LTE 1800MHz Band Re-farming Trial Case at Indosat

Toni Pribadi Head of Technology Planning PT. Indosat Tbk

LTE Asia Conference Singapore 6-7 September 2011

Agenda

LTE 1800 Ecosystem Indosat LTE Trial 1800 Summary and Next Plan

LTE Current Worldwide Ecosystem

Proportional LTE Networks by Frequency Band
Second largest Ecosystem of LTE - GSM Evolution 2.3 GHz 1800 MHz TDD 15% 800 MHz
1% 1 : 2100 Mhz 15% 3 : 1800 MHz 8% 4 : AWS 2% 5 : 850MHz 37% 7 : 2.6 GHz 2% 8 : 900 MHz 11 : 1500 MHz Japan 2% 12 : 700MHz lowAC 5% 3% 13 : 700MHz upC 17 : 700MHz lowC 1% 19 : 850MHz Japan 1% 20 : 800 MHz EDD 8% 4% 38 : 2.6 Ghz TDD 9% 40 : 2.3 GHz TDD 2% 41 : 2.5 GHz TDD

Proportional LTE Device Band Support

800 MHz EDD, 10% 700MHz AT&T, 20% 1800 MHz, 10% AWS, 6% 2.6 GHz, 14%
6% 1 : 2100 Mhz 10% 3 : 1800 MHz 6% 4 : AWS 14% 7 : 2.6 GHz 2% 8 : 900 MHz 11 : 1500 MHz Japan 2% 12 : 700MHz VzW 27% 13 : 700MHz AT&T 20% 20 : 800 MHz EDD 10% 40 : 2.3 GHz TDD 2% 38 : 2.5 Ghz TDD 1%

2.6 GHz 37%

LTE Network Live or in Deployment : 110

Source : Alcatel Lucent Analysis, June 2011

700MHz VzW, 27%

Total Current Device Model 161

Source : GSA Report : Status of the LTE Ecosystem, July 29, 2011

15% LTE Network is operating in 1800 MHz 16 LTE Devices ready support LTE 1800 MHz
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More Operators Commit to LTE 1800

Current LTE Spectrum in Indonesia (1)

700 MHz
518 ANALOG TV BROADCAST
Digital Switchover : TV Digital implementation plan, 2018 for major Big Cities

798

800 MHz

900 MHz

Current LTE Spectrum in Indonesia (2)

1800 MHz

2300 MHz
2300 2360 2390 WiMAX 802.16d (15 zone) 2400 USO Telkomsel

Will be Auctioned

2600 MHz

Indonesian regulatory has not allocated specific frequency band for LTE 1800 is the most possible for re-farming Technology agnostic should be applied in conjunction to new frequency fee scheme

Ecosystem Re-farming Frequency for LTE 1800

GSM 900 DCS 1800 UMTS 2100 Subscriber Subs Market Share
4.6% 20.5% 46.3% 6.1% 19.6%

15 MHz 10 MHz 7.5 MHz 20 MHz 22.5 MHz 10 MHz 7.5 MHz
Source: company report

5 MHz 10 MHz 10 MHz 5 MHz 10 MHz

9.5 Million 42 Million 95 Million 12.5 Million 40.1 Million

7.5 MHz

Total Mobile Subs around 205 M YE 2010. 1800 re-farming will be preferable by two operators that have 67% market share
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Agenda

LTE 1800 Ecosystem

Indosat LTE Trial 1800 Re-farming Process for Hot Spot LTE Examining Adjacent Interference Examining Co-Channel Interference

Summary and Next Plan

Trial Objectives Promote to regulatory that Indosat is ready to refarm existing 1800 freq for LTE Leading Indonesia Mobile Broadband technology Gain experience with LTE in terms of performance, latency, RF behavior, and endto-end functionality.
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Indosat LTE 1800 Trial Environment

eNodeB-Bali
HSS MPLS eNodeB-Surabaya Serving-GW /PDN-GW Internet

MME

1.Non commercial trial in building in two cities: i. eNode B NSN FMR 1/1/0, 2x2 MIMO ii. MME, S-GW/P-GW, HSS Emulator iii. User Equipment: BandLuxe C501 2.10 MHz 1800 Frequency, FDD, ARFCN 736-786: i. 1755 1765 MHz UL ii. 1850 1860 MHz DL

BandLuxe C 501, LTE Cat 3, 2x2 MIMO, DL 100 Mbps 64 QAM , UL 50 Mbps 16 QAM

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Re-farming 1800 MHz Frequency for Hot Spot LTE (in building)
Re-farming Process: 1. Determine target KPI : LTE SINR: 25 2. Scanning for LTE frequency band. 3. Turn on LTE eNodeB. Measure SINR target. 4. Gradually clear the surrounding BTS from 10 MHz used by LTE Frequency clearance up to 4 km from LTE hot spot

4 km

SINR 25 is achieved after clearance within 4 km in this area (urban area). The same Frequency 1800 block may be re-used out side 4 km radius.
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Test Result LTE Transmission Bandwidth

Channel Bandwidth

Transmission Bandwidth (nRB x 180kHz)

100kHz

180kHz

RB

RB

RB

foffset
2G-LTE Carrier Spacing
LTE Transmission bandwidth configuration

Channel bandwidth (MHz) Transmission bandwidth (MHz)

RB

1.4
1.08
5 MHz

3.0
2.7

RB

5.0
4.5

10.0 15.0 20.0

9.0 13.5 18.0
3GPP TS 36.101

LTE Channel Bandwidth = 10.0 MHz LTE Transmission Bandwidth = 9.0 MHz (i.e. [1850.5 1859.5] MHz)

4.5 MHz

LTE 10.0 MHz

0.5 MHz 12

Test Result Co-channel Interference

After, LTE EIRP 10mW, DCS BTS 20W After, LTE EIRP 6mW, DCS BTS 12W After, LTE EIRP 6mW, DCS BTS 20W

30
20

LTE needs more clean spectrum Interference planning and RF optimization is a must-do

2G - SQI

10
0

-10
-20

-30 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

LTE - DL Throughput (Mbps)

DCS BTS

LTE E NODE B

UE MS LTE DCS Good

UE MS LTE DCS Average

UE MS LTE DCS Poor

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Test Result Adjacent Channel Interference

Before Interference After, 200 KHz Guard Band 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 After, No Guard Band After, 400 KHz Guard Band

Before Interference After, 200 KHz Guard Band 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 -5 0 5 10

After, No Guard Band After, 400 KHz Guard Band

UL Throughput (Mbps)

DL Throughput (Mbps)

SINR (dB)

SINR (dB)

15

20

25

30

With SINR maintain in good level above 20:

SINR Before Interference NO Guard Band 200 KHz Guard Band 400 KHz Guard Band 26.46 26.64 26.54 27.06 DL Tput Mbps 71.47 56.18 68.64 71.40 % maintain 100% 79% 96% 100% UL Tput Mbps 18.70 18.69 18.70 18.70 % maintain 100% 100% 100% 100% 2G SQI 16.05 18.51 19.32
DCS BTS

LTE E NODE B

UE LTE Good

MS DCS

UE LTE

MS DCS

UE LTE Poor

MS DCS

Average

In this hot spot scenario, It requires at least 200 KHz guard band with GSM system to maintain DL performance and DCS SQI Uplink performance remain constant.
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Test Result Throughput & Latency

Test Single User Throughput Download Single User Throughput Upload Cell Throughput (2 users) Cell Throughput (4 users) Latency SINR 26.1 29.4 22 25 20 25 Result Avg. 71 Mbps Avg. 17 Mbps Total 70 Mbps Total 65 Mbps 23 ms

User SINR is impacted by own cell load. The more the number of users in the cell, the more is the interference thus affecting total cell throughput. further investigation
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Agenda

LTE 1800 Ecosystem

Indosat LTE Trial 1800 Summary and Next Plan

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Summary and Next Plan

Summary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. LTE in 1800 MHz is promising ecosystem in Indonesia. Gradual re-farming process can be done quickly by understanding the boundaries of re-farming distance radius. LTE needs cleaner spectrum. Interference planning and RF optimization is a must-do. Guard band is proposed to maintain LTE DL performance and 2G SQI. As the result of this trial, at least 200KHz guard band is needed. LTE re-farming is a potential strategy for Indosat.

Next Plan

Further exploration of RF characteristics: macro, dense urban

Business feasibility of LTE re-farming: deployment strategy, cost analysis, application Indosat will promote 1800 as LTE re-farming spectrum
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Thank you

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