Roadmap for 5G Enhancements to Communication Technology FIIF Future Avenues - Aalto University October 25 th, 2016 Harri Holma, Fellow Nokia Bell Labs
Finland #1 in Mobile Data Usage Great Starting Point for 5G Finland Latvia Korea, Sweden USA, Japan UK France, Germany Mobile data usage per subscription per month 2
Japan Finland Korea China France Germany USA Russia UK Saudi Netherla UK USA Argentina Argentina Kenya Colombia Sectors per 1000 subs Finland #1 in Base Station Density Great Starting Point for 5G 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 5.0 5.0 Network density benchmarking 3.6 3.5 Korea, Japan, Scandinavia Europe, NAM 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 America 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 Africa, Latin Highest BTS density in Korea, Japan, Scandinavia and China Medium density in Europe and North America Lowest density in Africa and Latin America BTS density is very relevant for network capacity and coverage 3
5G Requirements and New 5G Business Models 10-100 x more devices M2M ultra low cost 10 years on battery >10 Gbps peak data rates Massive machine communication Extreme Mobile Broadband Critical machine communication 100 Mbps whenever needed 10 000 x more traffic <1 ms radio latency Ultra reliability 4
User #1 User #1 frequency Five Key Technology Components of 5G #1 New spectrum #2 Massive MIMO #4 Multi-connectivity 90 GHz 3 mm 30 GHz 1 cm 10 GHz 3 GHz 10 cm 300 MHz 1m User #2 User #3 time User #4 User #5 #3 Flexible frame design User #5 User #3 User #2 One tile corresponds to the smallest user allocation Dt Df Lean carrier Flexible size, control, TDD, bandwidth etc 5G LTE Wi-Fi #5 Distributed architecture Gateway 5
5G Coverage Footprint Full coverage with below 1 GHz Match LTE 2 GHz with 5G 3.5 GHz massive MIMO Extreme local capacity with mm waves 5G mmwaves 5G 3500 mmimo LTE1800 Extreme local data rates 10 Gbps High rates with LTE site grid 1 Gbps LTE800 5G <1 GHz 6 Deep indoor 100 Mbps
Simulations at 28 GHz 1.6 Gbps Average User Data Rate with 800 MHz and Dual Stream MIMO Average data rate 1.6 Gbps Cell edge 0.6 Gbps Inter-Site Distance 50, 70 and 100 m Average 1.6 Gbps Cell edge 0.6 Gbps 28 GHz frequency 800 MHz bandwidth 8x2 MIMO antenna 2 users per cell 2000 4000 6000 7
Measurements at 28 GHz Outdoor to Outdoor 8 A = 700 m line-of-sight (LOS) B = 800 m non-los C = 450 m LOS D = 450 m VLOS E = 350 m NLOS F = 300 m LOS G = 300 m LOS I = 570 m VLOS J = 750 m NLOS K = 860 m NLOS L = 350 LOS 1 Gbps with 300-700 m line-of-sight connection
Latency Evolution 25 20 15 ms 10 5 0 End-to-end latency Transport + core BTS processing UE processing Scheduling Buffering Uplink transmission Downlink transmission HSPA LTE 5G Strong evolution in latency with new radios HSPA latency 20 ms LTE latency 10 ms 5G latency 1 ms Low 5G latency requires new radio and also new architecture with local content 9
Example Live LTE Network Latency Measurements Teliasonera Network in Helsinki Speedtest 13 ms Ping 11.1 13.8 ms 80% of end-to-end latency in Sonera network in Helsinki is caused by LTE radio If Sonera deploys 5G radio on the current backhaul architecture, there will be a major latency improvement. 10
Architecture Evolution to Cloud Radio Antenna site Antenna RF Low layers Transport Ethernet transport Local cloud Higher radio layers Multiconnectivity Interference management Mobile edge computing Distributed core Nokia AirFrame data center 11 Nokia AirScale base station
5G Brings Major Improvement in Energy Efficiency -40% -55% -80% Network level power savings -50% at the typical operation point of 10..20% network utilization (over 24h period and whole network) Idle base station power savings -80% 12
iphone 7 Teardown Application processor LTE baseband RF parts LTE modem is very small part of smartphone complexity and just 7% of direct cost Memory Bluetooth / Wi-Fi 13 Transceivers RF diversity
5G Schedule in 3GPP 5G study items completed Standalone higher layers, new core Massive IoT, critical communication 5G above 40 GHz L1/L2 freeze. Non-standalone 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Release 15 Release 16 Release 17 Release 18 14
Verizon Trial Specs Available http://www.5gtf.org/ 15
Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5 Gbps with 800 MHz and MIMO 28 GHz Paired with 1 Gbps LTE modem with dual connectivity Sampling 2H/2017 Commercial products 1H/2018 16
5G Contributions in 3GPP in January-August 2016 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Nokia Huawei Ericsson Samsung Qualcomm Intel ZTE LG Electr SA1 SA2 SA3 RAN1 RAN2 RAN3 RAN4 17
Bell Labs: A rich history of breakthrough innovations 18 Great Discoveries by Solving Great Challenges in Communications and Networking
Beyond 5G in India Reliance India network is ready for 6G September 2016 Vodafone India considers 7G with space roaming June 2016 19
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