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Femtocells

Femtocells. Keeping Mobile Carriers Competitive. Gibson Ang Sr. Product Manager. What is Femtocell. Femtocells are small cellular base stations that plug into a residential DSL or cable modem Use license spectrum

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Femtocells

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  1. Femtocells Keeping Mobile Carriers Competitive Gibson Ang Sr. Product Manager

  2. What is Femtocell Femtocells are small cellular base stations that plug into a residential DSL or cable modem Use license spectrum Attach to cell phones in the same manner as cell phones attach to macro base stations Customers can use existing cell phones with the Femtocells Mobile voice and data services are carried back to the wireless operator’s core network via the residential broadband connection Guaranteed coverage within the home Higher quality than typically experience on the macro cell at home Reduce churn Frees up cell tower capacity Carriers get more from their existing spectrum

  3. Femtocell Baseline Architecture Femto Management System FGW-MS FAP-MS Fg Fm HPLMN Core Network Fr Femto GW Subscriber Database Fb-cs CS Core UE Fa Femto Access Point Access NW Home GW Fb-ps PS Core FL SeGW Fb-ims Radio I/F IMS Core HPLMN RAN Source: FemtoForum

  4. IP Router IP Router IP Router IP Router IP Router IP Router IP Router FAP Manager Network Connectivity Soft Switch Wireless Gateway Data Core PCF Security Gateway Femtocell AP (FAP)

  5. What’s Behind the Femtocell Move?Mobile Subscribers, Mobile Lifestyles, and Mobility-enabling Providers • Consider the Impact of the Apple iPhone • The iPhone represents only 2% of the smartphone market. • But it already drives 70% of mobile Internet usage with its full-feature, easy-to-use iPhone browser. • It’s all about understanding a population that embraces mobile and digital lifestyles. Mobile consumers are inundated with choices and decisions daily

  6. What Mobile Subscribers Want in Services, Security, and Choices • What mobile subscribers want: • Seamless quality of service • Exceptional quality of experience • Knowledge that their mobile sessions are secure • Access from anywhere to anywhere on any device Today and Tomorrow’s Users

  7. The Mobile Lifestyle -> Unprecedented Data Growth • Extracted from Heavy Reading: Comments made in public forums provide evidence of unprecedented data traffic growth: • T-Mobile said 3G data volume in Q3 2007 increased 57% from Q2 2007. • Telefonica-O2 said it saw doubling of data volume every quarter in 2007. • Ericsson says that in 3G networks monitored by Ericsson, total data traffic now exceeds voice traffic. By August 2007, more than 60% of WCDMA traffic was data. • Nokia Siemens Networks sees greater volumes of data than voice in several European HSPDA networks. In some networks, data accounts for 80% of the traffic volume. • AT&T Mobility said in February 2008 that wireless data traffic was four times greater in 2007 than 2006 • Source: Heavy Reading

  8. Implications of Data Explosion Indoor coverage – not optimal Growing Strain On Today’s Access Networks

  9. Operator Considerations for the Femto Integration Growing demands on the Femto Gateway standard to evolve!

  10. Evolving Network Integration Model Operator needs a migration plan as the operator’s network evolves…

  11. Evolution to LTE/SAE LTE Femtocell Network S1 Internet & Broadband

  12. NextPoint’s Integrated Border Gateway for Femtocell Deployments: A Unified Quality of Experience

  13. Questions & Comments gang@nextpointnetworks.com

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