ericsson microwave outlook 2016

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Outlook

October 2016

Ericsson Microwave Outllook 2016 presentation | Public | © Ericsson AB 2016 | 2016-10-24 |

Report ContentCapacity requirements and situation

Microwave and fiber backhaul

Charting the future of spectrum

5G and LTE evolution

The value of SDN for microwave

Improving energy performance

Closing the digital divide with microwave


› In 2021, high capacity radio sites will typically require backhaul in the 1 Gbps range

› Towards 2025, high capacity radio sites require backhaul in the 5 Gbps range

› Microwave is well prepared for 5G supporting 10 Gbps capacities and low latency

BackHaul Capacity

The majority of radio sites will require less than

1 Gbps backhaul towards 2025


Multiband enable efficient use of diverse backhaul spectrum

Multiband is the latest leap in microwave performance


Microwave and fiber

Note: Data exclude China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan

› Foresee a combination of wireless and wired backhaul

› The substitution from microwave to fiber is declining

› In 2021, 65 percent of all radio sites will be connected with microwave solutions

› Large regional differences - 5% in China vs. 85% in India

The choice between fiber and microwave in backhaul networks will

not be about capacity, it will be about fiber presence and TCO

Backhaul media distribution


Global and regional view on used microwave spectrum and trends

There is a long term global trend of

microwave spectrum usage moving up in

frequency


The Momentum of E-bandSpectrum fee range for 250 MHz in E-bandYearly average spectrum fee per MHz

E-band share of installed microwave links in Poland

E-band will account for 20 percent of new deployments by 2020


5G and backhaul spectrum

Lower bands are crucial for deep indoor coverage and extended outdoor coverage


Future use of Microwave spectrum


Network evolution towards 5G


The road to a flexible 5G architecture


Low LateNcy


› SDN is still in it’s early phase

› Microwave should be seen in an end-to-end SDN context

› SDN is useful for automated dynamic configuration based on network-wide conditions

The value of SDN


Unified management at node level

› Strong relationship to management

› Open & standardized node interfaces are needed

– Alignment with existing packet standards

› Ericsson & others are driving microwave standardization in IETF


Software featuresCapable Hardware Site solutions

PERFORMANCEThe systematic Approach

ENERGYImproving

By using capable hardware, energy efficient software features and enabling integrated site solutions, improvements in energy

performance will be achieved


DiFferent power saving features


Average output power and power consumption

› With dynamic power consumption, 15 percent energy savings can be achieved

› With dynamic traffic aware power consumption, the savings can be improved up to 35 percent


5 trends in rural backhaul

› Microwave is the true enabler for rural broadband in emerging markets

› Microwave is reliable and provides fast and low-cost deployment

› A major E-band growth for multi- service applications is foreseen


EricssonMicrowaveOutlook

Introduction of 5G will be an evolution not a revolution. Networks will incrementally evolve to

higher throughput and lower latency. Microwave is well fit to fulfill the requirements.

October 2016

THE LOW FEE APPROACH FOR E-BAND IS DOMINATING

MAJORITY OF CELL SITES - LESS THAN 1GBPS TOWARDS 2025

65% OF BACKHAUL 2021*

*excluding China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan

E-BAND & MULTI-BAND ARE KEY FOR 5G BACKHAUL

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