Imagining Tomorrow's Wireless Landscape Wireless Broadband Evolution Rasmus Hellberg, PhD Director, Technical Marketing Qualcomm
Wireless Broadband Evolution 3G offers excellent mobile broadband today 3G has a strong evolution path CDMA and OFDMA provide similar performance LTE complements 3G and its evolution Topology will provide gain beyond technology 3
3G Offers Mobile Broadband Today 3G Over 630 Million 3G subscribers Over 130 Million HSPA and EV-DO subscribers 492 Commercial Networks: 127 EV-DO (35 Rev. A) 276 CDMA2000 1X 194 HSDPA (34 HSUPA) 216 WCDMA Sources for operators and commercial networks: CDG, and GSMA/Informa (as of May 2008). 492 commercial 3G operators. Source for subscriber numbers: Wireless Intelligence, Q1 2008: Mobile Broadband includes estimated EV-DO and HSPA mobile subscribers 4
3G Leverages Large Ecosystem ~3000 3G CDMA Devices Fujitsu Source: CDG, GSMA as of May 2008. 3G includes CDMA2000, EV-DO Rel. 0, Rev A, WCDMA, HSPA All trademarks, names of other companies, logos, products and services may be the property of their respective owners. 5
Operators Worldwide Show Data YoY Growth Source: Verizon, Vodafone Group, AT&T, Telstra 6
3G Supports Entire Range of IP Services Video/Music Telco-quality VoIP Low-Latency Gaming Push to Talk / Push to Media Multimedia Upload/Exchange High-Speed Web Browsing Streaming/Downloads Video Telephony Service Tiering Multicasting Enabled by 3G s Integrated Quality of Service (QoS) support, high capacity and low latency 7
3G Supports All Market and Device Segments All Market Segments Enterprise Ethernet-Class Performance Consumer Cable/DSL-Class Performance Mobile/Fixed/Nomadic Handsets and PC cards Consumer Electronics Ultra Mobile Devices Embedded Laptops Desktops All Device Segments 8
CE Market Opportunities are Here Today Computing Gaming Books User-Generated Content Entertainment Samsung s Q1 Ultra UMPC Nintendo s DS Amazon s Kindle & Samsung s VLUU i70 Cowon s Q5 PMP Polymer Vision s Librofonino All trademarks, names of other companies, logos, products and services may be the property of their respective owners. 9
A Strong 3G Evolution Path Excellent Mobile Broadband Voice and Full Range of IP Services Enhanced User Experience Improved voice and data capacity CDMA2000 1X 1x Advanced EV-DO Rel 0 EV-DO Rev A EV-DO Rev B Phase I EV-DO Rev B Phase II DO Advanced Rel-99 WCDMA Rel-5 (HSDPA) HSPA Rel-6 (HSUPA) Rel-7 Rel-8 HSPA+ (HSPA Evolved) Rel-9 & Beyond OFDMA complements 3G Leverages wider bandwidths Rel-8 LTE Rel-9 UMB Backward and Forward Compatibility Cost effective upgrades that leverages existing assets Created 7/01/08 14
Peak Data Rates Achievable in Optimal Conditions Peak Data Rate Enhancements Shared channel (downlink and uplink) EV-DO Rev. A DL: 3.1 Mbps Rev. B Phase I DL: 9.3 Mbps 1 EV-DO Rev. B Phase II DO Advanced 14.7 Mbps 2 DL: 34.4 Mbps 3 5 MHz 5 MHz >5 MHz 16/64QAM Higher order Modulation 2x2 MIMO Multiple Input Multiple Output Rel-6 (HSUPA) Rel-7 Rel-8 Rel-9 & Beyond HSPA+ (HSPA Evolved) HSPA DL: 1.8-14.4 Mbps DL: 28 Mbps DL: 42 Mbps 4 DL: 84 Mbps 5 5 MHz 5 MHz 10 MHz Wider bandwidth Multi carrier and/or OFDMA Combinations of HOM, MIMO and Multi carrier Even Higher order MIMO and HOM 1 Peak rate for 3 EV-DO carriers supported by initial implementation. 2 Peak rate for 3 EV-DO carriers with 64 QAM in the DL. Standard supports up to 15 aggregated Rev. A carriers. 3 DO Advanced peak rate for 4 EV-DO carriers as expected for initial implementation, assumes 2x2 MIMO and 64QAM in the DL. 4 R8 will reach 42 Mbps by combining 2x2 MIMO and HOM (64 QAM) in 5MHz, or by utilizing HOM (64 QAM) and multi carrier in 10 MHz. 5 R9 and beyond may utilize combinations of multi carrier and MIMO to reach 84 Mbps peak rates. 6 Peak rates for 10 and 20 MHz FDD using 2x2 MIMO, the standard supports 4x4 MIMO enabling peak rates of 278 Mbps for LTE and 288 Mbps for UMB. TDD rates are a function of up/downlink asymmetry Rel-8 Rel-9 UMB LTE DL: 71-143 Mbps 6 DL: 71-135 Mbps 6 10 MHz to 20 MHz 10 MHz to 20 MHz Created 7/1/08 Enhancements available to both CDMA and OFDMA 15
Similar CDMA and OFDMA Performance Capacity Enhancements Optimized Shared Channel - Adaptive Modulation & Coding - Physical Layer Retransmission Similar Spectral Efficiency Higher Order Modulation -16 QAM, - 64 QAM and higher Advanced Receivers - Equalizer - Interference Cancellation (for CDMA) 12.5 Mbps 15.1 Mbps Advanced Antenna Techniques - Antenna Diversity (Receive and Transmit) - Beamforming, SDMA and MIMO + Efficient Mobility Low Overheads 10 MHz FDD 2x2 MIMO (DL) Handset IC would further improve HSPA+ Capacity improvements available to both OFDMA and CDMA Assumptions: NGMN D1 scenario, see R1-070674 and 25.814 for details. Assumes handset MMSE Equalizer and RX diversity, but no UE interference cancellation 16
HSPA+: Higher Capacity and Enhanced User Experience Broadband downloads Broadband uploads, QoS HSPA+ R7 2x data capacity over HSPA More than 2x voice capacity over WCDMA Enhanced user experience Commercial early 2009 Rel-99 Rel-5 (HSDPA) Rel-6 (HSUPA) WCDMA HSPA Rel-7 Rel-8 Rel-9 & Beyond HSPA+ (HSPA Evolved) DL: 384 Kbps UL: 384 Kbps DL: 1.8-14.4 Mbps UL: 384 Kbps DL: 1.8-14.4 Mbps UL: 5.7 Mbps DL: 28 Mbps UL: 11 Mbps DL: 42 Mbps 1 UL: 11 Mbps DL: 84 Mbps 2 UL: 23 Mbps 2 HSPA+ R8 42 Mbps higher peak data rate Multicarrier 2x higher rates to all Optimizations for bursty traffic and femto cells 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011+ 1 R8 will reach 42 Mbps by combining 2x2 MIMO and HOM (64QAM) in 5MHz, or by utilizing HOM (64QAM) and multi carrier in 10 MHz. 2 R9 and beyond may utilize combinations of multi carrier and MIMO to reach 84 Mbps peak rates. Similarly, uplink multi carrier can double the uplink data rates. The natural evolution from HSPA Note: Estimated commercial dates Created 7/01/08 17
1x Adv. & Rev. B: Higher Capacity and Enhanced User Experience Broadband downloads EV-DO Rel. 0 Broadband uploads, QoS EV-DO Rev. A Rev. B Phase I SW upgrade to multicarrier 3x higher data rates to all Commercial early 2009 Rev. B Phase I EV-DO Rev. B Phase II New Channel card ~ 65% Higher capacity 14.7 Mbps peak rates Rev. B Phase II DO Advanced DL: 2.4 Mbps UL: 153 kbps DL: 3.1 Mbps UL: 1.8 Mbps DL: 9.3 Mbps 1 UL: 5.4 Mbps DL: 14.7 Mbps 2 UL: 5.4 Mbps DL: 34.4 Mbps 3 UL: 12.4 Mbps 3 CDMA2000 1X Excellent voice capacity EV-DO for data CDMA2000 1X 1x Enhancements Up to 50% more voice capacity Available today 1x Advanced 1x Advanced More than doubles voice capacity Frees up spectrum for Rev. B data See previous slides for footnotes The natural evolutions from EV-DO Rev. A and 1X Note: Estimated commercial dates Created 7/01/08 18
Multicarrier Extends 3G to Wider Bandwidths Example for EV-DO Rev. B Improved user data rates throughout cell 19 (Ex. Based on EV-DO Rev. B)
LTE Leverages New and Wider Spectrum 3G and its evolution Similar LTE and HSPA+/EV-DO performance in smaller bandwidths LTE Leverages wider bandwidths 1.25 MHz* 2.5 MHz* 5 MHz 10 MHz 15 MHz 20 MHz LTE Supports FDD, TDD & DL UL FDD DL TDD UL Note: LTE also supports 1.4 MHz and 3 MHz bandwidths TDD 2:1 shown as an example, LTE also supports Half-Duplex 20
LTE Complements Existing 3G Networks Address High-Traffic Areas with LTE 3G provides ubiquitous coverage LTE HSPA+ Multimode Seamless Service Continuity with 3G Seamless handoffs through multimode devices Industry s first LTE/3G Multimode solutions Evolved 3G provides similar user experience outside the LTE coverage LTE HSPA+/Rev. B Multimode LTE Rev. B Multimode LTE 3G Coverage (HSPA/HSPA+ or EV-DO Rev. A/B) 21
Radio Link Improvement is Slowing IS-95 vs. AMPS Topology will provide gains beyond technology LTE versus HSPA+ & EV-DO 22
Traditional Macro Networks Data rates vary Need ubiquitous user experience Macro network expansion challenges Cell splitting Indoor coverage Site acquisition Network topologies change 23
Add Micro and Pico for Coverage and Capacity 24
Add Femtocells for User Deployment in Building Scalability Interference issues Fairness Operation & Management Restricted Femto access Mixed Networks Impose Challenges User deployed nodes 25
Solutions for Improved Performance Plug and Play deployments Interference management Self organizing networks Fairness among users 26
Summary 3G EVOLUTION 3G offers excellent mobile broadband today Supports all services, market/device segments with excellent economics 3G has a strong evolution path Higher capacity, peak and user data rates, enhanced user experience CDMA and OFDMA provide similar performance Topology will provide gain beyond technology LTE complements 3G and its evolution Leverages new and wider spectrum up to 20 MHz 27