Ericsson’s offering covers all elements of creating, setting up and integrating In-Building Solutions to meet specific customer needs in relation to coverage, capacity and location-based applications.

The offering serves all mobile standards (GSM, WCDMA, CDMA2000, TETRA) and non-mobile standards (wireless LAN and Bluetooth) allowing the same infrastructure to be used by several operators, and can connect to the full scope of base stations, from Femto/Pico/Micro to multiple macro installations.

Ericsson’s end-to-end In-Building Solutions are fully integrated into the operator’s radio network and can evolve in line with growth of indoor-related business.

A turnkey IBS solution comprises:

• Indoor Coverage Assessment – determining the need of an in-building solution and presenting its business case
• IBS Site Deployment –  including design, installation and integration
• IBS Quality Assurance – final acceptance test and verification of the installation and its performance.

Ericsson is a pioneer in the In-Building Solutions area, having delivered its first solution in 1993, and today has a dedicated global organization with local competence and resources. Ericsson’s worldwide experience includes installations in thousands of buildings, ranging from smaller office buildings to high-traffic areas such as airports, convention centers and shopping malls.

Users want the same communications experience wherever they are­, and expect today’s complex services and mobile internet to work everywhere – including inside.

This is particularly important for high-use mobile business users, who want the flexibility of using enterprise solutions throughout their or other’s premises, and for anyone wishing to utilize location-based services in airports, shopping malls and conference centers. By improving the quality of mobile indoor coverage, In-Building Solutions allow operators to capture this market, and keep it by ensuring satisfied customers.

Top grade indoor coverage dramatically improves the user experience, offering better speech quality, call continuity (no dropped calls) and the speeds and bandwidth necessary for broadband services.

In premises equipped with In-Building Solutions, mobile handsets require very low output power to remain connected. This contributes to much longer battery life, which extends talk and standby times.Combined, these advantages support the mobility and accessibility needed for today’s high-paced lifestyle.

By supporting both mobile and non-mobile standards, In-Building Solution infrastructure can be used for both fixed and mobile services (multi-operator) to reduce capex and opex. Similarly, In-Building Solutions that utilize a dedicated radio base station can reduce operator costs by off-loading the macro network, while facilitating easier cell planning.