5G From Vision to Reality Dr. Michael Meyer Ericsson Research, Herzogenrath
In the networked society people, knowledge, devices, and information are networked for the growth of society, life and business. Ericsson vision, formulated 2013
METIS Mobile and wireless communications Enablers for the Twenty-twenty Information Society Amazingly fast Very high data rate Very dense crowds of users Great service in a crowd Super real-time and reliable connections. Very low latency Very low energy, cost, and massive number of, devices Ubiquitous things communicating Mobility Best experience. follows you METIS Usage scenarios & fundamental technology METIS II More detailed concept development 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 3 https://www.metis2020.com/
METIS project Objectives 1000x higher mobile data volumes 10-100x higher number of connected devices 10-100x typical end-user data rates 5x lower latency 10x longer battery life for low-power devices Develop a concept for future mobile and wireless communications system that supports the connected information society 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 4
Reality
5G use cases Massive MTC Critical MTC LOGISTICS TRAFFIC SAFETY & CONTROL SMART AGRICULTURE FLEET MANAGEMENT INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION & CONTROL REMOTE TRAINING SMART METER TRACKING REMOTE MANUFACTURING REMOTE SURGERY LOW COST, LOW ENERGY SMALL DATA VOLUMES MASSIVE NUMBERS Enhanced mobile broadband ULTRA RELIABLE VERY LOW LATENCY VERY HIGH AVAILABILITY ENTERPRISE VR/AR HOME MOBILE/ WIRELESS/ FIXED SMARTPHONES BROADCASTING VENUES NON-SIM DEVICES 4K/8K UHD 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 6
cutting the cord adding mobility going digital adding video & data mobile broadband digital infrastructure 5G A foundation for digitalization 29 billion devices 1990 2000 2010 1G 2G 3G 4G 5G 2022 5 billion people 1 billion places Telephony and mobile broadband A digital infrastructure for industrial and societal transformation 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 7
ITU and 3GPP Requirements Performance Measure Peak data rate Peak spectral efficiency Bandwidth Control plane latency User plane latency, 1-way Infrequent small packets Mobility interruption time Mobility TRP spectral efficiency User spectral efficiency at 5% percentile Area traffic capacity Requirement DL: 20 Gbps / UL: 10 Gbps DL: 30 bps/hz / UL: 15 bps/hz 100 MHz 20 ms (10 ms encouraged) URLLC: 1/0.5ms, embb: 4ms 10s / 20byte packet 0 ms Up to 500 km/h 3x IMT-A requirement 3x IMT-A requirement 10 Mbps/m 2 [ITU] User experienced data rate 100/50 Mbps DL/UL [ITU] Extreme coverage (3GPP) 140/143 db loss MaxCL Performance Measure Requirement Connection density 1,000,000 devices/km 2 Coverage (3GPP) Battery life (3GPP) Reliability NW energy efficiency UE Energy efficiency Inter-system mobility Bandwidth scalability Spectrum flexibility Support of wide range of services 164dB coupling loss 10-15 years 1-10 -5 in 1ms Inspection (Qualitative) Inspection (Qualitative) Yes Yes Yes Yes 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 8
3GPP 5g timeplan ITU IMT-2020 Requirements Proposals Evaluation Specifications SI: Channel mod. 3GPP SI: Requirements NR SIs Phase 2 NR Study Item NR WI Phase 1 NR WIs Phase 2 NR evolution LTE evo LTE evo LTE evo Rel-14 Rel-15 Rel-16 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 9 NR non-standalone NR standalone IMT-2020
5g radio ACCESS & Spectrum Evolution of LTE Backwards compatible Overall 5G solution Interworking NR New radio-access technology Flexible duplex Spectrum flexibility Spectrum sharing FDD and TDD Dynamic TDD Unlicensed Shared licensed Existing spectrum New spectrum Full Duplex Complementing dedicated licensed spectrum 1 GHz 3 GHz 10 GHz 30 GHz 100 GHz 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 10
5g network Architecture Enabling dynamic and secured network slices Services Security ERICSSON DIGITAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS Management, orchestration & monetization NETWORK SLICING @ ERICSSON RADIO SYSTEM with enhanced 5G access & transport ERICSSON 5G CORE SYSTEM with NFV SDN distributed cloud and network slicing 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 11
On the road to 5G Industrial collaborations Radio Test Beds up to 25+Gb/s indoor and outdoor Driver of early EU 5G research projects Full IMT-2020 capabilities WRC 2019 Standalone New Radio (NR) Non-standalone New Radio (NR) LTE/ NR NR radios mid-band NR radios 5G high-band Plug-ins Ericsson 5G core system NB-IoT Massive-IoT 3GPP compliant commercial operation 3GPP compliant NR roll-out 3GPP based field trials 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 12
Critical Machine-Type communication Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 13
Local, indoor Wide range, outdoor Critical MTC Examples of use cases, reliability 99.999% Power grid Haptic, remote control stationary 64kb/s mobility 100kb/s+VR/AR 1ms 5ms 10ms Latency Factory automation Alarms close to stationary 160kb/s mainly stationary 50B/seldom 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 14
Achieving Low Latency General High numerologies for shorter slot lengths (NR) Fast processing ~1-2 OFDM symbols in UE for turn-around ~[xx] OFDM symbols in gnb for turn-around FDD Better suited for URLLC TDD more problematic (but very relevant for NR) Frequent change of UL-DL allocations needed Fast processing / turn-around Must be same configuration for URLLC and MBB FDD Downlink mini-slots TDD RX slot x1 TX turn-around mini-slot Fast HARQ slot Fast dynamic scheduling FDD Uplink mini-slots instant uplink access fast processing / turn-around UL DL 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 15 included in evaluations
Examples for NR RAN One-way latencies Latencies depend on NR configurations numerology slot structure uplink access scheme duplex scheme FDD DL & grantfree UL SR-based UL 15 khz, 14s (LTE) ~5000 µs ~13000 µs 15 khz, 7s 1643 µs 3143 µs 15 khz, 2s (mini-slot) 571 µs 1000 µs 30 khz, 7s 821 µs 1571 µs 30 khz, 2s (mini-slot) 286 µs 500 µs 60 khz, 2s (mini-slot) 161 µs 268 µs 120 khz, 2s (mini-slot) 89 µs 143 µs Schemes to reach 1 ms are defined 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 16
5G Ecosystem
Status 5g in Germany Fokusgruppe 5G Sub-group of Digitale Netze und Mobilität of German national IT-Summit to succeed with 5G in Germany Gigabitgesellschaft Driving 5G Research as a essential technology part to enable the Gigabit- Society Innovation Lab 5G:Haus Collaborative 5G development in DT European research facilities Understanding and drive the holistic requirements and solutions of 5G with partners FIR (RWTH Aachen) eröffnet im Cluster Smart Logistik auf dem RWTH Campus das neue Center Connected Industry 5G for Germany Ericsson Programm Collaborative 5G Researchand Innovation project to strengthen the European economy 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 18
Strengthening 5G r&d in Germany and Europe OBJECTIVES Strengthening the 5G Research and Development (R&D) in Germany and Europe Integration of technology requirements from various industries into upcoming international 5G-standardization activities PROJECT DESCRIPTION A cross-industry consortium driving 5G R&D in Germany and in Europe Creating a network infrastructure and application environment for 5G analysis and testing in real-time for Vehicle-to-vehicle Vehicle-to-infrastructure Railway-to-infrastructure Members of the consortium are: Test track of approx. 30 km along the A9 motorway and a high speed railway track between Nuremberg-Feucht and Greding 5G-CM is part of the Digital test field motorway -Initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Transportation and Digital Infrastructure Supported by:
KoI Koordinierte industriekommunikation Low latency & high reliability wireless industrial communication Radio interface design for local communications in production units Coordination system for realistic large scale deployments in the factory Coordination system for efficient radio resource management, interference coordination and coexistence management Security aspects Increased flexibility Decreased costs Fast and simple deployments PLC Local Radio Coordinator Sensor Zone A Actuator Global Radio Coordinator PLC Local Radio Coordinator Sensor Zone B Actuator Partners: 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 20
Testing 5G radio 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 21
Elevator 3 21 24 37 4 11 4 5 16 3 17 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 92 7 0 13 36 52 74 98 29 26 17 9 30 56 1 77 66 6 79 0 33 61 5 74 62 9 Elevator 1 92 56 1 77 7 66 0 13 6 79 36 52 0 74 98 33 29 26 61 5 17 9 9 30 74 62 9 5G trial Proof of concept Coverage high frequencies LoS vs. NLoS with/without beamforming urban vs. rural environment indoors, single/multi-floor Multi-TP seamless mobility Peak-bitrate performance Distributed MIMO & MU-MIMO Propagation models validation 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 22 Outdoor network, Kista 30 m 20 m 30 m 20 m Point #A 40 m Point #A 40 m 50 m 10 m Elevator BS 10 m 14.5 12.0 10.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 20 m 30 m 3 21 24 37 4 11 4 5 16 3 17 1 3 1 3 1 2 0.0 Throughput (Gbps) 40 m Indoor SU-MIMO performance 1 1 1 1 10 m Elevator BS Point #B 20 m 30 m 40 m 50 m # # 10 m # # # # # # BS # # Point #C 14.5 12.0 10.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 Throughput (Gbps) MU-MIMO 15 GHz, 800 MHz IBW 3 21 24 37 4 11 4 5 16 3 17 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 50 m 1 st Fl BS 2 nd Fl 3 rd Fl [Gbps] 14.5 14.5 12.0 10.0 0 8.0 6.0 4.0 0.0 Throughput (Gbps) 3 2.0 21 24 37 4 11 4 5 16 3 17 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 Gbps performance at ~500 m
5G live tests Ericsson, BMW, SK Telecom Korea demonstrate 5G-based connected car technologies November 2016 Telia and Ericsson live 5G network test September 2016 15 Gbit per user, latency <3ms 40 times faster than current 4G 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 23
Multi-TP Beam Tracking, 28 GHz Seamless mobility with gigabit performance Realistic use-case deployment Multiple Transmission Points Antenna Beam Tracking High frequency High vehicle speed 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 24
Conclusions 5G will be key for the digital transformation it is not just another mobile communication generation 5G research, specifications, trials and product development well under way Early adaptation of 5G brings opportunities for industries and societies to develop and transform 5G Rev D Commercial in confidence Ericsson AB 2015 2015-09-15 Page 25