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RG40 FEATURES:

1. Smart dual beam

Smart Dual Beam introduces a method of realising higher order sectorisation without the need
to increase the number of BCCH frequencies employed. Through using twin-beam antennas, the
BCCH frequency is bi-casted through both beams using IDD (Intelligent Downlink Diversity). The
transmission of the non-BCCH frequencies is via the beam with the lowest path loss (estimated
from the Uplink). Four-way Uplink Diversity (4UD) is employed across both beams.
Operator benefits: Furthermore, halving the beam width doubles the antenna gain for both
Downlink and Uplink, improving the coverage (particularly in an indoor coverage in urban
environment scenario).

2. 4UD without IDD

4UD without IDD introduces the ability to employ 4-way Uplink Diversity (4UD) without
Intelligent Downlink Diversity (IDD), thus now enabling a greater range of configuration
scenarios

3. Anti Lag Suite (ALS)

This feature introduces a set of RLC / MAC capabilities and mechanisms working to reduce the
RTT time, in total achieving a typical reduction of more than 30ms:
Benefits: These improvements introduced with the RG40 (GSM 15) release provide a significant
reduction in RTT and thus an enhanced End User experience.
 4. Uplink min RxLevel based access
The SDCCH Drop Rate KPI is improved through filtering out RACH Bursts received in the CCCH
that have a lower RxLEV than the defined threshold. The RACH Bust for Emergency Calls or those
received in non-CCCH are not filtered:

Figure: Improving the SDCCH Drop Rate KPI with Uplink min RxLevel based

5. Antenna Hopping Extension:

This feature enables the possibility to employ the Antenna Hopping capability in combination
with the DFCA feature. For networks with a narrow spectral allocation, the feature will provide
an additional approximate 20% to 30% spectral efficiency gain on top of the gain through DFCA
alone.
Operator Benefits: (a)Increasing the total system capacity.(b) Furthermore, the network Call
Drop Rate KPI will also be improved.

6. Interworking and Network Evolution

(a) Narrow LTE Carrier Bandwidth

6. Transmission and Transport / Single RAN

(a) AoIP Monitoring - RTCP Support

(b) Fast IP Rerouting

7. 3-RAT RF-Sharing 2G-3G & 2G-4G
Through this feature capability the Operator is able to employ an RF Sharing 900MHz (GSM and
WCDMA) and 1800MHz (GSM and LTE) with only a single GSM System Module: