HSPA+ R7, R8, R9 and R10

October 2011

The Biggest Platform in the History of Mankind

~5.5 BILLION WIRELESS SUBSCRIPTIONS WORLDWIDE

~1.3B ~3.1B
3G SUBSCRIPTIONS AS OF 1Q 2011 3G SUBSCRIPTIONS BY 2015
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Source: Wireless Intelligence estimates as of Apr 18,2011 for the quarter ending Mar 31, 2010

HSPA+ is The Mobile Broadband Leader

Subscriptions (Millions) 2,500 HSPA Family EV-DO Family TD-SCDMA 1,000
EV-DO Subs

2,000

HSPA/HSPA+ Subs

1,500

LTE WiMax

500

0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

3G* MBB subscriptions to surpass 1B by 2012

Note:* 3G includes EV-DO family, HSPA family and TD-SCDMA, Source: HSPA, EV-DO ,TD-SCDMA and LTE subs Wireless Intelligence (Apr11) and WiMax - ABI (Mar11)

HSPA+ is The New Baseline

HSPA+ IS THE NEW BASELINE

LAUNCHES

NETWORK COMMITMENTS

OPERATORS QUICKLY MOVING TO DUAL-CARRIER

LAUNCHES

FIRST LAUNCH

HSPA+ DEVICES ACROSS ALL SEGMENTS

HSPA+ DEVICES

DC-HSPA+ DEVICES

Source: www.gsacom.com, June 2011

Qualcomm is a Leader in HSPA+ Research, Standards and Chipsets

COMMITTED TO CONTINUED HSPA+ EVOLUTION Standards Leadership
Major 3GPP contributor on all HSPA+ features Recognized expertise across all 3GPP groups

Industry-First Demos
MWC 2007: Voice over HSPA MWC 2008: Dual-Carrier MWC 2009: Dual-Carrier 42 Mbps MWC 2010: Uplink Beamforming MWC 2011: Multipoint (shown below ) and Supplemental downlink

Industry-First Chipsets
MDM 8200 HSPA+
Launched Feb 2009

MDM 8220 DC-HSPA+

Launched Aug 2010

Actual screenshot from Multipoint Demo

HSPA+ Has A Strong Evolution Path

More 5MHz Carriers (336+ Mbps)

R11 and Beyond: HSPA+ Advanced

Expands HSPA+ to 40MHz deployments Further leverages multiple antennas (UL MIMO/Beamforming) Exploits smart networks (multipoint ) and HetNet enhancements

Downlink Speed Uplink Speed

168 Mbps

R10: 20 MHz Multicarrier

84 Mbps
Expands HSPA+ to 20 MHz deployments Evolution to femtocell networks

R9: Expands Dual-Carrier

42 Mbps 21- 28 Mbps 46+ Mbps
10 MHz Dual-Carrier in uplink Combination of MIMO and Dual-Carrier in downlink Aggregation across spectrum bands Femtocell enhancements: active mobility

R8: 10 MHz Dual-Carrier

23 Mbps 11 Mbps
Rel - 7 Rel - 8 Rel - 9 Rel - 10 Rel-11 and Beyond
Enhances broadbanddoubled data rates to all users Introduction of femtocell support Alleviates signaling traffic e.g., from Smartphones

(commercial)
Created 02/08/2011
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HSPA +

HSPA +

HSPA + Advanced

Notes: R8 reaches 42 Mbps by combining 2x2 MIMO and HOM (64QAM) in 5 MHz, or by utilizing HOM (64QAM) and multicarrier in 10 MHz. R9 combines multicarrier and MIMO in 10 MHz to reach 84 Mbps peak rates. Uplink multicarrier doubles the uplink peak data rate to 23 Mbps in 10 MHz in R9. R10 expands multicarrier to 20 MHz to reach 168 Mbps. R11 expands multicarrier to 40MHz to reach 336 Mbps.

HSPA+: Next Generation Performance Today

Similar HSPA+ and LTE Performance
For same number of antennas and bandwidth

Multicarrier Enhances Broadband Experience

Increases data rates for all users, up to 168 Mbps, can double bursty app capacity

Meets Smartphone Growth

Alleviates signaling load and extends battery life

Continued Evolution to HSPA+ Advanced

Similar HSPA+ and LTE Performance

Similar Spectral Efficiency
with same number of antennas and bandwidth
(Downlink sector capacity in 10 MHz FDD)1

Similar Peak Data Rates

with same bandwidth and number of antennas (Downlink peak data rate) Bandwidth

HSPA+ 1x
(12.5 Mbps)

LTE 1.2x
(15.1 Mbps)

HSPA+
42 Mbps 84 Mbps 168 Mbps2

LTE
37 Mbps 73 Mbps 150 Mbps

5 MHz 10 MHz 20 MHz

Note: Assuming 2x2MIMO. LTE supports 4x4MIMO but initial deployments will be 2x2 MIMO. LTE takes required overhead into account, 172 Mbps possible per standards

Similar RTT Latency

Transport NW key for low latencycan be same for LTE&HSPA+

R7 (EQ.+ 2x2 MIMO)

LTE R8 (2x2 MIMO) RT T3

HSPA+
28 ms +
Transport network

LTE
22 ms +
Transport network

Note: HSPA+ spectral efficiency would improve with multicarrier.

1 Source: Qualcomm Simulation, details in 3GPP R1-070674. NGMN 500m ISD, HSPA+ R7 results scaled up from 10 MHz. HSPA+. HSPA+ multicarrier (R8 and beyond) and DL Interference Cancellation not considered and would narrow the gap with LTE. 2168 Mbps in 20Mhz beyond HSPA+ R9. 3Source: Qualcomm assuming similar operating points, processing delays, excludes transport network delay that is dependent on actual network used

WCDMA+ Frees Up Resources For Data

3X IMPROVED SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY FOR VOICE

100% Voice

Data (DL) Voice

SAME VOICE CAPACITY USING A FRACTION OF RESOURCES

DATA CAPACITY EQUAL TO 70% OF A 5MHZ CARRIER BECOMES AVAILABLE

Voice

WCDMA TODAY

NEW ADVANCED + RECEIVERS1 STANDARD2

ENHANCED CIRCUIT SWITCHED VOICE

1Handset

Equalizer and interference cancellation. 2Improvements such as overhead optimizations, early termination and slower power control. Qualcomm plans to submit enhancements to 3GPP R12.

HSPA+ and LTE are on Parallel Evolution Paths

LTE leverages new, wider spectrum to boost data capacity
LTE HSPA+
Multimode

WCDMA/HSPA+ provides ubiquitous data and voice

Provides global broadband experience in global bands (900/2100 + 850/1900) LTE deployed across a fragmented set of bands and in a fragmented set of scenarios.

Industrys first LTE multimode solutions

Seamless service continuity from day one with multimode devices

LTE

(FDD or TDD)

HSPA+ Coverage
HSPA+ ensures similar user experience outside the LTE coverage

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Worldwide Mobile Broadband Spectrum

FDD Bandwidth Deployment Options1
Europe US/Canada
700, 850 MHz 1.7/2.1, 1.9, 2.5 GHz 800, 900 MHz 1.8, 1.9/2.1, 2.5 GHz

FDD Blocks/ Spectrum band

5 MHz

10 MHz

20 MHz

2.5/2.6 GHz2

Africa/Middle East
450, 800, 850, 900 MHz 1.8, 1.9/2.1, 2.5 GHz

2.1 GHz
(1.7 or 1.9 uplink)

Asia-Pacific Latin America

450, 700, 850, 900 MHz 1.7/2.1, 1.8, 1.9, 2.5 GHz

450, 700, 850, 900 MHz 1.7, 1.8, 1.9/2.1, 2.3, 2.5 GHz 1.5, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9

GHz

900 MHz

800/850 MHz

NEW, WIDER BANDWIDTH 10 MHZ AND BEYOND SUITABLE FOR LTE DEPLOYMENTS (E.G. 2.6 GHZ AND DIGITAL DIVIDEND)

Digital Dividend3 (700 to 800 MHz)

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1Usable

spectrum blocks for product implementation. 2IMT extension 2500 to 2690 MHz, 70 MHz+70 MHz FDD in most countries. 3Digital dividend; Region 1 (Europe, Middle East and Africa) 790-862 MHz, Region 2 (Americas) 698-806 MHz. Region 3 (Asia) some 698-790 MHz (e.g. China, India, Japan, Bangladesh, Korea, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Singapore) others 790-806 MHz

The Multicarrier Evolution Continues to Enhance Broadband Experience

5 MHz
HSPA+ Carrier #1 HSPA+ Carrier #2 HSPA+ Carrier #3 HSPA+ Carrier #4

5 MHz 5 MHz

Aggregated Data Pipe

2x downlink in R8 2x uplink in R9 Across bands in R9 4x downlink in R101

10 MHz to 20 MHz
Multicarrier HSPA+ Terminal

5 MHz NodeB

Increased data rates and lower latencies for all users in the cell Can double capacity for bursty applications, e.g., Web apps Dynamic load balancing

Software upgradeleverages all spectrum assets

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to 4 multicarrier is supported in the downlink only and is independent of the uplink, e.g. a single uplink carrier can support 4 multicarrier in the downlink

Supplemental Downlink Addresses Traffic Asymmetry

Leverage unpaired spectrum for more downlink capacity Implemented using HSPA+ R9 carrier aggregation1
Supplemental Downlink
(Unpaired spectrum)

Demo at

MWC 2011

FDD Downlink
(Paired, e.g., 2GHz)

FDD Uplink
(Paired, e.g., 2GHz)

F1

F1

F1

L-Band (1.4GHz) key opportunity

Harmonization possible in Europe and beyond,

with up to 40 MHz of unpaired spectrum2 Other opportunities, such as 700MHz in the US, depend upon country-specific spectrum situations

1Aggregation

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2L-Band

across bands already supported in 3GPP R9, but each additional band combination has to be defined in 3GPP. in Europe:1452 MHZ to 1492 MHz.

Smartphones: The Fastest Growing Segment of Mobile Devices Market

Smartphone Sales (Millions)
700 Smartphones 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 2009 50% of smartphone data sessions exchange < 5kB of data on the downlink1 2010E 2011E 2012E 2013E 2014E Smartphones as a % of Total Handsets
~580M volume sales & ~38% share of total handset sales

45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0%

1 in every 3 phones sold in 2012 will be a smartphone Global smartphone volumes rose 43% y-o-y to 60M units during Q2010**

Smartphones create more signaling load due to chatty apps

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1 Logs

by Qualcomm Engineering Services Group from live 3G networks

Sources: Global Projections: Informa Telecoms & Media (1Q2010); **Q2 sales: Strategy Analytics (Jul-10)

HSPA+ Enhances User Experience and Improves Signaling Capacity

Enhanced Cell-FACH1
For small bursts, background apps, app signaling

Cell-DCH w/ CPC2
For Video, Voice, Web, Pictures
(Anything that is not full buffer can benefit)

Enhanced responsivenessLTE like immediacy Up to 90% reduced signaling load3 Extended battery life for all apps
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Swiftly accommodating the Smartphone growth

1 Allows small amounts of data, e.g. appl. signaling, to efficiently be transported in CELL-FACH state. 2Allows non full buffer application to use connected mode, DCH, more efficiently (DTX discontinuous transmission when there is no data to transmit). HSPA+ R8 introduced HS-FACH with DRX and uplink HS-RACH. 3For Social networking, gain depends on application

FemtocellA Low Cost Solution to Enhance Coverage and Capacity

Operator Benefits:

Enhanced Coverage and Capacity

Bring network to useroffload macro network

Reduced Churn and Cost

Indoor coverage main churn reason. Reduce backhaul, site cost
Macrocell Tower

New Revenue and Services

Additional ARPUhome tariffs, bundles, home zone services

End-User Benefits:

Enhanced User Experience

Better voice quality and higher data rates with existing devices

Attractive Home Zone Plans and Bundles Femtocell

Your personal 3G access
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Wireless substitution, one gateway for all home entertainment

New Home Zone Services

Based on location, interaction with home media, etc

Femtocells Initially Target Hot-Spots Evolve Towards Femto Networks

Today: Hot-spots Future: Denser deployments and more open access
Unplanned, also deployed by operator More open access Inter-femto service continuity (soft HO) Interference coordination (femto to femto/macro) Towards self-optimizing networks
Large Enterprises

Deployed by userunplanned Plug & Playself configuration Supports restricted access Users broadband connection Scalable femto network architecture

Residential

Enterprise

Femtocells gradually used as traditional Picocells

Small Enterprises Residential
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Open Access Hot Spots

Malls, Venues

Home offices

Outdoor Deployments

Small Enterprises Home offices

Qualcomm: Industrys First HSPA+ Chipsets

HSPA+ R7
Smartphones, Tablets
&Other Smart Devices
QSD 8672 HSPA+ MSM 7230 HSPA+ MSM 8255 HSPA+ MSM 8960 DC-HSPA+ MSM 8270 DC-HSPA+

HSPA+ R8

Feature & Basic Phones

QSC 6295 HSPA+

Modems & Data Cards

MDM 8200 HSPA+ MDM 6200 HSPA+ MDM 8220 DC-HSPA+

* Only Select Chipsets Shown

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Industry First Launches

HSPA+ Advanced: Maximum Performance in Multiple 5 MHz Carriers

Utilizes Smart Networks

Exploit uneven network load

Evolves Multicarrier
Aggregation of up to 8 carriers, unpaired spectrum

HSPA+ Advanced

More Antenna Gain

Such as uplink beamforming and MIMO

Continues to Leverage HetNets

Connecting a Very Large Number of Devices
Optimizations for the explosion of interconnected low -traffic devices (e.g. M2M, Smartphones)

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1HSPA+

Advanced is used as the name for features beyond 3GPP Release10 Release10.

Smart Networks Exploit Uneven Load

Typically uneven load that changes with time and location

Multipoint Transmission
Different Data From Multiple Cells

F1: 5MHz

F1: 5MHz

Heavy Load Medium Load Light Load

Smart Network Techniques

Multicarrier capable device

(with receive diversity)1

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1Receive

diversity with interference suppression (Type 3i receiver) required.

Multipoint Improves Overall Network Capacity

EVOLVES MULTICARRIERDATA FROM MULTIPLE CELLS/NODEBs
Demo at

MWC 2011
F1: 5MHz F1: 5MHz F1: 5MHz F1: 5MHz

Improved Cell Edge

Network Load Balancing

Improved Cell Edge

By serving user from multiple cells

Network Load Balancing

Utilizes unused capacity in neighboring cells Improves user experience in loaded cell

Range Expansion
Effectively increases small cell boundary better utilization and higher network capacity

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Note: Multipoint transmission is a 3GPP R11 candidate, a.k.a. SFDC. Receive diversity with interference suppression (type 3i receiver) required to reject other-cell interference.

Leveraging Heterogeneous Networks for the Next Leap in Performance

Macro provides wide coverage

Remote Radio heads

User Deployed Femtocells

Optimizations to Further Increase Performance

E.g., range expansionbetter utilization of small cells Increased cooperation across nodes
Possibly Relays

Evolution to Femto Networks

Operator Deployed Picocells

Enabled before R11 to expand femtos beyond hotspots

Self-Organizing Networks (SON)

Femtocells already becoming self organizing Network SON techniques standardized already in R101

Bring Network Closer to User by Adding Small Cells

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1For

example Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT) and Automatic Neighbor Relation (ANR) are part of 3GPP R10. Heterogeneous networks: macro network with added small cells like picocells and femtocells.

Leverage Todays MIMO Investment Can Easily Evolve to MU-MIMO

COMPLEMENTS SU-MIMOUP TO 50% TOTAL MIMO GAIN

More Antennas More 5MHz Carriers Beyond R10: DL MU-MIMO UL MIMO/Beamforming

168 Mbps

Up to ~30%
Capacity Gain1
(over R7 Single User MIMO)

HSPA+ R10: MIMO in 20 MHz

84 Mbps
HSPA+ R9: MIMO, 64QAM & Multicarrier

42 Mbps
MU-MIMO: SW Only NodeB Scheduler Change

28 Mbps

HSPA+ R7: 2x2 SU-MIMO

1Source

HSPA+ R8: MIMO and 64 QAM

MIMO Evolution
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Qualcomm simulations. NGMN D1, ISD = 500 m, Total Overhead Power = 30% (20% for SIMO), SCM Urban: Ant Separation:4, Correlation = 50% Full-buffer with 16 users per cell .The more users the better gain MU-MIMO gain due to more opportunities to schedule multiple users simultaneously .

Closed Loop Beamforming Improves Uplink Data Rates or Coverage

Demo at

Open loop (no feedback)No network impact

Good gain for stationary users

MWC 2010

Closed loop beamformingBetter performance

Improved mobility performance (R11)

~ 80% gain
Cell edge data rates

NodeB

2 Transmit Antennas

~20% gain
Median data rates

Or Extends Coverage Area by ~ 40%

1 Source:

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Qualcomm simulation for closed loop beamforming.3GPP framework PA3, 4UEs per cell, 2.8km ISD. Shows data throughput gain for the median and the 5% worst (Cell edge) users. Gain depends on propagation environment and the UE speed with lover gain for faster moving users. The open loop gain would be slightly less.

Connecting a Very Large Number of Devices

The Next Era of Networking and Computing, Where Everything is Intelligently Connected

HSPA+ optimizations to support the explosion of interconnected low-traffic devices, e.g., M2M and Smartphones
Examples of improvements: Addition of Extended Access Class Barring (EAB) to handle very large density of low-traffic devices. Call rejection improvements to protect networks from access overload. Improvement of low power consumption states to handle bursty traffic even better .

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HSPA+: Next Generation Performance Today

Similar HSPA+ and LTE Performance
For same number of antennas and bandwidth

Multicarrier Enhances Broadband Experience

Increases data rates for all users, up to 168 Mbps, can double bursty app capacity

Meets Smartphone Growth

Alleviates signaling load and extends battery life

Continued Evolution to HSPA+ Advanced

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HSPA+ Has A Strong Evolution Path

2011

2012

2013

2014+

Mobile Broadband

Next-Generation Performance

10 MHz Dual-Carrier

Dual-Carrier Enhancements

20 MHz Multicarrier

40 MHz MC, Multipoint, UL MIMO/Beamforming

Rel-7

Rel-8

Rel-9

Rel-10

Rel-11 & Beyond

HSPA
DL: 14.4 Mbps UL: 5.7 Mbps DL: 28 Mbps UL: 11 Mbps

HSPA+
(Commercial)
DL: 42 Mbps1 UL: 11 Mbps DL: 84 Mbps2 UL: 23 Mbps2

HSPA+
(Future)
DL: 168 Mbps3 UL: 23 Mbps

HSPA+ Advanced
DL: 336+ Mbps4 UL: 46+ Mbps

1R8 reaches 42 Mbps by combining 2x2 MIMO and HOM (64QAM) in 5

MHz, or by utilizing HOM (64QAM) and multicarrier in 10 MHz. 2R9 combines multicarrier and MIMO in 10 MHz to reach 84 Mbps. Uplink multicarrier doubles uplink peak data rate to 23 Mbps in 10 MHz. 3R10 expands multicarrier to 20 MHz to reach up to168 Mbps. 4R11 expands multicarrier up to 40 MHz to reach 336 Mbps. Uplink MIMO could also double uplink data rates.

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Note: Estimated commercial dates.

Created 06/20/2011

HSPA+ R7 Key Features

Feature
2x2 Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) Higher Order Modulation (HOM)
(64 QAM in DL and 16 QAM in UL)

Key Benefits
Doubles peak data rates Increases capacity across cell 50% higher DL data peak rate Doubles UL data peak rate Better always-on experience Improves voice over HSPA capacity Up to 50% extended talk time Faster call set up Better always-on experience More than doubled voice capacity with no core network impact ~50% extended talk time Improves uplink capacity and user data rates beneficial for VoIP Higher downlink cell edge data rates Increases downlink capacity

Notes

Continuous Packet Connectivity (CPC) Enhanced CELL_FACH /PCH state operation (Downlink) CS Voice over HSPA
(a.k.a. CS over HS)

UE capability in R7

UL Interference Cancellation (NodeB IC) DL Interference Cancellation (UE IC)

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Standards independent Standards independent

Key HSPA+ R8 Features

Feature
Multicarrier HSPA+
(2X downlink in R8)

Key Benefits
Enhanced user experience across cell Doubled average & cell edge rates Increased bursty application capacity 42 Mbps peak rate in the downlink Improved handover reliability Higher voice capacity (allows F-DPCH) VoIP service continuity to WCDMA/GSM Enhanced user experience with extended battery life and reduced signaling load Standardized support for femtocells (Home NodeB)

MIMO and 64 QAM Combined Enhanced Serving Cell Change Voice Call Continuity (VCC) Enhanced CELL_FACH state operation (DRX on downlink and uplink HS_RACH) Support for Home NodeB
RAN architecture with new Iuh interface to HNB gateway

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Key HSPA+ R9 and R10 Features

R9 Features
2x Uplink Multicarrier (10 MHz)
(single UL in R8)

Key Benefits
Up to 2x user data rates in the uplink 23 Mbps UL peak data rate Leveraging all spectrum resources Peak Data rates of 84 Mbps in 10 MHz Improved spectral efficiency with multicarrier Hand-in to femto cell and other optimizations

Multicarrier aggregation across bands Multicarrier and MIMO combined Home NodeB Enhancements
Examples: Active Hand in, hybrid access

R10 Features
4x Multicarrier (20 MHz)
(2x downlink in R8 and R9)

Key Benefits
Up 4 times higher user and peak data rates 168 Mbps UL peak data rate Enables Femto networks (e.g. femto to femto handover)

Home NodeB Enhancements

Examples: Local IP Access, Femto to femto HO

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Rel.9 has been completed in December 2009 and the specification freeze is expected in March 2010. Rel.10 standardization started in 3GPP (Q1 2010)