LTE Overview

NEC Corporation May 21st, 2008

K. Jay Miyahara Corporate Chief Engineer Mobile Network Operations Unit Kj-miyahara@cw.jp.nec.com

Mobile Evolution
1992 2002 2005 2008
Mobile Triple Play/

2013
Personalised Localised Gaming

Services

Voice

SMS

MMS Video Calls

Medi Clips

Mobile T

Services

Technology

GSM

GPRS

UMTS

HSDPA

HSUPA HSPA MBMS IMS IP transp.

LTE OFD acces

4G

User Expectatio

Voice and Te

Download

Real time delivery

Interactive Information Swapping

Anywhere Anytime Anyhow

Operator Strategy

Voice Centric, Coverage

Multimedia Centri Capacity

Bundled Services @ home, office, Indoor Coverage

User Centric, FMS/FMC & NGN (All IP)

age 2

User Expectations

Low prices - value for money connectivity

Higher quality (increased speed and availabil Broadband everywhere) Simplicity and value added Flexibility (personalised and more flexible tar Multitude of services (new services) Ubiquity (anywhere, anytime) Technology Agnostic (use any device, use o
age 3

High speed access Email Location Services Financial Video Services Conferencing

Music Download Browsing Gaming

Blogging Video Download Mobile TV

Positioning Photos
MMS

SMS Voice

Mobile Operators Expectations

Data rate and latency

Architecture Mobility Cost of ownership Spectrum

Higher data rate and reduced latency for multimedia rich applications (competitiveness of overall customer proposition with rival technologies)

Architecture simplicity and reduced protocol complexity Seamless handover ensuring service continuity with legacy systems Reduced migration, capital and operational costs (CAPEX/OPEX), Investment protection by reusing existing assets Greater efficiency and flexibility

age 4

Data Volume is Increasing

Mobile Operators will have to invest in NW expansion to handle the increase in traffic

Mobile Data Revenue as % of Total Revenue

26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 UK FRA GER ITA JPN ESP NED SWE IRL

Forecast Growth in Service Traffic for a Typical Mobile User in a Developed Market

2001
2005

Source: iDATE

Source: Analysys

age 5

World Forecast per Service Category

Total World Usage Forecast - Voice and Data Services
1 600 000

1 400 000

1 200 000
Machine to Machine

1 000 000

Corporate Services M-Commerce and Finance Multimedia Communication

800 000

Rich Multimedia information and entertainment Multimedia Messaging Simple Information and Entertainment

600 000

Simple Messaging and Community Services Voice Communication

400 000

200 000

Source: Report ITU-R M.2072 World mobile telecommunication market forecast

age 6

Need for Network Evolution

Faster, Simpler, More Efficient, Cheaper

Highly efficient radio technology

Increased spectrum efficiency for larger carriers and therefore increase capacity Lower cost per bit and lower prices for the end user

Simplified protocol stack & all IP network

Reduced latency Easier network management CAPEX and OPEX savings

Flexibility and scalability in deployment

Operating in various frequencies and bandwidths Operators can start with smaller deployment and increase bandwidth as demand increase Supports resource aggregation of radio band resources

age 7

Future Services Empowered by LTE

Both technologies can support the same services. Main difference is service latency and throughput for the user!

Rich Voice Video Telephony SMS/MMS

Mobile TV Video on Demand Music

Communities/Blogging Gaming Photo/Video Sharing

High Speed Access Email Mobile Conferencing

Banking Mobile Payment Mobile Advertising

Same Services. Different Experience

age 8

Experience Comparison
Both technologies can provide high speed rich multimedia services

3G
Person-to-Person Communications Content Delivery Social Networking Business Services
Real time audio, poor video quality

LTE
VoIP, rich quality video conferencing

Streamed and downloadable content Downloadable online games, online access of information

Broadcast TV, true on demand high quality video Real time gaming experience, sharing of rich content Fixed-like access experience, mobile intranet/extranet

Access to limited online information and basic web sites

M-Commerce

Payment transactions and facilities over mobile

Mobile is a secure payment device

age 9

Comparison b/w HSPA+ and LTE

-System ArchitectureOne RAN node: eNB
Core Network Operators IP service network

Evolved Packet Core (SAE)

MME
logical node
NAS Security Idle State Mobility

SGSN
IP

GGSN

Serving ateway

ME

SAE Bearer Control

SAE Gateway
logical node
Mobility Anchoring

S1-MME Iu
Iu

S1-MME

eNodeB
logical node

Iur

RNC

S1-U S1-U

Inter Cell RRM Radio Admission Control

UTRAN <HSPA+>
Iub

RNC
Iub

ATM/IP transport

IP transport

Radio Bearers Control Handover

NB

NB eNB
X2

eNB

Scheduling PDCP RRC function

EUTRAN (LTE)
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MAC/RLC PHY

Comparison b/w HSPA+ and LTE

-System Specification-

HSPA+
Spectrum Radio Access

LTE

3G spectrum (2GHz and additional bands) DS-WCDMA <50 ms 5MHz 11.52 Mbps (uplink) 42 Mbps (downlink, 2x2) Downlink: OFDMA Uplink: SC-FDMA <10 ms 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20MHz 57.6Mbps (uplink, 1x2) 172.8Mbps (downlink, 2x2) 57.6 Mbps (uplink, 1x2) 326.4Mbps (downlink, 4x4) Packet Switched

RAN Latency
Carrier Bandwidth Data rate

Services

Packet Switched

age 11

Comparison of other technologies

HSPA (FDD) Channel Width Peak Rate (DL) 5 MHz 14.4 Mbps

HSPA+ (FDD) 5 MHz 21.6 Mbps 43.2 Mbps (2x2 MIMO)

EV-DO Rev. A 1.25 MHz 3.1 Mbps

EV-DO Rev. B 1.25 MHz x N 4.9 Mbps x N 14.7 Mbps@N=3

Peak Rate (UL)

5.7 Mbps

11.4 Mbps

1.8 Mbps

1.8 Mbps x N 5.4 Mbps@N=3

Modulation (DL) Modulation (UL)

16 QAM BPSK

64QAM 16 QAM

16QAM 8PSK

64QAM 8PSK

age 12

Comparison b/w HSPA+ and LTE

-Technical details-

HSPA+
NW Structure

LTE
eNB EPC
All IP Yes (up to 4x4 in downlink And 2x2 in uplink)

HSPA+ NB RNC CN-PS

Mixed ATM &IP, possible all IP Yes (up to 2x2 in downlink No MIMO in uplink)

Transport
MIMO Support

Modulation

QPSK+16QAM for E-DCH Extra 64QAM for HS-DSCH

QPSK+16QAM+64QAM

Support MBMS

Yes (limited capacity via FACH)

Yes (enhanced capacity via DL-MCH)

age 13

Scope of 3GPP Technology Specifications Group

TSG-SA Service & System Aspects

TSG-RAN Radio Access Networks

CN LMSC CS Domain GMSC

UTRAN SGSN Node-B UE

TSG-CT Core Network & Terminals

PSTN

GGSN
PS Domain

RNC Internet

age 14

3GPP Rel8-LTE Standardization

2007
Dec
Phy ch, Modulation Coding RAN1 Procedure Measurement F F F F A A A A A/F A F F F F F
Protocol&Tabular

2008
Mar Jun Sep Dec

2009
Mar Jun

RAN2

UE Idle mode UE capability MAC RLC

PDCP RRC

A: Approval F: Functionally
F
ASN.1

Freezing

RAN3

Layer 1 Sig. transport Data transport Protocol

A A A A

F F F F
Protocol&Tabular

F
ASN.1

RAN4

UE Tx/Rx eNB Tx/Rx RRM eNB Test Common env. Signaling RF

A/F A/F A A/F

RAN5

A A A

3GPP RP-071019
age 15

Migration Scenario
+

HSPA+(RAN) 3G (CN)

HSPA+(RAN) Pre-SAE (CN)

age 16

How Japanese market moves towards LTE?

DoCoMo selected LTE (2.1GHz, Band1, currently used for 3G) NEC plans to deliver commercial product without DoCoMo specific application at e/2008. SBM planning to introduce LTE on 1.5GHz (Band11, currently used for PDC). KDDI under investigation between LTE or UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband)

age 17

Conclusion

End-user needs already exists/beginning to see the onset. Operators needs exists Industry activities such as LSTI, NGMN are already in place to assure inter-operability and alignment of technology/standards/market requirements/spectrum Many operators are planning to deploy LTE starting 2010

age 18