HSPA and LTE

The way forward

Mobile broadband market update

What happens in standardization
Network evolution
Frequency bands
When what?
Products
Conclusion
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Broadband growth
> 1.8 billion subscriptions 2012
2100

Subscriptions (Millions)

1800

Mobile
Broadband

1500
1200
900

Fixed
Broadband

600
300
0
2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Source: OVUM, Strategy Analytics & Internal Ericsson

Broadband becomes personal

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HSPA boosts mobile data uptake

Strong data traffic growth

Relative Network Load

Data Oper 1

Data Oper 2

Data Oper 3

Voice
world average

Mobile Broadband is happening NOW!

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The Global Choice

Mobility is very well received on a global basis
WCDMA coverage by year 2008

Subscribers by technology

3GPP
technologies

Source: Internal Ericsson

Source: GSA, Ericsson and others

High volume => cost effective solutions

Global coverage => worldwide roaming
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Economies of Scale
R&D is creating a
more competitive
end-user offering

Network and terminal

investments are
driving R&D

Competitive end-user
offerings increases
uptake of service

More subscribers
will drive network
and terminal
investments

>80% of all mobile subscribers are GSM & WCDMA subscribers

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Mobile broadband market update

What happens in standardization
Network evolution
Frequency bands
When what?
Products
Conclusion
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What happens in the 3GPP standard?

High Speed Downlink Packet Access in Rel 5
Enhanced Uplink in Rel 6
High Speed Packet Access+ in Rel 7 e.g.:
Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO)
Higher order modulation DL/UL

Long Term Evolution in Rel 8

3GPP Rel 99/4

WCDMA

Rel 5

Rel 6

WCDMA Evolved
HSDPA

Enhanced Uplink

Rel 7

Rel 8

HSPA Evolved
HSPA+

LTE
LTE

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HSPA Evolution, lower cost/GB

For 5 MHz carrier
Downlink

Uplink

3.6 Mbps

0.384 Mbps

Rel 5

HSPA
on the uplink

15 codes

14 Mbps
Rel 7 64QAM

Rel 61.4

2x2 MIMO

2 ms TTI

21 Mbps 28 Mbps
Rel 8

Mbps

5.8 Mbps

Both

16QAM

42 Mbps

12 Mbps

Future
candidates

80 Mbps

Latency < 25 ms

23 Mbps

Higher Speed, Lower cost per GB

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HSPA development time plan

2006

HSPA DL

up to 3.6 Mbps

2007

HSPA DL

up to 14.4 Mbps

HSPA UL
up to 1.4 Mbps

2008

HSPA DL
GBR, MBR,
Priority

HSPA UL

2009

HSPA DL

up to 28 Mbps

HSPA DL

up to 42 Mbps

HSPA UL
up to 5.8 Mbps

MBR, Priority

P4

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P6

P7

P8

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3GPP LTE Performance Targets

High data rates
Downlink: >100 Mbps
Uplink: >50 Mbps
Cell-edge data rates
2-3 x HSPA Rel. 6

Low delay/latency
User plane RTT: <10 ms
Channel set-up: <100 ms

High spectral efficiency

Targeting 3 X HSPA Rel. 6

High Performance
Broadcast services
Cost-effective migration
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LTE development time plan

2005

2006

Work Item

Study Item

LTE development

2007

2008

2009

CR & functional growth

HW Development
SW Development

Ericsson commercial
product Releases

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LTE GA

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Peak Data Rates

HSPA and LTE on 5+5 MHz FDD
Downlink
Uplink

Peak Data Rates [Mbps]

50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
HSPA R6
2004

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2007

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HSPA R8
2008

LTE 2x2,
5+5 MHz
2008
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Peak Data Rates

LTE Standard Capabilities
Downlink
Uplink

Peak Data Rates [Mbps]

350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0

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LTE 2x2,
5+5 MHz
2008
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LTE 2x2,
20+20 MHz
2008

LTE 4x4,
20+20 MHz
2008
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Capacity
HSPA and LTE on 5+5MHz FDD

Spectrum Efficiency [bps/Hz/sector]

Downlink
Uplink
3,0
2,5
2,0
1,5
1,0
0,5
0,0
HSPA R6
2004

HSPA R7
2007

HSPA R8
2008

LTE 2x2
2008

Note: Simulations done for dispersive channel (dense urban macro)

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Capacity
LTE Standard Capabilities

Spectrum Efficiency [bps/Hz/sector]

Downlink
Uplink
3,0
2,5
2,0
1,5
1,0
0,5
0,0
LTE 2x2
2008

LTE 4x4
2008

Note: Simulations done for dispersive channel (dense urban macro)

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HSPA+/LTE performance comparison

On 5 MHz bandwidth comparable

performance
> 5 MHz trunking gain gives improved
LTE performance

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Mobile broadband market update

What happens in standardization
Network evolution
Frequency bands
When what?
Products
Conclusion
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Terminology update
EPC
eUTRAN
EPS

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Evolved Packet Core (earlier SAE =

System Architecture Evolution)
Evolved UTRAN (earlier LTE RAN =
Long Term Evolution)
Evolved Packet System incl. EPC,
eUTRAN and terminals

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EPS Architecture

Gr

IP networks

PCRF

HLR/HSS

SGi

S6a
S7

SGSN

S3

MME

S4

SAE GW

S11

(PDN GW and
Serving GW)
S2a/b/c

S10
Gb

Iu CP

S12
S1 CP

BSC

RNC

BTS

Node B

GERAN

UTRAN

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S1 UP

eNode B
eUTRAN

Non-3GPP access

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Evolution path architecture

Evolving towards a flat architecture
2007/2008

Today

GGSN/SAE-GW

GGSN

GGSN

SGSN/MME

SGSN

SGSN

2009/2010

RNC

RNC

BSC

RNC

BTS

Node B

BTS

Node B

BTS

Node B

GERAN

UTRAN

GERAN

UTRAN

GERAN

UTRAN

BSC

BSC

eNode B

eUTRAN

Control plane
User plane
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Evolution path Radio

GSM

GPRS

EDGE

EDGE
evolved

WCDMA

HSPA

HSPA+
LTE

3GPP technologies

New Opco
CDMA

EV-DO

UMB

3GPP2 technologies
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Mobile broadband market update

What happens in standardization
Network evolution
Frequency bands
When what?
Products
Conclusion
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FDD frequencies
3GPP release 7
FDD
Band

Frequencies (MHz)

Bandwidth (MHz)

1920-1980/2110-2170

60

II

1850-1910/1930-1990

60

III

1710-1785/1805-1880

75

IV

1710-1755/2110-2155

45

824-849/869-894

25

VI

875-885/830-840

10

VII

2500-2570/2620-2690

70

VIII

880-915/925-960

35

IX

1750-1785/1845-1880

35

1710-1770/2110-2170

60

HSPA available
HSPA planned
LTE planned first phase

Other frequency bands will be supported based on market demand

Band III is partly covered by Band IX
Band X is partly covered by Band IV
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TDD frequencies
3GPP release 7
TDD
Band

Frequencies (MHz)

Bandwidth (MHz)

1900-1920, 2010-2025

20, 15

1850-1910, 1930-1990

60, 60

(1915)1910-1930

20

2570-2620

50

HSPA available
HSPA planned
LTE planned

Other frequency bands will be supported based on market demand

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Additional frequency bands

Proposed to be specified in 3GPP
450-470 MHz
698-806 MHz for US
part of 698-862 MHz for CEPT and others
3400-3800 MHz
2300-2400 MHz
Work item for US on-going
Needs to be added for China

In bold to be specified in a near time schedule

Wide range of bands enables global support

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Mobile broadband market update

What happens in standardization
Network evolution
Frequency bands
When what?
Products
Conclusion
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From a CDMA(2000) perspective

Drivers to select 3GPP technology:

Cost/attractive terminals (network)

Competitive landscape
Future proofness
International roaming

A number of operators have made the change:

Telstra, Vivo and Pelephone move from CDMA towards

WCDMA/HSPA
Verizon wireless selects LTE as the next generation mobile
network

LTE/SAE standard adapted to enable migration

of CDMA2000 operators
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Verizon and Vodafone

Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference Sep. 19, 2007
It makes complete sense for us to go from HSDPA to LTE
and it makes sense for Verizon to go from EV-DO to LTE
Arun Sarin
CEO Vodafone Group
Going through a common platform is nothing more than
the industry realizing that we can stimulate expansive
growth by having a common platform and having the best
networks,
Ivan Seidenberg
Verizon Communications Inc. chairman and CEO
Source: Reuters

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Verizon Selects LTE as 4G Wireless Broadband Direction
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From a GSM perspective

Still on GSM due to:
Licensing of 3G spectrum has not taken place
Cheap voice/low cost terminal most important

Data via EDGE in first stage and can migrate to EDGE

evolved
If higher data rates are required then HSPA is first
option (see Gramjyoti project)

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Flow diagram HSPA/LTE

Licensed 3G spectrum using 3GPP technologies
Incumbent Opco?

No

Purchase
spectrum

Yes
Spectrum available?

No

Yes
Is existing
spectrum used?

No

Yes
LTE

Yes

Bandwidth <5 MHz?

Operator
considerations

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FDD or TDD
spectrum

TDD

LTE

FDD
No

Mass deployed
before 2010

Yes

HSPA+

HSPA+ and/or LTE

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Operator considerations
HSPA and/or LTE

OPEX
Investment protection
Competitive landscape
Legacy networks
Future proofness
Terminal costs and portfolio
...

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Mobile broadband market update

What happens in standardization
Network evolution
Frequency bands
When what?
Products
Conclusion
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LTE Introduction in RBS 3206

Dual Mode
Dual Band
Standardized
LTE modules

Add

Smooth migration from HSPA to LTE

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Packet Core
Examples
Evolution of SGSN
3G Direct Tunnel for efficient
scaling of Mobile Broadband
capacity
MME functionality added

Evolution of GGSN
LTE support added
Mobile IP added

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Transmission
Examples
Fiber interconnect
Node
MINI-LINK TN 20p
600 MBps

Aggregation
Node
MINI-LINK TN 6p

Repeater node
Edge Node
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MINI-LINK TN 2p
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Ericsson Mobile Platform for

HSPA+/LTE
Building on leadership in 3G platforms
Powerful mobile broadband
experience day one
Designed for different types
of devices
Flexible configurations

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Three user scenarios

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Mobile broadband market update

What happens in standardization
Network evolution
Frequency bands
When what?
Products
Conclusion
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Summary
Mobile broadband is NOW!
On 5 MHz bandwidth comparable performance HSPA+/LTE
> 5 MHz trunking gain gives improved performance LTE
Ericssons total product offering for Operators and Device
OEMs
Infrastructure (RAN, CN, Mini-Link, Site, Antennas, OSS,.)
Mobile Platform
Broadband modules
Fixed Wireless Terminals
Sony Ericsson devices

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