THE IN-BUILDING

WIRELESS STANDARD
Benoit Fleury, VP Products & Innovation
March 2015

IN-BUILDING WIRELESS

2003 - 2015

87 COUNTRIES

MARKET 2013 - 2019

2013

5.5B

40%

3G / 4G PHONES

70%

56B

APPS DOWNLOADED

2.6EB DATA TRAFFIC

325M BYOD

NETWORK 2013 - 2019

2019

4.5B MOBILE USERS

80% OF MOBILE DATA OCCURS INDOOR

THERE IS 30
BILLION SQUARE
METERS OF
OFFICE SPACE

250B
15.9EB
1.3B

ONLY 2%
COVERED

Source: 2014 Cisco Visual Networking Index

Small Cell Network

720 CUSTOMERS

2015-02-03

DAS, SMALL
CELLS,
CARRIER WI-FI,
PUBLIC SAFETY

COMPLEXITY

SPENDING ON
NETWORKS
OUTDOOR 2%
INDOOR 21%

Design

Unity

DESIGN &
PLANNING
SOFTWARE SUITE

IN-BUILDING
COLLABORATION
PLATFORM

Small Cell Network

Mobile

Certification
Program

MOBILE PLANNING
& DOCUMENTATION
(Android app)

2015-02-03

TRAINING &
CERTIFICATION
(3 levels)

Database

DATABASE OF
COMPONENTS
(16,000+ parts)

ASSESS &
SURVEY

DIMENSION &
PLAN

Site surveys
and documentation

Small Cell Network

DETAILED
ENGINEERING

Planning & design

2015-02-03

INSTALL &
COMMISSION

OPERATE &
MAINTAIN

Installation & commissioning

Maintenance & upgrades

1. SCALE OF DEPLOYMENTS
2. SITE ACQUISITION
3. INTERFERENCE MITIGATION

Small Cell Network

2015-02-03

Higher volume of sites versus macro & DAS

Shorter deployment cycles (days versus months)
Simpler process without requiring RF experts
Engineering still involved without being bottleneck
Tools still needed to ensure quality, consistency & scaling

Small Cell Network

2015-02-03

ASSESS &
SURVEY

DIMENSION &
PLAN

DETAILED
ENGINEERING

INSTALL &
COMMISSION

OPERATE &
MAINTAIN

Digitize notes, pictures &

drawings into .ibw file
Integrate RF data collection
into the same file

Webinar: Site
Surveys

Designs can be now created

in the field from mobile
device
Small Cell Network

2015-02-03

Simplifies and accelerates deployments

Android app to plan, design & document small cells

and Wi-Fi access points right from the site

Create new plans or access from an existing design

Use prediction maps based on interference from macro & other cells

Integrate with RF collection tools to automatically import RF data

Document site surveys, place geo-located annotations & create markups

Modify & update design information in the field (as-built documentation)
Small Cell Network

2015-02-03

STEP 1

STEP 2

CREATE FLOOR PLAN AND

ENVIRONMENT ZONES

Small Cell Network

STEP 3

COLLECT RF, SELECT SMALL CELLS

AND RUN PREDICTION

2015-02-03

ADD NETWORK EQUIPT &

INCLUDE ANNOTATIONS

 Seamless data exchange

Single survey/collection file
Optional on-site design
Integrated file stored on cloud/server

iBwave Design

Significant time savings

(no more file import/export)
(no need for post processing)
iBwave Mobile

Collection Tools

IBWC Interface
Small Cell Network

2015-02-03

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FIELD TECHNICIAN

Store projects centrally

and control integrity

DOWNLOAD
MOBILE
FILE FROM
CLOUD/UNITY

UPLOAD
MOBILE FILE
TO CLOUD/UNITY

REVIEW ON
DESIGN

SEND PROJECT
LINK BY EMAIL

As-Built
Documentation

Small Cell Network

RF ENGINEER

Access any
project and review
as needed
2015-02-03

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Traditional Approach

Time Savings

With iBwave Mobile

8h

COLLECT BUILDING INFO

0 hours

COLLECT BUILDING INFO

8h

4h

COLLECT RF MEASUREMENTS

2 hours

COLLECT RF MEASUREMENTS

3h

4h

POST PROCESSING

3 hours

3h

ORGANIZE PICTURES (ex:PPT)

4 hours

2h

IMPORT RF DATA IN IBWAVE

1 hours

21h

SYSTEM DESIGN

SYSTEM DESIGN

11h

21h

Total 10 hours

Relative time savings: 48%

Small Cell Network

2015-02-03

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Reduce project life cycle

11h
Reduce cost
Increase quality

DESCRIPTION
Small cells survey in LA warehouse building
Design created including AP location,
network equipment and cable routing
RSSI prediction to determine AP coverage
7 floors surveyed in approx. 2 hours
BENEFITS

Significant time savings (estimated 10 hours)

Single site visit for survey, planning, design
Viewing prediction ensures sufficient APs
Skip detailed engineering step for small
venues.
Small Cell Network

2015-02-03

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One System of 1 Services Node and 100 PoE-powered Radio Nodes Can Scale
to Cover 1.5 Million Square Feet
Dual-Band
3G/4G and
4G/4G

LTE

3G

Services Node
(1RU in the enterprise data center)
Small Cell Network

2015-02-03

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Portfolio of Radio Nodes

SSP Radio Node

SSPRN 20
Mounted below
suspended ceiling

SSP Radio Node

SSPRN 19
Mounted below
suspended ceiling

SSP Radio Node

SSPRN 1
Mounted below
suspended ceiling

Small Cell Network

SSP Radio Node

SSPRN 24
Mounted below
suspended ceiling

SSP Radio Node

SSPRN 22
Mounted below
suspended ceiling

2015-02-03

15

SSP Radio Node

SSPRN 23
Mounted below
suspended ceiling

Coverage Simulation (iBwave) Radio Node EIRP: +12.1dBm

Small Cell Network

2015-02-03

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11 Floors

Services Node installed in Unilever Data Center to

serve site

Solution

49 Radio Nodes installed in the site

Utilizing Unilevers enterprise LAN/VLAN Architecture
to support installation

1,800 Subscribers

Onsite installation completed in two evenings

A Very Happy Customer

49 Radio Nodes

Excellent 3G coverage throughout building

Results

50% decrease in load on macro-cells

Zero disruption to Unilever operations and
infrastructure

3,000 Voice + 94,000 Data calls per day

Small Cell Network

2015-02-03

1 Services Node

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SMALL CELL PLANNING & DESIGN NEEDS TO BE STREAMLINED TO SCALE

DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS ARE NEEDED FOR DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS
iBWAVE MOBILE PLANNER: FIELD-BASED SURVEY, DESIGN & DOCN
SCALABLE SOLUTION INCLUDING CENTRALIZED REPOSITORY

DEPLOYMENT EXAMPLES POINTING TO CONCRETE SAVINGS

Small Cell Network

2015-02-03

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