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According to an FWA traffic model
data in different regions worldwide,
assuming the rate that FWA users
need is 50 Mbit/s when the FWA
capacity is 8.6 Gbit/s per site, the
activation ratio and duty cycle are
50% and 20%, respectively, maximum
of 1,720 users can be provisioned
in one site. This addresses the
urban household density and home
broadband rate requirements in most
countries.

Figure 2: Bandwidth requirements of services
As 5G is deployed at scale
in more countries around
FWA development at scale depends on what home broadband users need.
In China, the 100 Mbit/s fixed network home broadband package in a tier-1 the world, the potential for
city in China provides a good example. Excluding IPTV, 8 Mbit/s is sufficient to growth in home, enterprise,
meet home user needs, as mainstream home services are 480p and 720p OTT and IoT scenarios is
videos. For the next three to five years, 100 Mbit/s will be sufficient to meet the
excellent, offering
needs of most households.
higher ARPU, better pipe
monetization opportunities,
and a superior user
experience.

FWA packages are mainly speed-
based or volume-based with larger-
data packages, with prices per GB
lower than 5GtoC packages. In the
early stages of 5G development,
mobile broadband (MBB) networks
were generally light load due to the
low penetration rate of user devices.
In addition, MBB's consumption of
wireless resources is unbalanced
in terms of time and space, and
the busy hours of eMBB and FWA
Figure 3: Model of the number of users for which wireless FWA service
do not overlap. Efficient use of MBB
can be provisioned
resources during off-peak hours to
develop FWA brings more benefits
FWA services should be provisioned and planned based on user needs and
with quicker ROI. FWA is clearly a
wireless service characteristics. The number of households for which FWA
more efficient means of monetizing
services can be provisioned by a single site depends on the capacity of a
pipes.
wireless site, FWA traffic model, and the service rates users need.
The Future of FWA: 20% CAGR of
users and significant market share
outside China
By the end of 2021, the number
of 4G/5G FWA users worldwide
exceeded 65 million, with 4G FWA
users accounting for 95% of the
total. 5G FWA users are expected
to account for 27% of all users by
2025. As 5G capacity increases
exponentially, FWA has become
Figure 4: Typical FWA traffic models in different regions worldwide mainstream.
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