Etienne Chaponniere

Sr. Director, Technical Standards

Introduction to 5G

DASH-IF
August 20th 2015
 Mobile has made a leap every ~10 years

D-AMPS, GSM, WCDMA/HSPA+,

LTE,
AMPS, NMT, TACS IS-95 (CDMA) CDMA2000/EV-DO
LTE Advanced

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 new services

new industries and devices

Empowering
new user experiences

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 Potpourri of Organizations Working on 5G
Research Organizations Promotion Groups Standards Organizations

China Academy of Information and 4G Americas 3GPP

Communications Technology GSM Association (GSMA) ARIB
China National High-Tech R&D (863) Next Generation Mobile Networks ATIS
Program (NGMN) CCSA
Cost European Cooperation in 5G Forum ETSI
Science and Technology
FuTURE Communication Forum ITU
IEEE Communications Society
IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group TIA
IEEE Vehicular Technology Society
The Fifth Generation Mobile TSDSI
The 5G Infrastructure Public Private Communication Promotion Forum
Partnership (5G-PPP) TTA
(5GMF)
The METIS 2020 Project TTC
Wireless World Research Forum

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 Mobile has made a leap every ~10 years

IMT - International Mobile Telecommunication

IMT-2000
CDMA Direct Spread UMTS/WCDMA/HSDPA FDD (3GPP)
LTE Release 8/E-UTRA
CDMA Multi-Carrier cdma2000 (3GPP2)
CDMA TDD UMTS TDD & TD-SCDMA (3GPP)
TDMA Single-Carrier UWC-136 (TIA)
WCDMA/HSPA+,
FDMA/TDMA DECT (ETSI) CDMA2000/EV-DO LTE, WiMAX
OFDMA TDD WMAN 802.16e/WiMAX (IEEE) LTE Advanced, WiMAX

IMT-Advanced
LTE Release 10 (3GPP)
WiMAX 802.16m (IEEE)

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 IMT-2020 The ITU Vision
M.2290 - M.[IMT.2020.ESTIMATE] Future
spectrum requirements estimate for terrestrial
IMT December 2013
M.2320 - M.[IMT.FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
TRENDS] - Future technology trends of terrestrial
IMT systems October 2014
M.[IMT.ABOVE 6 GHz] - The technical feasibility
of IMT in the bands above 6 GHz WP 5D targets
finalization in June 2015
M.[IMT.Vision] Framework and overall
objectives of the future development of IMT for
2020 and beyond WP 5D targets finalization in
June 2015
M.[IMT.BEYOND2020.TRAFFIC] IMT Traffic
estimates beyond the year 2020 WP 5D targets
finalization in June 2015
M.[IMT.ARCH] - Architecture and Topology of
IMT Networks WP 5D targets finalization in June
2015

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 The WP 5D View in M.[IMT.Vision]
Enhanced Mobile Broadband

Gigabytes in a second

3D video, UHD screens

Work and play in the cloud

Smart Home/Building
Augmented reality

Industry automation

Voice Mission critical application,

e.g. e-health
Smart City Self Driving Car
Future IMT

Massive Machine Type Ultra-reliable and Low Latency

Communications Communications

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 The WP 5D View in M.[IMT.Vision]

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 Current 3GPP timeline delivers 5G specification by 2020*
5G timeline our view
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Estimated 3GPP standardization timeline for 5G

3GPP Rel 13 Rel 14 Rel 15 Rel 16 Rel 17 & beyond

SA SI RAN SI 5G RAN WG Study Items (SI)

5G Work Items 5G Work Items 5G evolution

3GPP RAN Workshop

5G full system

5G commercialization timeline
5G first deployments
5G

4G evolution - LTE will evolve in parallel with 5G

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 Key Enhancements to LTE Release 13

Release 10
Carrier Aggregation for up Release 12
Release 8 to 5 cells D2D discovery and
FDD and TDD Release 9 Up to 8 DL layers communication (ProSe)
Flexible bandwidth eMBMS Up to 4 UL layers FDD/TDD aggregation
1.4 MHz to 20 MHz Dual stream eICIC 3GPP/WLAN radio-level
Release 11
beamforming interworking
DL SU-MIMO (up to 4 layers)
and SDMA Positioning DL and UP CoMP Small cell discovery and
In-device coexistence support of small cell
UL Transmit diversity and on/off mechanisms
SDMA Enhanced eICIC
256QAM support in
Downlink peak ~ 300 Mbps CA enhancements (for
downlink
inter-band support)
Uplink peak ~ 75 Mbps Dual connectivity
Relays ePDCCH Support of interference
MDT Enhanced beamforming suppression on the data
Downlink peak support channel
~ 3000 Mbps UTDOA CoMP operation w/ non-
Uplink peak ideal backhaul
~ 1500 Mbps Low cost LTE for MTC

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 LTE Release 13
LAA (License Assisted Access)
LTE-Wifi Aggregation
Further enhancements for MTC (low cost / range / power)
Enhancements for D2D and DC operation
3D/FD MIMO
Indoor positioning
Single-cell Multi-Point
Latency reduction*
Non-orthogonal Multiple Access*

* Studies targeting normative work in Rel-14

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 5G radio access techniques
Low latency and Even denser network Full self- Context-aware
high reliability deployment configuration network & devices

Massive
spatial
Integrated access processing
& backhaul

Coordinated
spatial techniques
Multiple access
for more active Device-to-device
Multi-hop communication &
connections Support licensed & unlicensed
discovery
spectrum sub-6GHz and above 6GHz
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 Extreme variation of requirements
Ultra-high reliability
Ultra-low energy

High security
Ultra-low cost

Wide area IOE Ultra-

Reliable Services
Robust mobility
Deep coverage

Ultra-high capacity
Enhanced
Mobile
Broadband Ultra-low latency
Extreme broadband
Deep awareness
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 5G Unified Air Interface (UAI)
Multiple techniques under a common framework to support diverse requirements & spectrum types

Extreme
Range of Diverse
5G Spectrum
Application UAI Types
Requirements

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 Phased 5G rollout leveraging 4G coverage
4G+5G multi-connectivity ensures coverage and seamless mobility

4G+5G
4G +5G
Sub-urban area 4G
Downtown 4G+5G
4G+5G Rural area

5G

4G

4G only coverage

4G+5G coverage

Phased 5G rollout
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 Multi connectivity across bands & technologies
Leverage 4G investments and enable phased 5G rollout

5G carrier aggregation with Macro

integrated MAC across
sub-6GHz & above 6GHz

5G/4G/3G/Wi-Fi
multimode
device
Small
cell
4G & 5G small cell coverage

Simultaneous connectivity
across 5G, 4G and Wi-Fi

4G macro coverage
5G deployment scenarios: 4G & 5G macro coverage
Deploy below 6GHz Coverage from
Deploy above & below 6GHz when available other cells
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 mmWave enables 5G Extreme Mobile Broadband
Opportunities
Availability of large bandwidth from
100s of MHz up to 9 GHz
Extreme data-rates (e.g. up 10 Gbps)
Dense spatial reuse can enable
extreme network capacity
Beamforming to overcome poorer
propagation
Flexible deployment with integrated
backhaul (200m 500m) and access
(100m- 150m)
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Challenges
Higher path-loss at mmWave
frequencies, susceptibility to blockage
Robust beam search & tracking
System design with directional
transmissions
Device cost and RF challenges at
mmW
Solutions
Tight integration with 5Gsub6
increases robustness
Smart beam search & tracking
algorithms
Antenna management &
reconstructive beam forming
algorithms
Coordinated scheduling for proximal
user interference management
Phase noise mitigation in RF
components for cheaper devices
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