April 15, 2013 | No. 17

TD-LTE Industry Briefing

Edited by GTI SecretariatApril 15, 2013

Contents

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Appendix 1 - TD-LTE Vendor Overview

Appendix 3 - Welcome to Join GTI Partner Forum (to non-operators)

Appendix 2 - Welcome to Join GTI (to operators)

TD-LTE Live HD TV Broadcasting: Xiamen International Marathon 2013

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Industry

GTI

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Appendix

06TD-LTE Micro eNB & Relay: Outdoor Trial Test Results

09TD-LTE Global Market Overview

Market

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GTI Development Overview

07TD-LTE Inter-RAT Conformance Testing Progress in GCF

03GTI Successfully Held 2013 GTI Summit In Barcelona

Top News

08TD-LTE Progress In Carrier Aggregation and Inter Working

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Upcoming GTI Events Preview In Shanghai

04GTI Awarded Industry Partners In Barcelona

GTI Successfully Held

2013 GTI Summit In Barcelona

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2013 GTI Summit

26 February 2013, GTI successfully held 2013 LTE TDD/FDD InternationalSummit (GTI Summit) in Barcelona, Spain.

Operators of Bharti Airtel, Clearwire, China Mobile, Industry Partners ofGSMA, Samsung, Nokia Siemens Network, Nokia, Qualcomm, Ericsson andMarvell shared their global scale deployment experiences, plans androadmaps.

Clearwire announced to launch 5000BS in 2013 and 8000BS in 2014. ChinaMobile revealed its 100 cities and 1 million terminals 4G plan to achieve100 cities 4G Network Coverage; 1 Million 4G Terminal Purchasing in 2013.

Dynamic development in the field of TD-LTE terminals has also been seen.China Mobile and its industry partners, including HTC, Huaiwei, LG,Samsung and ZTE jointly launched 5 models of TD-LTE Multi-Mode Multi-Band smart phones and 3 TD-LTE MiFi products were released. Amongwhich 2 MiFi products were China Mobile independently branded.

With the joint efforts by global chip vendors, the technologies for TD-LTEmulti-mode multi-band smart phones are getting mature increasingly. It isestimated that booming development of TD-LTE terminals will be realizedin a diversified, large-scale manner in the coming two years. Beside high-end mobile phones, middle and low end mobile phones will enter into themarket. This will provide consumers with enriched choices while allowingseamless global roaming.

Speech Session

Top News

Product Release

MMMB Smart Phones

LG Optimus Vu 2 PlusHTC TD101 Huawei Ascend D2-TL ZTE U9810

MMMB MiFi2

Huawei E5375China Mobile CM512 ZTE MF91S+China Mobile CM510

All devices support 5 Modes: TD-LTE/LTE FDD/TD-SCDMA/WCDMA/GSM

26 February 2013, GTI invited it’s delegated partners to attend the GTINight, which was a social event dedicated to further promote LTE TDD/FDDconvergent development, and open up TD-LTE fully large scalecommercialization new ear.

Awards Winner Achievements

Market Development

Award

Huawei Deployed 8 global TD-LTE commercial networks out of 14, assigned 26 commercial contracts

Nokia Siemens Network

Contributed on global TD-LTE trials and commercial deployment

LTE TDD/FDD Converged Solution

Ericsson Successfully commercialized LTE TDD/FDD convergent networks in Sweden & China Hong KongZTE

Multi-mode multi-band Chipset

Qualcomm MSM8960 is industry’s 1st integrated LTE MMMB chipset solution, supports GSM\WCDMA\LTE

HiSilicon Balong710 is industry’s 1st multi-mode chipset which supports 3GPP Release 9 & LTE Category 4

Multi-mode multi-band Product

Quanta QDG is world’s 1st 5-mode 12-band mobile hotspot product, satisfies GTI MMMB mobile hotspot device specification

TD-LTE Smartphone

Samsung GT-I9308C/GT-I9308D is world’s 1st smart phone, supports TD-LTE & LTE FDD dual mode and CSFB dual standby

Huawei Ascend P1 LTE is the 1st commercial smart phone that supports TD-LTE, and has been launched in Japan & India

Test System Anite SAS solution provided exceptional performance in TD-LTE IOT

Innovative Solution Alcatel-Lucent Released TD-LTE Lightradio MRO micro BS

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Top News

General Status of TD-LTE Large-Scale TrialGTI Night

•MMMB MiFi and Smart Phones•VoLTE Solutions and Performance

Key Topics

The 6th GTI Workshop

21-22 February 2013, the 6th GTI Workshop was held in Barcelona, Spain.More than one hundred representatives from China Mobile, Vodafone,Softbank, Clearwire etc. participated this 2-day meeting, managing topromote the solutions for commercialization of TD-LTE and convergence ofTD-LTE and LTE FDD.

This workshop focused on the industrialization of multi-mode/bandterminals, integrated solutions, global roaming, consumer electronicdevices, and the Internet of Vehicle. In the aspect of terminals.

•Consumer Electronics•3.5GHz Industry Structuring

GTI Awards

Product Release

GTI Awarded Industry Partners In

Barcelona

Alcatel-Lucent released the latest TD-LTE LightradioMRO micro BS

•Global Roaming trials and test•Inter Mode Mobility

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Industry

TD-LTE Live HD TV Broadcasting:

Xiamen International Marathon 2013

TD-LTE technology has successfully been used for Live TV Broadcast

On January 5, China Mobile’s TD-LTE network transmitted a live videostream of the Xiamen International Marathon to TV centers of ChinaCentral TV and Xiamen TV for live broadcasting. The TD-LTE network, solelybuilt by Nokia Siemens Networks, exceeded required parameters totransmit high-definition (HD) video and images from cameras on the move,providing the best live TV experience, matching a relay via satellite.

Xiamen international marathon is one of the world’s top marathon event with >73,000 runners

Live 1080 50fps HD TV national broadcast on CCTV5 using TD-LTE

•Optimal network performance with ultra high-quality and reliability

•No degradation in network performance, no packet loss and no delay

•Stable uplink throughput of 5Mbps

TD-LTE Broadcasting Scenario

TV HD Video Cam

GS Live 4000Encoder + Dongle

TD-LTE Radio + Core

Decoder + TV Live, Broadcast Station

IndustryTD-LTE Micro eNB & Relay:

Outdoor Trial Test Results

2nd GTI WorkshopTrial test of Relay in Guangzhou

1. Completion of field trial of Relay:In Feb. 2013, CMCC and ZTE launched and finished the

first trial test of preliminary commercial TD-LTE Relayproduct in Guangzhou, in order to explore and verify theadvantages of Relay in the practical network.

2. Findings from Relay trial test: Features of current Relay product:

• Small size (<10L), no need for machine room,easy & flexible to deploy

• Support LOS /NLOS wireless backhaul• No need for isolation between backhaul antenna

and access antenna Benefits for the network from Relay deployment:

• Remove coverage hole in urban area withoutharm to cell throughput

• Improve indoor coverage for indoor usersdemanding high speed service

• Effective in the area where difficult/expensive todeploy wired backhaul

Trial test of TD-LTE Integrated eNodeB in Guangzhou

From Dec. 2012 to Jan. 2013, China Mobile ResearchInstitute, China Mobile Guangdong and ZTE Corporationfinished the field trial of the TD-LTE Integrated MicroeNodeB. The test items investigate the effect of coverageenhancement of Micro eNB for coverage hole and hotspot in the urban area.

For coverage hole: Significantly improve RSRP, SINR andthroughput by the Integrated Micro eNodeB.

For hot spot: Increase the throughput by 105% afterintroducing the Integrated Micro eNB. Different frequencydeployment is better than using the same spectrum.The test results demonstrate that TD-LTE Integrated MicroeNodeB can effectively improve the coverage for deadzone and increase the throughput for hot spot, and hasthe value to be commercialized in large-scale.

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Industry

Progress of TD-LTE Inter-RAT Conformance

Testing in GCF

WI-097: EPS TDD/GERAN Inter-RAT Protocol Conformance Testing

WI-096 & WI-097: the two new activated work items of TD-LTE in GCF

• With the great efforts of Test platform vendors and the growth of TD-LTE multi-mode devices, the test platforms for WI-096 and WI-097 for EPS TDD/UMTS TDD and EPS TDD/GERAN Inter-RAT conformance testing reached the Test Platform Approval Criteria (TPAC) for all TDD bands, B38, B39 and B40, at GCF CAG #33 meeting, January 2013. They are to verify inter-RAT interoperability functionality of TD-LTE devices, i.e. PLMM selection, cell reselection, measurement, handover and redirection etc.

• Whilst WI-099, the work item for EPS/UMTS/GERAN Multi-RAT Conformance Testing, remains in inactive state, and therefore it requires continuous resources and efforts from the industry to be activated.

• WI-097 to verify mobility scenarios for EPS TDD to/from GERAN is active as well, which makes the certification for such multi-mode devices ready. With the progress of TD-LTE industry, more TD-LTE multi-mode devices will emerge and benefit from the two activated work items.

WI-096: EPS TDD/UMTS TDD Inter-RAT Protocol Conformance Testing

• WI-096, consisting of 70 test cases covering mobility scenarios for EPS TDD to/from UMTS TDD in various RAT/Band combinations, becomes active with thanks to all Representative test cases of Priority 1 validated. This Test Platform Approval Criteria (TPAC) turns valid, which indicates the test environment is initially ready for TD-LTE device certification and the certification entry “opens”.

EPS TDD

GERANUMTS TDD

Industry

TD-LTE Progress In Carrier Aggregation

and Inter Working

2nd GTI WorkshopRohde & Schwarz delivers validated Test Cases for LTE FDD / TD-LTE

Rohde & Schwarz provided validated Test Cases for the GCF (Global Certification Forum)Rel-9 Work Item 151 "E-UTRA/EPC Dual mode (FDD/TDD) Rel-9”.

This achievement represents another major milestone to ensure the interworkingbetween the 2 modes of the truly global radio technology LTE (FDD and TDD) and tostrengthen the LTE ecosystem.

These validated test cases are split into RRM and Protocol Test Cases. And the first testcases in GCF Work Item 151-7-40 (FDD Band 7 and TDD Band 40) and GCF WI-151-25-41 (FDD Band 25 and TDD Band 41) have been validated. Rohde & Schwarz obtainedthe highest completion rate in the official GCF status of validation (end of March 2013).

The first dual mode LTE FDD Band 25 and TDD Band 41 network is planned in the USA.In addition several operators are planning similar dual-mode networks in other regionsof the world, such as Asia and Europe with other band combinations, due to theavailability of both FDD and TDD spectrum and dual mode UEs. Band combination LTEFDD Band 7 and TDD Band 40 are planned in particular in China.

Huawei Showcases 4-Carrier Aggregation for LTE TDD

Huawei showcased its 4-Carrier Aggregation (CA) solution for LTE TDD at the 2013Mobile World Congress. Utilizing leading 4×4 MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output)technologies, the solution provides 1 Gb/s data speed. It establishes a widebandnetwork benchmark, allowing a single user to enjoy higher data speeds on an LTE TDDnetwork than previously possible.

Huawei’s 4-CA solution for LTE TDD is a part of the GigaSite solution for meetinggrowing end users demands for higher data speeds. It employs a series of UltrabandRRUs which support 80 MHz and can expand to four carriers with only softwareupgrades to achieve a 1 Gb/s data speed. Huawei has also launched a similar series ofWideband RRUs for China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA network. The 4-CA solution highlightsthe importance of wireless network equipment supporting multiple broadbandfrequencies in order to build easy-to-deploy networks that are suited for long-termdevelopment.

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TD-LTE Global Market Overview

TD-LTE Global Commercial/Trial Networks

Market

16 commercial TD-LTE networks launched

•Saudi Arabia: STC

•Japan: Softbank

•Sweden:Hi3G

•Russia: MTS

•Sri Lanka: Dialog Axiata

•Poland: AERO2

•Brazil: Sky TV

•India: Bharti Airtel

•Oman: Omantel

•China: China Mobile HK

•Saudi Arabia : Mobily

•Australia: NBN

•UK: UKB

•Denmark: Hi3G

•Brazil: On Telecom

30 operators publicly announced 47 TD-LTE commercial contracts

Updated by Apr, 2013

Released 5-Mode chipset, 8 Devices To Be Commercialized Soon

5 Modes：TD-LTE /LTE FDD/TD-

S/WCDMA/GSM11 Bands：Band

38/39/40/41/3/7/34/1/2/5/8

2012.10

Multi-Mode Multi-Band MiFi

2012.2

LTE TDD/FDD

Multi-Mode

Chipset

Qualcomm MSM8960TD-LTE /LTE

FDD/WCDMA/

CDMA/GSM/EDGE/GPRS

MSM8960

Multimode 3GDual Core

Huawei HiSilicon Balong710TD-LTE /LTE FDD/

TD-S/GSM/EDGE/GPRS

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Quanta

2013.3MMMB Smart Phone

166 TD-LTE Devices Released, 18 TD-LTE Smart Phones been Commercialized

TD-LTE Device Type Quantity TD-LTE Device Type Quantity

USB Modem 41 Smart Phones 18

Router 86 Tablets 3

Module 18

•Russia: MegaFon

GTI

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GTI Asia Conference

Upcoming GTI Events Preview In Shanghai

Time:14:00-16:30Date: June 26, Wednesday, MAE Day 1Place: Grand Shanghai Ball Room, Kerry Hotel Pudong ,Shanghai, Pu Dong, Shanghai, ChinaParticipants:Executive-level delegates from across LTE ecosystemAim:•To further promote Asia Pacific LTE TDD/FDD convergent development•To speed up TD-LTE global deploymentPreliminary Session Arrangement:

7th GTI Workshop

Time:09:00-18:00Date: June 21-22, Monday-TuesdayPlace: Crown Plaza Century Park Shanghai, ChinaParticipants:GTI members and partnersAim:•To drive forward a constantly innovating and higher performance TD-LTE network eco-system•TD-LTE network & service tour

Welcome Note

Opening Speeches

Wireless City Release

Panel I & II

GTI

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GTI Development Overview

Working Groups Chair Technical Topics Leader

Spectrum Group Interim Chair: China Mobile

3.5GHz Interest Group Chair: UKB 3.5GHz Interest UKB

Network Working Group

Chair: Vodafone

Coexistence TD-LTE & FDD-LTE Clearwire

Network Planning: Coverage Planning & Solution CMCC

Multi-Antenna Solutions & Specifications (MASS) CMCC

eNB Product Planning & Specification Vodafone

Dynamic eMBMS Softbank

VoLTE CMCC

Terminal Working Group

Chair: China MobileCo-Chair: Clearwire

Multi-Mode Multi-Band Solution (including roaming) Clearwire

Voice Solution for TD-LTE Handset Bharti

IOT and Terminal Test CMCC

Inter-Mode Mobility E-Plus

Business & Service Working Group

Chair: ClearwireCo-Chair: Softbank

Consumer Electronics Marketing Clearwire

Global Roaming Core Team CMCC

Major GTI Activities in 2013

GTI established 3 Working Groups including 12 Task Forces

Europe Aero2, E-Plus, Datame, Smoltelecom, UKB, Bolloré, Vodafone, Voentelecom, Soyuz, Antares, Imagine, 2K Telecom, 4G Africa

North America Clearwire, NextWave, Horizon, Dish Network, Sprint, VelaTel, DirecTV, Xplornet

Latin America NII, WIND, VTR, TSTT, Cablevisión

Asia Augere, Asia Express, SoftBank, Bharti Airtel, CMCC, KT, SKT, Omantel, Mobily, P1, Cybernet, FITEL, TOT, FarEasTone, BellTel, Tatung InfoComm, Global Mobile, Incominvest, Indochina Telecom, TellhighTelecom, PT Berca, Tishknet Internet Services

Oceania Vividwireless , Woosh, NBN, Optus

Africa iBurst (Pty), 8ta, Afrimax

Infra Huawei, ZTE, Datang, Ericsson, NSN, ALU ,NEC, Juni, Gren Tech

Terminal/Chips Altair, CYIT, Fujitsu, Gemtek, HOJY, Hisilicon, Innofidei, Intel Mobile, Lenovo, Marvell, MediaTek, NVIDIA, Nokia, Quanta, Qualcomm, Renesas Mobile, Samsung, Sequans, Spreadtrum, ST-Ericsson, Sony, Cellon, Bandrich

Antenna Haitian, ALU Shanghai, Mobi, Comba, Tongyu, Multi-Micro

Test Anite, R&S, Anritsu Institute CATR

55 operators and 47 partners joined GTI, with more in process of joining GTI.

55 Operators and 47 Partners Joined GTI by March 2013

You can also find detailed events introduction on GTI website: http://lte-tdd.org/temp/event/index.aspx?nodeid=4

Feb 21-22

GTI Summit

Barcelona, Spain

6th GTI Workshop

Barcelona, Spain

Feb 26

GTI SC Meeting

Barcelona, Spain

Jun 24-25

GTI Asia Conference

Shanghai, China

Oct, TBD

GTI SC Meeting

Conference Call

7th GTI Workshop

Shanghai, China

Jun 26

GTI SC Meeting

Conference Call

8th GTI Workshop

TBD

Oct/Nov

Appendix 1 –TD-LTE Vendor Overview

Appendix

2nd GTI Workshop

Incomplete Statistics

TD-LTE Infrastructure Vendors

TD-LTE Terminal and Chipset Vendors

TD-LTE Test Equipment Vendors

Newly Updated

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Appendix 2 –Welcome to Join GTI

(to operators)

More information about GTI

How to join GTI

To find out more information about GTI, please visit www.lte-tdd.orgor email us.

Fill out the application form (download from http://www.lte-tdd.org/join/apply), and return to GTI Secretariat: GTI_Secretariat_list@lte-tdd.org and/or GTI@lte-tdd.org;

Sign the Accession Form and return the signed copy to 5 initiators.

Once the participation process finishes, an account and associated password will be assigned to the new participant.

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Appendix 3 –Welcome to Join GTI Partner

Forum (to non-operators)

More information about GTI Partner Forum

How to join GTI Partner Forum

To find out more information about GTI and GTI Partner Forum, please visit www.lte-tdd.org or email us.

Fill out the application form (download from http://www.lte-tdd.org/join/apply), and return to GTI Secretariat: GTI_Secretariat_list@lte-tdd.org and/or GTI@lte-tdd.org;

Sign the Declaration Form and return the signed hard copy to GTI Secretariat.

Once the participation process finishes, an account and associated password will be assigned to the new participant.

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions regarding TD-LTE or general enquiries regarding GTI, please contact:

GTI@lte-tdd.org

or

Miss Xiaofan Zhao (Becky)zhaoxiaofan@chinamobile.com

CONTACT GTI:

Appendix