1X Advanced

November 2010

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 1X Advanced—Natural Next Step for
CDMA2000 1X

1 Up to 4x Increase in Voice Capacity

X

A
Frees Up Spectrum for EV-DO Data
d
v
a
n Up to 70% Increase in Coverage
c
e
d Simple and Cost-Effective Upgrade

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 1X and EV-DO Have Strong Evolution Paths

CDMA2000
1X 1X Advanced
Simultaneous 1X Voice and EV-DO Data

Best in class 1.5x increase with 4x increase compared

voice capacity available features4 to today’s voice capacity5

Note: Estimated commercial dates

2010 2011 2012+

Broadband Up & Downloads Low 3x data rates to Higher capacity Higher network capacity and
Latency, QoS and VoIP all users in cell and data rates improved user experience

Rel. 0 Rev. A Multicarrier H/W Upgrade

DO
EV-DO EV-DO Rev. B Advanced
DL: 3.1 Mbps DL: 9.3 Mbps1 DL: 14.7 Mbps2 DL: 14.7 Mbps3
UL: 1.8 Mbps UL: 5.4 Mbps UL: 5.4 Mbps UL: 5.4 Mbps

Note: Estimated commercial dates 2010 2011 2012+

1Peak rate for 3 EV-DO carriers supported by initial implementation.
2Peak rate for 3 EV-DO carriers with 64QAM in the DL. Rev. B standard supports up to 15 aggregated Rev. A carriers.

3 Same peak rates as Rev. B, but with new dimension of enhancements

5 4Capacity increase possible with new codec (EVRC-B) and handset interference cancellation (QLIC). 54x increase with receive diversity; 3x without Created 10/12/10
 1X Advanced: Up to 4x Increase Over
CDMA2000’s Excellent Capacity
1X Advanced

4x
Voice users
CDMA2000
Achievable Today 3x
Voice users

1.5x
x Voice users
Voice users
Single Mobile
Antenna Rx Diversity

• EVRC • EVRC-B • BTS IC + Adv. QLIC

• Single RX • QLIC (device IC) • Radio Link Enhancements

New handset
New handset & New Channel Card
Network upgrades

Leveraging Proven CDMA2000 Technology

Notes: Source – Qualcomm Simulations using 3GPP2 simulation framework with embedded sectors,
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 Early Time-to-Market by Leveraging
Available MSMs with MRD

4x

2.3x
1.5x
x

RLIC All Features

Existing Channel Card
New Channel Card

Available MSMs New MSMs

Today’s EVRC-B Mobile Rx 1X Advanced
Devices + QLIC
+ Diversity (MRD) Devices

Relative capacity/sector (1.25 MHz)

RLIC – Reverse Link Interference Cancellation
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 Free Up Spectrum for EV-DO Data

CDMA2000 1X 1X Advanced EV-DO

 Same voice capacity in quarter of the spectrum

 Freed-up spectrum can be used for EV-DO data

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 Up to 70% Increase in Coverage

Up to 4x higher capacity
4x
Up to 70% larger coverage area
with same coverage with same capacity
as 1X today as 1X today

x x
1X 1X
1X Today Advanced Advanced

Capacity and coverage tradeoff

Notes: Based on Qualcomm simulations, coverage is defined as the maximum area with less than 1% of the users in outage; Assumptions : 3GPP2 simulation frame work,
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embedded sector, with all the 1X Advanced features considered including MRD, FL and RL Interference Cancellation, new RC
 Simple and Cost-Effective Upgrade

 Leverages existing assets

 Simple channel card  Interference
upgrade Cancellation

 Standards published in  Radio Link

June 2009 Enhancements

CSM8700
 Mobile Receive
1X Diversity
Advanced

4x Voice Capacity

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 Increased Data Capacity Where EV-DO is
Not Available

3x

Data 1X
Capacity Advanced

1X Today

Voice Capacity
4x

 UpHigher voice
to 3x data quality
capacity with with
increase no impact on capacity
1X Advanced

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 Simultaneous 1X Voice and EV-DO Data

1X Voice

EV-DO Data
SV-DO

 Handset feature with no network impact

 Independent of the air link standard
 Voice using 1X or 1X Advanced
 EV-DO Rev. A or Rev. B
 Commercial in 2011
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 1X Advanced and Rev. B: Strong Chipset
Support
Devices Infrastructure
Macro BTS

QSD QSD
8x50A 8x72 CSM CSM CSM
Rev. B/ 1X Adv Rev. B/ 1X Adv 6800 6850 8700
Smartbooks HSPA HSPA + QSD Rev. B Rev. B 1X Advanced
8650
Rev. B/
HSPA

Pico/ Femto
Smartphones MSM MSM MSM MSM
8660 8960 8655 7630 FSM
Rev. B / 1X Adv Rev. B / 1X Adv Rev. B/1X Adv Rev. B/1X Adv 98xx
HSPA+ LTE/DC-HSPA+ HSPA+ HSPA+
Rev. B

Feature & QSC QSC

Basic Phones 61x5 6695
Rev. B/ Rev. B / 1XAdv
1X Adv HSPA+

Modems &
Data Cards
MDM MDM
6600 9600
Rev. B/ Rev. B/ In production
HSPA+ LTE/DC-HSPA+

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 1X Advanced: Continuing the Voice
Capacity Leadership
1X Advanced

4x
Voice users
LTE-VoIP
CDMA2000
2.1x
x Voice users
Voice users

• EVRC • BTS IC + Adv. QLIC+ MRD • AMR (12.2kbps)

• Single RX • Radio Link Enhancements • MRD (Rx Div)

New Channel Card New network w/ IMS

& New Handset & New Handset

 Larger1X Advanced UL coverage because of soft-handoff and continuous UL

Notes: Source – Qualcomm Simulations. The capacity comparison is based on 10 MHz spectrum using 3GPP2 simulation framework with embedded sectors, 7 carriers considered for 1X and 1X Advanced .
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 1X Advanced—Natural Next Step for
CDMA2000 1X

1 Up to 4x Increase in Voice Capacity

X

A
Frees Up Spectrum for EV-DO Data
d
v
a
n Up to 70% Increase in Coverage
c
e
d Simple and Cost-Effective Upgrade

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 Additional Slide

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 Better Voice Quality for Similar Capacity

Higher Voice Quality

1X Advanced for similar capacity
Voice (EVRC-WB)
Quality

1X Advanced
1X Today (EVRC-B)
(EVRC)

x 3.5x 4x
Voice Capacity
TM
 EVRC-WB (4GV quality
Higher voice ) provides clear
with noand natural
impact onvoice
capacity
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