LTE SW Roadmap (Aug-2015)

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This Roadmap presentation defines Airspan Networks' current

intention and is subject to change at any time without notice.

No purchases of currently available products are contingent

upon Airspan Networks delivering any feature or functionality
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2015

Aug

SR14.00

SR14.20

SR14.50

August 2015

October 2015

March 2016

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

3GPP Rel.10 Protocol Compliance

AirSON
ANR Phase-II
Auto-RSI Selection
C-SON Integration
DL Multi-Cell Interference
Management (DL-MCIM)
Mobility Load Balancing (MLB)
Mobility Robustness Optimization (MRO)
VoLTE Enhancements
VoLTE Prioritization
RoHC
Emergency Call Support
Short PDCP SN
CSFB to 3G (WCDMA/UTRAN) IOT Level
IPv6
UL Max TP Enhancement (MCS21-23)
WiMAX Coexistence Phase-I
Special Sub-Frame 5 Support
LTE Frame Shift Control
Statistics Enhancements

New Product Support

AirVelocity (PoE, WiFi) Product GA

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Apr

2016

SR14.50

SR14.00

Mar

IPSec (w/o performance validation)

CMPv2
PnP Enhancements
PnP with IPSec (Non-Secure BH)
PnP over iRelay
CSFB to CDMA2K
A1, A2, A4 Events
Call Trace
UE Category 6 Support
Load-Based Shedding
QoS-Based Handover
WiMAX Coexistence Phase-II
UL Subframe Symbol Suppression
Statistics Enhancements

New Product Support

AirHarmony 4000 Product GA

SR14.20
Limited Availability Release
eMBMS
X2 Load Reporting
C-SON Integration
RACH Optimization
Cell Outage Detection (COD)
Statistics Enhancements

Plan of Record

Plan of Intent

Licensing

Feature

AirVelocity 1000

AirSynergy 2000
AirHarmony 1000

Air4G
AirHarmony 2000

LTE Basic Operation (RTU)

VEL-SW-LTE-RTU

SYN-SW-LTE-RTU

Air4G-SW-LTE-RTU

Ciphering/Encryption

BS-LIC-KEY-ENCRYP

BS-LIC-KEY-ENCRYP

BS-LIC-KEY-ENCRYP

IEEE1588

VEL-SW-PTP-SLAVE

SYN-SW-PTP-SLAVE

SYN-SW-PTP-SLAVE (*)

AirSON Commissioning

VEL-SW-ASON-2

SYN-SW-ASON-2

Air4G-SW-ASON-2 (**)

C-SON Integration (AirHop)

VEL-SW-CSON-2

SYN-SW-CSON-2

Air4G-SW-CSON-2

eMBMS, eICIC, Carrier Agg.

VEL-SW-ADV

SYN-SW-ADV

Air4G-SW-ADV

RoHC

BS-SW-ROHC-1

BS-SW-ROHC-1

BS-SW-ROHC-1

VEL-SW-ASON-3

SYN-SW-ASON-3

Air4G-SW-ASON-3

(AES/Snow3G/SNMPv3)

(PnP, ANR, Auto-PCI, Auto-RSI)

AirSON Optimization
(MRO, MLB, D-ICIC, Self-Healing, RACH
Opt., CCO, Energy Savings, FHM)

(*) IEEE1588 not supported on Air4G

(**) PnP not supported on Air4G
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ANR Phase II Enhancing support to include automatic neighbor removal from the NRT
Auto-RSI Selection Automatically Selecting the Root Sequence Indicators based on a
calculation done on the chosen PCI value

C-SON Integration1

DL-MCIM Coordinated resource allocation among neighbor cells to reduce intercell interference in Downlink

MLB Reduce extent of load variations among cells in a network

MRO Reduce the handover failures by adjusting mobility parameters to enhance mobility (handover performance)

VoLTE Enhancements Improve voice calls scalability and reduce latency

Prioritization of VoLTE Signaling (QCI-5)

One VoLTE call per UE

Up to 64 simultaneous active VoLTE calls per eNodeB

Allocation-size per-TTI-per-Voice-call is defined according to the defined codec, and doesnt change during the duration of
the call

RoHC Robust Header Compression profile 1 support for QCI-1

Short PDCP SN - reduces the amount of bits used for PDCP SN field from 12bits to 7 bits for VoLTE traffic (QCI1)

Emergency Call Support Prioritization of emergency VoLTE calls, PSAP support

CSFB to 3G (IOT Level) Redirection of 3G calls to a pre-configured ARFCN

UL Max TP Improvement Extending UL MCS support up to MCS23, improving Uplink
throughput

WiMAX Coexistence Phase-I Adding support for SSF-5 and the ability to control the LTE Start
of Frame, in order to coexist with a specific WiMAX configuration
1. C-SON Integration is Vendor specific. Supported C-SON Vendors in this release: AirHop
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eMBMS Providing Multicast/Broadcast services with the ability to

connect to an external 3rd party MCE and eMBMS-GW (IOT with
Samsung)

C-SON Integration1
RACH Optimization Automatic configuration of the eNB with various RACH
parameters, as defined by the eSON server
CoD Cell Outage Detection based on cell monitoring

1. C-SON Integration is Vendor specific. Supported C-SON Vendors in this release: AirHop
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IPSec & CMPv2 Supporting a single IPSec ESP tunnel (tunnel mode), for integrating with
Security GWs (SeGW). CMPv2 protocol for X.509 certificate exchange with a Certificate
Management Server (CMS) is also added in order to support IPSec based on Operator-Specific
certificates
PnP Enhancements

PnP over iRelay Allowing Airspan eNodeBs to run over Airspans iRelay backhaul solution

PnP with IPSec SeGW and CMS integration into Airspans PnP flow

CSFB to CDMA2K Supporting Redirection of MO/MT-Calls to a legacy 1x ARFCN (CSFB

Rel.8)
A1, A2, A4 Events Adding support for A1, A2, A4 events and trigger-based measurement gap
assignment only for UEs crossing A1/A2 thresholds

Call Trace Adding S1AP/X2AP/Uu (RRC) interface tracing to an external Trace Server
Load-Based Shedding Controlling the UEs activity (idle) timer, based on the Active UE load
on the eNodeB
QoS-Based Handover Allowing the operator to configure blocked QCIs that shouldnt be
supported in the eNodeB. UE trying to establish a blocked QCI triggers a handover to a
preconfigured list of EARFCNs.
UL Subframe Symbol Suppression The ability to turn off transmission during the last symbol
of 2nd UL sub-frame every 5msec used for enhanced WiMAX coexistence

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LTE Interoperability

Interoperability Track Record

EPC (S1)

IPSec SeGW

Macro eNodeB (X2)

Air4G/AirSynergy UE Interoperability (Overview)

Samsung

USB Dongles

Handsets.

(Samsung)

Bandrich
(Qualcomm)

Sony
(Qualcomm)

NSN
(Altair)

Gemtek

ATEL MiFi

Apple

(Sequans)

(Sequans)

(Qualcomm)

Teles

Gemtek

(Qualcomm)

(Sequans)

Sierra Wireless
(Qualcomm)
LTE Router

Bandrich

Gemtek

(Qualcomm)

Netcomm
(Sequans)

Mitrastar

(Sequans)

(Altair)

Huawei

IDUs/ODUs

Airspan
(Sequans)

(Huawei)

Special Applications.
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