Private and Confidential Not for Distribution For Board of Governor’s Approval Only www.3GAmericas.org February 2009 Page 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE ........................................................................................................................................ 5 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 8 2 PROGRESS OF REL-99/REL-5/REL-6 UMTS .......................................................................... 10 2.1 PROGRESS TIMELINE .................................................................................................................. 10 3 PROGRESS AND PLANS FOR REL-7/REL-8: EVOLVED EDGE, HSPA EVOLVED/HSPA+ AND EPC/LTE ............................................................................................................................... 14 4 THE GROWING DEMANDS FOR WIRELESS DATA APPLICATIONS ................................... 18 4.1 WIRELESS DATA TRENDS AND FORECASTS ................................................................................. 19 4.2 WIRELESS DATA REVENUE ......................................................................................................... 21 4.3 3G DEVICES .............................................................................................................................. 22 4.4 3G APPLICATIONS ...................................................................................................................... 25 4.5 IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS) ............................................................................................. 34 4.6 IN-BUILDING WIRELESS SYSTEMS ............................................................................................... 35 4.7 VOIP OVER CELLULAR ............................................................................................................... 36 4.8 SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................. 37 5 OVERVIEW OF 3GPP REL-8, EVOLVED HSPA/HSPA+ ENHANCEMENTS AND EVOLVED PACKET SYSTEM (EPS): SAE/EPC AND LTE/EUTRAN ........................................................... 38 5.1 EVOLVED HSPA/HSPA+ ENHANCEMENTS ................................................................................. 38 5.1.1 MIMO with 64QAM modulation in downlink ..................................................................... 38 5.1.2 Dual-carrier operation in downlink .................................................................................... 38 5.1.3 Enhancements to common states .................................................................................... 39 5.2 EVOLVED PACKET SYSTEM (EPS): SAE/EPC AND EUTRAN/LTE ............................................. 39 5.2.1 Evolved Packet System (EPS) Architecture ..................................................................... 39 5.2.2 EUTRAN Air-Interface ...................................................................................................... 56 5.3 LTE TDD .................................................................................................................................. 97 5.4 OTHER REL-8 ENHANCEMENTS ................................................................................................. 100 5.4.1 Common IMS.................................................................................................................. 100 5.4.2 Multimedia Priority Service ............................................................................................. 100 5.4.3 IMS Enhancements for Support of Packet Cable Access .............................................. 100 5.4.4 IMS Service Brokering .................................................................................................... 101 5.4.5 VCC Enhancements ....................................................................................................... 101 5.4.6 UICC: Internet Services and Applications ...................................................................... 103 6 PLANNING FOR REL-9 AND REL-10: EPC/LTE ENHANCEMENTS AND LTE-ADVANCED 105 www.3GAmericas.org February 2009 Page 2 6.1 HSPA ENHANCEMENTS............................................................................................................ 105 6.1.1 Downlink ......................................................................................................................... 105 6.1.2 Uplink .............................................................................................................................. 106 6.2 LTE ENHANCEMENTS ............................................................................................................... 106 6.3 OTHER ENHANCEMENTS ........................................................................................................... 106 7 OVERVIEW AND STATUS OF IMT-ADVANCED AND LTE-ADVANCED ............................. 107 7.1 SPECIFYING IMT-ADVANCED – THE ITU-R ROLE ....................................................................... 107 7.2 THE 3GPP ROLE ..................................................................................................................... 109 7.3 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................... 110 7.4 TARGET REQUIREMENTS FOR IMT-ADVANCED ........................................................................... 110 7.4.1 Cell Spectral Efficiency .......................................................................................... 112 7.4.2 Peak Spectral Efficiency ........................................................................................ 113 7.4.3 Bandwidth............................................................................................................... 113 7.4.4 Cell Edge User Spectral Efficiency ......................................................................... 113 7.4.5 Latency ................................................................................................................... 114 7.4.6 Mobility.................................................................................................................... 115 7.4.7 Handover ................................................................................................................ 116 7.4.8 VoIP Capacity ........................................................................................................ 117 7.5 TARGET REQUIREMENTS FOR 3GPP LTE-ADVANCED TO MEET/EXCEED ITU-R IMT-ADVANCED REQUIREMENTS .............................................................................................................................. 118 7.5.1 Establishing the 3GPP Work on Satisfying IMT-Advanced – The creation of LTE- Advanced 118 7.5.2 Defining the LTE-Advanced capability set and technology views .................................. 121 7.6 3GPP LTE-ADVANCED TIMELINE AND SUBMISSION PLANS TO ITU-R FOR IMT-ADVANCED ......... 121 7.6.1 The ITU-R IMT-Advanced Process and timelines as relates to IMT-Advanced candidate technology submissions ........................................................................................................... 121 7.6.2 The 3GPP Workplan in response to ITU-R IMT-Advanced Timelines and Process ...... 126 7.7 POTENTIAL FEATURES/TECHNOLOGIES BEING INVESTIGATED FOR 3GPP LTE-ADVANCED .......... 128 7.7.1 Single User Uplink MIMO and Multiple Access .............................................................. 128 7.7.2 Carrier Aggregation ........................................................................................................ 129 7.7.3 Single User Downlink MIMO .......................................................................................... 131 7.7.4 Multi-User MIMO ............................................................................................................ 131 7.7.5 Collaborative and Network MIMO .................................................................................. 132 7.7.6 Inter-Cell Interference Coordination ............................................................................... 133 7.7.7 Relays ............................................................................................................................. 133 7.8 PROGRESS OF LTE-ADVANCED ................................................................................................ 134 www.3GAmericas.org February 2009 Page 3 8 CONCLUSIONS ....................................................................................................................... 136 APPENDIX A: DETAILED VENDOR PROGRESS ON REL-99, REL-5, REL-6, REL-7, HSPA EVOLVED/HSPA+ & SAE/LTE ................................................................................................... 137 APPENDIX B: FURTHER INFORMATION ON WIRELESS DATA REVENUE ......................... 151 APPENDIX C: GLOBAL 3G STATUS UPDATE LIST / DECEMBER 31, 2008 ......................... 162 APPENDIX D: ACRONYM LIST ................................................................................................. 172 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .............................................................................................................. 178 www.3GAmericas.org February 2009 Page 4 PREFACE The growing commercialization of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), also known as Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), has been the topic of an annual