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Benefits of RF over fibre Solutions

Anthony Sutton: Coverage Sales Director
 Agenda

Cobham Wireless
Who we are
Our origins
What is RF over fibre
Type of hardware
Applications
Benefits of an RF over fibre solutions

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 Cobham Wireless
How we fit into the bigger picture

Cobham Communications and Connectivity

Some numbers
Annual revenue 1.9bn in 2014
97m company funded R&D in 2014 (7% revenue*)
Employing more than 12,000 people on five continents with 250 in Cape Town
*Revenue of technology sectors only

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 Cobham Wireless Our Heritage

A global developer and manufacturer

of DAS and wireless coverage
solutions

Providing market-leading
development & test tools for 2G,
Wireless
3G, 4G, WLAN, [5G] and IP
technologies

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 Cobham Wireless Key Facts

Headquarters in UK

Revenue circa 200m

Adjusted EBITDA circa 21%
800 employees
40 locations world-wide
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 Our Areas of Expertise

Coverage Validation
Intelligent Distributed Advanced network validation tools
Antenna Systems (DAS) for mobile & IP networks

helping propel your network to the next generation

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 Our Customers

Service Providers / Handset & Network

Infrastructure Vendors
Virtually all the worlds
Network Operators OEMs & CMs

leading telecom vendors

Silicon Vendors Non-Telecom

Some of our high-profile projects

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 RF over Fibre Systems

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 What is RF over fibre

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 Off air or BTS Fed systems

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 How does it work?

An off-air digital
repeater receives
the radio signals
to provide coverage
inside small buildings
to feed an optical
system, or we have
direct BTS
connection to cover
larger buildings,
tunnels & metros.

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Why in-building coverage?

Outdoor cells might be blocked

by high penetration loss of
modern buildings

Dominant cell definitions often

disturbed by multiple cells from
outside

Massive demand for capacity

requires dedicated in-building
sectors

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 Applications

Airports
Railway / Metro Stations
Shopping Centres
Public Buildings and Areas
Stadiums
Corporate Headquarters
Power Stations
Railway / Metro / Road
tunnels
Manufacturing plants
Mines
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 Advantages of RF of Fibre

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Coverage with Base Stations

Group Call
420.125MHz MCCH TCH TCH A

420.625MHz MCCH TCH A TCH

421.725MHz MCCH TCH TCH A

422.225MHz MCCH TCH TCH A

422.725MHz MCCH A TCH TCH

423.225MHz MCCH TCH TCH A C

A 422.225MHz BS
C

C 422.725MHz BS A
C

A 420.125MHz BS
B
A 423.225MHz BS

A 420.625MHz BS D

B 421.725MHz BS A

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With repeaters and high-capacity - TBS

Group Call
420.125MHz MCCH TCH TCH A

420.625MHz TCH TCH TCH TCH

Higher system
421.725MHz TCH TCH TCH TCH
availability
422.225MHz TCH TCH TCH TCH

C
420.125MHz
420.125MHz 420.625MHz
420.625MHz A 421.725MHz R
C
421.725MHz 422.225MHz
422.225MHz 420.125MHz
420.625MHz
C 421.725MHz R A
C D 422.225MHz

A BS OMU
B 420.125MHz
420.625MHz

420.125MHz A 421.725MHz
422.225MHz
R

420.625MHz
A 421.725MHz R D
422.225MHz

420.125MHz
420.625MHz A
B 421.725MHz R

422.225MHz

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With Base Stations

Individual Call Erlang C

420.125MHz MCCH TCH TCH TCH 0.55

420.625MHz MCCH TCH TCH TCH 0.55

421.725MHz MCCH TCH TCH TCH 0.55

422.225MHz MCCH TCH TCH TCH 0.55

422.725MHz MCCH TCH TCH TCH 0.55

423.225MHz MCCH TCH TCH TCH 0.55 Total Erlang 3.3 C

422.225MHz
A Erlang 0.55
BS
C

C 422.725MHz BS A
C D Erlang 0.55

A 420.125MHz
BS
B
Erlang 0.55
423.225MHz
A Erlang 0.55
BS

420.625MHz
A Erlang 0.55
BS D

B
421.725MHz
BS A
Erlang 0.55

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Static allocation of capacity

C
422.225MHz
A Erlang 0.55
BS
C

C 422.725MHz BS A
C D Erlang 0.55

A 420.125MHz
BS
B
Erlang 0.55
423.225MHz
A Erlang 0.55
BS

420.625MHz
A Erlang 0.55
BS D

B
421.725MHz
BS A
Erlang 0.55

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With repeaters

MCCH TCH TCH TCH

TCH TCH TCH TCH

Total 8 Erlang
TCH TCH TCH TCH

TCH TCH TCH TCH

C
420.125MHz
420.125MHz 420.625MHz
420.625MHz A 421.725MHz R
C
421.725MHz 422.225MHz
422.225MHz 420.125MHz
420.625MHz
C 421.725MHz R A
C D 422.225MHz

A BS OMU
B 420.125MHz
420.625MHz

420.125MHz A 421.725MHz
422.225MHz
R

420.625MHz
A 421.725MHz R D
422.225MHz

420.125MHz
420.625MHz A
B 421.725MHz R

422.225MHz

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With repeaters

Full system capacity available at

every site location

420.125MHz
420.125MHz 420.625MHz
420.625MHz A 421.725MHz R
421.725MHz 422.225MHz
422.225MHz 420.125MHz
420.625MHz
C C
421.725MHz R

C D 422.225MHz

A D A
A C
BS OMU
B 420.125MHz
420.625MHz

420.125MHz A 421.725MHz
422.225MHz
R

420.625MHz
A 421.725MHz R D
422.225MHz

420.125MHz
420.625MHz A
B 421.725MHz R

422.225MHz

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 The equipment

OMU Optical
D-CSR Digital Masterunit
Channel Selective
repeater BSF Band Selective
Fibre repeater

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 Key Benefits

RF over fibre
Reduced frequency requirements
Improved system capacity
Easy to expand system
More frequencies
Additional equipment locations
Reduced Switch loading
Less backhaul links
Single or multiple bands in same box (for example Tetra +
LTE).
Cheaper than BTS solution. OMU + 2 optical repeaters circa
$25k
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Any Questions?