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Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) : Introduction, Benefits and Challenges

Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) is a technology that provides high-speed internet connectivity using wireless networks instead of traditional wired infrastructure. It faces challenges such as downlink-uplink imbalance but offers benefits like enhanced efficiency with 5G Standalone. The document outlines FWA's operation, types of customer premises equipment, and the importance of standardization in deployment.

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Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) : Introduction, Benefits and Challenges

Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) is a technology that provides high-speed internet connectivity using wireless networks instead of traditional wired infrastructure. It faces challenges such as downlink-uplink imbalance but offers benefits like enhanced efficiency with 5G Standalone. The document outlines FWA's operation, types of customer premises equipment, and the importance of standardization in deployment.

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Fixed Wireless Access

(FWA)
Introduction, Benefits and Challenges

Yaser Najafgholizadeh
IBS Department
Winter 2025
FWA: A Solution for mmWave Pathloss and Penetration Loss in 5G
• Compared to 2.6 GHz mid band spectrum, 28 GHz and 39 GHz bands are subject to 21 dB and 24 dB higher
LOS loss consecutively, as shown in Figures.
DL/UL Imbalance
The magnitude of this DL-UL imbalance depends on several factors, including the deployment environment,
transmit power of UE and gNB, antenna configurations and antenna gain, among others.
• Use of high power UE:
• High Power UE (HPUE), for example Power Class 1 (PC1), can be utilized, whenever it is supported. The higher transmit power of
the UE will extend UL coverage, thus helping reduce or eliminate the DL-UL imbalance. Several commercial HPUE devices,
particularly Consume Premises Equipment (CPEs), are currently available.
Motivation
What is FWA?
• Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) is a technology that delivers high-speed internet connectivity to homes and
businesses using wireless networks instead of traditional wired infrastructure (such as fiber, DSL, or cable). It
provides broadband internet by transmitting data between a base station and customer premises equipment
(CPE) through radio signals.
How FWA Works?
• Base Station Transmission
• A cellular tower or BS transmits internet signals over wireless spectrum (4G LTE, 5G, or else).
• Reception by CPE
• A fixed antenna, router, or modem at the customer’s location receives the signal.
• Local Distribution
• The received signal is converted into Wi-Fi or wired internet for devices like computers, smart TVs, and IoT devices.
FWA: a future-proof technology
• FWA adds over 10 million connections in the US within 4 years.
FWA Benefits
• In the context of Fixed Wireless Access, the introduction of 5G Standalone (SA) marks a significant event,
enhancing efficiency, performance, and differentiation for FWA.
Relative Average
Revenue Per Unit
Types of CPEs
• Indoor
• indoor CPEs are sufficient in the locations that are close to a base station.
• Outdoor
• Outdoor CPE devices have clear performance advantages compared to indoor devices, but generally require
installation performed by a certified technician.
Standardization
This document specifies a minimum set of requirements for FWA Devices. The proposed approach is to
define requirements common to the various mobile technologies (4G, 5G NSA, 5G SA), and delta requirements
for the requirements specific to each technology.
Out of TS.64 Scope
1. In this version of the document, the focus is on single-tenant Outdoor solutions.
2. Please note that 3G FWA Devices and multi-SIM FWA Devices are outside the scope of this document.
Deployment from perspective of Tenants
• Indoor:
• The indoor solution is clearly a single-tenant solution.
• Multi-Tenant:
• In particular, outdoor solutions can be single-tenant or multi-tenant: in a single-tenant solution, an Outdoor Unit is
dedicated to a single customer and is connected with a point-to-point link with an Indoor Unit. In a multi-tenant
solution, an Outdoor Unit serves multiple customers, and several Indoor Units are connected to it.
Using Existing
Infrastructure

• The ideal solution uses existing in-


building wiring for broadband
distribution. This is being
developed and will be
standardized by the Broadband
Forum in Working Text 507

Broadband Forum’s 5G FWA - Helping bridge the multi-tenant digital di


vide - Broadband Forum
Using Existing
Infrastructure

• The ideal solution uses existing in-


building wiring for broadband
distribution. This is being
developed and will be
standardized by the Broadband
Forum in Working Text 507

Broadband Forum’s 5G FWA - Helping bridge the multi-tenant digital di


vide - Broadband Forum
Extending Fixed Wireless in the Multi-Tenant Building | MT-FWA
GSA FWA Catalouge
This GSA FWA Device Ecosystem Company
Directory only includes companies involved in
the Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Device
Ecosystem. It is important therefore to define
what a FWA Device (and hence what the FWA
Device Ecosystem) is.
FWE CPEs
• There are many vendors who offer both indoor and outdoor CPEs for FWA.
An Example for CPE
• .

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