@qualcomm_tech September 2018

Making 5G NR a
Commercial Reality
A unified, more capable 5G air interface
Mobile is the largest technology
platform in human history

~ 8B
Total mobile
connections1

1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

Analog voice Digital voice Mobile data Mobile broadband
AMPS, NMT, D-AMPS, GSM, WCDMA/HSPA+, LTE, LTE Advanced,
TACS IS-95 (CDMA) CDMA2000/EV-DO Gigabit LTE

1. GSMA Intelligence, July 2018, excluding licensed cellular IoT 2

A unifying connectivity
fabric for society Scalable to
extreme simplicity
Like electricity, you will just
expect it everywhere

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A new kind of
network to drive
innovation and growth

Significant Smartphone Consumers want

connectivity tech extending 5G smartphones
upgrade into many
industries

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 5G will address the
insatiable demand
for mobile broadband

Over 30x growth in mobile data

traffic from 2014 to 2020

~8B Gigabytes
Daily global mobile data traffic in 2020

Over 75% of mobile data

traffic from multi-media
streaming in 2020

Source: Nokia Bell Labs Consulting Report, 2016 5

Mobilizing media Rich user-generated Congested High-speed
and entertainment content environments mobility

Connected cloud Immersive Connected Augmented

computing experiences vehicle reality

5G is essential for next •

•
Fiber-like data speeds
Low latency for real-time interactivity

generation mobile experiences •

•
More consistent performance
Massive capacity for unlimited data
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 Consumer excitement
is building for 5G
smartphones

> 86% ~ 50%

Need or would like Likely to purchase a
faster connectivity phone that supports
on next smartphone 5G when available

Top 3 reasons for 5G:

10x
faster
10x
quicker
More
cost-effective
5G Consumer Survey of smartphone owners: speeds response time data plans

1,002 1,010 1,000 1,006 1,002 824 5,844 Source: “Making 5G a reality: Addressing the strong mobile broadband demand in 2019 and
WW total beyond,” September 2017, jointly published by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and Nokia. 7
Enabler to the factory Safer, autonomous Reliable access Precision
of the future transportation to remote healthcare agriculture

Efficient use of Private networks for logistics, Sustainable smart cities Digitized logistics
energy and utilities enterprises, industrial,… and infrastructure and retail

Powering the digital economy

5G will expand the mobile
ecosystem to new industries
> $12 Trillion
In goods and services by 2035
*

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* The 5G Economy, an independent study from IHS Markit, Penn Schoen Berland and Berkeley Research Group, commissioned by Qualcomm
A rich and continued roadmap of LTE Advanced Pro
advancements is foundational to the 5G evolution

eMBB
URLLC
Significantly improve
Private 5G NR network
performance, scalability
and efficiency NR 5G NR spectrum sharing
5G NR IoT
5G NR C-V2X

Cellular-V2X
Continued evolution
5G
Mobile expansion

Drones communications
Digital TV (eMBMS / enTV) Further enhancements
Public safety
toward meeting IMT-
LTE spectrum sharing
LTE IoT (eMTC / NB-IoT) 2020 requirements in
Gigabit LTE with LAA existing LTE spectrum

Rel-13 Rel-14 Rel-15 Rel-16+

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 NR Designing a unified, more capable 5G air interface
Enhanced mobile
broadband
High-bands
Above 24 GHz (mmWave)

Mid-bands
5G 1 GHz to 6 GHz
NR

Mission-critical Massive Internet Low-bands

services of Things Below 1 GHz

Licensed/shared/unlicensed

Diverse services Diverse spectrum Diverse deployments

Existing, emerging, and unforeseen services – a platform for future innovation

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Driving the 5G roadmap and ecosystem expansion

Rel-15 Rel-16 Rel-17+ evolution

Standalone (SA)
Non-Standalone (NSA)
Rel -15 Rel-16
NR Commercial launches Commercial launches
IoDTs Field trials
eMBB deployments and establish New 5G NR technologies to evolve
We are here foundation for future 5G innovations and expand the 5G ecosystem

Continue to evolve LTE in parallel as essential part of the 5G Platform

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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 Non-Standalone (NSA) Standalone (SA) for
stepping stone to new core immediate new core benefits
4G Evolved New 5G Next
Packet Core Gen Core

4G Radio 5G mmWave NR 5G sub-6GHz 5G mmWave

Network and/or sub-6GHz

Data + control Data only Data and control

over 4G LTE link over 5G NR link over 5G NR link
Dual connectivity Carrier Aggregation

Fast-to-launch | VoLTE & CS voice NFV and SDN | VoNR & fallback to VoLTE

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5G next Gen Core (NGC) also part of 3GPP Rel-15
Increased flexibility through NFV and SDN — essential to 5G NR expansion

Configurable end-to-end
Mobile broadband connectivity per vertical

Modular, specialized network

5G Mission-critical control
functions per service

Flexible subscription models

Internet of Things Dynamic control and user planes

with more functionality at the edge

NFV: Network Functions Virtualization; SDN: Software Defined Networking

Better cost/energy Optimized Flexible biz models Dynamic creation

efficiency performance and deployments of services
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Our technology inventions drove Rel-15 specifications

Scalable OFDM- Flexible slot-based Advanced Massive Mobile

based air interface framework channel coding MIMO mmWave

Scalable OFDM Self-contained Multi-Edge LDPC and Reciprocity-based Beamforming

numerology slot structure CRC-Aided Polar MU-MIMO and beam-tracking

Address diverse services, Low latency, URLLC, Support large data blocks, Large # of antennas to For extreme capacity
spectrum, deployments forward compatibility reliable control channel increase coverage/capacity and throughput

Early R&D investments | Best-in-class prototypes | Fundamental contributions to 3GPP

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Making 5G NR a commercial reality for 2019

Vodafone
Group

Best-in-class 5G 5G NR standards and 5G NR interoperability Modem and

prototype systems technology leadership testing and trials RFFE leadership
Designing and testing 5G Our technology inventions are Leveraging prototype systems and Announced the Qualcomm
technologies for many years driving the 5G NR standard our leading global network experience Snapdragon X50 5G modem family

Qualcomm Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries

LTE foundational technologies

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Best-in-class 5G NR mobile prototype systems
Sub-6 GHz and mmWave

5G NR Baseband 5G NR UE 5G NR gNodeB
Flexibly designed to track and drive RFFE in mobile form-factors Enable early system-level testing
3GPP standardization in Rel-15+ to mimic real-world performance and demonstrations

• World’s first announced 5G NR prototype — June 2016

• World’s first 5G NR data connection — February 2017
• World’s first interoperable 5G NR system — November 2017
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Handheld and in-vehicle UEs Multiple gNodeBs with Indoor mobility with wall penetration
with hand-blocking seamless handovers and dynamic blocking

Utilizing adaptive beamforming and beam

tracking techniques Outdoor vehicular mobility up to 30 mph

Qualcomm Research 5G mmWave prototype

Showcasing robust mobile communications in real-world OTA testing
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 World’s first 5G NR milestones led by Qualcomm

World’s first interoperable World’s first interoperable Successful multi-band Interoperable 5G NR sub-6 5G NR interoperability Rel-15 5G NR trials
5G NR sub-6 GHz data 5G NR mmWave data 5G NR interoperability GHz & mmWave testing preparing for the based on Snapdragon
connection connection testing connections with 5 vendors Chinese mass market X50 modem chipset

November 2017 December 2017 February 2018 MWC 2018 June 2018 2H-2018

Driving the 5G ecosystem towards 2019 launches in collaboration with

18+ global mobile network operators and 20+ device manufacturers
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The world’s first end-to-
end 5G NR sub-6 GHz
interoperable connection
November 2017

Compliant with the 3GPP

5G NR standard

5G NR scalable OFDM air interface

5G NR low latency slot-based framework

5G NR advanced channel coding

100 MHz bandwidth, operating at 3.5 GHz

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Global mobile industry
leaders achieve multi-band
5G NR interoperability
In collaboration with AT&T, NTT DOCOMO,
Orange, SK Telecom, Sprint, Telstra,
T-Mobile US, Verizon, and Vodafone

Compliant with the 3GPP

5G NR standard

5G NR scalable OFDM air interface

5G NR low latency slot-based framework

5G NR advanced channel coding

8x100 MHz bandwidth, operating at 28 GHz

100 MHz bandwidth; operating at 3.5 GHz

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 Frankfurt Simulation
5G NR Sub-6 GHz Non-standalone (NSA)
Industry-first simulation of
real world performance
reveals immense 5G user
experience gains over 4G
493 Mbps

8.8x
9.2x 184 Mbps

102 Mbps
56 Mbps
20 Mbps 39 Mbps

4G device 4G device
Cat 205G
LTE
device 4G device 4G device 5G device
in 4G after 5G is in 5G in 4G after 5G is in 5G
network deployed network network deployed network

Median burst rate Cell-edge burst rate

Learn more:
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San Francisco Simulation Collaborating with global
65% 1.4 Gbps 5x operators to simulate 5G
outdoor
coverage
median
burst rate
increase
in capacity NR mmWave capacity
and coverage

• Significant outdoor coverage possible utilizing

actual existing LTE sites (10+ global cities)
• Will further benefit from LTE infrastructure
(LAA small cells) to support Gigabit LTE launches
• Outdoor coverage only; frees up sub-6 GHz
resources for out-to-indoor capacity
• Based on our extensive over-the-air testing
and channel measurements
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Tokyo Simulation
5G NR Sub-6 GHz Standalone (SA)
Industry-first simulation of
5G NR Standalone network
DL median burst rate DL cell-edge burst rate
3.7x 332 Mbps

3.8x 171 Mbps

88 Mbps 102 Mbps
45 Mbps 51 Mbps

4G device 4G device
Cat 205G
LTE
device 4G device 4G device 5G device
in 4G after 5G is in 5G in 4G after 5G is in 5G
network deployed network network deployed network

UL median burst rate UL cell-edge burst rate

122 Mbps

13.6x
42.5x
17 Mbps
6 Mbps 9 Mbps
0.4 Mbps 1 Mbps
4G device 4G device
Cat 205G
LTE
device 4G device 4G device 5G device
in 4G after 5G is in 5G in 4G after 5G is in 5G
network deployed network network deployed network

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Significant 5G NR mmWave coverage via co-siting
Simulations based on extensive over-the-air testing and channel measurments
Outdoor Indoor

28 GHz 81% 81% 85%

74% 76%
downlink 65% 66%
coverage % 49% 49%
Co-siting with LTE 41%

US US US US EU Korea Korea Hong Japan LVCC

City 1 City 2 City 3 City 4 City 1 City 1 City 2 Kong City 1 Venue

Site Total 48 36 32 31 28 41 31 39 37
134
density Macro 0 8 15 14 7 33 31 39 37 antenna
(per km2) locations
Small 48 28 17 17 21 8 0 0 0

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 Leveraging LAA small cells used for Gigabit LTE
to deliver significant 5G NR mmWave coverage
LAA vs. 28 GHz coverage 2

8 Mbps 93%

Outdoor downlink coverage (%)

20 MHz CC
81% 82%
40 Mbps
100 MHz CC 65%

LAA
28 GHz LAA
28 GHz

28 GHz LAA
US City 1 US City 2
133 dB maximum allowable +10 dB coverage
path loss (MAPL)1 advantage

Source: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. 5G NR mmWave Network Coverage Simulation;

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1. Link budget based on assumptions; additional variations possible due to temporary blockage — field measurements to follow; 2. Target spectral efficiency of 0.4 bps / Hz
Commercializing mmWave in a smartphone form factor
76 mm

157.25 mm

mmWave (60 GHz) viability Qualcomm® 5G NR 9.7 mm

in handset form factor mmWave prototype
11ad in Asus 5G NR mmWave
Zenfone 4 Pro Qualcomm® Reference Design

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5G Modem family
World’s first 5G NR
multimode modems
5G NR standards compliant

Sub-6 + mmWave

Premium-tier
smartphones in 2019

Qualcomm Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or

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 Continued, fast-paced
October, 2017 February, 2018
progress towards
commercial devices
in the first half of 2019
Multi-Gigabit transmission
over mmWave spectrum
on working Snapdragon X50 silicon
Qualcomm Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. 28
Global operators
and OEMs using
Snapdragon X50 Vodafone
Group

5G NR modem
family for mobile
5G NR trials and
devices
Complexity of mobile RF systems is accelerating
Multi-mode 4G/5G impacts RF-Front End design

Many more
Number of RF bands
spectrum and band combinations
bands/types
By technology generation

4G
Advanced
wireless Early 5G combinations >10,000

technologies

5G
4G carrier aggregation combinations >1,000

A much wider
variation of
use cases 4G today 49

More diverse Early 4G 16

deployment
scenarios

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 Power
Tracker

Qualcomm
RF Transceiver

A
Power Duplexer / Switch
Amplifier Hexaplexer N

RF Front 4G
T
E
Modem N
N
Low Noise Filter Switch Antenna
Extractor Antenna A

End
Amplifier Switch
Tuner
S
Diversity
Receive

RF Front End
Multimode 3G/4G/5G poses
immense challenge End-to-end approach needed to address growing complexity

Qualcomm Technologies
RFFE Controller
end-to-end system
uniquely positions us to
lead in 5G multimode RFFE A
N
T

Modem XCVR E
N
N
A

` S

RF Front End

Next gen end-to-end system dynamically tunes RFFE performance

using modem intelligence and network information
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Snapdragon X50 mmWave solution

Antenna module

5G mmWave antenna
modules and
transceiver chips

Modem
SDR051
Integrated Circuit

Intermediate Frequency mm
Wave

Baseband Digital Trans-ceiver Power Low Switches

Amps NoiseAmps

Snapdragon X50 5G Integrated antenna array Architecture allows flexible

mmWave architecture and RFFE for performance placements and multiple modules
and ease-of-use

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Qualcomm® Smartphone
form factor
Fully-integrated Newly supported
mmWave RF mmWave bands
Advanced
mobility features
QTM052 mmWave
antenna modules
Suitable for compact Including transceiver, Supporting for up to 800 Supporting beamforming,
smartphone industrial PMIC, RF front-end MHz of bandwidth in beam steering, and beam
designs with four components, and a n257, n260, and n261 tracking for bi-directional
Making mobile mmWave mmWave modules phased antenna array 5G NR mmWave bands mmWave communications
viable and ready for
commercialization

Qualcomm QTM052 is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

and/or its subsidiaries.
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 Driving a rich 5G roadmap in Release 16 and beyond

5G massive 5G NR spectrum sharing in

IoT unlicensed/shared spectrum

5G NR 5G NR integrated
C-V2X access and backhaul

5G NR private network 3GPP Rel-15 5G broadcast

and URLLC for IIoT design provides the
foundation for Rel-16+
Sub-6 GHz | mmWave
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 Making 5G NR
a commercial reality
for 2019 eMBB
deployments

5G is the foundation to what’s next. Driving the expansion

of 5G NR ecosystem
We are the foundation to 5G. and opportunity
Learn more at www.qualcomm.com / 5G

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