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Carrier Strategies to Alleviate the Capacity Crunch: Spectrum Sources, RAN Technologies, and Network Topology

Mobile operators are facing mobile data traffic challenges at a level which they have never experienced. From a 2012 figure of 13,400 Peta Bytes, mobile traffic should grow to grow at a CAGR of 42% p.a. to surpass 131,100 Peta Bytes being transmitted in 2018.

State regulators and equipment vendors; however, believe there are three levers which can be pulled in order to alleviate some of the pressures of the “capacity crunch”:

1) Spectrum allocation

2) Radio access technology innovations

3) Network topology

Table of Contents

  • 1. MOBILE DATA TRAFFIC OUTLOOK
    • 1.1. Mobile Data Traffic Conclusion
  • 2. MOBILE CARRIER OPTIONS
  • 3. SPECTRUM SOLUTIONS
    • 3.1. Near-term Sources of Spectrum
      • 3.1.1. Western Europe
      • 3.1.2. Eastern Europe
      • 3.1.3. Asia-Pacific
      • 3.1.4. North America
      • 3.1.5. Latin America
      • 3.1.6. Middle East & Africa
      • 3.1.7. <5 Year Outlook for Spectrum
    • 3.2. Long-term Sources of Spectrum
    • 3.3. World Radio Conference
    • 3.4. Release of Spectrum in the 700 MHz Band
    • 3.5. Regulatory Innovation in 2.x GHz bands
    • 3.6. Cognitive Radio
    • 3.7. TV White Space Spectrum
    • 3.8. Over 3 GHz Allocations
    • 3.9. FDD versus TDD
    • 3.10. Spectrum Options Conclusion
  • 4. TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
    • 4.1. Salient Features of LTE-Advanced
    • 4.2. Carrier Aggregation
    • 4.3. CoMP
    • 4.4. Single Frequency Network and EMBMS
    • 4.5. Relays
    • 4.6. MIMO
    • 4.7. eICIC
    • 4.8. Going Beyond LTE-A
    • 4.9. 3GPP Release 12
    • 4.10. Radio Access Technology Conclusion
  • 5. TOPOLOGY SOLUTIONS
    • 5.1. The Advantage of Small Cells
    • 5.2. Base Station Sectorization
    • 5.3. Link Budget Between Base Station and Handset
    • 5.4. A "Cloud" of Base Stations
    • 5.5. Picocells versus Wi-Fi Small Cells
    • 5.6. Wi-Fi Offload
    • 5.7. Topology Conclusion
  • 6. STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT
    • 6.1. Mobile Data Traffic Analysis
    • 6.2. Mobile Spectrum Allocation Analysis
    • 6.3. Radio Access Technology Analysis
    • 6.4. Topology Assessment
    • 6.5. Potential Yields from Innovation
  • 7. DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS

Tables

  1. Recently Completed, Ongoing, and Upcoming Spectrum Awards, Western Europe, 1Q 2012 to 1Q 2013
  2. Recently Completed, Ongoing, and Upcoming Spectrum Awards, Eastern Europe, 1Q 2012 to 1Q 2013
  3. Recently Completed, Ongoing, and Upcoming Spectrum Awards, Asia-Pacific, 1Q 2012 to 1Q 2013
  4. Recently Completed, Ongoing, and Upcoming Spectrum Awards, North America, 1Q 2012 to 1Q 2013
  5. Recently Completed, Ongoing, and Upcoming Spectrum Awards, Latin America, 1Q 2012 to 1Q 2013
  6. Recently Completed, Ongoing, and Upcoming Spectrum Auctions, Middle East & Africa, 1Q 2012 to 1Q 2013

Charts

  1. Mobile Network Data Traffic by Technology Generation, World Markets, Forecast: 2011to 2018
  2. Mobile Network Data Traffic by Device Type, World Markets, Forecast: 2011 to 2018
  3. Mobile Network Data Traffic by Traffic Application, World Markets, Forecast: 2011 to 2018
  4. Mobile Network Data Traffic Average Monthly Traffic Consumed per Wireless Subscriber, World Markets, Forecast: 2011 to 2018

Figures

  1. Challenges of Managing White Space Devices, Trial in Germany
  2. Current 3GPP Release Roadmap
  3. Predicted Timeline for Future LTE-Advanced Deployments
  4. Today's Macrocell-centric Network with Wi-Fi Small Cell Overlay
  5. Potential Yields from Capacity Innovations
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Research Information

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Publish Date
2Q 2013
Code
AN-1449
Research Type
Business Models Analysis Report
Pages
26