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Nokia Flexi Zone: faster hotspots, larger hot

zones, more indoor coverage all support

ultra-dense networks• Increased hot spot data rate with Dual Band Carrier Aggregation (CA) indoor Pico base

station, CA support on existing Flexi Zone base stations and a new breed of !ni

antennas

• Co!!ercial Flexi Zone controller with upgraded platfor! for "#$ lower total cost of

ownership

•  %ew indoor !acro parit& Pico base station supports ' and i*Fi, allows eas& future

upgrade to +-

-spoo, Finland . /0 Februar& /#1"

A host of additions to Nokia Flexi Zone supports operators as they scale up small cell

deployments towards ultra-dense networks !"Ns# and very large indoor deployments$

%he portfolio extensions su&stantially improve capacity with '%(-Advanced '%(-A#

carrier aggregation features, new dual &and indoor )ico &ase station and new omni-

directional antennas$ %hey also ena&le larger indoor coverage and densification with Flexi

Zone controller, reduce *etNet total cost of ownership %+# with improved elf

rganizing Network iN# algorithms and introduce ./ for indoor deployments$

-2ol2ing to 3D%s will entail operators i!ple!enting ten ti!es !ore cells, using ten ti!es !ore

spectru! and achie2ing ten ti!es greater efficienc& to !eet the de!and for 1,### ti!es !ore

traffic o2er the course of this decade4

he latest additions to the %o5ia %etwor5s s!all cells portfolio help to address the swelling needfor new cells and !ore efficient spectru! use4

Flexi Zone ready for '%( on unlicensed spectrum

At 6obile orld Congress /#1", %o5ia %etwor5s is also showing a Proof of Concept how Flexi

Zone can support future 'PP +- 3nlicensed (+-*3) 7 +icense Assisted Access (+AA)including the i*Fi co*existence !echanis!s4 his additional +- carrier runs on unlicensed

spectru!, especiall& the " 89 band, and co*exists with i*Fi to boost the capacit& of indoor

cells, outdoor hot spots and corporate en2iron!ents4 +-*3 will be used as a supple!entar& besteffort downlin5 channel aggregated to a pri!ar& channel running +- on licensed spectru! to

guarantee :ualit& of ser2ice4

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+lick to %weet: %ew %o5ia Flexi Zone inno2ations ; faster hotspots, larger hot 9ones < !ore

indoor co2erage http=77no5ia4l&719l>CZ ?6C1" ?%etwor5sPerfor!

New Nokia Flexi Zone innovations unwrapped:

• he new '%( and 0i-Fi Flexi Zone /1 "ual 2and 3ndoor )ico &ase station  will

support two /# 689 +- channels on two different spectru! bands with +- Ad2anced

CA to double the capacit&4 +i5e the rest of the Flexi Zone product range, !acro parit&

and capacit& co!es as standard for highest 8et%et perfor!ance and eas& integration, in aco!pact all*in*one unit for eas& installation4

• Flexi Zone e434 mni Antenna is a new t&pe of co!pact s!all cell antenna that can

 pro2ide the e:ui2alent perfor!ance of a directional antenna while pro2iding the benefit

of '@# degree co2erage4 hese o!ni antennas are the first in the industr& to !aintain

cross*polari9ation in all directions to i!pro2e 6I6 perfor!ance b& up to @#$ at thecell edge, co!pared to standard o!ni antennas4

• oftware upgrades to existing Flexi Zone indoor and outdoor base stations allow two

wa&s to aggregate carriers4 he first is intra*site, intra*band D*+- carrier aggregation,which uses two /# 689 bands of contiguous spectru! to achie2e data rates up to //#

6bps4 he second is inter*site, inter*band CA to aggregate the carriers of two Flexi Zone

 base stations located near to each other to achie2e data rates up to '## 6bps4 hese

software upgrades co!ple!ent the new Flexi Zone / base stations that i!ple!ent intra*site, intra*band (D*+-) and inter*band (FDD*+-) CA in an all*in*one for! factor4

• Flexi Zone +ontroller is going into co!!ercial pilots with operators in ad2anced

!ar5ets as the& begin to scale up their initial s!all cell deplo&!ents into 3D%s4 3sing anew field pro2en scaleable high*capacit& and high*a2ailabilit& platfor!, Flexi ZoneController can support in excess of 1## hot spot access points to create large hot 9ones

that beha2e as a single +- e%odeB4 his lowers C b& up to "#$ co!pared to stand*

alone s!all cells4

• Flexi Zone 3ndoor )ico &ase station is now a2ailable in a ' plus i*Fi 2ariant to help

operators to !eet de!and for ' indoor 2oice and data, with the abilit& to software

upgrade to +- for !id* to long*ter! refar!ing4 In ' !ode, it offers full !acro parit&

and capacit& with up to 0x 8PA carriers4

•iN for *etNets features improved algorithms to handle the higher nu!ber ofo2erlapping and neighboring cells t&pical in a 8et%et and 3D%4 During self*configuration of dense s!all cell deplo&!ents, standard % i!ple!entations :uic5l&

hit resources li!itations (cell identifiers and uplin5 channels), leading to additional

!anual effort and lower PI4 In contrast, i% for 8et%ets ta5es !ore para!eters intoaccount for !ore aggressi2e resource re*allocation and prioriti9ation of possible neighbor 

cells to reduce total cost of ownership4 i% for 8et%ets thus results in full& auto!ated

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configuration capable of supporting 2er& dense s!all cell deplo&!ents and networ5

opti!i9ation that leads to higher networ5 perfor!ance4

• Advances to Nokia5s services portfolio ensure efficient s!all cell deplo&!ents with the

help of a new opti!i9ed batter& bac5up unit, ad2anced 'D geolocation and other

inno2ati2e site solutions4

• he new co!ponents will be shown at the %o5ia -xperience Center, 8all ', tand 'B1#4

"id you know6

In so!e !ar5ets, the busiest locations are alread& seeing 0## acti2e users per s!all cell, a figure

wa& be&ond the capabilities of !ost +- s!all cells on the !ar5et4 Flexi Zone base stations, onthe other hand, can support up to @## si!ultaneous acti2e de2ices per s!all cell4 Case in point=

 %o5ia %etwor5s, China 6obile pro2e the power of s!all cells at ia!en International 6arathon

/#1"

7esources:

• ebinar= row strong with s!all cells and 8et%ets (/E 6arch /#10)

• Brochure= !all cells expanding indoor and outdoor co2erage and capacit&

• Blog post= !all cell, big scheduler . how Flexi Zone ta5es the heat out of hot spots

• eb= !all Cells portfolio

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