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Parallel Wireless, Inc. Proprietary Rural 5G Small Cells Connecting the Unconnected Today and Tomorrow KEVIN KLEINSMITH, SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

Rural 5G Small Cells: Connecting the Unconnected Today and Tomorrow

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Rural 5G Small CellsConnecting the Unconnected Today and Tomorrow

KEVIN KLEINSMITH, SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

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Introductions

• Founded in 2012• Over 25 Industry awards received• HQ in Nashua, NH; Offices in Pune

and Bangalore• Active Deployments and Trials on

6 Continents in service provider and public safety LTE Networks

• Award winning rural solution that changes economics of rural small cell deployments

• 21 years in Wireless Telecom space

• Sprint PCS• Verizon (PrimeCo)• MetroPCS• VoiceStream and T-Mobile• Union Wireless• Microsoft• airBand

• Primary focus has been RF Design, network deployments…large to small

• 2012 CCA Industry Innovation Award

Who am I ? Who is ?

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

Parallel Wireless: Who We are

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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

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Source: Informa UK

Maintenance cost

installation cost

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Biggest Challenges in Implementing 5G

Upgrading backhaul to support enormous amounts of traffic

Too many consortiums

Backwards compatibilitywith 3G, 4G, etc.

Future-proofing the network

Ensuring 5G is safe

Meeting performance targets

Source: Light Reading Poll, April 2015

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Challenges in USA facing CarriersSept 2016

FCC Chairman Wheeler statement from CCA Convention

“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

Regular Mast in the Rural Environment

INNOVATION: PW Rural Solution using distributed Small Networks

Located within the communityDelivering focused coverage

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+ often doesn’t deliver on coverage requirement

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Key Requirements and how PW Meets ThemInnovative, Cost-effective, Flexible, Future-proofed

Plug-n-Play

Cost-effective

Flexible and Open

Future-proofed

4 hours to install and commission one CWSUnder 3 days to light up a rural community with cluster of 4 CWS

Planning “Lite” – designed to be within notification rules

Cost-effective Integrated Wired & Wireless Backhaul, all in-oneLow power consumption OPEX savings

Self-configuration, self-optimization with SON

Eliminates backhaul challenge – can integrate capacity as becomes availableInteroperates with any vendor core, any type of backhaul

Software defined Nodes – can be re-configured UMTS & LTE

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 of node/antenna installation when no towers are available

• Allows for unobtrusive installations on the side of homes and buildings

• Addresses municipal law regulations

Discrete Compact Integrated Antenna Bundle containing:• Mesh • Access Antennas

Simple (not obscure) Mast Mounting Similar to TV Mast

Cable Run in Matching Conduit

Node ONLY Cabinet (nothing else is in the cabinet) for aesthetics and to meet zoning laws

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Ease and Low Skill of InstallAutomation and Programmability Enabled by virtualization

PW VP of business development and repo men, yes, repo men! w/ little training on telecom equipment

Military cadets

2013

2015

2016

Sheriff in Montana, US

2014

Installer in Europe

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CWS Cluster orchestrated via HNG located in Data Centre

LTE Backhaul

Ethernet

Backhaul

Satellite Backhaul

Backhaul Flexibility: use ANY available fixed or wireless backhaul

HNG

Backhauls of varying capacity and latency available at

different times

Private/Public Internet

Mesh Backhaul

• A RAN solution based on any available today/tomorrow backhaul:

• Fixed – i.e. fiber, microwave, satellite

• Wireless Hybrid – 3G/4G services

• Disaster recovery, dynamic routing

• Easy deploy, easy to maintain

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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

Speeds

Yesterday Today Tomorrow

200Kbps 100Mbps+ 1Gbps+

Backhaul

Services

Access 2G/3G

Voice/Broadband

TDM

3G/4G/4G+

Fast broadband, emergency services

TDM/IP

4G+/5G

Super-fast, low latency, video

Flexible – Fiber, wireless

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