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R9110, A Sharp Problem-Solver for Operators

A telecom operator in CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) currently has two bands of spectrum resources, 3400MHz-3415MHz and 3500MHz-3515MHz. The operator plans to build WiMAXnetwork to provide wireless broadband access service. The initial plan is to cover some rural areas and a 20km2 area in the center of its capital. The networking idea is to make the most of its spectrum resources and maximize spectrumusewhile minimizing the number of base stations so as to reduce entire TCO. The way how tomake the most ofspectrum efficiency and minimize the number of base stations has become a big concern for this operator. The two frequency bands they owned, 3400MHz-3415MHz and 3500MHz-3515MHz, are typical 3.5G bandswith an interval of 100MHz between them. The way to use this 30MHz spectrum resource simultaneously is one of this operators puzzles. On the other hand, since its coverage includes 2 some rural areas and a 20km downtown area, the way to minimize the number of stations while fulfilling the coverage is another issue faced by the operator. How tomake the most ofspectrum resources 3400MHz-3415MHz and 3500MHz-3515MHz, the two bands of spectrum resources owned by the operator, have a bandwidth interval of 100MHz between them, having the characteristics of typical 3.5G FDDspectrum, as shown in Figure 1

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R9110, A Sharp Problem-Solver for Operators - ZTE Corporation

Figure 1Spectrum resources owned by the operator To make the most ofspectrum resources, these two bands of discontinuous spectrum shall be used simultaneously upon networking. In a specific networking scenario, if the RRU chosen by the operator can only support single carrier configuration or continuous multi-carrier configuration, then 2 RRUs are required to use combined cabinet mode to make the most of these two bands of spectrum resources; on the contrary, if the RRU chosen by the operator can support discontinuous multi-carrier configuration, using just one RRU can make the most of these two bands of spectrum resources,thus reducing the number of RRUs and remarkably reducing the operators TCO. ZTE WiMAX R9110cansupportdiscontinuous multi-carrier 2T4RMIMOconfiguration, allow the operator to make the most of existing frequencyresources at minimum cost, successfully maximizing its spectrumuse. How to reduce the number of base stations Toreduce the number of base stations, in terms of link budget, uplink/downlink channel quality shall be maximally improved to maximally improveuplink/downlinkcoverage and expand the covered distance of base stations, so as to reduce the number of base stations. In the WiMAXsystem, normally uplinkcoverage is restricted. By usingmultiple antenna for reception on base station, uplink channel quality can be remarkably improved, so as to improve uplinkcoverage. As the link emulation result shows, an improvement by a gain of 3-4dB can be seen between 4-antenna receiving diversity and 2- antenna receiving diversity, while between 8-antenna receiving diversity and 4-antenna receiving diversity, there is an improvement by at least a gain of over 2dB. Meanwhile, using Beamformingtechnology on the downlink, base stations can aim lobe at target subscribers, and nulls at other subscribers, thus remarkably improvingthe linkquality of subscribers at the edge of a cell.As compared against 2-antenna MIMO technology,4-antenna BF technology can improve downlink gain by over 2-3dB,and the radius of base single station coverage can be expanded by about 30%, thus remarkably reducing the number of base stations in the whole network. In terms of the operators expectation to reduce the number of stations, we have the following comparative analysis: To cover an area of 20 sq km in the center of the capital, if the RRU chosen by the operatorcansupport4T8R BFconfiguration, then only 18 base stations are required to meet the coverage requirement. Comparatively, ifthe RRUchosen by the operator can only support2T2RMIMOconfiguration, then the number of requiredbase
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stations is 59; and if the RRUchosen by the operator can only support2T4RMIMOconfiguration, then the number is 30. Therefore, to cover the same area, the number of stations requiredfor the RRUsupporting 4T8R BFconfiguration is 69.5% less than that required for the RRUsupporting 2T2R MIMOconfiguration, and 40% less than that requiredfor the RRUsupporting 2T4R MIMOconfiguration.

Figure 2 Numbers of stations required for 4T8R BF, 2T2R MIMO and 2T4R MIMOconfiguration ZTE WiMAX R9110cansupport single carrier and continuous multi-carrier 4T8R BF configuration, and remarkably reducethe number of base stations, so as to heavily reduce the operators networking and maintenance cost and save its TCO. R9110 launched by ZTE WiMAX product line is the first intelligent multi-antennaRRU in the industry,supporting both 4T8R BF featuring single carrier and continuous multi-carrier, and 2T4RMIMOconfiguration featuring discontinuous multi-carrier.It is applicable to large capacity and macro coverage areas, featuring long coverage distance, adaptation to diversified frequency ranges, easy and flexible networking. It canhelp the operator to make the most of existing frequencyresources, maximize the use of frequencyresources, and remarkably reduce the number of base stations for cost-effective operation.

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