Unlicensed Spectrum StrategyDr. Philip SongDirector of Huawei Small Cell MarkingFebruary 22, 2016
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177%
17.3 18.2
Beyond envisaged…
2016, Spring Festival day, CMCC 810Million/Minutes
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More capacity requires in MBB era, but…
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
720P 1080P 2K Source: Huawei mLab
1%
83%High End Smartphone Drive Mobile Data Growth
200kbps
High Speed
BasicBroadband
Advanced Broadband
Redefined Broadband
1996 20082011
2014
2015
768kbps4 Mbps
10 Mbps
25Mbps
Spectrum Released Spectrum Required
APT CEPT ASMG ATU CITEL(NA)
CITEL(LA)
USAChina
BrazilSaudiUK S. Africa
500 MHz GAP
Source: ITU; Huawei mLab, 2014Q2
720 370687 550790 630 550640 370704 410360
Huge Spectrum Gap for MBB Service
HD Video Require much Thicker Network
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Unlicensed Spectrum is Strong Supplement to Licensed Spectrum
5.15GHz 5.25GHz 5.35GHz 5.47GHz 5.725GHz 5.85GHz
UNII-1 UNII-2 UNII-2 UNII-3
US, EU, Japan, India, China US, EU, Japan US, India, China,
considered in EU
120 MHz could be made
available in the US/EU
No DFS requirement DFS requirement(UNII-2)
>500MHz
Potential resource: unlicensed spectrum
Efficient Air-interface
Guaranteed User Experience
Unified Operation and Management
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3 Doubt of LAA: coverage
Distance from BS/AP(m)
LAA
Wi-Fi
~25%
Norm
alize
d Th
roug
hput
(%)
~42%~61%
~85%
Throughput Loss Compared with throughput at 0 m(%)
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3 Doubt of LAA: capacity
Load-20% Load-50% Load-80%0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
LTE+LAA vs. LTE+Wi-Fi(11n)
Capacity/1.8G Baseline
Load-20% Load-50% Load-80%0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%
35.00%
40.00%
45.00%
50.00%
LTE+LAA vs. LTE+Wi-Fi(11ac)
Capacity/1.8G Baseline
ConditionCell user: 10Frequency and Power: 1.8GHz, with EIRP 35dBm; Unlicensed spectrum: 5.0GHz, with EIRP 23dBm.Channel Model: ITU UmiLoad level(LTE/LTE-U RB usage,Wi-Fi channel occupation)
Low: 20% Mid: 50% High: 80%
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3 Doubt of LAA: coexist
73.881Mbps40% Gain to Wi-Fi
45.861MbpsExtra 5% Gain By LBT
75Mbps
50Mbps
25Mbps
12:26:0012:26:1512:26:30 12:27:3012:27:1512:27:0012:26:45 12:28:3012:28:1512:28:0012:27:45 12:28:45
0Mbps
LAAWi-Fi AggressiveWi-Fi Victim
Lte Lte
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LAA is best for mobile operator
5G WI
2013 2014 2015
2016 2017 2018-
2019
Release 12 Release 13 Release 14 Release 15…
LTE-A ( 4G) 5G SI
3GPP
5G Unlicensed Small Cell3GPP&Wi-Fi interworking
3GPP&Wi-Fi MSA+
LTE New branding
5.1~5.8GHz LAA
Reuse E2E ArchitectureUnified Business ModelUnified Operation and
ManagementUnified E2E Architecture
RANPackage
Core
Billing
User Management
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Huawei's continued contribution to LAA
Convergent SolutionWi-Fi is a part of MBB
600Mbps live show
4CC with Vodafone
LWA with LGU+
LAA LBT with Docomo
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LAA CompatibilitySmooth EvolutionInvestment Protect
Software Define BandAny 3 Bands
3GPP+WiFi+LAA LampSite(GSM/UMTS/LTE/Wi-Fi)
Pico(UMTS/LTE/Wi-Fi)
Micro(UMTS/LTE/Wi-Fi*)
*need external part
All scenario convergence and LAA evolution
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Best Small Cell Partner
BusinessInnovation
Leading ProductAlly Ecosystem
Leading Commercial Deployment
UMTS
TDD
FDD
… WIF
IFuture Evolution
Multi BandMulti Mode
DIY DeploymentEasy O&M
Coordinate, Open
Site company
Operator SP/ CP
Site Integrator
Small Cell
Crowd SourcingWin-win Industry Chain
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Wi-Fi
LAA
LAA achieves 1.6 times larger capacity than Wi-Fi
100 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120[Mbps]
34.570 27.697 27.737 24.941
UE1 UE2 UE3 UE4
114.945 Mbps
100 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120[Mbps]
23.433 23.293
STA1 STA2 STA3 STA4
68.856 Mbps11.102 11.028
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3 Doubt of LAA: coexist
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Beyond envisaged…
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