Small Cell Forum China Workshop: Densification Path to 5G May 2018, Beijing Full report: www.scf.io/doc/216 *** Shared with permission ***

1. Small Cell Forum China Workshop
Densification Path to 5G
May 2018, Beijing
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Full report: www.scf.io/doc/216

2. US Partners Day
July 17
Rural & Remote
Summit
Wyoming
July 18
Mumbai
Densification
Summit
Oct 17
China:
Densification
Path to 5G
Europe: Small Cells World
May 18
LATAM
Carrier
Workshop
May 18
Taipei
workshop
Sept 18
May 18
Sharing Global Best Practice and Capturing Regional Requirements
SCF Regional Workshops 2017-18

3. Densification: Current (4G) needs,
future (5G) value & success stories
Drivers for small cells
– coverage, capacity
/offload, cost
Small cell mass deployment:
What is really needed?
Challenges & Opportunities in
the Transition from 4G to 5G
(CMRI)
Bringing efficiencies to
network densification
The Optimization Strategy of
Future Network Characterized
by "Ultra High Speed Data"
Miniaturization Test
System Case Study
in China Mobile
LTE innovation as
a pathway to 5G
4G to 5G evolution
5G indoor coverage digitization
starts from Day 0
China Densification Path to 5G,
Agenda and Speakers

4. Source: Rethink Research
Market Status: APAC Drilldown
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5. APAC – two phases of steep growth
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500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
4,500
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
,000
NAM
EU
ROW
APAC
New small cell
deployments,
per annum
Source: Rethink Research

6. What is driving densification in APAC?
Results of MNO survey
• Initial drivers focus on
improving QoE at lower cost of
delivery
• These concerns focused initially
on eMBB models
• But APAC operators moving
more quickly to new service
models – higher priority than
ROW for coverage for smart
cities/IoT, and new services
• Less interest in shared spectrum
and edge compute than ROW
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38
36
34
31
28
27
20
20
18
Dense capacity to support QoE
Lower cost of capacity
Ubiquitous urban/IoT coverage
Dense capacity to support new
services
Fill coverage gaps rural
Harness shared spectrum
Exploit MEC and edge cloud
Support IoT revenues
Support vertical industry subnets
Support context awareness
APAC Drivers
% respondents naming
driver in their top three
Source: Rethink Research

7. What would slow it down? Key barriers in APAC
• As in other parts of the world,
cost and site issues remain the
main barriers
• Need for more sharing
(spectrum, backhaul, sites) to
make costs more predictable
• Site approvals and backhaul are
bigger issues in APAC than global
average
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42
32
30
30
26
24
22
22
17
Uncertainty about TCO
Site cost and availability
SIte approvals
Ability to monetise via new
services
Backhaul cost and availability
Macro interworking
HetNet interoperability and
standards
Equipment approvals
Immature
automation/virtualisation
WiFi interworking
APAC Barriers
% respondents naming
driver in their top three
Source: Rethink Research

8. The difference it makes - impact by 2025
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5,040
976
1,545
2,865
3,388
705
973
1,902
APAC NAM EU ROW
With barriers addressed:
Total 10.4m
Without barriers addressed:
Total 7.0m
New deployments in 2025…
1.5x more
deployments
in 2025
Source: Rethink Research

9. Further Reading
• Full report: “SCF China Workshop”
• “SCF China workshop”, May 2018, www.scf.io/doc/216
• Presentation Slides (SCF members only)
• www.extranet.scf.io /release reviewing/member extras/216
China Workshop May18/
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