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Best practices for ensuring LTE rollout success
Neil Coleman 23rd May 2012
Agenda
• Market trends
• What we’re seeing in early LTE deployments
• Emerging best practices
• Conclusions
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About Actix
• 20 years of providing software to optimize the RAN
– RAN customer experience
– Analytics to drive LTE rollout acceptance
– 2G, 3G, 4G network optimization & SON
• 400 customers & 25 of the top 30 mobile operators
• 60th LTE customer announced in May 2012
25 of the top 30
We are proud to serve 25 of the top
30 mobile operators worldwide.
400 Over 400 customers
in active deployment
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LTE rollouts are gaining pace • 319 operators are investing in LTE in 97 countries
• 72 commercial networks in 37 countries
• Improving device and spectrum availability
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…however it is still early days for LTE
• Marketing launches and low coverage
• 70% of all LTE traffic is in the US and 70% of that is iPad (3)
• 3G and HetNets will remain the focus for most operators
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What we’re seeing in LTE early rollouts
• LTE is just another part of the HetNet mix
• Typical early technology problems
• LTE KPIs are still emerging - largely 3GPP based
• Rollout isn’t perfectly smooth
• SON is gaining traction
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Emerging best practices
1. Use customer demand to prioritize LTE deployments
2. Establish your KPIs early – and bake them into contracts
3. Make the vendors work for you during rollout
4. Move beyond 3GPP SON
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Smartphone data usage at 5:15pm in a major city
Understanding customer demand
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Traditional Strategy Inputs
Marketing goals Competitors plans Local knowledge
Existing site locations Network traffic
Focused LTE Rollout Strategy
Prioritization
Quick wins
High ARPU subs
HetNet
Real customer intelligence
VIP locations Device availability
Unexpected hotspots Segmented demand
Using customer demand to improve LTE deployment strategies
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Establish your KPIs early – and bake them into contracts
LTE KPIs
Accessibility RAN Data
Accessibility %
Retainability
Throughput
Downlink
Uplink
Paging MME Paging
IRAT
% Time LTE
IRAT Redirect %
Rollout Contract
Outsource Contract
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Make the vendors work for you during rollout
National acceptance dashboard
Detailed LTE acceptance measuring contractual KPIs
Thorough acceptance requires automation
Operate Accept Tuning Process
Plan, Build &
Commission
Site Integration Cluster
Complete Acceptance
Process Passed
Plan, Build &
Commission
Site Integration
Plan, Build &
Commission
Site Integration
Collect Data
Generate Acceptance
Report
Check Report
Collect Data
Check KPIs
Make Changes
OK
Y
N
Y
N
Number of Failures
Time Cost
Time Cost
Time Cost
Time to accept
Go live to accept time
Negotiate
Time Cost
Operator Activity
NEP Activity
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Move beyond 3GPP SON
• LTE networks will be layered on top of 2G and 3G
• 3GPP LTE SON needs to be extended to cover 2G & 3G networks
• Customer data will turbo charge these network centric SON Use Cases 3GPP 4G SON Standards
2G, 3G & 4G SON
Customer centric SON
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Conclusions
• LTE is gaining momentum
…but it won’t be the same as UMTS
• New approaches and solutions are required
– Leverage true customer insight
– Automated analytics and KPI reporting
– HetNet SON and optimization solutions