RF Planning Incorporating Enterprise Small Cells

© 2016 SpiderCloud Wireless, Inc.

RF Planning IncorporatingEnterprise Small Cells

SCWSMay 2016


ABOUT USScalable small cell systems for Mobile Operators to deliver coverage, capacity & services

in Enterprises and Venues

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BASED IN SILICON VALLEY (USA) Founded in early 2008 Deploying scalable enterprise small cell systems since

2011 First to market with dual-band 3G/LTE and LTE/LTE

Small Cell Systems (June 2014)

Mobile Operator customers

Business Partners


RecognitionINDUSTRY


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Scalable Small Cell Systems One system of 1 Services Node and 100 PoE+ powered Radio Nodes can deliver 200 Sectors of

capacity and scale to cover 1.5 Million Square Feet


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Site Overview

Call Center– 140,000 square feet– 500 SIMS in each outer User area– Unlimited data plans on devices– 100% of devices on single operator– (4) BC 4/13 RN-310’s per User area– (5) RN-310 - Training area in middle– Backhaul - 1 Gb port/100Mb CIR

User Area User Area

Test Strategy– Normal usage by employees– This site has never allowed devices on

Wi-Fi.– 10 hour workday – VoLTE & Video are used extensively

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INDOOR PERFORMANCE RESULTS

AnalysisUsage is much higher than normally expected as 100% of devices are on same operatorSystem Scalability

RF link and Ethernet fronthaul capacity have plenty of headroomBackhaul capacity is the controlling factor for system scaling

Average Daily Backhaul Usage– Downlink: 125Gb (this is very large volume)– Uplink: 10Gb– Traffic Average: 50Mbps

Average RAB’s– 530,000 per day– ERAB Drop Rate 0.50%

CSSR and HO– Consistent 99% or better range

RF Link Capacity– Operating peaks don’t exceed 20-30%


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E-RAN Offloaded 45% Users from Macro Network RRC Connected Users Average

– BC 4 RRC Connected Users Average dropped about 45% after E-RAN enabled

– BLUE = BC 4 (1700 Mhz)

• Note: BC 4 is preferred on macro

– RED = BC 13 (700 Mhz)


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E-RAN Increased Average Data Rate on Macro Downlink Throughput

– BC 4 DL dropped about 16% after E-RAN enabled

– BLUE = BC 4 (1700 Mhz)

• Note: BC 4 is preferred on macro

– RED = BC 13 (700 Mhz)

Downlink Usage

– RRC Connected Users dropped by 45% but DL Throughput dropped by only 16%

– Conclusion: Less users consuming more bandwidth means better user experience


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Situation

Enterprise hotspots vs. Freeway commuters Consider: use E-RAN to offload macro capacity Goal: defer macro upgrades by making smaller investments in E-RAN


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Re-Thinking RF Planning

Optimize Capital Utilization– Macro and Indoor together

– Removal of Enterprise or Venue “hotspots” may be more cost effective

Budgeting Thoughts– Certain sites that are not complaining about service (Macro offload is benefit)

– Complaining enterprise sites that meet “investment threshold”

– Complaining sites that have their own budget available


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RF Planning Incorporating Enterprise Small Cells

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