Overcoming high deployment costs of synchronizing Enterprise Small Cells
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Transcript of Enterprise Small Cells
© 2014 ThinkSmallCell Ltd.
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David Chambers ThinkSmallCell
Cambridge Wireless
Small Cell SIG London, 21 Jan 2014
Enterprise Small Cells
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About ThinkSmallCell • Founded Sept 2007 as ThinkFemtocell
• Independent news, analysis, insight into Small Cells
• Based on a belief that small cell architecture is the only credible soluMon for high data traffic
• David Chambers, B.Sc. (Hons), MIET, C.Eng, Dip. M., MCIM, Chartered Marketer
• Career includes – Telecom soSware engineer – Telecom product manager – Standards (ETSI, 3GPP) – Chartered Engineer – Chartered Marketer
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Agenda
• Scope of Enterprise Small Cells • Building Size vs SoluMon Fit • Radio Technology • MulM-‐Operator • Deployment Cycle • Enterprise Small Cell vendor categories • More informaMon
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Enterprise Residen,al Urban Rural
Small Cells
Small Cells Femtocells OR
Differing Scope of Small Cell Terms
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Enterprise Residen,al Urban Rural
Differing Scope of Small Cell Terms
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All non-‐residenMal buildings including Offices, Hospitality, Retail, Campus Mostly for voice coverage, not data capacity Mostly focused on 3G
Outdoor public areas with some in-‐building penetraMon Mostly for data capacity Some 3G, more interest for 4G
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Size and shape of UK businesses
10-‐49 employees
50-‐249 employees
250+ employees
178,000
6,000
30,000
Number of companies Total employees
9.7M
2.9M
3.4M
UK VAT/PAYE registered businesses at start 2012
4.6M 7.7M <9 employees
41% of total employment 51% of total turnover
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Different sizes require soluMons
10-‐49 employees
50-‐249 employees
250+ employees
<9 employees 8 User Standalone Femtocell
MulMple 16 User small cells
16 User Standalone Small cell
Distributed Antenna System
Group of small cells with local concentrator/gateway
10-‐49 employees
50-‐249 employees
250+ employees
50-‐249 employees
250+ employees 250+ employees
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Typical Enterprise Small Cells
• Similar to residenMal femtocells, except – Higher RF power, providing wider area coverage – Higher traffic capacity, typically 16 user – Powered via Ethernet (PoE) – Wall mounted, usually neutral and unobtrusive
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Cisco’s Snap-‐On Upgrade Cisco’s USC 5310 “snap-‐on” for Aeronet 3600 series
• Upgrades exisMng Wi-‐Fi access point to 3G – Full 3G small cell, 8 user, 21 Mbps – Single Ethernet cable powers enMre unit – Minimal impact, straighlorward upgrade – Typically only needed for a few Wi-‐Fi hotspots
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Enterprise Network Architectures
ESCC = Enterprise Small Cell Concentrator. Can be 3G or LTE or both ESCG = Enterprise Small Cell Gateway
Source: Enterprise Small Cell Architectures (Small Cell Forum: hpp://scf.io)
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Enterprise Small Cell Concentrator Source: Enterprise Small Cell Architectures (Small Cell Forum: hpp://scf.io)
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3G vs LTE vs MulMmode
• Today, mostly about 3G for voice – Matches exisMng smartphone capabiliMes – 4G voice (VoLTE) not yet mainstream – RF isolaMon in-‐building reduces concerns about interference with macrocells
• 4G/LTE products commercially available – Widely deployed in South Korea
• MulM-‐mode 3G/LTE product by 2H 2014 – Needs next generaMon of silicon chipsets – Ideally fits within Power over Ethernet limits
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MulM-‐Operator
• Useful for BYOD, COPE; Important for venues • Different ways to achieve this – MulMple Small Cells, one per network operator – MulM-‐band MulM-‐Operator Small Cells (e.g. MOCN) – NaMonal Roaming – 3rd party wholesale using own spectrum (e.g. BT)
• 3G vs 4G • Issues with some older 3G smartphones, but workarounds exist
BYOD = Bring Your Own Device COPE = Corporate Owned/Personally Enabled MOCN = Mul?ple Operator Core Network
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Deployment Cycle
• Self-‐install • RF SimulaMon and Design • Cabling & Networking • OpMmisaMon and
management
Small Large
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Enterprise Small Cell vendors
Cisco Aruba …
Enterprise Wi-‐Fi Vendors
TE ConnecMvity Comba Commscope Powerwave Solid …
DAS Vendors
Purewave …
WiMAX Vendors
ip.access Ubiquisys/Cisco Spidercloud Alcatel-‐Lucent …
Femtocell Vendors
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Summary • Enterprise includes all non-‐residenMal in-‐building • Predominantly 3G for voice today • Larger buildings likely to have local controller • Takeup could be accelerated by – Simple design and installaMon – MulM-‐operator support – Outsourcing
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More InformaMon
David Chambers [email protected]
ThinkSmallCell.com • Free Small Cell Monthly Newsleper • Regular arMcles, independent views
Small Cell Forum • Release Two: Enterprise • 20 Documents • hpp://scf.io