GSM&UMTS RAN Roadmap

2013Q2

Definition of Version Status

Version Status
Released Developing Planned Planning

Status Description
Version of the product has been released. Version of the product is in development phase and only minor changes might be allowed before it is released. Candidate features have been selected, but the final planned features and release date still need to be defined. All the features and release dates are candidates.

This roadmap is intended for information only and represents current views of ZTE products direction. None of the information contained in this document should be interpreted as a commitment. Due to update and improvement of ZTE products and technologies, information in this document is subjected to change without notification.

Contents
Features Roadmap Hardware Roadmap Solution Roadmap

GERAN Roadmap Overview

UR12

UR13

UR14

EDGE Evolution Phase 2 VAMOS Phase 2 Service Optimization Phase 3 IPv6 Phase 1 Soft Synchronization A 5/4 Ciphering MTC IFTA

GERAN/LTE Interworking Phase 2 IPv6 Phase 2 Local Call Local Switch (3GPP) A5/1 Enhancement Early TBF Establishment Dynamic MCCCH MOCN (3GPP) Dynamic Frequency Allocation NCC

EDGE Evolution Phase 3 VAMOS Phase 3 GERAN/LTE Interworking Phase 3 IPv6 Phase 3 GUL Dynamic Power Sharing Service Optimization Phase 4

2012

2013

2014

Released

Developing

Planned

Planning

UMTS Roadmap Overview

UR12

UR13
HSPA+: DL 126Mbps: C+64QAM+MIMO DL 168Mbps: C+64QAM+MIMO DB DC + MIMO DCH/HSPA Fairness RNC in Pool: Resource Sharing P1 Intelligent Node B Shutdown HSUPA Performance Improvement HetNet Optimization Service Optimization Phase 4 IPv6 Phase 2 UL Interference Cancellation P2

UR14
HSPA+ - Further Enhancements to CELL_FACH(Phase 1) - Non-contiguous MC HSDPA - MC HSDPA Band Combinations in R11 - MF HSDPA RNC in Pool: Resource sharing P2 IPv6 Phase3

HSPA+: UL 23Mbps: DC+16QAM RNC CP/UP Resource Sharing IPv6 Phase 1 S12 Interface User Equipment Fault Aversion User Dedicated Frequency Priority Service Optimization Phase 3 Ultra Cell Capacity Improvement (12Q4)

2012

2013

2014

Released

Developing

Planned

Planning

Contents
Features Roadmap Hardware Roadmap Solution Roadmap

Base Station Family for Different Scenarios

Non-MIMO Scenarios
2T2R

MIMO Scenarios
2T4R 2T4R 4T4R

R8840

RSU40 R8860E RSU60E

R8863 R8881 R8861

R8862

R8882

RSU82

R8884

BBU Module

Macro BTS

Micro & Pico

B8200

BS8900A

BS8900B

BS8800

BS8906 BS8908 BS8912 BS8112

Radio Unit Family for Different Scenarios

Full Band

BW
R8840 RSU40 R8860E RSU60E R8861 R8881 R8880A R8862

R8882 RSU82 R8881 RSU60E Miniature R8861 R8862 R8863 High TOC R8881 RSU60E Multi PAs R8884
2013

1T2R

High Efficiency

2T2R

2T4R 3T6R 4T4R

R8882 R8882 (Dual Bands) RSU82

R8863

R8840 R8860 R8881 RSU40/60E

Dual PAs

Size

ToC

PAs

R8880A R8882 RSU82

PAs
2012

R8884 R8884 (Dual Bands)

~2011

Distributed Base Station Roadmap

AWS 850MHz R8860E 1T2R
R8882 GU 2x60W R8862GU 2x60W R8881GU 120W R8881 U 80W R8882 U 2x60W R8861 GU 80W

900MHz

R8881 GU 80W

R8861 GU 80W

R8882 GL 2x60W

R8863 GU 3x80W

1800MHz

R8881 G 80W R8882 GL 2x60W

R8861 G 80W
R8884 GL 2x60 LTE 2600 2x40

R8863 G 3x80W

R8862 GL 2x60W R8881 G 120W R8861 GU 80W

1900MHz

R8860E 1T2R

R8882 GU 2x60W

2100MHz

R8882 U 2x60W

R8881 U 80W

R8861 U 80W
R8882 UL 2x60W

R8863 U 3x80W

R8862 U 2x60W

~2011Q3

2011Q4

2012Q1

2012Q2

2012Q3

2012Q4

2013Q1

2013Q2

2013Q3

2013Q4

R8860E 1T2R

R8881 1T2R

R8861 1T2R

R8862 2T2R

R8863 3T6R

R8882 2T4R

R8884 4T4R

Macro Base Station Roadmap

AWS 850MHz
RSU60E GU 80W RSU60E GU 80W RSU82 GU 2x80W RSU40 U 80W RSU82 U 2x80W

900MHz

RSU82 GU 2x80W
RSU60E G 80W RSU82 G 2x80W RSU60E GU 80W RSU40 U 60W

RSU60E GU 140W

RSU82 GUL 2x80W

1800MHz

RSU82 GL 2x80W

RSU60E G 140W

1900MHz

RSU82 GU 2x60W

2100MHz

RSU82 U 2x60W

RSU40 U 80W

RSU82 U 2x80W

RSU82 UL 2x80W

~ 2011Q2

2011Q3

2011Q4

2012Q1

2012Q2

2012Q3

2012Q4

2013Q1

2013Q2

2013Q3

Indoor Macro BS8800

Indoor Macro Embedded BS8800

Outdoor Macro BS8900A

Outdoor Macro BS8900B

Outdoor Micro BS8906

RSU40 1T2R

RSU60E 1T2R

RSU82 2T4R

Micro & Pico Base Station Roadmap

900MHz

BS8908 G 40W

1800MHz

BS8908 G 40W

2100MHz
BS8912 U 2x10W BS8112 U 2x500mW

~ 2011Q2

2011Q3

2011Q4

2012Q1

2012Q2

2012Q3

2012Q4

2013Q1

2013Q2

2013Q3

BS8908

BS8912

BS8112 ( WiFi 2x250mW)

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BBU Performance Improvement Roadmap

BP Board
GSM BP 12 TRX UMTS BP: 6 CS 384 CE DL / 384 CE UL HSPA: DL 259.2 / UL 69 Mbps

BP Board
GSM BP 24 TRX UMTS BP: 12 CS 768 CE DL / 768 CE UL HSPA: DL 518.4 / UL 138 Mbps

BP Board
Multi Mode BP (GUL)

BBU
Interface(Abis & Iub): 1Gbps GSM Single mode : 60 TRX UMTS Single Mode: Cell Number: 24 CE Number: 1536 DL / 1536 UL DL HSPA: 1036.8 Mbps UL HSPA: 276 Mbps

BBU
GSM Single Mode: 120 TRX UMTS Single Mode: Cell Number: 48 CE Number: 3072 DL / 3072 UL DL HSPA: 2073.6 Mbps UL HSPA: 552 Mbps

BBU
Interface(Abis & Iub): 10Gbps

~ 2011Q2

2011Q3

2011Q4

2012Q1

2012Q2

2012Q3

2012Q4

2013Q1

2013Q2

2013Q3

2013Q4

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ZXUR9000 Dual Mode Controller Roadmap

UR11.1
GSM Mode Only With/Without TC 33.6K Erlang / 73.5K Erlang 5600 TRX / 12250 TRX 2800 BTSs 5600 Cells 19600 EPDCH / 42800 EPDCH

UR12
GSM Mode Only UMTS Mode Only 600K Online Users Hybrid Mode Software Configuration

UR13
GSM Mode Only With / Without TC 48K / 96K Erlang 8000 / 16000 TRX 4000 BTSs 8000 Cells 28K / 56K EPDCH UMTS Mode Only 100Gbps Throughput 8400 Cells 5600 Node Bs 1000k Online Users Hybrid Mode Software Configuration

UMTS Mode Only 234K Erlang 41.6Gbps Iub Throughput 5600/2800 Cells/Node Bs 21600K BHCA 390K Online Users

Hybrid Mode Software Configuration

2011

2012

2013

Released

Developing

Planned

Planning

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Contents
Features Roadmap Hardware Roadmap Solution Roadmap

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GU SON Solution Roadmap

UR12
Self Configuration Automatic Software Upgrade(12Q4) Automatic Configuration Upgrade(12Q4) BS Authentication

UR13
Self Configuration Neighbor Cell Relation for Micro/Pico Node B Hotspot detection Intelligent Site Shutdown Small Cell Auto Configuration Self Optimization Neighbor Cell Relation for Micro/Pico Node B Auto Frequency Optimization(G) Antenna Fault Detection HS-DPCCH Power Boosting Adaptive Rx Gain RoT Dynamic Adjustment

UR14
Self Configuration Intra-Frequency ANR Inter-Frequency ANR Inter-RAT UMTS/LTE ANR Inter-RAT UMTS/GSM ANR PSC for Micro/Pico Node B Self Optimization PSC for Micro/Pico Node B Logged MDT Macro/Small Cell Load Balancing Macro/Small Cell Coordination scheduling Macro/Small Cell ICIC

Self Optimization CP/UP Resource Sharing (U)

2012

2013

2014

Released

Developing

Planned

Planning

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EDGE & VAMOS Evolution Solution

UR12

UR13

UR14

EDGE Evolution Phase 2: EGPRS2-A EGPRS2-A Coverage Enhancement VAMOS Phase 2: Shift SACCH Downlink Signaling Pairing Enhancement

Early TBF Establishment Active TBF Multiplexing DTM High Multi-slot Class

EDGE Evolution Phase 3: EGPRS2-B

VAMOS Phase 3: Interference Coordination

2012

2013

2014

Released

Developing

Planned

Planning

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HSPA+ Evolution Solution

UR12

UR13
HSPA+ - HSDPA MC - HSDPA 3/4 C - DB DC+MIMO - HSDPA DB-DC New Band Interference Rejection Interference Cancellation Phase2 HSUPA Performance Improvement

UR14
HSPA+ - Further Enhancements to CELL_FACH(Phase 1) - Non-contiguous 4C - 4C Band Combinations in R11 - MF HSDPA Non-serving cell HS-DPCCH IC

HSDPA +: UL 23Mbps: DC + 16QAM

2012

2013

2014

Released

Developing

Planned

Planning

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Service Optimization Solution

UR12
GSM: Service Optimization Phase 3 iTCP Traffic Management
UMTS: Service Optimization Phase 3 User Equipment Fault Aversion Specific Service Optimization (DPI)

UR13
GSM: Cooperative Service Optimization
UMTS: Service Optimization Phase 4 Service Optimization for Partner DSCP Inspection in RNC Radio Web Browser Accelerator (Caching Trial)

UR14
GSM:
Service Optimization Phase 4 User Differentiated Optimization

UMTS:
Service Optimization Phase 3 iTCP Traffic Management Phase 2 Intelligent DRBC Based on Users Behavior

2012

2013

2014

Released

Developing

Planned

Planning

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Uni-RAN Transmission Solution

UR12
OSPF in BTS & Node B IPv6 Phase I IPv6 Basic Functionalities O&M SSL (BTS & Node B) IP Sec (PKI, BTS & Node B)

UR13
IP SLA Enhancement IPv6 Phase 2 IPv6 Networking Enhancement IEEE 802.3x (BSC&RNC) 802.1D (BTS & Node B) Anti-DoS Attack (BSC & RNC) 10GE Port (ZXUR 9000) Local Call Local Switch (3GPP)

UR14
IPv6 Phase3 - IPv6 Networking Enhancement TWAMP Visual IP RAN IPSec Enhancement(BTS & Node B)

2012

2013

2014

Released

Developing

Planned

Planning

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Energy Saving Solution

UR12
GSM Features:

UR13
Common Features:
GU Site Energy Saving in Battery Mode Visualized Green RAN

UR14
Common Features:
Inter RAT Carrier shutdown

Intelligent TRX Shutdown Based on Timeslot (MCPA)

GSM Features:

UMTS Features:

Intelligent Temperature Control of Equipment Room

GSM Features:

Power Efficiency Improvement

Smart Power Back-off Management

UMTS Features:

UMTS Features:

Multi Carrier Power Optimization

Intelligent Site Shutdown

2012

2013

2014

Released

Developing

Planned

Planning

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Uni-RAN Smooth Mobility Solution

UR12
GSM: GERAN/LTE Interworking Phase 1 SRVCC

UR13
GSM: GERAN/LTE Interworking Phase 2 SRVCC SPID Cell Load Information Transferring to other RAT Fast Return for CSFB GSM to LTE Cell Reselection with NC2 UMTS: HetNet Optimization Phase 1 Push Service to LTE Redirection to LTE Based on Coverage

UR14
GSM:

GERAN/LTE Interworking Phase 3 CSFB with PS Handover GSM/LTE PS Handover

UMTS: User Dedicated Frequency Priority Target Cell Load based HO btw UTRAN & LTE S12 Interface

UMTS:

HetNet Optimization Phase 2 Iur between AG & RNC Push Service to LTE Enhancement Cell Reselection to LTE for Cell FACH

2012

2013

2014

Released

Developing

Planned

Planning

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Hardware Life Cycle

2011
H1 BS8800 BS8900A BS8900B BS8700 BS8906 BS8908 BS8912 BS8112 ZXG10 iBSC ZXWR RNC ZXUR 9000 H2

2012
H1 H2

2013
H1 H2

2014
H1 H2

2015
H1 H2

2016
H1 H2

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

LTB Not Planned LTB Not Planned LTB Not Planned LTB Not Planned LTB Not Planned LTB Not Planned LTB Not Planned LTB Not Planned LTB Not Planned LTB Not Planned

LTB Not Planned

Released LTB (New Sale) LTB (Expansion) LTB (Spare) EOS

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Software Life Cycle

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

H1

H2

H1

H2

H1

H2

H1

H2

H1

H2

H1

H2

UR11.1

UR11.2

UR12

UR13

Released

LTB (Last Time Buy) LTB (Last Time Buy) EOS (End of Service & Support) (Expansion) (New)

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