5G

OVERVIEW
 KEY TAKEAWAYS

WHAT IS • 5G is the next generation mobile technology and will

transform the role of mobile in society.
• The 5G era will commence in full from 2020, creating
THE huge opportunities for consumers,
enterprises, operators, vendors and all stakeholders.

EXPECTA • To deliver on its promise, the mobile industry has

five clear goals for the 5G era:

TION FOR – Provide boundless connectivity for all

– Deliver sustainable network economics & innovation

THE 5G – Transform the mobile broadband experience

– Drive growth in new use cases for massive and

ERA? critical IoT

– Accelerate the digital transformation of industry
verticals
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 HOW MUCH CAN WE STRETCH LTE ???
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 KEY DRIVERS TO 5G? Through
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1000x Traffic >100 Mbps Everywhere

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Macro
Augmented Reality
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 HOW DO WE ACHIEVE 5G GOALS
Spectral Efficiency Densification Spectrum SDN/NFV Massive
Connectivi
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• Massive MIMO and • Design system to

FD-MIMO concepts • Densification via operate in much • A key and central • Design the 5G RAT
are central to the small cell build-out larger channel requirement to to allow for network
5G theme. key to RAN bandwidth. This AT&T as a part of slicing down to the
• Potentially large evolution. Domain 2.0 efforts. physical layer.
requires a careful
capacity and • Current small cell tradeoff between • Apart from • Lightweight or
coverage solution is not spectral efficiency implementation weightless protocol
improvement. scalable beyond a and power challenges of to support massive
• FD-MIMO work in certain point. SDN/NVF for 5G, we connectivity.
efficiency
LTE-advanced is a • Radically new • Operate across new also need to • Power efficiency
starting point for concepts such as licensing scenarios develop the 5G RAT and coverage
developing these separation of such a unlicensed, which allows for enhancements
concepts for 5G control and data or shared licensed L1/L2/L3
• Other spectral plane, new system • Operation in low functionality to be
efficiency architecture are key frequency and in distributed
6 improvement to achieving an mmWave
through new ultra-dense network
waveform and
KEY TECHNOLOGY BUILDING
BLOCKS OF 5G
Self-Backhauling
mmWave Spectrum

Flexible Lean Carrier

UE Specific Cell

Many components of 5G such as dual connectivity, massive MIMO, spectrum sharing

are already being developed for LTE-advanced

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5G TECHNOLOGY
NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
EVOLUTION
5G NR Features and Key Enablers
RAN EVOLUTION TO 5G
SUMMARY: 5G NG-RAN: KEY
FEATURES
5G NETWORK
CAPABILITIES
5G NETWORK
ARCHITECTURE
EPC TO 5GC MAPPING
NETWORKING ENHANCEMENTS
MIGRATION FROM 4G TO
NSA TO SA
 FLEXIBLE FRAME STRUCTURE

The New Radio handles a wide variety of applications, from high data rate holograms to low latency self-
driving cars. To balance these very different requirements, we need a very flexible frame structure.

When we put all of these enhancements together:

 New Spectrum
 Massive MIMO
 Flexible Frame Structure
 Enhanced Multiplexing
We get a very flexible radio interface that’s more than capable of keeping up with the demand
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E2E 5G EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
 5G AND
INTELLIGENT
CONNECTIVI
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 Market readiness, starting with 4G maturity, is crucial to determine the timing of 5G launch.

This varies by market and will make or mark the success of 5G in each market.

• The 5G competitive landscape will remain fierce. Policymakers must continue to ensure a level

playing field among competitors that supports the industry’s ability to invest.

• Markets with greater scale can better influence the global trajectory of 5G development, and

are also able to achieve low unit costs of network rollout and economies of scale.

MARKET
• The availability and capability of 5G phones from 2019 will be a pivotal moment that will

drive customer adoption of 5G.

• An interesting lesson from the launch of 4G is that being the first-to-launch does not

READINE guarantee sustainable competitive advantage.

• Another lesson from 4G is that when an operator delays launching for too long (>12 months

SS after its rivals), it faces a decline in revenues as competitors gain market share.

• Given revenue uncertainty, many operators will maintain their CAPEX envelopes and focus on

a demand driven approach that addresses hotspots in urban areas with a clear capacity need

or to support enterprise customers’ requirements.

• Operators should have a clear roadmap to shut down 2G/3G networks to limit network

operations complexity and support spectrum refarming.

• The idea of leapfrogging to 5G from 2G/3G and without deploying 4G, is tantalising. But it

will be very difficult due to technical, commercial and regulatory challenges.

• With a major shift in architecture away from traditional models a

BEMECS
FRAMEWORK
INDICATORS
The BEMECS (for Basic, Economic,
Market, Enterprise, Consumer,
Spectrum indicators)
framework is an evaluation tool
for 5G market readiness.
• There are 40 indicators in the
BEMECS tool which can be used
to appraise the 5G market
readiness for 160+ countries.
• The BEMECS tool uses a traffic
light system (red, amber, green)
to evaluate market readiness
for 40 indicators
 •The 5G opportunity is clear. It will support a wider
set of use cases, with varying requirements
•in terms of speed, latency, number of connections
and mobility.
•• The potential economic contribution of 5G to
THE 5G society is clear. A TMG/GSMA study estimates it
•at $2.2 trillion contribution to global GDP and $588

OPPORTU
billion in worldwide tax revenue by 2034.
•• Operators have a clear opportunity to benefit from
5G and the 5G use cases will enable a

NITY •broader set of monetisation opportunities for

operators and the wider ecosystem.
•• Given the aspiration to support enterprises using
5G, operators’ share of the 5G value will
•depend on their ability to support the digital
transformation of other industries.
5G ENTERPRISE
OPPORTUNITY
 Network Slicing offers the biggest commercial innovation opportunity in the 5G era.

5G • It enables operators to create pre-defined, differing levels of services to both their

own

customer segments and different enterprise verticals.

VALUE • For Network Slicing to succeed as a commercial solution for enterprises, the
industry needs

to deliver on four key ingredients:

ENABLER – Aligned technical standards

– Clear guidelines on how to engage the ecosystem and potential customers from

S: enterprises

– The implementation roadmap for Network Slicing should be well documented early

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enough to ensure broader industry consensus on how to implement slicing

– The business model for Network Slicing should be anchored in the reality of what is

achievable rather than hype

K SLICING • Upselling Network Slicing capabilities to existing customers ought to be an easier

opportunity than targeting new customers.

 •Low latency is often cited as the key capability that
operators will be able to monetise in the 5G era; but
delivering it will inevitably increase the cost of the network
•MEC (Multi-access edge computing) for mobile networks is
the critical component to achieve low latency in mobile
networks.
• GSMA estimates that the cost of adding a MEC server to

NETWOR every cell site in the world would be $140bn; limiting the roll-
out to aggregation points reduces this figure to $5bn.

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• Opex may be challenging for operators given on-site space
and power constraints

LATENCY
 Network automation, where technology is applied in network deployment and operation
to

reduce human effort, is not new.

• 5G era networks will need more automation because they are more complex; have a
higher

management workload to deal with more customers and data traffic; and the increasing

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sophistication of customers and types of services.

• Automation in the 5G era will either be based on the traditional approach (using
preprogrammed rules to run processes) or based on AI or a combination of both.

K • AI will enable cognitive functions that have not been possible before, supporting
predictive

AUTOMAT maintenance, long-term network optimisation, network planning, security and

deployment

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automation.
 To manage costs in the 5G world, new network ownership models will apply at both the

To manage costs in the 5G world, new network ownership models will apply at both the macro and small scalemacro and small scale.

• The traditional infrastructure sharing model will continue into the 5G era, with passive infrastructure sharing and the use of tower companies becoming
more widespread.

• The benefits of single wholesale networks are appealing but dangerous given the lack of

wholesale competition and related pricing constraints.

• Aerial networks (e.g. LEO satellites) may provide backhaul for operators in remote/rural areas

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• Given that it may be both physically difficult and aesthetically challenging to install multiple

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small cells on public infrastructure, neutral host small cells may be needed.

• Private networks are likely to proliferate in the 5G era; operators need to consider the most

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economically viable method to support them.

• Improvements to Wi-Fi (e.g. with Wi-Fi 6) could create a complement to 5G small cells and

HIP
private networks.
NETWORK SLICING IN 5G
USE CASES MAPPED TO
NETWORK SLICES
5G NETWORK SLICING

• A slice serving a
utility company
• A slice serving
remote control for a
factory
• A slice serving a
virtual operator
• A slice optimized
for streaming video
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