0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 Huawei Contribution to the LTE Industry 230+ approved contributions to 3GPP LTE RAN Standard since 2010, ranking No.1 contributor.
Source: 2011Q3 Huawei has signed cross-license agreements with all major IPR holders:
The Rapporteurship for 6 Study Item/Work Item of LTE-A in 3GPP, leading LTE-A standardization: LTE-A R10: UL MIMO, MBMS LTE-A R11: UL CoMP, AAS, MTC, MBMS Submitted 380+ LTE essential patents in ETSI, ranking No.1 among wireless infrastructure vendors.
LTE Core Specification in 3GPP (Approved Contributions) Contents 1 LTE-A Requirements and 3GPP schedule 2 LTE-A Features and Progress 3 Huawei LTE-A Development Plan HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Huawei Confidential 35pt 32pt ) :18pt
Combined LTE Carrier 1 and LTE Carrier 2 LTE-A Carrier LTE Carrier 3 f f Band 1 Operator 1 LTE Carrier 1 Operator 2 LTE Carrier 2 Operator 1 LTE Carrier 3
Combined LTE Carrier 1 and LTE Carrier 3 Operator 1 LTE- A Carrier Operator 2 LTE Carrier 2 Operator 1 LTE-A Carrier f f Band 1 Band 2 LTE Carrier 1 LTE Carrier 2
LTE Carrier 1 in Band 1 Combined LTE Carrier 2 in Band 2 LTE-A Carrier LTE-A Carrier f f
Provide 300~752Mbps(2X2 MIMO) at 40~100MHz bandwidth or >1Gbps(4X4 MIMO) peak data rate Increase user data rate and system spectral efficiency Improve user experience( latency, etc..)
Benefits Provide 1Gbps in 100MHz using 4X4 MIMO HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Huawei Confidential 35pt 32pt ) :18pt
More spectrum for IMT-Advanced Page 9 Spectrum aggregation is possible 3GPP R11 Inter-band CA With Priority Intra-CA : R10 Component Carrier1 Component Carrier2 Component Carrier X
Inter-CA : R11 Inter-CA : R11
Band4(AWS)
Band20(DD800)
Band3(1800M)
Band1(2100M)
Band7(2600M)
Band4(AWS)
Band20(DD800)
Band3(1800M)
Band1(2100M)
Band7(2600M)
Carrier1 Carrier2 Backward Compatibility Flexible Aggregation Each component carrier can be regarded as one LTE carrier for LTE (Rel. 8) UEs
Several scenarios can be applied according to available spectrum resources
Page 10 CA Application Scenarios Same Coverage Senario S1 F1 F2 Coverage and throughput Balancing Scenario S5 RRH scenario S4 Cell edge user scenario S3 Capacity Coverage S2 Repeater Scenario C o - l o c a t e
. Page 11 MIMO Objectives DL SU-MIMO DL MU-MIMO UL SU-MIMO UL MU-MIMO Provide DL/UL Peak Data Rate Increase system capacity and spectral efficiency DL: 300 600 Mbps (4x4 MIMO, 8x8 MIMO) in 20MHz, or >1Gbps (4x4 MIMO) in 100M Hz UL: 150 300 Mbps (2x4 MIMO, 4x4 MIMO) in 20MHz , or >1Gbps (4x4 MIMO) in 100MHz
DL HO MIMO up to 8x8, enhanced DL MU- MIMO UL SU-MIMO up to 4T, enhanced UL MU-MIMO
Page 12 MIMO :Performance-UL Ant. Config. LTE-A Target Huawei* 1x2 SIMO 1.2 1.1977 2x4 SU-MIMO 2.0 2.1457 Average spectrum efficiencies [bps/Hz/cell] Cell-edge user throughput [bps/Hz/cell/user] Ant. Config. LTE-A Target Huawei* 1x2 SIMO 0.04 0.03685
2x4 SU-MIMO 0.07 0.08048 Huawei Views: From spectrum efficiency point of view, all Uplink MIMO configurations satisfy LTE-A requirement, 2T is sufficient * Huawei results came from internal simulation. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Huawei Confidential 35pt 32pt ) :18pt
CoMP DL R11 Benefits: Interference from other transmission points is utilized to improve transmission Improve SNR Reduce inter-cell-interference Downlink CoMP Intra-eNB CoMP Inter-eNB CoMP Features Uplink CoMP Fibre Air interface *CoMP has been discussed since Mar. 2008, and its SI has been delayed to later than Dec. 2010 X2 eNodeB AP AP AP AP AP AP eNodeB UE UE UE Intra-eNB CoMP Inter-eNB CoMP HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Huawei Confidential 35pt 32pt ) :18pt
R11 DL CoMP Scenario1&2 Scenario 2: Homogeneous network with high Tx power RRHs Scenario 1: Homogeneous network with intra-site CoMP Scenario 1 (intra-site 3 cells JP) Scenario 2 (inter-site 9 cells JP) Cell capacity gain Cell edge [5%] user gain Cell capacity gain Cell edge [5%] user gain 4TX 21.60% 31.63% 19.26% 58.04% 2TX 31.64% 55.88% 31.25% 80.62%
Cell Avearge Throughput. Cell Edge Throughput 7% Increase With CoMP Without CoMP 10% Increase Gain for UE1: Co-demodulated. Gain for UE2: Interference (UE1) Rejection. UL Intra-eNB CoMP Secures LTE User Consistent QoE No CoMP Intra-eNB CoMP Intra-eNB CoMP Legend UL CoMP w/t Co-demodulation & Interference Rejection Benefits HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Huawei Confidential 35pt 32pt ) :18pt
Page 17 Challenges of CoMP Huawei Views: DL CoMP and UL inter-eNB CoMP requires for standard specification (R11 or beyond) UL intra-eNB shown promising performance benefit without specific standardization work. CoMP application is uncertain
DL CoMP and UL inter-eNB CoMP still under SI stage CoMP application is uncertain Complex to Implement
Backhaul capacity, transmission latency, synchronization Introduce special requirements for UE