Impact of Small Cells on Key Enterprise Markets

I missed the last CW (Cambridge Wireless) Small Cells event 'Are small cells ready for private LTE primetime in the lead-up to 5G?'.

Some excellent presentations at Cambridge Wireless Small Cell SIg today. This one from Ian Taylor of Quortus #CWSmallCell pic.twitter.com/SamiUIQWaP

— thinksmallcell (@thinksmallcell) April 2, 2019

From the CW website:

The limited progress towards excellent in-building cellular coverage is well-attested, and in many enterprise and industrial sectors, this is not just frustrating, but has a tangible impact on productivity and agility. In a wide range of industries, from transport to logistics to healthcare, there is pent-up demand for highly reliable, highly secure cellular connectivity, which often needs linking with localised applications and data.

That demand is only growing even more with the advent of IoT applications and edge computing. This is a huge opportunity for small cells, even before 5G, but these sectors cannot all be served by one generic network. Each has its own particular requirements, which need to be well understood by suppliers and partners, so that the deployment can be carefully aligned to business and performance objectives.

Excellent mobile connectivity indoors and out is the baseline requirement – each sector has its own additional needs, which will help to make the business case add up. For some, low latency may be important, for others, massive device density or enhanced security. All of these can be delivered optimally by small cells, but the design of the network, and the business model to deploy it – e.g. neutral host or private network – must be tailored to the enterprise, if users and suppliers are both to achieve the best ROI.

This event focuses on the real-world issues needed for the success of small cells in the emerging private LTE market.

The presentations are available for a limited time for non-CW members here.

The following presentations are available:

• 'Is private LTE disruptive' by Ian Taylor, Quortus [PDF]
• 'Small cells in private networks: An Overview' by Caroline Gabriel, Rethink Technology Research [PDF]
• 'Bringing connectivity to a mechanical test centre' by Peter Stoker, AutoAir [PDF]
• 'Private Networks for Critical Comms & IoT' by Tadhg Kenny, Druid Software Ltd [PDF]
• 'Business ready applications, not the connectivity solution, will be the driver for private networks' by David Rose, Veea Systems Ltd [PDF]

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• The 3G4G blog: Non-public networks (NPN) - Private Networks by another name