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Mobile operators need tomake importantchoices on everything

from network transformation toIoT security and spectrum bandsto boost their competitive edgeand pave the way for the nextgeneration of networks.This was one of the key

discussion points yesterday at theCTO Roundtable organised byHuawei at its Mobile BroadbandForum (MBBF) in Tokyo. Theclosed-door gathering brought inmore than 30 CTOs from mobileoperators around the world todiscuss the “next big things” andoutline their broad vision for thenext five years.Huawei holds the CTO

Roundtable twice a year – onceat Mobile World Congress inBarcelona and again inNovember at MBBF. The discussion yesterday was

broken into three main topicareas: innovating networks andservices; IoT, verticals andsecurity; and developing the 5Gecosystem. A session chairkicked off each theme with ashort presentation to stimulatethe discussion.Fotis Karonis, chief technology

and information officer at EE andMD for IT and mobile at BTGroup, started by outlining how itis improving the competitiveedge of its networks by adoptingtechnologies like carrieraggregation and 4x4 MIMO.

“Our customers are requiringmore and more from us, as theway of life is now based onmobility, which requiresincreasing reliability. Demand fordata is massive,” he said.He also shared his experience

of going through a majornetwork transformation at EEbefore it was acquired by BT.Ibrahim Gedeon, CTO of Telus in

Canada, pointed out that the majorchallenge for operators is thatARPU is now fixed, but networktraffic is doubling every year. Healso noted that hacking remains amajor threat and that the Internet ofThings must be secure by design.Alain Maloberti, senior VP at

Orange, said the need for verylow-cost coverage is driving the

development of the network ofthe future, and encouragedoperators not to wait to move to5G, which will help reduce costs.He emphasised the need for

harmonised spectrum and

warned of the dangers offragmentation, and also called forenhanced cooperation withverticals to facilitate theemergence of 5G ecosystemsand business models.

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The exhibition area at thisyear’s Global MobileBroadband Forum sees

Huawei and more than 20 of itspartners offering a wide range oftechnology showcases anddemos across 3,500 meterssquare, looking at innovativeideas and practices for a fully-connected tomorrow.It includes booths from key

industry partners includingGSMA, Global TD-LTE Initiativeand SoftBank. And a wide arrayof ecosystem players will be onhand to show their work in areassuch as mobile video, cellularIoT, robotics and connected car.A space dedicated to 4.5G will

offer a comprehensive view ofthe services supported by 60global networks deploying thetechnology.

As the industry prepares forthe arrival of 5G, customers arealready demanding new servicessuch as HD video, virtual reality(VR), assisted driving and IoT.The 4.5G zone will showcasehow operators can deliver higherspeeds to end users, offerubiquitous HD voice and video,and support a wide range ofconnected devices.Of course, 5G will also be

represented, with its ability tooffer high-speed data, lowlatency and reliable connectivity.The 5G area will look at future

end-to-end network architecture,air interfaces, and focused effortsto bring the technology to marketinvolving Huawei, operators andvertical industry partners.Other highlights include

Huawei’s CloudRAN technology,

which enables operators to buildservice-driven and user-centricnetworks supporting 4G and 5Gconnectivity, while alsosupporting a diverse range ofmobile broadband services andvertical market applications.The exhibition area presents a

picture of the evolution fromSingleRAN to CloudRAN,enabling operators to benefit

from the incorporation of cloudstrategies with radio networks tooffer agility and flexibility.And also represented will be

Huawei’s Wireless X Labs, aninitiative intended to provideoperators with insight intonetwork services and end users,alongside the creation of newapplications which could benefitthe whole ecosystem.

MBBF16 makesa show oftechnology

“A space dedicated to 4.5G will offera comprehensive view of the servicessupported by 60 global networksdeploying the technology.”



FEATURE | WTTX

Huawei sees WTTxboast huge potential

WTTx mainly serveshouseholds and smalland medium-sized

enterprises whose major servicedemands are broadband internetaccess and video. WTTx can bedefined as a wireless broadbandaccess solution based on LTEand evolution technologies withperformance comparable towired broadband access. Fixed line broadband has

stable performance, but the lastmile coverage requires a largeamount of civil work. In manycountries, FBB deployment iscostly and slow due to privateland or geographical reasons, orthe high single-user cost limits itsfurther development. The figureon the left indicates that WTTx iscost-effective. Model-based calculations and

research studies on typical-country markets indicate thatabout 320 to 410 millionhousehold users can affordWTTx in intensely competitivemarkets around the world. WTTx adopts the LTE air

interface technologies, carrieraggregation, and multi-antennatechnologies such as 4x4 MIMO.

Unlike mobile phones, WTTxterminals do not have stringentpower supply and otherrequirements. In addition, high-gain outdoor CPEs and multi-antenna CPEs are available forWTTx application. All thesefactors help operators greatlyreduce costs, considerablyincrease gains, and improve userexperience. WTTx has thefollowing advantages.• Higher Rate: Comparable toOptical Fibers

• More Extensive Coverage: Upto 30 km Area

• Lower Costs: TTMConsiderably Shortened byEliminating Demand for CivilEngineering

• Flexible Deployment:Available in Both Urban andRural Areas

• Comprehensive Services:Same as Wired Networks

Meanwhile with the rapidglobal 4G development,ecosystem adaption to WBB(wireless broadband) hassurpassed industry expectations.4G chips provided by the majorvendors in the industry, including

Qualcomm, Intel, Hisilicon, GCT,and Sequans, fully supportvarious WBB services and bands(2.3 GHz, 2.6 GHz, and 3.5 GHz).GSA statistics show more than800 4G WBB terminal modelsare available now. For MBB (mobile broadband)

operators, they hold a trumpcard for WTTx business. Theycan make full use of the existingsites, saving a lot of time andleasing costs. In addition,network capacity utilization islow in many areas, andaccordingly WTTx becomes aneffective way to supplement thenetwork pipe and quicklyincrease revenue. This can bringstable revenue for operators withbasically zero cost, at the sametime enhancing user loyalty. After the fixed network

infrastructure and user base aredeveloped in areas deployedwith WBB, the existing WBBnetworks can evolve to MBBnetworks to continuouslyprovide services for mobilesubscribers. At the same time, and not to be

left behind, cable operators, whohave plenty of video and mediaresources, want to speed upservice deployment andexpansion, thus efficientlyseizing more market share. Thisdemand can be satisfied byadopting WBB, which offersquick deployment. Statistics show that the

number of global WBB operatorsnears 150, serving more than 10million users worldwide. WTTxhas huge potential in the B2Hfield.

There are 4.2 billion people worldwide not yetconnected to the internet. And yet broadbandpenetration unquestionably promotes the economicdevelopment of a country or region. So how do wequickly implement broadband acceleration? More andmore countries have developed national internet andbroadband development plans to do just that. Webelieve that WTTx solution, with its unique value, canhelp them address these challenges.

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FEATURE | 5G

Bringing 5Ginto reality

3GPP standardisation interms of 5G new radio (NR)has recently made

significant progress because ofstrong momentum towards theglobal standard from the entireecosystem. The industry is nowfocused on further consolidationand concentrating on thedevelopment of real 5G.5G is a much anticipated

mobile communicationstechnology that is expected toaddress the proliferation in mobiledevices and the massive surge innetwork traffic in the emergingInternet of Things (IoT) era, whenmachine-to-machine connectionswill quickly surpass person-to-person communications.While the standards are

advancing on schedule and launchtargets have been set, the ultimategoal for 5G is not just to speed upmobile broadband service. A majorchallenge in its development is thehuge scope of enabling everythingfrom massive machine-typecommunications to immersiveVR/AR applications to mission-critical scenarios, such asautonomous vehicles, real-timetraffic control and remotemedicine, that require ultra-reliableand low-latency communications.And all this served across multiplevertical sectors.

CLOUD-BASED EVERYTHINGThe consensus in the industry isthat a single networkinfrastructure will be required todeliver this broad range ofservices. While operators havegradually used SDN and NFV toimplement network hardwarevirtualisation, they retain aconventional operational modeland software architecture. A fundamental requirement for

the evolved network architectureis end-to-end network slicing,providing logically separatedvirtualised network slices forthese diversified services, whichwill significantly simplifynetwork construction fordedicated services, said YangChaobin, president of Huawei 5Gproduct line.“5G requires that operators’

network architect evolves tomatch the strategy used by theinternet players, which is the so-called internet architecturaloperation. Network slicingservices can be automaticallygenerated, maintained orterminated according to servicerequirements, which significantlyreduces subsequent operatingexpenses. Third-party verticalindustries can input mobilenetwork slicing requirements onan operation platform,” he said.

One of the targets of the 5Gnetwork architecture is that allfunctions and serviceapplications run on the cloud (viathe data centre).Yang said its CloudRAN can be

used in various wireless networkenvironments and applicationscenarios to help operatorsmaintain technological advantagesand accelerate the emergence ofnew services to cope withuncertainties in the future wirelessnetwork evolution. “CloudRAN willenable wireless networks tobecome a key booster forinnovation and the coreinfrastructure contributing toeconomic and social development.”

PERFORMANCEREQUIREMENTSIt is expected that the 5G systemdesign will support 10Gb/s to20Gb/s peak data rates forenhanced mobile broadband.The spectrum efficiency isexpected to be three times highercompared with IMT-Advanced.IMT-2020 is also expected tosupport a latency of 1ms acrossthe radio access link and aconnection density of up to 106/km2. To deliver these specs,

Huawei’s 5G air interface designis pushing two key concepts: airinterface adaptation and radioaccess cloudification. Radioaccess cloudificationtechnologies can provide the besttransmit and receive conditionsto users, while a flexible new air

interface selects the best sets ofair interface technologies on thewireless links.Beyond the technical specs,

another essential focus area is onthe lifeblood of mobile operators– spectrum. Soaring mobilebroadband traffic worldwide hasprompted the search forspectrum that can providehigher-capacity mobile accessand self-backhaul. Lookingahead to when operators willneed to deliver ultra-highthroughput for emerging 5G usecases, the demand for moreefficient spectrum becomes evenmore critical.As traditional lower bands

used in current cellular networksbecomes ever more congested,there is an increasing effort in theindustry to explore thecentimetre wave (cmWave) andmillimetre wave (mmWave)bands to meet broadband speedrequirements. Huawei announced a number

of 5G trials this summer inpartnership with leading mobileoperators around the world.

The 5G ecosystem has developed rapidly over the pastyear, with the frequency of announcements aboutfield trials, speed achievements, advanced prototypesand partnerships reaching a rapid pace over the lasttwo quarters.


“5G requires thatoperators’network architectevolves to matchthe strategy usedby the internetplayers.”Yang Chaobin, Huawei


5G | FEATURE

LOW-BAND TRIALSWorking with the world’s largestmobile operator China Mobile,Huawei demonstrated a 5G3.5GHz prototype in July atMobile World Congress:Shanghai, which was the firstpre-commercial field trial usingthe large-capacity C-Band – thepromising 5G band for widecoverage in China and mostother parts of the world.“This is an important

milestone of the 5Gcollaboration between Huaweiand China Mobile,” said Gan Bin,vice president of Huaweiwireless product line. “Huaweiand China Mobile plan furthersystem function andperformance validations on theC-Band, and to be well preparedfor the industrialisation and pre-commercialisation of 5G systemfacilities.”Huawei and China Mobile

started cooperating on key 5Gtechnologies and future usecases in 2013 and in June 2015signed a 5G strategiccooperation MOU.In addition, the world’s first

large-scale 5G field trial in the4.5GHz band jointly conductedby NTT Docomo and Huaweiachieved an 11.29Gb/s total userthroughput and less than 0.5msone-way user plane latency in themacro cell coverage of a realurban application scenario inYokohama, Japan. Thisbreakthrough is fundamentallyimportant to shape the future of

5G and a milestone of the twocompanies’ joint efforts on 5Gfield trials, said Huawei’s chief5G scientist, Dr Tong Wen. “Thecompanies will continue toexpand their joint 5G NR testscope, including mobility andlarge coverage, which are themost important aspects to launchthe 5G network.”

MMWAVE INITIATIVEJust a week before the 3.5GHzprototype was announced inShanghai, Huawei and Vodafonecompleted a 5G mmWave fieldtest in the UK. The test coveredSU-MIMO (single-user multiple-input multiple-output) with astrong reflection path to reach a20Gb/s peak rate, and multi-user-MIMO for long-range userequipment to reach a 10Gb/speak rate.The companies said it was the

world’s first 5G outdoor field teston the E-Band, reaching a20Gb/s peak rate for a single-user device with high spectrumefficiency. This peak user rate istargeted by ITU-R as a 5Grequirement.Johan Wibergh, Vodafone

Group CTO, said: “This field testin an outdoor environment is asignificant step in validating theperformance of 5G in high-frequency bands, improving ourunderstanding of the capabilitiesof the technology.”The mmWave test is a key

milestone after the twocompanies signed a strategic

MoU on 5G technologies lastyear and a 5G acceleration MoUthis July, the firms said in astatement. The joint trialcontributes to the work done inthe spectrum above 6GHz for 5Genhanced mobile broadband andto the push for global spectrumharmonisation in the comingWorld Radio Congress in 2019(WRC-19).In October the companies

jointly demonstrated 1.5-kilometer cell coverage in thelower C-Band and 5Gb/s peakthroughput for a single user inthe high band. It is the world’sfirst 5G large-scale mobility fieldtest of macro coverage in denseurban city scenarios.

END-TO-END SLICING Earlier in the year, at MobileWorld Congress in Barcelona,Germany’s Deutsche Telekom(DT) partnered with Huawei toshowcase the world's first 5Gend-to-end network slicingsystem. The technology aims toefficiently create network slicingon demand in a variety ofapplication scenarios, enablingit to accommodate the highflexib ility and efficiencyrequired for the upcomingdiversity of 5G applications. Thetwo firms also demoedmmWave multiuser MIMOtechnology, which achieved apeak transmission rate of70Gb/s on the 73GHz mmWaveband and significantly increasedspectrum efficiency.

In addition to these recenttrials, Huawei, whichunderstands the need for a 5Gecosystem that fostersinnovation across the world, hasestablished 11 mobile innovationcentres with leading globaloperators to focus on jointfundamental innovation,application innovation andengineering innovation.In June it signed a 5G and

CloudRAN joint innovationagreement with Telefonica andlast month announced a strategicpartnership with China MobileHong Kong to establish an LTE-Advanced Pro, or 4.5G, network,which the two firms said will be amilestone in moving towards thenew era of 5G technology.

“Huawei and ChinaMobile plan furthersystem function andperformancevalidations on theC-Band, and to bewell prepared forthe industrialisationand pre-commercialisationof 5G systemfacilities.”Gan Bin, Huawei



FEATURE | 4.5G

4.5G: LeadingToday’s Success

This year has seentremendous progress of4.5G worldwide as the

number of deployed 4.5Gnetworks reached 55 byNovember and is set to exceed60 by the end of this year. Morethan 40 operators have deployedGb/s technology on their 4.5Gnetworks. Some operators usethe 4.5G networks to providenew services, including WTTx,LiTRA, and NB-IoT services.4.5G has helped operatorsachieve great business successand boost brand image.

NEW TECHNOLOGIES ON4.5G PROMISE LONG-TERMBUSINESS SUCCESSNew mobile applications andservices are popping up everyday, such as HD video, 360degree VR, IoT, remote industrialcontrol, etc. To grasp these greatopportunities, higher networkcapability and betterperformance are required.Innovation never ceases in this

industry. In the future newtechnologies will be added to4.5G to help achieve greaternetwork capability, cloud based

network architecture will bringhigher network performance andnew business will be enabled tomaximize the value of 4.5Gnetworks.

4.5G GIGA LEVELCAPABILITY OFFERINGFIBER LIKE EXPERIENCETO HOME ON EXISTINGNETWORKSMany countries announced theirnational broadband projects toprovide up to 100Mb/s tohouseholds. As agreed by theindustry, wireless networks arean efficient carrier to provide thisservice. This year multi-antennaand multi-carrier advances in4.5G provide Giga-level networkcapability and deliver dramaticvalue to operators throughhigher spectrum efficiency,improved network capacity anduser experience. With Giga levelnetwork capability, operators canoffer broadband services to thehome through ultra-fast wirelessconnections and can thereforegenerate more revenue. 4.5G willenable much higher networkcapability, providing betterquality broadband service.

NEW SERVICES ON 4.5GHELPING OPERATORS TOACHIEVE CONTINUOUSBUSINESS GROWTHThe entire industry is studyingand pushing new services such asInternet of Things and connectedcars to maximize the usage ofexisting network resources. 4.5Gis designed to helps operatorsrollout new services in existingLTE networks now. • NB-IoT is ready for large scalecommercial deployment. 4.5Gwill enable massive connectionand precise positioning serviceon the cellular network, somore IoT applications will bedeveloped to help foster newbusiness models.

• The LTE-V will be the mostactive Internet applicationwithin the next two years. AsLTE-V technology matures,vehicle-to-vehicle and man-to-vehicle communications will becommonplace in people's lives.

CLOUDRAN ARCHITECTUREWILL FURTHER ENHANCEPERFORMANCE OF 4.5GNETWORKHuawei has initiated futureoriented network architecturewhich boasts three features onthe 4.5G network.• large-scale coordination on theoperator's 4.5G network toimprove the cell-edge userexperience for consistent userexperience anywhere andanytime.

• on demand deploymentenables end to end low latencynetwork.

• multi-connectivity technologiesprovide greater bandwidthcapabilities to accommodatediversified network andbusiness needs.

4.5G is helping operators lead today’s success and ensurethey are well prepared for the future.

More and more mobile data and voice traffic is beingcarried on LTE networks. According to GSA, LTE is aglobal success story with 1.453 billion subscriptions as ofQ2 2016. LTE connects almost 1 in 5 mobile usersworldwide (19.5%). New subscriptions signed up duringQ2 2016 at an average of 53 million per month. LTE isthe fastest growing mobile technology system ever.Operators are deploying LTE (4.5G) as the foundationMBB network to expand revenue.



UCN | FEATURE


Huawei Takes theLead in UCN Researchand PracticeA NEW CONCEPTIn recent years, mobile networkshave faced many new challenges.Traditional hotspot base stationsare deployed more densely thanever, making interference controla severe challenge to address.Unplanned events like PokémonGo led to the addition of newtemporary hotspots. It is not enough to simply

improve the capability of a singletraditional base station to dealwith these new challenges. Webelieve that networkdevelopment requires a new wayof thinking. Based on acustomer-centric philosophy, weneed to coordinate networknodes, frequencies and bands,and uniformly arrange networkresources and capabilities toprovide optimal user experience.Therefore, Huawei established anew concept: User CentricNetwork (UCN).User Centric Network (UCN) is

a concept of user-centricnetwork construction. Intraditional network construction,base stations were centered, andusers were served by a certainbase station. As users may belocated in different places, it is achallenge to ensure stable andreliable performance for users.Interference between adjacentbase stations also reduces theresource efficiency of the entirenetwork. With the new conceptof UCN, resources arecoordinated, combined, andoptimized in allocation, based ona user-centric philosophy so thatthe user experience will beenhanced.UCN is also a new user-centric

concept in term of operation. Inthe traditional way, operators can

just sell simple data packages tocustomers. Some leadingoperators are considering moreadvanced packages related withcertain services such as: Twitter,Whatsapp or Pokémon Go toattract subscribers.

USER BENEFITSUCN focuses on users - it canprovide a lot of benefits for endusers. First, UCN can eliminatecell boundaries, providing no-border service experience andimproving the peak and averagerates. Second, UCN enablesmultiple cells to receive signalsfrom terminals in a coordinatedway, reducing requirements fortransmit power of terminals andprolongs their standby time.Third, UCN uses flexiblenetworks, providing customizedservices and tariff packages forusers.

UCN AND 4.5G, 5GHere we have to emphasize thatUCN is a network constructionconcept beyond the definition ofwireless technology generations.UCN and 4.5G or 5G are not

simply a one-to-one relationship.UCN can be implemented phaseby phase in 4.5G and 5G.For example, UCN

technologies can be used in the4.5G phase, such as distributedMIMO. Distributed MIMO usesdistributed, multi-site, multiple-antenna beamforming and multi-user multiplexing technologieson the RAN side to reduceinterference and increasecapacity. In the recent field trials,distributed MIMO proved 3- to 4-folds of cell capacity.

RECENT RESEARCH ONUCNAt present, the number of basestations deployed on 4Gnetworks has reached severalmillions. The recent research onUCN focuses on how to apply theleading-edge UCN concept tothese base stations early. We arepleased to see that the entireindustry has made successfulprogress in UCN research.CloudRAN-based technologicalinnovation such as distributedMIMO can ideally control inter-site interference and enable

extremely dense deployment ofsites, without the need toupgrade terminals on livenetworks. 4.5G distributed MIMO has

been put into trial use on livenetworks for advanced operators.For example, the inter-sitedistance of lamp pole sites onShanghai's Bund is as short as 50m. With distributed MIMO, thedata rate of cell edge users hasincreased from 8.2 Mbps to 15Mbps, an improvement of 80%,and the average cell throughputhas increased from 45 Mbps to 65Mbps, an increase of 45%.

PIONEERAs the main contributor of UCN,Huawei has been taking the leadin UCN research and practice inthe industry. In 2014, Huawei pioneered

large-scale commercial use ofCloudBB and SFN in core urbanareas such as Tokyo, Nagoya,and Osaka, which is aCloudRAN-based UCNtechnology put into practice inthe initial phase. In 2015, Huawei first officially

proposed the CloudRAN conceptand created a series of networkenhancement solutions that canbe implemented on 4G to 5Gnetworks.In 2015, Huawei proposed

distributed MIMO technology forthe first time during the 4.5G(TDD+) release.From 2015 to 2016, Huawei

started trial applications ofdistributed MIMO on large-scale,continuous-coverage networksand achieved ideal gains. Today,Huawei is still the only vendorthat has made distributed MIMOa reality.


FEATURE | WIRELESS X LABS

With the demographicdividend graduallydisappearing, global

operators have begun to pursuedigital transformation andvertical industry expansion.According to the latest Huaweiwhite paper The Future ofMobile Operators, three macrotrends are expected to reshapethe telecom industry:

1. Ubiquitous Mobile Broadbandis the enabler of future digitallife, through whichinterpersonal communicationwill be extended fromtraditional voice and dataservices to a wider range ofscenarios incorporating theoutdoors, home life, in-vehicle,and at the office.

2. Mobile networks enable thecomplete vertical transformationof digital industry, and operatorswill be attracted to enter theenormous vertical market by thedraw of new sources of revenue.

3. Operators will expandbusiness boundaries, initiatecross-industry cooperation,and achieve advantageouspositioning in futureecosystem chain innovation.

Sensors, big data, cloudcomputing and artificialintelligence will likewiseexperience explosive growth.VR/AR, robotics, drones andother innovative applications willemerge in close succession, andfuture operator businessdevelopment is full ofuncertainties.How can application scenarios

be combined with wirelesstechnology to enhance end-userexperience, promote thecommercial success ofoperators, and better servesociety?What sort of new application

scenarios can be expected in thefuture, and which technologies orproducts will be able to providethe required support?

Wireless X Labs (X Labs), awireless application scenarioresearch lab, was founded byHuawei to address the concerns ofoperators around the world. Theinstitution aims to study andexplore wireless network servicesand end users, as well as todiscover, foster and incubate thepotential applications which maygenerate major returns for theentire industry. This includesefforts to build an open and robustecosystem through industryresearch and industry cooperation.X Labs consists of various

labs, including mLab, vLab, hLaband XIC, each of which hasconducted extensive researchand exploration into end-userexperience and vertical sectorswith global leading operators andindustry partners.

mLAB: Focuses on theexploration of B2C business as itrelates to games/AR/VR andother new application scenarios.mLab has partnered withoperators and launched the newU-vMOS video experienceevaluation standard. It has alsopartnered with gamemanufacturers to release thegMOS standard for gamingexperience evaluation duringHuawei Connect 2016.

vLAB: Focuses on exploration ofB2V business as it relates tovertical application and IoTscenarios. vLab has partneredwith operators and verticalindustry partners and has carriedout significant research in fieldsincluding connected cars,robotics control, and drones. Forexample, in September 2016,Huawei, China Mobile andBeijing University of Aeronauticsand Astronautics jointlycompleted the first UAV basestation experiment. The test wasbased on Huawei's commercial4G network. User access to theInternet and phone receptionwas good. The UAV base stationresearch achieved majorbreakthrough progress.

hLab: Because the home marketis a blue ocean for operators, hLabfocuses on research into wirelessaccess technology and homeapplication scenarios, targetingways to open up this enormous

market for mobile operators. hLabresearch covers research andsurveying of building structures,signal propagation with differentmaterials, and indoor wirelessbroadband solutions.

XIC: Focuses on fostering ahealthy ecosystem withadvanced prototype and IoTtesting in conjunction withindustrial partners. Open Labsare focusing research efforts onthe vertical industry, mobilevideo and games, as well asconnected cars and other fields.Huawei has 10 Open Labsglobally, and the labs are open toall IoT industry partners. As anexample, the NB-IoT Open Labhas recorded great achievementsin relation to industrial chainincubation since itsestablishment in 2016, with morethan 30 members having joinedfrom global IoT leaders.

Huawei Rotating CEO Ken Huunveiled X Labs in his keynotespeech on November 24 duringthe recent Mobile BroadbandForum. The exhibition area alsoshowcased the latest researchresults and joint innovationprogress in collaboration withover 20 partners.Ushuaia, commonly regarded

as the southernmost city in theworld, is often referred to as "TheEnd of the Earth". It is thestarting point for the explorationof Antarctica, perhaps the lastunexplored landscape on theplanet. As a wireless applicationscenario research lab, Wireless XLabs is considered to be a newstarting point to explore theunknown frontiers of the ICTindustry, and symbolizes thedream of mobile operators tobecome "Ushuaia" and ultimatelydiscover an "Antarctica" for theICT industry as a whole.


Huawei X Labs Partnerswith Operators andIndustry Players to ExploreFuture Opportunities


INTERNET OF THINGS | FEATURE

Huawei has engaged in in-depth analysis of theseissues, and has

conducted extensive researchinto how to allow "things" to "talkto each other" in a way thatmakes evaluation of theirexperience as easy as theevaluation of human experience.Based on extensive theoreticalanalysis, a five-dimensionalapproach has been developedthat revolves around Availability,Bandwidth, Coverage, DelaySensitivity and Energy Efficiency.Huawei was the first to proposeexperience evaluation criteria forthings as well as a general IoTservice requirement baseline. One example of this five-

dimensional approach is smartwater meters, which are graded ashaving a requirement score of 5 forCoverage and Energy Efficiency tomeet the requirements of a 10-year battery life. These devices arenot sensitive to E2E delay. Anotherexample is an electricity meterwhich is only sensitive to Coveragerather than factors relating toEnergy Efficiency. On the otherhand, industrial controllers have arequirement score of 5 forAvailability and Delay, but they arenot sensitive to Energy Efficiency.

THINGS COVERAGEBased on the theoretical systemof five-dimensional experience,Huawei further proposed theindustry's first things-orientednetwork planning theory knownas Things Coverage. This theoryhelps operators rapidly buildnetworks and launch services tomaximize network value.

IoT usage requirements differgreatly from case to case.Network settings should beadjusted according to demand,including power controlparameters, schedulingalgorithms, quantity ofretransmissions, and PSM /eDRX parameters. We shouldalso keep in mind that prior tothe arrival of 5G a variety of IoTtechnologies, represented byNB-IoT, will continue to coexistalongside other advantageousdevelopments. During this time,situations could become verycomplex. How candifferentiated capabilities fordifferent technologies andservice requirements beprovided in a way that protectstheir E2E QoS experience?

Things Coverage methodologysimply follows the core conceptof on-demand planning for eachsystem to flexibly providedifferentiated evaluation andplanning mechanisms. Beforelaunch, Things Coverageprovides accurate coverage andbattery maps based on grid-levelevaluation of requirements andnetwork capability. Duringlaunch, automatic distribution ofservices is supported, and afterlaunch, in-depth monitoring andfeedback is provided to ensurethe robust unrolling of services.In the future, Huawei hopes to

cooperate with more and moreoperators and vertical industrypartners to build industry-recognized IoT evaluationsystems and planning theory.

With its strong solutioninnovation capabilities and openmindset toward IoT networkplanning, Huawei will seek tooptimally protect operatorinvestments and activelypromote the development of theIoT industry.

The era of Mobile Internet of Things (IoT) is here. It is well-known that IoT involves a wide range of services andcorresponding requirements, presenting new challengesto operator networks. The industry as it stands generallylacks experience with IoT networking, so how can therequirements of IoT services and network capabilities beaccurately evaluated? How can potential business value beidentified to help operators invest appropriately?

“A five-dimensionalapproach has beendeveloped thatrevolves aroundAvailability,Bandwidth,Coverage, DelaySensitivity andEnergy Efficiency.”


Fresh Experiences and Opportunities:Huawei Opens a New Era of IoT Networking

MOBILE BROADBAND BRINGS USERS THE ULTIMATE VIDEO AND GAMING EXPERIENCE

An increasingly important issue for mobile operators is how mobile broadbandnetworks support mobile video and gaming services and satisfy the growingrequirements of user experience on an on-demand basis.

In 2015, in an industry first, Huawei released U-vMOS (Unified Video Mean OpinionScore), a unified experience evaluation method to quantify mobile video experience.With a core focus on the concept of U-vMOS, the P.NATS Phase 1 project wassuccessfully concluded at the Munich ITU-T SG12 WP2 plenary session on October 202016. The video experience evaluation standard specification P.120 x series has beenapproved by the ITU-T, and is scheduled to be released in December 2016.

On the heels of U-vMOS, Huawei also unveiled gMOS (Game Mean Opinion Score),a subjective evaluation standard for the mobile gaming experience, at HuaweiConnect 2016. The gMOS standard aims to provide clear quantifiable indicators andoptimization priorities for game developers, mobile operators, and players. Huaweihas also released the test app SpeedGame which allows game players to test gMOSon their smartphones. Huawei provides an SDK Development Kit to assist gamedevelopers integrate the gMOS application into their games and assess the gamingexperience in real time.


FEATURE | CLOUDRAN

CloudRAN-basedInnovative Products

However, the next decadewill see great changes inwireless communications.

4.5G, 5G and new forms ofnetwork construction and mobileapplications will revolutionizemobile connectivity. New networkarchitecture will be needed tomeet a multitude of newrequirements like networkflexibility. These requirementswill come from diverse services,new business models, and theneed for faster connections andanytime, ubiquitous, andconsistent experiences oncomplex multi-band, multi-standard heterogeneousnetworks.In April 2016, Huawei released

the CloudRAN solution, whichredefines mobile networkarchitecture, incorporating theSingleRAN solution. CloudRANenables operators to build aservice-driven and user-centricelastic network that supports 4Gand 5G connectivity andembraces the diversity of futureMBB and services for verticals. During the Global MBB Forum

2016, Huawei releasesCloudRAN-based innovativeproducts including the MobileCloud Engine (MCE), CBS5900,RRU5000 series, AAU5000 seriesand AirHub.

The MCE can be deployed ona COTS server. It allows networkfunctions to be deployed onradio, backbone, or coreconvergence nodes to maximizenetwork efficiency and additionalcapabilities. It serves as ananchor to transmit data flows toeach access point. Thisanchoring prevents a datatransmission bypass, decreasestransmission investment, andreduces transmission delay.The CBS5900 is an integrated

large-capacity base station. Itcan share resources for RANReal Time and Non-Real Timefunctions, reduce inter-siteinterference, and improve userexperience, through networkcoordination over a large area. Itallows a single service to operatein multiple RATs, rapidly deploysdiversified services, and supportsindependent upgrades and O&Mof different RATs. This results inhigher network resourceefficiency and lower networkoperational costs.The RRU5000 series is

developed based on the latestHuawei platform and improvesservices one year ahead of theindustry average. This seriesuses advanced B-Power andEnvelope Tracking Algorithm todecrease power consumption. It

applies 4.3-10 Standard and LeafCooling technology to reducemodule size. It also supportspassive intermodulation (PIM)interference cancellation and4T4R to improve networkperformance. The AAU5000 series solves the

challenges coming from multi-band and multi-RAT networks.The new bands bring site spacechallenges for the existing site.With its compact design, fast andflexible deployment capabilityand enhanced MIMO (eMIMO)technologies, it improvesspectrum efficiency and sitecapacity. This generates hugeTCO (total cost of ownership)savings, which is vital for mobileoperators.Easy Macro and Blade Site is a

zero footprint solution whichallows site densification, copingwith the challenges of siteacquisition and environmentchallenges as well.AirHub is a diversified solution

that is based on relay technology.With the incorporation of AgileSite, it provides a flexible mobilebackhaul solution with Non Lineof Sight (NLOS) to the agile sites

without the challenges ofbackhaul.The CloudRAN-based

innovative products enableflexible connectivity for diverseservices such as Multi-RAT,Multi-Band and Multi-Sector byproviding common networkarchitecture across differenttechnologies & Layers.CloudRAN, hailed as a newbenchmark for RAN, will supportmobile architecture in the nextdecade.

Huawei released its SingleRAN solution in 2007, whichenabled the integrated deployment of GSM, WCDMA,CDMA2000 and LTE standards. This was completed on asingle access platform that used the same hardwarecomponents, spectrum, transmission, networkmanagement, basebands, and master control. TheSingleRAN solution significantly reduced RANinvestment and maintenance costs, becoming thewireless industry's de facto standard architecture.

Innovative Products Based on CloudRAN Architecture


“The next decadewill see greatchanges inwirelesscommunications.New networkarchitecture willbe needed to meeta multitude ofnew requirementslike networkflexibility.”


Lite Site Street PoleEnables Better MBBExperience in Thailand

HOW TO SWIFTLY RESOLVEBANGKOK'S EXTREMETRAFFIC PRESSURE?Thailand has maximized spectrumresources, and adopted the multi-sector solution in efforts tostimulate sustainable trafficincrease. With the burst of networktraffic, the country has introducedadditional network sites.However, Thailand faces three

key challenges derived fromadditional site construction.First and foremost, site

acquisition is difficult. AsBangkok is a tourist city, thegoverning authority has imposedstrict aesthetic and environmentrequirements. In residentialdistricts, traditional sacro sitesare resisted by local residents,which leads to the loss of a greatnumber of potential sites.Second, site space is

insufficient, particularly whenlegacy pole sites already exist. Asa result, new sites for capacityexpansion cannot be deployedon the same poles as the legacypole sites.Third, site construction

duration is long with high cost.Traditional telecom equipment iscomplex and cumbersome.Large mechanical equipmentmust be transported andmounted at a high altitude. Siteinstallation typically requires 2-3days, and attributed labor costsare high and restrictive.

EASY MACRO, BLADEPOWER AND LI-BATTERY,ENABLING LITE SITES TOBE DEPLOYED ONELECTRIC/STREET POLESIN URBAN AREASAgile site deployment

maximizes electric pole reuse toresolves these issues, enablesrapid network capacity expansion,and significantly improvestechnical network specifications.The Lite Site Electric pole has a

high compact design deployedwith Easy Macro, Blade Power andLi-Battery, and is adaptable tovarious environments; supportingboth 1800 MHz and 2100 MHzbands, providing normal macrobase station capacity, andsupporting UMTS and LTE, whichfacilitates a smooth evolution foroperators and effectively protectsoperators' core assets. The Lite Site will bring

benefits:Physical space occupation

and condensed siteacquisition. Easy Macro ismore compact and preferableover conventional ordinarysingle-band antennas. Theappearance is similar to a typicalbroadcast device, which isstrikingly environmentally-friendly and reduces residents'common complaints. EasyMacro introduces a bundledcable design which has onlyoptical and electrical cables in

appearance. This saves 70% ofspace and increases capacitygains by 30% to 70% .Easy deployment reduces

costs and acceleratesconstruction. One-stopdeployment reduces propertycoordination complexity,significantly reducing pole civilengineering and building rentalcosts, while conserving installationexpenditure by a factor of 30%according to reported statistics.Distributed power systems

ensure network reliability. Apower grid may growincreasingly unstable duringpeak hours. This advocates theintroduction of the world's firstdistributed power system, whichincludes li-battery power forregular usage and emergencypower backup. Small and light,the distributed power system canbe seamlessly installed on thepole or wall. Heat-resistant andhigh-density li-batteries providenatural heat dissipation, which isperfectly suitable for outdoorenvironments with a tolerancetemperature of up to 55°C incompliance with the IP65protection requirement. Amaximum of five li-batteries canbe connected in parallel toexpand capacity and satisfypower backup demands invarious application scenarios.

Thailand has completed thesuccessful deployment of over2500 sites using Street Pole Sitesolution, quickly relievingnetwork pressure. A customerhighlighted: "We deployed thissolution in urban areas andlandscapes. This solution isparticularly suitable for thesescenarios. This solution alsosupports both 3G and 4G,effectively protecting ourinvestment."Next, Huawei will implement

large-scale Lite Site (Hub)deployment in Thailand’s streetsor temple tour areas, combinedwith street pole sites. The Lite Site(Hub) can centralize transmission,power supply, and power backup,with simplified pole site facilities,reduced site acquisition difficulty,and increased site deploymentefficiency. In the future, Huawei will be

keen to closely collaborate withall industry partners includingoperators, tower companies, siteresource proprietors, integratedsite vendors,consultants/analysts, regulatorybodies and industryorganizations, and jointly exploreinnovative site solutions and sitedeployment methods, with thetarget to improve agile sitedeployment and fulfill the hugeMBB traffic growth potential.

A recent survey shows that Thailand has a population of66.7 million people and a rapidly developing mobilemarket. Its mobile device penetration rate reached146.7%, with smartphones accounting for 85%.Thailand represents a young emerging market withhuge potential. The number of young online users rankssecond in the Southeast Asian market. With thedevelopment of mobile broadband (MBB), the numberof 3G users is increasing at an amazing rate.

LITE SITE | FEATURE



FEATURE | ANTENNA MODERNIZATION

AntennaModernization: Inspiring the Giga Mobile Evolution

The existence ofincreasingly richapplications will drive

network cloudification in thefuture, enabling self-healing, self-organizing, and efficient O&Mfor the MBB network. However,network development is stillfaced with certain challenges:• The persistent growth innetwork capacity demandsmore spectrum. Sub-6 GHzfrequency bands, such as 700MHz, L band, and 3.5 GHz,have been gradually releasedand ultra-high frequencybands, such as 30 GHz and 60GHz, promise to be released inthe near future.

• Spectral efficiencyimprovement technologies areconstantly evolving from, forexample, eMIMO to massiveMIMO, 6-sector networking to18-sector networking, andsingle-frequency networking towideband networking. Inaddition, multi-channel, multi-sector, and widebandtechnologies also will bewidely used to maximizespectral efficiency.

• Different types of sites, such asroof-mounted sites, greenfieldsites, and pole-mounted sitesare surfacing and thecomplexity of network

construction scenarios isrising. Site resources must befully utilized to satisfycustomers' requirements fornetwork capacity andcoverage.

• Technology evolution hasbrought about the co-existenceof new and legacy RATs, and awide variety of servicesnecessitate growing demandfor improved networkexperience, which presentmounting challenges fornetwork construction andmaintenance. A traditionalanalog antenna systemdesigned for a single site nolonger meets the requirementsfor intelligent O&M andnetwork automation.

The future-oriented modernantenna system, whichmaximizes network efficiency,simplifies sites, and achievesefficient O&M, lays a solidfoundation for MBBdevelopment.Future-oriented antenna

modernization facilitatessmooth network evolution:Due to space becoming moreand more limited, only one ortwo antennas can be deployedfor one sector. Antennas mustsupport new spectrum and adopt

new technologies to work onmore frequency bands,accommodate 4G, 4.5G, and 5G,and achieve spectrum additionwithout size growth, meeting theneeds of future networkdevelopment.Antenna modernization

maximizes networkefficiency and significantlyimproves user experience:With "Zero New Spectrum, ZeroNew Sites", multi-sectornetworking has become the mosteffective way to reuse spectrumresources and improve networkcapacity. All series of antennasincluding multi-beam and hybrid-beam antennas allow large-scaledeployment of multi-sectortechnologies, achieving moreflexible network topologies. As akey to enhancing spectralefficiency, high-order MIMO willbecome a natural choice fortomorrow’s MBB networks.Antenna systems supporting4T4R, massive MIMO, andmultiple frequency bandsincluding 1.8 GHz, 2.1 GHz, and2.6 GHz pave the way for futurenetwork development. Antenna modernization

simplifies sites and lowersTCO: Highly integrated andenvironment-friendly activeantennas meet diverse site

densification requirements,reducing the number of highly-integrated macro AAUs by 75%and TCO by 30% andsignificantly simplifying macrosite deployment. EasyMacroprovides an effective way fordensely deploying pole-mountedsites due to its advantages,including easy site acquisitionand quick deployment.Antenna modernization

achieves efficient O&Mthrough adopting digitalantenna system: Digitalantenna systems can bemonitored, operated, andmaintained remotely. They alsosupport SON, increasing networkplanning and optimizationefficiency and delivering efficientand intelligent O&M experience.



LTE-ADVANCED PRO | FEATURE

LTE Advanced Pro – Bridgingthe Gap between LTE and 5G

Jake Saunders, Managing Director and VP, ABI Research& Lian Jye Su, Senior Analyst, ABI Research

LTE-Advanced Pro canmaterially benefit the mobiletelco. 4.5G can deliver peak

bandwidth enhancement, betteruser experience in voice and video,more reliable and energy efficientIoT connections, offer robustemergency responsecommunications, and it canintegrate with Wi-Fi andunlicensed 5 GHz spectrum.Getting technical, 4.5G offers:• Peak bandwidth: Larger than450 Mbps, 256 QAMdownlink/64 QAM uplink;

• Carrier Aggregation (CA):Three component carriers CAand higher, up to 32 carriers,enabling Category 9 and abovedevices;

• Lower latency: Shortertransmission time interval (10 ms);

• Advanced antenna features:Full-Dimension MIMO,elevation beamforming;

• Utilization of 5 GHz band:unlicensed LTE, LAA/eLAA,and MulteFire;

• Digital TV: LTE Broadcast,single cell-point to multi-pointthrough superposition coding.

WHAT APPLICATIONS DOES4.5G BENEFIT?Mobile video has become theprevalent form of traffic on thenetwork. Furthermore, mobiledevices are increasingly

supporting higher resolutionvideo, such as 2K and 4K video.4.5G allows mobile operators toprovide higher data throughput,larger cell capacity, and higheredge of cell speeds.IoT will account for over 30

billion connections worldwide by2020. M2M provides opportunityto grow, in addition to providingadditional revenue streams tomobile network providers.Currently, the LTE networkutilizes LTE-MTC as the solutionto support M2M and IoT deviceconnectivity, which features LTECat-1, Cat-0, and Cat-M.Call quality is still a key issue

with many mobile subscribersand still remains a differentiatingfactor. 4.5G is expected to bringvoice and video experienceimprovements through VoLTEand the EVS codec. VoLTE hasup to three times more voice anddata capacity than 3G UMTS andup to six times more capacitythan GSM.Unlicensed LTE technologies

will play a crucial role in allowingmobile network operators tobenefit from the carrieraggregation technologiesprovided by 4.5G. While thelicensed band provides reliableconnectivity, mobility, andsignaling, the unlicensed bandprovides large data throughputand offloading.

4.5G DEPLOYMENTSGATHER PACEAs of Q3-2016, ABI Researchestimates that there are over 1004.5G LTE Advanced Pro trialsand commercial deployments.

Notable developments include:• The world’s first 4.5Gcommercial network wasdeployed by TeliaSoneraNorway in 4Q-2015. Bands 800,1800, 2100, and 2600 MHz wereutilized together with 4CC CA toachieve 1 Gbps. This wasfollowed by Telenor Sweden andSFR from France in Q2-2016.

• T-Mobile USA is the first NorthAmerican mobile networkoperator to commerciallylaunch 4.5G. The mobilenetwork operatorimplemented 4x4 MIMO (DL:256 QAM, UL: 64 QAM) in 319cities across the United States.

• SK Telecom, NTT DoCoMo, andKDDI switched on 4.5Gnetworks. KDDI also launched aNB-IoT network in collaborationwith Ericsson. In Singapore, M1

has been aggressively trialingand deploying 4.5G solutionsthat offer 1+ Gbps.

FINAL ANALYSISLTE Advanced Pro will prove tobe an invaluable 4.5G steppingstone to 5G. ABI Researchestimates more than 100 mobiletelcos have either commerciallydeployed or are testing 4.5Gequipment. The 4.5Ginfrastructure solutions from thekey infrastructure vendors arevery competitive. In ABI Research’s 4.5G

competitive vendor analysis,Huawei emerges as the top rankedvendor, as the Chinese vendorranks top in both ABI Research’sImplementation and Innovationscale. Huawei is involved in asignificant number of trials anddeployments, as well as the 4.5Gcommercial launches of TelenorNorway, Smart, AIS, TRUE,Turkcell, and Vodafone Turkey.

1Consumer Industry Analyst Relations,Volume 5, Issue 39

5G holds many promises but commercial reality is stillfour to five years out. Mobile telecommunicationcompanies cannot afford to stand still; they need toinnovate. LTE-Advanced Pro is a set of 3GPP approvedtechnologies that will create a 4.5G stepping stone to 5Gtechnology. And it is very much needed to help copewith booming demand for data. In AT&T’s most recentNewsletter1, the operator noted “We’ve seen data grow150,000% on our mobile network between 2007 to2015, with video as a key driver. More than 60% of thedata traffic on our total network was video in 2015”.

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