Evolution of LTE-Advanced

Milan Bavisi
17th September 2015

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Agenda

About Nokia

LTE Advanced Evolution - Carrier Aggregation & Spectrum

LTE Advanced Evolution – towards 5G

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Two strong pillars for the future

Nokia Networks Nokia Technologies

• Serves more than 90 of the world’s 100
largest operators
• Leading company in mobile broadband
• An early leader in virtualization and
cloud technologies
• Hundreds of world class inventors
• Leading patent portfolio
• Established licensing business
• New business opportunities

Nokia Networks in the UK

• Supplier to all the UK MNOs

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 3GPP Release Work Program
Smooth and backward compatible evolution

Release 13 Work Items

D2D and Dual Connect
Enhance
Multi Layer
First release
With LTE-A
Network
LTE-Unlicensed / LAA
functionalities Performance

Rel. 8 Rel.9 Rel.10 Rel.11 Rel.12 …

Rel.13 …
Rel.14 LTE - M

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

3D Beamforming
2017 2018

LTE LTE-A LTE evolution to 5G

Carrier Aggregation
up to 100 MHz Converge
20 20 20 20 20 Technologies

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Carrier Aggregation: We are still at the beginning of the long-term-evolution

Unlicensed 5400 More spectrum + carrier aggregation + new device

TDD 3500 capabilities
2600
TDD 2300 2017
1 Gbps 2016 1 Gbps
2100 2015
600 Mbps
1800 2014 100 MHz
450 Mbps
4CA or 4x4
Downlink 1400 2013 300 Mbps MIMO
2012 3CA Cat. 15 device
900 150 Mbps 20+20 MHz 2x2 MIMO Cat. 11, 12 devices
150 Mbps 2x2 MIMO
800 10+10 MHz Cat. 9, 10 devices
20 MHz 2x2 MIMO Cat. 6, 7 devices
FDD 700 2x2 MIMO

Cat.3,4 devices
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32x Faster Through Evolution of Carrier Aggregation
From 20 MHz to 640 MHz aggregated spectrum to serve a user Unlicensed 5400
TDD 3500

LTE 20 2600
MHz
3GPP Release 8- TDD 2300
9 2100
Bandwidth/user 1800

LTE-Advanced
3GPP Release
5 x 20 MHz x32 Downlink 1400
900
10-12 800
FDD 700

LTE-Advanced+ 32 x 20 MHz
3GPP Release
13 -

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Three-Band Aggregation 20+20+10 MHz in Live Nokia Network >370 Mbps

Peak throughput >370 Mbps

Band 7 – 20 MHz

Band 3 – 20 MHz

Band 20 – 10 MHz

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150-200 simultaneously connected live users
Devices Emerging in the next 6 months based on Qualcomm Chipset

Xiaomi Mi Note Samsung Galaxy Note 4 LG Flex 2

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LTE-Advanced Evolution: New Use Cases, new opportunities…….towards
5G? Application Areas
New New Spectrum
LTE-M 500 MHz more LTE-U
Internet of things = Machine-to-Machine spectrum at 5 GHz = Unlicensed Band

LTE-D Sharing with Authorized shared

Proximity services = Device-to-Device incumbent user access
Replace terrestrial LTE-B LTE on 470 – 700
TV = Broadcast = eMBMS MHz LTE on UHF Bands
Run public safety on
your LTE LTE for Public Safety

Move voice to IP in
LTE network LTE for Voice (VoLTE)

Connectivity for car

entertainment LTE for Connected Cars

Wi-Fi backhaul for LTE for Airplane

9
airplanes
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Connections
Driving the evolution of LTE-Advanced towards 5G
Opening up new business opportunities
Towards vehicular communications (V2X)
• Navigation
• Traffic control and safety
• Intelligent Transport Systems
• Vehicle to Vehicle
Pedestrian
Infrastructure
Home
Towards the multi-cell broadcast
• All devices
• Low tower sites
• Single Frequency Network
• UHF (also sub-700MHz)
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Towards public safety
• High power user equipment
• Proximity
• Group Communications
LTE-A
Release Towards the Internet of Things
12…14
• Low cost modems
• Long battery life
• Enhanced coverage
• Reliability – congestion control
More spectrum - LTE-U (LAA) for unlicensed bands
Unique combination of licensed + unlicensed bands

Unlicensed Licensed Licensed

downlink downlink uplink > Licensed band provides reliable connection and quality
700 – 3500 MHz of service for mobility, signaling, voice and data
> Unlicensed band provides ”Opportunistic use” to boost
data rates especially in downlink (downlink: uplink
5 GHz asymmetry 10:1 in LTE networks)

Downlink
aggregation

200 MHz 255 MHz 125 MHz

5150 5350 5470 5725 5850
Indoor 30-200mW 120 MHz U-NII Worldwide: Outdoor 1W U-NII-Upper

*) U-NII: Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure

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Performance of LAA vs Wi-Fi – LAA for Public Areas and Outdoor

LAA provides double spectral LAA provides double cell range vs

efficiency vs Wi-Fi Wi-Fi

Capacity with single technology Outdoor micro cell range

1.2
Wi-Fi (5 GHz)
1.0
Relative capacity

Min
0.8 Max
0.6 LTE
Wi-Fi LTE(5 GHz)
0.4

0.2

0.0 0 50 100 150 200

Single Network Two Networks Meters

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