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3G ROADMAP UPDATE

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06/07/2012

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WCDMA Software Roadmap
2012 2013 2014
Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
UA08.1 – In delivery UA09/LR13 – Under plan UA10/LR14 - Future

Smartphone - Fast Dormancy & Direct PCH to DCH - Enhanced CELL_FACH - UE eDRX in CELL_FACH
UL&DL 3GPP Rel-8
Features - CS+PS call drop reduction - Further enhancements to
- eFDCPCH & SRB over HSPA - Enhanced UL Layer 2 CELL_FACH 3GPP Rel-11

HSPA+ - Improved E-DCH peak throughput - Smart Management of 2ms Downlink


at cell edge TTI – HSPA CDR reduction and - 3C/4C-HSDPA (DL 84Mbps)
- VAM increased cell Tput - Dual-Band DC-HSDPA
- E-DCH overload handling (2100/900MHz)
- 2x2 MIMO - DC-HSDPA + MIMO (DL 84Mbps)
enh.

Uplink
- Interference Cancellation on
Next generation modem
- DC-HSUPA (UL 11Mbps)
- DC-HSUPA+16QAM (UL 22Mbps)

3G / 4G - LTE to UMTS Enhanced CS Fallback - LTE VoIP to WCDMA CS - LTE to UMTS Enhanced PS HO
continuity (SR-VCC w/ PS based CS fallback
Co-Existence - Fast return to LTE: UMTS to LTE
HO)
redirection at call establishment & AO
downsize & CS speech end - UMTS to LTE HO
- LTE VoIP to WCDMA CS continuity (SR-
VCC w/ PS suspend)

SERVICES - IuPC over IP – support of - VoIP over HSPA


standard IuPC - CPC for efficient VoIP

IP Transport - Bidirectional Forwarding Detection - Ethernet OAM in the Node B - IPv6 on all interfaces
(BFD) - BTS Hubbing through the Node - DSCP Marking Enhancements
- SCTP Multi-homing + Path Diversity B
- Link Aggregation (LAG)
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WCDMA Releases Roadmap
2011 2012 2013 2014
Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

UA08.1 - In
delivery 8.1.1 8.1.3 8.1.4 8.1.5
Dec-11 Jun-12 Sep-12 Dec-12

UA09/LR13 -
Under plan
9.1/ 9.2/ 9.3/ 9.4/
LR13.1.W LR13.2.W LR13.3.W LR13.4.W

UA10/LR14 -
Future LR14.1.W LR14.2.W LR14.3.W LR14.4.W

• UA08.1 – In delivery • UA09 – Under plan


- 8.1.1/Dec-11  DR4; in field testing in NAR, - 9.1/Mar-13  main delivery, 3GPP Release 9
lab testing in China
- 9.2/Jun-13  MNCL (DR5 focus) + limited
- 8.1.3/Jun-12  DR4; 1st load for field testing content if required
outside of NAR
- 9.3/Sep-13  MNCL + limited content
- 8.1.4/Sep-12  MNCL + few additional
features (see dedicated slides) - 9.4/Dec -13  MNCL (no content planned,
- 8.1.5/Dec-12  MNCL post-DR5 MNCL)

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UA08.1 UTRAN FOA status update

UA08.1.1
• North American Market FOA : 8.1.1 in field since 12W17
- 2 RNS in live, overall good stability / light KPI degradation understood with fix plan in UA8.1.3
- Baseline & customer specific features activated on field
• China Market FOA : Non Regression completed with 100% passed / 9 features
testing - 98% executed without failure

UA08.1.3
• North American Market FOA : 8.1.3 went lab on June 15th, live since June 28th, 2
KPI degradation observed, fix available and under validation
• China Market FOA : 8.1.3 lab to start W27, field to start mid-July after 1 week non-
regression in lab
• European Market FOA : 8.1.3 lab started W26 (2 RNS upgraded) with 1st FOA GM
customer (Smartphone features testing started), field to start in July

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UA08.1 Features delivery status (1/2)
BASELINE HSPA+
119408 UA08.1 3GPP Baseline Dec-11 82602 E-DCH user and cell throughput increase Dec-11
GM Node B 83984 2x2 MIMO Dec-11 (4)
74682 RRH2x60W 2100MHz Jun-12 89411 eCEM 128 HSUPA 2ms TTI connections Dec-11
105590 Multi-Standard Radio 2G+3G on MC-TRX Sep-12 118155 eCEM HSPA aggregate throughput increase Dec-11
900MHz 94698 Enhanced SIR estimation for E-DCH Jun-12 (4)
115183 TRDU60-21 Daisy Chaining Jun-12 104832 Dual-Cell HSDPA user number increase Dec-11
116647 3G only MC-TRX 900MHz without dependency to Jun-12 118154 Dual-Cell HSDPA capacity increase Dec-11
2G RAN
111451 Inter-CEM Call migration (xCCM) Sep-12
117732 RAN sharing based on MC-TRX Jun-12
118241 Multiple RRH per cell (2 cells, 3 RRHs) including Dec-11
117821 Configurable 2.2 MHz spacing between 2G and Dec-11 xCEM & eCEM co-existence
/125586
3G on RRH60 and xTRM
118927 PA power balancing with VAM Dec-11
117823 Configurable 2.2 MHz spacing between 2G and Jun-12
3G on MC-TRX, MC-RRH 121085 UL Power saving with E-DCH OLPC Dec-11
121167 Supervision of remote MC-TRX Jun-12 125567 E-DCH enhanced Node B CAC Jun-12
121543 Overload protection of Node B digital part - Sep-12 125855 E-DCH call retainability improvements Jun-12
step1 SMARTPHONES
124935 9926 d4U Sep-12 (1) 29810 Enhanced FDPCH – SRB over HSPA Sep-12
118626 9311 Macro Digital Shelf Renovation (d4U in Sep-12 (1) 97425 Fast Dormancy for Smartphone battery saving Dec-11
9311 Macro) 108389 Direct PCH to DCH Transition Dec-11
122289 Support of d4U within 9100 MBS Ev2 Sep-12 (1) 119418 Multi-Service RAB call drop reduction for Dec-11
134298 MC-TRX67-09 support of 2.0MHz Carrier Spacing Sep-12 (2) Smartphone
NEW
between 2G and 3G in 900MHz band
lightRadio
(1) Work in progress to deliver d4U in 8.1.3 (EP)
134308 llightRadio Outdoor Cabinet WCDMA UA08.1 Sep-12 (3)
122289 DR4 planned in November
RNC 9370 (2) Not yet POR
109443 eDCPS introduction – iso-capacity Jun-12 (3) Based on 8.1.4, DR4 planned mid-November
83985 9370 RNC Capacity Increase with eDCPS Jun-12 (4) Not for field activation
109904 Flexible TMU / RAB Role Assignments Dec-11

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UA08.1 Features delivery status (2/2)
IP TRANSPORT SERVICES / MOBILITY / RRM
79362 Flexible Operator Configurable Split IP Iub Jun-12 81449 RAB Combinations - 3 PS over E-DCH Dec-11
79364 IP UTRAN - Bidirectional Forwarding Dec-11 89857 iMCRA - intelligent Multi-Carrier RRC connection Dec-11
Detection Introduction in 9370 RNC Allocation
82733 Iu-PS UP IP @ subnet reduction to size 16 Dec-11 89858 iMCTA Enhanced with HSPA Load – Blind HHO – Dec-11
110760 IP UTRAN - Path Diversity Support on 9370 Dec-11 Direct HHO on AO Upsize
RNC 108661 LTE to UMTS PS HO & Cell Reselection Dec-11
110761 SCTP Multi-homing support on 9370 RNC Dec-11 Enhancement
114393 LAG Support on 9370 RNC Dec-11 108961 Optimized performance for QCHAT (Push To Talk) Dec-11
117004 Support of 3GPP R8 S12 interface on 9370 Dec-11 115109 CS fallback enhancement from LTE to UMTS : Dec-11 (1)
RNC enhanced redirection
119409 Possibility to lock the IP Interface on Hybrid Dec-11 116250 New RAB Combinations Dec-11
Iub and Native IP Iub configurations 117014 RTT support over Iur Dec-11
158021 SCCP XUDT Support in RNC Sep-12 (1) 119769 Redundant CBC configuration Dec-11
134661 Redirection to LTE at CS speech call completion Sep-12
OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
34582 UE positioning information to CTg and CTb Dec-11
78227 Enhancement of Node B Reparenting Dec-11
80685 Parameter Class Evolution & UTRAN model Dec-11
simplification
92463 UA08 RNC Counter Evolutions Dec-11
92464 UA08 Call Trace Developments Dec-11
96275 UA08 Node B Counter Evolutions Dec-11
106905 Node B Soft Shutdown Evolution Dec-11
108192 RNC Full UE Tracing Capability Dec-11

(1) 115109 CS fallback enhancement from LTE to UMTS :


feature “158021 SCCP XUDT support” required for inter-
working with SGSN not supporting SCCP LUDT message
type format

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UA09/LR13 WCDMA Value Proposition
Improve handling of Smartphone & Increase Node B site capacity
• Reduced signaling overhead, preserve UE battery and reduced state transition time
SMARTPHONE/ with Enhanced CELL_FACH (108103)
DATA • d4U with support of :
EXPLOSION • up to 6 W-CDMA carriers
• up to 6 modems / 2 controllers per d4u
• up to 12 antenna pairs / 24 cells per d4u

Improved HSPA throughput and performances


• +5 - 10% UL user and cell throughput with Improved L2 for UL (89563)
• Reduce HSPA Call Drop Rate with reconfiguration between 2ms and 10ms TTI based on
HSPA RF conditions (120363)
PERFORMANCES • Increase UL cell throughput with smart allocation of 2ms based on user priority,
device type, MBR and UL data volume (120363)
• Improve E-DCH overload handling (126055)

Full set of UMTS - LTE mobility features


MOBILITY & • UMTS to LTE PS HO (100894)
SERVICES • LTE VoIP to WCDMA CS Continuity (83659)
IuPC over IP – support of standard IuPC

Improved Overload Management


OPERATIONAL • More robust network during high load conditions by automatically triggering Access
EFFICIENCY Class Barring in heavy congested cell (98448)

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UA09/LR13 WCDMA Candidate Features
BASELINE OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS & SON
115558 UA09/LR13.W 3GPP Baseline 96298 UA09 RNC Counter Evolutions
GM Node B 118307 UA09 Node B Counter Evolutions
33648 24 cells per Node B 120498 UA09 Call Trace Developments
NEW 103774 3G support of MC-RRH 900 - w/o dependency to 2G
111041 Support of 12 antenna pairs HSPA+ PERFORMANCES
120363 Smart E-DCH resource usage
119185 MC-TRDU 2x60W 900MHz (1PA 2G & 1 PA 3G)
126055 UL radio overload handling enhancements
121453 Support of STSR3+1
SMARTPHONE PERFORMANCES
121537 MC-TRX900 - TRDU60-21 Daisy Chaining
89563 Improved L2 for uplink
125406
108103 Enhanced CELL_FACH for DL&UL
125407 Node B load mgt & overload protection
125409 INTER-WORKING WITH LTE
133975 Hosting of 2 Node Bs WCDMA in one d4U 83659 LTE VoIP to WCDMA CS continuity (SRVCC)
MC-RRH 900 support of 2.0MHz Carrier Spacing 100894 UMTS to LTE HO
NEW
134297 between 2G and 3G in 900MHz band 155968 Cell load exchange for inter-RAT mobility from LTE NEW
lightRadio SERVICES/RRM
161662 lightRadio Baseband Unit (LR BBU) – 3G Introduction 120416 IuPC interface enhancement
127550 Traffic filtering in cell overload NEW
134390 lightRadio RNC introduction
125587 lightRadio Outdoor Cabinet WCDMA UA09 134302 CBS enhancements for UE battery savings NEW

159429 lightRadio Indoor Cabinet WCDMA UA09


RNC 9370
Main changes:
98448 Access Class Barring (ACB) at Cell granularity
121337 RNC capacity evolution with eDCPS •83871 CPC moved to UA10 : eCELL_FACH provides
121378 Enhanced Flexible RAB/TMU role assignment equivalent battery saving and interference reduction and is
IP TRANSPORT considered a long term solution to handle Smartphone
97427 Local Node-B Iub E-DCH Congestion Control Enhancements traffic profile (short data burst). CPC is moved to UA10 with
100791 BTS daisy chaining through the Node B VoIP since CPC was primarily designed for efficient VoIP
103182 Ethernet OAM in the Node B support.
113326 Node B Synchronisation Enhancements
116232 Path Diversity Support for User Plane on 9370 RNC •123989 UTRAN Self Optimisations : became a NPO feature

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155968 - Cell load exchange for inter-RAT mobility
from LTE
FEATURE DESCRIPTION
Cell Load
Information
Group
UTRAN
• Capability to take into account the
NB
NB
Iub
RNC
RNC target cell/carrier load when
Iu-ps SGSN
SGSN performing mobility from eUTRAN
to UTRAN
S3/Gn
- Load information exchange over Iu &
S1 from W-CDMA to LTE nodes, using
S1-mme
MME
MME Ran Information Management (RIM)
E-UTRAN protocol
eNB
eNB
SON Transfer

- Applicable whatever the mobility


Container

scenario from LTE to W-CDMA


(eCSFB, PS Handover, SRVCC,
FEATURE VALUE redirection …)
Load balancing between eUTRAN and
UTRAN carriers
DEPENDENCIES
Reduce inter-RAT HO failure rate • eNodeB
Increased CS retainability after CSFB
• Core Network (MME, SGSN)
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127550 - Traffic filtering in cell overload
FEATURE DESCRIPTION
In cell overload, this feature filters
Received Forwarded connection attempts made by UE
coming from idle (RRC cnx request) or
Throttler
msgs.
Throttler msgs.
Call
CallProcessing
Processing(CP)
RNC
URA_PCH state (cell update), by rejecting
CP_Reject_Percentage

+
X% of these attempts based on:
•Establishment cause  Voice call or SMS
can be prioritized over other call type
•Load color (e.g. cell is Black)
•Call Admission Control failure Rate (e.g. >
Y%)
As an option, Access Class Barring (98448)
can be triggered instead of rejection
FEATURE VALUE
 Increase high priority services (e.g. Voice DEPENDENCIES
call, SMS) call setup success rate
• 89857 iMCRA step2
 Reduce potential scale of the RRC storm
 Save additional RNC processing in cell
• 89858 iMCTA enhancements
overload

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Back-up

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UA08.1 Value Proposition
Extend battery lifetime & Increased Digital / RF / RNC capacity
• Fast Dormancy for battery saving
SMARTPHONE/ • CS+PS call drop reduction in poor radio conditions (119418)
DATA • x1.5 RNC Capacity with eDCPS and Flexible TMU/RAB role assignments
EXPLOSION • Digital capacity increase with eCEM (128 HSUPA 2ms & UL:33 Mbps) & d4U
• RF capacity increase with RRH2x60W 2100MHz

Increased peak throughput & KPI


• E-DCH peak user throughput increase  x2 peak throughput at cell edge (82602)
HSPA+ • Improved KPI (125855)
Reduce CS call drop rate : PS reconfiguration to 10ms TTI on CS setup
Improve PS call setup success rate : 10ms TTI selection at PS setup in bad RF conditions

IP Carrier Grade for TCO saving


• Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)  < 1s detection and recovery time in case of
IP IP path failure

TRANSPORT • SCTP Multi-homing + Path Diversity  No loss of sig. traffic in case of IP path failure
• Link Aggregation (LAG)  Link resiliency and increased RNC IP bandwidth (> 1Gbps)
• Flexible Operator Configurable Split IP Iub

Mobility with LTE


• -15% voice call set-up time from LTE with Enhanced CS fallback via RIM protocol
MOBILITY • LTE to UMTS PS Handover  Inter-working with R8 SGSN, Partial relocation of RAB, CS
emergency call handling
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134302 - CBS enhancements for UE battery savings and
increased service reliability
FEATURE VALUE
• Avoid CBS messages loss
• Reduce delivery delay of CBS messages
• Reduce UE battery consumption due to
CBC
FEATURE DESCRIPTION
• Ensure higher allocation priority for CTCH
vs. BCCH/CCCH over the SCCPCH#2
channel in order to avoid CTCH block loss
First alert latency imporvement • Optimization of first alert transmission
latency by scheduling the CBS alert in the
first schedule period after the request is
received
• Support of dynamic CBS Schedule
Message size instead of fixed size. This
leads to UE battery savings when using
CBS
DEPENDENCIES
• 21092 - Cell Broadcast Services (CBS)
• UE supporting CBS
Dynamic SM size
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