Parallel Wireless: Rural HetNet Case Study

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Making Cellular as Easy and as Cost-effective as Wi-Fi: Rural HetNet Case Study

Parallel Wireless, Inc. Proprietary PW-PPT-TDM-20151001-1

Team Expertise Came Together to Reimagine the RAN

Virtualization SDN & NFV

Core

Networking, IMS, VoLTE

Access

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Parallel Wireless Converge solution: Recognized for Innovation & Excellence

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Key Strategic Industry Inflection Points More powerful/ less cost SoC/Moore’s Law à more Capacity in a Smaller Form Factor at Lower Cost, one $100 chip can handle one sector SDN/NFV à network and operational simplification and cost reduction through elasticity/programmability and automation

Leveraging the two together makes a new RAN architecture

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Our Vision Parallel Wireless is reimagining the RAN and building solutions

that will enable and accelerate the long term transition from today’s 3G/4G to tomorrow’s 5G cellular networks.

Making carrier-grade cellular network deployments as easy and cost-effective as enterprise Wi-Fi.

Our Mission

Our Solution HetNet Gateway(HNG) and Converged Wireless System

(CWS).


Market Insights on Rural Coverage Challenges

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Traditional Community Cell in Rural Wales

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Parallel Wireless

GBP 52k

GBP 30m

GBP 2.8k

Parallel Wireless

30m

Parallel Wireless is 1/10 of the cost Source: Parallel Wireless Source: Real Wireless


Options for Coverage

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Regular Mast in the Rural Environment

PW Rural Solution using distributed CWS

orchestrated by HNG

CWS = Converged Wireless Solution 3G/4G/WiFi BTS

10W Tx 3G , 10W Tx 4G


Result: Rural HetNets Economically Viable UK’s largest mobile operator, a subsidiary or Deutsche Telekom and Orange Telecom; operates Europe's largest 4G network with 31M connections

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We … can change the economics of providing mobile voice and data coverage. The innovative capabilities remove significant obstacles to rural coverage and uniquely enable us to connect areas for the first time with both reliable voice services and our 4G wireless broadband.

Mansoor Hanif, Director Radio Access Networks and programs at EE.

One of the many visions for the 5G future is Heterogeneous Networks, or HetNets, where all the high speed data traffic is carried by vast numbers of small cells while the network control is carried by big over-arching cells. EE is now rolling out HetNets.

If EE was being its normal hype-filled self, it would call its latest mobile trial in Cumbria 5G. Its restraint is admirable – and the technology even more so.


Key Components of Our Solution

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•  HetNet Gateway (HNG) •  Gateways VNFs, C-RAN, multi-technology SON •  Virtualizes the 3GPP interfaces •  Allows hundreds of cells to be abstracted •  Unifies multiple core network technologies (3G, 4G, Wi-Fi) •  Minimizes and optimizes traffic towards core network •  Works with PW radio network as well as with 3rd party radio networks

•  PW Radio Access •  CWS

•  Variety of software defined radios (3G, 4G, Wi-Fi + integrated backhaul) •  Inter CWS Multi radio mesh capabilities •  Multiple backhaul technologies (LTE, microwave, wired…) •  Integrated cell edge router •  Different RF power outputs •  Multiple form factors (outdoor, indoor, in-vehicle)


Rural Deployment – What do we bring ?

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•  Simple quick Installation – •  1 hour to install and commission one CWS •  Planning “Lite”

•  Eliminates the backhaul Challenge •  Use what is available when it becomes available & aggregate all sources •  In Band 4G Backhaul •  Mesh Backhaul •  Fiber / DSL / ADSL

•  Low cost of Operation •  80W power consumption •  Standard domestic Supply


Reimagine the Rural R N

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CWS #2

CWS #3

CWS #5 CWS #4

CWS cluster orchestrated via HNG

HetNet Gateway SON

X2 Broker

ing and ICIC

S1 aggregation

handoff optimization

Local Breako

ut

MEC

Wi-Fi Integration(eP

DG, TWAG)

Mesh backha

ul management

Standard interfaces

IPsec

EMS

NetConf

Core

AAA

Gi

Iur X2

§  Self-configuring §  Self-optimizing §  Self-healing §  No planning applications

required §  Flexible backhaul options,

including wireless mesh

Internet Broadband

Mesh

Gateway node

Internet

Internet

Small Cell

gateway/

HeNBGW

Security

Gateway

HNB gateway/vRNC

Community Local Traffic

Standard Intel COTS hardware

LTE backhaul


Example CWS Install Havre, MT, US

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Wi-Fi Access Antenna

LTE Antenna

Backhaul Antenna

CWS

Power

Performance Indicators

Mounting bracket

GPS

No Ethernet coming in


Multi-Radio Elastic Mesh Backhaul

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CWS#1

CWS#6

CWS#2

CWS# 3 CWS#4

CWS#5

CWS#7 CWS#8 CWS#9 CWS#10 CWS#11

Rural Corridor

Long haul LOS links using point to point high gain antenna

Mesh links (n/NLOS)

•  SDN mesh backhaul links can be configured for mesh deployment multi-point to multi-point scenarios or long haul point to point links

•  Only few CWSs need wired backhaul or LTE backhaul from macro


Multiple Rural Distributed Communities

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HetNet Gateway

“Orchestration of 100s of CWS”

CWS Cluster orchestrated via HNG



CWS to Macro handoff orchestrated by HNG Cluster to Cluster

handoff orchestrated by HNG

In Band backhaul 4G Mesh Wired

Public Internet

Private MNO Internet

Core


Cellular as Easy as Wi-Fi 3G, 4G/LTE

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+ = LTE/3G as easy and cost-effective as enterprise Wi-Fi


One Technology – Many Deployment Scenarios

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Macro ENT Rural Urban/Dense Urban

Public Safety

Public Transit Military

Specialized ENT


Thank You

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