Deployment Stories
Rapid Deployment in LA warehouse
iBwave’s tablet based tools reduce small cell planning to a
single site visit of 2 hours for a 7 floor building
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Call Center Case Study
– 140,000 square feet
– 500 SIMS in each outer User Area
– Unlimited data plans on devices
– 100% of devices on single operator User Area User Area
– (4) BC 4/13 RN-310’s per User area
– (5) RN-310 - Training area in middle
– Backhaul - 1 Gb port/100Mb CIR
Average Daily Backhaul Usage Average RABs CSSR and HO
Downlink: 125Gb 530,000 per day Consistent 99% or better range
Uplink: 10Gb ERAB Drop Rate 0.50% RF Link Capacity
Traffic Average: 50Mbps Operating peaks don’t exceed 20-30%
Verizon meet ultra high density demand for VoLTE and Video
in call centre using SpiderCloud small cells
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Crowdsourcing Bus station improves MBB experience
Small Cell ecosystem enables extensive and commercial deployment
The Venue: The Solution:
• The Second largest city in Brazil.
• 6M people per year • Fast Installation
• Total Area：1.3B square meters • Easy Infrastructure
• Clean and Intelligent Design
• Fast Hot Spot Coverage
Deployment
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• Site acquisition in urban area
• Camouflage base station
Macro neighbor cell Micro cell Macro neighbor cell Micro cell
• Greatly improved user experience and On load mobile traffic.
Huawei & VIVO cooperate with Bus Stop company in Rio to solve
site acquisition issues and enable urban hot spot deployment
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Bringing cellular to disadvantaged rural communities
Challenge: bringing coverage to the remote village of
Santa Maria Yaviche in Mexico with very low ARPU
Solution Leverage open source:
• Base station with a built-in PBX from Fairwaves
• Uses Lime field-programmable RF devices
• Flexible RF platform, covers all cellular bands
• Allows villagers to make free calls to one another
• Enhanced medical coverage
• 14 concurrent voice connections
• Long distance calls via satellite internet
• Simple “do-it-yourself” installation
• Programmability mitigates interference
More info:
www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1320012
Open Source small cells from Lime Microsystems enable
Mexican operator to serve remote village with very low ARPU
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Rural & Remote Small Cells in Japan
Secluded Station
Peaks on public holidays
Ski Resort
used in winter
Mountain Trail
Most used in summer
More examples
Softbank's rural and remote small cells exploit seasonal
variations to reduce their satellite backhaul bandwidth
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SURE SIGNAL PREMIUM CASE STUDY
8 Floors
Customer: UK Government National Agency: 1.8 million employees and a £110 Billion
annual operating budget 380+ Subscribers
Challenge: Highly mobile employees require excellent mobile services and great indoor
cellular service in Grade Two Heritage building in London
Solution: Services Node installed in Department of Health (DoH) 45 Radio Nodes
• Data Center and 45 Radio Nodes installed in the site,
• Utilized DoH’s enterprise LAN/VLAN Architecture
• Onsite installation completed in two evenings
• Outcome: Excellent mobile coverage throughout building
• Helped converged Voice over IP Strategy to be successful
• 600 voice calls and 46,000+ data sessions per day 1 Services Node
• DoH Now considering deployment at additional facilities across England
Vodafone & SpiderCloud deliver converged VoIP service to
UK Department of Health with Sure Signal Premium
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SURE SIGNAL PREMIUM CASE STUDIES
11 Floors
Customer: A world leader in consumer products, Global leader in many categories.
1,800+
Challenge: Multi-tenancy major office in London Subscribers
• Historic façade, modern interior, open-plan atrium
• 36,000 m2, 8 floors, next to major London Underground station
• 3 floors Sub basement needing coverage
• Strong macro signal on ground floor
49 Radio Nodes
Solution:
• 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
• Outcomes
• A Very Happy Customer enjoying excellent 3G coverage throughout building 1 Services Node
• 50% decrease in load on macro-cells, Zero disruption to Unilever operations and
infrastructure. 3,000 Voice + 94,000 Data calls per day
Vodafone & SpiderCloud deliver excellent coverage to
Unilever with Sure Signal Premium
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SURE SIGNAL PREMIUM 9 Buildings
CASE STUDIES
79 Floors
Challenges:
• A range of organisations with highly mobile employees requiring excellent mobile
10,400+
indoor voice and data, integrated with existing IT systems and services Subscribers
Solution:
• Sure signal premium radio nodes utilizing existing LAN/VLAN architecture
• Services node installed in existing data center
• Onsite installation completed typically in 1-2 evenings with zero disruption to services Radio Node
• Outcomes:
• Excellent reliable indoor coverage for the companies employees
• Reduced load on the Vodafone’s outdoor macro network
Services Node
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Vodafone & SpiderCloud bring excellent indoor mobile coverage
with zero disruption to a range of UK organisations
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University Case Study
Deployed 3G indoor small cells over 1700sqm university campus
Leveraging existing Wi-Fi sites and infrastructure to add great 3G voice
Before: 3G Macro After: Macro + small cells
KPIs
Call setup success
Call drop ratio
EcNo ≤ - 7dB 98% of walk route EcNo ≥ - 9dB 97% of walk route
Cisco upgrade existing Wi-Fi access points to add a great 3G
voice service with low incremental CapEx & OpEx
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Outdoor aggregated capacity(Mbps)
Softbank trials Airspan’s early nFAPI virtualised small cell in
Tokyo HetNet, demonstrating 4-6x capacity gains
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Alcatel Lucent small cells integrate with street furniture
leveraging existing site services organisation
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C-RAN Small Cells Conquer a Coliseum
Packed 7,600 seat coliseum Excellent user experience:
at Fort Hays State University, 66 mbps download speed
Kansas on a 10 MHz LTE channel
Simple deployment:
2-day physical installation,
3 weeks from start to
CommScope/Airvana volume use
OneCell® System deployed Low cost:
by Nex-Tech Wireless Half the cost of upgrading
the DAS to 4G
Nex-Tech Wireless deliver high density LTE to 7,600 seat
university venue using OneCell® from Commscope/Airvana
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Cutting Edge Retail at Marina Bay Sands
A Smart Retail Solution enabled by LampSite and Service Anchor
The Venue: The Solution:
• One of the largest luxury shopping centers in Asia Service Anchor enables new revenue and
• 40 million visitors per year business models through location based services
• Total Area：100,000 square metres
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The challenge: LTE traffic up 95% Average 40Mbps/cell
• Poor LTE service provided by external macrocells
• Complex and costly upgrade for existing DAS system LampSite delivers high quality MBB coverage and
• Accurate location required for Smart Retail high accuracy location information
StarHub Singapore enhance MBB & enable smart retail services in
Marina Bay Sands Hotel with Huawei LampSite & Service Anchor
Huawei Smart Retail Solution
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Satisfying MBB demands in Workers’ Stadium
On-demand capacity expansion enabled by LampSite
The Venue: 60000
LampSite Installed 25.0%
The Solution:
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• Beijing Workers’ Stadium
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Dedicated LTE LampSite
• Beijing’s premium venue for sports & events
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• Seating for 62,000 spectators + VIP areas 40851 10.0%
increases data usage and 20000 33291
• Total Area：150,000 square metres 3.2% 3.8% 3.3% 3.9% 5.0%
improves user experience
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LampSite provides remote cell splitting for simple,
cost effective capacity expansion
The challenge:
• Current 2G/3G DAS system has 8 cells.
• 10 cells required to serve current LTE demand
Initial 10 cell config to limit Soft upgrade to 59 Cell to
• LTE demand will require 59 cells in 3-5 yrs interference & HO satisfy MBB demand
Satisfying ever increasing MBB demands in Beijing Workers’ Stadium
A smart stadium case from Huawei in partnership with CUCC
Huawei Small Cell Solutions
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Driving Revenue by MBB onload in Beijing Airport
High Performance Mobile Broadband enabled by LampSite
The Venue:
• The largest airport in China. The Solution:
• 80M passengers per year
• Total Area：1.4M square metres LampSite deployed Download peak
throughout the airport 146Mbps
99.97% area RSRP>-100dBm
within 3 months:
• Only 4 working hours/day
• 2,200 pRRUs
upload peak
49Mbps 99.16% area SINR>6dB
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Delivering superior user experience & increasing revenue in Beijing Airport.
An example of MBB on-load with Huawei LampSite and CUCC
Huawei Small Cell Solutions
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Connecting the Unconnected: Aspiring to a 100% Coverage in a Developed Market
• With cost-effective-reliable wireless 3G and 4G
for voice and data in place, even most remote
areas will have the technology necessary to stay
connected with family and friends, attract new
business, sustain existing businesses, decrease
the need to commute, and reduce environmental
impact.
Easy and
Low CAPEX &
fast Innovation Resilience
OPEX
deployment
• Node management from the • Cost-effective small cells with • Commodity components small cells Automatic re-routing in case of link
cloud self-configuration and integrated backhaul incl. mesh only • vRAN architecture to make rural cellular as failures or damaged nodes
self-optimization a few require fixed backhaul easy/cost-effective to deploy and maintain
• Lite planning/install under 1 hr • Multi-mode cells provide 3G/4G/Wi-Fi as Wi-Fi
reliable voice and data coverage • Low power consumption
EE brings 3G/4G to rural communities w/Parallel Wireless
small cell tech eliminating the need for masts/cabling:
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Control, Coverage, and Resilience for Public Safety LTE Networks Today and Tomorrow
• MACC (Milford Area Communications Center) Base
Public Safety LTE field trial in NH, US operated under
FCC Special Temporary Authorization for LTE Band 14
and demonstrated easy to install and maintain resilient
public safety HetNet in rural US.
• MACC base personnel benefited from resilient voice and
data in-building and remote coverage enabled by
intelligently orchestrated fixed & in-vehicle small cells
with LMR/PMR interoperability
Bring Your Own
Backhaul Network
Interoperability Coverage
Flexibility Resilience
(BYOC)
Unique in-vehicle or specialized HetNet Gateway (HNG) works with any Flexible backhaul provides many options in BYOC capability on the in-vehicle small
small cell communications hub vendor small cells and EPC, provides LTE case primary fails while HNG dynamically re- cell extends the macro coverage or
with integrated 3G/4G/Wi-Fi and/or LMR connectivity through LMR routes traffic in case of failures. Local EPC can enables instant ad hoc “coverage
access & flexible backhaul in the gateway, and works with any carrier. be deployed and take over in emergencies. bubbles” to provide coverage to
same form factor. backhaul-challenged areas
Public Safety LTE in NH trials Parallel Wireless' mesh-enabled
intelligently orchestrated mobile/fixed small cells
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Private LTE HetNet Connects Remote Oil Operations
Challenge Networks Beach Energy is Australia’s largest onshore oil producer
deployed the private
LTE HetNet with
Nokia’s Flexi Zone
Small Cells and
Multiradio 10 Base
Stations
“The new LTE network allows our staff to access key systems, facilities
and production information throughout our western Cooper Basin field
area, reducing requirements for travel between sites, making operations
more efficient, saving money and significantly enhancing safety”
Neil Gibbins, Acting Chief Executive Officer at Beach Energy Ltd
Beach Energy selects Nokia Networks and Challenge
Networks to deploy private LTE small cell HetNet
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Small Cell HetNet in Manhattan
Optimal small cell placements -
Traffic hotspots with high
PRB per MB cost
AT&T uses HARP tool to optimise outdoor small cell placement
at traffic hotspots with high PRB per MB cost
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