Removing Economical Constraints of Rural Deployments with RAN hardware Innovation

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1 Removing Economical Constraints of Rural Deployments with RAN hardware Innovation Connecting the Unconnected Today and Tomorrow

2 The Digital Divide The digital divide = 3.7 billion* people unconnected worldwide *per internetworldstats.com June

3 What are the Rural Coverage Challenges? Complexity and Cost installation cost Maintenance cost Source: Informa UK 3

4 Biggest Challenges in Implementing Rural 5G [CATEGORY NAME] [CATEGORY NAME] 30 % Almost 25% [CATEGORY NAME] [CATEGORY NAME] [CATEGORY NAME] 19 % [CATEGORY NAME] Source: Light Reading Poll, April 2015

5 Challenges in USA facing Carriers FCC Chairman Wheeler statement from CCA Convention Sep % of roads have no LTE access 16% of Land Area have no LTE access 1.4 Million people do not have LTE access 550,000 miles of roads have no access whatsoever. Estimates are that 5G will require a 10x growth in cell sites, potentially even more these small cell sites will require to be connected, so we ll need a lot more backhaul. There are just over 200,000 cell towers in the U.S., but there may be millions of small cell sites in the 5G future. 5

6 Options for Rural Coverage complexity cost cost Complexity Regular Mast in the Rural Environment INNOVATION: PW Rural Solution using distributed Small Networks Rural Community + often doesn t deliver on coverage requirement Located within the community Delivering focused coverage 6

7 Key Requirements Innovative, Cost-effective, Flexible, Future-proofed Cost-effective Plug-n-Play Flexible and Open Cost-effective Integrated Wired & Wireless Backhaul, all in-one Low power consumption OPEX savings Self-configuration, self-optimization with SON 4 hours to install and commission one CWS Under 3 days to light up a rural community with cluster of 4 CWS Planning Lite designed to be within notification rules Eliminates backhaul challenge can integrate capacity as becomes available Interoperates with any vendor core, any type of backhaul Software defined Nodes can be re-configured UMTS&LTE Future-proofed Supporting 3G for voice now, VoLTE in the future, Gateway is a key element for future 5G networks. 7

8 World s Smallest, but Most Powerful Small Cell Low cost small cell 3G/4G access, integrated flexible backhaul Mesh-backhaul enabled Self-configuring, self-optimizing by HetNet gateway Groundbreaking technology, Highest RF power in it s class Consumes less power than MAC laptop running on full CPU 8

9 Backhaul Flexibility: use all available Fixed and Wireless backhaul as they are available Backhauls of varying capacity and latency available at different times HNG Private/Public Internet Satellite Backhaul CWS Cluster orchestrated via HNG located in Data Centre A RAN solution based on any available today/tomorrow backhaul: Fixed i.e. fiber, microwave, satellite Wireless Hybrid 3G/4G services Disaster recovery, dynamic routing Easy deploy, easy to maintain

10 Multi-Radio Elastic Mesh Backhaul SDN mesh backhaul links can be configured for mesh deployment multi-point to multi-point scenarios or long haul point to point links Only few CWSs need wired backhaul or LTE backhaul from macro Rural Corridor CWS#4 CWS# 3 CWS#11 CWS#10 CWS#9 CWS#8 CWS#7 CWS#2 CWS#1 Long haul LOS links using point to point high gain antenna Mesh links (n/nlos) CWS#6 CWS#5 10

11 Installation Examples, UK Solves municipal law restrictions Discrete Compact Integrated Antenna Bundle for aesthetics Simple (not obscure) Mast Mounting Similar to TV Mast 11

12 Ease and Low Skill of Install Automation and Programmability Enabled by virtualization Military cadets Sheriff in Montana, US Installer in Europe PW VP of business development and repo men, yes, repo men! w/little training on telecom equipment 12

13 Beyond Fixed Small Cells Land, water, and air Rapid wireless coverage 13

14 Summary Connecting the Unconnected -- Aspiring to 100% Coverage -- With most advanced, most cost-effective solution Cost-effective low-cost/small form factor HW and low Install CAPEX, reduced on-going OPEX Plug-n-play self-configuration and low skill install, on-going self-optimization for hands free maintenance Self-optimizing community can manage, and self-healing Adaptable, Open, Flexible, and Future-proofed any G, any Backhaul any core to Provide 3G voice and 4G data to end users and businesses #WeConnectAll 14

15 Thank You Rajesh Mishra Founder, CTO Parallel Wireless Reimagine the RAN 15