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U.S. Indoor Small Cells Forecast, 2019-2024: The COVID-19 Slowdown

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Because of the near-total shutdown of the U.S. economy due to COVID-19, iGR has reduced its forecast for the number of indoor small cells to be installed in the U.S. throughout the forecast period (2019-2024). iGR will again update this forecast in late 2020 when, ideally, more is known about the virus, its impact, and the U.S./global economy has begun recovering.

This market study provides a five-year forecast for indoor small cells in the U.S. Small cells run the gamut from Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS), DAS Lite, Centralized-/Cloud-RAN, enterprise small cells, femtocells (residential small cells) and cellular signal boosters.

iGR classifies any system as “indoor” or “in-building” when the majority of its nodes (sites where the antennas are placed) are inside a building. iGR puts stadiums in the “indoor” category, along with hotels and airports to name a few.

In this market study, iGR provides a forecast for the:

Total addressable market (TAM) for indoor small cells.

Actual installed small cell nodes

Key Questions Answered

What effect has COVID-19 had on the indoor small cell market? What effect will it have?
What does indoor mean?
What are indoor small cells?
Where do small cells fit in the network?
What are some of the perceived benefits and issues related to indoor small cells?
What are the key drivers for using indoor small cells?
What is the impact of edge computing and proptech on indoor small cell deployments?
What are some of the perceived negatives and issues related to indoor small cells?
What are the key barriers to indoor small cell adoption?
How large is the total addressable market for indoor small cells?
How many indoor small cells are expected to be deployed both residentially and commercially?
What percentage of deployed indoor small cells will use sub-6 GHz, mmWave and CBRS spectrum bands?

Who Should Read

Mobile operators
Infrastructure OEMs
Small cell product and solution vendors
Backhaul service providers and equipment OEMs
Financial analysts and investors.

Abstract
Executive Summary

Revised Forecast
What this means

Methodology
Basic Mobile Operator Network Architecture

Wireless Spectrum
Cell Sites
The Different Types of Haul

Setting the Stage for Small Cells

Network “Pain Points”
Different Types of Small Cells
Hybrid Antenna System
DAS/Small Cell Architecture
Neutral-Host DAS vs. Single Host DAS
Changing Nature of DAS

Pros and Cons of In-building Small Cells

Benefits of Deploying In-Building Small Cells
Cons of Deploying In-Building Small Cells
Advantages Provided by DAS
Challenges with DAS Deployments

Related Topics: Edge Computing, CBRS and Proptech

Edge Computing
CBRS
Proptech

Assumptions: Indoor Small Cells

The Impact of COVID-19
What about CBRS?

Indoor Small Cell Total Addressable Market Forecast

Indoor Small Cell Total Addressable Market

U.S. Indoor Small Cells: Actual Installs

Installed Small Cell Nodes in Residential
Installed Small Cell Nodes in Commercial Buildings

Indoor Small Cell Vendor Profiles

Advanced RF Technologies, Inc. (ADRF)
Accelleran
Airspan Networks
Bandwidth Logic
Betacom Incorporated
BTI Wireless
C Squared Systems (C2 Systems)
Cobham Wireless
Comba Telecom
CommScope
Connectivity Wireless Solutions
Corning / Corning SpiderCloud Wireless
Crown Castle
Dali Wireless
Druid Software
Ericsson
ExteNet Systems
Galtronics
Gemtek
Huawei
iBwave (Corning)
ip.access
JMA Wireless
Microlab (Wireless Telecom Group)
NEC
Nextivity
Nokia Networks
Quortus
Samsung Electronics
Sercomm
SOLiD
Solutelia
SureCall
Westell Technologies
Whoop Wireless
Wilson Electronics
ZTE Corporation

Definitions
About iGR

Disclaimer

List of Tables

Table A: Installed indoor small cell forecast by band and building type, 2019-2024
Table 1: Different Types of Small Cells, Licensed and Unlicensed Spectrum
Table 2: Benefits of Neutral-Host DAS
Table 3: Advantages of DAS
Table 4: Challenges of DAS
Table 5: Employment by NAICS 517, Feb. 2020 to May 2020
Table 6: All Building Types Indoor Small Cell TAM, 2019-2024
Table 7: Installed Indoor Small Cell Forecast, 2019-2024
Table 8: Installed Small Cell Nodes in Residential, 2019-2024
Table 9: Installed Indoor Residential Small Cell Forecast, Sub 6 GHz vs CBRS, 2019-2024
Table 10: Installed Small Cell Nodes in Commercial Buildings, 2019-2024
Table 11: Installed Sub 6 GHz Small Cell Nodes in Commercial Buildings, 2019-2024
Table 12: Installed CBRS Small Cell Nodes in Commercial Buildings, 2019-2024
Table 13: Installed mmWave Small Cell Nodes in Commercial Buildings, 2019-2024
Definitions Table

List of Charts and Figures

Figure A: Installed indoor small cell forecast by band and building type, 2019-2024
Figure 1: Basic Components of Cellular Voice/Data Network
Figure 2: Cell Site Backhaul Capabilities and Use Cases, Wired and Wireless
Figure 3: Basic DAS Configuration
Figure 4: DAS, BTS Hotels, and Remote Radio Heads
Figure 5: Types of DAS
Figure 6: 3GPP Approaches to Network Sharing
Figure 7: Overview of CBRS Band
Figure 8: Employment by NAICS 517, Feb. 2020 to May 2020
Figure 9: Hotel Occupancy Rate, Americas, 2019-2020
Figure 10: Share of workers and businesses impacted by the COVID-19, U.S., March 2020
Figure 11: All Building Types In-Building Small Cell TAM, 2019-2024
Figure 12: Installed Indoor Small Cell Nodes Forecast, 2019-2024
Figure 13: Installed Small Cell Nodes in Residential, 2019-2024
Figure 14: Installed Indoor Residential Small Cell Forecast, Sub 6 GHz vs CBRS, 2019-2024
Figure 15: Installed Small Cell Nodes in Commercial Buildings, 2019-2024
Figure 16: Installed Sub 6 GHz Small Cell Nodes in Commercial Buildings, 2019-2024
Figure 17: Installed CBRS Small Cell Nodes in Commercial Buildings, 2019-2024
Figure 18: Installed mmWave Small Cell Nodes in Commercial Buildings, 2019-2024

For additional information on the U.S. Indoor Small Cells Forecast, 2019-2024: The COVID-19 Slowdown market study, please contact Iain Gillott, at (512) 263-5682 or by email.

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