Huawei LTE Roadmap and Solution www.huawei.com
Author: Wang Wanli, Senior LTE marketing manager
Email:
[email protected]
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Contents LTE Industry Updates Huawei LTE Roadmap and Solution Case Study
LTE Deployment Booming in Global MBB Market 159 Commercial Launches in 12Q4 159
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The fastest developing wireless technology ever
39
1800
Oct. 1
80
43
2600
Forecast
100
MHz
Forecast
140 120
All Bands Evolve to LTE
8
800
105 13
700
60
47
40
17
20 0
2100
4
2300
4
2 AWS
2009
2010
October 1, 2012 © GSA
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2011
10
2012 Oct. 1, 2012 © GSA
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# of commercial LTE networks in different bands
LTE Devices Rapidly Increasing with Superstar Products 300% Growth of LTE Device
Superstar UE support LTE
~800
Oct. 2012
Dec 2012 Forecast
iPhone 5: 5 Million sold in 3 days
>300% 137
467
Oct. 2012 Huawei Ascend P1
2012
Jun 2011
2 16
Tablet 28
104
Router 108
Module
Multi-band / Multi-mode is the trend 4-Core, GUL-FDD/TDD, Chipsets for all major bands
USB modem
36
26
Phone Femtocell
Notebook
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K3V2 Page 4
Snapdragon
GL1800 Refarming: Key to Success of LTE 39 Commercially launched
• Total 75MHz in 1800M Band • Most operators owns10~25MHz
• 1800M spectrum underused
• GL1800 co-site, co-coverage • Larger capacity than HSPA+
Continents with commercial LTE1800MHz
• Frequency ready • 30%~50% TCO saving by SingleRAN
Source: GSA report. Oct 2012
39 LTE1800 networks commercially launched
18 LTE1800 on-going deployment
• Eco-system is mature
...
• 98 LTE1800 announced devices
23 were built by Huawei HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
• iPHone5 support L1800 Page 5
Contents LTE Industry Updates Huawei LTE Roadmap and Solution Case Study
Released Ready for Contract Planned Planning
LTE eRAN FDD Feature Roadmap Overview eRAN2.x 3GPP Release 9
Radio Performance • Compact Bandwidth • Flexible User Steering Service • Flash CSFB • ETWS
eRAN3.0 3GPP Release 10
Radio Performance • UL Intra-eNB CoMP • Adaptive ICIC • Distance based Handover Service • LAI based CSFB
SON • RACH Optimization Transport and Security • IPv6 & IPv4 Dual Stack • S1, X2 over IPv6 Energy Saving • PSU Intelligent Sleep Mode
SON • Network Geographic Observation • Coverage Evaluation • Traffic Map Transport and Security • IPSec for IPv6 • Integrated Firewall (L2 & L3)
eRAN6.0
eRAN7.0 and Later
3GPP Release 10
3GPP Release 11
LTE Advanced • Carrier Aggregation • Static TDM eICIC
• • • • •
Radio Performance • Advanced Receiver • Control Channel IRC
Radio Performance • PUCCH CoMP
Service • CMAS • Dynamic DRX SON • Network Geographic Observation • Drop Call Analysis • Sniffer based Rapid Self Configuration
(for Pico & Atom)
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2012Q3
Service • eMBMS • Offload (SIPTO / LIPA) • Intelligent Access Class Control SON • HetNet MLB
Transport and Security • Security Operation Center
Transport and Security • Ethernet OAM (Y.1731)
2011Q3
LTE Advanced DL 4x2 MU-MIMO DL CoMP Carrier Aggregation (>2 CC) UL SU-MIMO eICIC (CA based)
2013Q3
>2014
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Huawei LTE Key Values Overview
No-Edge
Network
Efficient
Network
• Enhanced user experience in cell edge
• Efficient spectrum utilization
• Smooth user experience in Multi-
• Efficient smart device usage
• Efficient operation
RAT/layer network • Deep indoor coverage
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• Broad Pipe • Smooth evolution • Quick deployment Page 8
SingleRAN LTE No.1 SingleRAN Convergence
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One Cabinet
Baseband Convergence
Blade RRU
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SingleRAN New Cabinet Highlights 900M 1.8G 2.1G
2 6 6+3
BBU
RFU RRU
2*60W 2*40W
BTS3900A
1
High capacity to support up to 6RFUs+9RRUs
96
%
PLUS
2
3
Easy expansion with stackable installation. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Power Efficiency
4
Energy Saving with high power efficiency Page 10
Improved heat dissipation
Baseband Evolution to Multi-mode Convergence Saving Boards SingleOM
Saving Boards
GSM
GSM
SingleOM GSM
GTMU
UMTS
LTE
WBBP
LBBP
UMPT
LMPT
UMTS
LTE
WBBP
LBBP
UMPT
future
UMPT
Co-UBBP
eRAN6.0
• Unified base band processing card. • Baseband support multi-mode concurrent.
Co-UMPT
eRAN3.0
• Unified control card. • Unified maintenance
Co-BBU
• GU, GL, UL in same BBU with different boards • GUL co-transmission HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
LTE
UBBP
SingleOM
Saving BBU
UMTS
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Blade RRU: Flexible Assembled RRU RRU3938
…… 1.8G 12L/2*40W IBW:35M GA:2013Q2
5 minutes for new RRU installation
Faster for new RF installation: 12L/14KG, smaller size, standardized shape.
Seamlessly assembled as One Box, easier site acquisition.
Flexible combination for multiple bands : 2.6G ,900M, 1800M, 2.1G, and more.
Separated installation and maintenance for each module.
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No-Edge Experience 100+% more throughput on cell edge
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Better experience in cell edge
Better experience indoor
Better experience Cross-Layer
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eRAN3.0 2012Q3
UL Intra-eNodeB CoMP: 10% Cell Edge Throughput Gain UL CoMP with Co-demodulation & Interference Rejection
2*Rx Gain (eRAN3.0, LBBPd1) Without CoMP
With CoMP
7% ~ 10% Without CoMP
10% ~ 16% Cell2 Cell0
Cell average Intra-eNB CoMP
throughput (Mbps)
Cell Edge throughput (Mbps)
(* Simulation assumption: 10MHz, 2-Sector CoMP)
UE1 UE2
4*Rx Gain (eRAN6.0, LBBPd2)
Cell1
Without CoMP
3%
Gain for UE1: Co-demodulated. Gain for UE2: Interference (UE1) Rejection.
Improve capacity, coverage, and compatible with legacy UE
With CoMP
5%
Cell average
throughput (Mbps)
Cell Edge throughput (Mbps)
(* Simulation assumption: 10MHz, 2-Sector CoMP)
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eRAN3.0 2012Q3
Adaptive ICIC: 30% Cell Edge Throughput Increase Cell edge interference lead to low throughput
With Adaptive ICIC eCoordinator2.0 (2013Q3)
Frequency: reuse=1
Frequency: reuse=3
Adaptive ICIC switch on/off Support cell edge frequency reuse (1, 3, 6)
High Low
30%
Low
improved Cell Edge Interference
Cell Edge Throughput
Cell Edge Interference
Cell Edge Throughput
Unique cell edge frequency reuse 6 in telecom industry HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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eRAN6.0 2013Q3
Uplink Control Channel IRC: 30% Gain in UL Coverage IRC: Interference Rejection Combining Scenario: Urban area’ small ISD (Inter Site Distance) sites
Control Channel IRC vs. MRC
UEs Interfering on PRACH and PUCCH
PUCCH IRC
Victim cell
2.5~3dB gain in 2Rx
3.7~4.2dB gain in 4Rx
Interfering cell
PRACH IRC
Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH/PRACH) IRC Increase UL control channel coverage Improve network access success rate Support of adaptive switch between MRC and IRC HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
3.5~4.5dB gain in 2Rx
5.1~7.8dB gain in 4Rx
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eRAN6.0 2013Q3
Advanced Receiver (PSIC): 16% Gain in UL Cell Average Throughput AR(PSIC) Applied Scenarios:
16% UL cell average throughput UL MU-MIMO + LMMSE
Huawei ASIC
UL MU-MIMO+ SIC
16% Parallel Soft Interference Cancellation
• UL MU-MIMO
BBU
• Symbols of one UE
Uplink Cell Average Throughput (2Rx, UL MU-MIMO+SIC vs. UL MU-MIMO+LMMSE)
Based on Huawei ASIC PSIC handles interference for UL MU-MIMO and symbols of one UE Supported by LBBPd1/LBBPd2/LBBPd3 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
PSIC: Parallel Soft Interference Cancellation
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AtomCell for Deep Coverage in Various Scenarios 1
BTS3202E
2
Outdoor hotspots or blind spot (2011Q4 GA) 2.6G/2.1G(2013Q1) 2*
[email protected]/11.5kg ( support external antenna/ internal external)
BTS3202B
3
Indoor hotspots
BTS3203E Outdoor hotspots
( 2012Q3 GA)
(2013Q2 GA)
2.6G: 2*
[email protected]/2kg ( support external antenna/ internal antenna)
2.6G/2.1G 4*1W@ 5.2L/6.5Kg ( internal antenna)
Flexible Backhaul Solution FE/GE
Macro site
Microwave/Wi-Fi/eRelay
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xDSL
AtomCell site
xPON
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eRAN6.0 2013Q3
Static TDM eICIC: 30% Coverage Extension for Small Cell
Macro and Micro LTE HetNet Coverage of micro is limited by interference of macro Coverage with eICIC
Coverage without eICIC
Sub-frames
Time Synchronized
30% expansion
Almost Blank Sub-frame ( ABS)
Sub-frames
ABS allocated for cell edge UEs of Micro eNodeB
Cell Range Expansion (CRE) Area
30% gain
eICIC requires R10 UE Macro and micro cells must be time-synchronized HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
No eICIC (ABS + RE)
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eICIC (ABS + RE)
Efficient Network 30+% more efficiency
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Efficient Spectrum Utilization
Efficient smart device usage
Efficient operation Page 20
Compact Bandwidth: 22% More Capacity in GL1800 Refarming Compact bandwidth
200KHz Guard Band (Standard)
GSM
LTE
GSM carriers
LTE carrier
18.4MHz
Sharper Filter
Normal bandwidth
15MHz Edge RB squeezed
6MHz
3.4MHz
15MHz
Case: Total bandwidth = 24.4MHz Compact Bandwidth Compact Bandwidth (MHz)
Available RB number
Compact
4.8 9.6 14.6 18.22 18.58 18.94 19.3
25 50 75 92 94 96 100
Sharper Filter Sharper Filter Sharper Filter 6RB squeezed 4RB squeezed 2RB squeezed Sharper Filter
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Capacity +22%
GL1800 Co-RRU@10MHz is planning • No impact to UE • Full use of frequency
15M (75RB)
18.4M (92RB)
• Unique value to operators with limited spectrum
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eRAN6.0 2013Q3
LTE-A CA Enhances Multi-Carrier Spectrum Efficiency Carrier Aggregation Scenarios Carrier 1
Peak
Carrier 2
150Mbps
Intra-band CA continuous Carrier 1
Rate per User Doubled
150Mbps
Intra-band CA non-continuous
Better Experience
Band 1
Carrier 2
Band 2
Carrier 2 Carrier 1 edge
Mbps
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in Cell Edge
Assign more RB for cell edge UE
Inter-band CA
2.6G dual-carrier
R10 UE
DL 2*2MIMO @ 20MHz, CA: 40MHz
Carrier 2
Carrier 1
300Mbps
2600M + 800M dual-band
CA
No-CA
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center
eRAN3.0 2012Q3
Enhanced CSFB: Shorten CSFB Time 30% Flash CSFB
LAI Based CSFB
1.3s CSFB to GSM saving 2s CSFB
1~2s CSFB to GSM saving 2~3s CSFB
to UMTS saving
GSM/UMTS CN
LTE CN
Fallback to same LAI, avoid location update procedure
RAN Info
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GUL
GUL
No need to read SIB in G/U
GU RAN
to UMTS saving
TA3/LA1 GUL
LTE RAN
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GSM/UMTS Fast Return to LTE , Delay Reduced 90% Without fast return
PS CSFB
LTE
CSFB
PS Ready
Fast Return
cell reselection
GSM/UMTS
8s after UE idle
With fast return PS
PS Ready
CSFB
GSM/UMTS
GSM / UMTS
• CSFB from LTE to GSM/UMTS for voice
500ms after CS call
• UE is redirected to LTE immediately after CSFB ends • Huawei GBSS14.0 / RAN14.0 supported fast return
7.5s delay reduced
• UE should be GSM/UMTS/LTE multi-mode
improves the PS service users experience
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LTE
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LTE
eRAN6.0 2013Q3
Dynamic DRX Saves 60% of UE RF Power Smartphone Challenge
Frequent Heartbeat
No DRX
VoIP
VOD
Data Traffic
High Traffic
Avoid Signaling Strom Always Online
DRX Dynamic DRX
Low traffic
25% Saving
60% Saving
Short Battery Life
Traditional Method
Dynamic DRX DRX Cycle
Always online: 70% less signaling for heartbeat Ultra-Long DRX cycle: Up to 60% UE RF power saved in heartbeat-only period. Fast out-of –sync: Reduce PUCCH resource Availabe in eRAN6.0
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Heartbeat
Continuous Receive
Save 25% UE RF power
Ultra-long DRX Cycle Save 60% UE RF power Always online: resolve signaling storm
Adaptive switch between different modes Page 25
Integrated OSS：ATAE 1200 eNE
Unified Hardware Platform for All OSS Products (M2000/PRS/TranSight/Nastar…)
Soft Expansion eNE
1200
800
17
400
9
11 Add 2 Blades
Add 6 Blades
iManager 11 iManager 12 iManager 13 Example: One Cabinet for 1200 eNE (M2000+PRS)
Advanced Telecommunications Application Environment
1200 eNE ， Max. 60000 Ucells (KPI-counter, 60 minutes)
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1200 eNE (M2000+PRS)
+ 253%
- 75%
Capacity
Power
- 80% Footprint
ATAE vs. Traditional Server
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- 50% Delivery
Typical Configuration : M2000+PRS, 800 eNE 800 eNE: 11
12
13
14 DB-Standby
10
PRS-DB
09
PRS-Standby
M2000
08
PRS
M2000
07
M20000-DB
M2000
06
M2000-DB
OSMU
M2000+PRS Typical Configuration
05
LSW
04
LSW
03
M2000-Standby
02
TS
01
Add New Blade from 400 eNE
NE Type
Conversion Number of Unit Equivalent NEs
Total Number of Unit of Mobitel
Total Number of eNE of Mobitel
GBSS
1 TRX
1/75
15,000
200
WRAN
1 Cell
1/35
8,000
230
eRAN
1 Cell
1/42
180
5
Based on the conditions: All-counter, 30 minutes, if 15 minutes, the Number of eNB is 1.7 times HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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SingleSON Improve Multi-RAT/Layer Network Operation Efficiency SingleSON Architecture Auto configuration Auto maintenance
Professional Service
M2000
Human involved network analysis and optimization
SingleRAN
Auto optimization
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Response Time
Scale
Process Complexity
eCoordinator Multi-RAT/Multi-layer Self-optimization
• GSM • UMTS • LTE
SingleSON features are distributed at multiple products like SingleRAN, eCoordinator, and OSS.
Slow
Large
High
Fast
Small
Low
Satisfy different requirement of response time (milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours level)
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PnP: Improving Commissioning Efficiency up to 50%
Commissioning and planning occupy 41% of rollout cost.
Marco Site and AtomCell PnP 1. Auto IPSec Tunnel Setup
Commissioning
23%
Planning
M2000
18%
Security GW
11% 7%
AtomCell 3. Auto Planning (AtomCell Only)
30% 11%
2. Auto SW Download
Marco Site 4. Auto Configuration
Up to 50% commissioning efficiency improved Up to 90% Planning efficiency improved for AtomCell
Huawei wireless intelligence
IPSec tunnel automatic setup to enhance the security of data transmission
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PnP: Plug and Play Page 29
Multi-RAT ANR: Save
90% Manual Neighbor Configuration
More neighbor cells, modes and frequencies
Multi-RAT ANR : MR
18x
6
60
10x
LTE UMTS GSM
Generate neighboring cell relations automatically
108
GSM/UMTS
G-Cell A U-Cell 1
U-Cell 1 …
L-Cell B …
L-Cell B
G-Cell A
G-Cell A
…
L-Cell B
U-Cell 1
GSM
GSM/UMTS/LTE
eCoordinator
Number of faults generated by neighbor cells: More 30% GSM/UMTS
Unique bi-directional inter-RAT ANR in telecom industry
Industry 1st commercial ANR (German Operator) GSM/UMTS/LTE
ANR: Automatic Neighbor Relation;
MR: Measurement Report
Multi-RAT ANR should be realized by both eCoordinator and eRAN features and supported by UE HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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CODR: Fast Detection and Recovery of Cell Outage Cell Outage Problems Call Drop Access Failure Poor Experience
Cell Outage
M2000 Detect
Recovery Scenario 1: Activate Cell
Scenario 2: Handover
CODR: Cell outage detect and recovery CODR should be realized by both M2000 and NE features
Shorten Service Failure Duration and Ensure End User Experience HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Contents LTE Industry Updates Huawei LTE Roadmap and Solution Case Study
Everything, Everywhere in UK: World’s Largest GL1800 Network Challenge and Need
High OPEX & poor performance on legacy GSM1800 network
Quickly provide a competitive LTE service (10,000+ sites)
Nationwide coverage
Dense Urban
Sub-urban
50MHz+ in 1800M, difficult to cover such wide spectrum
Solution and Benefit
GigaSite
Indoor BTS3900L
Rural
RRU BBU
GigaSite solution: High integration, easy deployment, lower power consumption and maintenance cost
High Performance MSR RF modules: High Tx Power and wide IBW (2X80W) support GSM+LTE dual-mode
E2E GL1800 Refarming: greatly save CAPEX and OPEX, fast time-to-market
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12 RFU + 6 RRU MSR GSM+LTE
MRFUd (2X80W)
Huawei Ascend P1
GL1800 UE
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Distributed DBS3900
9 RRU RRU3929 （2×60W）
Huawei E392
M1 Singapore : LTE Introduction and GSM Modernization Excellent Performance in LTE1800 Network
Challenges and Needs •
Fast growth mobile data and low growth service revenue
•
Boosting in data traffic bring hotspot congesting and effect experience
•
Keep leading in Singapore MBB market
Solutions and Benefits •
Innovative DBS solution L2600 and GL1800
•
Huawei E2E LTE1800 solutions meet MBB Tailored L2600/1800 dual band device provided by Huawei Refarming Buffer Zone can eliminate GL interference on the same frequency
--From M1 advertisement on straits times Southeast Asia’s 1st LTE launched on Jun. 21th 2011 E398
E392
HetNet (Multi-Layer Coverage) to improve spectrum efficiency and offload Hotspot Traffic •
Multi-band combination to meet both capacity and coverage requirements
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FDD LTE 2600 HSPA+/HSPA/UMTS 2100
The First Multimode LTE Modem in the world Page 34
FDD LTE: D800/900/1800/2100/2600 HSPA+/HSPA/UMTS 900/2100
5 FDD Bands all-in-one Multimode LTE Stick
Australia OPTUS: GL1800 Refaring with GU Swap
Challenges and Needs •
Compete in MBB market. Competitor already launched LTE service
•
Lack of new spectrum for LTE
•
TCO saving is needed for multi-RAT network operation
Optus is the NO.2 mobile operator in Australia with 27% 3G market share
•
•
TCO Saving – –
Solutions SingleRAN large capacity site: BTS3900L for GUL
•
–
•
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BTS3900L
MBB speeds up to 21Mbps for UMTS， 150Mbps for LTE Delivery in time
Most Advanced Mobile Network –
mRFUd
Synergy GSM/UMTS swap rollout by co-cabinet solution MSR Ready, GU900 & GL1800 simultaneously, CoOAM and resource reuse
Fastest –
Mature MSR module: mRFUd for GU900 & GL1800
Optus 5960 27%
Telstra 10437 48%
3G Sub. includes WBB （Jun 2011） k subs
Benefits •
VHA 5463 25%
Field-Proven best LTE network (Optus is running an LTE1800 trial for over 1,000 users in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley areas of New South Wales )
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Singapore M1: Desirable Capacity Gain of UL Intra-eNB CoMP Single UE Throughput in Cell Edge
CoMP On
Single UE Throughput in Cell Middle
CoMP On
CoMP Off
CoMP Off
CoMP Verified in Orchard Road, CBD of Singapore
eRAN3.0
Single User
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UL 2Rx CoMP (Intra-Site, 2cells)
Cell Middle Throughput (Mbps)
Cell Edge Throughput (Mbps)
CoMP On
12
4.5
CoMP Off
6.5
2
CoMP Gain
84.6%
125%
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