challenge Nokia Flexi Zone delivers cost-effective capacity and coverage Mobile broadband demand is heading significant challenges. For example, for a thousand-fold growth by 2020. the extra control traffic generated could While the widespread deployment of swamp the transport and core networks, faster radio access with LTE and LTE- there will be substantial interference Advanced will go a long way to avoiding between the macro and small cell congestion, upgrading macro network networks, and backhaul bottlenecks capacity will eventually hit its limits. must be avoided.` HetNets are also far more complex than traditional macro Outdoors, operators are changing their networks, so automating many of the focus from coverage to capacity and conventional manual processes involved from hot spots to more fully integrated in controlling and optimizing network hot zones. Furthermore, growing operations will be essential. indoor demand will require more coverage and capacity, especially for Nokia Flexi Zone forms our main very large indoor enterprises and highly offering in the small cells arena. We strategic locations such as public indoor are constantly innovating, integrating buildings. the capabilities normally only found in macro base stations. This will open up So its little surprise that the new ways for operators to use small cell deployment of small cells to provide technology to meet the coverage and capacity for indoors and outdoors, capacity needs of their customers in as well as for businesses, is moving urban and rural areas. to center stage. Yet operators need to integrate the small cell layer with the macro network in order to create an efficient Heterogeneous Network (HetNet). Along with this integration, mobile operators also need to manage their small cell networks as they scale up capacity and coverage. Operators can also benefit by integrating Wi-Fi fully into their networks and use it as simply another option in their portfolio of radio access technologies. Deploying tens or hundreds of thousands of small cells brings Flexi Zone Indoor Pico BTS
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A novel architecture for unrivalled versatility Nokia Flexi Zone features a novel and then be evolved with the addition architecture that helps operators to of the Flexi Zone Controller, enabling meet all the challenges they face in hotspots to grow into hot zones. This is deploying HetNets. Flexi Zone is a small the most cost-effective way to expand cell cluster solution for indoor and limited-coverage deployments to meet outdoor hot zones. There are two key growing demand or to serve very large elements at the heart of Flexi Zone indoor locations. Flexi Zone Access Points and the Flexi Flexi Zones novel hot zone Zone Controller. architecture simplifies the complex Flexi Zone Access Points combine low deployment and operation of a large power LTE, 3G (for indoor) and Wi-Fi number of small cells. The architecture into self-configuring units to provide also boosts performance and coverage and capacity underlay significantly reduces the Total Cost of networks, both indoors and outdoors. Ownership (TCO) of small cells by up These access points can operate as to 50 percent compared to stand-alone stand-alone micro/pico base stations small cells. for hot spots and small deployments
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Nokia Flexi Zone Access Points compact and powerful Flexi Zone small cells are not only the A further indoor picocell base station smallest in the industry, they are also available in 3G or LTE, with optional the industrys only base stations to Wi-Fi support, is aimed at all public offer the same features and capacity indoor and enterprise small and as macro cells, simplifying integration medium-sized buildings and offers and operation of small cells with the significant performance gain over femto macro network to offer 30 percent lower solutions. When combined with the Flexi overall costs than conventional units. Zone Controller, up to 500 picocells can be part of the cluster to address very These Flexi Zone Access Points can large and dense indoor deployments. run as stand-alone pico LTE (or 3G for Flexi Zone can be used to overlay LTE indoor) base stations to address highly on top of older Distributed Antenna localized hot spots or small coverage Systems (DAS) systems or to provide areas. If demand grows substantially, a very competitive alternative to DAS access points can be upgraded using and hybrid DAS in very large buildings. software and a controller can be added In effect, Flexi Zone offers the lowest to create a fully-fledged hot zone. upfront costs and simple deployment Operators can build up almost unlimited through its ability to piggyback on capacity and coverage for up to very existing Ethernet and also offers the large indoor locations by deploying possibility of network sharing from day clusters of access points across a hot one. zone and enterprise/public indoor space. In addition, the Flexi Zone Indoor Flexi Zone innovation doesnt stop Pico 3G Base Station can be software there. Flexi Zone eMIMO Omni Antenna upgraded to LTE when operators decide is a new type of compact small cell to re-farm 3G spectrum for LTE. antenna that can provide the equivalent performance of a directional antenna Flexi Zone micro/pico base stations are while providing the benefit of 360 suitable for deployment outdoors and in degree coverage. The omni antenna harsh indoor environments and support is the first in the industry to maintain all the most commonly used frequency cross-polarization in all directions to bands for 3G, FDD LTE and TD-LTE. improve Multiple Input Multiple Output The range includes optional Wi-Fi, (MIMO) performance by up to 60 enabling operators to take advantage of percent at the cell edge, compared unlicensed spectrum to further increase to standard omni antennas. site capacity and improve the customer experience at busy locations.
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First small cell to offer >1Gbps peak rate To help meet demand in very dense of LTE-U/LAA(License Assisted Access) urban areas, the Nokia Flexi Zone and up to 80MHz of Wi-Fi/LWA Multiband Micro/Pico Base Station (LTE-Wi-Fi Aggregation). platform is the first to offer small cell With LAA or LWA support, the platform data rates in excess of 1Gbps. Based on enables operators to offer guaranteed LTE-A Pro standards, it features up to Quality of Service through LTE, while three radio modules that can support also using unlicensed spectrum to a combination of three different LTE provide data rates of more than 1Gbps licensed bands/carriers, up to 60MHz for subscribers.
Macro power in a mini package
Equivalent in size to a small cell, Nokia Flexi Zone Mini-Macro LTE Base Station delivers macro-like base station RF power (2 x 20W). This allows operators to provide macro-sized coverage in locations unsuitable for macro base station deployment. As well as being an easy way to provide rural coverage, the base station opens up new use cases such as low cost indoor coverage for high rise buildings from an outdoor deployment on an adjacent building (outside-in), and for discreet deployments in sensitive residential FlexiZone Mini Macro BTS areas.
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Flexi Zone Controller covers all deployment scenarios The Flexi Zone Controller can be capable of addressing large and very implemented as a hardware element large indoor environments like airports, to support up to 500 access points university campuses and shopping in a hot zone that appears as a single malls. The virtually unlimited scaling eNodeB to the rest of the network. of capacity and advanced interference This aggregation of all access point mitigation techniques also support very interfaces simplifies integration and high density indoor locations such as IP addressing, reduces signaling back busy metro stations, exhibition centers to the core network and simplifies the and conference halls. backhaul by providing a backhaul delay For indoor small cells that lack easy tolerant topology. The controller also access to GPS signals, new Flexi Zone coordinates scheduling across the timing and synchronization features cluster to manage interference within make deployment simple. Over-the- the hot zone and distribute capacity air synchronization of TD-LTE cells efficiently. Furthermore, by being means up to five small cells can be placed in the controller, Self-Organizing chained together to use a single GPS Network (SON) functionality can be synchronization signal from one access faster, more accurate and affect more point located near a window. Meanwhile, elements, reducing operational and Network Timing Protocol (NTP) enables maintenance costs. FDD-LTE small cells to be synchronized The controller can run a mix of indoor from timing signals over lower quality and outdoor cells within one cluster, Internet access. making it the first small cell solution
Nokia Flexi Zone and Mobile Edge
Computing bringing individual content to the user Yet, Flexi Zone is about more than MEC provides processing and storage, just achieving the right capacity and together with the ability to collect coverage. Flexi Zone allows operators real-time network data. These features to bring customized content to a can be exploited by applications to offer specific area, using Nokia Mobile Edge context-relevant services that transform Computing (MEC) to build intelligent the mobile broadband experience. small cells.
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The possibilities are endless. Examples to help shoppers find the departments include security camera local encoding or product they want. A find my and motion detection. Combined with spouse application is something a lot caching and a local offload to Internet of people have wished for while POP, this gives improved performance shopping, while the ability to adapt the and the lowest transport costs. content of billboards to suit shoppers interests is another possibility. Flexi Zone also finds uses in enterprise applications. It can be used for caching Adapting in-store offers to the user and content extension, giving a based on the store inventory and performance boost to enterprise apps. the shoppers personal preferences Again it offers a lower transport cost, as is a similar option. Fraud prevention, well as the chance to provide integrated checking a subscriber and their credit wireless machine type communications. card are in the same location before Flexi Zone can also be used to provide a the transaction is authorized is another virtual cluster for each enterprise in the possibility, while shopping malls and same building. large stores will find it useful to have an analysis of the footfall in their retail In shopping malls, Flexi Zone and Mobile areas. Linked to a profile of customers Edge Computing can provide indoor and their shopping habits at different location tracking, and contextual data times of the day, month or year, this analysis to enable shopper-friendly could give valuable information to apps such as real-time store guidance inform marketing plans.
Small Cell solutions from Nokia Networks
Flexi Zone is part of Nokias end-to- and controlling Wi-Fi that integrates end portfolio of small cell products seamlessly with cellular networks, and and services that also includes a Flexi Lite Base Station for outdoor 3G carrier-grade Nokia Airscale Smart coverage in-fill and hot spots. Wi-Fi solution for building, optimizing
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