Global Telecom Network Market 2017: HetNet and Densification, Towers & Small Cells, Network Virtualisation A time of transition 1G to 5G Hardware to Software

Dublin, June 13, 2017 -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Telecom Network Report Edition 4 2017 - A Network Revolution" report to their offering.

We are in the midst of a telecoms revolution. The technology has moved so fast that it is always approaching obsolescence, and never more so than now as the innovation cycles accelerate. 3G increased the demands on the systems and 4G escalated the volume of data traffic beyond anyone's expectations, changing usage patterns. 5G will drive demand even further, and will require new e xpanded capabilities. At the same time, earnings are under pressure as ARPU declines.

The operators have to grow capabilities and do it more cheaply. The first solution is the HetNet, densifying the networks and providing greater capacity for data traffic, with better Quality of Service for users inside buildings. To deliver this from the core to the Modern telecoms networks contain an ever-increasing variety of proprietary hardware.

The second solution is the key enabling technology of Network Virtualisation (NV). NV can deliver network functionality via software running on industry-standard commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware. Virtual networks are decoupled from the underlying network hardware. This is already happening in production networks across the world. It is enabling 4G and making the 5G revolution possible.

The report covers six broad fields of information:

1. The existing and traditional infrastructure of the networks and operators, base stations and backhaul, and limitations for today's volume of data traffic and QoS.
2. The development of the generations of wireless technology from 1G to 5G is charted and analysed
3. The state of the telecoms market is quantified and forecast to 2021 for all countries.
4. The explosion of data traffic as data overtakes voice is drowning the networks capacity, revealing shortfalls and inflating costs in a market with declining earnings.
5. The HetNet solutions for increasing network capacity and quality of service are outlined.
6. Virtualisation is already well established in IT and industry. It is now being introduced and refined for the telecoms sector, bringing greater agility and flexibility, and reducing costs. The reports explains what network virtualisation is and reviews its current status.

Key Topics Covered:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Evolution of the technology generations 1G to 5G
Spectrum refarming
Introduction to virtualisation in all industries
Network virtualisation
MVNO Mobile Virtual Network Operator and Sub-Brands
Backhaul and Fronthaul
Development of the market
Macro cell sites and base stations
Tower ownership
The HetNet, Densification and small cells

1. TELECOMS NETWORK TECHNOLOGY AND DEPLOYMENTS
Network technology
HetNet/Heterogeneous Network
Virtualisation
Cells
Types of base station
Macro cells
Small cells
Microcells
Metrocells
Picocells
Femtocells
DAS
Small cells or DAS?
Wi-Fi

2. RISING VOLUME OF DATA TRAFFIC

3. TECHNOLOGY PENETRATION - 1G to 5G
Timeline of mobile development
Unique mobile subscribers
2G
3G
Smartphones - 3G & 4G
4G LTE
5G
5G trials
5G network deployments
Coverage
Spectrum refarming

4. MIGRATION TO 4G IN CHINA, INDIA AND PAKISTAN
China
India
Pakistan

5. TRADITIONAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE, BACKHAUL AND FRONTHAUL
Backhaul
Macro and micro backhaul
Front haul

6. VIRTUALISATION
Introduction to virtualisation in all industries
Types of virtualisation
The development of virtualisation
The benefits of virtualisation
The virtualisation market
Server virtualisation
Desktop virtualisation
Application virtualisation

7. NETWORK VIRTUALISATION
NV Network Function Virtualisation
SDN Software-defined Networking
The OSI model of data communications
V-RAN
Service providers and enterprise networks
MNOs and the virtual network
The NV market
MVNO Mobile Virtual Network Operator
MVNO Business models
MVNE - Mobile Virtual Network Enabler
MVNA Mobile Virtual Network Aggregator
Sub-brands
MVNO and sub-brand segments

8. CENTRALISED AND DISTRIBUTED BASEBAND

9. MOBILE MARKET REVIEW
The development of mobile telephony in the United States
The emergence of new telecommunications players
Cable
The Internet
Cellular and Wireless
The development of mobile telephony in Europe
The development of mobile telephony in the CIS

10. NETWORK DISTRIBUTION OF GROUND BASED TOWERS, ROOFTOPS, DAS AND STREET POLES

11. INSTALLED BASE OF MACRO CELL SITES

12. EXPENDITURE ON MACRO CELL SITES

13. THE HETNET, DENSIFICATION AND SMALL CELLS - DEVELOPMENTS AND INSTALLED BASE
Densification
Why we need to densify
Types of base station
Introduction
The early developments of small cells
Why were these early micro/picocellular 2G base stations not successful?
The penetration of small cell base stations
Market segments
Small cell shipments to 2015
Cost of deployment of small cells

14. BASE TRANSCEIVER STATIONS (BTS) FOR MACRO CELLS AND SMALL CELLS

15. EXPENDITURES ON SMALL CELL SITES

16. MANUFACTURERS OF LATTICE TOWERS AND MONOPOLES
Chinese manufacturers
Other Asian manufacturers
North American manufacturers
Brazil
Turkey

17. BACKHAUL VENDORS

18. INFRASTRUCTURE SHARING
Tower infrastructure companies
The economics of telcos and towercos
Reduced time-to-market
The towerco business model

19. ENERGY COSTS AND SOURCES

20. THE TOWERCO MARKET
Tower infrastructure companies
United States
Europe
CIS
Asia Pacific
India
Indonesia
China
Japan
MENA
Sub-Saharan Africa
South America

20. CRITERIA FOR MARKET EVALUATION
Criteria for MNO market evaluation - numbers of subscribers, ARPU, ARPA

21. NETWORK GLOSSARY, DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS
NV Network Virtualisation


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