lte ebook no 6 - what next after day 1 lte deployment?”

“How will I get to where I want to be? State-of-the-art all the way… No tradeoffs for me.”

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Take a huge step ahead

Published February 2014

Build a state-of-the-art ultra-broadband network

Use wideband radios and LTE-A to set your network apart

Move ahead with virtualized RAN

Venture beyond voice: Deploy VoLTE and IMS

Transform your subscribers’ experience in crowded places

Go for ultimate operations

Why Alcatel-Lucent LTE express


Up to

123%UL CAPACITY

GAINSU-MIMO 1x8

56%GAIN IN ULCELL EDGE

RATE40 Mbps

20 Mbps

20 Mbps

F1

F2

DYNAMIC SWITCHING

Improves overall capacity, coverage and user QoE at cell edge

Optimizes coverage for different technologies

BEAM FORMING UL/DL DIFFERENTIATED TILT

Optimizes cell edge and improves mobile device battery life

Base Coverage

Inner Beam Outer Beam30%GAIN IN ULCELL EDGE

RATE

BEAM FORMING TILT BY STANDARD/BAND

100%GAIN IN ULCAPACITY

DL/UL

BEAM FORMING TILT BY CARRIER (vertical sectorization)

Improves capacity by adding sectors without adding antennas

Build a state-of-the-art ultra-broadband networkYou want to differentiate yourself from your competitors and

future-proof your network investment. And to keep subscribers

happy, you need to provide better coverage, capacity and

performance to deliver a high quality of experience (QoE)

everywhere, even as network traffic increases exponentially.

How can you do all this?

With a state-of-the-art ultra-broadband network.

By deploying advanced radios today with Alcatel-Lucent

LTE express, you can be among the first to benefit from

technology advances tomorrow. Alcatel-Lucent LTE express

radios and baseband units provide the flexibility to enhance

capacity, coverage and subscriber QoE through a wide range of

technologies, including variations of beam forming and higher

order multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO).

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Optimize Your Network with Carrier AggregationWith LTE-A CA, a carrier of up to 100 MHz can be created, with the data rate scaling with the bandwidth:

40 MHz (2X2 MIMO) = 300 mbps

100 MHz (2X2 MIMO) = 750 mbps

100 MHz (4X4 MIMO) = 1 Gbps

Use wideband radios and LTE-A to set your network apart To build a cutting-edge network, you’ll

have to get the most out of your LTE

spectrum. With Alcatel-Lucent LTE

express you can use LTE Advanced Carrier

Aggregation (LTE-A CA) techniques to

leverage all of your spectrum assets to

create a higher quality experience for

your subscribers.

Combined with Alcatel-Lucent wideband

radios, carrier aggregation enables you

to stitch together multiple carriers to

create one large carrier for broadband

traffic. With a bigger, fatter pipe you

can deliver higher user data rates and

more than double the capacity of bursty

applications, such as web browsing.

Carrier Aggregation also opens the door

to more flexible and powerful service

delivery. It allows you to deliver multiple

services simultaneously over multiple

carriers to a single subscriber.

For example, during a large convention

or sports event, your subscribers could

access a high data rate broadcast program

at 10 Mb/s, while still reading e-mails and

browsing the web with their usual level

of experience. By configuring multiple

services for users over multiple carriers, the

throttling of services can be avoided. This

ensures your subscribers get the service

they expect, wherever they may be.



Virtualized RAN architecture Advancedfeaturesenablers

Advancedfeatures

REDUCEDTCO

HIGHER CAPACITY & SCALING

IMPROVEDUTILIZATION & PERFORMANCE

SMALL CELLS

MACRO CELLS

CENTRALIZED/VIRTUALIZEDBASEBAND

RAN DELIVERYOPTIMIZATION

FRONTHAUL OPTIMIZATION

Availability of low latency

high bandwidth cell

metrics and inter-cell

information

High bandwidth, low latency

backhaul

eICIC

COMP

ADVANCED SON

LOAD BALANCING

RANPERFORMANCEAND CONTROLOPTIMIZATION

Move ahead with virtualized RANA virtualized RAN architecture enabled by Alcatel-Lucent LTE

express delivers high performance and establishes an excellent

foundation for the implementation of advanced features, both

characteristics of a cutting-edge network.

With a virtualized RAN architecture, centralized basebands

bring Baseband Units (BBUs) into a pooled, coordinated and

virtualized cloud that can be shared by hundreds of Remote

Radio Heads (RRHs). This provides higher capacity and

scalability, increases BBU utilization and performance and

lowers the cost of new sites.

The virtualized RAN architecture also makes it easier and

faster to redistribute a heavy call load in a cell to its neighbors,

decreasing the number of blocked calls. And advanced features,

such as Self-Optimizing Network (SON), Enhanced Inter-Cell

Interference Coordination (eICIC), and Coordinated Multi-Point

(COMP) are easier to implement because of the availability of

low latency, high bandwidth inter-cell information.

Take your mobile network to the cloud with Network Functions

Virtualization (NFV). Alcatel-Lucent offers solutions across all

key elements of the NFV ecosystem. We can help you evolve to

a virtualized mobile network that leverages a more agile, more

efficient cloud-based infrastructure so you can

get the most out of your LTE network.



The ultimate video calling experience• Quality mobile video calling

for the �rst time ever

• Single number for voice and video calling

• Same call handling capabilities of voice

• Transfer of live call between devices

Venture beyond voice: Deploy VoLTE and IMSDeploy VoLTE (Voice over LTE) with

Alcatel-Lucent LTE express and take

your subscribers to crisp, clear, natural

sounding voice.

Deploy VoLTE and you can offer simple,

high quality video calling that is just like

voice calling. There is no downloading,

installation or logging-on. Subscribers

get a single number for voice and video

calling and the call handling capabilities

are the same as with voice calls. It’s

the ultimate video calling experience,

far superior to all over-the-top video

calling services.

Enrich your VoLTE offering with Joyn,

a GSMA licensed Rich Communication

Services (RCS) brand, which provides real-

time chat and group chat that interworks

with legacy short message service (SMS).

Joyn also provides in-call content sharing

of videos (live or pre-recorded), files,

location, pictures and more.

Make enriched messaging simple by

enabling subscribers to search their

contacts and see which capabilities they

have for chat, live video sharing and

content sharing — all with just one click

from a subscriber’s address book. And by

using Joyn, you also ensure your services

interoperate with other networks. This

creates a larger social community and

enhances your subscribers’ QoE when

they roam.

Subscribers also have a better data

communication experience with VoLTE.

With Circuit-Switched Fall-Back (CSFB),

voice and data communications fall

back to the 3G network where data is

noticeably slower. If they fall back to

2G, then subscribers lose data altogether.

But VoLTE data always stays in the

LTE network — before, during, and

after a voice call.



REGULARNETWORK

I get to choose, but which ones are worthwhile?

CUTTING-EDGE NETWORK

I get to choose, but they are all great!

Content delivery optimization

• Metro cell covergae and capacity• Access selection – cellular or Wi-Fi• LTE mobile broadcast• Video optimization

Sporting events• On-demand video replays• Audio commentary• Food and drink ordering from your seat• Crowd voting

Concerts• Seat upgrade offers• Watch concert on iPad• Put cell phone photo on big screen• Trivia games• Discounts/coupons

Airports• Flight and gate info• Terminal navigation• Movies and music on-demand• Food and drink ordering from your seat

Operator as a curator of content

• Tailored to venue/event• Tailored to time• Personalized for the subscriber• Promotions

Transform your subscribers’ experience in crowded placesOnce deployed, a cutting-edge network

built with Alcatel-Lucent LTE express

will deliver a high QoE even in the most

densely crowded places. And it will

create a compelling experience for your

subscribers with innovative venue and

event-based applications and content.

Just as there is a market for personalized

applications for smartphones, there is

also a market for unique applications

for crowded locations. These venue- and

event-specific applications are designed

to be available only in designated

locations and for a limited time.

Applications such as on-demand video

replay, audio commentary and crowd

voting are a must have for venue

owners and event promoters that

must now compete with the big-screen

in-home experience.

But venue-specific applications and

content are not enough. To truly deliver

a high QoE to your subscribers, content

delivery must also be optimized. This can

be achieved by deploying metro cells at

the venue or event center to maximize

coverage and capacity, and selecting the

best network access method, either LTE or

Wi-Fi, for the service being delivered.

You can also optimize content delivery

with eMBMS to broadcast video and other

bandwidth intensive content to multiple

subscribers simultaneously. And you can

leverage video optimization techniques to

guarantee the best possible quality, even

when the network is congested.



Manage your network proactively

Improve customer experience

85%

64%

37%

Improve OPEX ef�ciency

7K

75%

48%

decrease in fault rate per subscriber

reduction in meantime between failures

reduction in serviceimpacting incidents

hours of effort saved through soft alarm reaction

time saved through network health reports

decrease in meantime to restore

Go for ultimate operationsIn today’s market, your competitive

advantage is not only gained from

the services you offered, but also from

the experience you provide to your

customers. So, waiting until a network

issue becomes a major problem can have

costly consequences for your operations.

Outages can lead to revenue loss and,

more importantly, unhappy customers.

Alcatel-Lucent LTE express proactive care

services provide early insight into trouble

that may be brewing in your LTE network

and make recommendations for you

to address issues before they escalate

to affect services, revenue and the

customer experience.

You already have the network data you

need to predict and prevent network

problems. But you often have limited

resources to filter and analyze the

vast volumes of alarm, performance

monitoring and event information your

network generates.

Alcatel-Lucent LTE express proactive

care services bring you the expertise and

real-world experience needed to predict

which network issues could lead to a poor

user experience and recommend actions

to resolve these issues, long before they

spiral into major problems.

This makes it easier to ensure that your

LTE network is always ready to meet the

service expectations of your subscribers

and deliver the highest QoE at all times.



Why Alcatel-Lucent LTE expressYour destination is LTE, and we’ll get you there on an LTE overlay route that is faster, simpler and future proof. We have the

products, the experience and the services to help you rapidly deliver the outstanding LTE experience your consumer and enterprise

customers are demanding.

FasterAvailable now: We deliver the fastest and

furthest-reaching high capacity network.

Faster time to market: We have the right wireless and IP experience, expertise and services gained from deploying the world’s largest LTE networks. Our complete LTE overlay solution can be deployed in record time, beating all

market estimates.

SimplerTurnkey solution: Market and network

planning, site selection, network design,

integration, backhaul, power, maintenance,

SON and more.

Expertise of the world’s specialist in IP Networking and Ultra-Broadband Access with a leading portfolio spanning macro, small cells, backhaul, packet core and applications. We have built — and continue to build — the largest, highest

capacity LTE networks in the world.

One throat to choke: We worry about

project dependencies so you don’t

have to.

Future-ProofScalable architecture: LTE overlay

architecture designed for huge signaling

and data plane scale.

Scalable networks: Near invisible and

low power small cells increase network

capacity up to 10x.

Scalable operations: Build, Operate,

Transfer (BOT) delivers massive near

term turn-up of resources when and

where needed.

Ongoing Innovation: Backed by our innovation powerhouse Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent continues to bring advanced lightRadio™ technologies and products to market. Our LTE investment is shaped by the world’s largest and most aggressive FDD and TDD operators deploying Carrier Aggregation, VoLTE, eMBMS, Virtualized RAN and small cell HetNets.

To learn more about how Alcatel-Lucent LTE express takes you to LTE sooner, contact your local Alcatel-Lucent sales representative.


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