5G in the Americas

5G in the Americas

Requirements, Recommendations and Vision

Chris Pearson ? President ? 4G Americas ? www.4gamericas.org

Strategic Topic #3: IMT-2020/5G

15-16 July 2015

4G Americas Board of Governors

MISSION: 4G Americas will advocate for and foster the advancement and full capabilities of LTE mobile broadband technologies, including LTE-Advanced and beyond to 5G, throughout the ecosystem’s networks, services, applications and wirelessly connected devices in the Americas.

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Deployments of LTE and LTE-Advanced

LTE-Advanced 69 networks 39 countries

Global 425 networks 145 countries US/Canada 68 networks Latin America & Caribbean 67 networks 27 countries

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LTE-Advanced: Foundation for the Future

Flexibility

Performance

Creativity

LTE Broadcast

Device Interference Cancellation

LTE Direct

SON

D2D

Coordinated Multipoint

Higher bands and new licensing models (Authorized Shared Access)

CoMP for Cell Edge and Capacity

Evolving Carrier Aggregation

Further Enhanced HetNets

More advanced antenna features and 256 QAM

Higher capacity for M2M and Smartphone signaling

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Technology Coverage in 2020

World Population Coverage by Technology

95 %

90 %

85 %

70 %

60 %

20 %

HSPA, HSPA+

GSM

2020

2020

2020

2013

2013

2013

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Source: Ericsson Mobility Report, November 2014

The Challenge and the Opportunity in 2020

Global Mobile Data Traffic 2014 to 2019

Global Mobile Devices & Connections Growth

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4G Americas Recommendations on 5G Requirements and Solutions

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Key Principles

Features considered 5G requirements should be implemented as LTE-Advanced extensions in advance of full 5G availability.

Architected to meet the expected use cases/demand in 2020 and beyond Allows time for true advances of technology, feasibility studies, standardization and product development Inclusive of the entire ecosystem, including air interface, devices, transport, packet core and more

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USER DRIVEN

NETWORK DRIVEN

Requirements

Battery Life Per-user Data Rate and Latency Robustness and Resiliency Mobility Seamless User Experience Context Aware Network

Scalability Network Capacity Cost Efficiency Automated System Management & Configuration Network Flexibility Energy Efficiency Coverage Security Diverse Spectrum Operation Unified System Framework

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5G Market Drivers and Use Cases

Extreme Video and Gaming Applications

Internet of Things

Explosive Data Density

Context Aware Services

Public Safety

PSTN Sunset

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mmWave

IoT

Macro cellular

Industry Consensus 5G Diverse Performance Considerations

Varied 5G use cases will drive performance criteria

1Kbps – 1 Mbps

1-10Gbps

100 Mbps

1ms

Moderate

1ms - hours

Varied

10-15 years

3-7 days

Very high

Good

Low

Underlay

HetNet

Overlay

Smart phones

Opportunistic

Data Rate

Latency

Battery Life

Coverage

Network

Access

Massive # modules

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Building on 4G for 5G

5G WILL ENHANCE SOME OF THE BUILDING BLOCKS DEFINED IN 4G

Networking flexibility More flexible mobility solutions Additional support for essential functions as fundamental attributes of networking layer Expanding form of multi-RAT integration and management

Enhanced efficiency for short burst or small data communication Expanding context information known to the network

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4G Americas’ Recommended Potential 5G Technologies (1)

Massive MIMO RAN Transmission – Centimeter and Millimeter Waves New Waveforms Shared Spectrum Access Advanced Inter-Node Coordination Simultaneous Transmission Reception Multi-RAT Integration & Management

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4G Americas’ Recommended Potential 5G Technologies (2)

D2D Communications Efficient Small Data Transmission Wireless Backhaul / Access Integration Flexible Networks Flexible Mobility Context Aware Networking Information Centric Networking Moving Networks

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End-to-End 5G Ecosystem

CORE

REGULATORY

RADIO

APPLICATIONS

DEVICES

Spectrum

Emergency Services

Lawful Intercept

Resiliency

Spectrum Sharing

NFV

Security

M2M/IoT

Ubiquitous Storage & Computing

Modulation

Mesh Networks

D2D

Context Aware Networking

Advanced Interference Management

Mesh Networks

Security

M2M/IoT

Flexible Networks

Context Aware Networking

World Wide Wireless Web

Massive MIMO

Security

Cloud RAN

M2M/IoT

M2M/IoT

Modulation

Cloud

Millimeter Wave

D2D Apps

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5G Conclusions: An Opportunity for Innovation for Networks in 2020 and

Beyond

Increased Performance

Increased Innovation

Increased Capacity

Increased Adaptability

Increased Flexibility

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Thank you

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