Enterprise Small Cells

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David Chambers ThinkSmallCell

Cambridge Wireless

Small Cell SIG London, 21 Jan 2014

Enterprise Small Cells


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


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


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


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)


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


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


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


Deployment Cycle

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

management

Small Large


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


More InformaMon

David Chambers [email protected]

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