5G Focus Day- Flex5Gware. Flex5Gware: Flexible and efficient hardware/software platforms for 5G network elements and devices

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1 5G Focus Day- Flex5Gware MICHAEL FÄRBER, INTEL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 5G FOCUS DAY, JUNE 21ST, 2017) Flex5Gware: Flexible and efficient hardware/software platforms for 5G network elements and devices

2 Partners and geographical distribution Flex5Gware: Flexible and efficient hardware/software platforms for 5G network elements and devices 2

3 Flex5Gware Structure WP1 Use cases WP2 RF front end WP3 Mixed Signal WP4 Digital Signal WP5 SW Functions WP6 Proof of Concept WP7 Dissemination Flex5Gware: Flexible and efficient hardware/software platforms for 5G network elements and devices 3

4 Flex5Gware relationships to 5G PPP WG and projects METIS II ++ SONATA 5Gex + VirtuWind 5G-Xhaul CHARISMA COGNET COHERENT FANTASTIC 5G ++ mmmagic ++ 5G-NORMA ++ 5G Crosshaul + SELFNET SESAME SPEED-5G + SUPERFLUIDITY 5G-ENSURE + Standards Spectrum Architecture Metis-II-x-project SDN/NVF Security - NW Management - Vision Partners regulary attend the Pre-Standard Telco s to understand recent activities in 3GPP / ETSI, and identifying opportunities. Partners regulary attend the Spectrum calls to monitor spectrum aspects to identify the influence to our studies. Partners regulary attend the Architecture calls and F2F meetings, and actively contributed to the published papers. Partners regulary attend the Metis-II organized air interface F2F meetings and actively contributed to the papers. Partners regulary attended in P2 the SDN/NFV calls to monitor relevant aspects and how they influence our studies. Partners regulary attended the Vision calls to monitor aspects influencing our use case, KPI definitions, and our studies. FlexFlex5Gware: Flexible and efficient hardware/software platforms for 5G network elements and device 4

5 Flex5Gware concept of HW/SW research Use cases KPI Flex5Gware Targets Research Tasks in WPx Analytical and Simulation studies 11 PoC Flex5Gware EC Review meeting. Brussels, September 21st,

6 Flex5Gware: Flexible and efficient hardware/software platforms for 5G network elements and devices 6

7 Some examples of Flex5Gware work The following examples are intended as teasers, and are not showing the full bandwidth of research conducted in Flex5Gware. For more and complete information, consult the public deliverables and visit the PoC exhibition today: D1.2 Flex5Gware performance evaluation D2.2 Analogue components for highly performant and versatile 5G RF front-ends D3.2 Mixed-signal strategies for 5G: final architecture and design for flexibility, power and spectral efficiency D4.2 Final report on HW architectures D5.2 Performance evaluation D6.2 Final PoC evaluation in Flex5Gware Flex5Gware: Flexible and efficient hardware/software platforms for 5G network elements and devices 7

RF impairments analysis PA nonlinearities and analysis or linearization techniques KPIs: NRG BW UDR Performance targets o Model for RF impairments above 6 GHz For improve energy efficiency

8 RF impairments analysis PA nonlinearities and analysis or linearization techniques KPIs: NRG BW UDR Performance targets o Model for RF impairments above 6 GHz For improve energy efficiency Methodology o Memory polynomial (MP) model o Evaluation for direct- and IF-conversion o PA model below 6 GHz For methodology validation o PA model above 6 GHz For performance evaluation of mmwave PAs Proved model implementation o PA models for 64 QAM at 2.44 GHz o PA models for 64 QAM at 28 GHz Evaluated linearization techniques o Potential of Feed forward technique analyzed Advantages: high stability, suitable for wideband signals Challenges: operation not too close to PA compression; linear error amplifier required; strong requirements on delay tuning, gain of distortion amplifier; temperature and aging dependency Mod (I/Q)in Memory polynomial model Up Conv. Down Conv. Transmitter RF Receiver PA model around 2.44 GHz RF Signal Feedforward technique (I/Q)out Demod PA model around 28 GHz [R ] TP for TR38.803: Transceiver architecture for mmwave, approved Flex5Gware: Flexible and efficient hardware/software platforms for 5G network elements and devices 8

PA 28 GHz SIW antenna and flip chip mounted CMOS PA Assembled prototype Cavity-backed slot antenna 18 GHz SIW antenna and hybrid PA Normalized gain patterns Measured active antenna vs.

9 Flexible low profile antennas Integration of antenna and PA up to 30 GHz KPIs: CST NRG BW UDR ISF Performance targets o Reduced interconnection losses o More compact design Antenna/PA integration o 18 GHz SIW antenna and hybrid PA Uses off-the-shelf transistor o 28 GHz SIW antenna and CMOS PA Reduces coupling on biasing lines Flip-chip interconnection of PA Characteristic of flip chip mounted PA 28 GHz SIW antenna and flip chip mounted CMOS PA Assembled prototype Cavity-backed slot antenna 18 GHz SIW antenna and hybrid PA Normalized gain patterns Measured active antenna vs. simulated passive stand-alone antenna. - Contribution to PoC 2 Active SIW antennas with integrated power amplifiers in the frequency range of 17 to 30GHz - Flex5Gware: Flexible and efficient hardware/software platforms for 5G network elements and devices 9

Computational complexity of new Waveforms and MIMO Equalization Techniques Computational complexity analysis of waveform processing in terms of real valued multiplications and real values

wideband operation also considered Waveform generation and reception path including equalization Information shared with Metis-II project, on the base of 5GPP collaboration agreement 5.

10 Computational complexity of new Waveforms and MIMO Equalization Techniques Computational complexity analysis of waveform processing in terms of real valued multiplications and real values additions Different waveform candidates considered: W-OFDM, DFT-s-OFDM, ZT-DFT-s-OFDM, FBMC-OQAM (Polyphase and Frequency domain filtering), FBMC-QAM, P-OFDM, UFMC, GFDM - Parameters of 3GPP NR wideband operation also considered Waveform generation and reception path including equalization Information shared with Metis-II project, on the base of 5GPP collaboration agreement 5. DL narrowband MS and wideband BS 6. DL wideband MS and BS 7. UL narrowband MS and wideband BS 8. UL wideband MS and BS Flex5Gware: Flexible and efficient hardware/software platforms for 5G network elements and devices 10

11 Description of technical work Development of Intelligent Programs in Task 5.4 Two main algorithms: Interference Coordination: Flexible CoMP Coordinated Scheduling: Global Scheduler Power Efficiency: Flexible node activation/deactivation: Global Power Manager Work coupled with PoC #10: Flexible resource allocation in CRAN/vRAN platform Flex5Gware: Flexible and efficient hardware/software platforms for 5G network elements and devices 11

12 Visit the 11 PoC HW/SW implementations! Flex5Gware: Flexible and efficient hardware/software platforms for 5G network elements and devices 12

13 Summary The overall objective of Flex5Gware was to deliver highly reconfigurable hardware (HW) platforms and HW-agnostic software (SW) platforms, targeting both network elements and devices Flex5Gware adopted a holistic approach performing research and implementations on key building blocks of 5G (and co-operations among them) to provide versatile, flexible, reconfigurable, efficient operations for HW/SW platforms Flex5Gware evaluated and demonstrates the developed 5G technologies, by means of proofs-of-concept implementations Flex5Gware research work concluded in a significant number of publications, patent applications, Standardisation contributions in 3 GPP, ETSI, IEEE, and has exhibited results in conference booths and show cases in several events Flex5Gware: Flexible and efficient hardware/software platforms for 5G network elements and devices 13

14 Thank you! Flex5Gware: Flexible and efficient hardware/software platforms for 5G network elements and devices 14

Presented by Dr. Mythri Hunukumbure. EC co-funding through Horizon G PPP Program is acknowledged

Presented by Dr. Mythri Hunukumbure EC co-funding through Horizon 2020 5G PPP Program is acknowledged 5G PPP in Horizon 2020 of the EU 5G PPP is a research program in Horizon 2020 of the EU dedicated to