Nokia Td-lte Fact Sheet

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Greater capacity Lower cost per bit Simple architecture Spectrum flexibility Award-winning technology

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Imagine unlimited access to information at speeds that make file size irrelevant. Imagine high-definition voice and video transmitted wirelessly to the latest smart mobile devices. Welcome to the TD-LTE future…brought to you today by Nokia Networks. These are the scenarios mobile operators envision as they plan a transition to 4G while continuing to improve their 3G networks. To bring these scenarios to reality, operators need a natural and easy solution to support the growing demand for mobile data services.

TD-LTE brings mobile networks beyond 4G services Long-Term Evolution (LTE) or Time Division-LTE (TD-LTE) make the true mobile broadband experience a reality by delivering multi-megabit data with virtually no latency. TD-LTE allows operators to introduce exciting new services more efficiently, including HD video blogging and video on demand, as well as media mobility, online gaming, and more. TD-LTE also gives operators a significantly improved business proposition with increased capacity, lower cost per bit, spectrum flexibility, media mobility, a flat IP architecture, and endto-end Quality of Service (QoS). Because the vast majority of the LTE and TD-LTE standards are common, Nokia Networks uses the same platforms for both technologies. As an example, the Nokia Networks Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station for TD-LTE is based on our field-tested and reliable Flexi Base Station platform, which is deployed in hundreds of mobile networks worldwide.

Key benefits of TD-LTE • Greater capacity and lower cost per bit: With high data rates and high capacity for data and HD voice, TD-LTE provides significant improvements for the subscriber experience and for the operator, at a much lower cost per bit compared to legacy technologies. • Simple architecture: TD-LTE’s Evolved Packet Core is IP centric and technology agnostic, allowing operators to provide common applications and services across other wireless access technologies.

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• Spectrum flexibility: TD-LTE offers high levels of spectrum flexibility with the ability to deploy in a number of spectrum bands and a spectrum bandwidth that easily scales up to 100MHz. The TD-LTE spectrum bands—such as band 41 (2.6GHz), band 42 (3.5GHz), and band 40 (2.3GHz)—have large continuous spectrum, which allows for easier roaming, high capacity, and exceptionally high user throughputs with features like carrier aggregation. This flexibility makes TD-LTE very well suited for deployments by operators in both developed and emerging markets. • Download/Upload adaptability: TD-LTE spectrum is an unpaired spectrum, which means operators have the option of allocating additional bandwidth for download or upload based on consumer trends and business models. This adaptability helps to improve the user experience and ensure more efficient use of costly spectrum. Nokia Networks is uniquely positioned to deliver TD-LTE solutions thanks to years of experience in mobile broadband innovation. Our commitment to TD technology and LTE market leadership has brought Nokia Networks multiple awards, including a top ranking by Gartner.

What is TD-LTE? TD-LTE, also known as Time Division Duplex LTE (TDD LTE), refers to the air interface defined by 3GPP in its Release 8 Specification set for the unpaired spectrum. TD-LTE gives users a personal media experience similar to that of fixed-line broadband in terms of bandwidth and latency. With TD-LTE, applications that previously were delivered only on fixed lines are now available over the air and support full mobility. A comprehensive TD-LTE ecosystem allows operators to benefit from innovative applications that help increase revenues and competitive advantage.

Device ecosystem supports TD-LTE rollout TD-LTE will be the technology of choice for most mobile operators given that spectrum is available for 60% of the world population and 50% of the land mass. According to The Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) July 2014 report, more than 100 operators have invested in TD-LTE. Multi-band, multi-mode LTE-TDD smartphones, tablets, dongles, and CPE (e.g., routers) are already commercially available from all major chipset and device manufacturers.

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The GSA report also indicates that the number of available LTE-TDD devices increased by five times since March 2013, for a total of 530 devices. Bands 38 (2.6 GHz) and 40 (2.3 GHz) have the largest ecosystems of user devices and device availability for other bands is also growing. Several LTE-TDD smartphones have been launched by all major manufacturers and most offer dual-mode (FDD and TDD) smartphones.

Proof is in the performance TD-LTE makes existing applications faster and enables a wealth of new applications that were previously available only on a wired broadband connection. Compared to wired, TD-LTE is truly mobile. It’s about personal media, with the ability to access content, share it, and take it with you wherever you go. For operators, TD-LTE provides excellent spectrum flexibility, significant added capacity, and a platform for delivering premium applications cost effectively in both developed and emerging markets Here’s what TD-LTE delivers: • • • • • • • •

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Reduced latency: less than 15ms end-to-end latency Higher data rates: approximately 40Mbps per user Lower cost per bit compared to legacy technologies Enhanced provisioning: more services at lower cost and better user experience Improved capacity: 2.5 to 4 times improvement compared to legacy technologies More flexible use of existing and new frequency bands Simplified, IP-based flat network architecture with open interfaces Reasonable terminal power consumption


Migrating from WiMAX to TD-LTE-Advanced Many operators are considering how to migrate their WiMAX networks. TD-LTE-Advanced enables an evolution towards true 4G performance. For TD-LTE-Advanced migrations, Nokia Networks has enhanced its broad portfolio of TD-LTE 1.9GHz, 2.3GHz, and 2.6GHz radios with the world’s first 3.5GHz carrier aggregation capable radio, and added many TD-LTE-Advanced features including UL_COMP software for a better upload experience at the cell edge compared to WiMAX, and the first Transmit Mode 9 (TM9) beamforming commercial software for a better download experience compared to the previous TM8 beamforming technique. These offerings give WiMAX operators a compelling solution to help them migrate from WiMAX to TD-LTE-Advanced networks. By taking advantage of Nokia Networks expertise, operators can reuse the majority of their infrastructure investment, while enhancing their network with new features, capacity and, most importantly, support for the latest smartphones and tablets that will attract more subscribers. Coexistence of WiMAX and TD-LTE presents the significant challenge of mitigating interference between systems. The Nokia Single RAN Advanced Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station for TDD and FDD not only helps operators in mitigating interference but also allows smooth migration to TDLTE-Advanced and helps them be ready for TDD-FDD carrier aggregation. Additionally, a smooth transition from WiMAX to TD-LTE-Advanced requires careful analysis of the operator’s infrastructure to guarantee the continuation and improvement of service quality. Nokia Networks Global Services enable WiMAX operators to modernize their networks and make a seamless transition to TD-LTE in a turnkey approach.

TDD-FDD Carrier Aggregation TDD-FDD carrier aggregation gives operators large FDD coverage and high TDD capacity for very high throughput as well as load balancing between TDD and FDD. The 3GPP standards-based Nokia Networks TD-LTE-Advanced technology, along with Nokia’s Single RAN Advanced Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station for TDD and FDD, will allow smooth expansion with FDD-LTE for even better capacity, coverage, and roaming benefits.

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Nokia Networks and SK Telecom Korea demonstrated a throughput speed of 3.78 Gbps using TDD-FDD carrier aggregation. This demonstration followed announcement of the world’s first TDD-FDD carrier aggregation by Nokia, Korea Telecom, and SK Telecom Korea. Nokia also achieved the world’s first gigasite with Optus Australia.

Spectrum sharing Authorized spectrum access (ASA) enables fast and cost-efficient access to licensed QoS spectrum for existing operators to gain additional capacity or build an overlay network. ASA also opens up new business opportunities for Tier3, challenger, and local operators. The Nokia TD-LTE solution supports seamless ASA, which accelerates spectrum harmonization and leverages available LTE technologies to ensure early use and economy of scale. The solution also enables the opportunity for lower-cost and high-quality licensed spectrum via ASA. For details on spectrum sharing, read the white paper from MIT Communications Future Programs. For more details on ASA, read the Nokia Networks white paper: Optimising Spectrum Utilisation towards 2020 and watch the video on the Nokia Networks world’s first field implementation of ASA for TD-LTE band 40 (2.3GHz) spectrum.

Voice over LTE (VoLTE) VoLTE interests LTE operators because of its high spectral efficiency, superior voice service quality, and richer user experience. Nokia Networks is a leading supplier for IMS LTE / VoLTE Core and as of mid-2014 provides a LTE voice solution on 69 LTE networks. The Nokia TD-LTE solution is enriched with VoLTE building blocks such as QoS handling, robust header compression, emergency call handling, and other UE power consumption features. Nokia Networks has successfully completed the world’s first live video call and an extensive set of test cases for VoLTE in China Mobile’s (CMCC) pre-commercial TD-LTE network in Fuzhou. The trials included the Nokia Networks enhanced Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (eSRVCC) solution for a seamless experience and optimized behavior. For more information on the China Mobile deployment see the press release. More information about VoLTE is presented in the white paper: Evolve to richer voice with Voice over LTE (VoLTE).

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Nokia and TD-LTE The Nokia Networks TD-LTE solution comprises a Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station, Flexi Zone Micro and Pico BTS, an evolved packet core, network management solutions, advanced selforganizing network (SON) functionalities, and end-to-end services. This comprehensive offering assures a future-proof TD-LTE investment in a solution that is ready for an easy software upgrade to TD-LTE-Advanced. The Nokia Networks Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station is a benchmark in size, flexibility, and energy savings. It is the world’s smallest software-defined, multi-technology, high-capacity base station featuring integrated transport, security, and a wide portfolio of 2-pipe to 8-pipe radios for various frequency bands. The base station also encompasses a broad selection of performanceboosting software features that include beamforming, Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO), and interference mitigation techniques such as Interference Rejection Combining (IRC), and Nokia Smart Scheduler enabled interference-aware power control. The award-winning Nokia Flexi Zone outdoor and indoor BTS are the smallest in the industry yet feature macro-like capacity and run the same field-proven software as macro networks. Flexi Zone BTS can be used as part of a unique cluster architecture for large-scale or dense deployments of small cells. This approach significantly reduces, by up to 50 percent, the total cost of ownership (TCO) for small cells while providing virtually unlimited scaling capability and performance improvement.

Convincing cases for TD-LTE The following examples highlight a few of the cases for deploying TD-LTE technology. Handling high traffic at a racing event: In collaboration with China Mobile, Nokia Networks delivered TD-LTE services to meet the high level of traffic generated by the 200,000 people attending a three-day motor racing event in Shanghai. The TD-LTE network used the Nokia Networks Flexi Multi-radio 10 Base Stations and Nokia Smart Scheduler for optimizing cell capacity and network efficiency.

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World’s first live TV broadcast via TD-LTE. On January 5, 2013, China Mobile’s TD-LTE network transmitted a live video stream of the Xiamen International Marathon to the television centers of China Central TV and Xiamen TV for live broadcast. The TD-LTE network, built solely by Nokia Networks, exceeded required parameters to transmit HD video and images, provided the best live TV experience, and matched a relay via satellite with a zero bit-error rate. Marathons are certainly not easy to televise as runners speed over a long distance through dense urban areas. In spite of the increased demand for network capacity with exceptional traffic and load conditions, there was no degradation in network performance, no packet loss, and no delay during the 2.5-hour live transmission. A stable uplink throughput of 5 Mbps ensured perfect video quality for millions of viewers worldwide. This technological feat ushers in a new era for outdoor TV broadcasting using LTE. Seeing is believing at MWC. Nokia Networks configured a live TDD/FDD LTE offloading and load balancing demonstration network in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress-2013. During the demonstration, visitors witnessed how a heavily loaded network, either FDD or TDD, could be effectively and accurately offloaded to a lightly loaded network using a patented base station software algorithm. CSFB over commercial TD-LTE network – Delivered. Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, selected Nokia Networks to deploy TD-LTE and its Circuit Switched Fall Back (CSFB) voice solution in the operator’s live TD-LTE network in Pune city. With CSFB, the network can transfer customers to the GSM platform to make and receive voice calls and access voicemails while retaining the experience of ultra-fast data services on 4G smartphones.

Nokia Networks is making headlines with TD-LTE Hear what operators are saying • China Mobile: China Mobile evaluated multiple networks and gave top ranking to Nokia Networks for quality and fast implementation. Additionally, China Mobile selects Nokia Networks for large, multi-city, TD-LTE deployment and Nokia Networks extends #TD-LTE speed record in China.

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• Sprint: Mobile broadband ace Nokia wins Sprint deal for large-scale TDD LTE roll-out and Sprint achieves 2.6 Gbps throughput for TD-LTE. • Mobily, Saudi Arabia: Mobily modernizes and expands its network for superior voice and data services. • Bharti Airtel, India: Bharti Airtel to offer voice services to LTE customers via GSM. • Cota, Spain: Nokia Networks brings TD-LTE to Spain. • MTS, Russia: MTS, Nokia Networks launch Russia’s first #TD-LTE #4G network. • SKY Brazil: SKY first with 4G in Latin America.

Hear what the industry has to say From awards to industry firsts, Nokia Networks TD-LTE solutions are making headlines in pioneering markets. The Nokia Networks Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station, Enhanced Packet Core (EPC), and SON have won multiple awards, including recognition from GSMA Global Mobile Awards and CTIA. Nokia Networks also won the first-ever TD-LTE Market Development Award from the Global TDLTE Initiative (GTI), an unprecedented endorsement for an infrastructure vendor. Most recently we won the GTI Innovations award and an award for “Outstanding contribution to TD technology” from the Telecommunication Development Industry Alliance (TDIA). Nokia Networks also received top ranking for the LTE eNodeB base station, which was described as “leads the competition” by Ed Gubbins, Current Analysis on April 4, 2014.

Nokia Networks wins GTI market development award Mr. Ted Matsumoto (right), member of the GTI Steering Committee and Chief Strategy Adviser to CEO and Member of the Board of Softbank Mobile, presented GTI’s Market Development Award 2013 to Tero Peltola, head of the LTE business line for the strong role that Nokia networks has played in driving TD-LTE market momentum.

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Read these industry perspectives on Nokia Networks solutions: • How to use TD-LTE effectively – an award-winning answer • IDC gives Nokia Networks top ranking for LTE • Nokia Networks wins TD-LTE Market Development Award • Nokia Networks showcases TD-LTE breakthroughs #MWC13 • Nokia Networks sets TD-LTE speed record, goes beyond 4G

More information on TD-LTE solutions from Nokia Networks For TD-LTE solutions from Nokia Networks, visit our web action: See our TD-LTE videos on YouTube LTE-Advanced white paper WiMAX to TD-LTE migration white paper For more information on TDD-FDD carrier aggregation: Watch our carrier aggregation video on YouTube Press release on the world's first TDD-FDD carrier aggregation demonstration Press release on the speed record with SK Telecom of close to 4 Gbps using TDD-FDD carrier aggregation.

Nokia Networks TD-LTE announcements in 2014: Nokia Networks delivers the best quality in the fastest TD-LTE rollout for China Mobile Nokia Networks sweeps up cluster of awards for innovation Nokia Networks holds lead as China Mobile’s largest non-Chinese 4G network vendor LTE throughput leader Nokia sets world record with SK Telecom of close to 4 Gbps using TDDFDD carrier aggregation Nokia placed by Gartner as a leader in LTE for third year in a row NSN CEO Rajeev Suri meets Chinese President XI Jinping in Germany

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Making LTE work simply better in the real world NSN, Optus build world’s first ‘Gigasite,’ achieving 1.7 Gbps downlink in a live network NSN wins GTI Innovation Award for Liquid Applications NSN, KT, SKT achieve world’s first TDD-FDD carrier aggregation demonstration NSN’s evolved Smart Scheduler delivers 30 percent faster cell edge downloads NSN modernizes, expands Mobily networks for superior voice, data services NSN and Sprint hit 2.6 Gbps TD-LTE throughput triumphs previous record by 63 percent Sprint and NSN pioneer high speed TDD-LTE

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