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VoLTE & VoMBB The New Era in Voice Services
A. Ryan Heidari rheidari@qti.qualcomm.com
Director of Product Development
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
IMTC 2014 in Seattle Washington
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Evolution in Wireless Modem
Average Throughput- Down Link
(Kbps)
1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
DOrB
HSPA+
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10
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AMPS
GSM CDMA
GPRS
CDMA 1x
EDGE
EVDO
WCDMA
HSDPA
DOrA
HSPA
5G
CA
100,000
LTE-TDD
LTE-FDD
LTE-Advanced
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Evolving in Telecommunication
MESSAGING
RICH MESSAGING
SHARE CONTEXT
1 : 1 , 1 : MANY
CHAT, TALK, TEXT, Gaming
SWITCH MODES
SHARE MEDIA
IP MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS
VOICE
POT
It is time to introduce new concepts in our traditional conversational voice services
HIGH LEVEL OPERATING SYSTEM
APPS
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G.729.1
(Bubble Size = Forecasted Market Penetration)
G.729
EVRC
AMR
GSM
HR
EVRC-B
QC8
QC13
EFR
AMR-WB
RTA
iLBC
WMA
G.711
G.722
G.718
G.718.1
G.722.1
G.726
G.723
iSAC
Speex
SILK
EVRC-NW
Voice Codec Competitive Landscape
EVS (Enhanced Voice Services) is designed with key attributes for all future voice services
Opus
EVS
Commercial Availability
2014
2016
2015
2013
ITU-T/IETF Standard Codecs
Branded & Customized Codecs
3GPP/P2 Standard Codecs
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EVS is the 1st 3GPP Standard Codec supporting
SWB voice at low bit rates and delay suited for conversational services
Improved Channel Robustness and Error-Resiliency for non-QoS mobile VoIP Calls
NB, WBB, SWB and FB selected modes all in one codec
In-call low-delay WB , SWB and FB Music
Spectral BW efficiency & flexibility for both 3G-CS and 4G-VoLTE calls
Broad range of bit-rates to effectively accommodate various VoMBB
Minimal Network Upgrades as it utilizes existing AMR/AMR-WB LTE Transport Blocks
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Evolution of LTE Telephony Services
2G/3G coverage continuity and roaming
LTE for data only
LTE for data
2G/3G for voice
Simultaneous LTE VoIPand rich data services
LTE TDD/FDD with 2G/3G multimode launched globally1
Inherent seamless TDD/FDDinterworking for data
Circuit switched fallback (CSFB) to 2G/3G voicelaunched globally (FDD and TDD)
Inherent seamless TDD/FDDinterworking
VoLTE with single radiovoice call continuity (SRVCC) + CSFB to 2G/3G voice for roaming
Inherent seamless TDD/FDDinterworking for VoLTE
1Including seamless data LTE and 3G interworking with mobility through redirection, and packet switched handover.
Initial launchesLTE data devices
Initial voice solution
LTE data handsets
Long-term voice solution
LTE VoIP handsets
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VoLTE Benefits
Delivering a Richer Communications Experience
Voice over LTE
Blazing fast data
Simultaneous voice & 4G data
Enhanced voice
•High quality HD voice
•Fast call set-up time
•HD voice continuity to 3G
Richer services
•HD Video calling
•RCS, presence, file sharing etc.
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Key VoLTE features
RoHC
Improves capacity
SPS
Improves capacity
Short DRX
Improves device power efficiency
TTI bundling
Improves UL coverage
SRVCC
Provides call continuity
Bearer combinations
Allows service concurrency
Domain Selection
Dictates device camping policy
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Circuit Switched Voice Transition to Richer, Carrier Grade VoMBB
Packet Switched Handoff (PSHO), Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC) enable handover to 2G/3G Voice Outside LTE coverage
2012
2013
2015
VoLTE w/
SRVCC
VoLTE on par with CS
Voice Quality
Proven Circuit Voice: High Quality, Reliable, Ubiquitous
IMS VoMBB: A Differentiated Rich VoLTE –Ubiquity vs. OTT VoIP
VoIP over (HSPA+, DO, WiFi) Driven by VoLTE and multimode global roaming
2016
Fallback to 2G/3G circuit switched voice (CSFB) used by most LTE operators while the VoLTE ecosystem is being developed and expanded
2017+
2014
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Voice Over Mobile Broadband (VoMBB)
•VoMBB is an alternative and efficient method of transmitting traditional mobile circuit switched voice services as packet-switched over 3G/4G mobile broadband and effectively offload such services to voice over WiFi
VoMBB Definition
•VoMBB allows carriers to optimally leverage their IMS framework and manage the flow of mobile VoIP traffic generated by Over The Top (OTT) applications
Ecosystem & Economic of Scale
•VoMBB can potentially open up new models for charging of voice services and even possible relationships between carriers and OTT application developers for mutual benefits
Business Opportunities
•Global VoMBB service revenues increase is estimated to be $3 Billion in 2013 to nearly $103 Billion in 2016
Global Revenues
Source: Signals and Systems Telecom
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Benefit of VoMBB Services
Ability to offload Voice Capacity to other Technologies such as WiFi-Hotspots 2.0
US $/GB: LTE: $4.25, HSPA/HSPA+: $6.25, WCDMA: $8.70, GSM/CDMA: $12.50
VoLTE with DRX and SRVCC instead of SVLTE and DRVCC
Management of OTT Services which lack quality, interoperability, handoff, security
VoMBB Advantages to Carriers
Improves Spectral BW Efficiencies
Lowers Total Cost of Operation
Terminal Power Saving
Call Flow Control Mgmt.
Source: Signals and Systems Telecom
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VoMBB (VoLTE, VoHSPA & VoWiFi) Industry Roadmap
2013
2014
2015
2016
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Dual Radio Voice Call Continuity DRVCC (CDMA Only)
Circuit Switch Fall Back
CSFB (GSM,UMTS)
Early VoLTE
Without SRVCC
Early VoHSPA
Without PSHO
Additional Access WiFi
with IMS & PSHO
Major VoLTE
With SRVCC
Roaming
& Interop
Major VoHSPA
With PSHO
Source: Signals and Systems Telecom
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Quality of Experience vs. Quality of Service
Another Point of View!
Performance Metrics
-Loudness Setting
-Noise Cancellation
-Multi-MicsPlacement
-Echo Cancellation
-Adaptive Audio Tuning
-Voice Uniformity (Always HD)
-MOS Verse PESQ
-Quality of Handset
-Cross Device & Accessory UX
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-Voice Codec Fidelity
-Mouth-to-ear delay
-FER Resiliency & DJBM
-Call Setup Delay
-Call Set up Success Rate
-Call Drop Rate
-Soft and Hard Handoffs
-Voice Capacity
-Data throughput-BW
User Satisfaction
Quality of Experience
Handset
Application & Services
Quality of Services
Network
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Users turn to mobile devices for everything
Nielson, Jul. ’14,. Analysis Mason, May '14. Gartner, Jan. ’14
Transforming theuser interaction paradigm
100+
APPS & SERVICES
Simultaneous use ofboth tablet and Smartphone
Time spent perday using smartphones
41%
147
MINUTES
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Millions of Units
Regional Smartphone Installed Based
Central and Eastern Europe
Western Europe
North America
Central & Latin America
Asia Pacific
Africa Middle East
ABI Research June 29 2012
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Minutes of Voice Use Per User Per Year
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
North America
Latin America
Asia-Pacific
Africa, Middle East
But What about Voice Calls ?
The Very First Killer App!
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16Qualcomm Fluence™ & FluencePROEcho cancellation and noise suppressionFreedom to hold the phone how you want•Landscape or portrait speakerphone•HandsetHear your conversation & not the background sound−Active Noise Cancellation to suppress noise around you−Automatically amplify speech relative to background soundReduce noise on the incoming calls•HD Voice in all calls
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Voice and Audio User Experience
Enhancing and Expanding the Smart Phone Experience
Stereo Voice
Game Sound Effects
Natural User
Interaction
HD Voice call
Music Sharing
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Mastery of a multitude of technologies is necessary
Ethernet
IPQ
Powerline
Wireless Charging
LTE Direct
BTLE
WiGig11ad
System on a Chip (SoC)
Modem
WiFi11ac/n
AllJoyn™
DSRC
Location
RFFE
Small cells
LTE-B
MU-MIMO
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The 4G-for-everyone processor
Snapdragon 200
The ultimate connected entertainment processor
Snapdragon 600
The mainstream 4G processor
Snapdragon 400
The end-to-end Ultra HD processor
Snapdragon 800
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Modem
DSP
CPU
GPU
Navigation
Multimedia
Power
management
Display
Camera
Connectivity
Security
Snapdragon processors use multiple mobile engines –designed to work efficiently together