ZTE HW GSM UMTS LTE Roadmap

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Version of the product has been released and necessary maintenance

Released
is available before the end of its life cycle.
Requirement is frozen. Version of the product is in development phase
Developing
and no change might be allowed before it is released.
Release is expectable. Candidate features have been selected, but the
Planned
final planned features and release date still need to be defined.

Planning 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
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1 ZTE SDR Products Portfolio

Hardware Roadmaps

Software Feature Roadmaps

ZTE Base Station Family
Baseband Unit Macro BTS Compact BTS Micro&Pico BTS

Indoor B8200
BS8908
BS8912 BS8912 BS8922

Outdoor Indoor Outdoor BS8906

Outdoor
B8901 BS8900A BS8900B BS8800 BS8112 BS8102

Radio Unit / Remote Radio Unit / AAS

1T 2T 3T 4T AAS

RSU40 RSU60E RSU82

R8881 R8861 R8882 R8862 R8862A R8872 R8892 R8863 R8884 A8808 A8200

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 Band & Mode Capability of Micro BTS and RSU
Available Upcoming
Micro 900MHz G
1.8GHz L
1.8GHz L
2.1GHz U
Base 1.8GHz G 2.1GHz L
2.1GHz L
Station 2.6GHz L
Outdoor Outdoor Outdoor
BS8908 BS8912 BS8922

2.1GHz U 850MHz GU AP700MHz L

Radio AWS U 900MHz GU 800MHz L
900MHz GUL*
1.8GHz GL
System 1.8GHz G 810MHz L
Units RSU40 RSU60E 1.9GHz GU RSU82 850MHz GU
RSU60E
(for Macro & 1T2R 1T2R 2T4R/ 900MHz GUL*
Compact 2T2R 1.8GHz GL
BTS) 1.9GHz GU
900MHz GU 2.1GHz UL
1.8GHz G 2.6GHz L

RSU60E
(140W)

*Note: Triple mode capability with software activation of any dual mode.

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 Band & Mode Capability of Remote Radio Units
Available Upcoming
850MHz GU 900MHz GU 900MHz GU 2100MHz U 900MHz GUL*
Single PA 900MHz GU 1.8GHz G 1.8GHz G 1.8GHz GL
Units 1.8GHz G 2.1GHz U 2.1GHz UL
R8881 1.9GHz GU R8881 R8861 R8881 900MHz GUL* R8861
1T2R 2.1GHz
AWS
U
U
(120W) 1T2R (120W) 1.8GHz GL

R8881
700MHz(NA, L 900MHz GU 850MHz L 1800MHz GL
APT) 1.8GHz GL 2.6GHz L
Dual PAs 800MHz L 2.1GHz UL
Units 810MHz L R8862 R8862A
R8882 850MHz GU 2T2R** R8872
900MHz GUL* 800MHz L 2T4R
2T4R/
1GHz L 900MHz GUL* 700MHz(AP) L
2T2R 1.8GHz GL
1.8GHz GL
1.9GHz GU 2.1GHz L R8862
AWS L R8862A R8882
2.1GHz UL 2T4R ** 2T4R
2.6GHz L
Multi PAs 900MHz GU Note * : Triple mode capability with software
1.9GHz L 1.8GHz G
2.6GHz L activation of any dual mode.
Units 2.1GHz U Note * * : Any multi-band combination
R8884 R8863 supported by assembly of up to 3 R8862/As.
4T4R 3T6R

Multi 900MHz GU 1.8GHz GL 1.8~2.1GHz GUL

Bands +1.8GHz G +2.6GHz L
Units ** R8882 MBR R8884 MBR R8892 UBR
1T2R+1T2R 2T2R+2T2R 2T2R

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ZTE SDR Products Portfolio

2 Hardware Roadmaps

Software Feature Roadmaps

2 Hardware Roadmaps

• Controller roadmap
• Base station roadmap
• AAS/AAU Product roadmap
• Small Cell Product roadmap
• Phasing out HW Products

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 Multimode Controller ZXUR9000 Roadmap
UR12 UR13 UR15
HW 10GE Switching Capability 40GE Switching Capability
Evolution - New switching boards: EGBS2a, EXFS1a - New switching boards
- New processing boards: USP2a - New processing boards
- New interface boards: - New interface boards
IP: EGPB2a, EDTI2a, ESDTI2a,
10GE: EXGB1a, EXGB1b
ATM: EDTA1b, ESDTA1b, EAPB1b
TDM: ESDTT2a, ESDTG2a, EDTT2a

UMTS Mode CP/UP Co-board(13Q4)

Performance - 234K Erl UMTS Mode
- 41.6Gbps Throughput - 70Gbps Throughput
- 5600/2800 Cells/NBs - 8400/5600 Cells/NBs
- 612K online Users - >1M online Users
GSM Mode GSM Mode
(With/Without TC) (With/Without TC)
- 33.6K/73.5K Erl - 48K/96K Erl
- 5600/12250 TRX - 8000/16000 TRX
- 2800/5600 Cells - 8000/8000 Cells
- 2800/2800 BTSs - 4000/4000 BTSs
- 19.6K/42.8K EPDCH - 28K/56K EPDCH

2013&Before 2014 2015 2016

Released Developing Planned Planning

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2 Hardware Roadmaps

• Controller roadmap
• Base station roadmap
• AAS/AAU Product roadmap
• Small Cell Product roadmap
• Phasing out HW Products

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ZTE SDR Baseband Unit Hardware Roadmap
Boards Description
All kinds of BP boards
PM FS CC Control & Clock Board
FS Fabric Switch Board
FAM
BP Board Baseband Processing Board
SA
SA Site Alarm Board
SE Site Alarm Extension Board
CC
PM Power Module
FAM FAN Module
Indoor BBU Outdoor BBU UES Ethernet Switch Board
ZXSDR B8200 ZXSDR B8901(LTE)

2013&Before 2014 2015

Available Boards: Boards: Boards:

- CC: CC2/CC16/CC17/CC16B/CC17B - CC: CCE1 - Multi-mode BP: BPN2(LTE)
- GSM BP: UBPG, UBPG3 - Multi-mode BP: Max. Capacity:
- UMTS BP: BPK, BPK_s, BPK_d, BPK_e, BPK_e1 BPN0(LTE) - LTE: 12 cells(2*2 or 2*4)/BPN2
- LTE BP: BPL1 BPN2(15Q1 GU, LTE HW ready)
- FS: FS3/ FS3A, FS5 - OAM: SA3
- OAM: SA, SE, SE2, PM, FAM Max. Capacity:
Max. Capacity: - UMTS: 1024CE/BPN2
- GSM: 24TRX/BP, 120 TRX/BBU - B8901: 6 cells(2*2 or 2*4)
- UMTS: 12CS&768CE/BP, 42CS&3072CE/BBU Interface:
- LTE: 6 cells(2*2 or 2*4)/BP, 18 cells/BBU - 4*10GE
Interface:
- 16E1, 2 STM-1, 1GE/FE, 12 CPRI
- UES: 6 GE ports
Released Developing Planned Planning

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 Multi-Mode Radio Units Roadmap –
900/1800/2100MHz
2013&Before 2014 2015
RSU60E RSU82
1x80W 2x80W
1x140W

900M R8881 R8861 R8862

1x80W 1x80W 2x60W
1x120W R8863
R8882 3x80W
2x60W R8882 MBR
900+1800MHz
RSU60E 60W+60W RSU82
1x80W 2x80W
1x140W

R8881 R8861 R8862/A R8872

1800M 1x80W 1x80W 2x60W 2x80W
1x120W
R8884 MBR R8863
R8882 1800+2600MHz 3x80W
2x60W 2x50W+2x30W R8892 UBR
1.8~2.1GHz
RSU40 RSU82 2x100W
1x80W 2x80W

2100M R8881 R8861 R8862/A R8881

1x80W 1x80W 2x60W 1x120W
R8882 R8863
2x60W 3x80W

Released Developing Planned Planning

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 Multi-Mode Radio Units Roadmap
– 850/1900MHz & AWS
2013&Before 2014 2015

RSU60E RSU82
1x80W 2x80W

850M R8881 R8882 R8862A R8861

1x80W 2x60W 2x60W 1x80W
R8863
3x80W

RSU60E RSU82
1x80W 2x60W
R8881 R8882 R8884 R8861
1900M 1x80W 2x60W 4x40W 1x80W
R8862 R8863
2x60W 3x80W

RSU40 RSU82
1x80W 2x80W
AWS R8881 R8882
1x80W 2x60W

Released Developing Planned Planning

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 Multi-Mode Radio Units Roadmap –other LTE bands
2013&Before 2014 2015

RSU82
2x60W
800M
R8882 R8862
2x40W 2x60W

RSU82
2x40W

2600M R8882 R8884 R8884 MBR R8862A

2x40W 4x40W 1800+2600MHz 2x40W
2x50W+2x30W

RSU82(AP)
2x60W
700M R8882(NA) R8882(AP) R8862(AP)
2x40W 2x60W 2x60W

RSU82
2x80W
810M R8882
2x60W

R8882
1000M 2x40W

Released Developing Planned Planning

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2 Hardware Roadmaps

• Controller roadmap
• Base station roadmap
• AAS/AAU Product roadmap
• Small Cell Product roadmap
• Phasing out HW Products

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Multi-Mode AAS/AAU Products Roadmap
2013&Before
2013&Before 2014
2014 2015
2015

• A 2.6GHz + • A 800MHz +
P 1.8-2.1GHz P 900MHz
A8808 (8T8R) • A 2.1GHz + • A 1.8GHz + • A 900MHz +
P 1.8-2.6GHz P 1.8-2.6GHz P 800MHz
8x10W
Vertical Beam-forming
2*6G CPRI 4.0

A8200
2xR8862/R8892 rear- • 2x A1.8-2.6GHz
+ P1.8-2.6GHz
install
2x (2x60W) + 2 ports
Passive

Released Developing Planned Planning

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2 Hardware Roadmaps

• Controller roadmap
• Base station roadmap
• AAS/AAU Product roadmap
• Small Cell Product roadmap
• Phasing out HW Products

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 Roadmap of Indoor Small Cell Products
2013&Before 2014 2015

BS8112
2x500mW UMTS,
2Carriers U 2.1GHz
Indoor 2x250mW Wifi
Pico BTS
BS8102
2x125mW L 1.8GHz
L 2.1GHz

R8102
2x100mW
L 1.8GHz
Single Band
L 2.1GHz
Indoor
Pico RRU R8108
8x100mW
UL
Quad Band
850MHz+1.8GHz
PB1000 +2.1GHz+2.6GHz
4 Fiber & 8 Cable ports
4 Level Cascade
pRRU Power Supply

Released Developing Planned Planning

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 Roadmap of Outdoor Small Cell Products
2013&Before 2014 2015

Outdoor BS8202
Pico BTS 2x1W
L 2600MHz L 1800MHz
U/L 2100MHz

BS8912
2x5W L 1.8GHz
L 2.1GHz
L 2.6GHz
Outdoor BS8912
Micro BTS 2x10W U 2.1GHz
3Carriers

U 2.1GHz
BS8922
2x5W L 1.8GHz L 850MHz
L 2.1GHz L 2.6GHz

Released Developing Planned Planning

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2 Hardware Roadmaps

• Controller roadmap
• Base station roadmap
• AAS/AAU Product roadmap
• Small Cell Product roadmap
• Phasing out HW Products

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 Life Cycle Plan for Phasing out HW Products

ZXWR v3 RNC Last Buy Order End of Service & Support

ZXG10 iBSC Last Buy Order End of Service & Support

ZXSDR R8840 Last Buy Order End of Service & Support

ZXSDR R8860E Last Buy Order End of Service & Support

ZXSDR R8880A Last Buy Order End of Service & Support

BBU Units: Last Buy Order End of Service & Support

BPC, CC0, FS0

BBU Units: Last Buy Order End of Service & Support

CC16/CC17

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Contents

ZTE SDR Products Portfolio

Hardware Roadmaps

3 Software Feature Roadmaps

3 Software Feature Roadmaps

• Software Package Release Plan

• GERAN Feature Roadmap
• UTRAN Feature Roadmap
• eUTRAN Feature Roadmap
• UniRAN Feature Roadmap

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 Software Package Release Plan
UR12 UR13 UR14 UR15
GERAN

UR12 UR13 UR14 UR15

UTRAN

LR12.2 LR13.1 LR13.2 LR14 LR15 LR16

eUTRAN

UR12.2 UR13.1 UR13.2 UR14 UR15 UR16

EMS

v13 v14 v15 v16

UniRAN

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

2013 2014 2015 2016

Released Developing Planned Planning

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3 Software Feature Roadmaps

• Software Package Release Plan

• GERAN Feature Roadmap
• UTRAN Feature Roadmap
• eUTRAN Feature Roadmap
• UniRAN Feature Roadmap

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ZTE GERAN Feature Roadmap Overview
UR12&Before UR13 UR14 UR15&Future
 G/L Interworking Phase 1  A5/1 Enhancement  GERAN/LTE Interworking  GERAN/LTE Interworking
- G to L NC0/NC1  Early TBF Establishment - SR-VCC Fast Return - G/L PS Handover
- L to G CCO with NACC  Dynamic MCCCH  Dynamic Parameter  VAMOS Phase 3
 EGPRS2-A  NCC Adjustment  EGPRS2-B
 DTM-Handover  GERAN/LTE Interworking
 AMR-WB - G to L Cell Reselection NC2
 VAMOS Phase1 & Phase2 - SPID Support
 DPI in UR9000 BSC - L to G SR-VCC
 A5/4 Ciphering  MOCN
 MTC  3GPP LCLS
 IFTA  Dynamic Frequency
 Soft Synchronization Allocation
 BTS Auto Provisioning
 BSC in Pool

2013 2014 2015 2016

Released Developing Planned Planning

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3 Software Feature Roadmaps

• Software Package Release Plan

• GERAN Feature Roadmap
• UTRAN Feature Roadmap
• eUTRAN Feature Roadmap
• UniRAN Feature Roadmap

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ZTE UTRAN Feature Roadmap Overview
UR12&Before UR13 UR14 UR15&Future
 HSPA+:  HSPA+:  HSPA+:  HSPA+:
- DL 84Mbps: - HSDPA 168Mbps: 4C + MIMO - HSDPA Multi-flow - HSDPA 4C Enhancement
64QAM+MIMO+DC - DB DC + MIMO - FE FACH Phase1 - FE FACH Phase2
- UL 23Mbps: DC+16QAM  UPA Performance Improvement  UL Interference Suppression - UL TxD
- HSDPA DB-DC  DCH/HSPA Fairness - Inter Cell IC - UL MIMO
- CPC & e-FACH (DL&UL)  Ultra Cell Solution - 4-antenna IR-RAKE Receiver  Hetnet Optimization Phase3
 A-Rake & IC  UL Interference Suppression - OIC/TIC improvement  Scalable UMTS
 UL Networking - Interference Rejection Equalizer  Hetnet Optimization Phase2  DCH Enhancements
- UMTS/LTE Handover - Interference Rejection RAKE  Smart Soft Handover  EUL Enhancements
- CSFB with RIM Receiver  MC Power Optimization
- SRVCC - BPs IC Sharing  Precise Paging
 Intelligent RAN  Intelligent RAN  MOCN Radio Resource Separation
- Equipment Fault Aversion - Service optimization for Partner  Congestion Control Optimization
- User Dedicated Frequency - Service Recognition Based on  RACH Optimization
Priority DSCP  TCP Service Accelerator*
- DPI in UR9000 RNC & Video - VIP User Priority  Load Adaptive Power Control*
optimization  Hetnet Optimization Phase1  Power Control Enhancement*
 Node B Auto Provisioning  RNC in Pool: Resource Sharing  Admission Control Optimization*
 CP/UP Resource Sharing  UL co-Receiving*
 RNC in Pool: Node  Active DPCCH TX/RX Suppression*
Redundancy  FACH Capacity Improvement*

2013 2014 2015 2016

Note * : Features also available in UR13 from 14Q4. Released Developing Planned Planning

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3 Software Feature Roadmaps

• Software Package Release Plan

• GERAN Feature Roadmap
• UTRAN Feature Roadmap
• eUTRAN Feature Roadmap
• UniRAN Feature Roadmap

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FDD LTE Feature Roadmap Overview
V3.0&Before LR12.2 LR13.2
- Performance - QoS and Secutity  350km High Speed Train  Short DRX
 DL/UL: 64QAM/16QAM  Radio Security
 ATG Coverage  Cloud Scheduling
 DL 2*2 MIMO  QoS Management
 UL CoMP (Intra-Site)  MLB( Intra-Frequency, Inter-
 Long DRX - SON
 ICIC (Static/Dynamic)  Automatic Transport Setup  LTE->UTRAN SRVCC Frequency)
 TTI Bundling  Automatic Inventory  LTE FDD Reselection/HO
 Load Balancing & Load Control  ANR (Intra/Inter Frequency) with TDD
 Congestion Control  Automatic PCI Assignment  ANR (LTE-GU)
- Mobility and Service (Centralized)  MRO (Inter-Frequency)
 Intra-LTE Handover  MRO (Intra-Frequency)
 Inter-RAT Idle Mode Mobility  RACH Optimization (Power)
 Inter-RAT LTE<->UMTS HO (PS)  Energy Saving (Dynamic PA Bias
 RAN Sharing Voltage)
 VOIP (SPS+RoHC)
 CSFB to UTRAN/GERAN

2011 2012 2013

LR12.1 LR13.1
 DL 4*2 Closed-loop Spatial Multiplexing  Advanced VoIP Support
 Automatic PCI Assignment (Distributed)  Inter-RAT Load Balancing
 Transport Traffic Separation(RAN sharing)  Emergency Call over IMS
 Energy Saving (Intelligent OFDM Symbol  Energy Saving (Intra-RAT Overlaid Cell
Shutdown) Shutdown)

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FDD LTE Feature Roadmap Overview
LR14 LR15 LR16&Future
- Performance - Performance - Performance
 Extended CP  Enhanced PDCCH
 DL CoMP (CS)  UL SU-MIMO  DL CoMP (JT)
 Adaptive UL MIMO  Carrier Aggregation (three carriers)  Relay
 VoIP DRX  UL CA  DL MU-MIMO
 GL Power Sharing  feICIC
 Carrier Aggregation(two carriers) - Mobility and Service
 eICIC for HetNet  Location Service (CID, AGPS)
- SON  ETWS/CMAS
 MLB (Inter-RAT UL) - SON
 Energy Saving ( Intelligent PSU  MRO (Inter-RAT UL/GL)
Shutdown)  Energy Saving ( Low Power Mode)
 ANR (Inter-RAT CL)  Energy Saving (Inter-RAT Overlaid
 MDT (Logged, Immediate) Cell Shutdown)

2014 2015 2016

Released Developing Planned Planning

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3 Software Feature Roadmaps

• Software Package Release Plan

• GERAN Feature Roadmap
• UTRAN Feature Roadmap
• eUTRAN Feature Roadmap
• UniRAN Feature Roadmap

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UniRAN Specific Features Roadmap
UniRAN 13 UniRAN 14 UniRAN 15
 GERAN Features:  GERAN Features:  GERAN Features:
- UR11 or UR12 - UR12 or UR13 - UR13 or UR14
 UTRAN Features:  UTRAN Features:  UTRAN Features:
- UR11 or UR12 - UR12 or UR13 - UR13 or UR14
 eUTRAN Features:  eUTRAN Features:  eUTRAN Features:
- LR13 - LR14 - LR15

 UniRAN Features:  UniRAN Features:  UniRAN Features:

- GU Dynamic Power Sharing - GU site Energy Saving in - UL Dynamic Power Sharing
- Multi-mode IP Transmission Battery Mode - Multi-mode IP Transmission
Sharing on Uni-BTS side Phase - GL Dynamic Power Sharing Sharing on Uni-BTS side Phase
1 (Static) - GL Band-in Spectrum Overlay 2 (Dynamic)
- GU MCPA Working Voltage - GL MCPA Working Voltage
Adjustment Adjustment
- Capacity Expansion for BBU - GUL inter-RAT Energy Saving
Control Board - GL Dynamic Frequency
Allocation

2013&Before 2014 2015

Released Developing Planned Planning

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