Enterprise Small Cells

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David  Chambers  ThinkSmallCell  

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Small  Cell  SIG  London,  21  Jan  2014  

Enterprise  Small  Cells  

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About  ThinkSmallCell  •  Founded  Sept  2007  as  ThinkFemtocell  

•  Independent  news,  analysis,  insight  into  Small  Cells  

•  Based  on  a  belief  that  small  cell  architecture  is  the  only  credible  soluMon  for  high  data  traffic  

•  David  Chambers,  B.Sc.  (Hons),  MIET,  C.Eng,  Dip.  M.,  MCIM,  Chartered  Marketer  

•  Career  includes  –  Telecom  soSware  engineer  –  Telecom  product  manager  –  Standards  (ETSI,  3GPP)  –  Chartered  Engineer  –  Chartered  Marketer  

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Agenda  

•  Scope  of  Enterprise  Small  Cells  •  Building  Size  vs  SoluMon  Fit  •  Radio  Technology  •  MulM-­‐Operator  •  Deployment  Cycle  •  Enterprise  Small  Cell  vendor  categories  •  More  informaMon  

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Enterprise  Residen,al   Urban   Rural  

Small  Cells  

Small  Cells  Femtocells  OR  

Differing  Scope  of  Small  Cell  Terms  

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Enterprise  Residen,al   Urban   Rural  

Differing  Scope  of  Small  Cell  Terms  

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All  non-­‐residenMal  buildings  including  Offices,  Hospitality,  Retail,  Campus    Mostly  for  voice  coverage,  not  data  capacity    Mostly  focused  on  3G  

Outdoor  public  areas  with  some  in-­‐building  penetraMon    Mostly  for  data  capacity    Some  3G,  more  interest  for  4G  

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Size  and  shape  of  UK  businesses  

10-­‐49  employees  

50-­‐249  employees  

250+  employees  

178,000  

6,000  

30,000  

Number  of  companies   Total  employees  

9.7M  

2.9M  

3.4M  

UK  VAT/PAYE  registered  businesses  at  start  2012  

4.6M   7.7M  <9  employees  

41%  of  total  employment  51%  of  total  turnover  

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Different  sizes  require  soluMons  

10-­‐49  employees  

50-­‐249  employees  

250+  employees  

<9  employees   8  User  Standalone  Femtocell  

MulMple  16  User  small  cells  

16  User  Standalone  Small  cell  

Distributed  Antenna  System  

Group  of  small  cells  with  local  concentrator/gateway  

10-­‐49  employees  

50-­‐249  employees  

250+  employees  

50-­‐249  employees  

250+  employees  250+  employees  

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Typical  Enterprise  Small  Cells  

•  Similar  to  residenMal  femtocells,  except  – Higher  RF  power,  providing  wider  area  coverage  – Higher  traffic  capacity,  typically  16  user  – Powered  via  Ethernet  (PoE)  – Wall  mounted,  usually  neutral  and  unobtrusive  

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Cisco’s  Snap-­‐On  Upgrade  Cisco’s  USC  5310  “snap-­‐on”  for  Aeronet  3600  series    

•  Upgrades  exisMng  Wi-­‐Fi  access  point  to  3G  – Full  3G  small  cell,  8  user,  21  Mbps  – Single  Ethernet  cable  powers  enMre  unit  – Minimal  impact,  straighlorward  upgrade  – Typically  only  needed  for  a  few  Wi-­‐Fi  hotspots  

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Enterprise  Network  Architectures  

ESCC  =  Enterprise  Small  Cell  Concentrator.  Can  be  3G  or  LTE  or  both  ESCG  =  Enterprise  Small  Cell  Gateway  

Source:  Enterprise  Small  Cell  Architectures  (Small  Cell  Forum:  hpp://scf.io)  

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Enterprise  Small  Cell  Concentrator  Source:  Enterprise  Small  Cell  Architectures  (Small  Cell  Forum:  hpp://scf.io)  

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3G  vs  LTE  vs  MulMmode  

•  Today,  mostly  about  3G  for  voice  – Matches  exisMng  smartphone  capabiliMes  –  4G  voice  (VoLTE)  not  yet  mainstream  –  RF  isolaMon  in-­‐building  reduces  concerns  about  interference  with  macrocells  

•  4G/LTE  products  commercially  available  – Widely  deployed  in  South  Korea  

•  MulM-­‐mode  3G/LTE  product  by  2H  2014  – Needs  next  generaMon  of  silicon  chipsets  –  Ideally  fits  within  Power  over  Ethernet  limits  

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MulM-­‐Operator  

•  Useful  for  BYOD,  COPE;  Important  for  venues  •  Different  ways  to  achieve  this  – MulMple  Small  Cells,  one  per  network  operator  – MulM-­‐band  MulM-­‐Operator  Small  Cells  (e.g.  MOCN)  – NaMonal  Roaming  –  3rd  party  wholesale  using  own  spectrum  (e.g.  BT)  

•  3G  vs  4G  •  Issues  with  some  older  3G  smartphones,  but  workarounds  exist  

BYOD  =  Bring  Your  Own  Device  COPE  =  Corporate  Owned/Personally  Enabled  MOCN  =  Mul?ple  Operator  Core  Network  

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Deployment  Cycle  

•  Self-­‐install  •  RF  SimulaMon  and  Design  •  Cabling  &  Networking  •  OpMmisaMon  and  

management  

Small   Large  

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Enterprise  Small  Cell  vendors  

Cisco  Aruba  …  

Enterprise  Wi-­‐Fi    Vendors  

TE  ConnecMvity  Comba  Commscope    Powerwave    Solid  …  

DAS  Vendors  

Purewave  …  

WiMAX    Vendors  

ip.access  Ubiquisys/Cisco  Spidercloud  Alcatel-­‐Lucent  …  

Femtocell    Vendors  

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Summary  •  Enterprise  includes  all  non-­‐residenMal  in-­‐building  •  Predominantly  3G  for  voice  today  •  Larger  buildings  likely  to  have  local  controller  •  Takeup  could  be  accelerated  by  –  Simple  design  and  installaMon  – MulM-­‐operator  support  – Outsourcing  

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