Backhaul Strategies for LTE 2010-2015

• Publication date: September 2010

Report Details Visiongain's latest exclusive report on LTE Backhaul examines how the radical increase in demand for rich media content and bandwidth hungry applications has been the main driver in the development of a high capacity, low latency mobile broadband system such as LTE. Coupled with the ever increasing capabilities of new smartphone models the mobile broadband user of the next five years will become an extrem...

Report Details
Visiongain's latest exclusive report on LTE Backhaul examines how the radical increase in demand for rich media content and bandwidth hungry applications has been the main driver in the development of a high capacity, low latency mobile broadband system such as LTE.

Coupled with the ever increasing capabilities of new smartphone models the mobile broadband user of the next five years will become an extremely demanding consumer.

Backhaul systems need to devise new ways of transporting these volumes of data traffic for the overall networks to see any real-world benefit of the increased LTE speeds into base stations and edge networks.

Visiongain's latest report on the global LTE Backhaul market analyses the worldwide consumer market by geographical region, outlines the current technological advancements and offers predictions on future developments.

The report interprets the commercial implications of variations in the backhaul model across all of the critical world markets, outlining the major themes followed by both incumbent and incoming operators.

This report contains all the important data required to succeed in the LTE backhaul market, do not get left behind - order today!

Who needs to read this report?
• Mobile network operators who are interested in becoming LTE operators;
• LTE equipment vendors;
• 3G network managers;
• WiMAX operators and equipment vendors;
• Fibre providers;
• Microwave communications equipment vendors;
• Interconnect carriers.

Gain an understanding of how to tap into the huge potential of this exciting market by ordering Backhaul Strategies for LTE 2010-2015 today.

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Mobile Telephony Industry in China

Table of Contents
Executive Summary
E1. The aim of this report
E2. Questions answered by this report
E3. Companies mentioned in this report

Chapter 1 - Introduction
1.1 Mobile subscriber growth
1.2 The evolution of wireless technologies backhaul
1.3 Mobile broadband demand
1.4 Evolution of networks
1.5 Uptake of LTE
1.6 LTE as a 4G technology
1.7 LTE's key features

Chapter 2 - LTE Deployment
2.1 Standardisation
2.2 Standardisation for LTE advanced
2.3 Transport methods
2.3.1 Microwave point to point
2.3.1.1 MMR
2.3.1.2 LTE operating frequencies
2.3.1.3 Licensed frequencies
2.3.1.4 FCC rulings of spectrum usage
2.3.1.5 Ongoing costs
2.3.2 Fibre based transmission systems
2.4 Total lifecycle cost of LTE backhaul

Chapter 3 - LTE Backhaul Requirements
3.1 Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO)
3.2 Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
3.3 Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing Access (OFDMA)
3.4 Spectral efficiency
3.5 Wireless spectrum
3.6 LTE Advanced
3.7 System architecture
3.7.1 Physical layer
3.7.2 Logical layer
3.8 Flat network architecture
3.9 Other technologies at work in LTE and LTE backhaul
3.9.1 Evolved UTMS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) air interface
3.9.2 Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA)
3.10 Clock transfer and Synchronisation
3.11 Core network evolution
3.12 Backhaul sharing
3.13 Spectrum aggregation
3.14 MPLS in LTE backhaul
3.15 MPLS pseudowires
3.16 LTE voice
3.17 LTE and IMS
3.18 Microwave backhaul dependency and the PMP advantage
3.19 Timing synchronisation in LTE backhaul
3.20 Device innovation
3.21 Vendors
3.21.1 Motorola
3.21.2 Huawei
3.21.3 Alcatel Lucent
3.21.4 Fujitsu
3.21.5 Ceragon Networks
3.21.6 RAD Data Communications
3.21.7 Bridgewater Systems
3.22 Multi vendor approach
3.23 Security in LTE
3.24 eNodeB RF transmitter requirements
3.25 WiMAX
3.26 Backhaul sharing
3.27 3GPP roaming and E-UTRAN sharing
3.28 Redundancy and resiliency for service protection
3.29 Carrier Ethernet
3.30 Operators skipping 3G deployment - straight to 4G
3.31 Handsets
3.32 Chipsets
3.33 Backwards compatibility
3.34 Operators moving from WiMAX to LTE
3.35 TeliaSonera - first deployment
3.36 Clearwire
3.37 Verizon
3.38 AT&T's LTE strategy turnaround

Chapter 4 - LTE Deployment by Country
4.1 US
4.2 Canada
4.3 Sweden and Norway
4.4 UK
4.4.1 Statutory problems and the UK 4G spectrum auction
4.5 Russia
4.6 Uzbekistan
4.7 India
4.8 China
4.9 Japan
4.10 Australia

Chapter 5 Conclusions
5.1 Conclusions

Appendix A: About Visiongain
Appendix B: Visiongain report evaluation form

Companies Listed
3GPP
3GPP2
Acme Packet
ADC
Agilent Technologies
Aircell
Alcatel Lucent
Altair Semiconductor
Alvarion
Anite
Apple
AT&T
Bell Canada
Bridgewater Systems
CenturyTel
Ceragon Networks
China Mobile
China Telecom
China Unicom
Chunghwa Telecom
Cisco
Clearwire
Cognovo
Comsys Mobile
Cox Communications
CSL Limited
DoCoMO
DragonWave
eMobile
Ericsson
Fujitsu
Hitachi
Huawei
Hutchison 3
Icera
IEEE
Infineon
Intel
IPR Framework for LTE/SAE
ITU
Kineto Wireless
KTF
LG
Lime Microsystems
LTSI
M1 Singapore
Metro PCS
Microsoft
MobilKom Austria
Motorola
NEC
Next Generation Mobile
Network Alliance
Nextel
NextWave Wireless
Nokia
Nokia Siemens Network
Nortel
NSN
Ofcom
OMA (Open Mobile Alliance)
Orange
PCCW
picoChip
Piltel
Qualcomm
RAD Data Communications
Rogers Wireless
Samsung
Sequans Communication
SK Telecom
Skyworks Solutions
SmarTone-Vodafone
Softbank
Softbank Mobile
Sony Ericsson
Starent Networks
ST-Ericsson
Tele2
Telecom Italia
Telecom New Zealand
Telefonica O2
Telenor
Telia Sonera
Telstra
Telus
T-Mobile
TriQuint Semiconductor
Verizon Wireless
Vodafone
Vodafone, Germany
Waveset
Zain
ZTE

4g in China

China 3g & 4g Market As % Of Entire Mobile Market

• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 2008 To 2017
By Business Monitor International
Source: World Bank (International Telecommunications Union (ITU)), BMI research, Operators

• Industries : Wireless Technology
• Countries : China

China Number Of 3g & 4g Phone Subscribers, % Change Y-o-y

• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 2009 To 2017
By Business Monitor International
Source: World Bank (International Telecommunications Union (ITU)), BMI research, Operators

• Industries : Wireless Technology
• Countries : China

China 3g & 4g Market As % Of Entire Mobile Market, % Change Y-o-y

• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 2009 To 2015
By Business Monitor International
Source: World Bank (International Telecommunications Union (ITU)), BMI research, Operators

• Industries : Wireless Technology
• Countries : China

China Number Of 3g & 4g Phone Subscribers (`000)

• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 2008 To 2017
By Business Monitor International
Source: World Bank (International Telecommunications Union (ITU)), BMI research, Operators

• Industries : Wireless Technology
• Countries : China

China Number Of 3g & 4g Phone Subscribers/100 Inhabitants

• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 2009 To 2017
By Business Monitor International
Source: World Bank (International Telecommunications Union (ITU)), BMI research, Operators

• Industries : Wireless Technology
• Countries : China

Mobile Telephony in China

China Number Of Cellular Mobile Phone Subscribers, % Change Y-o-y

• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 2001 To 2017
By Business Monitor International
Source: World Bank (International Telecommunications Union (ITU)), BMI research, Operators

• Industries : Mobile Telephony, Wireless Technology
• Countries : China

China Number Of Mobile Phone Subscribers/100 Fixed Line Subscribers, % Change Y-o-y

• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 2001 To 2017
By Business Monitor International
Source: World Bank (International Telecommunications Union (ITU)), BMI research, Operators

• Industries : Mobile Telephony
• Countries : China

China Number Of Cellular Mobile Phone Subscribers (`000)

• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 2000 To 2017
By Business Monitor International
Source: World Bank (International Telecommunications Union (ITU)), BMI research, Operators

• Industries : Mobile Telephony, Wireless Technology
• Countries : China

China Prepaid Mobile Phone Subscribers, % Mobile Phone Subscribers

• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 2005 To 2010
By Business Monitor International
Source: BMI, operator results

• Industries : Mobile Telephony
• Countries : China

China Postpaid Mobile Phone Subscribers (`000)

• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 2005 To 2011
By Business Monitor International
Source: BMI, operator results

• Industries : Mobile Telephony
• Countries : China