Small Cell Acceleration

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1 Small Cell Acceleration Monday, July 29 th Rayburn House Office Building 2:00 3:30pm hosted by:

2 Small Cell Acceleration Jonathan Adelstein, President & CEO, PCIA Dale Hatfield Senior Fellow, Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship Kevin Krufky VP, Public Affairs, Americas, Alcatel-Lucent Paul "Kip" Turner Principal - Product Development Engineer, AT&T Joseph Sandri SVP, FiberTower hosted by:

3 Historical Perspectives Presentation by Dale N. Hatfield Senior Fellow Silicon Flatirons Center Adjunct Professor Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program University of Colorado at Boulder at the HetNet Forum: Small Cell Acceleration Seminar Washington, DC July 29, 2013

4 Outline Radio Spectrum Elaboration Traditional Approaches to Relieving Scarcity Constraints on Historical Approaches Conclusions

5 Radio Spectrum Elaboration Relationship Between Frequency and Wavelength Electromagnetic Spectrum

6 Traditional Approaches to Relieving Scarcity Reallocation, Band Clearing, Refarming, Repurposing, Relocation Increased Technical Efficiency Increased Sharing Extend the Upper Limit of the Useful Range

7 Constraints on Traditional Approaches Reallocation, Band Clearing, Refarming, Repurposing, Relocation Costs and Lack of Suitable Relocation Space Incumbent Stakeholder Opposition Increased Technical Efficiency (bits/sec/hz) Shannon s Law or the Shannon Limit Reduced Robustness

8 Constraints on Traditional Approaches (Cont d) Increased Sharing Complexity, Coordination Costs, Risks Incumbent Stakeholder Opposition Extend the Upper Limit of the Useful Range Signal Blockage and Environmental Effects Limited Range

9 Conclusions Radio spectrum is essential to all forms of wireless communications and hence to our economic and social wellbeing and to homeland security and national defense Rapid growth in the uses, number of users and spectrum consumption per user has led to congestion and threatened even greater scarcity especially in the more desirable portions of the resource in densely populated areas While traditional means of relieving spectrum scarcity should indeed must be aggressively pursued, they are constrained by both practical and theoretical limitations which means that broadband wireless service providers must rely upon densification and frequency reuse in order to meet customer expectations Given the critical importance of increasing densification through the deployment of small cell technology in wireless systems, it behooves policymakers and regulators at all levels of government to facilitate their deployment

10 Contact Information Dale N. Hatfield Senior Fellow Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Adjunct Professor Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program University of Colorado at Boulder 401 UCB - Office 481A Boulder, CO Office: dale.hatfield@colorado.edu or dale.hatfield@ieee.org

11 HetNet Forum: Small Cell Acceleration Seminar What Are Small Cells? Kevin Krufky July 29, 2013 COPYRIGHT 2011 ALCATEL-LUCENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

12 AGENDA 1. Spectrum Crunch 2. Solutions: Small Cells 3. Small cell considerations for the Federal Government 12 COPYRIGHT 2011 ALCATEL-LUCENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

13 The Spectrum Crunch Pbytes/Month 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 Forecast consumption by device type Worldwide Aggregate Mobile Traffic* Dongle/tablets Smartphones Feature phones 30x growth over 5 years! WAN wireless technologies Peak Data Efficiency (bps/hz) 4 2 Infeasible Region Shannon-bound EV-DO Signal-to-Noise Ratio (db) HSDPA *Source: Alcatel-Lucent measurements using 9900 WNG within live networks and Bell Labs analysis 13 COPYRIGHT 2011 ALCATEL-LUCENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

14 Solutions: Alcatel-Lucent s Small Cell Portfolio Femto Cells Cost-effectively extends capacity and coverage to residences and businesses while offloading traffic from the operator s network, effectively increasing total network capacity. Home Enterprise 14 COPYRIGHT 2011 ALCATEL-LUCENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

15 Solutions: Alcatel-Lucent s Small Cell Portfolio Indoor/Outdoor Metro Cells Indoor Large areas are as easy to cover as smaller ones requiring only a single cell within buildings, providing coverage for high-use hotspots such as hotel lobbies, railway stations and airports, or for wholly blanketing a mall with superior coverage. Small Cells Self-Organizing HetNets Cloud-Based Outdoor The all-in-one metro cell integrates the antennas, amplifier, transceiver, remote radio head (RRH ) and baseband unit (BBU) into a single unit that is easy to deploy. Alcatel-Lucent metro cells can be mounted easily on walls, lamp posts, poles or even the side of a building. 15 COPYRIGHT 2011 ALCATEL-LUCENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

16 Considerations for Small Cell Deployment Example: Federal Property Federal government should adopt one seamless policy to promote the deployment of small cells on public property: - One uniform process to deploy small cells on Federal property; - Access to electrical power; - Access to Internet access connections for backhaul; - Commercial access to buildings (e.g. rooftops, outside facade, lamp posts or other appurtenances), including ease of access to deploy and/or maintain facilities (e.g. secure, but simplified/streamlined physical access); - Billing: one-stop capability for commercial entities to pay for access to electrical power, Internet access, and rent for building access. Uniform Federal policy can promote benefits outside of Federal Government property: - Template for State and local governments to follow; - Promote investment in infrastructure and quality of service for consumers through spectral efficiency. 16 COPYRIGHT 2011 ALCATEL-LUCENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

17 Kevin Krufky Vice President, Public Affairs Alcatel-Lucent 1100 New York Ave, NW Suite 705, West Tower Direct: COPYRIGHT 2011 ALCATEL-LUCENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

18 Small Cell Acceleration Seminar Paul K. Turner Principal Product Development Engineer, AT&T 2013 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

19 Network Business Drivers US Mobile Data Traffic petabytes AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

20 Premier Mobile Network: Densification Supporting Growing Customer Demand Densification of Wireless Grid Enhances AT&T s ability to offer best-in-class voice and data services Supports launching Voice over LTE Multiple technology deployments PLANNED*: 10,000+ new macro sites 1,000+ distributed antenna systems 40,000+ small cells *Over plan period for Project VIP ( ) Lead to Better Customer Experience, Usage and Revenue AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

21 Premier Mobile Network: Small Cell Technologies Small Cells: Delivering Flexible Coverage Where It s Most Needed Improve in-building coverage Used in densely populated areas to help augment the wireless carrier s capacity and coverage needs Multi-technology UMTS/HSPA+/LTE/Wi-Fi Initially 3G UMTS and 4G HSPA+ 4Q12: First field application 1Q13: Start general deployment 2014: Future evolution to 4G LTE and Wi-Fi of densification program to use Small Cell Technology by AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property.

22 Our Goal for Wireless Network Solutions Provide Communications Without Boundaries Voice Video Internet Access Location Based Services By Enabling Services With A Custom Architecture & Toolset Macro, Small Cell, idas, odas At Any Location Transit Campus Higher Ed/ Corporate Commercial Buildings Mall/ Retail Multi-Dwelling Units Healthcare Stadiums & Parks Suburban Rural 22

23 How AT&T designs its odas and small cell systems AT&T s priority is to install odas/small cells on existing buildings & traffic, light, & utility poles AT&T utilizes the smallest components that are suitable and reliable AT&T can further minimize the profile by painting odas and small cell components to match the pole or blend in with the surrounding area when appropriate Deployments may differ, depending on the needs/requirements of the local area 23

24 What s a Small Cell? Key Features Small Size Low Power Operator Managed Flexible IP backhaul Applications Ubiquitous indoor and outdoor Coverage Capacity hot spots in Dense Urban areas Macro Network Offload Regulatory definition should be easy to administer and flexible enough to accommodate future and different technologies 24

25 Example of AT&T s Small Cell St. Louis, MO 25

26 Small Cell Acceleration: Backhaul Developments, Challenges & Solutions Joseph M. Sandri SVP, FiberTower Corp. Washington, DC July 29 h, FiberTower All Rights Reserved

27 Overview Backhaul connects wireless and wireline networks to switches & Internet. Speeds and service in your area are directly tied to backhaul. Many different Backhaul technologies now ready. Not all are ideal for Small Cells. Market Forecasts: Big Deployments set for 2014 & 2015 Customer Service Quality Requirements Challenges Solutions 27 FiberTower All Rights Reserved

28 Small Cell Backhaul Technologies & Advancements Fiber Optic Networks Reaching More Areas Helping offset some but not all copper network retirements High capacities, yet costly and cannot reach everywhere Satellite Can be helpful especially in ultra-rural areas Also low data solutions (ex: gas station credit cards) Wireless Backhaul Heavily deployable everywhere: urban, suburban and rural Low profile systems: Tiny, lightweight, inexpensive, blend-in High Capacity: Now: 50Mbps-to-1 Gbps; Soon: +10Gbps High-Density: +200 links per sq. mile Point-to-Multipoint & Point-to-Point 28 FiberTower All Rights Reserved

29 Specific, Immediate Backhaul Needs in 2013-thru-2015 Commercial Mobile Network Build Timelines Gigabit City Networks Community WiFi Broadband to Buildings FirstNet and other Public Safety Networks Home Monitoring & Automation Large Venues (Stadiums, Festivals). Video: Fixed, portable, mobile Other emerging needs (M2M, smart grid, vehicular radar) Areas that want to successfully deploy these services must be groomed for small cell backhaul. 29 FiberTower All Rights Reserved

30 Not All Backhaul Solutions Are Ideal for Small Cell WIRELINE: +50% of all U.S. sites (near term) Copper (Ethernet & DSL) Fiber Optics WIRELESS BACKHAUL: 20-50% of all U.S. sites (near term) Low Band (<6GHz to 23GHz) Mostly point-to-point licensed High Band Millimeter Wave 24GHz to 300 GHz: Allows for +200 links per sq. km Wide-area exclusive licenses (24, 28, 31, 38 GHz) License lite: (70-90 GHz) Unlicensed (24, 60, +300 GHz) WIDE-AREA LICENSED BACKHAUL SPECTRUM ALLOWS FOR MACRO NETWORK PLANNING 30 FiberTower All Rights Reserved

31 Industry standard: Customer Service Level Agreements (SLA) CARRIER-GRADE & GOVERNMENT-GRADE Exclusively licensed spectrum favored Wide-area licensed spectrum favored % Signal Availability 4-to-8 hour mean time to repair Independently powerable, physically-diverse COMMUNITY & RESIDENTIAL Best Efforts 99.5% or better Signal Availability Unlicensed, license lite or exclusive licenses 31 FiberTower All Rights Reserved

32 Some Ideal Backhaul Conditions to Accelerate Small Cell WIRELINE: Heavy capital investment Permitting to allow large-scale trenching & wire stringing Customer financial support for physically-diverse systems WIRELESS BACKHAUL: Wide-area licensed millimeter wave spectrum for large-scale, high-density small cell deployments. Available to licensees who developed ecosystems for deploying quickly to customer standards. Permitting to allow large-scale deployments on poles & buildings 32 FiberTower All Rights Reserved

33 Wireless Backhaul Case: Small Cell Backhaul Challenge Challenge 1: Wide-area licensed millimeter wave backhaul bands have not been robustly built. Mostly some spectrum lease builds and some cheap license saver networks. License waivers/extensions & rule change requests pending Solution: Many wide-area millimeter band backhaul licenses were terminated, yet could be built subject to a FiberTower Petition for Reconsideration. What is at stake: National-scope small cell backhaul network. Investors on file with FCC as ready FiberTower is the only licensee on record at FCC at 24 or 39 GHz that is developing a large-scale, small-cell equipment ecosystem for these bands that meets carrier/govt SLAs. Ribbon-cutting: small-cell backhaul test-bed within 6mo. 33 FiberTower All Rights Reserved

34 Thank You! Small Cell Acceleration: Backhaul Needs, Acute Challenges & Solutions Joseph M. Sandri SVP, FiberTower Corp. Direct: Washington, DC July 29 h, FiberTower All Rights Reserved

35 Conclusions Wireless networks are changing Small cells are critical to addressing exploding demand Policy must reflect the value and importance of small cells Questions? hosted by: