I N D O N E S I A ’ S B O L T S U P E R 4 G :1 . 5 m 4 G S U B S C R I B E R S A N D …

I M P L E M E N T I N G C - S O N

T H E J O U R N E Y

J A N U A R Y 2 0 T H , 2 0 1 4

The F i rst Commerc ia l 4G LTEoff ic ia l ly unve i led in Indones ia

T a g l i n e : 1 0 t i m e s f a s t e r ( t h a n 3 G ) 7 0 % c h e a p e r t h a n c u r r e n t t a r i f f s

Our dev ices

A U G U S T 2 1 S T , 2 0 1 4

The F i rst 4G PowerPhone in Indones ia

J A N U A R Y 2 3 R D , 2 0 1 5

W H E R E A R E W E N O W ?

Most Favorite 4G Provider AwardSelular Magazine, April 2015

SWA - Net Promoter Score & Net Emotional Value 2015

2nd rank in mobile category

Digital Marketing Award 2014Modem Category

Social Media Award 2014Mobile Modem category

3,100 LTE s i tes18 BOLT! Stores

700 Out lets on 24 partner Brands6,000 out lets se l l ing Bo l t

>1,000 t roops on the ground

O V E R T A K I N G E S T A B L I S H E D O P E R A T O R S

AT THIS PACE BOLT WILL BE 3rd DENSEST NETWORK* BY YE’15

* In Jakarta Metropolitan Area

ACCELERATED NETWORK DENSIFICATION

Additional Capacity:+450 BTS

2,950 sites on Air

Additional Indoor:+200 BTS

Rapid Network expansion leads to RF-planning challengesCell split brings with it hand-over challenges & Optimization struggles

W I T H A L W A Y S B E T T E R C O N N E C T I V I T Y …

YE’15 Target to push >30Mb/s average user speed

Rapid Capacity expansion requires Dual Carrier implementation to maintain user-experienceDual Carrier adds inter-frequency HO and load balancing challenges thru HetNet Management

May ‘14 Dec. ‘14 April ‘15

COUNTERING CONGESTION THRU DUAL CARRIER AND MLB

H O W D O W E D O I T ?

Radio PerformanceeRAN8.0• 4x4 MIMO improves signal quality and speed

• 15MHz Carrier (vs. 10 MHz at launch)

Enhanced Voice & Video eRAN8.0• VoLTE Radio QoS introduction

• eMBMS enables LTE broadcast/Mobile TV

LTE Advanced FeatureseRAN8.0• 15MHz + 15MHz Carrier Aggregation

• Enhanced Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (eICIC)

DEPLOYED INDUSTRY’S MOST ADVANCE SW-BUILD

HETNET/SMALL CELLS REQUIRE STRONG RF-PARAMETERS BASE

Macro

BBU Motel

>25m

Micro

15-20m

Host Layer •VoLTE Handover

•Basic Connectivity ~20 Mbps

•LTE Broadcast

Coverage

Boost Layer

•Speed up: @~60Mbps

•In building

•Network Capacity Capacity

Micro

15-20m

Micro

15-20m

Micro

15-20m

• Capacity Expansion• Improved indoor

penetration• Boost speed: 160Mbps

• Secures network coverage

• Address capacity for specific area (DC case)

• Optimal RB use (MLB)

RRU

Only

RRU

OnlyRRU

Only

RRU

Only

F1

Spectrum Utilization focus on user experience

F2

F2 F2

F2

COORDINATION IS KEY BUT RAN OPTIMIZATION IS KING

Cluster #1 Cluster #2

SON

aSFN/CoMP/CSPC CoMP/CSPC

eICIC Pattern

Automatic Cluster Generation

Coordination via Centralized CloudBB

aICIC

(inter

cluster)

eICIC

* ABS = Almost Blank

Subframe

Coordinated Scheduling Power Control (CSPC)

Macro – Small Cell

ABS

Mute / Low Power

Cell Edge Throughput Gain 50% (Small Cell) Cell Edge Throughput Gain 80%

Cluster Cluster

• Centralized resource coordination and scheduling

• Flexible cluster generation

• Immediate reaction to specific area issues

• Micro view and handling of congestion or interference appearance (new BTS, excessive usage..)

… E A R L Y I M P L E M E N T A T I O N O F C E N T R A L I Z E D - S O N ( C - S O N )

• Network level KPI observation and operation

• Multi-vendor, Multi-technology, Multi-band

• Multiple KPI awareness

• Orchestration of eNodeB-level D-SON policy control

• Framework for the end-to-end SON

• Correlation of different data resources

• eNode Level KPI observation and operation

• Real-time operation

• Control of session state

• No External Integration

C-S

ON

Features

D-S

ON

Superior EfficiencySuperior Performance

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE WITH HYBRID SON-DEPLOYMENT

Current SON implementation

C E N T R A L I Z E D S O N ( C - S O N ) E N S U R E S C O S T -E F F E C T I V E P E R F O R M A N C E I M P R O V M E N T S

T H R U A U T O M A T E D A C T I O N S …

… R E D U C E S D E P E N D E N C Y O N H U M A N I N T E R V E N T I O N A N D L I M I T S I N P R O C E S S I N G

C A P A B I L I T I E A N D / O R L O C A L S K I L L S

Field Verified

Results

End-to-end

Network View

OpEx and CapEx

Efficiencies

I M P L E M E N T I N G I T D E E P E R A N D B R O A D E R

Macro/Micro Cells

dSON

IRPManager

Reporting

EngineUnified

Data

Pico/Indoor Cells

OSSU2000 OSSEMS CEM

Geo-located User Insight Data

SON Workflow

Manager

Correlation

Engine

Mediation Platforms

Performance

Alarm Manager

Automated

LTE Optimization

• Dashboard

• End-to-End Performance

• Worst Cells Reports

• Real Time Reporting

• User Experience Reports

Centralized

Reporting

• Real Time Performance Alarms

• Trend Based Alarms

• User Experience Follow-up

• Custom Alerts to send SMS or open Tickets

Integrated

Alarm Management

• PCI Opt. & RSI Opt.

• MRO

• cANR

• Multi Domain Conf. Correction

• CCO (CEM Enhanced)

• New Site Location Suggestion

BOLT’S USER-CENTRIC C-SON IMPLEMENTATION

END-TO-END COORDINATION FROM MACRO TO SMALL CELLS

Macro Cell

Small Cell

Results

Reduced Cell-Edge problems

Less ping-pong mobility activities

Optimum traffic load distribution

Better user throughput

Operational Efficiencies

Functions Small cell identification under Macro coverage

Policy based eICIC activation

CRE ( cell-range-expansion ) & Handover Border optimization

Macro RF Shaping (for intra-frequency implementation)

Configuration data-pass between

layers and vendors

Pico Cell

Cell Edge

C-SON

L E A P O F F A I T H : C L O S E D - L O O P S O N D E P L O Y M E N T

Within 6 month…

192,063 CRs raised:

108 mechanical Tilts/

azimuth changes

86,563 Neighbor

addition/deletions

88,182 NCL deletions

17,204 parameters

changes like RS-power,

inter/intra Handover, X2

deletion, Tddbundling,

timers…

…How much

could a human do?

P U S H I N G O N E S T E P F U R T H E R …

E N R I C H M E N T W I T H U S E R E X P E R I E N C E D A T A E N A B L I N G M O R E T A R G E T E D N E T W O R K

P L A N N I N G A N D O P T I M I Z A T I O N

Targeted

LTE Coverage

Adjustment

Perfect

Small Cell Capacity

Roll-out Focus

ADDING GEO-TAGGED USER EXPERIENCE DATA INTO C-SON

• Tool Developed by Major LTE pioneer in Asia• embedded in Balance checker App => CEM provides IRAT events locations, Throughput, access fails, drop…

• geo-location, cell information and time stamp allow for coverage tuning (in CCO)

F E E L I N G T H E I M P A C T E V E R Y D A Y

98% @> 0dB

UNRIVALLED NETWORK PERFORMANCE AND QUALITYStatistics at a glance:

1,600 sqkm covering 30m POP

Average usage: 0.5GB/user/day

3,100 BTS => adding 480 cells/month

SINR (loaded): 98% @>0dB

2014

Optimization KPI

2015

“raise the bar”

new KPI

Unthinkable a 2.3GHz network: “best connectivity” on Highway

• Best Signal Quality on highways (by far)

• Best Speed on highways with 80% speeds >7.5Mbps

• Major quality improvements• 4 critical drop spots remaining will be addressed in Q3 (B2S)

50% of measured speeds >25mb/s

PuriExchange

South PIK Airport Road

CikarangHighway

CawangTunnel

W H A T ’ S N E X T ?

L o w C o s t M i F i

New Devices

M a s s M a r k e t4 . 5 ” D u a l S i m

4 G S m a r t p h o n e

F u l l H D 7 ” 4 G T a b l e t

SON Needed (again!)

T H E J O U R N E Y C O N T I N U E S …