Taimur Cheema - Cisco Small Cell Solution Overview PDF

Cisco Small Cell Solution
Overview
Adnan Zafar
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•  Reaching out to users with poor coverage •  A lot of needy users around the cell means
means cells will need to transmit at higher the cell will need to use all its spectral and
power so fast draining of power resources, and power resources to serve as much as it can,
there is a limit. but there is a limit.
•  Reaching out to users interference polluted •  The more power transmitted by the cell, the
areas means cells will need to fall back to more interference it causes on neighbor cells,
more reliable but less efficient modulation and so they need to increase their power and
MIMO modes to maintain QoS. reduce efficiency… and the story goes on and
on.
So Spectral Efficiency is reduced

So Spectral Efficiency is reduced (and some users not even served)
(and some users still out of
coverage)
And here comes the Small Cell
•  Bring the base stations closer to the

users
•  Small cells offer strong coverage to the

user without the need to transmit too
much power or sacrifice spectral
efficiency
•  Small cells need only to worry about

demand within their own small coverage
area. Need more capacity, place more
small cells! End Result: Improved
Spectral/Power Efficiency
Release 8: Small Cells!
•  The Home Node B (HNB)
architecture was introduced in
R8. Iub
Node Iu-CS MSC/
RNC
•  The standard introduces three B VLR
main components:
Uu
•  HNB (aka Small Cell/ HNB
Femtocell) U Se
•  HNB-GW (aka Femto/FAP
E c HNB- SGS
Gateway) G GW Iu-PS N
W
•  HMS (aka ACS or RMS HNB
(Cisco)
Iuh
•  Iuh interface is secured by an TR-69
IPSec tunnel via the Security
Gateway.
HMS
•  RNC functionalities are split
between HNB and HNB-GW.
•  RRM is handled by the HNB
Anytime
Growth in Lack of Attractive Increase in
Anywhere
Mobile Data Spectrum Economics Indoor
Access to
of Offload Consumption
Data
High growth opportunities are attracting intense competition

§  Most widely deployed small cells in the world"
§  Over 18 million APs deployed, 55%+ share"
§  200+ Service Providers using Cisco SP Wi-Fi"
§  Nearly 2 million Licensed Small Cells deployed"
•  AT&T 3G MicroCell launched April 2010
http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/why/3gmicrocell/
•  Largest femtocell deployment worldwide
•  True zero-touch provisioning
Over 90% of femto installations done without customer care intervention
Fully automated provisioning and management control
BEST COMMERCIAL FEMTO LAUNCH
AT&T’s 3G MicroCell National Deployment
“AT&T’s 3G MicroCell deployment with Cisco caught the judges’ eyes for two crucial reasons. First and
foremost, it emphasized the importance of the customer at the heart of the femtocell experience,
positioning technology very much as an enabler, rather than an end in itself. Secondly, the deployment is
on a national scale, which given the US market’s size adds an additional layer of complexity”, agreed the
judges.
London, England - June 23, 2010
•  Challenging project from the start: specs Project Facts
being defined ‘on the go’ in a nascent
segment of the industry §  Solution rolled out nationally
by June 2010
•  True ‘Whole Offer’ for Cisco
§  ~800k units sold >600k active
•  A lot of new development was required,
working with multiple partners (including §  Units are installed by
ip.access) consumers
•  Fantastic dedication by the Engineering §  92% are completed without
team! AT&T’s involvement thanks to
•  ‘Best Commercial Rollout’ award at our ZTPS [Zero-Touch
Femto World Summit in London (June Provisioning System]
2010)
§  1.8M calls / 7M minutes
•  Led to ASR5K insertion and future handled daily
expansion opportunities
§  2.2 TB of mobile data
offloaded
•  SoftBank residential and rural
femtocells deployed since January
2009"
•  Free femtocells offered from May 10th
2010:"
Free residential offer to all 20M customers"
Free business & retail offer with free Wi-Fi
and free ADSL"
Femtocells in open mode to benefit all
SoftBank customers"
•  Rural femtocells for coverage infill"
•  Metro femtocells for capacity relief

and coverage infill"
•  Enterprise Femtocells"
9"
Residential! Enterprise! Rural!
8 Call! 16 Call! 16 Call!
Grid! Cluster/Grid!
Low Power!
Med Power! High Power!
Open Mode!
Open Mode! Open Mode!
Comprehensive,
3G Intelligent 3G/LTE/
Wi-Fi Small Cells
Minimize •  Built on industry standards; 3GPP

deployment OPEX architectures
with zero/low touch •  Innovative features and capabilities
provisioning solving coverage & capacity challenges
•  Proven optimization & monetization
Best of breed SON models with robust Policy & Subscriber
solution ensuring services
Macro radio co-
•  End-to-end, validated, carrier-grade
existence
network solutions (radio, access,
backhaul, core, policy/charging)
Cisco Prime Provisioning Management
Small Cell Backhaul

Cisco ASR 901S
Cisco Universal Small Cells
Small Cell 3G/4G

Gateway Core Internet
Cisco USC 5310 Cisco ASR 5000
for Aironet
Cisco Aironet
Wi-Fi
Indoor & Outdoor Wireless Controller Subscriber/MNO Gateway
Cisco 8510 Cisco ASR 1000
Cisco Quantum SON Suite Policy Suite
Cisco Prime Provisioning Management
Universal Small Cell: Management, Policy and SON:
ü Up to 16 active Users ü Full AP Mgmt and Provisioning (RMS)
ü Closed/Open access
Small Cell Backhaul ü TR-069 standard compliance (RMS)
ü HSPA+, Iuh protocol
Cisco ASR 901S ü HNB status monitoring
ü Network Element SON ü Highly scalable and flexible architecture
ü Interference monitoring ü Prime Mobility for Fault, Performance,
ü Configurable output power (max 24dBm/ Configuration
Cisco Universal Small Cells
250mW) ü Quantum SON HetNet solution
ü Cloudbase SW activation and recovery ü Quantum Policy: Analytics, Control, Policy
Small Cell 3G/4G
Gateway Core Internet
Cisco USC 5310 Cisco ASR 5000
for Aironet
SP-WiFi: ASR5000 H(e)NBGW:
ü Metro WiFi and Hotspot ü ASR5000 integrated SeGW/HNBGW
ü Economic factor of offloading 3G/4G traffic ü Multifunction platform: S/GGSN, LTE EPC, etc.
ü Shortage of licensed spectrum
Cisco Aironet ü High capacity (up to 1M HNB per full chassis)
Wi-Fi everywhere in all mobile devices
ü Wi-Fi ü 3GPP Compliance (Iuh, Iu-CS & Iu-PS)
Indoor & Outdoor Wireless Controller Subscriber/MNO Gateway
ü ASR5000 based authentication and mobility ü 1:n
Cisco Stateful redundancy
8510 Cisco ASR 1000
ü CleanAir for WiFi interference management ü Open/Closed Mode
Cisco Quantum SON Suite ü Full mobility Policy Suite
Registration, Activation, Care: XML/HTTP
SP OSS
AAA / RADIUS
AP RMS Whitelists
Mgmt
DMZ TR-069
over HTTP PMG
RMS Client TLS ACE 4710 XMPP
(TR069, CMHS)
RANDCC RAN
USC BAC
DMZ Management
UI
Small
Radio Stack S1, Iuh
NTP ASR5000
System DHCP
H(e)NB IuCS
Cell Over
SP MSC
IPSec (RMS)CAR
CMHS HNB-GW
GW
Radio HW SP Firewall or
7600 IuPS
Upload SeGW SP SGSN
CNR
Server
ASR5K or GGSN
SGSN, GGSN S1
EPC
S1, Iuh
Alarms
Cloudbase & KPIs
Alarms Alarms
& KPIs & KPIs
Bootstrap
- PKI Alarms
Prime Mobility & KPIs
NMS Network and Element Management
Prime Prime Prime SP NMS
RAN Optimization/SON
Central Performance Network
USC 7000 Series
Concourse Venue
“ Mobile Internet delivered “ High density,
in the modern urban high intensity”
landscape”
USC 5000 Series

Enterprise Hotspot
“ All business is “ Everyone consumes
mobile today” the mobile Internet
here”
USC 3000 Series

Home Small Office/
“ Mobile as the center Home Office (SoHo)
of your lifestyle”
“ In touch with the world with
my mobile business device”
RMS provides a standard based, scalable solution for Cisco Universal Small Cell Solution
•  Lower time to deployment and OPEX
•  Provides a centralized management entity for the small cell network
•  Easy to use graphical applications in user interface
•  Based on Commercially available HW
•  Provides interfaces and integration API for OSS/BSS
Registration, Activation, Care: XML/HTTP
SP OSS
•  Activation of Access Points AAA / RADIUS

AP Mgmt TR-069 RMS Whitelists
over
DMZ
HTTP
•  Configuration of Access Points RMS TLS
ACE 4710
XMPP
PMG
Client
(TR069, CMHS)
RAN DCC RAN

•  Software upgrade of Access Points USC BAC
Management
UI
Small
Radio S1 DMZ
NTP
System ASR5000
Stack
Cell Iuh, DHCP IuCS
•  Status monitoring of Access Points over
IPsec
CM (RMS)
HS
CAR RAN
HNB-GW
SP MSC
Radio HW SP Firewall
or 7600 Uplo
•  Collection of raw AP KPI data ad
Serv
CNR ASR5K
SeGW IuPS
SP SGSN
er or GGSN
SGSN,
•  Access to AP alarm data GGSN
S1
S1, Iuh, EPC
Alarms
•  Troubleshooting of Access Points Cloudbase & KPIs Alarms Alarms
& KPIs & KPIs
Bootstrap -
•  RADIUS service for AP auth on HNB-GW PKI Alarms
NMS Network and Element Management
Prime Mobility Quantu
& KPIs
and whitelist Prime
Prime
Prime
m RAN
SP NMS
Quantum
Central RAN Optimization
e
Network (SON)
Mgmt/
Performanc
SON
•  DHCP service for allocating IPSec

addresses
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Action
Real-time diagnosis
Faulty and
underperforming cells
and clusters identified Automatic
Network ! adjustment
View
Algorithmic applications
tweak the network
without engineer
Feedback involvement
Instant feedback
Results captured, analyzed -
and lead to new adjustments
Gives subscribers easy access as they transparently
roam between 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi, and small cell networks
•  Standards-based HNB-GW/HeNB-GW with
3GPP specified Iuh interface
•  Single platform for common services across
Wi-Fi, 3G, 4G, and femtocells
•  Seamless mobility between networks
•  Exceptional levels of security with market-
leading IPsec/IKEv2 tunnel performance
•  Integration of multiple network functions into a
single platform for the lowest possible total
cost of ownership
•  Real-time integrated intelligence with policy
enforcement
Enables a True Multi-Vendor Heterogeneous Small Cell Network Deployment

Tightly integrates all components of the Prime Suite
Prime Central through a centralized management interface providing a
single view of integrated operator workflows
Comprehensive and extensible assurance and device

Prime Network management for heterogeneous mobile networks from the
cell site to core to Small Cell Access Points
Prime Actionable performance metrics for Cisco Small Cell

Performance network and components to facilitate assurance and
Manager capacity planning
Cisco Small Cell Solution
AP Technology and Differentiators
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•  Indoors solution drivers
•  Technology fundamentals
•  Key differentiators
•  Small cells must match macro
service and KPIs
•  Requires new generation of
high-availability software
•  Requires resilient, automatic
operation:
-  Auto frequency distribution
-  Auto power control
-  Auto neighbor relations
-  Auto load balancing
60,000 typical transactions per day per small cell in downtown Tokyo and Seoul
Some figures from recent
deployments:
•  10k users per day
•  Average stay 10 mins
•  22k data sessions per day
•  Each user running HSPA data for
25% of their stay
•  Data:Voice sessions ratio 12:1 to
19:1
•  Massive smartphone signalling
load
Key: HSDPA/HSUPA, Multi-RAB, CS, FACH, SRB
MSP drivers
•  Where high data is consumed
•  Capacity and service quality with end-user proximity
•  Highest spectrum reuse
•  Improve macro services removing cell edge users
•  Sites availability
•  Backhaul efficiency
Radio characteristics Site characteristics
•  Macro layer isolation •  Big size range
•  Fast fading – sharp drops •  Cheap available backhaul

at walls, doors, corners…
•  Enterprise friendly
•  Small coverage area per installation needed
unit with fast transitions
•  No usable GPS signal
•  Small cell edge
•  Mobility with macro through
•  Low coupling losses few paths
between UE and AP
CloudBase®
lifecycle
management Build | Activate | Download | Augment | Recover | Re-parent
system
ActiveSON®
automatic Autonomous SC coordination to complement macro layer
grid system coverage and capacity
ActiveRadio®
dynamic self- Continuously
organisation Self-install Self-healing
adaptive
Best software
optimised stacks & Chipset Flexibility to
system controls Performance
agnostic evolve
Small cell
devices
3G/LTE/WiFi
Cisco CloudBase® System
Optimised service area
•  Different capture and coverage radiuses
•  Target radius initialisation and adaptive with use
•  Cell stickiness avoiding ping-pong
Load balancing
•  UL dynamic power cap for limited macro noise area
rise Service area
adaptiveness
•  Cell right-sizing based on traffic load
Mobility
•  Hard handovers
•  One:many hand-in limitations Cell reselection in USC7330
(PSC ambiguity) Cell reselection out
•  Typical inter-frequency
hand-out Cell HSPA power
stickiness boosting
•  Power boosting for
hand-out (and HSPA users)
UL power cap Capture radius
•  Load balancing option
Macro HO power boosting Coverage radius
in overlap area
The enterprise mobility The solution: make it like Wi-Fi
challenge
•  CIOs need total indoor •  Low entry cost: low install

coverage for their mobility cost, low running costs
strategy •  Just add cells to fit any size or
•  But most service providers only shape
offer big-building, big-budget •  That auto-discover and self-
DAS
organize
•  Need a simpler, low-cost •  Resilient, automatic operation
solution that starts small and
can grow •  Commercially deployed today
Small Cells assigned to Group ID
Group management Characterisation at first power-up
Small cells sense each other on RF and p2p on LAN

Balance power levels and coverage (with overlap)
Self-organising network Build small cell and macro neighbour lists
All SON principles covered + unique extensions
Radio and p2p heartbeats

Peer monitoring Adjust neighbour and handover lists when units offline
Multicast of changes
Seamless handovers SC-SC, macro hand-out / hand-in

Seamless mobility No-signalling Idle mobility
Entry units self-detection for “small cell foyer”
Pico TCO"
"
Load balancing for small cell network capacity boost (DAS)
High capacity solution 11-12 Erlang for a 16-call grid unit
"
Scales seamlessly to largest sites "
" Backhaul
Coffee cup radio planning "
WiFi-like installation Wall mounted units, shared Ethernet, PoE compatible Install Grid TCO"
Enable Enterprise IT personnel deployment à DIY
Device
Operator requirements SON features
Improve user
Experience ✔ Automation of NW optimization
q 
✔ Closed loop / Feedback system
q 
Address Dynamic ✔ Real Time Visibility
q 
Usage Patterns
✔ Short action cycles
q 
✔ Vendor agnostic
q 
Handle Complex
Network Architecture ✔ Technology agnostic
q 
✔ Scalability
q 
Reduce OPEX /
CAPEX SON
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Indoor Radio Characteristic Cisco Solution Answer
Macro layer isolation Low power units up to 24dBm (simpler regulation, no site approval)
Same carrier as macro layer option
Fast fading – sharp drops at walls, High frequency reuse, densest deployments possible
doors, corners…
Small coverage area per unit with fast RRM / SON hardened for indoor environment, up to real-time
transitions No SHO usable / needed – rapid hard HOs, self-optimised
Small cell edge Scheduling driven by channel allocation

Use spare power for UE-specific actions
Low coupling losses between UE and AP High dynamic range receiver
Indoor Site Characteristic Cisco Solution Answer

Big size range Scale from single units smoothly up to hundreds
Grid as an insurance policy for single unit deployments
Cheap available backhaul Work on commercial broadband, shared with enterprise / home traffic
VLAN installation, no dedicated point-to-point cabling
Enterprise friendly installation needed WiFi-like installation, planning guidelines driven, no technician walks,
PoE options
Enable same IT personnel and channels (unlocked model)
No usable GPS signal Synch from robust IP timing or sniffed from Macro
Mobility with macro through few paths Entry units with macro mobility
PSC/PCI reuse, external and inner set
•  Solution maturity (3G)
•  Performance for indoor small cells in this form factor (3G)
•  Cisco as the channel to indoor sites
•  Most advanced AP SON, well beyond standards
Cisco AP SON solution is the most mature and complete in the industry, the only
one fully proven in the field
•  Works smoothly with the macro, including in shared carrier indoors
•  Enables massive scale deployments
•  Provides the best TCO
With the 3 together contributing to the most compelling small cells business
case in the industry
•  Other important differentiators:

Supply chain optimisation with CloudBase®
Largest deployment scenario range: residential, hotspot, SME, large E, public space,
venue; outdoor in plan
Form-factor flexibility, dual/tri-mode option (modular design)
•  Including in shared carrier (indoors)
•  Achieve target small cell service
service area controls for no less no more than needed, defined at install,
adaptive during operations, balanced stickiness, HetNet PSC allocation
assistance
•  Protect the macro
policy management set max noise figure increase in the small cell
management by policy
•  Adapt to the load
cell right-sizing for preserving KPI targets, active load balance to macro for
traffic spikes
•  Supply chain optimisation
certified but devolved manufacturing, security from inception, SW/config
automated at site
•  WiFi-like installation
form factors, PoE options, reuse of existing LAN and backhaul, auto
location, ANR, radio config, IP timing, grid for large sites
enables true DIY!
•  … plus, non-SON, but Cisco+VARs as the channel to market
•  Supply chain optimisation
•  WiFi-like install
•  Use shared / commercial broadband
robust to jitter/latency, CAC and QoS controls
•  Small cell fleet management by policy
set during pilots by deployment scenario, highest service quality supported
in automated way, individual actions for special cases only
•  Minimise returns
automated self-healing at unit, grid, BH and macro changes, high product
quality, reduced support calls
•  Maximising user capture with high quality
reduce TCO per user served, best data rates, optimal service area and KPIs
Standards SON is targeted at traditional macro sites
•  Known sites, location, available timing, dedicated backhaul…
•  Applies from unit switch-on only
Cisco AP SON goes deeper in each standard category, but also

includes key areas of operations optimisation beyond the standards and
indoors drivers
•  Optimising processes before the unit is switched on
Devolved manufacturing
Supply chain simplification
•  Extending the scope of self-config at start-up
SW init and licensing
Indoor location, timing
Adapting to available backhaul
•  Extending the scope of self-healing
Unit-on-unit self-healing and with backhaul
•  Cisco licensed small cells are designed from the ground-up to fit indoors
deployments perfectly, delivering a macro-like or better user experience
with the simplest operations
•  A mature AP solution with a world-class set of differentiators providing
the best performance for indoors form factors, the most advanced AP
SON suite, deployment scenario flexibility and the TCO to enable
massive scale deployment
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Cisco Small Cell Solution

So Spectral Efficiency is reduced

• Bring the base stations closer to the

• Small cells offer strong coverage to the

• Small cells need only to worry about

• RRM is handled by the HNB

High growth opportunities are attracting intense competition

BEST COMMERCIAL FEMTO LAUNCH

AT&T’s 3G MicroCell National Deployment

London, England - June 23, 2010

• Rural femtocells for coverage infill"

• Metro femtocells for capacity relief

Minimize • Built on industry standards; 3GPP

Small Cell Backhaul

Cisco Universal Small Cells

Small Cell 3G/4G

Cisco Quantum SON Suite Policy Suite

USC 5000 Series

USC 3000 Series

• Activation of Access Points AAA / RADIUS

RAN DCC RAN

• DHCP service for allocating IPSec

© 2013 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Enables a True Multi-Vendor Heterogeneous Small Cell Network Deployment

Comprehensive and extensible assurance and device

Prime Actionable performance metrics for Cisco Small Cell

Key: HSDPA/HSUPA, Multi-RAB, CS, FACH, SRB

• Fast fading – sharp drops • Cheap available backhaul

• CIOs need total indoor • Low entry cost: low install

Small cells sense each other on RF and p2p on LAN

Radio and p2p heartbeats

Seamless handovers SC-SC, macro hand-out / hand-in

Small cell edge Scheduling driven by channel allocation

Indoor Site Characteristic Cisco Solution Answer

• Other important differentiators:

Cisco AP SON goes deeper in each standard category, but also

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•  Bring the base stations closer to the

•  Small cells offer strong coverage to the

•  Small cells need only to worry about

•  RRM is handled by the HNB

•  Rural femtocells for coverage infill"

•  Metro femtocells for capacity relief

Minimize •  Built on industry standards; 3GPP

•  Activation of Access Points AAA / RADIUS

•  DHCP service for allocating IPSec

•  Fast fading – sharp drops •  Cheap available backhaul

•  CIOs need total indoor •  Low entry cost: low install

•  Other important differentiators: