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LTE 450MHz

in Brazil
June, 2014

Main rules applicable for for 450 MHz band:


- Target to the rural area digital inclusion.
- All rural schools* must be connected.
- The coverage the area with 30 km radius from the boundaries of the main
city.
- The operators must follow the following schedule deployment:

Final date

% of cities**

Jun/30/2014

30

Dec/31/2014

60

Dec/31/2015

100

Rural vs. Urban


Distribution Scenario in Brazil
143.80
30 million
Citizens

17.26

24.45
6.23

fonte: Censo 2010 (IBGE)

Opportunities
R$ millions

GDP Agrobusiness

1,200,000
1,000,000
800,000

600,000
400,000
200,000
0

2013 GDP from agrobusiness:


> USD 500 Billion
> 20% of Brazil GDP

Global Scenario for 450 MHz Band


An opportunity to LTE

SLP Airports

450 MHz451

458

451

459

460

458

7 MHz (uplink)

461

468

461

3 MHz

SLMP

SMP, STFC and SCM

SLP, SLE

SLP Airports

1 MHz 1 MHz

7 MHz

SARC

SMP, STFC and SCM

1 MHz 1 MHz 1 MHz


SLP, SLE

7 MHz

SLMP

1 MHz

SARC

Channelization for 450 MHz Band in Brazil

469

470

468

7 MHz (downlink)

Small separation between TX and RX channels:

40x smaller than Band 7 (2,6 GHz) !!

Challenge for the duplexer project (band rejection x size x weight)

Narrow band interference due to legacy voice systems in the refarming


period.

3GPP Standardization - 450 MHz: Band 31

2012 4G Brazilian Auction


Main rules applicable for for 450 MHz band:
- Target to the rural area digital inclusion.
- All rural schools* must be connected.
- The coverage the area with 30 km radius from the boundaries of the main
city.
- The operators must follow the following schedule deployment:

Final date

% of cities**

Jun/30/2014

30

Dec/31/2014

60

Dec/31/2015

100

* Some municipalities are very large like Altamira-PA, which is almost twice the size of Portugal.
** Brazil comprises 5570 municipalities.

Area Coverage
4.409.745,70 Km(51,8%)

LTE 450 MHz Deployment Scenario

Internet

LTE

Cable

Small Cell

Malls,
airports,
stadiums
and etc.

EPC
Management
System

IMS

3 km

Core
Network

>30 km

Macro
Cell

LTE

Wi-Fi

LTE 450 MHz Products from Brazilian Industry

Indoor CPE

Base station

Outdoor CPE

LTE 450 MHz Field Trials in Brazil


Telecom A - Brasilia

36 Km

TOWER

DL / UL: 19 / 6 Mbps

LTE 450 MHz Field Trials in Brazil


Telecom B So Paulo

DL / UL: 17 / 4 Mbps

TOWER

LTE 450 MHz is Available !

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