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November 2009
What’s Next for CDMA
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1 Executive Summary
Mobile services have experienced a phenomenal expansion in recent
years. Both voice and broadband data services have registered record
growth in developed and emerging markets. CDMA2000, a leading 3G
technology, is at the center of this global proliferation, with more than 280
operators worldwide embracing it to offer cost-effective voice and
broadband data services. The CDMA Development Group (CDG)
announced in September 2009 that the CDMA subscriber base crossed
500 millions, reaching a remarkable milestone. That subscriber base is
forecasted to grow to more than 630 millions by 2013, primarily driven by
growth in China, India, and other emerging markets.
Multicarrier, the first phase of EV-DO Rev. B, is the natural next step for
today’s vastly successful EV-DO Rev. A networks. Multicarrier is a simple
software-only upgrade, expected to be commercial in the latter part of
2009. Multicarrier triples data rates for all the users in the cell and can
double the capacity for bursty applications such as Web browsing. The
second phase of Rev. B, which involves a simple channel card upgrade,
further increases data rates and capacity through the introduction of
higher order modulation 64 QAM and BTS Interference cancellation (also
known as Reverse Link IC). DO Advanced, another software upgrade,
introduces a new dimension of improvement, and substantially improves
network capacity and data rates by exploiting inherent uneven loading in
the networks. The benefits of DO Advanced can be realized immediately
after the upgrade as it improves network performance with the existing
device base.
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As shown in Fig. 3, both 1X and EV-DO have strong and well established
evolution paths. Both of these evolution paths provide simple, cost-
effective upgrades that are future-proof and fully backward compatible.
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Peak rate for 3 EV-DO carriers supported by initial implementation.
2
Peak rate for 3 EV-DO carriers with 64QAM in the DL. Rev. B standard supports up to 15 aggregated Rev. A carriers.
3
Peak rates are for 4 EV-DO carriers, assumes 2x2 MIMO and 64QAM in the DL and 16 QAM in the UL (as defined in DO Rev. C standards)
4 5
Capacity increase possible with new codec (EVRC-B) and handset interference cancellation (QLIC). 4x increase with receive diversity; 3x without
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Figure 4: Rev. B’s Multicarrier triples data rates for all users in the cell
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Note: Based on lab measurements using realistic traffic models from the web. The average burst download time (over the
air) is reduced ~ 66%. The capacity gain depends on the sector load which in this case is typical for a EV-DO Rev. A
system.
CSM6850 benefits not only multicarrier networks, but also single carrier
networks, providing a peak rate of 4.9 Mbps per every 1.25 MHz CDMA
carrier. CSM6850’s ability to support up to four carriers on a single
channel card enables better integration of BTS, thereby reducing upgrade
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“….We are considering the costs as well as network opex. Also, CSM6850 based solution can
release date and how much support up to 20 MHz of spectrum (15 EV-DO carriers) with only two
speed can be increased.
channel cards, The commercial launch of the CSM6850 chipset is
Nevertheless, migration to
multi-carrier technology can be expected in late 2009.
done at low cost, and it
increases spectrum 4.3 EV-DO Rev. B is Gaining Momentum
efficiency……”
The interest in EV-DO Rev. B is steadily growing worldwide, especially in
- Tadashi Onodera,
President, KDDI markets where operators have deployed multiple Rev. A carriers to cater
to the growing demand for data services.
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There are three Smart Network techniques that are a core part of DO
Advanced:
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the uplink data rates for cell-edge users. Another important observation is
that any improvement in the uplink data rates significantly improves
latency of applications like Web browsing on the downlink, especially for
users at the cell-edge. Hence, with MTD, the user experience of bursty
applications is greatly enhanced.
Given the fact that it provides a significant capacity increase over today’s
1X networks and that it is simple to implement via a channel card
upgrade, 1X Advanced is a natural next step for CDMA2000 1X network
operators.
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Figure 9: Immediate capacity increase up to 2.3x by leveraging available MSMs supporting MRD
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Figure 11: SVDO establishes independent 1X voice and EV-DO data sessions
The SVDO feature will be supported in new devices, and will work with 1X
or 1X Advanced with EV-DO Rev. A or Rev. B. Qualcomm is planning to
support the SVDO feature in all of its new EV-DO MSM chipsets.
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TD-LTE is the optimal solution for the global unpaired TDD spectrum.
Since TDD systems covers a smaller area compared to FDD systems for
the same frequency, TD-LTE can be utilized to augment capacity in dense
urban hotspots, effectively complementing underlying EV-DO and FDD-
LTE networks. TD-LTE will leverage the large FDD-LTE/3G ecosystem,
and hence will be more cost-effective than alternative TDD solutions in
the market.
In the quest to reach new heights in user experience, both LTE and EV-
DO are evolving in parallel (as illustrated in Fig.14). Rev. B and DO
Advanced are the natural evolution paths for EV-DO networks, as they
improve performance through simple, cost-effective upgrades that
leverage existing assets. LTE, on the other hand, will be primarily driven
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10 Conclusion
CDMA2000 already provides an excellent voice solution with 1X and a
mobile broadband solution with EV-DO. CDMA2000 is supported by a
large ecosystem of operators; infrastructure and device vendors; and
applications and services developers, providing economies of scale. Both
1X and EV-DO have strong evolution paths, successively increasing
capacity, data rates and user experience. The evolutions are simple, cost-
effective, incremental, and in many cases software-only upgrades,
leveraging operators’ existing infrastructure assets.
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