advanced cellular design and automatic optimisation in the small cell era

© 2013 AIRCOM International Ltd

Future of Telco Industry: Advanced Cellular Design and Automatic Optimisation in the Small Cell Era

Stephen BowkerChief Technology Office (CTO)[email protected]

2 © 2013 AIRCOM International Ltd

AIRCOM is the largest independent provider of network planning, optimisation and OSS management software, and consultancy services to

mobile networks.

17 years providing wireless

expertise

14 Officesproviding global support

#1 in wireless planning tools and #2 in mobile

performance management*

Products deployed

in 159 countries

Independent support for all Vendors

Symena acquired in 2012

Unique mix of

Product and

Services

Investing 20% of revenue into R&D

Over 850 customers

including over 150 LTE customers

950 staff and400 associates

Top 20 Operators depend

on AIRCOM

* Analysys Mason, 2013


Automatic Cell Planning & Optimisation

ProblemCoverage/capacity

holes

Traffic & revenueWhat & who to cover

Backhaul accessCost base for Small

Cells

White spotsHow to cover them in the most cost efficient

manner?

ARPU mapTraffic

expectation, ARPU or any other

valuation of income

Backhaul gridMap (vector grid) for

backhaul options and COST, e.g. VDSL


Workflow: Capacity Driven Rollout


Determine Coverage of Existing Network


Geolocated users over best server


Determine Search rings for Small Cell Candidates


PtP PtMP LOS PtMP NLOS Fibre

Backhaul evaluated as basis for selection



Small Cell sites selected

Site costs vs. capacity drive selection



Combined coverage of new and existing cells


Improved Operational Efficiency with SONIndependent, Multi-vendor, Multi-technology, Centralised Self Organising Network

I-VIEW SON

PM, CM & site data

Root causeanalysis

Recommend changes

Validate Implement

Backend Processing

Use Cases Source

Operators have the choice to evaluate

results or automatically apply to N/W

MultiRAT

Multivendor

Highly scalable automated performance

and configuration management

Advanced Algorithms are executed co-

ordinated and ranked

Open & closed loop


SON Case study: European Operator

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90% time saving +30% performance

Sample area based on 2x RNC cluster of

cells

Top 100 Issue cells found automatically

Top 15% cells fixed


FUTURE: Using Self-Organising Networks (SON) to automate and predict issues, improving operational efficiency and ensuring optimal customer

experience

End-to-end SON is a key enabler

• VIP service provisioning

• Service assurance

• Customer Experience Management

• Data monetisation

Next generation OSS / BSS

Customer Experience

Real-time network

data

Customers

Real-time network

behaviour

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Network KPI centric User KPI centricEnd-to-end customer

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Traditional optimisatio

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Intelligent operation efficiency


SOFTWARE AND SERVICES FOR IMPROVED NETWORK PERFORMANCE

advanced cellular design and automatic optimisation in the small cell era

Technology

aircom international

automatic optimisation

network data customers

son independent

existing cells

coverage of existing

optimal customer experience

small cell candidates