Deployment Scenarios
Agenda Early Adopter Deployment Scenarios Possible Deployment Scenarios Service Deployment Network Deployment
Early Adopters Their Rationale New Radio Spectrum Allocation 3G Capacity Saturation mandated in License Conditions CDMA Evolution Challenges WiMAX Evolution Challenges
T-Mobile Germany Spectrum FDD 2 X 10 MHz 800 MHz (Band 20) Devices -only Fixed Router Commercial Service Initially, only rural DSL-like service offering April 2011 2600 MHz 2100 MHz HSPA 1800 MHz GSM, (future) 900 MHz GSM 800 MHz EU Digital Dividend
Telia Sonera Spectrum FDD 2 X 20 MHz 2600 MHz (Band 7) Devices USB Stick with /HSPA/EDGE Commercial Service December 2009 2600 MHz 2100 MHz HSPA 1800 MHz GSM 900 MHz GSM 800 MHz EU Digital Dividend
NTT Docomo Spectrum FDD 2 X 5 MHz 2100 MHz (Band 1) Devices USB-stick with /HSPA Modem Card Wifi- router Commercial Service December 2010 Mostly Urban Coverage 2100 MHz HSPA, 1700 MHz HSPA 1500 MHz Japan 800 MHz HSPA
Verizon Wireless Spectrum FDD 2 X 10 MHz 700 MHz (Band 13) Devices USB Stick with /EVDO Smartphones (CSFB on CDMA) Commercial Service December 2010 (Launch) Q4-2013 (Nationwide) 1700/2100 MHz (capacity in future) 1900 MHz CDMA 850 MHz CDMA 700 MHz (coverage)
Metro PCS Spectrum FDD 2 X 5 MHz or 2 X 3 MHz AWS (Band 4) and 1900 MHz (Band 2) Devices + CDMA dual chip phones Commercial Service September 2010 1700/2100 MHz CDMA, 1900 MHz CDMA,
Summary Carrier Initial Future Devices Multi-mode Support 2600 (band7) 1800 (Band 3) 800 (Band 20) 2100 (band 1) 800 (Bands 18/19) 1700 (Band 9) 1500 (Bands 11/12) 800 (band 20) 1800 (Band 3) 800 (Band 20) USB-sticks USB-sticks Modem-box HSPA, GSM HSPA, GSM None (launch) HSPA, GSM (later) 700 (band 13) AWS (Band 4) USB-sticks CDMA2000 AWS (band 4) 1900 (band 2) Dual-chip smartphones CDMA2000
Service Deployment Data-only services on Data-only services on with possible handover to 2G-3G Voice and data services using CSFB Voice and data services using Vo on IMS
SMS & Voice Service Roll-out Launch Data-only Devices Service Roll-out Smartphones Mass Market Full-range Devices Network Optimization SMS via SMSonly SGs SMS via SMSonly SGs SMS via SMSonly SGs SMS via SMSonly SGs SMS via Full- CSFB SGs Voice & SMS via Full-CSFB SGs Voice & SMS via Full-CSFB SGs Voice & SMS via Full-CSFB SGs IMS Vo with SRVCC to 2G/3G IMS Vo with SRVCC to 2G/3G IMS Vo with SRVCC to 2G/3G IMS Vo and 3G with SRVCC to 2G IMS Vo and 3G with SRVCC to 2G data-only devices require SMS connectivity for OTA activation and configuration CSFB may be required long-term to support CSFB-only inbound roamers
Voice Deployment Strategies 2G/3G Step 1: Spotty Coverage: CSFB across the 2G/3G coverage area 3G 2G Step 2a: Vo Launch: UMTS PS across 2G/3G coverage area 3G 2G Step 2b: Vo Launch: SR-VCC across 2G coverage area 3G 2G Step 3: Full Vo Coverage Target Solution New terminals use only Legacy terminals on legacy networks
Network Deployment Spectrum New spectrum dedicated to Refarming existing 2G/3G Spectrum Network Overlay Standalone Dual -2G/3G Core Network Single -2G/3G Core Network
Overlay Standalone Network UTRAN GERAN MSC 2G/3G SGSN GGSN HLR HSS MME PCRF enodeb S-GW P-GW IMS
Dual -2G/3G Core Network Option A : TS 23.401 Annex D Method UTRAN GERAN Iu-PS/Gb Gr SGSN Gn HSS/HLR S6a 2G/3G MME Gn 2G/3G/ S1-MME S11 E-UTRAN S1-U S-GW S5 P-GW SGis PDN The existing 2G/3G nodes will see the /EPC nodes as other 2G/3G nodes. All adaptations for interworking are made in the /EPC side alone. Can interwork with pre-relase 8 SGSN.
Dual -2G/3G Core Network Option B : S4 SGSN Gr/S6d HSS/HLR 2G/3G UTRAN GERAN Iu-PS/Gb SGSN S3 S6a S4 2G/3G/ MME S1-MME S11 E-UTRAN S1-U S-GW S5 P-GW SGis PDN The S4 SGSN exposes S3 & S4 interfaces to the core. Support for direct tunelling between the RNC and S-GW (S12 IF)
Single -2G/3G Core Network 2G/3G UTRAN GERAN S12 Iu-PS/Gb HSS/HLR S6a 2G/3G/ MME/SGSN S1-MME E-UTRAN S1-U S11 S-GW/ P-GW/ GGSN SGis/Gi PDN Greatly simplified network, but entails a single-vendor strategy
Comparative Analysis Dual (Option A) Dual (Option B) Single Technical Readiness Yes Vendor-specific Vendor-specific Future Evolution No Yes Vendor-specific 2G/3G Network Upgrade No Yes Possible Impact on Vendor Strategy No Yes Yes
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