driving 'multi-x' deployments
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Driving ‘multi-x’ deploymentsAlan Law, Chair, Small Cell Forum
Annual revenues to hit $6bn in 2020
Annual small cell equipment revenues to hit $6bn in 2020, from more than $1bn in 2015• Overall small cell revenue growth: 41%
CAGR thru 2020• Enterprise small cell revenue growth: 61%
thru 2020• Urban small cell revenue growth: 25% thru
2020Key growth points: Enterprise - 185,000 non-residential small
cells delivered in Q1, up 78% year-on-year Urban - shipments grew 430% in 2015 New cell types – 380% growth in DRS 2015
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Source: Mobile Experts Q116
Tackling challenges of large scale HetNet
• Deployment logistics/workflow• Large-scale automation• Backhaul• Immature standards – NFV, SON• Spectrum availability• Future-proofing – SDN, 5G• Multi-vendor integration• Effective capacity planning• IoT support• Place in enterprise value chain
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Source: Rethink Research Q116
Latin America
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Enterprise segment to see 200% year-over-year growth in 2016
Joint SCF/GSMA taskforce to promote economic andsocietal benefits of dense networks to states & regulators
North America
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Enterprise segment to see 280% year-over-year growth in 2016
SCF collaboration with 5G Americas: Overcoming small cell siting and deployment challenges and the role of neutral host
small cells for 5G
Middle East
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Small cells at the heart of urban and smart city development
SCF working with regional carriers to promote the economic and security benefits of small cells to states & regulators
Europe
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SCF driving carrier requirements and interoperabilitythrough partnerships with ETSI and GSMA
Enterprise segment to see 200% year-over-year growth in 2016
India
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SCF invited to pull together a CTO roundtable todetermine carrier requirements for ultra-dense fully integrated
HetNets
Reliance Jio is increasing its pace of 150,000 small cell deployments with regional cable operator partnerships
Korea: Highest level of MBB use in world
Challenge: Massive capacity
India: Dense population but limited spectrumChallenge: Extreme spectral efficiency
APAC: 45% of enterprises say poor in-building coverage has very high impact on
businessChallenge: Indoor
penetration
Singapore: Cities and whole nations go mobile-
firstChallenge: ubiquitous
coverage and reliability
Asia-Pacific
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Small cells the primary way to address all the challenges
Common factor: Demand for dense HetNets
Key drivers vary in different regions:• Affordable urban capacity• Mobile-first enterprise• Digital divide and rural reach• Public safety/emergency• M2M applications• New consumer services esp video
But unified technology foundations for all - HetNet 2020
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We have laid our HetNet Foundations – 11th May 2016 @ scf.io
• 056 – SCF Roadmap: HetNet 2020 vision for 5G
• 170 – HetNet and SON Market Drivers
• 066 – Enterprise SON Use Cases• 077 – Urban SON Use Cases• 172 – Architecture Framework for
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“HetNet 2020 is about driving standards for next generation networks that will be all about interfaces and APIs, not just hardware form factors”
“HetNet is of a ‘multi-x environment’ – multi-technology, multi-domain, multi-spectrum, multi-operator and multi-vendor.
It must be able to automate the reconfiguration of its operation to deliver assured QoS across the entire network, and flexible enough to accommodate changing user needs, business goals and subscriber behaviours.”
Our HetNet 2020 vision
01/05/2023
Driven by changing operator needs
Operator requirement
HetNet Key enablers
2008 Fill coverage gapsTargeted capacityLower cost of data delivery
Targeted small cells interworking with macro
Femtocell gateway, interference management, resource management
2015 Dense capacity, deep indoor coverage esp enterprise, new services
Dense small cell layers, different cell formats, LE spectrum
Intelligent network selection,WiFi offload, new cell form factors, eICIC, SON, MOCN
2020 Ultra-dense capacity, IoT connectivity,
Many cell layers and spectrum bands, full HetNet stack inc API layer, security; virtualized small cells
MEC, virtualized small cell gateway, CoMP, API layer, bandwidth on-demand, multi-RAN aggregation
SCF056: HetNet and 5G evolution
2020 will not be all about 5G – important that 4G and 5G HetNets evolve in parallel and interworkOur take on 5G is about future-proofing current network investments:• Enable current and future technologies to
work together• Continually enhance automation and
virtualization to improve flexibility and TCO
• Reduce risk and accelerate commercial investments.
Published today @ scf.io/docs/056© Small Cell Forum Ltd 2016Source: EU 5G-PPP
SCF172: Integrated HetNet architecture
• Automation for massive scalability – advanced SON
• Intelligent use of multiple sources of spectrum, including LE
• Ultra-density without interference• Virtualization and software-driven
architectures• Flexibility to support multiple business
models (eg neutral host, vertical)• Support for IoT-optimized networks as
well as broadbandPublished today @ scf.io/docs/172
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SCF170: Operators poised to deploy
Survey of 70+ Tier 1 and 2 MNOs worldwide• Operators have ambitious plans to deploy key
HetNet enablers in 2016-20• Small cells and new spectrum are the
foundations – LE and TDD.• By 2020 operators will have broader set of use
cases, requiring complex mix of technologies• Over 80% of MNOs will be using non-
residential small cells, advanced SON, dedicated IoT connections, and integrated LE spectrum by 2020
• Strong progress to MEC, virtualization and MO – key enablers of new models
Published today @ scf.io/docs/170
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Source: Rethink
HetNet Foundations : helping the industry make sense of the HetNet Puzzle
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Join us – taking a leading role in shaping the future today
SCF is laying the foundations for future HetNet.
• Operators – ensure your requirements are captured in the new world of rapidly evolving platforms and standards
• Vendors – ensure your offer becomes part of the solution
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