Why the Future is Smart Cell Shaped

Steve ShipleyGeneral Manager Asia-Pacific

Introduction to Ubiquisys

• A recognised leader in 3G/LTE small cells– Small Cell software and support systems

– Small Cell reference designs

• Proven innovation– ActiveRadio® Real-time interference mitigation system

– ActiveSON® Self-organising network (SON) of small cells

– Smart Cells with EdgeCloud® technology

• 50 operators launched, contracted or under commercial trialIncluding:

• Established supply chain ecosystem– Operator solution providers:

– CE manufacturers: SerComm, Gemtek, Tecom

– Silicon providers:

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#1 Indoor Small Cell Vendor[FEB 2012 VENDOR MATRIX]

Intelligent Small Cell Systems Portfolio

Autonomous coordination to form seamless gridof capacity and coverage complementary to macro layer

ActiveSON® automatic grid system

3G/LTE/WiFiSmall cell devices

Continuous adaptive behaviour

ActiveRadio®dynamic self-organisationSideStep® spectrumoptimisation technology

Build | Activate | Download | Augment | Recover | Re-assign

CloudBase®lifecycle managementsystem

EdgeCloud®computing apps platform

Local contentcaching

Uplink spooling & app proxy

Presence apps& advertising

Introduction to public access small cell hotspots

Backhaul is the limiting factor

Limited capacity, heavily loaded with 3G/4G/WiFi

traffic, highly variable performance

High quality mobile signal

Small cells provide high-

speed, short-range signal with low

contention

• Installed in public places: cafes, malls, stores, rail stations, venues etc

• Multi-technology: 3G, WiFi and LTE in one box

• Key characteristics:

Now add a computing platform

• Strategic collaboration between Ubiquisys and Intel

• Compact, comms-tuned compute platform

• Core® and Atom® variants available, with hardware accelerators

• 40GB+ SSD and 4GB+ RAM

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Accelerators CPU

An ultra-compact server with massive inline processing capability

Enter the Smart Cell

SMART CELL = SMALL CELL + Hi SPEC SERVER + CLEVER APPS

EdgeCloud® PLATFORM EdgeCloud® APPLICATIONS

Intelligent 3G/LTE small cell

Hi spec comms-tuned CPU

Massive storage and RAM

Multi-mode WiFi

Cache and content

“Core” inline processing

Video adaptation

Wireless Policy Mgmt.

Cache applications

1. Proactive cache

2. Predictive cache

First play from cloud

Next plays

from cache

Timed download during low

traffic periods on backhaul

Content

from cache

Cuts backhaul traffic Improves user experience

Proactive cache in action

backhaul

wireless

2m 50s YouTube video

First play from cloud

• ~2m to download video

• Time to play ~11s

Next plays from cache

• Backhaul eliminated

• Time to play ~3s

40% backhaul savings measured in trials

More EdgeCloud® applications for Smart Cells

Inline processing apps

• McAfee Global Threat Intelligence

• URL filtering

• Adaptive video shaping

• Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)

Platform apps

• Cellular-WiFi Policy Management

• Video Ad Server

• Upload ProxyDelivers photos/videos to proxy app in smart cell to save time and extend phone battery life

Core network functions that protect users. Running more efficiently at the edge of the network.

Running apps closer to mobile users to deliver a better experience

Future potential of EdgeCloud® technology

EdgeCloud®

Cloud

Localised services & content based on policy or use

Mobile Operator