Overview of 3 GPP and 5 G standards

Overview of 3 GPP and 5 G standards © 3 GPP 2012 Balazs Bertenyi - Chairman of 3 GPP RAN IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 1

Outline 3 GPP structure and membership 5 G vision 5 G NR © 3 GPP 2012 3 GPP releases and 5 G NR standards IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 2

3 GPP structure and membership © 3 GPP 2012 IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 3

3 GPP structure Technology Standards for global cellular technologies: GSM, GPRS, EDGE, W-CDMA, HSPA, LTE-(A) (incl LAA), and 5 G-NR (including NR-U) Technology Standards for the full system: Radio, Core, Security, O&M, Codecs, Testing © 3 GPP 2012 IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 4

3 GPP facts & figures 600+ Companies from 45 Countries 75, 000 delegate days per year 100, 000 meeting documents per year © 3 GPP 2012 1, 200 specifications per Release 10, 000 change requests (CRs) per year New Release every ~18 months IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 5

Membership expansion The 5 G effect: variety of new members Agriculture (e. g. , John Deere, Husqvana, etc) Car manufacturers (e. g, Volkswagen, Volvo, Toyota) Railway (e. g. , International Union of Railways) Industry Automation (e. g. , Siemens) © 3 GPP 2012 Energie sector (e. g. , Legrand) Broadcast (e. g. , EBU, BBC, TDF) Satellite (e. g. , ESO, Inmarsat, THALES) Defense and space (e. g. , Lockheed Martin, BAE) Online commerce (e. g. , Alibaba) Social Media (e. g. , Facebook) Teljes lista: http: //www. 3 gpp. org/about-3 gpp/membership IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 6

3 GPP organization © 3 GPP 2012 IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 7

5 G vision 5 G NR © 3 GPP 2012 IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 8

5 G vision Perfect storm of multiple technology breakthroughs: Low latency radio with fully flexible network Millimeter wave operation Vertical industries going wireless Device revolution for AR/VR Artificial Intelligence and Automation © 3 GPP 2012 IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 9

5 G vision 5 G NR Operation from low to very high bands: 0. 4 – 100 Ghz Including standalone operation in unlicensed bands (NR-U) Ultra wide bandwidth Up to 100 MHz in <6 GHz© 3 GPP 2012 Up to 400 MHz in >6 GHz Set of different numerologies for optimal operation in different frequency ranges Massive MIMO for better performance IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 10

5 G vision 5 G NR Native forward compatibility mechanisms New channel coding LDPC for data channel, Polar coding for control channel Native support for Low Latency and Ultra Reliability Flexible and modular RAN architecture: split fronthaul, split control- and user-plane Native support for Network Slicing © 3 GPP 2012 IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 11

Release 15 – the advent of 5 G © 3 GPP 2012 IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 12

Timeline 2017 2018 Q 4 Q 1 Rel-15 NSA (option -3) freeze Q 2 Rel-15 NSA (option-3) ASN. 1 “Early drop” Rel-16 Study phase Q 4 Q 3 “Main drop” Rel-15 freeze (incl 5 G SA) 2020 2019 Rel-15 ASN. 1 (incl 5 G SA) Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 © 3 GPP 2012 “Late drop” Rel-15 late drop freeze Rel-15 late drop ASN. 1 Rel-16 Study and Normative phase Rel-16 RAN 1 freeze Rel-16 freeze IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 13

Why the multiple “drops” “Early drop” for Non-Standalone 5 G Addresses the most urgent deployment needs for e. MBB Uses LTE anchor with 5 G NR in Dual Connectivity configuration Accelerated specification© 3 GPP to 2012 ensure a single global ecosystem “Main drop” for Standalone 5 G Contains full standalone 5 G support with 5 G Core “Late drop” for some migration needs Contains specs for all potential migration options IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 14

Release 16 towards the full 5 G vision © 3 GPP 2012 IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 15

Timeline 2017 2018 Q 4 Q 1 Rel-15 NSA (option -3) freeze Q 2 Rel-15 NSA (option-3) ASN. 1 Rel-16 Study phase Q 4 Q 3 Rel-15 freeze (incl 5 G SA) 2020 2019 Rel-15 ASN. 1 (incl 5 G SA) Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 © 3 GPP 2012 Rel-15 late drop freeze Rel-15 late drop ASN. 1 Rel-16 Study and Normative phase Rel-16 freeze Rel-16 ASN. 1 IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 16

Release 16 – 5 G Expansion 2018 Q 3 2018 Q 4 2019 Q 1 2019 Q 2 2019 Q 3 2019 Q 4 5 G Vehicle to X (V 2 X) 5 G Industrial Io. T © 3 GPP 2012 5 G URLLC enhancements 5 G for Unlicensed spectrum operation 5 G Expansion 5 G for Satellite 5 G above 52. 6 GHz IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 17

Release 16 – 5 G Efficiency 2018 Q 3 2018 Q 4 2019 Q 1 2019 Q 2 2019 Q 3 2019 Q 4 Interference Mitigation 5 G SON & Big Data 5 G MIMO enhancements © 3 GPP 2012 5 G Location and positioning enhancements 5 G Power Consumption improvements 5 G Efficiency Dual Connectivity enhancements Device capabilities exchange Mobility enhancements IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 18

Balance 5 G Expansion IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 © 3 GPP 2012 5 G Efficiency 19

Release 17 planning © 3 GPP 2012 IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 20

Release 17 - Key milestones RAN#84 (June/2019): One full day was set aside for initial presentations on Rel-17 proposals Consolidation of multi-company proposals into Work Areas, start email discussion on these RAN#85 (September/2019): Review of email discussion progress on Work Areas, adjust where necessary RAN#86 (December/2019): Approval of Release 17 content 2019 2020 Q 1 Q 4 Q 2 2021 © 3 GPP 2012 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Approval of Rel-17 content Release 17 specification work Rel-17 RAN 1 freeze Rel-17 ASN. 1 freeze IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 21

Release 17 Work Areas 1/3 NR Light Optimal operation for mid-tier NR devices (e. g MTC, wearables, etc…), incl power saving aspects NR above 52. 6 GHz (inlc 60 GHz unlicensed) Preparing for waveform decision for >52. 6 GHz, and decision cut off point (between waveforms) Generic enhancements to NR-U Generic unlicensed operation enhancements not covered by any other item Small data transfer optimization © 3 GPP 2012 Small Data and Inactive Data transmission (both Uplink and Downlink) Sidelink enhancements Includes V 2 X, Commercial, Critical Communications Includes FR 2 (>6 GHz) aspects Achieve maximum commonality between commercial, V 2 X, and Critical Communication usage of sidelink Multi SIM operation Identify the RAN impact of target use cases for Multi SIM operation, identify specification impacts IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 22

Release 17 Work Areas 2/3 Coverage enhancements Clarify requirements for all relevant scenarios focusing on extreme coverage Data rate target FFS. Includes both indoor as well as wide area NB-Io. T and e. MTC enhancements © 3 GPP 2012 Enhancements motivated by current commercial deployments IIo. T and URLLC enhancements Header compression aspects and other Release 16 leftovers MIMO enhancements Enhancements motivated by current commercial deployments E. g. : Support for cases with high speed mobility, better support for FDD NR for Non Terrestrial Networks Integrated Access and Backhaul Enhancements E. g. Mobile IAB IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 23

Release 17 Work Areas 3/3 NR multicast broadcast Main drivers: V 2 X and Public Safety Power saving enhancements Enhancements for power saving of smartphones Network power saving aspects RAN data collection enhancements © 3 GPP 2012 Includes SON and MDT enhancements Data collection to enable AI Positioning enhancements Factory/campus positioning, Io. T, V 2 X positioning, 3 D positioning, cm level accuracy, incl latency and reliability improvements IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 24

Release 17 content definition Email discussion for each Work Area to be conducted on the RAN_Drafts exploder until December/2019 This is an open email exploder, anyone can follow the discussions Each email discussion to use a dedicated tag in the Subject: (and potential sub-tags) for easy traceability © 3 GPP 2012 Release 17 content definition decision in December (3 GPP TSG RAN#86): Only a small subset of all Work Areas will be taken on board! Note: What is left out can again be considered in Release 18 IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 25

Thank You ! © 3 GPP 2012 Balazs Bertenyi Chairman of 3 GPP RAN balazs. bertenyi@nokia. com +36 20 9849152 www. 3 gpp. org IEEE plenary, 17 th July 2019 26