U900 & U2100

Coverage Capability Analysis

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900MHz & 2100MHz Coverage Capability Comparison

Coverage capability of 900MHz (or 850MHz) is much better than 2100MHz (or 1900MHz).

Indoor coverage capability is determined by building penetration and diffraction capability:

•Higher band like 2100MHz has less wall penetration loss, but the diffraction capability is much weaker
than the lower band like 900MHz.

The overall coverage capability of 900MHz is much better the and 2100MHz due to the gain of diffraction
capability.

According to Huawei field test result: normally the path loss of U900 is 10~12dB less than U2100 in the urban
area.
900MHz

2100MHz

~10-12dB better

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900MHz & 2100MHz Coverage Capability Analysis

Theoretically, path loss of U900(850) is 10~12dB less than U2100(1900)
Path loss calculation based on: radio propagation model Cost231-hata and Okumuru-231 Hata
180 150
170 140
160 130
150
120
Pathloss(dB)

Pathloss(dB)
140
110
130
100
120
90
110
100 80
90 70
80 60
0 1 2 3 4 5 0 2 4 6 8 10
Urban Distance (km) Rural Distance (km)
U2100 Pathloss(dB) U900 Pathloss(dB) U2100 Pathloss(dB) U900 Pathloss(dB)

Simulation condition: Simulation condition:

Propagation Model Urban Propagation Model Rural

BS Height(m) 30.00 BS Height(m) 40.00

UE Height(m) 1.50 UE Height(m) 1.50
900MHz Frequency(MHz) 945 900MHz Frequency(MHz) 945
2100MHz Frequency(MHz) 2140 2100MHz Frequency(MHz) 2140

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900MHz & 2100MHz Coverage Capability Information from GSA

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Coverage Capability Test in Urban Area

Building penetration loss test result RSCP of U900 is around 11dB higher than
U2100 in average
Unit: dB

Test A Test B Test C Test D Test E Test F Test G Test H Test I Test J

2100MHz 900MHz

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Wide Coverage Capability Test in Rural Area

Voice service coverage test (Km) HSDPA service coverage test (Km)

384 Kbps 0 Kbps

Excellent voice Call drop

Rural area

60m high antenna

Excellent voice: HSDPA 384Kbps:

Cover distance of U900 is 1.9 times of U2100 Cover distance of U900 is 1.7 times of U2100
Call drop: HSDPA 0Kbps:
Cover distance of U900 is 1.6 times of U2100 Cover distance of U900 is 1.6 times of U2100

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Wide Coverage Capability Test in Highway

Voice service
Highway test in rural area
Single Site

U900 6.4 Km

U2100 3.9 Km

U2100 HSDPA 1.64 x

HSDPA data service 3.5

Single Site U900 HSDPA 6

U900 6.0 Km
U2100 Voice
U2100 语音 3.9 1.71 x

U900 Voice
U900 语音 6.4
(Km)
U2100 3.5 Km 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Test Result：Coverage distance of U900 is 1.7 times of U2100

Coverage area of U900 is 2.9 times of U2100

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Indoor Coverage Capability Test

U900:8.7Mbps U900:8.7Mbps

U900:8.6Mbps

U900 U900 Antenna U900:8.5Mbps

U900:8.6Mbps

U900:7Mbps
U900:8.5Mbps
U900:7Mbps 55m

U2100:8.7Mbps U2100:8.7Mbps

U2100:8.6Mbps
U2100
U2100 Antenna U2100:4.5Mbps

U2100:8.6Mbps

35m U2100: 0Kbps

U2100:4Mbps
U2100:500kbps
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 Theoretical analysis Test result Case

U900 take over 70% data traffic and 30% Voice Traffic in Opt.C

Metro Coverage Technology Voice Erl Downlink data MB Uplink data MB

Before U900 GSM 1853.3 21122 4141.9

GSM 1307.9 5931.7 1302.5

With U900 U2100 554.7 7861.4 1297.2
U900 769.1 28310.7 4076.9

GSM traffic decrease ratio -29.40% -71.90% -68.50%

Total traffic increase ratio 42.00% 99.30% 61.20%

U900 take over ratio 29.20% 67.20% 61.10%

Background information：60% U900 UE penetration rate

During a specific period, 16 million times data service connection in GSM & UMTS network，4.8 million
times of it initiated from UMTS UE (30%) and 2.85 million times of from U900 UE.

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Country F Opt S: Migrate 2G to UMTS and Deploy more U900

Background 2G/3G market share in country F
60.00% 51.24%
 Weak in 2G market，facing huge challenge of 50.00% 40.97% 42.00%
40.00% 30.81%
Opt O. 30.00%
17.96%
20.00% 17.03%
10.00%
 Legacy 2G equipment bring high TCO and bad 0.00%
Opt O
Orange Opt S
SFR Opt B
Bouygues
performance.
GSM份额
GSM market share UMTS
UMTS份额
market share

U900 Strategy of Opt.S：national wide deploy U900, promote U900 UE, migrate GSM user to U900

• Deploy U2100 in urban area, focus on the high end user

Overall Strategy
• U900 deploy in rural area first, than in urban area, cover 90% of the population within 2 years

UE Promotion • All the UE on market must support U900 after 2010

User Migration • Promote 2G user migration, special tariff package for country area

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GSM Frequency Bands

Band Carrier Frequency(UL) frequency channel number Carrier Frequency(DL)

Fl(n) = 890 + 0.2*n 1  n  124 Fu(n) = Fl(n) + 45

P-GSM 900
Fl(n) = 890 + 0.2*n 0  n  124 Fu(n) = Fl(n) + 45
E-GSM 900 Fl(n) = 890 + 0.2*(n-1024) 975  n  1 023 Fu(n) = Fl(n) + 45

Fl(n) = 890 + 0.2*n 0  n  124 Fu(n) = Fl(n) + 45

R-GSM 900 Fl(n) = 890 + 0.2*(n-1024) 955  n  1023 Fu(n) = Fl(n) + 45

DCS 1 800 Fl(n) = 1710.2 + 0.2*(n-512) 512  n  885 Fu(n) = Fl(n) + 95

PCS 1 900 FI(n) = 1850.2 + .2*(n-512) 512 £ n £ 810 Fu(n) = FI(n) + 80

GSM 850 Fl(n) = 824.2 + 0.2*(n-128) 128  n  251 Fu(n) = Fl(n) + 45

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UMTS Frequency Bands
UPLINK (UL) UE transmit, Node B receive DOWNLINK (DL) UE receive, Node B
transmit
UARFCN Carrier frequency (FUL) UARFCN Carrier frequency
Band
formula offset range [MHz] formula offset (FDL) range [MHz]
FUL_Offset FUL_low FUL_hig FDL_Offset FDL_low FDL_hig
[MHz] h [MHz] h
I 0 1922.4 1977.6 0 2112.4 2167.6
II 0 1852.4 1907.6 0 1932.4 1987.6
III 1525 1712.4 1782.6 1575 1807.4 1877.6
IV 1450 1712.4 1752.6 1805 2112.4 2152.6
V （U850） 0 826.4 846.6 0 871.4 891.6
VI 0 832.4 837.6 0 877.4 882.6
VII 2100 2502.4 2567.6 2175 2622.4 2687.6
VIII （U900） 340 882.4 912.6 340 927.4 957.6
IX 0 1752.4 1782.4 0 1847.4 1877.4

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