Mobile connectivity playbook for cities
In Europe, 5G coverage is already extensive in urban areas, provided primarily from existing macrocell towers. Although the macrocell-based deployment of 5G services has provided some capacity relief to 4G networks, increasing urban mobile data demand is pushing against the capacity limits of the existing network infrastructure. In addition, the deployment of mmWave 5G services, which would add significant new capacity, is not practical using macrocells. The challenges for network design that are already evident in urban 4G deployments become dominant with the transition to 5G.