Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)

End-to-end flow for activating a residential Fixed Wireless Access broadband service, from RF coverage and cell capacity check through CPE self-install or technician-assisted outdoor antenna mounting, mobile core provisioning (HSS/PCRF on the same core as mobile handsets), dedicated FWA APN routing, TR-069 CPE configuration, data cap metering, and ongoing RF monitoring with cell capacity management. Demonstrates how the same CFS:BroadbandInternet used for FTTH decomposes to entirely different RFS items when the access technology is radio instead of fibre.

Fixed Wireless Access delivers residential broadband over 4G/5G radio instead of fibre. A CPE router with an embedded SIM connects to the nearest cell site, authenticates via the mobile core (HSS), and obtains IP connectivity through a dedicated FWA APN. The customer sees "broadband" — identical to FTTH from a service perspective — but the underlying access technology, capacity model, and assurance approach are fundamentally different. FWA shares cell capacity with mobile handset users, making capacity management the critical operational challenge.