B9 Release Feature Benefits

PCS B9 Seminar Stuttgart 2006

Market Forecasts: Voice And Mobile Data Evolution

US $

Worldwide ARPU composition

30,00

25,00

20,00

15,00

> Voice

2005 2006 2007

market is expected to decrease

10,00

5,00

0,00

Despite a growing voice usage Due to price erosion

2002

2003

2004

Voice Monthly ARPU

Source Pyramid

Mobile Data Monthly ARPU

> Data:

Growing proportion of ARPU and revenues. SMS, ringtones, downloads already advanced. MMS to grow up to ~25% of data revenue by 2006.

By 2007, Data Market exceeds half of Voice Revenue

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Focus Session 2 January 2005

Status of Deployments at November 29th 2005

EDGE Market Strong take-off !

172 operators commitments in 92 countries committed to deploy EDGE

More & More Handsets available 174 terminal models already launched !

Focus Session 3 January 2005

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Key Operators Challenges & Alcatel Answer With B9

EDGE EDGE Data Data Performance Performance Enhancement Enhancement Data Data QoS QoS Management Management 2G 2G to to 3G 3G HO HO & & 2G/3G 2G/3G load load balancing balancing

Answer Answer End-Users End-Users requirements requirements

Offer Offer High High Speed Speed Data Data

Improve Improve Quality Quality of of Data Data Services Services

Improve Improve 2G/3G 2G/3G QoS QoS management management

Increase Increase network network Coverage Coverage

Full Full Support Support of of E-GSM E-GSM band band Support Support of of new new BSC/MFS BSC/MFS Evolution Evolution

Cost Cost Reduction Reduction & & Optimisation Optimisation

Focus Session 4 All rights reserved 2004, Alcatel while Facing Limit 2G 2G Network Network Investments Investments while Facing Competition Competition ! ! January 2005 Limit

> EDGE

> Data Performance Enhancement

> Data QoS management

> Extended GSM (E-GSM)

> 2G/3G QoS Improvements

> Support of BSC/MFS Evolution

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Focus Session 5 January 2005

> EDGE

Focus Session 6 January 2005

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EDGE Benefits in 5 points

Increases Network Efficiency

Reminder
Increases 2G network capacity

A mobile High Speed Data Bearer

On Top of GSM/GPRS Network Boost performances to over 200kb/s

A Revenue Booster

Better multimedia applications/services Service differentiator for 2G subscriber base increase

A competitive Answer

An ideal complement to 3G

Versus 3G operators For churn rate reduction

Offering wide availability and good performances

UMTS

EDGE GSM/GPRS

Focus Session 7 January 2005

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Optimize Your EDGE Network Investment B9 Key Principles For EDGE Transmission

Global Target: To offer Full Flexibility to dimension & optimize your Abis consumption according to the data traffic

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BSC connectivity impact reduction

Basic Assumption for B9: in medium / low density areas:

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Few simultaneous users are using High EDGE traffic in a BTS:

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All TRXs dont perform Full Speed packet simultaneously !

Principle

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Underdimension terrestrial transmission resources, compared to full speed on Air interface on all TRX Minimum A-bis consumption All rights reserved 2004, Alcatel Maximum Data throughput

Focus Session 8 January 2005

A-bis Dynamic Allocation

TRXs TRXs TRXs

Principle

Abis

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Dynamic Abis performed at BTS level

Cell 1 Cell 2 Cell N

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Pool of extra TS reserved for data on Abis and defined by the operator

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Dynamic allocation to a TRX, depending on the Packet traffic

BTS (N Cells)

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Benefit ...

Optimal usage of All Abis TS for EDGE (including Signalling TS)

Less A-bis consumption ... to minimize your investments !

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Focus Session 9 January 2005

A-bis Packet Multiplexing

EDGE data GPRS data header

MCS-9

MCS-8

MCS-7

MCS-6

With Abis Packet Multiplexing, no round up !

MCS-5

MCS-4

MCS-3

MCS-2

MCS-1

Aggregation of all data traffic of each TRX as one single big (bit) pipe

CS-4

CS-3

CS-2 64 80

16

32

Throughput (kb/s)

48

Example: one GPRS session with 4 PDCHs in CS-3

DL n i 40 % o t Ab is p c i u n : n a m y Ga i D p of o t tel a c On l A tor ! a i t eren f f i D Key

Without Abis Packet multiplexing:

Total occupation : 8 GCH*

1 PDCH = 2 GCH*

With Abis Packet multiplexing: 1 PDCH = 1.22 GCH* Total occupation : 4.88 GCH*

* GCH = GPRS channel on Abis & Ater

throughput (kbit/s)

Focus Session 10 January 2005

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Alcatel EDGE approach: Go for a smooth deployment

Nb of extra Abis timeslots TRX class5 TRX class4 TRX class3 TRX class2 6 0 B8 B9

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30 24 18 12

Go for a progressive EDGE deployment:

Upgrade your BTSs to EDGE

Alcatel: first EDGE-ready TRX on the market ! (2001)

Deploy Deploy in in high high traffic traffic hotspots hotspots to to get get highest highest revenues revenues

Choose Choose TRX TRX class4 class4 in in B8 B8

B9 B9 allows allows serving serving more more PS PS load load

Choose Choose TRX TRX class2 class2 or or 3 3 if if needed needed in in B8 B8 timeframe timeframe B9 B9 allows allows serving serving highest highest PS PS throughputs with throughputs with few few extra extra Abis Abis TS TS Focus Session 11

Extend Extend EDGE EDGE coverage coverage in in areas areas with with lower lower traffic traffic

PS load (nb of PS users * volume/user)

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With B9, Benefit from additional EDGE features ...

Support of 8-PSK modulation in Uplink

Up to MCS9 = 59.2 kb/s per TS in UL

Take benefit from full EDGE High Speed in UL !

Differentiate your data network by providing new premium services

Scheme Modulation Rate [kbps] MCS-9 8PSK 59.2 MCS-8 8PSK 54.4 MCS-7 8PSK 44.8 MCS-6 8PSK 29.6 MCS-5 8PSK 22.4 MCS-4 GMSK 17.6 MCS-3 GMSK 14.8 MCS-2 GMSK 11.2 MCS-1 GMSK 8.8

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Emails, MMS, small video clips sending

... Send it Reception on screen!

Take the picture!

with EDGE High speed ...

Focus Session 12 January 2005

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> Data Performance Enhancement

Focus Session 13 January 2005

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Data performances enhancement To answer end-users expectations ...

GPRS Mobility Improvement ...

NETWORK ASSISTED CELL CHANGE (NACC)*

PACKET SYSTEM INFO STATUS PACKET (P)SI*

Reduce Time Duration from 4 to 1s for changing cell when a handset performs a GPRS transfer

* Supported by R4 Handsets

ct a p m ni o i t c e sel 75% e R o t l l up Ce d e c redu

Improve end-user satisfaction by delivering non interrupted data communication over GPRS !
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Focus Session 14 January 2005

Data performances enhancement To answer end-users expectations ...

BSS *TBF = Temporary Block Flow: GPRS session

Data

UL TBF*

DL TBF* GPRS transfer running ... BSS

Data

UL TBF*

UL & DL Connexions simultaneously maintained even for short GPRS traffic interruption

DL TBF*

With Extended UL TBF mode

Benefit:

Quick access to services (Web page, WAP service ) Gain up to 33% Ping time Estimated gain up to 30% for WAP first page

Complement feature Delayed DL TBF Release (available since B7 release) Supported by R4 handsets

Focus Session 15 January 2005

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> Data QoS management

Focus Session 16 January 2005

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(in Millions) Voice only vs. Voice/Data Mobile users (WW)

Quality Of Service: Key Market Drivers

Mobile data market is quickly growing
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1800 1800

1600 1600

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1000 1000

Enabled by GPRS and now EDGE

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600 600

400 400

Network congestions will occur !

200 200
2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007

0 0

2002 2002

2003 2003

2004 2004

Voice Voice Only Only Users Users

Source: Pyramid

Voice Voice & & Data Data Users Users

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Add Quality of Service to your network

Introduce different service classes

Differentiate between data services & their delivery quality

Create differentiation based on user subscriptions (gold/silver/bronze)

Face network congestions

Focus Session 17 January 2005

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Full Support of 3 Classes Of QoS... To Offer 3G Like QoS

Le v e l

Streaming
ed e t n a Guar ate Bit R

Audio, Video Streams

P r io r it

Interactive

Web Browsing, Gaming, WAP Email download, FTP

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Background

Focus Session 18 January 2005

Full Support of 3 Classes Of QoS... Priority Management

Streaming

p l ic

a t io n

Interactive
Ap
Resulting Priority

Background

Subscription
e z o n er r B Us
e r v l Si s e r U
en d ol ser G U

Focus Session 19 January 2005

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QoS Example: Data Bandwidth On The Mobile Network

With QoS Management
MAX Video Stream 1 Web browsing Wap Email DL

Without QoS Management

MAX

Video Stream 1

Web browsing

Video Stream 2 Video Stream 1 Web browsing Wap

Wap

Email download

Service Congestion Video Streaming NOK

Video Streaming is ok!

Evolution
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Focus Session 20 January 2005

> Extended GSM (E-GSM)

Focus Session 21 January 2005

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G1 band benefits:
880 890 915 E-GSM uplink

Capacity Enhancing Features Full Support of E-GSM

G1-GSM
band P-GSM band

> 925

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Offers additional capacity

G1-GSM
935

band P-GSM band

960

Decreases the interference level of the P-GSM frequencies

E-GSM downlink

Management of TCH in G1 band available since B7 release

Signalling (BCCH/SDCCH) + Data (GPRS/EDGE) now supported in G1 band = Full Flexibility !

With B9 release: G1 band capability = primary band capability !

Focus Session 22 January 2005

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> 2G/3G QoS Improvements

Focus Session 23 January 2005

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2G/3G synergies Improve Quality of Service

CS call
Handover

2G to 3G Handover

3G camping

2G
For Voice Calls only
Handover

2G/3G load balancing

2G 3G
camping

Avoid 2G overload due to incoming 3G to 2G HO

3G

CS call

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Solution: filtering of 3G to 2G handover:

Incoming non critical 3G HO are rejected upon load in 2G layer

2G

CS call

SysInfo 2 Quater Scheduling

Improve the QoS !

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Improve 3G camping strategy

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Reduce the number of times calls are established in 2G instead of 3G, due to too long messages (Sys Info) acquisition

Focus Session 24 January 2005

ells c G e of 3 m i t tion FDD i s 2 i r u Acq 3 fo y b ed s! e divid i c n e frequ

> Support of BSC/MFS Evolution

Focus Session 25 January 2005

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BSC/MFS Evolution

Capacity up to 2,000 TRXs per rack High granularity of 200 TRX capacity per board

MFS (PCU) stand up to 21+1 GP per rack

Reuse of application SW between Hardware platforms

G2 BSC/ MFS can coco-exist with BSC/MFS evolution: No need to replace installed base

2, 000m m

Combination in one rack for BSC-MFS solution with full flexibility

Installation & Maintenance costs optimized Enhanced O&M

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600mm

Focus Session 26 January 2005

B9 Main Features
EDGE throuput
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8-PSK & IR in Uplink

Support of BSC/MFS Evolution

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GPRS

2G <>3G

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features

Telecom

Main
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Access time Extended UL TBF Mode Mobility improvement NACC + (P)SI Status

Enhanced transmission

A-bis dynamic allocation GCH Statistical Multiplexing

2G to 3G HO > Load based 3G HO filtering > SI2quater scheduling

GPRS QoS

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R99 QoS and PFC > Streaming services...

Improvement of E-GSM support

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Focus Session 27 January 2005