Unlicensed Spectrum StrategyDr. Philip SongDirector of Huawei Small Cell MarkingFebruary 22， 2016

2

177%

17.3 18.2

Beyond envisaged…

2016, Spring Festival day, CMCC 810Million/Minutes

3

More capacity requires in MBB era， but…

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

720P 1080P 2K Source: Huawei mLab

1%

83%High End Smartphone Drive Mobile Data Growth

200kbps

High Speed

BasicBroadband

Advanced Broadband

Redefined Broadband

1996 20082011

2014

2015

768kbps4 Mbps

10 Mbps

25Mbps

Spectrum Released Spectrum Required

APT CEPT ASMG ATU CITEL(NA)

CITEL(LA)

USAChina

BrazilSaudiUK S. Africa

500 MHz GAP

Source： ITU; Huawei mLab, 2014Q2

720 370687 550790 630 550640 370704 410360

Huge Spectrum Gap for MBB Service

HD Video Require much Thicker Network

4

Unlicensed Spectrum is Strong Supplement to Licensed Spectrum

5.15GHz 5.25GHz 5.35GHz 5.47GHz 5.725GHz 5.85GHz

UNII-1 UNII-2 UNII-2 UNII-3

US, EU, Japan, India, China US, EU, Japan US, India, China,

considered in EU

120 MHz could be made

available in the US/EU

No DFS requirement DFS requirement(UNII-2)

>500MHz

Potential resource: unlicensed spectrum

Efficient Air-interface

Guaranteed User Experience

Unified Operation and Management

5

3 Doubt of LAA： coverage

Distance from BS/AP(m)

LAA

Wi-Fi

~25%

Norm

alize

d Th

roug

hput

(%)

~42%~61%

~85%

Throughput Loss Compared with throughput at 0 m(%)

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3 Doubt of LAA： capacity

Load-20% Load-50% Load-80%0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

LTE+LAA vs. LTE+Wi-Fi(11n)

Capacity/1.8G Baseline

Load-20% Load-50% Load-80%0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

35.00%

40.00%

45.00%

50.00%

LTE+LAA vs. LTE+Wi-Fi(11ac)

Capacity/1.8G Baseline

ConditionCell user: 10Frequency and Power: 1.8GHz, with EIRP 35dBm; Unlicensed spectrum: 5.0GHz, with EIRP 23dBm.Channel Model: ITU UmiLoad level(LTE/LTE-U RB usage，Wi-Fi channel occupation)

Low： 20% Mid： 50% High： 80%

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3 Doubt of LAA： coexist

73.881Mbps40% Gain to Wi-Fi

45.861MbpsExtra 5% Gain By LBT

75Mbps

50Mbps

25Mbps

12:26:0012:26:1512:26:30 12:27:3012:27:1512:27:0012:26:45 12:28:3012:28:1512:28:0012:27:45 12:28:45

0Mbps

LAAWi-Fi AggressiveWi-Fi Victim

Lte Lte

8

LAA is best for mobile operator

5G WI

2013 2014 2015

2016 2017 2018-

2019

Release 12 Release 13 Release 14 Release 15…

LTE-A （ 4G） 5G SI

3GPP

5G Unlicensed Small Cell3GPP&Wi-Fi interworking

3GPP&Wi-Fi MSA+

LTE New branding

5.1~5.8GHz LAA

Reuse E2E ArchitectureUnified Business ModelUnified Operation and

ManagementUnified E2E Architecture

RANPackage

Core

Billing

User Management

9

Huawei's continued contribution to LAA

Convergent SolutionWi-Fi is a part of MBB

600Mbps live show

4CC with Vodafone

LWA with LGU+

LAA LBT with Docomo

10

LAA CompatibilitySmooth EvolutionInvestment Protect

Software Define BandAny 3 Bands

3GPP+WiFi+LAA LampSite(GSM/UMTS/LTE/Wi-Fi)

Pico(UMTS/LTE/Wi-Fi)

Micro(UMTS/LTE/Wi-Fi*)

*need external part

All scenario convergence and LAA evolution

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Best Small Cell Partner

BusinessInnovation

Leading ProductAlly Ecosystem

Leading Commercial Deployment

UMTS

TDD

FDD

… WIF

IFuture Evolution

Multi BandMulti Mode

DIY DeploymentEasy O&M

Coordinate, Open

Site company

Operator SP/ CP

Site Integrator

Small Cell

Crowd SourcingWin-win Industry Chain

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Wi-Fi

LAA

LAA achieves 1.6 times larger capacity than Wi-Fi

100 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120[Mbps]

34.570 27.697 27.737 24.941

UE1 　 　 UE2 UE3 UE4

114.945 Mbps

100 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120[Mbps]

23.433 23.293

STA1 　 　 STA2 STA3 STA4

68.856 Mbps11.102 11.028

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3 Doubt of LAA： coexist

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Beyond envisaged…

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