CEO REPORT

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Femtocell TechnologyForResidential and Small
OfficeApplications
Bob Anderson Account Manager MetaSwitch
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For Many Users Telephones are History
TELEPHONE
MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM
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Wireless Today
Core Network Circuit Switch 1G/2G IP/IMS
3G/4G
MSC
A/IOS
Access Network RAN Frequencies 800 MHz 1900 MHz
700 MHz - Broadband Modulation AMPS TDMA CDMA G
SM
BSC
BTS
BTS
BTS
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Wireless Today - Challenges

• Centralized Core Network
• Costly backhaul
• Price of EVDO/NextGen Upgrades
• Network Costs Increasing
• RTU Fees Price of Power
• Maintenance and Warranty Support
• Lease vs. Buy
• Need to be competitive
• Features/Services
• Price
• Hosted Services
• Little control of features/services offering
• How do I differentiate my brand?
• Investment Protection - Is my Network Future
  Proof?

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Technology Has Evolved
Single Play
Double Play
Triple/ Quad Play
Carriers
Technology
Users
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Fixed Mobile Convergence

• What is FMC ?
• Seamless telephony services with a single phone
  or phone number across wireline and wireless
  access networks
• Examples
• One number
• Dual Mode GSM/CDMA and Wi-Fi handset
• Femtocell GSM/CDMA indoors base station
• Same Advanced calling features available
  anytime / anywhere
• FMFM/SIM Ring, Call Forking
• Multi-line calls
• Personal/Enterprise/Family feature control
• Unified Messaging
• Presence

Seamless Services across multiple networks
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FMC Objectives

• What is the goal of FMC?
• Enable subscribers to make the most effective
  combined use of mobile and landline services

• Service Provider
• Service Quality Improvements
• Wi-Fi may reach where cellular may not and vice
  versa.
• Network Infrastructure Utilization
• Better network utilization since calls can travel
  over IP connections high bandwidth connections.
• Advanced Application Sharing
• Feature transparency across all network domains
• Design / Deploy IMS solutions
• One Switching infrastructure for all
  communications.

• End User
• Simplified Communications
• One device/number for all calls
• Productivity Improvements
• users can be reached at a single phone number and
  can access the same calling features whether they
  are in the office, at home, or on the road.
• Unified Billing
• One Bill for all voice services
• Superior Call Control
• Web self care for all features

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IMS Implications

• IMS Provides migration path for wireline /
  wireless network
• Application and PSTN feature server provide
  feature transparency
• Client software on handset address handoff
  capability of the solution
• between WiFi and Cell Network
• IMS Solution appears as roaming MSC to
  wireless network

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Femtocell Market Drivers
VoIP of BB will explode compared to other
services offerings
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Femtocell Technology

• First proposed in 1999 - 3G access point designed
  as a consumer device to be placed in buildings to
  improve the range of the cellular network.
• Interworks with legacy handsets with no change
  required
• Zero touch, plug and play Access Point
• Allows access to a user-specified and
  configurable subscriber list

GSM,UMTS,CDMA
GSM,UMTS,CDMA
Indoor GSM/UMTS/CDMA Access Point
Single Mode handsets used in both networks
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Femtocell in the Home
Mobile Network
GSM/UMTS
GSM/UMTS
UMTS Access Point
Single Mode Handset
GSM,CDMA

• Scalable solution
• Easy to add new services
• Secure IP connections

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Femtocells / Picocells in Enterprise
Public Mobile Network
Slide Courtesy of StarSolutions
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Industry Adoption

• RBOCs
• Sprint
• First to deploy Aug 2008, named Sprint Airave
• 99 initial cost 4.95 monthly, voice and text
  only
• 10 per month fee, Femto-calls will not count
  against Minutes Plan
• ATT
• in trials, deploy in 2H09, named 3G Microcell
• Will also provides 3G Data service, including
  voice and text
• Verizon
• in trials, deploy 4Q09, named Network Extender
• Up to 4 phone lines, voice and text only
• Will count Femto-calls against overall Minutes
  Plan
• 249 on time fee, with no monthly fees

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Deployment Challenges

• Issues
• Interference
• Unique spectrum needed, Hand off, Multi-tenant
  locations
• Access control
• Access to anyone, backhaul congestion, cost to
  user
• Lawful interception, Emergency calls
• Equipment location
• Power
• Network integration
• Millions of femtocells all in the network
• Quality of service
• Who to blame cell provider?
• Competing services
• Handover
• Should hand-off when proper signal is achieved
• Lawnmower effect

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For more up to date information, visit
http//www.thinkfemtocell.com/
Thank you! Bob Anderson 303.883.9116 ra_at_metaswi
tch.com