Rural 5G Small Cells

Connecting the Unconnected Today and Tomorrow

KEVIN KLEINSMITH, SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

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 Introductions

Who am I ? Who is ?

• 21 years in Wireless Telecom space • Founded in 2012

• Sprint PCS • Over 25 Industry awards received
• Verizon (PrimeCo) • HQ in Nashua, NH; Offices in Pune
• MetroPCS and Bangalore
• VoiceStream and T-Mobile
• Active Deployments and Trials on
• Union Wireless
• Microsoft
6 Continents in service provider and
• airBand public safety LTE Networks
• Primary focus has been RF Design, • Award winning rural solution that
network deployments…large to small changes economics of rural small
• 2012 CCA Industry Innovation Award cell deployments

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 Parallel Wireless: Who We are

Rural
Rural

Smart City
Remote

More of our stories here: http://www.smallcellforum.org/resources/deployment-stories/

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 The Digital Divide

The digital
divide = 3.7
billion* people
unconnected
worldwide…

*per internetworldstats.com June

2016

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 What are the Rural Coverage Challenges?
Complexity and Cost

installation cost

Maintenance cost

Source: Informa UK

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 Biggest Challenges in Implementing 5G

Backwards compatibility
with 3G, 4G, etc.

Upgrading backhaul to
support enormous amounts
of traffic
Future-proofing the network

Ensuring 5G is safe

Meeting performance targets Too many consortiums

Source: Light Reading Poll, April 2015

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 Challenges in USA facing Carriers
FCC Chairman Wheeler statement from CCA Convention
Sept
2016

“11% of roads have no LTE access…16% of Land Area have no LTE

access…1.4 Million people do not have LTE access…550,000 miles of roads
have no access whatsoever.”

“Estimates are that 5G will require a 10x growth in cell sites, potentially even
more…these small cell sites will require to be connected, so we’ll need a lot
more backhaul.”

“There are just over 200,000 cell towers in the U.S., but there may be millions of
small cell sites in the 5G future.”

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 Options for Rural Coverage
INNOVATION: PW Rural
Regular Mast in the Solution using distributed
Rural Environment
Small Networks
Complexity

Complexity
Rural
Cost

Cost
Community

Located within the community

+ often doesn’t deliver on coverage
Delivering focused coverage
requirement
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 Key Requirements and how PW Meets Them
Innovative, Cost-effective, Flexible, Future-proofed

Cost-effective Integrated Wired & Wireless Backhaul, all in-one

Cost-effective Low power consumption  OPEX savings
Self-configuration, self-optimization with SON

4 hours to install and commission one CWS

Plug-n-Play Under 3 days to light up a rural community with cluster of 4 CWS
Planning “Lite” – designed to be within notification rules

Eliminates backhaul challenge – can integrate capacity as becomes available

Flexible and Open Interoperates with any vendor core, any type of backhaul
Software defined Nodes – can be re-configured UMTS & LTE

Future-proofed Supporting 3G for voice now, VoLTE in the future,

Gateway is a key element for future 5G networks.

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 World’s Smallest, But Most Powerful Small Cell

• Low cost small cell

• 3G/4G access, integrated flexible
backhaul
• Mesh-backhaul enabled
• Self-configuring, self-optimizing by
HetNet gateway
• Groundbreaking technology, Highest
RF power in it’s class
• Consumes less power than MAC
laptop running on full CPU

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 Installation Example, UK
Bundling Antennas to Solve Municipal Regulations

• Addresses challenges Discrete Compact

Integrated Antenna Bundle
of node/antenna containing: Simple (not
installation when no • Mesh obscure) Mast
towers are available • Access Antennas Mounting Similar
to TV Mast
• Allows for unobtrusive
installations on the
side of homes and
buildings
• Addresses municipal
law regulations Node ONLY Cabinet Cable Run in
(nothing else is in the Matching Conduit
cabinet) for aesthetics and
to meet zoning laws

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 Ease and Low Skill of Install
Automation and Programmability Enabled by virtualization
2016
2015

2013
Military cadets

2014

Sheriff in Montana, US
PW VP of business development and
Installer in Europe repo men, yes, repo men! w/ little
training on telecom equipment

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 Backhaul Flexibility: use ANY available fixed or
wireless backhaul
Backhauls of varying capacity
and latency available at
different times
• A RAN solution based on any
available today/tomorrow
backhaul:
• Fixed – i.e. fiber,
microwave, satellite
Satellite • Wireless Hybrid – 3G/4G
Backhaul services
HNG • Disaster recovery, dynamic
routing
• Easy deploy, easy to maintain
Mesh
Backhaul

Private/Public
Internet CWS Cluster orchestrated via HNG
located in Data Centre

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 Beyond Fixed Small Cells…
Rapid wireless coverage on land, air, and sea

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 Solving Rural Connectivity Today with Tomorrow in Mind
Yesterday Today Tomorrow

Access 2G/3G 3G/4G/4G+ 4G+/5G

Fast broadband, Super-fast, low

Services Voice/Broadband
emergency services latency, video

Backhaul TDM TDM/IP Flexible – Fiber,

wireless

Speeds 200Kbps 100Mbps+ 1Gbps+

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 Thank You
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