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Evolve to richer voice with Voice over LTE (VoLTE)
Winning the revenue advantage with LTE smartphones
NSN White paper November 2013
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CONTENTS
Voice will become data 3
Executive summary 3
1. Why implement VoLTE 4
2. VoLTEofferskeyadvantagesinfourmainareas 6
3. How to evolve to VoLTE: Approaches to consider 10
4. OptionsforprovidingvoiceservicestoLTEsmartphonesubscribers
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5. VoLTEsolution:PartofNSNLiquidNet 14
6. Conclusion 15
Glossaryofabbreviations 15
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Voice will become dataTheadoptionofLTEisfollowingtheexampleof3Ginearlythe2000s,butatamuchfasterrate.ForoperatorsevolvingtoLTE,providingvoiceononenetworkanddataonanotherdoesnotmakefinancialsense.Instead,voiceissettobecomeanintegralpartofLTEasitistodaywith2Gand3G.Asthisevolutioncontinues,LTEandVoiceoverLTE(VoLTE)arebecomingthemainstreamtechnologyandby2016,VoLTEwillaccountaround10%ofallLTEsubscriptions.
TheimplementationofVoiceofOverLTE(VoLTE)willhavefar-reachingimplicationsandwillbringmanyadvantagesforoperators,includinghigherefficiencyandlowercosts.Asvoicebecomesdata,VoLTEwillenablearichmultimediavoiceexperience,helpingtoimprovethecompetitivepositionofoperatorsagainstOTTplayers.
TheevolutiontoVoLTEwillproceeddownseveralpaths,withboththetechnologychoicesandtimingdependentonexistingtechnologies,thespectrumavailable,currentandfuturevoicestrategies,andlocalmarketconditions.AsoperatorsdecideontheappropriateLTEstrategy,whethertooptforhotspotsornationwidecoverage,forexample,theyarealsochoosingtheirapproachtoVoLTE.Insomecases,theywillstarttheirevolutiontoVoLTEwithCircuitSwitchedFallback(CSFB)andoncehavenationwideLTEcoverage,theywillimplementfull-fledgedVoLTEservice.Makingtheoptimumchoicewillbecrucialtocompetesuccessfullyinanenvironmentwherechangeisthe only constant and subscriber expectations will only increase.
• WhyimplementVoLTE? Explosive demand combined with increasing pricepressureandcompetitionfromOTTplayersaredrivingtheevolutiontoLTE,which opens up new business opportunities foroperatorsandhelpsthemimprovethecustomer experience.
• Whatarethetimelinesfortheintroduction ofVoLTE?
ThemassmarketintroductionofLTEsmartphoneshasbegun,andby2016VoLTEisprojectedtoaccountfor10%ofallLTEsubscriptions.
• WhatarethekeyadvantagesofVoLTE? VoLTEsupportshigherspectralefficiency,OPEXsavingsfromconsolidationandoptimization,bettervoicecallquality,and
newopportunitiesformoresophisticatedvoice-basedservices.
• WhatarethemainfactorsbehindthedecisiontoimplementVoLTE?
WhenoperatorsaremakingthedecisiontoimplementVoLTE,thereareseveralkeyfactorstobearinmind,includingtheirexistingmobiletechnology,theLTEspectrumandcoverageavailable,localmarketandcompetitiveconditions and their business objectives.
• WhatarethemainapproachestoimplementingVoLTE?
OperatorscanimplementfullIMSVoLTEandmultimedia,startwithCSFBforvoiceandIMSformultimedia,orrelyonCSFBoverthelongertermandtargetLTEfordata.
• VoLTEfromNokiaSolutionsandNetworks(NSN)
Executive summary
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1. Why implement VoLTEExplosivedemandfordata,greaterdemandforquality,andintensepricecompetitionarethreegoodreasonsforadoptingVoLTE.Capacityneedsareprojectedtoincrease1000-foldby2020asaveragedailyusagerisesto1GB.Atthesametime,marketdevelopmentssuchasOTTvoicearesqueezingprice-per-minuteandputtingunprecedentedpressureoncosts.Fortheirpart,subscribersincreasinglywantfaster,morereliableandricherservices,andtheyarereadyandwillingtoswapproviderstogetwhattheywant.Some40%ofhighvaluecustomersarelikelytochangeoperatorsinthenext12months.
Theseescalatingdemandsaredrivingtheintroductionofhigh-capacity,all-IPnetworks,withLTEprovidingtheradioaccessformobileconnectivity.AsLTEsmartphonescomeonthemarketandmore high-bandwidthapplicationssuchasHDvideoareintroduced,thesetrends will only accelerate.
Asthefirstradiotechnologythatisfullypacket-based,LTEprovidesfasteraccessratesandlowerlatency,aswellasenablingoperatorstoenjoyalowercost-per-transmitted-bitbyusingnetworkresourcesmoreefficiently.LTEisthekeytoprovidingcost-effectivecapacitytocatertogrowingdemandforhigh-bandwidthservicessuchasmobilevideo.
BySeptember2012,morethan290operatorshadcommittedtoLTEin93countriesandmorethan90commercialnetworkswereupandrunning.Infact,LTEis“thefastestdevelopingmobilesystemtechnologyever,”saystheGSA.
1.1 LTE provides the foundation for richer voice and data services
LTE-basedall-IPnetworksopenupopportunitiestointroducenewbusinessmodels,offerricherservicesandenhancebusinessperformance.Theyalsomakeitpossibletoimprovethecustomerexperiencewithvoiceservices,whichisatoppriorityofmanyoperators.DuringtherecentlaunchofVoLTEinKorea,forexample,operatorsSKTandLGU+stressedsuperiorvoicequalityintheirmarketingcampaigns.Asvoiceservicesarethedominantsourceofrevenueformobileoperators,accountingforaround60%oftheirtotalrevenue,thereiseveryreasontoensureapositiveexperience.Goingforward,VoiceoverLTE(VoLTE)isthelogicalchoicetoprovidehigh-qualityvoiceservices over the same technology that is driving the data revolution.
1.2 VoLTE subscriptions will grow in parallel with LTE
OnceVoLTEcapablesmartphonesareintroducedonamassmarketscale,whichiswidelyexpectedin2013,thenumberofVoLTEsubscriptionsandtheintroductionofVoLTEservicesonLTEnetworks
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areprojectedtogrowquickly.ARCchartpredictedinMay2012thattherewillbeasmanyas74millionVoLTE-enabledsubscribersbytheendof2016,representingapproximately10%ofallLTEsubscriptions.
Takingintoaccountrevenue,qualityandOPEXdrivers,VoLTEistherighttechnologychoiceforoperatorstomaintaintheirexistingrevenuesandmoresignificantlytoenablenewbusinessopportunities(seesection2).TheunderlyingquestionisnotwhethertoimplementVoLTE,buthowandwhen,whichisdiscussedinsection3.
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2. VoLTE offers key advantages in four main areas
VoLTE will typically be adopted in parallel with CS voice with a gradual transitiontoIMSVoLTE.ThetimingofthetransitionwillbecrucialforoperatorstoavoidlosingouttoOTTplayersandtakefulladvantage oftheadvantagesofVoLTE,whichcoverfourmainareas:
• Spectralefficiency:Spectrumrefarmingmakesitpossibletosignificantlyreducedeploymentcostsandhandletwiceasmanycalls with the same spectrum.
• Reuseofexisting2Gand3Gspectrumreducestheneedfornewspectrum
• Significantreductionindeploymentcostscomparedwithspectrum purchase
• Networkandplanningoptimizationcutscostsandenables future-proofnetworkmodernization
• Bettervoicecallquality:Shorterdelaysandfastercallset-uptimes improve the customer experience
• Richervoice:Creatingamultimediaenvironmentthatincludesvoice enables competition with OTT players
2.1 Higher spectral efficiencyImprovedspectralefficiencymakesitpossibleforVoLTEtohandletwiceasmanycalls,helpingtooptimizetheuseofradioresourcesandreducecosts.LTEofferstwicethespectralefficiencyof3G/HSPAandmorethan6timestheefficiencyofthelatestGSMtechnology.Thisfreesupmorecapacityfordata,whichinsomenetworksalreadyoutpacesvoicevolumebyafactorof50-100.AsbothdatavolumesandLTEdevicepenetrationgrow,spectralefficiencytocarrymorevoicewithlessbandwidthwillbecomeakeyadvantage.
ItispossibletousenewfrequenciesforVoLTE.Regulatorshavereallocatedinmanymarketsnewlowerfrequencybands(700,800MHz,oftencalled“digitaldividend”)whichcannowbeusedforLTE.BecauseoftheirgoodcoveragecharacteristicsthesefrequenciesareextremelysuitableforLTEvoiceimplementations.
Re-farmingfurtherimprovesspectralefficiency.WhenoperatorsintroducenewtechnologylikeLTEonthesamefrequencyspectrumtheyareusingfor3G,forexample,theycanrefarmthespectrumtouseitmoreefficiently.
Spectralefficiency Simplification Voicequality Richervoice
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2.2 SimplificationConsolidationisthekeytoOPEXsavingswithVoLTE.ByintegratingthevoiceanddatadomainsonthesameLTEnetwork,operatorscansignificantlyreducetheiroperatingcosts.Theintegrationofnetworkresources,theoptimizationofnetworkandservicemanagement,andthesimplificationofservicedeliveryallhelptoreducecosts.
Byrelyingononeradiotechnologyandusingre-farming,operatorscan adopt smart spectrum allocation to reuse existing spectrum andreduceoperationalcostsfortheradionetwork.Inaddition,transitioningtofullall-IPtechnologyresultsinsignificantsavingsontransmission costs.
Accordingtoourcalculations,theconsolidationofthecorenetworkenablesfurthercostbenefits:60%loweroperations&maintenancecosts,75%lowersitesupportcostsand65%lowerenergycosts.
2.3 Better voice call qualityThelowlatencyofLTEprovidesclearbenefitsforVoLTE.Shorterdelaysandfastercallset-uptimesenablehighqualityvoiceanddataconnections,helpingtoimprovethecustomerexperience.HighDefinition(HD)voiceisthedefaultwithVoLTE,andaspastexperiencehasshown,improvedqualityencourageslongertalktimeandreduceschurn.MuchlowerdelayandhighcapacityalsoenableHDvideoqualityforvideocalls,andthecallset-uptimerequiredforswitchingbetween communication methods such as chat and voice is much shorter.
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Internet-basedVoIPservicestendtogenerateagreaterloadonmobilenetworks,whichhasanadverseeffectonquality.BecauseOTTvoiceappstypicallyusemorenetworkresources,operatorsneedtoinvestinmorecapacitytohandleOTTvoicetraffic.Inaddition,thequalityofOTTvoiceisoftenvariable,andoperatorsenjoyanadvantageherebecausesubscribersoftenconsidertheirmobilevoiceservices more reliable.
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2.4 Richer voiceVoLTEandRichCommunicationsService(RCS)arebasedonthe sameIPMultimediasubsystem(IMS),soVoLTEismuchmorethatanIP-basedvariantofexistingCSmobileservice.Byenablingsophisticatedvoice-basedservices,itoffersnewrevenuepotentialas well as a customer experience that cannot be matched by OTT providersorCS-basedvoiceservicesalone.IMS-basedVoLTEsupportsanRCSmultimediaserviceportfolio,includingprivacy,buddylists,presence,videoshare,videocall,multimediamessaging,chat,filetransfer,andmanymore.
Someoftheseservices,inparticulartheonesincludedinRCS-e,orenhanced,werelaunchedrecentlyinSpain.RCS/RCS-earebothbasedonIMS,whichenablesafastlaunchofrichVoLTEserviceswhensufficientLTEcoverageisavailable.
ByimplementingVoLTE,operatorscantakefulladvantageofthecapabilitiesofsmartphonesthathaveanRCSclient.Allservicecapabilitiesareavailablebydefault,whichmakesitmucheasierforsubscriberstofindandselectattractivenewservices,significantlyloweringthethresholdforadoptingthem.WithOTTvoiceservices,subscribersneedtodownloaddefinedOTTclientsoftwareandselecttheservice.Thiscanbeaninvolvedprocessthatmanywillforget orforgo.
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3. How to evolve to VoLTE: Approaches to consider
The evolution to VoLTE is a process that can be made in several stepsandimplementedinseveralways.Someoperatorswillmakethedecisiontooffer,eitherinitiallyoroverthelongerterm,acombinationofCSvoiceandLTEdataonLTEdevices.Eventually,however,therevenue-generatingopportunitiesfromenrichedvoiceservicesforLTEsmartphonesarelikelytobesocompellingthatmost,ifnotall,operatorswilladoptfullIMS-basedVoLTE.Providingvoiceanddatasimultaneouslyoverthesamenetworkwillallowoperators to ensure an optimal customer experience.
ThefactorsaffectingthischoiceaswellasthepaceofdeploymentofVoLTEwilldependontheexistingmobiletechnology,whether2G/3G/HSPAorCDMA;theLTEspectrumavailableinagivenlocation,whichwillhaveanimpactofLTErolloutandcoverage;localmarketconditions;andtheoperator’sbusinessobjectives,whethertosticktobasicvoiceandsmsservicesorofferadvancedservices.Takingallthesefactorsintoaccount,therearethreemainapproachestointroducingvoiceservicesforLTEsubscribers:
• ImplementIMSVoLTEandmultimedia. The target with this approachisanall-IParchitectureandadvancedservices.Withthisapproach,3Gcoverageand/orcapacityareinadequatetoprovidethelevelofservicerequired,andLTEcoverageisalreadygoodandgrowingfast.
• ImplementCSFBforvoiceandIMSformultimedia,e.g.RCS in the initial stage and evolve to VoLTE when LTE coverage is nationwide. Thisapproachrequiresgood3Gcoverageandcapacityandsupportsastrategyofofferingadvancedservices.LTEcanbeused to provide extra data capacity in congested areas.
• ImplementCSFBoverthelongterm and evolve to VoLTE only whenthemarketdemandsit.Inthiscase,thereisnorequirementtogobeyondvoice,SMSandbasicdata.LTEcoverageislimited,andLTEistargetedonlyfordata.NationwideCScoverageisbasedmainly on 2G.
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The most common way to introduce voice service in early phase oftheLTEisCSFB,whichcanbeusedalsoforroamingaslongasnecessary.InCDMAmarkets,suchasNorthAmericaandJapan,CDMAoperatorsarerollingoutLTEandforexampleofferingCDMAvoicewithSimultaneousVoiceandLTE(SVLTE).FirstcommercialIMSVoLTEnetworkshavebeenlaunchedinSouth-KoreaandUS.InothermarketscommerciallaunchofIMSVoLTEisexpectedin2013andonwards.
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4. Options for providing voice services to LTE smartphone subscribers
Asdescribedabove,thereareseveraldifferentoptions,basedoneitherCS,CSFBorfullVoLTEtechnology,forprovidingvoiceservicesto LTE smartphone subscribers.
4.1 Use CS technologies to provide voiceCSvoicemakestheintroductionofvoiceservicesinanLTEenvironmentfastandeasyasitisbasedontheoperator’sexistingvoicecoreenvironment.ThefirstLTE-capablesmartphonesalreadysupportvoicewithCSanddatawithLTE,andthusenableabridgetowards LTE.
4.1.1 Implement Simultaneous Voice and LTEWhenLTEisanoverlaytoaCDMAnetwork,thecurrentapproachtodeliveringvoiceisSimultaneousVoiceandLTE(SVLTE).Inthiscase,voiceserviceisdeployedasaCDMACSvoiceservicerunninginparallelwithLTEdataservices.Thissolutionisenabledbydual-modehandsetsandnoadditionalnetworkfunctionalityisneeded.Dual-mode handsets can conduct simultaneous LTE data sessions and legacy voice calls.
4.1.2 Use Circuit Switched Fall Back (CSFB) as a bridging technology to VoLTE
Withthisapproach,CSFBestablishesasignallingchannelbetweenthecircuit-switchedvoicecore(MobileSoftSwitch)andtheMobilityManagementEntity(MME)intheLTEpacketcorenetwork(EvolvedPacketCore).Thisallowshandsetsattachedtothepacket-switchedLTEnetworktochangeovertoaCSnetworkforincomingandoutgoing voice calls. Ongoing data sessions in LTE will also switch overto3G/HSPAnetwork,andwhenthevoicecallsends,thehandsetreturnstoLTE.SMSmessagesaredelivereddirectlyoverthesignallinglink,sonofallbackmechanismisrequired.
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4.2 Implement IMS-based VoLTEVoLTEputsIMSattheheartofthevoicecorenetwork,managingtheconnectivitybetweensubscribersandtheimplementationofpolicy control. The Telephony Application Server (TAS) manages voice servicesandsupplementaryservicessuchascallforwarding,callwaitandcalltransfer.
IMS-basedVoLTEalsoenablesaRichCommunicationsServices(RCS)offering.Foroperatorsrunningbothfixedandmobilenetworks,aVoLTEsolutioncanbringfurthervaluebyenablingasinglevoicesolutionforboththefixedandmobiledomainsandmakingitpossibletocreateaunifiedvoicecoresolutionthatprovidesserviceforallaccess domains.
4.2.1 Deploy VoLTE without full LTE network coverageWhenLTEnetworksarenotubiquitous,devicesareoftenconnectedtotheCSnetworkratherthantheLTEnetwork.Callcontinuityandservicesynchronizationbetweenthenetworksarethereforeimportantissues to bear in mind.
ThecorenetworkmustenableVoLTE-capableLTEhandsetstocontinue voice calls when subscribers leave an LTE coverage area. The 3GPP-standardizedSingleRadioVoiceCallContinuity(SRVCC)functionhandsoveranycallstartedinLTEtothelegacynetworkinordertoensure a continuous voice connection.
IMSVoLTEandcircuit-switchednetworksareexpectedtoprovidethesamevoiceservices.Inaddition,servicemanipulation,e.g.callforwardingactivation,needstobeanaccessagnostic.WhenaserviceisactivatedwithanLTEhandset,ithastobeactivatedonallmobilenetworksatthesametime(2G/3G/LTE).
Dependingondemand,itmaybeunnecessarytoloadIMSandHSSasthemajorityofvoiceservicesmaycontinuetobeprovidedbytheCSnetwork.UntilLTEnetworkcoverageisubiquitous,there-useofcurrentnetworkregisterscouldprovideopportunitiesforcostsavings.
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5. VoLTE solution: Part of NSN Liquid Net
NSN’sVoLTEsolutionreusesexistinginvestmentsandprovidesaseamlessexperienceforsubscriberswhen2G/3GandLTEnetworksare used in parallel and handovers are a common occurrence. This solutionisbasedontheabilitytoprovidefullIMSonanexistingcircuit-switchedvoiceroamingecosystem,enablingre-usabilitythatminimizes investment and operational costs. The solution is provided withtheOpenCoreSystem,partofNSNLiquidNetarchitecture,whichis built on COTS ATCA hardware and allows dynamic resource handling betweencurrentandnewnetworkfunctionsandservices.
IntheOpenCoreSystem,corevirtualizationisusedtobringmoreflexibilitytothecorebyrunningallthekeycomponentsonasingle,commonplatform.LiquidNetmanagesanddeliversservicesandcontent,dynamicallyprovidingthecapacityneededtoensurethebestcustomer experience at the lowest cost.
OperatorscanthereforeruntheMSS,IMSandEPConthesamephysicalATCAplatform,whichcutsOPEXbyreducingfootprintandenergy consumption. Capacity can be dynamically allocated to LTE subscribersusingeitherCSFBvoicecallscontrolledbyMSSorVoLTEcontrolledbyIMS.FurtherOPEXsavingscomefrommoreefficientnetworkmanagementoffewernetworkelements.
Forhybridoperators,theVoLTEsolutioncanbringevenmorevaluebyprovidingasinglevoicesolutionforbothdomains.Inthiscase,itispossibletobuildaunifiedvoicecoresolutioncapableofprovidingserviceforallaccessdomains.TheNSNVoLTEsolutionisfullycompliantwithGSMAIR.92andIR.94specifications,alsocommonlyknownastheGSMA’sVoLTEinitiative.
NSNGSMAspecification-compliantVoLTEsolutionwillmakeinterworkingstraightforwardandalsoensurethewidestchoiceofdevicesforendusers.Thissolutionenablesthefollowing:
• MobileCoretransitiontofullIMSarchitectureviaOpenCoreSystem,ensuringoptimizedexpenditureinCAPEXandOPEX.
• FullreuseofexistingbackendinfrastructureinvestmentswithaCSFBandVoLTEdeploymentstrategy.
• Voicefeatureparityacross2G/3GandLTEaccesstomaintainhighofend-usersatisfaction.
• FlexiblesolutionthatisMSCvendor-agnosticandcanbedeployedinanymarket.
• OpenCorearchitecturethatpromotesagradualmigrationofsubscriberstothenewIMS-baseddomain.
• Mostefficientwayfor3GPPproviderstoshiftexisting2G/3GvoiceservicestoanIMSarchitecture,which,inturn,enablesoperatorstotapintotheemergingvalue-addedRCSecosystem.
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6. ConclusionLTEisraisingthegameformobilebroadband.Itisthefirsteverglobalmobilebroadbandtechnology,andmeasuredinnetworks,devicesandsubscribers,LTEisachievingthefastesteveruptakeofanymobiletechnology.Itisalsothefirstradioaccesstechnologythatis100%packetbased,whichcombinedwiththeall-IPnetworkcore,translatesintogreaterefficiency.
VoLTE,whichdoesmuchmorethanmerelyreplicateCSvoice,willhaveasimilarimpact,enablingarichmultimediaportfoliothatincludesbrowser-basedappsforvoicecalls,chat,communicationsforlocation-basedservices,videoconferencing,etc.Inanutshell,VoLTEwillhelpoperatorsmaintainexistingrevenuesandmoresignificantly,createnew business opportunities and revenue streams.
Inmostmarkets,operatorswilladoptVoLTEinparallelwithCS.Theirgo-to-markettimingwillbecrucial.TheyneedtohavetheirVoLTEofferinginplaceattherighttimeastheLTEsmartphonesarealreadyinmarketandfortherightsegmentstocompetesuccessfullywithOTTplayers,gainnewrevenuewithrichmultimediaandvoiceservicesandachievethefullOPEXbenefitsofVoLTE.
ATCA–HWplatformisbasedonaseriesofAdvancedTCA™
CAPEX – Capital expenditure
CDMA–CodeDivisionMultipleAccess
COTS–commercialoff-the-shelfproduct
CS – Circuit Switched
CSFB–CircuitSwitchedFallback
EPC–EvolvedPacketCore
GSMA–GlobalSystemforMobileCommunications Association
HSPA–HighSpeedPacketAccess
HSS – Home Subscriber Server
IMS–IPMultimediaSubsystem
LTE – Long Term Evolution
MME–MobilityManagementEntity
MSS–MSCServer
NVS – NSN mobile VoIP Server (TAS)
OPEX – Operating expenditure
OTT – Over the Top
PS–PacketSwitched
PGW–PacketDataNetworkGateway
RCS(-e)–RichCommunicationSuite(-enhanced)
SGs–InterfacebetweenMMEandMSCserver
SGW – Serving Gateway
SRVCC–SingleRadioVoiceCallContinuity
SVLTE – Simultaneous voice over LTE
TAS – Telephony Application Server
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