NB-IoT Cellular IoT Release 15 has completed work to ensure Cellular IoT Even lower cost than LTE-M EC-GSM-IoT Extended coverage: 164 dB maximum coupling support and evolution for the 5G System. Long battery life loss (at least for standalone) Low device cost compared to GPRS/GSM Long battery life See updates to: devices Support for massive number of devices: ~50.000 per cell TS 23.501 - System architecture for the 5G System (5GS) Extended coverage: Main simpli cation: Reduced data rate/bandwidth, mobility TS 23.502 - Procedures for the 5G System (5GS) • 164 dB MCL for 33 dBm UE, support and further protocol optimizations • 154 dB MCL for 23 dBm UE 3 modes of operation: Stand-alone carrier, LTE carrier Guard Variable rates: band, In-band • GMSK: ~350bps to 70kbps Upgraded in Rel-14: Agreement on NB-IOT positioning, NR IIoT • 8PSK: up to 240 kbps Support for Multicast, Power consumption and Four use cases have been identi ed as drivers for Massive number of devices: ~50.000 per cell reduction, Mobility and service continuity enhancements NR evolution for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) : Improved security compared to GSM/EDGE (without the increasing of UE power consumption), New Power Class(es) Augmented reality and Virtual reality LTE-M Factory automation IoT driven Long battery life Transportation Low device cost Electrical Power Distribution Extended coverage: >155.7 dB maximum growth coupling loss (MCL) In Rel-16 the RAN study 'NR Industrial Internet of Variable rates: ~10 kbps to 1 Mbps Things' (TR38.825) describes the NR enhancements by Deployment: In any LTE spectrum for : Coexists with other LTE services within the same bandwidth Data duplication & multi-connectivity, Supports FDD, TDD and half duplex (HD) modes Intra-UE prioritization/multiplexing and Reuses existing LTE base stations Time Sensitive Networking support (TSN) Upgraded in Rel-14: Support for positioning, Multicast, Mobility for inter-frequency Data measurements, Higher data rates, Support for VoLTE Growth * Release 17 Content Approval 25 Billion IoT TSG SA Work Areas under discussion TSG RAN Work Areas under discussion connections Release 15 Release 16 at SA#85 (September 2019): For final decision at RAN#86 Source: GSMA Self-driving Cars 5G System Enhancement for Advanced Interactive (December 2019): NR The 5G System – Phase 2 Services (5G_AIS) NR Light The 5G System – Phase 1 V2x Phase 3: Platooning, Cellular IoT enhancement for the 5G System (5G_MCIoT) System enhancement for Proximity based Services in Small data transfer optimization extended sensors, automated Industry Automation Massive MTC and Internet of Things driving, remote driving 5GS (5G_ProSe) (IoT) Enhancement of support for 5G LAN-type service Sidelink enhancements Industrial IoT (5GLAN_enh) NR above 52.6 GHz (inlc 60GHz Vehicle-to-Everything Integration of Satellite in 5G Systems (5GSAT_ARCH) unlicensed) Communications (V2x) Phase 2 Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Architectural enhancements for 5G multicast-broadcast Multi SIM operation Communication (URLLC) services (5MBS) Smart Cities Mission Critical (MC) enhancements NR multicast broadcast interworking with legacy systems Study on enhancement of support for 5G Wireless and NR-based access to Wireline Convergence (5WWC_enh) Coverage enhancements WLAN and unlicensed spectrum unlicensed spectrum Application Awareness Interworking between LTE and NR NB-IoT and eMTC enhancements use (AAI_LTE_NR) 5 Interference Extended Access Traffic Steering, Switch and Splitting Industrial IoT & URLLC enhancements Slicing – logical end-2-end Smart Homes Mitigation, SON, eMIMO, support in the 5G system architecture (eATSSS) MIMO enhancements networks Location and positioning, Power 5G Enhancement for unmanned aerial vehicles - UAVs (EAV) NR for Non Terrestrial Networks Consumption, eDual Connectivity, Enhanced IMS to 5GC Integration (eIMS5G) API Exposure – Integrated Access and Backhaul Device capabilities exchange, Enhancement to the 5GC LoCation Services-Phase 2 3rd party access to 5G services enhancements Mobility enhancements IoT (eLCS_ph2) Service Based Architecture (SBA) Enablers for Network Automation for 5G - phase 2 (eNA_Ph2) Generic enhancements to NR-U Work & Play in the Cloud Enhancements for Common Enhancement of support for Edge Computing in 5GC (enh_EC) Power saving enhancements Further LTE improvements API Framework for 3GPP Enhanced support of Non-Public Networks (eNPN) Mobile Communication System Northbound APIs (eCAPIF) Enhancement of Network Slicing Phase 2 (eNS_Ph2) RAN data collection enhancements Enhancement of 5G UE Policy (eUEPO) for Railways (FRMCS) FRMCS Phase 2 Positioning enhancements Architecture enhancements for 3GPP support of advanced V2X Augmented Reality services - Phase 2 (eV2XARC_Ph2) Supporting Flexible Local Area Data Network (FLADN) * Mainstream Rel-17 specification work will Supporting Unmanned Aerial Systems Connectivity, Identification start at the beginning of 2020, with the and Tracking (ID-UAS) functional freeze of physical layer aspects scheduled for the second quarter of 2021. Enhanced support of Industrial IoT - TSC/URLLC enhancements (IIoT) 3D video, UHD screens Support for Minimization of service Interruption (MINT) The ASN.1 freeze should follow in September 2021. Multimedia Priority Service Phase 2 (MPS2) 10 Support for Multi-USIM Devices (MUSIM) There are a large number of work areas to Billion IoT System architecture for next generation real time communication be discussed. Realistically, we will only be able to take on board a sub-set of them connections services (NG_RTC) within Rel-17. Service-based support for SMS in 5GC (SB_SMS) Gigabytes per second Smarter User Plane (SUP) UPF enhancement for control and Service Based Architecture (UPCAS) Usage of User Identifiers in the 5G System (UUI5) Release15 Release16 Release17 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

www.3gpp.org/specifications/work-plan C 3GPP - September, 2019