Table of Contents: 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7 2.0 INTRODUCTION 9 2.1 SELF ORGANIZING NETWORKS ECONOMIC BENEFITS 12 2.1.

1 NETWORK AUTOMATION 12 2.1.2 ENERGY SAVINGS 13 2.1.3 REDUCTION IN EQUIPMENT REQUIRED 13 3.0 LTE OVERVIEW 14 3.1.1 FDD LTE 15 3.1.2 TDD LTE 16 3.1.3 LTE ADVANCED. 17 3.1.4 LTE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE 18 3.1.5 THE EVOLUTION TO 4G AND BEYOND 27 3.2 LTE SUBSCRIPTIONS WORLDWIDE 42 4.0 EVOLVED PACKET CORE (EPC) 43 4.1 THE BENEFITS OF EPC FOR END-USER AND OPERATOR 46 4.1.1 ARCHITECTURE OF EPC 47 4.1.2 USER EQUIPMENT (UE) 49 4.1.3 RADIO NETWORKS AND EPC 51 4.2 EPC DEPLOYMENT CASES 54 4.3 IMPLEMENTATION CASES 54 4.3.1 FIRST SCENARIO 54 4.3.2 SECOND SCENARIO 58 4.4 THIRD SCENARIO 59 4.4.1 FIFTH SCENARIO 61 4.5 TRENDS AND THE FUTURE 61 5.0 SELF ORGANIZING NETWORKS 63 5.1 SELF ORGANIZING NETWORKS METHODOLOGY 66 5.1.1 SON CATEGORIES AND CASES 67 5.1.2 DISTRIBUTED/SELF-ORGANIZING (DSO) 68 5.1.3 COOPERATIVE RELAYING (CR) IN SON 69 5.1.4 FEEDBACK OVERHEAD IN SON 69 5.1.5 CODEBOOK-BASED PRE-CODING IN SON 69 5.1.6 FEEDBACK DELAY IN SON 70 5.2 CURRENT MARKET USE CASES 70 5.2.1 SELF CONFIGURATION 71 5.2.2 SELF OPTIMIZATION 71 5.2.3 SELF HEALING 72 5.2.4 PROBLEMS WITH SELF HEALING 72 5.2.5 INSTALLING PHASES 72 5.2.6 CENTRALIZED SON 73 5.2.7 DISTRUSTED SON 73 5.2.8 LOCALIZED SON 73 5.2.9 HYBRID SON 74 5.2.10 LTE RELEASE OF SON 74 5.2.11 AUTOMATIC NEIGHBOR RELATION (ANR) 76 5.2.12 INSTALLING ANR 76

5.2.13 LOAD BALANCING IN SON 78 5.2.14 MOBILITY ROBUSTNESS OPTIMIZATION (MRO) 79 5.3 DISTRIBUTED CLUSTERING IN SON 80 5.3.1 OPERATORS BENEFITS 82 5.3.2 OPERATIONAL USE CASES 83 5.3.3 ICIC ENHANCEMENT 84 5.3.4 ANTENNA PARAMETERS AND COST REDUCTION AND ANTENNA TILT 85 5.3.5 ELECTRICAL TILT 87 5.3.6 MECHANICAL TILT 88 5.3.7 INSTALLING ANTENNA TILT AND ITS PARAMETERS 90 5.4 FEATURES AND ROI OF THE ANTENNA TILTS 90 5.4.1 DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM (DAS) 90 5.4.1 OVERCOMING PERFORMANCE ISSUES IN DAS NODE COVERAGE AREA 91 5.4.2 ENERGY SAVINGS 92 6.0 TRANSITIONING TO SELF ORGANIZING NETWORKS (SON) 94 6.1 NGMN USE CASE 96 6.2 SON VALUE PROPOSITION TO NETWORK OPERATORS 97 6.2.1 ECONOMIC BENEFITS 98 6.2.2 SON IMPLEMENTATION EXPENDITURES (IMPEX) 98 6.2.3 SON CAPITAL EXPENDITURES (CAPEX) 99 6.2.4 SON OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES (OPEX) 99 6.3 SMARTER SELF ORGANIZING NETWORKS 99 6.4 RECOMMENDATIONS AND METHODS FOR OPERATORS TO DEPLOY LTE APPLICATIONS 100 7.0 VENDORS SOLUTION ANALYSIS 102 7.1 OPTIMI SOLUTIONS 104 7.1.1 CLIENTS FEEDBACK ON THE SOLUTION 104 7.1.2 SWOT ANALYSIS FOR OPTIMI 106 7.1.3 OPTIMI MULTI-TECHNOLOGY SELF-ORGANIZING NETWORKS (SON FOR THE 3G) 107 7.2 ERICSSON SON SOLUTION 108 7.2.1 ADVANCED SON FROM ERICSSON 109 7.3 ACTIX 110 7.3.1 SON BY ACTIX 110 7.3.2 ACTIX SWOT 112 7.3.3 CLIENTS FEEDBACK ON ACTIX SON SOLUTION 112 7.3.1 NEC AND ACTIX SON 113 7.4 MOTOROLA 113 7.4.1 MOTOROLA SWOT 113 7.4.2 MOTOROLA SON SERVICES 114 7.4.3 FEATURES OF MOTOROLA SON 115 7.5 HUAWEI SON SOLUTION 116 7.5.1 PHASE 1 118 7.5.2 PHASE 2 119 7.5.3 PHASE 3 119 7.5.4 PHASE 4 120 7.5.5 HUAWEIS SON ANALYSIS 120 7.6 NOKIA-SIEMENS NETWORKS SON SOLUTION 121 7.6.1 NSN SON ANALYSIS 122

7.6.2 INTELLIGENT SELF ORGANIZING NETWORKS (ISON) FROM NSN 123 7.7 AIRHOP COMMUNICATIONS 124 7.7.1 AIRHOP SON SOLUTION ANALYSIS 124 7.7.2 CLIENTS FEEDBACK ON AIRHOP SON SOLUTIONS 125 7.8 SON PROVIDER COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS 126 7.8.1 COMPARISON BETWEEN SON PROVIDER BY CLIENTS FEEDBACK 127 7.8.2 COMPARISON BETWEEN SON PROVIDER BY SETUP COST 128 7.8.3 START-UPS SON PROVIDERS 128 7.8.4 WHO IS DOMINATING THE MARKET AND WHY? 129 7.8.5 THE FUTURE OF THE LTE (5G AND BEYOND) 130 7.8.6 LTE DEVICE SHIPMENTS TO 2016 131 8.0 SELF ORGANIZING NETWORKS SOFTWARE MARKET FORECAST 2013-2017 134 8.1 FACTORS DRIVING THE SON MARKET 134 8.1.1 KEY MARKET TRENDS 134 8.2 REGIONAL SON MARKET FORECAST 2013-2016 135 8.2.1 NORTH AMERICA 135 8.2.2 LATIN AND CENTRAL AMERICA 135 8.2.3 ASIA PACIFIC 135 8.2.4 EUROPE 135 8.2.5 MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA 136 8.2.6 GLOBAL MARKET OUTLOOK 136 9.0 THE FUTURE OF SELF ORGANIZING NETWORKS (COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORKS) 137 10.0 APPENDIX 140 10.1 LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) MARKET AND TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW 140 10.1.1 LTE MARKET OVERVIEW 140 10.1.2 MARKET DRIVERS 140 10.1.3 THE SHIFT FROM VOICE TO DATA CENTRIC SERVICES 140 10.1.4 THE DEMAND FOR HIGHER DATA ARPUS 140 10.1.5 CAPACITY MANAGEMENT AND OPEX REDUCTION 141 10.1.6 LIMITED COMPETITION 141 10.1.7 LACK OF FIXED BROADBAND IN LOW DENSITY AREAS 141 10.1.8 VENDOR COMMITMENTS 142 10.1.9 MARKET BARRIERS 142 10.1.10 SPECTRUM CONGESTION 142 10.1.11 HIGH INVESTMENTS FOR EARLY ADOPTERS 142 10.1.12 CONSUMER DEVICE CHALLENGES 143 10.1.13 BROADBAND PRICING AND INTERNATIONAL ROAMING 143 10.1.14 LTE TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW 143 10.1.15 TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW 144 10.1.16 PERFORMANCE METRICS 144 10.1.17 LTE ADVANCED 144 10.1.18 NTEGRATION WITH DEPLOYED NETWORKS 145 10.2 NEXT GENERATION NETWORK (NGN) OSS/BSS 146 10.2.1 NGN OSS OVERVIEW 146 10.2.2 DRIVERS OF NGN 147 10.2.3 TELECOM OPERATOR AND VENDOR INTERESTS 147 10.2.4 IMPROVEMENT IN ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES 148

10.2.5 REDUCED VENDOR DEPENDENCY 148 10.2.6 OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES 149 10.2.7 INTEGRATION OF MULTIPLE PRIVATE NETWORKS AND APPS INTO PUBLIC NETWORKS 149 10.2.8 QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS) 149 10.2.9 NATIONAL SECURITY AND COMPETITIVE POLICIES 150 10.3 NGN OSS/BSS: COMPONENTS, IMS IMPLICATIONS AND FRAMEWORKS 150 10.3.1 NETWORK PLANNING AND ENGINEERING 150 10.3.2 FAULT MANAGEMENT 151 10.3.3 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT 151 10.3.4 PROVISIONING AND SERVICE ACTIVATION 152 10.3.5 INVENTORY MANAGEMENT 152 10.3.6 BILLING AND CUSTOMER CARE 152 10.3.7 MEDIATION 153 10.3.8 REVENUE ASSURANCE 153 10.3.9 CHALLENGES FOR OSS AND BSS 154 10.4 OSS CHALLENGES 154 10.4.1 STAKEHOLDER APPREHENSIONS 154 10.4.2 FRAMEWORK TO INTEGRATE CUSTOMIZATION DEMANDS 155 10.4.3 SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM EXISTING OSS FRAMEWORKS 155 10.4.4 MULTI-VENDOR COORDINATION 156 10.4.5 BSS CHALLENGES 156 Figures Figure 1 SON use cases 11 Figure 2 LTE E-UTRAN Infrastructure Network Elements 19 Figure 3 LTE EPC Infrastructure Network Elements 24 Figure 4 Migration to 5G Timeline 28 Figure 5 3GPP specifications 47 Figure 6 Worldwide Mobile Data Usage 63 Figure 7 Antenna Tilt 86 Figure 8 Antenna tilt parameters 86 Figure 9 Electrical Tilt 88 Figure 10 Mechanical Tilt 89 Figure 11 Operational Efficiency for SON 97 Figure 12 NSN iSON Solution benefits 124 Figure 13 US Frequency Allocation Chart 138 Figure 14 Relationship between CRN and SON 139 Figure 15 Mind Commerce OSS and BSS Revenues Forecast

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