C-RAN:

the Next Big Thing after LTE

China Mobile Research Institute
Agenda

Challenges in mobile internet era

China mobiles solution: C-RAN

C-RAN progress

Proposals for collaboration with Agilent

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Challenges in Mobile Internet Era

Fast increasing data traffic but slow capacity growth

Data Traffic
7 6.3 EB
Exabytes/Month 1 Exabyte = 1018 Byte
6
5
Gap
3.8 EB
4
3
2.2 EB
2 1.2 EB

1 0.24 EB
0.6 EB

0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

*Source: Cisco VNI Mobile, 2011

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Challenges in Mobile Internet Era

2G 3G LTE

Construction Cost !
Inter-cell Interference !
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Challenges in Mobile Internet Era

BS cell site is the major source of power consumption.

Other Support
Equipment,
3%

Major
Equipment,
51%
Air Conditioners,
46%

*Source: Base on China Mobile survey on commercial networks

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Agenda

Challenges in mobile internet era

China mobiles solution: C-RAN

C-RAN progress

Proposals for collaboration with Agilent

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C-RAN: Road towards green radio access network

Virtual BS Pool
Centralized baseband pool
real time Cloud computing

Optical
Network

RRU RRU Collaborative radio

RRU

RRU Clean system target

RRU RRU
RRU

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C-RANCentralized Baseband Pool

Traditional macro Distributed C-RAN Centralized

base-stations base-stations baseband pool

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C-RANCollaborative Radio

interference
signal

Separately processing Joint-processing

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C-RANReal-time Cloud Computing

App Service

TD-LTE
TD-LTE
TD-SCDMA
TD-SCDMA
GSM
GSM

Software Defined Radio

Traditional baseband equipments
based on
Virtualized Cloud Platform

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C-RANClean System Target

Construction cost per site Power consumption

reduced by 1/3 reduced by at most 71%

50 29%
40
30
20 71%
10
0
Macro BS C-RAN saved
*Source: Base on China Mobile field trial surveys

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Agenda

Challenges in mobile internet era

China mobiles solution: C-RAN

C-RAN progress

Proposals for collaboration with Agilent

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 C-RAN Roadmap

We are here

Long Term:
Address the real-time C-RAN Research Virtual BTS on real-time Cloud Commercial
cloud challenge
Data traffic analysis product
BBU pool research development

Mid-Term:
Address the SDR and Multi-mode and Collaborative Radio Drive CoMP research
Collaborative Radio
and field trial, pre-
challenge
commercial product

Near Term:
Address the fiber Centralization Deployment Expend C-RAN
resource and
management challenge
to 2G/3G/4G
networks

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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Prototype Development

Multi-standard Large-scale
GPP prototype Baseband pool
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C-RAN Field Trial

Jilin
GSM

Beijing
G/T/L (on going)

C-RAN Trials Baoding

GSM

in China
Changsha
GSM
Zhaotong
GSM
Guangzhou
G/T/L (on going)
Dongguan
Zhuhai TD-SCDMA
TD-SCDMA

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International Collaboration

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Agenda

Challenges in mobile internet era

China mobiles solution: C-RAN

C-RAN progress

Proposals for collaboration with Agilent

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Collaboration with Agilent

System SDR
Measurement Research

Baseband verification Physical layer acceleration

RF specification testing L2/L3 signal scheduling
Channel simulation Real-time operating system

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C-RAN PoC Test (with GSM/TD-SCDMA/TD-LTE)

Uplink signal sensitivity

EVM/Freq. offset/ phase
noise of downlink signal
Consistency of multi-port
signals
Beam-forming test
CPRI signal test, e.g. time
synchronization
channel simulation

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Summary

C-RAN is to address the challenges in

the mobile internet era.

Agilent could play an important role in

C-RAN test.

Collaboration makes win-win!

Thank you!
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