2300-2400MHz in the
Asia Pacific region
g
PTS Stakeholder Event
18th November 2010
Barry Lewis – Samsung Electronics
[email protected]
Licensing
g in APT countries (1)
( )
• Full
F ll TDD allocation
ll
i iin most countries
i
• 5MHz based band arrangement is most common.
Application
Duplex
method
Block
size
(MHz)
2330-2380
licensed for indoor
usage
IMT
(TD-SCDMA/TDLTE)
TDD
-
Korea
2300-2400
Commercial roll out
Mobile WiMAX
TDD
27, 30
Malaysia
2300-2400
Commercial roll out
BWA
TDD
30
Singapore
2300-2350
Commercial roll out
TDD
30/20
Freq.
portion
Status
China
Country
(Mobile WiMAX)
BWA
Licensing
g in APT countries (2)
( )
Block
size
(MHz)
Country
Freq. portion
Status
Application
Duplex
method
Th il d
Thailand
2300 2400
2300-2400
P
Preparing
i lilicense award
d
BWA
TDD
Vietnam
2300-2400
Preparing auction
Mobile
Network
TDD
30
New
Zealand
2300-2400
Licensed
Mobile
WiMAX
TDD
35/25
I di
India
2300 2400
2300-2400
20 + 20MHz: Auction
completed
BWA
TDD
20
2300 2400
2300-2400
30MHz auction
completed
p
60MHz in preparation
for mobile applications
Fixed
WiMAX
(30MHz)
TDD
15
Indonesia
Radio Regulation
g
• Focusing
F
i on ITU-R
ITU R R
Recommendations
d ti
Country
Max Power
Spectrum Mask
BS
MS
Malaysia
40dBm
37dBm
-50dBm
(Spurious emission)
Indonesia
40dBm
30dBm
Local Regulations
Thailand
48dBm
33dBm
Rec. ITU-R M.1580/1581
Vietnam
TBC
TBC
Rec. ITU-R M.1580/1581
Korea
40dBm
23dBm
Rec. ITU-R M.1580/1581
Spectrum
p
Engineering
g
g Aspects
p
• Guardbands
– Between adjacent blocks(operators)
Country
inter operator guard band
upper band edge
Vi t
Vietnam
Option
O
ti 1 : 2
2.5MHz
5MH
Option 2 : None
Option
O
ti 1 iincludes
l d a 5MH
5MHz
GB at 2400MHz edge
Korea
4.5MHz ( 9MHz case)
None (10MHz case)
10MHz GB at 2400MHz
edge
Malaysia
None
10MHz GB at 2400MHz
edge
g
– At 2400MHz edge and ISM/RLAN systems:
• 10MHz
10MH GB is
i commonly
l used
d in
i severall countries(Korea,
t i (K
Malaysia, Thailand,..)
• 3GPP initiated a new study
y item, “in-device interference”
(e.g. LTE and ISM technologies)
Spectrum
p
Engineering
g
g Aspects
p
• Interference management between operators
– Most countries such as Malaysia, India do not specify any
regulation. It is up to operators’ agreement.
– Korea : to operate 9 MHz and 10MHz bandwidth simultaneously
inter-operator UL/DL timing synchronisation is recommended.
Key
y APT Regional
g
Views
• Full TDD arrangement is preferred.
– However, flexible FDD/TDD arrangement is also considered for
administrations that are required to meet local conditions
•
A channel raster of 5MHz and/or 9 MHz is used
– Can be aggregated into larger blocks
• A guard band to 2.4GHz ISM band is considered.
– Generally
y 10MHz but not universal.
• Consolidated in APT Wireless Forum Report: “APT
FREQUENCY ARRANGEMENT ON 2 300 – 2 400MHz FOR
IMT/BWA”.
APT Band Options
p
(1)
( )
• Option 1 : Full TDD w/o specific arrangement
• Option 1a : Implementation of 5MHz blocks
APT Band Options
p
(2)
( )
• Option 1b : Implementation of 9 MHz blocks
– Case A : 9 MHz only
– Case
C
B : 9 MH
MHz and
d 10 MH
MHz
• Option 2 : Flexible FDD/TDD (Now removed from ITU-R discussion)
Equipment
q p
eco-system
y
•
The active service providers are:
– Augere / Greenpacket (India)
– PT. Berca Hardayaperkasa , PT First Media, PT Telekom; PT jasnita Telekom
indo. (Indonesia)
– KT Corp, SK Broadband, SK Telecom. (S. Korea)
– Packet One Networks, Redtone, Bizsurf, Asiaspace (Malaysia)
– Inter-touch, Qala. (Singapore)
– Craig wireless, Kordia, Woosh Wireless (New Zealand)
– Austar (Australia)
•
Commerciallyy available p
products include:
– Dongles, laptops, video devices, routers, dedicated
devices and handsets.
– Multi-band devices ((2.3/2.6GHz)) very
y likely.
y
•
Continuing to grow.
– New technologies expected e.g TD-LTE products.
– Service providers pushing for more multi-mode
multi mode devices
and roaming.
Source: WiMAX Forum
Growing
g device availability
y
Egg Device
Instant WiFi AP
SPH-M8400 Smartphone
VoIP Phone
Mobile WiMAX + WCDMA (HSPA) + WiFi
Mobile Internet Device (SWD-M100)
Mobile WiMAX + WiFi
Mini Notebook (NP-N150)
(NP N150)
Mobile WiMAX + WiFi
Public Services
•
Public internet services
on public transport
networks
Final comments
• Good harmonisation is possible with activities in ETSI
aligned
li
d ffrom a ttechnical
h i l perspective.
ti
– Based on globally standardised technologies.
• A firmer regulatory basis for licensing is required that can
support the standardisation efforts.
– Clear and harmonised band arrangements.
– Understanding the coexistence aspects.
– Other services to be considered in Europe.
• Markets will continue to grow in the APAC region.
– Increasing pressure on roaming possibilities.
– Scale economy opportunities.