Join Hands with Industry Partners Hop on the 5G Shuttle Together Danni Song China Mobile Research Institute Sep. 19, 2018 Shanghai
What happened during the past year?
Smartphone replacement cycles elongated in 2017Q4 Smartphone Industry Sales as % of Install Base (3-Yr) Source: IDC, Morgan Stanley Research 3
Unlimited Communication Plans offered in China Who stands to win? Who stands to lose? 4
How to stand to win? Revenue = ARPU * Number of Users Connections *ARPU: Average Revenue Per User 5
Shipments (k) Mid-high Speed Cellular M2M Module Shipments Keep Growing 2012-2018 Global Cellular M2M Module Market 180000 150000 120000 90000 4G 3G 2G 60000 30000 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
5G Devices Two Development Paths Consumer Devices Vertical Devices 5G Superior Universal Module 5G S-Module Chipset Component Device Instrument Chipset Component Module Instrument Vertical Ecosystem Large-Scale Trial + Vertical Showcase 7
What is 5G S-Module? 5G Superior Universal Module Size Interface Performance (MOP, Power consumption, ) Form Factor Applicability To facilitate 5G s deep integration with the verticals and the mature of 5G S-Module through standardization, product, application and etc. 8
What are the challenges we are facing?
Release 15 5G s 1 st Core Specification Completed, 5G Steps into a New Phase Release 16 2016 2017 2018 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 5G R&D 5G Rel-15 NR NSA ASN.1 5G Rel-15 Complete Standard(including NR SA) ASN.1 5G Rel-16 Enhanced Tech. R&D 5G Rel-16 Rel-15 Scenarios Key Performance Key Tech. Capability Rel-16 Ultra High Data Rate Ultra Reliable & Ultra-Low Latency (32Byte) Massive Connections Peak Data Rate 10+ times Reliability 99.999% Latency 1ms Million connections/km 2 SBA Network Slicing CU-DU MEC 5G-V2X, eurllc, UE Power Saving, Enhanced mmtc, Enhanced Slicing MIMO AI, NOMA, NR-U... June 14, 2018, 11:18, 5G NR SA Core Spec. declared complete by 3GPP RAN#80! 5G Industry has stepped into a new phase to sprint for the commercialization. 10
2018-2020:Extreme Challenge Mar. 2001 Oct. 2005 Jan. 2009 Jun. 2010 Dec. 2013 Jun. 2018 Dec. 2018 2020 Dec. 2008 4.5 Y 3.25 Y TD-SCDMA Rel-4 Frozen 1 st 0.13um BBIC (Rel-4) TD-SCDMA Licensing 1.5 Y 3.5 Y 5G Rel-15 Frozen 0.5 Y 1-2 Y 1 st 5G Chipset 5G Commercialization TD-LTE Rel-8 Frozen 1 st TD-LTE BBIC/Smartphone (Rel-8) TD-LTE Licensing For 5G devices, from 3GPP to commercialization, only 2 years left for R&D and industry promotion
5G Device Key Tech. Requirements UL Coverage Enhancement High Power UE UL High Power Transmitting(26dBm) Network Aspect Multi-RAT Coexistence & Global Roaming Multi-mode Multi-band 5G NR/TD-LTE/LTE FDD/WCDMA/GSM, mainstream global bands SA and NSA SA and NSA SA(option2)and NSA(option3x) Performance Aspect High Data Rate High Speed Train Multi-layer & High-order Modulation High Speed Train UL: 2 layers, up to 256QAM DL: 4 layers, up to 256QAM 3GPP High Speed Train Scenario (500km/h) Business & Service Aspect Voice Service Requirements New Business & Service Voice Solution & Interworking Mechanism New Form-factor VoNR/EPS Fallback Voice Solution 5G and 4G Interworking New Type Device, new B&S, new applications, etc. HD Video, Drone, AR/VR, etc. 12
5G Device High Power Tx Requirement 3dB DL UL@+23dBm UL@+26dBm 3dBm 33dBm Antenna <3dBm 31dBm 30dBm 26dBm BBIC RFIC PA Switch Filter 23dBm Power Consumption issues in 1Tx 26dBm and 2Tx 23dBm+23dBm PC3 PA 500mA PC2 PA 1A
MIMO Configuration Transceiver PA PA Power Consumption Cost Power Consumption & Cost issues in UL 2Tx and DL 4Rx MIMO Configuration
Power Consumption issues in 2Tx 26dBm+26dBm 29dBm UE is coming on the Way
Whether RF-SoI could help to resolve the Power Consumption /Cost issues for 5G NR Devices?
What is CMCC s plan for 5G?
China Mobile 5G Development s Overall Layout 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Strategy 5G Basic Requirements & Vision Technology Strategy Deployment Strategy R&D Key technology Candidate Standards Enhanced Technology Research Standard R14 Pre5G R15 5G R16 5G Evolution 5G Commercialization Trial Key Tech. Verification End-to-end System Verification Large-Scale Trial & B&S Showcase Eco-system 5G Joint- Innovation Center Set up 5G Central Labs/5G Regional Labs of 5G Joint Innovation Center 18
China Mobile 5G s Trial Plan for Scale Commercialization in 2020 2017 2018Q1 2018Q2 2018Q3 2018Q4 2019Q1 2019Q2 2019Q3 2019Q4 2020Q1~Q2 2020H2~ 5G R15 Core Spec. Frozen Key Tech. Validation Tech. Validation for R16 Commercialization Network Deployment for Large-scale Trial Large-scale Trial, 5 cities 3GPP R15 features Validation in lab Large-scale Trial Key Tech. Networking Validation Commercial Construction & Operation Validation 5G Commercial Chipset Friendly Users B&S Showcase B&S Network Deployment Showcase: Another 12 cities 5G S-Module 5G Smartphone Friendly User Pre-commercial Trial 19
5G Device Forerunner Initiative 5G Device Forerunner Initiative signed in 2018 MWC Device Summit @ Shanghai 1 Big Target 1 st batch of 5G Device in 2019 2 years of Critical Period 2018~2019 5 pieces of Work Content 1 Standardization Research: Defining the 5G Device requirements and test cases 2 3 4 5 Industry Construction: aiming for the 1 st batch of 5G chipsets and devices, accelerating the maturity of the chipsets, components, devices and instruments Large-scale Trial: Facilitating the devices for the large-scale trial, end-to-end IODT/IOT test, tackling key technical problems, optimizing the solutions Device and Module R&D: 1 st batch of 5G smartphones for individual users, 1 st batch of 5G S-Modules for industry users Application Innovation: New Type Device, new B&S, new applications, etc.
GTI 5G S-Module Initiative GTI 5G S-Module Initiative kicked off in 2018 GTI Summit @ Shanghai 5G S-Module will unify size, interface, form factor applicability and etc. To facilitate 5G s deep integration with the verticals and the mature of 5G S-Module through standardization, product, application and etc. #22 GTI WS #23 GTI WS #24 GTI WS #26 GTI WS 2018.6.27 2018.11 2019.2 2019.11 GTI Report on Vertical Requirements for 5G S- Modules and Devices GTI 5G S-Module Whitepaper (v 1.0) GTI 5G S-Module Whitepaper (v 2.0) 21
GTI 5G S-Module Task Project 1: Sub 6GHz Project 2: Above 6GHz Project 3: New Device Project 4: Architecture Project 5: Test Equipment Spectrum WG 5G Spectrum and Coexistence 5G Spectrum and Coexistence Network WG PoC, Trials & commercialization; Pre-commercial trial; 5G Networking Strategy PoC, Trials & commercialization; 5G Networking Strategy Network Architecture study; Network Slicing Base station test equipment Terminal WG PoC Device and Trials; Pre-commercial Device Product & Trial; Components & Device Development PoC Device; Components & Device Research Innovative Service and Applications for embb Spec; 5G S-Module Device test equipment Business WG Use case & models Use case & models 22
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