ZTE GSM&UMTS Roadmap

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GU
09Q1/Q2 UMTS GSM GSM GU U9.1 V09R1 R8 U9.1/V09 R1 09Q4 U9.2 V09R2 R9.1 10Q2/Q4 U9.3 V10R1 R9.2 11Q1 U10.1 V10R2 R10 UR11.1 UR11.2 UR12 11Q3 U10.2 ? U11 V11 12

U9.2/V0 U9.3/V10 9R2 R1

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ZTE G&U Roadmap Content

Feature Roadmap RNC/BSC Product Roadmap SDR Product Roadmap Solution Roadmap

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ZTE UTRAN Features Roadmap

2009Q1
U9.1 & Before Full HSPA Support
HSDPA 14.4Mbps HSUPA 5.76Mbps Max. 64 users/cell

2009Q4
U9.2
HSPA Evolution
DL 28.8Mbps: 2*2 MIMO

2010Q2
U9.3
HSPA Evolution
DL 43.2Mbps: DC-HSDPA + 64QAM

New Services Ability

CPC Enhanced F-DPCH CS over HSPA Cell Broadcast Service (R8)

New Services Ability

Snow 3G Security Algorithms - UEA2 Ciphering - UIA2 Integrity Protection

HSPA Evolution
DL 21.6Mbps: 64QAM DL L2 Enhancement

QoE Enhancement
Fast Dormancy UMTS/LTE Cell Re-selection

NE Efficiency & TCO Saving

RAN sharing P1 Iu Flex High Speed Mobility Access Extended Cell Range to 120Km Intelligently Carrier Power off/on D-PT (Dynamic Power Track) Multi-RRU for One CellNew

QoE Enhancement
Inter-RAT Load based HO NACC Inter-RAT PS Handover DTM Handover Enhanced Iur-g

NE Efficiency & TCO Saving

MC Dynamic Power Sharing RAN sharing P2

Services Ability
MBMS P1&P2 WB-AMR VoIP

3GPP R7 HSPA/HSPA+ 3GPP R7 HSPA/HSPA+

Released Released

R8 HSPA+ R8 HSPA+
Planned Planned Planning Planning

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ZTE UTRAN Features Roadmap

2011Q1
UR 11.1
HSPA Evolution
DL 43.2Mbps: 64QAM + MIMO UL 11.5Mbps: UL 16QAM UL L2 Enhancement Advanced Rake Receiver UL Interference Canceling

2011Q3
UR 11.2
HSPA Evolution
DL 86.4Mbps: DC-HSDPA + 64QAM + MIMO

2012
UR 12
HSPA Evolution
UL 23Mbps: DC-HSUPA DB DC-HSDPA TxAA Extension

Future

HSPA Evolution
DB DC-HSDPA New Band DB DC-HSDPA+MIMO MC-HSDPA

NE Efficiency & TCO Saving

RNC LCLS Inter-RAT Dynamic Power Sharing

New Services Ability

Enhanced Cell FACH (DL&UL) SR-VCC

NE Efficiency & TCO Saving

Flat Architecture

New Services Ability

SR-VCC Enhancement Inter-operation with WLAN

QoE Enhancement
Enhanced HS-DSCH SCC Enhanced SRNS Relocation UMTS/LTE Handover

NE Efficiency & TCO Saving

ANR

NE Efficiency & TCO Saving

RNC in Pool Extended Cell Range to 240Km RAN Sharing P3

3GPP R8 3GPP R8

R9 R9
Released Released

R10&Beyond R10&Beyond
Planned Planned Planning Planning

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ZTE GERAN Features Roadmap

2009Q2
V09R1 &Before AMR Enhancement Channel Repacking HR Concentration Multi PLMN Enhanced 2G/3G Interworking Flex A/Gb Enhanced One Logic Cell with Multi RRU Enhanced eMLPP Inter BSC NACC

2009Q4
V09R2
A over IP(3GPP) Enhanced IP GERAN Dynamic Abis Enhancement A5/3 PS Handover Enhanced Iur-g (GU/GT)

2010Q2
V10R1
BSS Local Switch Dynamic Power Sharing GERAN/LTE Inter-working Phase -1 Dual Carrier DL Reduced TTI FANR MSRD EGPRS2-A(Trial)

Released Released

Planned Planned

Planning Planning

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ZTE GERAN Features Roadmap

2011Q1
UR 11.1
VAMOS Phase-1 WB-AMR Intelligent Cell shutdown BSC in pool PS Power Control DTM-Handover

2011Q3
UR 11.2
VAMOS Phase-2 GERAN/LTE Interworking Phase -2 Inter-RAT Dynamic Power Sharing

2012
UR 12
MTC MOCN Local Call Local Switch(3GPP) IPv6

Future

EGPRS2-B GERAN Long Term Evolution GERAN Flat Networking

Released Released

Planned Planned

Planning Planning

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ZTE G&U Roadmap Content

Feature Roadmap RNC/BSC Product Roadmap SDR Product Roadmap Solution Roadmap

ZTE V3 RNC Roadmap

2009Q1
58800 Erl 1960 Node Bs 5880 Cells 7.4Gbps Iub Thr. (DL+UL)

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2009Q4
76800 Erl 1960 Node Bs 5880 Cells 9.6Gbps Iub Thr. (DL+UL)

2010Q2

2011Q2
15Gbps Iub Thr. (DL+UL)

U9.1

U9.2
SDTA2: 4 ATM CSTM1 DTA: 32 ATM E1/T1 DTI: 32 IP E1/T1 SDTI: 2 IP CSTM1 GIPI3: 2 GE

U9.3
POSI: 4 STM-1 or 2 STM-4 GIPI4: Synchronous Ethernet

UR 11.1 RCB2[1] RUB3[1]

Note 1: The RCB2and RUB3 is going to be released in 2011Q2 and supported by UR11.1, ditto its promotion for RNCs capacity.

Released Released

Planned Planned

Planning Planning

ZTE iBSC Roadmap

2009Q1
3072 TRX in 2 cabinets 15000Erl 4200KBHCA 8000EPDCH

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2009Q4
2048 TRX in 1 cabinets 12000EPDCH

2010Q2

2011Q2

V09R1

V09R2

V10R1 GIPI4: Synchronous Ethernet

UR 11.1 CMP2 OMP2

Released Released

Planned Planned

Planning Planning

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ZTE ZXUR9000 Roadmap

2010Q3
UMTS Mode
154000Erl 4400 Node Bs 8800 Cells 28.6Gbps Iub Thr. (DL+UL)

Internal Only

2010Q4
GSM Mode
20000Erl 4096 TRX 4096 BTSs 4096 Cells 16000 EPDCH

2011Q2
G/U Dual-mode[2]
3G 98000 Erl 2800 Node Bs/5600 Cells 2G 10000Erl 2048 TRX

U9.3 G/U Mode Board ZXUR9000 Single Rack 3 Subrack G/U Dual Mode
EGBS EGFS UMP/USP IP/ATM-If boards (E1/T1/STM-1/CSTM1/FE/GE)

V09R2

UR 11.1 GSM Mode Board

ETCB TDM-If boards (E1/T1/CSTM-1)

Note 2: ZXUR9000 can be configured as UMTS Only, GSM Only or G/U Dual-mode. This capacity is applicable for dual-mode.

Released Released

Planned Planned

Planning Planning

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ZTE G&U Roadmap Content

Feature Roadmap RNC/BSC Product Roadmap SDR Product Roadmap Solution Roadmap

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ZTE SDR Products Portfolio

10Q2&Before
RSU40 (1T2R) Indoor Macro ZXSDR BS8800

Internal Only

10Q4

11Q2

11Q4

U 2100MHz 60W U AWS 60W G/U 850MHz 80W G/U 900MHz 80W G/U 1900MHz 80W G/U 1800MHz 80W U 2100MHz 2*60W U 2100MHz 2*60W G/U 900MHz 2*80W G/U 1800MHz 2*80W G/L 1800MHz 2*80W(10Q4) U/L 2100MHz 2*60W U/L 2100MHz 2*60W G/L 900MHz 2*80W G/U 850Mhz 2*80W G/U 1900Mhz 2*80W

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Indoor Macro Rack

RSU60 (1T2R) RSU80 (2T2R)

Outdoor Macro ZXSDR BS8900

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Outdoor Macro Rack

RSU82 (2T4R)

RSU40 (1T2R) Outdoor Micro ZXSDR BS8906

U 2100MHz 60W

=
Outdoor Micro Rack

G/U 850MHz 80W RSU60 G/U 900MHz 80W G/U 1900MHz 80W (1T2R) G/U 1800MHz 80W RSU82 (2T4R) G/U 900MHz 2*80W G/U 1800MHz 2*80W

Outdoor Micro ZXSDR BS8906E

Released Released

Planned Planned

Planning Planning

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ZTE SDR Products Portfolio

10Q2&Before
R8840 (1T2R) U 2100MHz 60W U AWS 60W

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10Q4

11Q2

11Q4

G/U 850MHz 80W R8860 G/U 900MHz 80W (1T2R ) G/U 1900MHz 80W G/U 1800MHz 80W Distributed ZXSDR BS8700

BBU: ZXSDR B8200

R8880 (2T2R)

U 2100MHz 2*60W

U/L 2100MHz 2*60W

R8882 (2T4R)

G/U 900MHz 2*60W G/U 1800MHz 2*60W U 2100MHz 2*60W G/L 1800MHz 2*60W U 2100MHz 3*60W

G/L 900MHz 2*60W U/L 2100MHz 2*60W G/U 850Mhz 2*60W G/U 1900Mhz 2*60W

R8890 (3T6R)

Diet BTS BS8908

G 900MHz 40W G 1800MHz 40W

Pico Node B BS8802

U 2100MHz 250mW

Released Released

Planned Planned

Planning Planning

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ZTE G&U Roadmap Content

Feature Roadmap RNC/BSC Product Roadmap SDR Product Roadmap Solution Roadmap

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ZTE UTRAN Transport Solution Roadmap

2009Q1
Networking
Iu/Iub over Satellite

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2009Q4
Efficiency
UDP-mux on Iub RTP-mux on IuCS

2010Q2
Robustness
Multi Path Protection

2011Q1
OAM
IEEE 802.1ag/ITU-T Y.1731

2012
Networking
MPLS IPv6 Support

OAM
DHCP (Node B)

OAM
DHCP (RNC) IEEE 802.3ah

Synchronization
Sync. Ethernet (RNC)

QoS
CAC on IuPS

Efficiency
PPPmux

QoS
SLA Monitor

QoS
SLA-PM based CAC

Robustness Robustness
BFD LACP (RNC) Dual Path Protection

Robustness
Dynamic IP Route

OAM
E-LMI

Security
ACL

Security
IP Security

Synchronization
Sync. Ethernet (Node B)

U9.1

U9.2

U9.3
IP over STM-1/ STM-4 (RNC) IP HUB Card (Node B)

UR 11.1
MW Card (Node B)

UR 12
10GE port (RNC) xDSL Card (Node B) EPON Card (Node B)

Released Released

Planned Planned

Planning Planning

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ZTE GERAN Transport Solution Roadmap

2009Q1
Networking
IP GERAN Enhanced IP Abis

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2009Q4
Efficiency
RTP Mux on AoIP

2010Q2
Efficiency
Local switch

2010Q4
Networking
OSPF

2012
Efficiency
PPP Mux

Networking
AoIP(3GPP)

Synchronization
GPS Synchronization IEEE 1588 V2

QoS
IP Shaping

OAM
IEEE 802.1ag

OAM
E-LMI

OAM
IEEE 802.3ah

QoS
VLAN CAC based on transmission(Abis) CC based on transmission(Abis) IP SLA

Security
ACL

Rubustness
Flex Abis

Networking
IPv6 MPLS

Synchronization
Synchronous Ethernet (BTS)

Synchronization
Synchronous Ethernet (BSC)

Security
IPSEC PPP Auth

Robustness
BFD Dual homing (BSC) Link Aggregation(BSC)

V09R1

V09R2

V10R1

UR 11.1

UR 12
10GE port in BSC xDSL Card ( BTS) EPON Card (BTS) MW Card (BTS)

Released Released

Planned Planned

Planning Planning

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ZTE UMTS BP&RF Evolution Roadmap

Standard Evolution New Baseband Technology PA Efficiency Development

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Ability of baseband and PA efficiency are upgraded continuously.

BP: 384CE 384 HSPA users DL 130Mbps & UL 35Mbps IC & A-Rake

BP: 6CS, 192CE SDR Released BP: 3CS, 128CE 96 HSPA users DL 43.2Mbps & UL 15Mbps RF: 60W PA, 40% Efficiency 1RF: 1C+4TRX or 2C+2TRX 1RF: 4C(U) or 6TRX(G) 144 HSDPA users Macro 24CS(U) or 48TRX(G) RF: 80W PA 45% PA Efficiency

RF: 50% PA Efficiency 2T2R/2T4R RU 3T6R RU

2008Q2

2009Q1

2009Q4

2010Q3
Released Released Planned Planned

2011Q1
Planning Planning

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Uni-RAN Solution Roadmap

G G G U U U U U U Multi-Mode MultiBaseband Pool Unified HW Platform G/U Co-RF, Co-CC Co-Transmission , CoO&M U U U L L L U U U G G G G G G G G G U U U G G G L L L

Multi-Mode MultiBaseband Pool G/L Co-RF, Co-CC U/L Co-RF, Co-CC

Multi-Mode MultiBaseband Pool G/U/L Co-RF, Co-CC Co-BP board Radio Part Reprogrammable

2009
Unified HW Platform, Same Process Board Co-Rack Enhanced Iur-g

2010
Co-Subrack, Co-O&M Co-Transmission (IP) Co-RRM

2011
Dynamic Transport Sharing (IP)

2012&Future
Dynamic Radio Resource sharing Co-Rack with EPC

RNC BSC

RNC/BSC RNC/BSC

RNC/BSC RNC/BSC

RNC/BSC EPC

Released Released

Planned Planned

Planning Planning

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ZXWR UTRAN Mobile TV Solution Roadmap

MBMS data stream BM-SC GGSN IMB SC301 RNC MBSFN SC301 RNC NodeB R6 MBMS Media server SGSN SC301
MBSFN cluster

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SC301
IMB cluster

SC301

NodeB

Combined by UE as multi-route

R8 IMB R8 IMB

High frequency efficiency with vacant TDD frequency band Dedicated carrier, enhanced cell throughput Low frequency efficiency, limited cell throughput PtP Streaming service, high pressure to transport and radio resource

SC301

R7 MBSFN R7 MBSFN

Combined by UE as multi-route

R6 MBMS R6 MBMS
RNC NodeB

Unicast PS data stream

Pre-R6 Pre-R6
Media server GGSN SGSN RNC NodeB

2008
U9.1 & Before
MBMS Phase1&2 MBMS Phase1&2 Broadcast & Multicast Enhanced Broadcast Dynamic PtP/PtM/None Mode Soft & Selective Combining FLC & FLD Iub Transmission Optimization Up to 256k RAB on MTCH MBMS over HSDPA

2011Q3
UR 11.2
IMB Phase1 IMB Phase1 TDD SCCPCH 16QAM TDD T-CPICH 5Mbps Cell Throughput - 15 * 384kbps Channels IMB Presence Flag IP Multicast for MBMS

2012
UR 12
IMB Phase2 IMB Phase2 Master RNC Support Inter-RNC Synchronization IMB/MBMS Service Continuity

2013

MBMS Phase3 MBMS Phase3 FDD MBSFN SCCPCH 16QAM 5Mbps Cell Throughput - 15 * 384kbps Channels

Released Released

Planned Planned

Planning Planning

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ZXWR UTRAN Sharing Solution Roadmap

2011Q1
Operator B Operator B (Joint Venture) (Joint Venture)
Read/Write

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Operator N Operator N (Renting) (Renting)

Read Only

UR 11.1

UTRAN Sharing Phase3: Operation & Management Flexibility

Operator QoS Priority Operator Specific Iub/Iur Transmission Operator Specific RNC Resource Operator Specific Function Control Joint Venture & renting Mode OMC

Operator A Operator A (Host) (Host)

Reserved resource for A

QoS & SW QoS & SW Setting for A Setting forSW QoS & B
OMC OMC
Total available resource: BP CE, RNC capacity, Backhaul bandwidth

Setting for N

2009Q4
U9.2
UTRAN Sharing Phase2: Pooling & Partitioning Resource
RAN Sharing with Shared Carrier Operator Specific CE Resource (U9.3) Operator Specific FM/PM/CM

Resource dynamically shared

Reserved resource for B

2008
Operator A CN

Operator A

U9.1 & Before

UTRAN Sharing Phase1: Shared Infrastructure Equipments

Multi PLMN Support Basic RAN Sharing Support RAN Sharing with Dedicated Carrier Shared Networks Access Control IMSI based HO

Operator B

Operator N

Operator N CN Released Released Planned Planned Planning Planning