Evolution to 5G:

An operator's perspective

Dr. Ivo Maljevic

TELUS team
IEEE 5G Summit | Nov 2015
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Cellular Standards Evolution

1980 1G 1990 2G 2000 3G 2010 - 4G 2020 5G

Analog systems Digital systems begin Emergence of smart Widespread adoption Global 5G standard
Large terminals Smaller Phones phones of smartphones developed by 3GPP
Several systems Several systems Dominated by two Dominated by Massive connectivity
standards: UMTS LTE/LTE-A standard Data rates 1Gbps+
Voice only Lower power
and CDMA2000 developed by 3GPP (fibre like speeds)
consumption
Data rates up to 42 Data rates 150+ Mbps Very fast service
Low data rate
Mbps Rich services introduction
services (SMS, email)
Wide range of
services

Economy of Scale through standardization

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Why do we need 5G? Target Use Cases

Enhanced Mobile Broadband Massive Machine Type Ultra-Reliable, Low-Latency

(eMBB) Communications (mMTC) Communications (uMTC)

100+ Mbps avg. throughput 106/km2 connection density 99.999% service availability
10+ Gbps peak throughput Low cost/energy connectivity 1 10 ms latency

Mobile video and gaming Billions of connected devices Tactile Internet

Cloud computing and storage Sensor networks Natural disaster relief
High speed connectivity IoT / M2M / D2D E-Medicine and Health care

5G will enable diverse services and use cases that cannot be fully addressed by 4G systems
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Key Performance Differences Between 4G and 5G Targets

Spectrum Connection
Data rate Latency Mobility
efficiency density
5G Target

> 100 Mb/s

(avg) As much as
~ 1 ms > 500km/h > 100,000
> 10,000 Mb/s possible
(peak)

Avg ~25 Mb/s

Typically ~50 ms Functional DL: 0.1 6.1 b/s/Hz Typically ~2,000
4G

Peak 150 Mb/s

10 ms for 2-way RAN Up to 350km/h UL: 0.1 4.3 b/s/Hz Active users/km2

Target 5G network capabilities often exceed 4G by a large margin

How do we get there?
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RAN Evolution From Distributed to Virtualized

BBU RRU separation Centralization Virtualization

BBU RRU
RRUs
BBU HW Accelerator

Virtual Cell
Server

RRUs
Central office Central office

Distributed RAN (4G) Centralized RAN (4.5G) Virtualized RAN (5G)

Seamless migration from 4G RAN to 5G RAN

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Network Evolution Through SDN/NFV

Different Platforms of Today

Internet traffic flows across different service
platforms
Services operated on specialized Physical
and Control infrastructure

Converged, Cloud based Platform for 5G

Services that previously required
dedicated hardware are abstracted into
software functions
Services will be provisioned and
controlled on common infrastructure
SDN/NFV will unify ALL SERVICES

Fixed and Mobile Convergence

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5G Service Delivery

Todays Network Service creation in 6+ months

Service-specific
EPC
access
Blanket HSS/HLR
AAA IMS
Service Non-3GPP Access
SMSC
Delivery
Policy Server
ePDG (eg: ANDSF, HS2.0)
WAG
MSS/MGW
3GPP Access

Customers pick the Access either by device type, app design, or simple steering from network
Data Center
Automated
Service creation in minutes
2020+ Network E2E Configuration

Network
Personalized Agnostic access Access Selection and
Network Configuration
Service
Non-3GPP
Delivery Access
Wireline
3GPP Network Home
Access Access
Network

The network is responsible for picking most efficient Access to deliver optimal service/user experience
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3GPP and ITU Timelines
2016.3 2017.6 2018.9 2019.12
Rel- Rel-15 Rel-16
13 Rel-14
(Early 5G) (Full 5G)
5G SI(s): Scenario and Requirements

SI: HF (>6GHz) channel model

Other features / Enhancements

5G SI(s): New RAT framework High frequency (>6GHz)
specific feature design
5G phase 1 WI(s) 5G phase 2 WI(s)

LTE-Advanced Pro Evolution (4.5G)

WRC-15 WRC-19

ITU process
Proposal Spec

Initial 5G deployments anticipated by 2020

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TELUS 5G Research (University Sponsorships)

HetNets Traffic Models Massive MIMO + CoMP

Optimal interference management and Traffic demand modeling in Coordinating transmissions
resource allocation schemes using fractional time and space for between large numbers of
cooperation. Also, new methods to analyze heterogeneous 5G networks; cells with large numbers of
cellular networks with irregular deployment of backhaul and fronthaul antennas.
cells with varying traffic over hot spots. requirements.

5G Waves Smart Application on Virtual

New wireless access
virtualization schemes,
architectures and
designs.
RRM and Energy efficient design Infrastructure
Spectral and energy efficient design
Cloud Computing in Data
radio resource and interference
centre, Software Defined
management in multi-tier and multi-
Networking and Virtualization.
RAT networks.

Strong partnerships with major Canadian research institutes

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