Making the most of License Exempt with Small Cells

Small Cell ForumMaking the most of License Exempt with Small Cells

Alan Law – Vodafone, Caleb Banke – Qualcomm

© Small Cell Forum Ltd 2016

Continued growth in network traffic demands even greater network capacity


Changes in customer behaviour driving traffic

growthSignificant traffic growth

expected

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Licenced and licence exempt for Small Cell is a perfect match - matched in ‘power’ and in ‘objective’


LTE small cell (licensed band)

LTE-U @ 5GHz

“Small Cell” site

Matched power levels offer traffic handling synergies

Network large scale densification only way to

meet demand

Leveraging licenced and licence exempt offers an opportunity to significantly boost experience by utilising more spectrum


Access to unlicensed spectrum offers a great complement to licensed spectrum

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To date, SCF have provided industry with the knowledge and insight on how to make the most of license exempt

Please join our Press Conference tomorrow for full details of Release 6– Tuesday 23rd February @1000 Hall 7F61

Doc 064.05.01 Wi-fi/Cellular radio co-existence in enterprise products

Doc 097.05.1.01 Small Cells and License Exempt Spectrum, Carrier Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Calling, LAA and LWA

Doc 094.05.1.02 LTE-LAA: At its best with small cells

Doc 089.05.01 Integrated Small Cell Wi-Fi by SCF and WBA

Doc 063.05.02 Small Cell and Wi-Fi Coverage Study


We continue to enable small cell/Wi-Fi integration- SCF178 Trusted WLAN Architecture Recommendations for Integrated Small Cell Wi-Fi

•SCF/WBA joint taskforce working together for three years.•We are about to release SCF178, a second collaborative paper which addresses specification-gap in the architecture, interfaces and operations of trusted WLAN – i.e., the network connecting the Wi-Fi APs to the core network. •A joint SCF/WBA task force now exploring architecture and opportunities of 3GPP’s LWA solutions for enterprises.

Wi-Fi integration

Integrated small cell/Wi-Fi access point

We help operators understand how to overcome the integrated hetnet challenges - SCF164 Future of voice – cellular & Wi-Fi

• Voice quality and coverage, especially indoors, increasingly important as usage moves to mobile-first

• Wi-Fi voice options, esp VoWi-Fi, are sometimes presented as full alternative to cellular voice• But there remains a critical role for cellular voice

• VoWi-Fi performs strongly on carefully tuned and controlled networks• But these cannot be guaranteed everywhere, and

QoS becomes more challenging as congestion rises• User reaction to unpredictable service can be serious

for some operator models• Ideal balance of Wi-Fi and VoLTE depends on use case

– achieving this is part of the Forum’s work on integrated HetNet

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Keep user on network

Support enterprise services

Replace home landline, greater control

Remains a significant revenue source


Top 5 reasons for operators to continue to invest in their own voice platforms

SCF Working Group Work in Progress

MarKeTing • Enhance unlicensed whitepaper : providing industry relevant solution guidance

Radio Phy • FAPI/nFAPI development(s) to support LAA/LWA

InterOPerability • Developing our license exempt capabilities the plugfest / IOP roadmap

NETwork Architecture • SCF/WBA task force now exploring architecture and opportunities of 3GPP’s LWA solutions for enterprises

DEPloyment • Practical deployment/dimensioning considerations of LAA/LWA

License Exempt – We have a busy workplan going forward to unleash future opportunities

Alan LawCaleb Banke

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