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A Low Cost Solution To Increase Indoor
Coverage and Capacity
Femtocell
Improved Voice, Higher Data Rate, Macro Offload
With existing devices
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Data Usage Increasing Rapidly—Majority of
Voice and Data Usage Indoors
“ 3G
More deployed
Femtos than
“doubled
Mobile data traffic more than
in 2010, and predicted
“ 70% of all voice
and data traffic
3G Macros
” to grow 10-12x from 2010-2015
” indoor in 20081 ”
- Informa June 2011 - Strategy Analytics, March 2011 - Informa 2008
3 1Includes both data and voice traffic , indoor includes both home and office
Small Cells Will Provide
The Next Leap In Performance
Bring network closer to users and
leverage Hetnets1—add small cells—
for next leap in performance
1G: Voice
(Analog e.g. AMPS)
4 1Leveraging heterogeneous network topology: macro network with added small cells like picocells and femtocells
Femtocells Evolve To Femto Networks
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Femtocells Deliver Both End-User and
Operator Values—With Existing Devices
OPERATOR BENEFITS
END-USER BENEFITS
Hot-Spot Offload
Pico / Femto
Pico / Femto
WiFi Hot-Spots
Pico / Femto WiFi Hot-Spots
Macrocell
Tower Heterogeneous networks(HetNets)
—With Picocells/Open Femtocells
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Femtocells Offload the Macro Network and
Enable High Data Rates
14.5 Mbps
390 kbps
1.5X
250 kbps
X 180 kbps
Assumptions:
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Example for HSPA+. 16 Users per cell for dense urban HSPA+ system: 10 macro users and 6 home users served either by macrocell or added femto cells. Rx diversity and MMSE
Equalizer used. The median user data rates are shown. Note: Also, the worst 10% of macro users get ~15% higher throughput with proper interference management techniques.
Handset Advanced Receivers Even More
Beneficial for Femto Deployments
RECEIVE DIVERSITY AND EQUALIZER IMPROVES QUALITY AND CAPACITY
140 kbps
3.2 Mbps
X X
9 Assumptions: Dense urban system simulation for HSPA+. 16 Users per cell: 10 macro users and 6 home users served either by macrocell or added femto cells. Rx diversity and MMSE
Equalizer used. The median user data rates are shown for macro users and the 10% percentile for the ‘worst’ femto users.
Femtocells Require Innovative Interference
and Mobility Management
ENABLING LARGE SCALE DEPLOYMENTS
Femto Optimal
User coverage?
ALL PART OF
QUALCOMM’S UltraSON Unplanned femto
deployment
Macro
INTERFERENCE
More severe with User
restricted access
Typically
restricted
access
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Qualcomm’s Innovative Interference
Management—Part of UltraSON
ENABLING LARGE SCALE DEPLOYMENTS
INITIAL SELF-CALIBRATION
Network listen to select carrier,
set femto transmit power etc.
JAMMING
FEMTO RANGE TUNING
Sets optimal
Fine tune range with handset assistance Femto coverage:
Technician assisted for Enterprise femtos 1) Initial Calibration
2) Range Tuning
Macro
MACROCELL PROTECTION User
Protects Macro user
Limit femto user transmit power E.g. temporarily throttle femto power to
Set appropriate femto noise rise threshold protect active macro user
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Enables New Femto Zone Services
Femto RNC/
Gateway BSC
Operator’s
Network
LOCAL IP ACCESS
Connect locally to any IP
device (3G, WiFi, LAN etc)
Offload Femto backhaul Internet
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The Residential Femtocell Can Evolve to
a Home Entertainment Gateway
INTEGRATED SERVICES
Home Zone Push Personalization Home More…
Services Services based on usage and Control
user profile
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Up Next: Large Scale Enterprise Femtocell
Deployments
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Qualcomm: Industry Leading Femto Platform
State-of-the-Art UltraSON
interference, mobility and
discovery management
Baseband RF and With integrated multiband network listen
FSM 9xxx: Power Support for pilot beacons and active hand-in
UMTS/HSPA+ FTR8700
CDMA2000 1X RTR8605
EV-DO Rev. A/B PM8058
Commercial FSM Products
Launched in 2011
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A Low Cost Solution To Increase Indoor
Coverage and Capacity
Femtocell
Improved Voice, Higher Data Rate, Macro Offload
With existing devices
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www.qualcomm.com/technology
@qualcomm_tech
m.qualcomm.com/technology
http://www.qualcomm.com/blog
/contributors/prakash-sangam
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Thank You
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Qualcomm’s Innovative
Interference management
—Part of UltraSON
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Qualcomm’s Innovative Interference
Management—Part of UltraSON
INITIAL SELF-CALIBRATION
Network listen to select carrier, Sets proper femto coverage and
set femto transmit power etc.
minimizes impact on macrocell
Measure strength of macro signal
FEMTO RANGE TUNING (and other femto cells)
Fine tune range with handset assistance Power is set to achieve fixed
Technician assisted for Enterprise femtos femtocell coverage
MACROCELL PROTECTION
Limit femto user transmit power
Set appropriate femto noise rise threshold
based on femto location
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Qualcomm’s Innovative Interference
Management—Part of UltraSON
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Qualcomm’s Innovative Interference
Management—Part of UltraSON
INITIAL SELF-CALIBRATION
Network listen to select carrier,
set femto transmit power etc.
MACROCELL PROTECTION
Limit femto user transmit power Macro
Set appropriate femto noise rise threshold Device
based on femto location (or neighbor
femto device)
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Qualcomm’s Innovative Interference
Management—Part of UltraSON
INITIAL SELF-CALIBRATION
Network listen to select carrier,
set femto transmit power etc. Guest/macro user protection
Detect nearby active macro mobiles by
FEMTO RANGE TUNING monitoring uplink on macro frequencies
Fine tune range with handset assistance Temporarily throttle femto transmit power
(and beacon power) to protect an active
Technician assisted for Enterprise femtos macro user
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Qualcomm’s Innovative Interference
Management—Part of UltraSON
MACROCELL PROTECTION
Limit femto user transmit power
Location based femto noise rise
A femto closer to the macro is set to lower noise rise
Set appropriate femto noise rise threshold threshold to limit the interference created by the user
based on femto location trying to access the femtocell (To protect macro users)
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Qualcomm’s Pilot Beacon
for Femtocell Discovery
—Part of UltraSON
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Femto Beacons Ensure Efficient Femtocell
Discovery for Legacy Devices
Options to find femtocell
• CHANGES TO MACRO NETWORK
1 SETTINGS: Increase macrocell search
PROBLEM: FEMTO DISCOVERY parameter—impacts battery life
Carrier 1 Carrier 1
1Femtobeacon transmits on macro carriers not used by femto. 2Future standards
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enhancements will enable new devices to find femto faster, but not as efficient as beacons.
Femtocell Beacons Transmit On Macro
Frequencies to Trigger Search
Beacon triggers inter
frequency search
Temporarily reduces Macro Ecp/Io in
the vicinity of the femtocell
Voice quality not affected, no impact
on macro user’s throughput with
properly designed beacons
Macro signal
CPICH Ec/Io (dB)
-6 Beacon burst
Low power
beacon
-12
Sintersearch = 4 dB
UE trigger level for search
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Due to beacon
Low power beacon minimizes interference
Time (seconds) Periodic high power bursts ensures good coverage
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Summary: Qualcomm’s UltraSON
FEATURE DESCRIPTION
Network Listen Based transmit Power
Location aware transmit power calibration after femtocell is installed
Calibration (NLPC)
Controlled Limit on Mobile Power Dynamic capping of femto mobile transmit power to limit uplink impact
Uplink (CLIP) to macro
Interference Femto noise rise setting to protect femto/macro mobiles uplink
Macro Aware Rise Setting (MARS)
Management throughput
Suite Receive Diversity
Dual femto receive antennas to improve the uplink throughput of the
femto user and also to reduce the interference to macro network
Idle Mode Femtocell Discovery Fast and reliable femtocell discovery via pilot beacon transmission
Reliable macro to femto handover via pilot beacon for active mode
Mobility Active Hand-in
service continuity
Management Mobile Assisted Self Configuration Enhancement of femto Neighbor cell List configuration for reliable
Suite (MASC) femto to macro handover
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