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expanding operators' market shares. better user experiences and wider diversified, the FWA UE-perceived rate
In some developed markets like coverage at a lower cost. has increased to 300-500 Mbps in
Europe, FWA is mainly a complemen- 3CC CA scenarios. Services such as
tary solution to optical fibers. Initial Easy provisioning: Potential area 8K HD video and gaming place higher
deployment of FWA in these mar- identification and precise speed requirements on network latency.
kets focuses on towns and villages, estimation are conducted. Digital FWA Service Turbo can ensure real-
which require superior coverage to be tools are used to accurately identify time service experiences and make
provided at low costs. These mar- potential users in high-value areas it easier for operators to explore new
kets can use a device-pipe coverage based on hotspot maps, high-value home broadband service spaces.
improvement solution backed by For entry-level FWA requirements,
Massive MIMO technology and CPEs Huawei provides the "1-to-N" solution,
with high antenna gains, which sig- Huawei is supporting the which means 1 CPE can be connected
nificantly expand service provisioning sustainable development to N households. This helps opera-
areas. Only one site is required for of FWA in different markets tors reduce costs and shorten the
covering a village with high-speed payback period while ensuring user
home broadband and more users will by working with operators experiences.
be served, shortening the ROI period. to continually improve their
With the allocation of 5G spectrum, E2E FWA solutions so that The RedCap industry is mature and
Asia, Latin America and Africa will they can provide better the technology is ready. RedCap is
become the main emerging markets user experiences and wider priced at the same level as 4G, but
of 5G FWA in 2024. In order to facili- coverage at a lower cost. it offers significant advantages that
tate the monetization of these busi- mean initial investments can be
ness opportunities, "one MBB network recouped faster. This makes it more
for two purposes" has become a suitable for large-scale deployment.
popular trend. One is that a frequency user maps, and network resource In addition, the user-perceived rate
band (the most popular is 2.3 GHz allocation maps. The careful selection of RedCap FWA is much higher than
and 2.6 GHz) is used for both 4G and of target areas represents a shift from that of 4G WTTx, which accelerates
5G, and the other is used for both passive sales to a much more proac- the migration of 4G WTTx users to 5G.
MBB and FWA users. Under this strat- tive approach.
egy, the network spectrum efficiency Easy O&M: How to motivate users
and the ROI both can be maximized. Easy Experience Management: Low and retain users are two key issues
At the same time, many cost-effec- costs and ultra-coverage accelerate for operation. Experience-based O&M
tive FWA solutions has been devel- user development. FWA's Self-De- shifts from network level to user level,
oped to make 5G FWA affordable for fining Experience (SDE) helps flex- identifying potential churn users.
more users. While the price of 5G CPE ibly customize eMBB and FWA user In addition, remote maintenance
is decreasing, CPE sharing for multiple experiences. MetaAAU works with improves O&M efficiency by 90%.
house hold is still being explored to high-performance CPEs to improve
further reduce cost per line of FWA. coverage by 10 dB, which facilitates FWA services are diversifying home
user development and experience broadband services and booming in
Easy FWA: E2E solution to support upgrades. In addition, Turbo uplink 2.0 all regions around the world. The FWA
FWA sustainable development can improve the network coverage by industry, ecosystem, and business
Huawei is supporting the sustain- about 2 to 4 dB. 5G networks combine models all are becoming increasingly
able development of FWA in different cutting-edge software and hardware mature, driving FWA toward a new
markets by working with operators features to deliver more advanced home broadband future, and to
to continually improve their E2E FWA services and better user experiences. materialize new opportunities for both
solutions so that they can provide As home broadband services have businesses and end-users.

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