Download Standardization and Innovations from Emerging Markets The Road Ahead

ITU Workshop on
“Bridging the Gap: From Innovations to Standardization”
(New Delhi, India, 14 March 2013)
Standardization and Innovations
from Emerging Markets
The Road Ahead
Dr. Vikram Srinivasan
Director Network Algorithms and
Systems,
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, India
*Disclaimer: The views presented are that of the speaker
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and not Alcatel-Lucent
Assumption – goal of workshop is to
emerge consensus on how emerging
economies can shape standards and
innovations in the telecom space.
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Innovation in Standards
Decrease the spend on patent fees
Unique characteristics –
Radio propagation due to terrain,
different mobility patterns
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The Ecosystem
Chipset
Vendors
Regulatory
body
Network
Equipment
Vendors
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Operators
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Operators Influence The Vendors
Towards New Innovations
Radio
Radio
Fiber 20Km
Baseband
SoC
Baseband
SoC
Virtualized Radio Processing
Data center on GPP/SoC
• Cloud-RAN:
•China Mobile led industry wide initiative
• Co-creation agreements with Vendors with
Appropriate IP arrangements
• Paying customers!
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Indigenous Vendor Ecosystem
30% preference for local vendors
India’s Huawei/ZTE/Samsung?
$40,000.00
$35,000.00
$30,000.00
LTE
$25,000.00
WiMAX
$20,000.00
WCDMA
CDMA
$15,000.00
TDMA
GSM
$10,000.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Macro RAN market not growing.
No space for a new entrant
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The Future: Small Cells and HetNets
Significant Standardization Ongoing
Plenty of opportunities for new entrants
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Policy – Change the Incentives/Rules
Economics of running networks for
operators are dismal, especially true
in India
Encourage active RAN sharing rules
Separate service provider from
infrastructure provider
Emerging model in small cells (small cell
as a service)
Leap forward in spectrum rules
E.g., 3.65GHz for DSA spectrum sharing
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Conclusion
Innovations from emerging markets
implies
Operator vendor co-creation
agreements
Policy makers changing the dynamics of
the market so innovation is possible
here.
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