Track A: 5G Test Tomorrow’s Technology Today and Get a Head Start on 6G
General Manager, Greater China Wireless Application Engineering, Keysight Technologies Jeffrey Chen 陳 俊 宇 Racing to Realize the Vision of 5G WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND WHAT’S NEXT?
5G PHASES
2010 - 2015 2016 - 2019 2020 – 2025+ Research Prototyping, Standards and Trials Commercialize, Deploy & Ramp
Enhanced Mobile Broadband Gigabytes in seconds
4K Streaming
Augmented Reality
Industry Automation
Mission Critical Applications
Self Driving Car
Massive Machine Smart Smart Ultra Reliable & Low Type Communication City Home Latency Communications
Keysight World 2020 - Taipei 2 Deploying 5G NR as Standards Advance COVID - 19 DID CHANGED SOMETHING
We are here 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
1st Launch May’18 Verizon SKT UK: EE, 3, China Mobile NTT Docomo AT&T KT O2, Vodafone China Telecom Softbank Qatar: Oredoo LG Uplus Germany: China Unicom KDDI DT, Vodafone Rakuten
R15 Commercialization
NR NSA NR NSA NR SA NR SA R15 Late Drop R15 Late Drop Freeze ASN.1 Freeze ASN.1 Freeze ASN.1 R15 Key Focus Areas • 5G NR NSA & SA R16 Commercialization • eMMB in FR1 & FR2 R16 Key Focus Areas RAN 1 R16 R16 R16 Package • C-V2X Freeze Freeze ASN.1 ASN.1 Approval • Private Network / IIoT & URLLC • Industrial IoT • Positioning R17 Commercialization • Power efficiency • …… R17 Key Focus Areas Package • NR Light R17 R17 R17 R17 Approval • eMMB evolution RAN1 Stage-3 ASN.1 RAN4 • IIoT & URLLC enhancements Freeze Freeze Freeze Completion • NR positioning enhancements • NR for non-terrestrial networks R18 • Integrated access & backhaul • More power savings • Up to 71 GHz Package • …… Approval
Source: 3GPP Keysight World 2020 - Taipei 3 3GPP 5G NR Release 16 Summary from 3GPP TR 21.916 FOCUS ON VERTICAL EXPANSION & EFFICIENCY
• Enhancement of Ultra-Reliable (UR) Low Latency • Other cross-TSG Rel-16 Features Communications (URLLC) • Single Radio Voice Continuity from 5GS to 3G • Access Traffic Steering, Switch and Splitting support in the 5G system • 5GS Enhanced support of Vertical and LAN Services Architecture • Cellular IoT support and evolution • Radio Features • Advanced V2X support • NR-related Release 16 Features • Release 16 Features impacting both LTE and NR • 5G Location and Positioning Services • LTE-related Release 16 Features • UE radio capability signaling optimization • All other Release 16 Features • Energy Efficiency of 5G • Satellite Access in 5G • Usage of CAPIF for xMB API • Enablers for Network Automation Architecture for 5G • OAM aspects of LTE and WLAN integration • Volume Based Charging Aspects for VoLTE • Wireless and Wireline Convergence Enhancement • Charging Enhancement of 5GC interworking with EPC • Service Interactivity • Mission Critical, Public Warning, Railways and Maritime • RTCP Verification for Real-Time Services • Streaming and TV • Stage-3 SAE Protocol Development for Rel16 • IMS Stage-3 IETF Protocol Alignment • User Identities, Authentication, multi-device • Reliable Data Service Serialization Indication • Slicing • Shared Data Handling on Nudm and Nudr • Remote Identification of Unmanned Aerial Systems Source: 3GPP Keysight World 2020 - Taipei 4 3GPP 5G NR Release 17 Plans F R O M R P - 193216 RAN1, RAN2 & RAN3 ACTIVITIES
New Stuff & Verticals Fixing Things • Study Items • Study Item • NB-IoT/eMTC over NTN • NR Light • NR Sidelink relay • NR MIMO • NR Positioning enhancement • NR Coverage • NR XR • Working Item • RAN slicing • UE Power saving • Study enhancements for 52.6 ~ 71 GHz with existing waveform • Multi-SIM • Working Items • Small data • NR over NTN • SON MDT • Extending current NR operation up to 71 GHz Others • IAB • Study Item • NR Sidelink enhancement • NR QoE • NR Multicast broadcast • Working Item • Industrial IoT / URLLC • Dynamic Spectrum sharing • NB-IoT/eMTC enhancement • Multi-radio dual connectivity • Enhanced eNB architecture
Source: 3GPP Keysight World 2020 - Taipei 5 From 5G NR Release 15 Toward Release 16 & 17 IMT- 2020 USAGE SCENARIO PERSPECTIVES
Operation Efficiency Further improvement on capability of smarter 5G network operation & management with Big Data, Integrated access and backhaul, Non Public Private Networks,……
Capacity Efficiency Further enhance and extend capacity, coverage and efficiency with more power saving, enhanced MIMO, multi-beam management, uplink coverage,……
Vertical Expansion More vertical expansion in Industrial IoT, Ultra Reliability, Low Latency, Positioning, Time-Sensitive Network, Vehicle to Everything, Unlicensed band,……
Keysight World 2020 - Taipei 6 gNB Disaggregation with Functional Splits OPEN RAN ARCHITECTURE
Radio Functional Split … Scrambling
L3 Functions Modulation Layer Mapping
PDCP O-CU O-DU PHY
Precoding - H
L2 Functions F1 RE Mapping RLC IQ Compression BBU MAC O-DU O-RAN Fronthaul IQ Decompression PHY-H
L1 Functions Precoding O-RAN FH Digital Beamforming PHY-L O-RU
iFFT & CP Addition PHY -
CPRI L O-RU Digital to Analog RF RRH Analog Beamforming
Single Vendor Multiple Vendors Keysight World 2020 - Taipei 7 Keysight 5G Radio Access & Core Network Test Portfolio
ENABLING END TO END TESTING
RF & Edge-to-Core Core Network mmWave O-RAN Solutions Solution Solutions
RIC
RF O-RAN O-RAN Fronthaul Midhaul Backhaul
UEs O-RU O-DU O-CU
5G RAN / gNB 5G Core / EPC
UE Emulation Core Simulation RAN Solutions RAN Solutions
Keysight World 2020 - Taipei 8 “Cellular” Communications EVOLUTION OF EXPECTATIONS
1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Carry your phone Carry your phone Check e-mail Surf the web & watch Connect to the digital H2M & M2M 1G around the country 2G around the world & text 3G from anywhere 4G video from anywhere 5G fabric from anywhere 6G automation anywhere
Smartphones, Hotspots, Smartphones, Intelligent Devices Mobile Phone Feature Phone Smartphone Cars, Robots, Drones, Hotspots, IoT Sensors Mass M2M Mass IoT…
4K/8K Video Holographic Mobile Voice SMS Mobile Internet Streaming Video AR & 3D Multi-sense Comms Calls MMS Video Call Voice over IP AI Real-time Intelligence
Data Rates: 19.2 kbps 384 kbps 43 Mbps 1 Gbps 20 Gbps 1 Tbps Transmission: Analog Digital Digital Digital Digital Digital RAT: NMT, AMPS, TACS GSM, GPRS, EDGE, IS-95 CDMA2000, UMTS LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro NR SA & NSA “ManyNets” Multiple Access: FDMA TDMA, CDMA CDMA OFDMA OFDMA Any approach is OK Switching: Circuit Circuit & Packet Packet Packet Packet AI-Enabled IP Core Network: PSTN PSTN Packet Packet Virtual Virtual Roaming: National Global Global Global Global Global
Carry my Phone Carry My Office Integral to Society
Keysight World 2020 - Taipei 9 6G Timeline GET A HEAD START ON 6G
We are here 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 Beyond
Fundamental Research
Applied Research
Vision Setting
Policy Decisions
3GPP Standards
Early Trials & Testbeds
System Trials
Production Systems
Keysight World 2020 - Taipei 10 6G Wireless EVOLUTION OF MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS
Complex Radio Systems E2E Network Design, > 1 Tbps / User Design and Testing Validation, Optimization
• Simulate/Design/Measure Sub-THz RF • Heterogeneous: WiFi, Cellular, • QoS (quantitative) — Validate SLA • Baseband: extreme-speed, real-time FR1+FR2+FRN • QoE (qualitative) — Validate SLA • Extreme-speed interconnect (board-to- • Test in simultaneous modes board) • Security--All facets • Design/simulate complex systems • Optical WiFi Communications • Optical Networks: beyond 800G • Extreme power efficiency Physical Complex System System Society Measurements! Interaction Interaction
Keysight World 2020 - Taipei 11 Evolving Expectations and Measurement FROM MEASURING PHYSICS TO MEASURING SYSTEM BEHAVIOR
1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Carry your phone Carry your phone Check e-mail Surf the web & watch Connect to the digital H2M & M2M 1G around the country 2G around the world & text 3G from anywhere 4G video from anywhere 5G fabric from anywhere 6G automation anywhere
Smartphones, Hotspots, Smartphones, Intelligent Devices Mobile Phone Feature Phone Smartphone Cars, Robots, Drones, Hotspots, IoT Sensors Mass M2M Mass IoT…
RF Power RF Power Modulation BitModulation Error Ratio, Occupied Bandwidth OccupiedPower versus Bandwidth Time Code-Domain Code-Domain Constellation Constellation Sensitivity SensitivityThroughput BLER BLER Hand-Overs Scheduler, Packets Scheduler,Security, Reliability Packets Security, Reliability Adjacent Channel Adjacent Channel Cell Behavior Cell Behavior In-Time, On-Time Battery Drain Over-The-Air, Latency Latency Leakage Ratio Antennas Over-The-Air, SLA Adherence LeakageCODECs Ratio AntennasQoS Network Power QoS NetworkPolicy-Driven, Power QoE
Physical Data Performance System Performance Societal Performance
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