi Discovery
Smart Traffic Steering
Dual-stream
High Speed Reception
Case 1: SmallCell for LTE Capacity Layer in Korea
LTE Subscriber Increase 9 Fold in
2012
Micro for capacity layer Deployment: Lamppost +
PON
Hotspot capacity
1
Lamppost
for easy site
acquisition
LTE occupy 50%+ in Total Wireless Traffic
55963
60000
47581
50000
40000
30000
41985
33900
29748
27687
Rich EPON
resource for
backhaul
Micro L2100
19532
20000
10000
Independent deployment
with dedicated carrier
Macro L800
12578
2838
SFP ONU
insert to
BTS
5525
201201 201203 201206 201209 201212
Wireless Traffice(TB)
LTE Traffic(TB)
Case 2: Macro/Micro Co-Channel Deployment in
Barcelona
Enhance Outdoor Coverage & Capacity by Outdoor Small Cell
4 Macro + 6 Micro lasted for 1.5
months
Outdoor RSCP
-70
Macro3
-90
Macro
-4
Cluster Traffic
10000
79%
33%
Macro1
S0
S1
HSUPA
mW per Mbps
1.6
10%
f2
11%
1.1
Power Consumption
Saved
f3
Macro Baseline Shared Carrier
Scenario 0
(S0)
Scenario1
(S1)
Seprate-Carrier
Scenario 2
(S2)
0.6
S0
S1
S2
Data Traffic
Increased
~50%
0
HSDPA
f1
S2
46%
24%
5000
Macro-2
13dB
Scenario Scenario Scenario
0
1
2
15000
Coverage improved
-80
12.8dB 13.3dB
S3
10%
Case 3 : Provide Best Experience for Bullfighting
Event in Madrid
Small Cell hidden in the ceiling
eRelay backhaul
Micro expand capacity 250%
Macro capacity limited
by Connections & congestions
120m
HSDPA&HSUPA Volume (MB/hour)
eRelay BS 1
600m
eRelay BS2
RRN1
small cell1 small cell2 small cell3
RRN2
small cell4 small cell5
RRN3
small cell6 small cell7small cell8
350m
Operator: SmallCells deployed shall manage 100% traffic created by events in Las
Ventas
Huawei Solution: LampSite for Indoor
Coverage&Capacity
On wall
On ceiling
pRRU
pRRU
Multi Mode
MIMO
Only 2.5L,3kg
Cat5/6
Ethernet
High Capacity
Support UL,WiFi evolution
rHUB
Optical
Fibre
CPRI Hub for
pRRU
4 level cascade
8pRRU/rHUB
Capacity expansion by Software
LTE 2*2 MIMO
rHub
BBU
Multimode
Share BB with Macro
SingleOSS
Fast Deployment
3box, Ethernet+Fibre
Ethernet replace RF cable
60% labor cost saving
Manageable
E2E OM, same M2000 as
macrocell
LampSite Deliver Services to Enterprise: New
Customer, New Revenue
IP PBX
Location
Analytics
LIPA
Mobile
Fixed
Cloud service
enabler
Coverage &
Capacity
2013, 3G & LTE
Value Added
Services
Location
Analytics
IP PBX
Wi-Fi
LIPA for FMC
Cloud services
Summary: AtomCell+WiFi Portfolios Satisfy
Multiple Scenarios
U+L Pico
RRU, Wi-Fi
Office Area
Enterprise
UMTS
Micro, Wi-Fi
Commercial
Squares
shopping
Street
Public
LTE
Micro,
Wi-Fi
Large scale
Indoor
LTE Pico,
Wi-Fi
Office
Residential
area
Family
Hotel
Cafe
Shopping Mall
Residential
Suburban
Gymnasium
Opera house
Downtown
Street
Airport Terminal
Rural
Campus
Cellular/Wi-Fi Coordination HetNet
Macro/Micro
Co-Carrier
Interference
Control
Indoor/Outdoor
Share BBU
Reduce the
interference
Carrier Grade WiFi
Convergent with
RAN
70% Traffic generated from indoor
Single BBU serve outdoor and
indoor
High utilization of
Frequency
double capacity
WiFi/3GPP
WiFi as 4th mode
eCordinator ,Share controller
with GUL
WiFi
WiFi
LTE
Same BBU
Micro
UMTS
GSM
Macro
pRRU by LampSite
eCo
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