Small Cell Forum Update: December 2014

Small Cells AmericasDallas Texas

December 2, 2014

Alan Law, Chairman

http://scf.io

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December 2014 © Small Cell Forum Ltd 2014

The Small Cell Forum

• To accelerate small cell adoption to change the shape of mobile networks and maximize the potential of the mobile internet

• Not-for-profit, founded in 2007

• Independent, inclusive, international

Aims

• Ecosystem development

• Market education

• Driving open standards

62 operators covering 3 billion global mobilesubscribers

80 providers of small cell technology representing all parts of the ecosystem

© Small Cell Forum Ltd 2014

Market deployments of small cells continue to grow

© Infonetics Research, Small Cell Equipment Biannual Market Size and Forecasts, March 2014


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2014 operator survey: Perceived barriers to urban deployments

Backhaul availability and cost

Securing optimal site

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Monetization

Network provisioningSite costs

Site acquisition

Power availability and cost

Macro network interworking

Cost of equipment

Interference

Appropriate backhaul is essential for

easy small cell deployment



Backhaul

Site acquisition a key element for enabling large

scale small cell deployment



Backhaul Site acquisition

Ability to monetise small cell assets essential



Backhaul Site acquisition Monetization

Management system must be able to manage small

cells at scale and low cost



Backhaul Site acquisition Monetization Management

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Rural and Remote Release addresses

diverse deployment scenarios


We continue to look to the future to shape future

requirements and enable broader deployment


Network function virtualisation (NFV) and

software defined networks (SDN) will be pivotal

NFV allows not only for significant reduced cost per bit by using COTS hardware, but also delivers resource

sharing so network and radio capacity can be provided where and

when it is needed most.

SDN delivers the ability to configure and reconfigure networks

automatically and dynamically responding to traffic flows and

spectrum availability.


We continue to address all challenges

Small cell virtualization – a complex issue


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SCF published study on

virtualized small cell

We leverage our experience to prepare virtualised

small cells for better scalability, flexibility and services

• Our virtualization work stream considers whether existing SCAPI functional decomposition and associated multi-vendor ecosystem can be evolved to be able to support “front-haul over non-ideal networks”?


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We remain an operator lead organisation, driving key

deliverables for the benefit of the industry

• Full membership – open to any business or organisation supporting the promotion and worldwide deployment of small cells

• Board membership – open to any SCF full members, subject to a membership vote

• Explorer membership – a 12 month FREE trial membership open to any non-member carrier – includes two free passes to SCF plenaries for the trial period

• Pre-commercial membership – open to any startup business supporting the promotion and worldwide deployment of small cells < $500,000 USD gross annual revenues – just $1,200 pa fee

• Academic membership – Only available to accredited academic institutions – shall not apply to any individuals or consultants

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Small Cell Forum Update: December 2014