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A TMN eBOOK: LTE-A and Small Cell Deployment Strategies
comprehensive services business. voice and video services and fewer dropped calls.
Operators implementing LTE-A can enjoy upsurges
Deployment Approach
of network efficiency, monetised mobile broadband
Mobile operators have a tremendous opportunity take advantage of LTE-A to deliver increased and increased network capacity. But whats the best
to both serve and benefit from the development bandwidths, reduced latencies and higher uplink approach for an LTE-A deployment?
of new digital lifestyles across the world. To do and downlink throughputs to end users.
that they must deploy networks that deliver the Most importantly, we see our role as enabling Its no secret; weve all become data hogs. Maximizing spectrum with carrier
best experiences for end customers and for operators to deploy the advanced features aggregation and interference mitigation
content and applications partners. The operators in a phased manner,so they can control their
As todays smartphone users consume
that do this most successfully will achieve market network development in line with their business ever-increasing network resources, mobile As with any new technology that brings vastly
differentiation and access a broad range of value requirements whilst managing the increased different features than its predecessors, the
opportunities. complexity of 4G networks. operators are rushing to deploy their LTE roll-out of LTE-A is best taken in steps, weighing
Two technology roadmaps stand out to help This eBook, with a feature article from Renuka on the tactical advantage of each feature.
operators develop the capacities they need to take Bhalerao of Radisys and market infographic from networks to meet subscriber demand. This phased approach will begin with the
advantage of these opportunities: the development the team at The Mobile Network, explains the achievement of higher throughput through carrier
of heterogeneous networks and the introduction of importance of that phased approach, and the aggregation and enhanced MIMO, and improved
LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) features. At Radisys, we see relationship between the development of small interference mitigation through the implementation
the two as symbiotic, as heterogenous networks cells and LTE-A. of Enhanced Inter-cell Interference Coordination
(eICIC) techniques. Using LTE-A, mobile operators
can implement carrier aggregation both practically
and efficiently, by leveraging the use of their existing
spectrum to help achieve a higher bandwidth and
heightened speeds.
Carrier aggregation - a chief benefit of LTE-A
- allows operators to consolidate their non-
contiguous 3G spectrum and LTE frequency
bands to enable more data throughput at one
time. In effect, portions of existing spectrum can
be combined to attain higher speeds, enabling
up to 100 MHz of usable bandwidth. Increased
spectrum capacity delivers the 1Gbps data rates
required for high-demand services, such as HD
voice and video. It is worth nothing that the ability to
aggregate small amounts of spectrum from across
diverse bands will enable carriers with less optimal
spectrum allocations to compete with operators
that have much larger contiguous spectrum assets.
A TMN eBOOK: LTE-A and Small Cell Deployment Strategies A TMN eBOOK: LTE-A and Small Cell Deployment Strategies
GLOSSARY
Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (eICIC) LTE deployments in Japan are already very implementation, North American and of mobile, the robust Aggregation multiple component carriers transmission - CoMP refers to a set
and range extension all part of the LTE-A mature, and mobile operators are ready to European markets will soon follow, once functionalities of LTE-A add to are used to increase bandwidth in the of technololgies designed to increase
body of standards. leverage LTE-A technology to solve these their LTE architectures are sufficiently the complexity of the roll-out network. LTE-A definitions support the coordination between small cells, and
In many Asian countries, the dense issues. In addition, small cells deployments in place. In the USA, AT&T and Verizon process. The implementation of aggregation of up to 100MHz. between small cells and macro cells.
deployment of small cells makes it in Asia often exist on a different frequency have both stated they will reported to be Self-Organizing Networks (SON)
particularly prone to more interference and there is more available spectrum, looking at expanding capacity by using has served as a useful player in Range Extension - Balances the load Enhanced Inter-Cell Interference
and thus imperative to extend beyond making LTE-A a natural fit. NTT DoCoMo, CA to combine their respective 700 MHz LTE-A deployment, in terms of between small cells and the macro layer, Coordination (eICIC) - Inter-cell interference
traditional LTE with frequency reuse in Japan, and SK Telecom, in South Korea, and AWS spectrum holdings. In Europe, solving the practical issues that resulting in a more even distribution becomes a challenging issue in heterogenous
to provide the carrier aggregation and have both outlined plans to introduce the UKs EE has said it will trial Carrier come along with a mass rollout of radio resources between users. This network scenarios. eICIC uses advanced time
interference mitigation capabilities delivered Carrier Aggregation. SKT has said that it Aggregation during 2013, with the operator and architectural changes, effectively expands the range of small domain scheduling techniques to mitigate
by LTE-A. Because traditional LTE networks will have commercial Carrier Aggregation expected to look at combinations between as well as effectively aiding in cells deployed within a macrocell. interference between cells.
do not supply the necessary capacity and enabled in its network by September 2013, holdings in its 1800MHz and 2.6GHz bands. interference mitigation.
A TMN eBOOK: LTE-A and Small Cell Deployment Strategies
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LTE SMALL CELLS
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why a small cell strategy for public
access.
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(Mobile Experts)
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tr
30%
er
2016 - an 8x increase - with a total Wh of mobile traffic Downlink peak data rates up to 3Gbps. Uplink data rates
A Mass market?
over small cells
market value of over US$22 billion and WiFi in 2013 up to max 1.5Gbps .Support for up to 100Mhz bandwidth.
60%
(Infonetics Research) Maximum 8x8 MIMO downlink, 4x4 uplink. Higher spectral
1m
efficiency, from a maximum of 16bps/Hz in R8 to 30 bps/
PERCENT
1 million deployments, by end 2012.
LTE-A 2013 LAUNCHES PLANNED
98
of all mobile traffic Hz in R10. Carrier aggregation for better spectrum flexibility
over small cells and (JUST COOKING)
1m and higher bandwidth. CoMP and eICIC for improved
1 million+ by early 2013 mobile operators SAY WiFi by 2016
co-ordination. Enhanced SON techniques going beyond
1
>
jan 2014
(Juniper Research)
self-initialisation. Relaying for outdoor range extension. Small cell solutions with carrier
100K 100K Small cells are aggregation early 2014.
100k+ 100k+ essential for
> > LTE network
future networks progress 2013: LTE-Advanced is gearing Whats next for LTE-A
for true 4G prime time
100K
55%
Several hundreds of 248 in 87 and Small Cells?
!
thousands in the UK. countries by (Infonetics)
3GPP Release 12 - completion expected
end 2013
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LTE September 2014.Small Cell enhancements
li c a c c e s s w il 175 in 70
Pub o focus on smooth integration in the
s sold, but 73%
subscriber LTE-A and the HetNet
o f s m a ll c e ll countries end macro network, address improved
4% growth
say
200+ million
e In LTE advanced, the possibility for
the market valu
of May 2013 coordination between small cells and
efficient heterogeneous network macro, introducing dual connectivity.
4% V 73%
planning is increased by the Operators with diverse spectrum holdings
JAN 2012
12 million
public access introduction of eICIC and extensions to aggregate multiple smaller carriers.
countries end
175 in 70
of May 2013
to the X2 protocol that allow for Carrier aggregation also key for improving
most important better coordination between macro
and small cell layers, for both
TD-LTE throughput. Improved energy
efficiency through development of the
interference mitigation and mobility. Cloud RAN.
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with Radisys
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The deployment of small cells, the emergence of
HetNets (heterogeneous networks) and the leap
towards LTE-Advanceds promise to maximize
spectrum utilizationis making networks more
efficient, increasing capacity and coverage, and
enabling operators to monetize mobile broadband.
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