2.7.5.1 Huawei LTE RAN Sharing Solution

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Content
Challenges Faced by Operators
Huawei RAN Sharing Solution
Huawei Further Thinking & Cases

Challenges Faced by Mobile Operators
1 RAPID SUBSCRIBER GROWTH 2 DECREASING ARPU
Global Mobile Subscribers 250

249.1 239.1
217.7
199.2
ARPU (US$/year)
200 181.5
167.7
150
100
50
0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Informa Telecoms and Media, WCIS Dec 2008 Source: Gartner Dataquest
3 UNEVEN USERS DISTRIBUTION 4 DIFFICULT TO ACQUIRE SITES
Dense
Urban
Rural
area
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Challenges if build MBB network by own
Huge Network license fee European operators spent massive capitals on

purchasing MBB spectrum licenses
How to ease heavy financial burden?
High Deployment Cost
Obligation to provide Coverage

before stringent deadline
How to reduce the pressure to meet deadlines of network rollout
Slow network deployment Coverage Applications

& Services
How to launch more innovative services quickly?

TCO Trend for Operators
CAPEX Trend of Global Operators OPEX Trend of Global Operators OPEX surpass CAPEX in 5 years
after launch
SourcePyramid Research
High investment in network infrastructure

High cost in installation, maintenance, civil work
and rental
High power consumption
Auxiliary equipment, air-conditioner, battery, etc
Source Vodafone

How about RAN Sharing?
Benefit for Operators

30-40% CAPEX & OPEX saving*
Improved network utilization ratio
Shared operation risk
Shorter time-to-market
Win-Win Model
Benefit for Regulators Benefit for Subscribers

Enable operators to survive and Economical price
compete Higher quality of service
Let operators focus on service rollout Abundant services
Environmental concerns
*Source: ABI research

But the Key problems
How to independently How to separate the

launch services? transmission resources?
How to independently How to provide

manage radio independent
resources? O&M?

Content
Huawei Further Thinking and Cases

RAN Sharing Solution - Overview
Frequency dedicated for each Frequency is shared between
operator operators

Independent PM/FM/CM Shared FM/CM, partly
Independent PM
Dedicated carrier Common carrier
L L L L L
T T T T T
E E E E E
C1 C2 C3 C4 C1/C2/C3/C4
Max. 4 operators supported

Max. 4 operators supported
Share cabinet Share site auxiliary Share O&M
Operator A Operator B
NMS NMS
RRRRRR
F F F F F F
UUUUUU
BBU
Shared Master OSS
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Dedicated
Carrier Mode
Dedicated Carrier Solution- Overview
Shared
Shared RNC
eNodeB
Operator A
Cell B
Cell A
Cell C
Cell B
Cell A
Cell C
Operator B
eRAN is physically shared, but logically split into two eRANs.

Frequency is dedicated for each operator.
Each operator would broadcast its own PLMN code over the carriers (LTE cells) deployed.

Dedicated
Dedicated Carrier Architecture Carrier Mode
CN CN
Operator A NMS Operator B NMS

S1 interface
Itf-N
Shared eRAN
Non-
Macro
Shared Master OSS eNodeB Shared
X2 interface eRAN
RAN Sharing from eRAN2.0 2010Q2 X2 interface
Distributed
eNodeB
Up to 4 operators
Supports 2 operators
per RF module
Compatible with non- f1
f1 f2 Dedicated
f1 f2
shared eRAN (eNodeB) f2 Frequency

Dedicated
Independent Cell level FM/PM/CM Carrier Mode
The cell level CM is completely

isolated, and operator can only
manage the authorized cells, at the
same time CME will still guarantee
Operator A NMS Operator B NMS the integrity and validity for the
configuration data.
WS WS
Itf-N
Itf-N
Cell level parameter
access control in
terms of operators
M2000
Shared Master OSS The cell level CM is independent
CME
Database
and each operator can carry out
the individualized cell level
parameter setting according to
the practical network demand.
Shared
UTRAN
Shared UTRAN
CN CN
A shared master OSS manages the common O&M functions, includes software upgrade, system configuration,
system reset, etc.
Cell access authority for CM is managed on CME, guarantees the integrity & validity for configuration data
Independent Cell-level PM/FM/CM help operators to monitor and maintain their own cells.

Dedicated
Carrier Mode
Easy User Routing
Operators broadcast their respective HPLMN information on different carriers and cells.
Operator A's CN
Frequency of Operator A Roaming User of

Shared eNodeB Operator A
MME SGW
PLMN-A Cell A PLMN-A
Cell A
User of Operator A
Cell A
Cell B
PLMN-B
Cell B
MME SGW PLMN-B
Cell B User of Operator B Roaming User of
Operator B's CN
both Operator A&B
Frequency of Operator B
Registered user of operator A or B, it routes to home operators cell by identified HPLMN

Roaming users will randomly selects a PLMN and cell for registration indication
For bilateral roaming users of both operators, it could be accepted by the first tried network
For non-roaming users, it will be rejected by both networks
For roaming users of one of operators, it will be accepted by the network who has roaming
agreement and rejected by others

Dedicated
Carrier Mode
Independent S1-Flex Supported
CN of operator A CN of operator B
SGW SGW SGW MME

MME
MME SGW
S1 Flex S1 interface
Shared eNodeB
f1 f2
f1 f1 f2
f2
Operators can deploy S1-Flex independently

Node selection can be performed on the network of one operator according to the
allocation proportion.

Dedicated
Smooth Mobility with Non-Shared eRAN Carrier Mode
& 2G3G
Operator A CN
A's
Independent
Network
Neighbor cell Shared
configuration for A's UE eNodeB
Mobility Control
B's f2
Network
f1
B's UE
Non-shared eRAN and 2G/3G network Dedicated eRAN Sharing Network
Operator B CN
No impacts to the mobility with Non-shared eRAN and 2G3G

Flexible for shared network deployment by regions, according to business model

Dedicated
Independent Service Deployment Carrier Mode
Operators can independently deploy different services by purchasing license and setting
the parameters on cell level.
For the same service, operators can achieve different algorithm performance by setting the
parameters on cell level.
.LCS
..
..
Shared
eNodeB
Operator B
.eMBMS

LCS
eMBMS
Operator A

Dedicated
Carrier Mode
Flexible Shared Transmission
S1/X2 shares same physical links
As CN
Physical links for

operator A & B IP Backhaul
Shared
eNodeB Bs CN
VLAN supports traffic routing

L2 + L3 network L2 network

Dedicated
Requirements of Dedicated Carrier Carrier Mode
eRAN Sharing for Network Elements

Core Network eNodeB
The eNodeB supports dedicated carrier sharing
No impact through software upgrade.

Multiple RF modules are required.
LTE UE Others
No impact X2 transmission resource sharing

Common Carrier
Common Carrier (MOCN) Architecture Mode
Core Node Core Node

A B
NMS NMS Uu Interface
S1 interface
Broadcasting in
Shared Master OSS
eNodeB
SIB1
UE
X2 interface
Shared RAN
SystemInformationBlockType1
f1 {
Non-Shared f1 f1 PLMN-IdentityList
f1 f1 {
eRAN f1 f1 {
OperA PLMN-id
...
}
{
Maximum 4 Operators can be supported OperB PLMN-id
...
Independent Logo/Name Supported }
}
Supports all 3GPP compliant LTE terminals ...
}

Common Carrier
MOCN Network Management Mode
Each operator share RAN network data

Operator A NMS Operator B NMS CM configuration, including cell parameters,
network optimization parameters.
Itf-N
Itf-N
Fault report information for shared RAN

Shared Master OSS FM network is shared for all sharing
operators.
Shared eUTRAN
Operators can independently obtain the

PM information about network operation
such as traffic and network quality
Huawei MOCN solution supports partly Independent PM!

Common Carrier
Mode
MOCN Network Selection
Network Selection
Network Selection
Core Network A 1. Each cell broadcasts all the PLMN IDs of

Core Network
B the operators through SIB1.
2. The UE decodes the broadcast message
and selects its HPLMN.
S1 Interface 3. The UE informs the e-UTRAN of the
selected PLMN-id through the
Indicate selected RRCConnectionSetupComplete message.
Indicate selected Shared eNodeB B's PLMN-id 4. The shared eNodeB routes the UE to the
As PLMN-id
CN according to the selected PLMN-id.
5. As for the roaming users, the network
selection can be managed by the eSIM
stored user or operator controlled PLMN
priority information, otherwise it will be
Subscriber of Operator A Subscriber of Operator B according to the UE behaviour.
Huawei MOCN solution can support up to 4 operators

Common Carrier
Mode
MOCN Mobility Management
Operator As CN Operator Bs CN
handover handover
MOCN non-shared non-shared
2G3G cell 2G3G cell
As subscriber cell As subscriber LTE cell LTE cell
handover handover
Bs subscriber
Bs subscriber
Support UE handover between shared MOCN cell & neighbor non-shared LTE cell of the same operator.
Support UE handover between MOCN cell and neighbor 2G3G cell which belongs to the same operator
Huawei MOCN solution supports handover as in traditional network!

Dedicated
Carrier Mode
Independent S1-Flex Supported

CN of operator A CN of operator B
SGW SGW SGW MME

MME
MME SGW
S1 Flex S1 interface
Shared eNodeB
f1 f2
f1 f1 f2
f2
Operators can deploy S1-Flex independently

Node selection can be performed on the network of one operator according
to the allocation proportion.

Common Carrier
Flexible Shared Transmission Mode
S1/X2 shares same physical links

As CN
Physical links for

operator A & B IP Backhaul
Shared
eNodeB Bs CN
VLAN supports traffic routing

L2 + L3 network L2 network

Common Carrier
Mode
Requirement of MOCN on Network Elements
Core Network eNodeB
A software upgrade is required if the eNodeB

No impact
needs to support MOCN.
LTE UE Others
The MMECs of different operators need to be
The UE completely complies with the coordinated to avoid duplication.
LTE standard. By default, the UE In one MOCN cell, only one TAC is broadcast.
The global eNodeB identifier and E-UTRAN cell
supports MOCN messages.
global ID contain the MCC and MNC, and they need
to be unique.
The eNodeB ID and E-UTRAN Cell ID need to be
unique.

MOCN & RAN Sharing Solution Comparison
RAN SharingDedicated Carriers MOCNCommon Carriers
Protocol version 3GPP R8 3GPP R8
Feature deployment Independent Shared
Network OAM Independent PM/FM/CM (cell level) Shared FM/CM, partly Independent PM
Network adjustment Independent expansion, shared optimization Shared
Carriers Independent Shared
S1-flex deployment independent independent
Transmission Shared Shared
Quantity of Operators 4 4
Requirements on UE No 3GPP R8 compliant for MOCN
More RAN resources can be shared in MOCN

More independent network operation can be provided in RAN Sharing (dedicated carriers)

Content
Huawei Further Thinking and Cases

Bilateral Roaming Users Network Selection
Random Selection may results in unbalance
Roaming users
Option 1: By Regions Option2: By Ratios

Core Node Core Node
A B
Challenge: How to identify
Roaming UE information? X%
Modify UE 3GPP (100-X)%
standards?
A B A B Finding alternative ID by
extra signaling?
Within each region, only the respective eNodeB controls the forwarding of the
operator accepts the registration network selection by pre-configured ratios

License: Dynamic Throughput & Static Active User
Throughout license
Overall throughput purchased from Huawei
Total throughput can by portioned it by ratios between parties
Parties can share the unused throughput from the other operator,
by a certain ratio (pre-configured)
An example is on the right side: A and B shares the overall
throughput by 60:40, and the can over use the other parties
throughput by 10% when its unused
Active user license

Overall throughput purchased from Huawei
Total throughput can by portioned it by ratios between
parties
An example is on the right side: A and B shares the overall active
users by 60:40. Dynamic sharing is not recommended as it
may lead to users dropping (Very bad user experience).

Huaweis Achievements in RAN Sharing
Sweden World First LTE MOCN
Common Carrier RAN

Canada Sharing
Spain
Common Carrier
RAN Sharing Dedicated Carrier
RAN Sharing
Poland
Aero2 Sferia
Common Carrier
RAN Sharing
Huawei will deploy commercial LTE MOCN in 2010, resulting in field experience

Huawei LTE MOCN Delivery to N4M
Brief Introduction
T2
Joint venture of Tele2 & Telenor, 50:50 splits.
National MOCN, for both LTE and GSM
TN
4 Regions portioned, with each operator deploy and
maintain 2 of them. T2
In 2010, over 1000 eNodeBs/BTS will be deployed
TN
Benefits
Reduce 40% sites

Reduce 40% CAPEX
MOCN
Superior capacity than competitors:
2*20MHz @ 900M and 2*40MHz @2.6G

Complete Solution for Net4Mobility
Tele2 TeleX
MNC 07 MNC 08
Tele2 CN Tele2 CN Telenor PDN-Gw HSS G-MSC PDN-Gw HSS G-MSC
CN Serving GW
MME
STP
SGSN
MSC-Server
MGw
Serving GW
MME
STP
SGSN
MSC-Server
MGw
Roaming
Roaming
Idle mode mobility
NETCO GSM PS mobility NETCO LTE

MNC xx MNC zz
S1 Flex
CS fall back
or
BSC Transcoder
MNC 07 MNC yy
Roaming
Roaming
BTS eNode B
900 MHz 900 MHz
(1800 MHz) 2600 MHz
Shared
Idle mode mobility

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UMTS MNC 08 MNC 04
MNC 05
RNC RNC RNC
Node B Node B Node B

2100 MHz 2100 MHz 2100 MHz
Tele2 UE Telenor
UE
30+ Mobility Scenarios

3G RAN Sharing in Vodafone Spain
Brief Introduction lava

Navarra
Burgos
La Rioja HuescaLrida Gerona
Soria Zaragoza Barcelona

Share their NW in towns between 1,000 and 25,000 Segovia Tarragona
Guadalajara Teruel
inhabitants based on Dedicated Carrier solution. vila Madrid
Castelln
Toledo Cuenca
Each operator is in charge of managing its own traffic Valencia
and quality of service. Ciudad RealAlbacete
In October 2007, 1,000 node B has been shared. And

RAN Sharing
5,000 NodeB will be shared (2,500 per Operator) in
the next 4 years.
Business Mode
Benefits VDF deploy its Network and share with Orange.
Standard common procedures have been defined
Reduce 40% sites
between OR and VF: Migrations, Iu and cell
Reduce 40% CAPEX integrations, etc.
Increase 25% coverage

Telus & Bell RAN Sharing Case
Market at a glance
Tri-monopoly mobile market:
Rogers, Bell Mobility and Telus.
Mobile penetration rate: 58%
lower than average in developed country
Higher ARPU: over $46
Project Information
Benefits for Telus
Telus and Bell cooperate to build a shared
Lowering costs and increasing speed of
UMTS/HSPA network to save the investment.
national build
Telus & Bell choose MOCN to realize the network Offering widest national coverage by early
sharing 2010
Both companies continue to compete in marketplace

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HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Huawei Confidential

Challenges Faced by Operators

Huawei RAN Sharing Solution

Huawei Further Thinking & Cases

1 RAPID SUBSCRIBER GROWTH 2 DECREASING ARPU

Global Mobile Subscribers 250

3 UNEVEN USERS DISTRIBUTION 4 DIFFICULT TO ACQUIRE SITES

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Huge Network license fee European operators spent massive capitals on

High Deployment Cost

Obligation to provide Coverage

Slow network deployment Coverage Applications

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High investment in network infrastructure

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Benefit for Operators

Benefit for Regulators Benefit for Subscribers

*Source: ABI research

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How to independently How to separate the

How to independently How to provide

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Challenges Faced by Operators

Huawei RAN Sharing Solution

Huawei Further Thinking and Cases

Dedicated carrier Common carrier

Max. 4 operators supported

Shared Master OSS

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Dedicated Carrier Solution- Overview

eRAN is physically shared, but logically split into two eRANs.

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Operator A NMS Operator B NMS

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Independent Cell level FM/PM/CM Carrier Mode

The cell level CM is completely

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Frequency of Operator A Roaming User of

Registered user of operator A or B, it routes to home operators cell by identified HPLMN

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SGW SGW SGW MME

Operators can deploy S1-Flex independently

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Non-shared eRAN and 2G/3G network Dedicated eRAN Sharing Network

No impacts to the mobility with Non-shared eRAN and 2G3G

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Physical links for

VLAN supports traffic routing

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Requirements of Dedicated Carrier Carrier Mode

eRAN Sharing for Network Elements

No impact through software upgrade.

No impact X2 transmission resource sharing

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Common Carrier (MOCN) Architecture Mode

Core Node Core Node