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• 2015–17 Enterprise small cell deployments up 98%
• 2015–25 Enterprise small cell deployments up 1600%
Enterprise
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Delivering fit-for-purpose smart buildings
• SCF and TIA partnering to develop definitions, classifications, specifications, standards and other documentation to support best practice for smart building developments
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• 2015–25new non-residential small cell deployments will grow at a compound annual rate of 36%
• 2025Global deployments 22 times higher than in 2015*
*Stats: Nov 2017 Rethink survey of 50+ global operators
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Densification is already happening
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• By 2020, 40% of operators expect to deploy between 100 and 350 small cells per square kilometer in the areas they densify
• In the first 2-3 years of deploying 5G New Radio, 58% expect to focus primarily on small cells: • 37% to densify the network
for enhanced mobile broadband
• 21% to enable new use cases.
SCF194: New operator survey
Hyperdense
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Most common targeted areas for densification of 100 cells or more per square kilometer:
• transport hubs (56% said this was a top three priority for dense small cells);
• business parks and campuses (50%);• urban downtown areas (46%);• corporate offices (44%).
SCF194: New operator survey
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19% operators want to start at-scale deployment within one year. But this requires:
• Lower total cost of ownership• Multivendor interoperability• Ease of deployment• Good macro network
interworking • New sources of affordable fiber
for backhaul and fronthaul• Easier access to sites
Top requirements to speed densification
§ Data should be abundant and affordable – ‘Hyperdense is a must’§ Costs must be reduced to be comparable to the WiFi model – opex much
more significant than capex§ Telco must accelerate to the speed and agility of web-scale IT – adopting
a Dev-Ops mindset§ Mobile network assets need to be leveraged to deliver peerless customer
experiences§ Automation must be unified end-to-end to support business goals and
customer experience§ A true multi-RAN HetNet comprising 3GPP & Non-3GPP, licensed &
unlicensed and xHaul, requires a unified platform that is fully harmonized
§ Smooth migration from 4G to 5G requires flexible architecture and virtualization
Densification Summit requirements
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SCF’s role – balance local and global
Localize
Globalize
Localize
Localize
Localize
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SCF201: Collaborating to avoid fragmentation
Spectrum Connectivity Sites and infrastructure Fiber Smart city apps
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§ Work programme
Moving requirements into SCF workstreams
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Edge Cloud & Network Slicing
mmWave, mMIMOFull Duplex
Artificial Intelligence
Energy Efficiency
Simple Deployment
NFV & Software Control
User Devices
Multi-Gigabitxhaul
LTE/NRWi-Fi/802.11ax
Big DataAnalytics
Small Cells V-RAN/C-RAN/Split-RAN
Edge Computing & Services Wireless Prerequisites
Algorithms
Virtualization Foundations
Virtualized Network Architectures
Wireless Access Technologies
A migration path to the 5G future
Today 5G
4G densification underway18 million small cells
High capacity100% coverageUltra reliableLow latency40 million small cells
Engage vertical markets
Alternative ownershipand operations models
Scalable repeatabledeployment process
Open and interoperable standards for the new interfaces
NFV and SDNSCF’s Path to 5GDrive small cell technology Open and interoperable standardsEngaging enterprise verticalsEstablishing new ownership modelsScalable repeatable deploymentAlign industry on sequence of investments
79% of MNOs plan a dense HetNet by 2020
Of those, 30% have already planned migration to 5G
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18 documents, including:
• SCF110 Release overview• SCF194 Operator densification
survey• SCF197 mmWave 5G use cases• SCF200 SCF 5G vision• SCF203 5G OPS• SCF204 5G biz models• SCF206 Health case biz case
Release 10 published today @ http://scf.io