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Long Term Evolution(LTE)は、最も有望な次世代無線ネットワークとして、世界中で台頭してきている。米国の調査会社ヘビーリーディング社の調査レポート「LTE基地局と次世代の無線アクセスネットワーク」は、LTEの導入を促進する技術とビジネス上の要因を分析し、無線アクセスネットワーク(RAN)、セルサイトの導入、主要なベンダが使用しているLTE基地局の製品に焦点を当てている。また、2015年までのLTEサービスの展開と市場収益を予測し、主要な4G技術のサプライヤ9社が導入しているLTE戦略を詳しく分析し、競争が激しいモバイル技術分野で長期の成功を収めるかどうかについて、各企業の展望を重点的に論じている。
Long Term Evolution (LTE) is emerging as the leading choice for next-generation wireless networks worldwide. This report analyzes the technology and business factors that will drive LTE deployment, with a focus on the radio access network (RAN), cell site implementation, and the LTE base station products under development by leading vendors. The report also provides Heavy Reading's first-ever forecast of LTE rollouts and market revenues, through 2015, and contains detailed analyses of the LTE strategies now being developed at nine leading 4G technology suppliers, focusing on each company's prospects for long-term success in this critical mobile technology sector. Overview Mobile data services delivered over 3G networks are proving to be extremely successful, with revenues growing at approximately 40 percent per year. Operators now have a relatively clear view of how services can develop over the next decade, both in mature markets and emerging growth economies.
Lower prices are a clear market driver for 3G data services. To support the ongoing expansion of the mobile Internet, retail prices must continue to decline on a cost-per-bit basis. This need to offer lower prices, without compromising profitability, has emerged as the primary challenge and opportunity facing operators that wish to deliver mass-market mobile broadband services.
Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, standardized by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), is designed to meet this challenge through greater spectral efficiency and enhanced application performance. With LTE emerging as the leading choice for next-generation wireless networks and experiencing unprecedented adoption by operators around the world, there is potential to generate vast economies of scale unmatched by any previous generation of broadband access technology.
On the end-user side of the equation, LTE will enhance application performance through higher data rates and lower latency. The effect will be to enhance the value of mobile networks and attract users and applications to the platform while reducing underlying costs and creating favorable conditions for profitable mass-market mobile broadband services over the next decade.
LTE Base Stations & the Evolved Radio Access Network analyzes the technology and business factors that will drive LTE network deployment, with a focus on the radio access network (RAN), cell site implementation, and the LTE base station products under development by leading equipment suppliers.
In addition to mapping out the key technology issues and challenges that must be met before the anticipated commercial launch of LTE products in 2010, the report provides Heavy Reading's first-ever forecast of LTE rollouts and market revenues, through 2015. The report also contains detailed analyses of the LTE strategies now being developed at nine leading 4G technology suppliers, focusing on each company's prospects for long-term success in this critical mobile technology sector. Suppliers are analyzed by the following key criteria:
 |  | | LTE strategy and background | | | | eNodeB product strategy | | | | Smart-cell products | | | | Self-organizing network strategy |
For a complete list of technology suppliers reviewed and analyzed, click here.
LTE Base Stations & the Evolved Radio Access Network also includes case studies of four of the world's largest mobile network operators, to identify and explore emerging strategies regarding 4G deployment plans. Operators analyzed in the report include:
| | | China Mobile | | | | NTT DoCoMo | | | | T-Mobile | | | | Verizon Wireless |
The design and capability of LTE base stations, called eNodeBs, is critical. These products will determine the technical performance of the next-generation wireless network and account for the largest proportion of operator spending on infrastructure equipment.
Equally significant is how base station product design can contribute to reducing the non-technology related costs of deploying and operating a network. Although base stations are the single most significant equipment cost at the time a network is deployed, the associated costs of cell site leases, civil works, power supply, cooling, backhaul, and site maintenance account for a substantially greater proportion of overall expenditure on the RAN.
拡大図 Equipment designed to reduce these costs by being simpler to install, operate, and upgrade can have a major impact on the overall business case for mobile broadband, and is as significant to lowering the delivery cost per bit as LTE technology itself. Even with superior spectral efficiency and enhanced end-user experience, LTE will not be viable unless base station equipment can be designed to significantly reduce the "non-technology" costs of building and operating wireless networks. Equipment suppliers that can best deliver on this requirement, without compromising performance, will be best positioned for a long-term competitive advantage. Report Scope and Structure
LTE Base Stations & the Evolved Radio Access Network is structured as follows:
Section I is an introduction to the report, with complete report key findings.
Section II examines the evolution of the wireless market and the rise of mobile broadband. It provides a subscriber forecast for LTE and an estimate for the potential LTE network equipment market through 2015.
Section III explores LTE technology, addressing key issues such as spectrum and terminal availability. It also identifies the key milestones on the way to the hoped-for commercial launch of LTE in the 2010 timeframe.
Section IV analyzes LTE network performance from the perspective of peak data rates, average throughput per sector, and spectral efficiency. Various LTE configurations are contrasted with baseline HSPA (Release 6) and Evolved HSPA (Release 7) to determine the level of performance advantage LTE provides relative to 3G.
Section V examines LTE cell site implementation and provides a cost breakdown of the "all-in" cost for each new cell site deployed. Base station designs that minimize the costs are explored in the context of multi-standard RANs operating 2G, 3G, and LTE simultaneously.
Section VI focuses on LTE base station design choices and the impact that eNodeB pricing will have on base station packaging, form factors, and product architectures.
Section VII presents some potential LTE deployment scenarios with reference to globally influential operators China Mobile, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, and NTT DoCoMo.
Section VIII Section VII analyzes the eNodeB product strategies of nine leading mobile network equipment suppliers.
LTE Base Stations & the Evolved Radio Access Network is essential reading for a wide range of industry participants, including the following:
| | | Mobile technology suppliers: How will soaring mobile data traffic volumes affect deployment plans for LTE? Which technology choices are emerging as the front-runners in the move to 4G? Are your product strategies and marketing messages in line with customer plans and expectations? | | | | Mobile network operators: How do your plans for next-gen mobile broadband data deployments match up with anticipated increases in traffic volumes? How does your 4G migration strategy compare with the strategies of your competitors? How do your projected costs and migration timetables match up with the rest of the industry? What is the competitive threat posed by other operators using other technologies? | | | | Investors: Which suppliers are emerging as the early leaders in the LTE sector? What are the likely impacts of LTE deployment on network operator and technology supplier revenue and profitability? How will the migration to LTE affect profitability for the mobile sector in the coming years? |
Table of Contents | LIST OF FIGURES | | Ⅰ | INTRODUCTION & KEY FINDINGS | | 1.1 | Key Findings | | 1.2 | Report Scope & Structure | | Ⅱ | WIRELESS MARKET EVOLUTION & MOBILE BROANDBAND | | 2.1 | Mobile Subscribers by Technology | | 2.2 | LTE Subscriber Forecast | | 2.3 | LTE Network Equipment Forecast | | Ⅲ | LTE TECHNOLOGY & STANDARDS | | 3.1 | Core Technology | | 3.2 | LTE Timeline | | 3.3 | Chipsets & Terminals | | 3.4 | LTE Spectrum Availability | | Ⅳ | LTE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS | | 4.1 | Peak Rate Performance | | 4.2 | Average Sector Throughput | | 4.3 | Average Sector Throughput & Spectral Efficiency | | Ⅴ | LTE CELL SITE IMPLEMENTATION | | 5.1 | Cell Site Challenges | | 5.2 | Multi-Standard RANs | | 5.3 | LTE Site Implementation | | Ⅵ | BASE STATION DESIGN CHOICES | | 6.1 | eNodeB Pricing | | 6.2 | Packaging Options | | 6.3 | Multi-Standard Base Stations | | 6.4 | Radio Units | | 6.5 | Digital Baseband Units | | 6.6 | LTE Small Cells | | 6.7 | Self-Organizing Networks | | Ⅶ | OPERATOR DEPLOYMENT STRATEGIES | | 7.1 | China Mobile Corp | | 7.2 | NTT DoCoMo | | 7.3 | T-Mobile | | 7.4 | Verizon Wireless | | Ⅷ | VENDOR ANALYSIS | | 8.1 | Alcatel-Lucent | | 8.2 | Ericsson AB | | 8.3 | Fujitsu Ltd | | 8.4 | Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. | | 8.5 | Motorola Inc. | | 8.6 | NEC Corp. | | 8.7 | Nokia Siemens Networks | | 8.8 | Nortel Networks Corp. | | 8.9 | ZTE Corp. | | APPENDIX A: ABOUT THE AUTHOR | | APPENDIX B: LEGAL DISCLAIMER | |
LTE基地局と次世代の無線アクセスネットワーク
