Huawei GU900 Refarming

Solution Overview
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 CONTENTS

1. Spectrum Usage
2. Huawei Product portfolio
3. Site solution overview
4. Huawei Refarming Roadmap
5. Huawei Refarming Cases

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GU 3.8M/4.2M/5M Refarming Policy for Operator

Spectrum
Recommendation Notice
Bandwidth

UMTS 5MHz or UMTS  If consider HSPA+ evolution, better to use U5.0MHz solution;
>=7.4MHz
4.2MHz

 Continuous coverage(GSM 4*3) supported;

6.6MHz~7.2MHz UMTS 4.2MHz

 Suggest to deploy in rural area;

 Continuous coverage supported with multi RRU sharing one cell
6MHz~6.4MHz U3.8MHz
feature;
 No gain from evolving to HSPA+;

 No GSM continuous coverage;

5MHz~5.8MHz U3.8MHz  compared to U4.2MHz, U3.8 can increase the GSM 20% coverage
 No gain from evolving to HSPA+;

<5M No Refarming  Because UE TX BW is 5MHz, can’t deploy UMTS network

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Huawei Flexible GU Refarming Solution

2.6MHz 2.2MHz 2.0MHz

UMTS 5.0MHz GSM 4.2MHz GSM GSM 3.8MHz GSM

Commercial deployed : 2007 in Optus Australia, Field proved in Poland in 2011
2010 in SFR France

Configurable Bandwidth of UMTS carrier

 Flexible Between 3.8MHz, 4.2MHz, and 5MHz for both downlink and uplink
 Efficiently suitable for 900 frequency band
 UMTS 4.2MHz , U3.8MHz solution field proved
 New UMTS Service/Carrier with only 3.8 MHz bandwith

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 Huawei Product portfolio

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Huawei base station for GU900 - overview
Item Specification Item Specification

Size 1600 x 600 x 450 mm

Size 1400 x 600 x 480 mm

Weight <100kg
(Empty) Weight RFC 58kg, APM30 65kg
(Empty)
Weight 12RFU full configuration ≤
(Full) 250 kg Weight 6RFU full configuration ≤
(Full) 118 kg RRU
Capacity 72TRX (S24/S24/S24)
Capacity 36TRX (S24/S24/S24)
(GSM)
(GSM)
24 Cells/12 Cells 19inch 310mm
Capacity Capacity 24 Cells/12 Cells
(UL) (UL)
2U
Capacity 36TRX + 24 Cells Capacity 36TRX + 24 Cells
(GU) (GU)

Capacity 36TRX + 12 Cells Capacity 36TRX + 12 Cells BBU

(GL) (GL)

BTS3900L－Indoor BTS3900A－Outdoor DBS3900

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Boards for BBU3900

Huge signaling capacity

WMPT（UMTS Main Processing & Transmission Board ）
Hardware ready for IPv6

Offered
Description Specification
Cards

WBBPd (WCDMA Baseband Processing Unit) 6 cells, 384 CE UL/384 CE DL,

WCDMA Baseband
WBBPd2 90 codes
Processing Unit
6 CPRI ports
BBU3900 supports 3072/3072 CE for UL/DL
WCDMA Main Processing 4 E1s/T1s, 1 FE electrical
6 MIMO Cells per board, better evolution for HSPA+ WMPT
& Transmission Unit port, 1 FE optical port

72 TRx
GSM Main
GTMU 4 E1s/T1s, 1 FE electrical
Control Unit
port, 1 FE optical port

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Huawei SDR Product MRFU
MRFU Solution (1 MRFU = GSM900 + UMTS900 mode)
GSM900 GU900

UMTS900 Rollout

BTS3900
G G G G G G
New-add: 3G / / / / / /
900M U U U U U U

Add UMTS Card

GSM900 G+U 900

GSM900 Modernization
UMTS900 Switch on
With SDR Module

 Max. 1*80W output power in one MRFU module  Software upgrade to UMTS900
 6 Carriers for GSM only, 4 Carriers for UMTS only

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Huawei SDR Product RRU3908
RRU3908 Solution (1 RRU = GSM900 + UMTS900 modes)
GSM900 GU900

UMTS900 Rollout

RRU3908

SDR

Add UMTS Card

BBU3900
BBU3900
GSM900
G+U 900

GSM900 Modernization
With SDR Module UMTS900 Switch on

 Multi mode (GSM/UMTS) supported simultaneously in one module.

 The specifications of RRU3908 are fully Compliant with ETSI.

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 New RF modules in SRAN6.0 for Easy Refarming

• GSM
• UMTS MRFUd MRFUe RRU3929 RRU3928 WRFUd RRU3829 RRU3828
• LTE
Multi-Mode MIMO 2009
High Output Power
2007 2008

GSM + LTE Full Bandwidth

GSM SDR with 2*2MIMO

TX A

TX B
Software
upgrade LTE
GSM LTE
GSM 2x2 MIMO
CEPT proved +

New Superior RF modules in SRAN6.0 crafted for easy Refarming & smooth migrating to LTE in MBB era !

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New RF Unit – MIMO and High Output Power

MRFU MRFUe RRU3908 RRU3929

* 35M bandwidth * 30M Bandwidth * 20M Bandwidth * 30M Bandwidth
* Large output power * 900M/1800M
* 1T2R * 900M/1800M
* 900M/1800M * 2T2R, 2*40W
* 1*80W * 2T2R, 2*60W
* 1T2R, 1*125W
* 900M/1800M * SRAN3.0 * SRAN6.0
* SRAN6.0
* SRAN3.0 RRU3928
WRFUd RRU3926
MRFUd * 30M Bandwidth
* 40M Bandwidth * 40M Bandwidth
* 30M bandwidth * 900M/1800M
* 2T2R * 900/1800M
* 2T2R, MIMO * 2T2R, 2*40W
* 2*80W * 2*60W * 1T2R, 1*80W
* Small, 12L only
* 900M/1800M * 2100M * SRAN7.0
* SRAN6.0 * SRAN6.0
* SRAN 5.0

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Version mapping between cabinets and new RF modules

Cabinet Type Cabinet Version MRFU MRFUd MRFUe

Ver. B Supported Not supported Not supported

BTS3900

Ver. C Supported Supported Supported

Ver. B Supported Not supported Not supported

BTS3900L

Ver. C Supported Supported Supported

Ver. B Supported Not supported Not supported

BTS3900A

Ver. C Supported Supported Supported

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Evolution Flexibility:
Multi-Mode SDR, Ready for Evolution to LTE

 RF Hardware Ready for G/U/L, minimize evolution TCO & risks

 Dedicated baseband resource guarantee capacity and performance

GSM GSM UMTS UMTS LTE

G G/U U/L
G G/U U/L
RF Unit

HW: No change HW: No change

G SW: upgrade to G/U G/U SW: upgrade to U/L U/L
Baseband Unit

HW: UMTS card added HW: LTE card added

SW: upgrade to G/U SW: upgrade to U/L

G UMTS
G/U LTE U/L
Base Band card Base Band card

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 Site solution overview

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Case 1: Antenna solution with Huawei SDR Product

900MHz antenna

1 Separate Antenna Solution difficult

easy

Separate tilt & azimuth tuning for network optimization

High cost for adding new antennas & feeders

Optimization
Slow deployment for additional engineering

Engineering
No change for antenna and
feeder system
2 Co-feeder, co-antenna Solution

Fast deployment for easy engineering

Low cost for sharing the legacy devices
High difficulty for network optimization
GSM900 + difficult easy
UMTS900

M M M M M M
R R R R R R  Multi mode (GSM/UMTS) supported
F F F F F F
GSM900 +
U U U U U U
UMTS900
simultaneously in one module.
Only one antenna is needed to support GSM and
UMTS.

BTS3900 DBS3900

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Case 2：Sharing Existing GSM900 Antenna

GSM TX UMTS TX GSM TX UMTS TX

GSM&UMTS GSM&UMTS GSM&UMTS RXM GSM&UMTS RXD
RXM RXD

SASU
3dB 3dB

SASA

TX/RXM TX/RXM RXD

TX/RXD

GSM900 UMTS900
GSM900 UMTS900

Co-antenna with Co-antenna with

SASU and SASA 3dB combiner

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 SASU: Same band Antenna Sharing Unit

GSM_M
GSM_D

Install on the wall Install on the pole

SASU Characteristic: SASA:
Solution for the shared antenna between GSM and UMTS system
 6-port unit for antenna & feeder, 1 Tx port for GSM & UMTS respectively Combine the TX carriers on two antennas
SASU Advantage: into the carriers on one antenna,
 No extra loss in the uplink No affecting the performance of the existing
 Maximum 0.6dB insertion loss in the downlink
 No impact on frequency planning for GSM & UMTS GSM network.

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Case 3: Independent Antenna for U900

In case of high configuration, 2 independent antennas

can be used.

GSM900 UMTS900

Independent antenna

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Disadvantage of Independent Antenna U900&G900
Additional equipment cost Limitation of evolution
•New antenna • lack of installation space for LTE/SAE
•New pole evolution
•New feeder
•New TMA

Sites renegotiation Slow the pace of site deployment

•New antenna and pole Additional • Longer time to market
Cost

Additional installation cost Additional maintenance cost

•New antenna •New antenna
•New pole
•New feeder
Antenna Solution Summary

Solution Advantages Disadvantages

Easy to implement RF optimization

Independent antenna much additional cost needed
respectively.

1) 3G and 2G system can not adjust the down tilt angle and
Save the installation space and cost for
Co-antenna with SASU azimuth independently;
antenna and feeder
2) downlink increase less than 0.6dB loss.

1) 3G and 2G system can not adjust the down tilt angle and
Co-antenna with 3dB Save the installation space and cost for
azimuth independently;
combiner antenna and feeder
2) downlink increase more than 3 dB loss.

1) save the space and cost of antennas

and feeders;
Co-antenna 3G and 2G system can not adjust the down tilt angle and azimuth
2) No insertion loss;
with GU mRRU/mRFU independently;
3) Easy RF tuning for 2G/3G co-coverage
objectives;

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 Huawei Refarming Roadmap

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U900 Roadmap Overview
RAN12.0
•Multi-mode Feature
Multi-mode BS Common CPRI
Interface(NodeB)（RAN10.0）
Multi-mode BS RRU/RFU star-
connection with separate CPRI
interface(NodeB)（RAN10.1）
Multi-mode Dynamic Power
Sharing(UMTS)
2010
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Released
Ready for Contract
Planned
RAN13.0 RAN14.0 RAN15.0
• Multi-mode Feature •Multi-mode Feature •Multi-mode Feature
GSM and UMTS Dynamic Dynamic MA for GU Dynamic inter-modulation interference
Spectrum Sharing(UMTS) Spectrum Sharing(UMTS) detection
2.0MHz Central Frequency •Optional Feature
Concentric circle networking
point separation between •Optional Feature
GSM and UMTS mode(UMTS) Inter-Frequency Load Balance Narrowband interference
Based on Configurable Load suppression
Threshold
2011 2012Q2 2013 Q2
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GU Dynamic Spectrum Sharing

10M Frequency bandwith Description:

 GSM spectrum can be dynamically shared to
GSM900 5M
GSM900 5M UMTS according to the traffic load or operators’
UMTS900 5M strategies.
 Site level spectrum switching.
Frequency Sharing Between GSM and UMTS  The shared spectrum can be 4.2M/ 4.6M/ 5M
according to UMTS carrier’s requirement.

Benefits:
With Low GSM  Lower the cost of spectrum refarming
traffic (-) Increase UMTS  Refarming based on SDR
Bandwidth (+)
 Refarming based on hours
 Increase MBB throughput

5MHz of UMTS Shared BW can bring 50% throughput gain

 2.0MHz Central Frequency point separation between
GSM and UMTS mode(UMTS)– RAN13.0

Driver： Lacking of the frequency resources for UMTS refarming Description:

Compared to 5MHz UMTS, UMTS3.8MHz can save
1.2MHz bandwidth used for GSM . The central
UMTS3.8MHz refarming solution for 850/900MHz. frequency gap is 2.0MHz.
Saving more frequency for GSM.

Benefits: Dependency:
• More frequency saving for heritage network. • 900M MRRU V1/ V2/V3
• 900M MRFU V2/V3
• Higher throughput compared to GSM • 850M MRRU V2

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 Huawei Refarming Cases

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World First Commercial 4.2Mhz U900 Network – Optus

68.2M 2100M
1800M
900M
20M Smallest 850M
48.4M
43.4M

15M
30M 20M All for UMTS

15M
Telstra has already deployed
15M Plan to develop LTE LTE1800 on MBB service and build
8.2M 8.4M MBB brand
10M 10M 4.2M for G/U Refarming
8.4M Other for GSM
VHA Telstra Optus

Frequency Resource More SCANTY than before With the development of MBB

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World First Commercial 4.2Mhz U900 Network – Optus

Challenges and Needs

 “Connect Australia” plan
• Compulsory data coverage for rural and remote area
• Unaffordable to deploy nationwide 3G network on 2.1GHz spectrum

 Lack of 900MHz spectrum

• Optus has only 8MHz spectrum

Solutions and Benefits

 Expanded to 98% population coverage
• G900(nationwide) + U2100 (Urban & Suburban) + U900(Rural).
• Rural area download rate speed up to 7.2Mbps.

 60% sites reduction compare with U2100

 4.2MHz for UMTS, 0.8Mhz saved

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P4 Poland Commercial 3.8Mhz U900 Network

Challenges and Needs Deploy U900 and G900 in 5Mhz band at

the same time
 GSM spectrum is limited, only 5Mhz band in 900Mhz is available.
Develop rural 3G market with less competition, but low population
density needs more coverage. GSM UMTS GSM
 how to guarantee the GSM capacity, as UMTS is deployed in
0.6MHz 3.8MHz 0.6MHz
900Mhz.
GSM O2 + UMTS S111

Operator’s strategy
Solutions and Benefits •Competition Strategy:
 3.8Mhz UMTS solution Develop rural 3G market to arrest rural users.
•Step by step deployment strategy:
1.2Mhz bandwidth can be saved for GSM, using O2 configuration First step: 50 U900 sites was deployed as trial in 2010.
meet the demand of GSM capacity. Second step: 700 U900 sites was deployed in large area after
Using high performance filter to protect network from inter-system successful trial in 2011.
Third step: in 2012, it’s planed to cover all the rural area
interference. seamlessly

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AIS Refarming 5MHZ UMTS Network

54% revenue market share

31.2 million mobile subscribers (DEC 2010)
45% subscribers market share
20 years of operation
Covered more than 97% nationwide.

 Frequency Band 900 Band 1800 Band 2100

Leased from CAT, end on

17.5MHz leased from TOT License not released
2013

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 Improvement of Re-farming Solution

Re-farming solution for AIS to meet requirement of different scenario.

Frequency
Re-farming G1800 Traffic G900 Re-
Retune(5MHz
G900
U900 On Air
Expansion Migration configuration Optimization
Solution Cut)

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HUAWEI UMTS 900M Key Solution 2-MR based Buffer Zone
Buffer Zone Introduction

A GU 900 or U900
B Buffer zone
GSM 900
C frequencies with U900.
A the central area with U900
sites.
B the isolation area, the sites
in it can’t use the frequency of spectral efficiency
U900. gain
C the outer cycle area, the
G900 site s can use same

Simple Buffer Zone

HUAWEI Other Vendor
Based on GSM Draw a 10 kilometers
Buffer Zone
MR(Measurement circle as buffer zone
Solution Report) MR Buffer Zone
Accurate, improve Simple, low spectral
Character spectral efficiency efficiency, bring big
impact on GSM system.
GU900 Sites

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