1. Mobile Broadband Best 3G performance now
Mobile Broadband
Best 3G performance now
– ready for LTE
The first release of LTE, as The operators’ total cost of
Executive summary standardized in 3GPP Release 8, ownership of LTE is further reduced
1. Mobile broadband – delivers peak data rates of up to by the flat network architecture,
challenge and opportunity 173Mbps and allows the which enables streamlined traffic
Broadband access is a key enabler maximization of the total data flows and better system scalability,
for business communications as throughput on a given frequency and the all-IP concept, which
well as for consumers joining spectrum allocation. enables savings in the service
communities in Web2.0. Business delivery environment.
users see the value of ubiquitous LTE is the first largely scalable
broadband access and have largely radio access technology for use in a 3. With Nokia Siemens Networks
equipped their notebook computers spectrum landscape that is growing LTE starts now
with HSPA data cards and increasingly complex around the From the continuous dialogue with
subscribed to business data world. LTE can be used in spectrum our customers we understand that
packages. These early adopters of allocations from 1.4MHz to 20MHz. three challenges need to be
mobile broadband have significantly This makes LTE a mobile mastered when developing an LTE
driven growth. The growth of the broadband technology for all mobile introduction strategy:
total data volume by more than network operators, regardless of
350% within six months in a their legacy networks and spectrum • How to make sure that LTE can
European network is allocations. Eventually, LTE will be introduced in any base
representative. allow operators to simplify their station site?
networks by deploying LTE on all • How to ensure smooth migration
With a wider choice of broadband- their spectrum allocations. from the current network to LTE?
enabled mobile phones and • How to future-proof ongoing
consumer-oriented mobile internet investments in HSPA?
access packages, the mobile
broadband mass market is now
about to take off. In matured mobile
voice markets, mobile broadband Traffic
volume Traffic volume
access is becoming an important
differentiator for mobile network
operators. This huge business
opportunity comes with the
challenge of managing the
expected data explosion. Revenue
(€/bit)
2. LTE – towards highest
spectral efficiency
LTE is designed to deliver the Network
highest data speeds for the cost (€/bit)
individual user as well as highest
total data throughput. Time
Voice Data
dominated dominated

2. Our Flexi base station has been Nokia Siemens Networks’ packet Our subscription management and
delivered to more than 100 core network is in use in more than charging systems enable you to
networks. It provides market- 200 networks and provides a monetize the mobile broadband
leading performance and comes in smooth evolution from offering. Nokia Siemens Networks
extremely compact, outdoor- GSM/WCDMA/HSPA to supporting professional services support you in
capable modules. The latest LTE. The Mobility Management all phases of LTE introduction and
addition to the Flexi base station Entity and SAE Gateway operation.
family, the Nokia Siemens functionalities will be implemented
Networks Flexi Multimode BTS, can in Nokia Siemens Networks’ SGSN With the Nokia Siemens Networks
be upgraded from WCDMA to and Flexi ISN and will be available LTE end-to-end solution, you
HSPA to LTE via software. On top in the second half of 2009.
of that, the Flexi Multimode BTS,
which will be available from the • bring LTE to any antenna site
Only Nokia Siemens Networks now • build on the experience from
third quarter of 2008, is also already provides the flat network
extremely energy-efficient. WCDMA more than 100 WCDMA radio
architecture of LTE for usage with networks and more than 200
sites built with Flexi Multimode BTS HSPA devices: I-HSPA. Above a
consume only about 25% of the packet core networks and more
certain traffic volume we than 500 systems integration
energy that the sites with the first recommend streamlining of HSPA
WCDMA base stations consumed. projects
networks by I-HSPA. From I-HSPA
While being energy-efficient, the • ensure smooth migration from
to LTE there are no network
Flexi Multimode BTS also has an current networks to LTE with
architecture changes. Our mobile
astonishingly high output power in a early network preparation and
backhaul solution is also LTE
small size, namely 3x 60W in a multimode capability
ready.
single Flexi Multimode RF Module.
The SW-upgrade to LTE will be With Nokia Siemens Networks your
But end-to-end by Nokia Siemens return on invest is double: highly-
available in the second half of 2009.
Networks goes beyond radio efficient HSPA performance now,
The Flexi Multimode BTS fits in any
access and a packet core. With our smooth LTE activation from the
site scenario.
market leading IMS, we provide the second half of 2009 onwards.
proven service control engine for an
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