1. Executive Summary 5
2. Introduction 7
3. Market Forecasts 9
3.1 Total Base Station Sector Forecast 9
3.1.1 Small Cell Forecast 12
3.1.2 Regional Base Station Sector Forecast 13
3.1.3 Base Stations Sectors by Standard Forecast 14
3.2 RF Amplifier Forecast 15
3.2.1 RF Power Technology Forecast 17
3.2.2 Driver Forecast 18
3.2.3 LNA and VGA Forecast 19
3.2.4 Functional Forecast 20
4. The Mobile Network 23
4.1 Mobile Data Traffic Forecast 24
4.2 Mobile Network Architecture 24
4.3 Handling the Data Traffic Tsunami 26
4.3.1 Increase Efficiency 27
4.3.2 Increase Spectrum 35
4.3.3 Densify 40
5. Conclusions 43
6. Glossary of Terms 45
Exhibits
Exhibit 3‑1 Base Station Sector Forecast: 2014 - 2020. 10
Exhibit 3‑2 Sector Forecast Segmentation: 2014 - 2020. 11
Exhibit 3‑3 Small Cell Forecast: 2014 – 2020. 12
Exhibit 3‑4 Regional Base Station Sector Forecast: 2014 - 2020. 13
Exhibit 3‑5 Base Station Sector Forecast by Standard: 2014 - 2020. 15
Exhibit 3‑6 RF Amplifier Market Revenue by Technology: 2014 - 2020. 16
Exhibit 3‑7 RF Power Amplifier Market Revenue by Technology: 2014 - 2020. 17
Exhibit 3‑8 Driver Amplifier Market Revenue by Technology: 2014 - 2020. 18
Exhibit 3‑9 LNA/VGA Market Revenue by Technology: 2014 - 2020. 19
Exhibit 3‑10 Base Station Amplifier Revenue by Function: 2014 - 2020. 20
Exhibit 4‑1 IP Data Traffic. 23
Exhibit 4‑2 Mobile IP Data Traffic. 24
Exhibit 4‑3 Wireless Base Station Network Architecture. 25
Exhibit 4‑4 Typical Wireless Base Station Classifications. 25
Exhibit 4‑5 Representative Remote Radio Head Block Diagram.. 26
Exhibit 4‑6 3GPP Release Implications for HSPA.. 27
Exhibit 4‑7 3GPP Release Implications for LTE.. 28
Exhibit 4‑8 QAM Constellation Diagrams. 29
Exhibit 4‑9 OFDM Carrier Representation. 30
Exhibit 4‑10 OFDMA Carrier Diagram.. 31
Exhibit 4‑11 Spatial Multiplexing in MIMO.. 32
Exhibit 4‑12 Antenna Techniques for Beamforming and MIMO.. 34
Exhibit 4‑13 Beamforming and MIMO Advantages. 35
Exhibit 4‑14 Carrier Aggregation Scenarios. 37
Exhibit 4‑15 FDD LTE Bands. 38
Exhibit 4‑16 TDD LTE Bands. 39
Exhibit 4‑17 Small Cell Forecast 41
Exhibit 5‑1 Anticipated Increase in Base Station Date Rates. 44
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