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THE CHALLENGE
HOW WE WORK
WHAT DOES ‘RELEASE TWO’ LOOK LIKE?
WHAT IS A RELEASE?
Existing deployments
have centred on almost 50 pioneering
and mostly very large operators
in developed markets.
BUT
RELEASE PROGRAMME
Howdo we help
the next 150, more conservative
operators of all sizes, roll out their own
networks in 2013?
THE SMALL CELL FORUM’S
RELEASE PROGRAMME
SCF.io
Am I ready to launch small cells?
ADDRESSES THIS CHALLENGE.
1 2 3A “how to” guide to
accelerate the commercial
deployment of small cells – encompassing residential, enterprise, metro and rural use cases.
A distillation of consensus
building, standards development and deployment experience by members and industry partners.
An output that
encompasses industry best practice and use case analysis plus a Roadmap reflecting market direction.
ANSWERS THE QUESTION
FOR OPERATORS | A comprehensive guide to small cell deployment
FOR VENDORS | Develop products based on carrier requirements and successful rollouts
RELEASE PROGRAMME ROADMAP
Q1 Q2 Q3
2014
Q2 Q3 Q4
2013
Theme of major update
Release Two
HOME
Release TwoRelease One
ENTERPRISE
Release Three Release Four
URBAN
MARKET DRIVERS
BUSINESS CASE
ENTERPRISE REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE
SON USE CASESCO-DEPLOYMENT OF CELLULAR WITH WI-FI
ENTERPRISE IT INTEGRATION
BACKHAUL AND DEPLOYMENT ADVICE EN
TER
PRIS
E SM
ALL
CEL
LS
ENTERPRISE METRO
RELEASE
THREEmajor update on urban business
case and market drivers
RELEASE
FOURmajor update on
urban architecture and radio
SUBSEQUENT RELEASES
major updates to rural and multi-technology small cells which intelligently
integrate 3G, LTE, LTE-Advanced and Wi-Fi
RURAL+ + +
RELEASES PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AT:
WEB | www.smallcellforum.org EMAIL | [email protected] TWITTER | @SmallCell_ForumPOSTAL ADDRESS | Small Cell Forum, PO Box 23, GL11 5WA, UK
© Small Cell Forum Ltd 2013. Registered in the UK no. 6295097.
NEXT 6 MONTHS BEYOND
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BEYOND RELEASE TWO
3 4 ...
1 Operator requirements
Defined by Small Cell Forum Operator Group
Address technical challenges and commercial opportunities associated with small cell deployment
3 Releases publicly available at www.scf.io
2 Working groups / special interest groups
OG Operator Group
Release Steering Group
MKT RPH NET REG SVC IOP Backhaul LTE Rural DEP 3GPP2
More than
98%of operators think small cells are essential to their future.
Guidance based on:
Operator requirements Evolving standards Early deployments
