Ericsson’s proprietary Lean Carrier innovation is first to address intercell signaling interference, introducing lean design concepts to 4G LTE to improve data speed and app coverage for users while on the road to 5G.

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Minimizing Reference Signal
Transmissions in Today’s 4G
Networks
Ericsson lean carrier
INTRODUCING

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The Value of Performance
› Network Performance is the prime driver
of customer satisfaction and loyalty
› Popularity of many apps is fueling
smartphone data usage
› Data usage to grow from 1 to 5 GBs per
month per subscriber by 2020

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ERICSSON LEAN CARRIER
Applying 5G concepts to today’s 4G LTE
Current LTE reference signaling
causes interference between cells
Ericsson Lean Carrier:
User Data
Throughput
Ericsson Lean Carrier dynamically
reduces reference signaling by up to
80%, reducing inter-cell interference
Ericsson Lean Carrier:
User Data
Throughput
USER
DATA
Interference
USER
DATA
Interference

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compatible with today’s
LTE devices
Ericsson Lean Carrier has flexible tunable reference signal on-time to cater
for different legacy UE behavior

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Improving network performance
Ericsson lean carrier
50%
FASTER DOWNLINK
DATA SPEEDS
UP TO
INCREASE IN NETWORK
THROUGHPUT
10%
UP TO
256QAM
GREATER
UTILIZATION OF
HIGHER
MODULATION

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Ericsson Lean Carrier SUMMARY
Unique innovation significantly
lowering reference signal
interference
Increases LTE
end user data
throughput up
to 50%
50%
Increases average
network throughput
by up to 10%
10%
Increases the amount of time during
which the higher LTE 64 QAM and
256 QAM encoding schemes can
be utilized
Available in L16A and can be
tuned for user’s LTE devices
Validated in live
network large
scale deployment

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