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Driving 5G NR deployments for

enhanced mobile broadband


in 2019 and beyond
Volker Ziegler Rasmus Hellberg
Head of 5G Leadership, Chief Architect Senior Director, Technical Marketing
Nokia Mobile Networks Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
@nokia @qualcomm_tech
Agenda

Demand for better Delivering Gigabit Enhancing mobile Making 5G NR Q&A


mobile broadband experiences today broadband with a reality in 2019
5G NR

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The insatiable demand for faster, better mobile broadband
First phase of 5G will focus on eMBB - new levels of capability and efficiency

~8B Daily global mobile data


traffic in 2020
Gigabytes

>30x Growth in mobile data traffic from


2014 to 2020

Enhanced mobile

>75%
Of global mobile data traffic will
broadband
be streaming media (video, audio,
etc.) by 2020

Source: Nokia Bell Labs Consulting Report, 2016 3


Ultra-high fidelity User-generated content Immersive virtual reality Instant apps –
media anywhere no download or install

Delivering fiber-like
performance without the wires—
Ushering in the next generation of highly immersive,
1.2GB 14.5 GB
Growth in average device traffic per month
always-connected user experiences from 2014 to 2020

Always-connected Collaborative, Collaborative, Connected


augmented reality immersive gaming interactive education cloud computing
Source: Nokia Bell Labs Consulting Report, 2016 4
5G Consumer Survey
Key motivations and use cases in 2019 & beyond

Survey sample
Participants in each country:

1,002 1,010 1,000 1,006 1,002 824 5,844


WW total

Smartphone owners

Census representing mix of gender,


age, region, carrier, and OS

Data weighted by tier to represent the


next smartphone market

Online: Approximately 35 min


Fielding dates: July 30 to August 5, 2017
Consumer 5G survey
key findings
> 86 %
~ 50 %

~ 50 %

10x 10x cost-effective

Source: “Making 5G a reality: Addressing the strong mobile broadband demand in 2019
and beyond,” September 2017, jointly published by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and Nokia. 6
86% of respondents want faster smartphone connectivity
2% 2% 1% 3%
9% 15% 12% 14%
26%
Faster speed, Desired frequency
3%
11% 15% 33%
32%
34%
30% 50% 39%

Sometimes+ 89% 98% 85%


3% 4% 4%
10% 16% 9% 8%
14%
21%
32% 21%
39%
27%
32%
42%
Sometimes+ 86% 41%
45%

Sometimes+ 88% 81% 75%


Always Often Sometimes Rarely Never

CA2.Thinking about all the activities that require connectivity (i.e. internet browsing, video streaming, social media, messaging, etc.), how often do you need or would like those connected activities to run faster than typical on your current primary 7
smartphone? (Total N=5484 for Global; N=1002 for US; N=1010 for China; N=1000 for UK, N=1006 for France; N=1002 for Germany; N=824 for Finland)
Close to 50% of respondents likely to be early 5G adopters
With over 60% of them willing to pay on average $50 extra for 5G

5G believability 47% 56% 62% 42% 55% 37% 27%

5G appeal 62% 76% 73% 65% 60% 55% 39%

5G relevance 52% 68% 62% 54% 54% 44% 26%

5G purchase 47% 61% 60% 48% 43% 40% 28%


intent

MEDIAN
Extra willing
$50 $50 $32 $67 $59 $47 $59
to pay for 5G ¥335 ¥211 £50 €50 €40 €50
smartphone 64% >0 65% >0 82% >0 64% >0 55% >0 60% >0 52% >0

CT1. Based on this description, how believable are the benefits of 5G? CT2. Based on this description, how appealing is 5G to you?
CT3. Based on this description, how unique is 5G to you? CT4. Based on this description, how relevant is 5G to you personally and how you use technology?
CT5. For your next smartphone, how likely are you to purchase a phone that has 5G? CT7. You mentioned earlier that you plan to spend [INSERT THE ANSWER FROM S11] [INSERT CURRENCY SIGN] on your next smartphone. How much
extra would you be willing to pay out of pocket for 5G on top of the price of your next smartphone? (Total N=5844 for Global; N=1002 for US; N=1010 for China; N=1000 for UK, N=1006 for France; N=1002 for Germany; N=824 for Finland) 8
5G will address the pain points of today’s mobile networks
Top 5G eMBB use cases in 2019 and beyond

Never need to
Instant cloud Social media live
1 48% log onto public 6 21% access
11 16% sharing in UHD
Wi-Fi again

Lightning-fast Rich mobile Seamless


2 48% browsing
7 19% information
12 14% screen mirroring

Download content
3 37% 10x faster 8 19%
Share/transfer
files instantly
13 14%
Next-gen
VR experience

Remote office Interactive/


Better quality
4 27% video calls
9 19% with wire-like
connectivity
14 14% graphics-intensive
gaming

Stream UHD & Instant apps no Mobile AR


5 21% 360° videos
10 18% download/install
15 12% services

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Delivering fiber-like
performance…
wirelessly
Starting with Gigabit LTE today
Strong Gigabit LTE
operator momentum

38
Operators in 23 countries
with Gigabit Class LTE
planned or trialed

Source: Qualcomm Technologies internal analysis, GSA “Snapshot: LTE-Advanced Networks including LTE-Advanced Pro” report, May 2017 11
Gigabit LTE is essential to the 5G mobile experience

New 5G NR mmWave

New 5G NR Sub-6 GHz


Ubiquitous LTE coverage

Gigabit LTE, VoLTE 5G NR brings new levels of performance and efficiency

Multi-connectivity fully leverage LTE investments for a phased 5G NR rollout


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Further enhancing
mobile broadband
with 5G NR in
3GPP Release 15

Much more capacity


Higher user throughput
More uniform experience
Lower latency
Better reliability
Increased network flexibility
5G NR will deliver new levels of capability and efficiency
For enhanced mobile broadband and beyond

Multi-Gigabit

Fiber-like speeds Uniform experience Lower latency Lower cost-per-bit


Multi-Gbps peak rates for both Reliable performance, e.g. 100+ As low as 1ms for interactive Significantly lower than today’s
download (consumption) and Mbps, even in challenging content, as well as reduced networks to efficiently support
upload (sharing) environments or at the cell edge buffering requirements and lag cost-effective data plans

10x 10x 10x 3x 100x 100x


experienced decrease in connection spectrum traffic network
throughput end-to-end density efficiency capacity efficiency
latency
Based on ITU vision for IMT-2020 compared to IMT-advanced 14
5G NR will natively High bands above
24 GHz (mmWave)
support all different Extreme bandwidths
spectrum types

5G Licensed Spectrum
Exclusive use
Mid bands
1GHz to 6 GHz
Wider bandwidths for e.g.
NR enhanced mobile broadband &
mission-critical
Shared Spectrum
New shared spectrum paradigms

Unlicensed Spectrum Low bands


Shared use below 1 GHz
Longer range for e.g. mobile
broadband and massive IOT

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Example of 5G spectrum High bands above
24 GHz (mmWave)
utilizing low, mid and • 26GHz, 28GHz, 37GHz, 70GHz

high bands: Munich 202x •



Airports, Stadiums, Malls,…
Extreme Bandwidths
• Supports full extreme mobile broadband

5G Licensed Spectrum
Exclusive use
Mid bands
1GHz to 6 GHz
• 3.5 GHz layer (“C-Band”)
NR •

Dense urban coverage
Large Bandwidth
Shared Spectrum • Reusing sites for 1800/2100/2600 MHz

New shared spectrum paradigms

Unlicensed Spectrum Low bands


Shared use below 1 GHz
• 700MHz, 600MHz
• Massive IoT and ultra reliable low latency
• Reusing existing sites for 800/900 MHz

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New 5G band

Global snapshot of 5G spectrum Licensed


Unlicensed / shared
Around the world, these bands have been allocated or targeted Existing band

<1GHz 3GHz 4GHz 5GHz 24-28GHz 37-40GHz 64-71GHz


37-37.6GHz
600MHz (2x35MHz) 2.5GHz (LTE B41) 3.5GHz (150MHz) 5.9–7.1GHz 27.5-28.35GHz 37.6-40GHz 64-71GHz

37-37.6GHz
600MHz (2x35MHz) 3.5GHz (150MHz) 5.9–7.1GHz 27.5-28.35GHz 37.6-40GHz 64-71GHz

700MHz 3.4–3.8GHz 5.9–6.4GHz 24.5-27.5GHz

3.4–3.8GHz 26GHz, 28GHz

3.4–3.7GHz 26GHz, 28GHz

3.46 –3.8GHz 26GHz

3.6–3.8GHz

3.3 –3.6GHz 4.8 –5GHz 24.5-27.5GHz 37.5-42.5GHz

3.4–3.7GHz 26.5-29.5GHz

3.6–4.2GHz 4.4–4.9GHz 27.5-29.5GHz

3.4–3.7GHz 28GHz 39GHz

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Delivering on 5G eMBB expectations – downlink
LTE-5G DL comparative: capacity and resolution
Number of
720p, SA NR 2CA 28GHz
video DL
sessions 1 MP NSA - LTE 3CA + NR 2CA 3-6GHz
served
HD 1080p, LTE 4.9G 5CA 4x4 MIMO
1000 2 MP LTE 3CA (LTE 3GPP Release 13)
1067 3 MP
4K,
533
253 8.3 MP
320
127
127 76 128 25 MP 8K,
100
33 MP
63
30 43
38 32
15 10
10 40 8
20
12 5
5 4
2 1 Bandwidth for
3Mbps 6Mbps 10Mbps 25Mbps 75Mbps 100Mbps optimal resolution

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5G Magic?

100 Mbps
whenever needed
90 GHz
3 mm
>10 Gbps
peak data rates
10 000
x more traffic

Extreme
30 GHz
Mobile 1 cm
Broadband
10-100
x more devices
10 GHz
<1 ms
M2M
radio latency
3 GHz
Massive Critical
ultra low cost
machine machine 10 cm
communication communication

10 years Ultra
on battery
reliability 300 MHz
1m

Does everything! Works everywhere! Is ready in no time!

© 2017 Qualcomm / Nokia


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5G market will start with enhanced mobile broadband

Enhanced mobile broadband market starts


High capacity and coverage Two market segments
Ultra high capacity <6 GHz High capacity and coverage
Extreme • Megacity capacity densification
>6GHz Mobile • 3 to 6GHz ~100MHz BW
Broadband • Dense urban grid
2018 2019 2020 2021

Ultra high capacity


Machine markets will start 2022+ • Ultra dense use cases
• Need for coverage layer and Massive Critical • cm/mmWave
low cost devices machine machine • Short range, LOS preferable
• No immediate market need for communication communication
new IoT connectivity

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What is 5G? Radio Design (NR)
A new set of technologies for a generation leap in capabilities
3G 4G 5G
Downlink waveform CDMA OFDM OFDM, SCFDMA

Uplink waveform CDMA SCFDMA OFDMA, SCFDMA

Channel coding Turbo Turbo LDPC (data) / Polar (L1 contr.)


Beamforming No Only data Full support
Spectrum 0.8 – 2.1 GHz 0.4 – 6 GHz 0.4 – 90 GHz
Bandwidth 5 MHz 1.4 – 20 MHz Up to 100 MHz (400MHz for >6GHz)

Network slicing No No Yes


QoS Bearer based Bearer based Flow based
Small packet support No No Connectionless

In-built cloud support No No Yes


© 2017 Qualcomm / Nokia
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Massive MIMO enhances both capacity and coverage

ANTENNA ARRAYS
large number (>>8) of Enhance Coverage
controllable antennas High gain adaptive
beamforming

ANTENNA SIGNALS
adaptable by the
physical layer

Not limited Enhance Capacity


to a particular High order spatial
implementation multiplexing

© 2017 Qualcomm / Nokia


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3D Beamforming enhances capacity
Up to 8X uplink gain and 5X downlink gain

OFF ON

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Massive MIMO enhances 5G coverage
Beamforming helps 5G at 3.5GHz to match LTE1800 coverage

Massive MIMO
w/o mMIMO coverage boost
5G | 3500
with MIMO

LTE | 1800 w/o mMIMO

© 2017 Qualcomm / Nokia Public


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Scalable numerology: efficient support of diverse spectrum bands

Diverse use cases Diverse deployments


For all use cases
Different sub-frame
lengths for different
latency requirements

Spectrum <1 GHz >1 & <6 GHz >20 GHz


Maximum bandwidth (MHz) 50 100 400
Subcarrier spacing (kHz) 15 30 15 30 60 60 120 For all deployment
Scheduling interval (ms) 0.5 0.25 0.5 0.25 0.125 0.125 scenarios
Different frequency bands,
macro and small cells

(Low power) Wide area Crowd Outdoor Ultra-dense Indoor

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Active in 3GPP standardization and supporting early adapters
5G spectrum – Nokia engaged in all 5G frequency bands
Standards
roadmap 3GPP 5G Phase 1 3GPP 5G Phase 2 3GPP 5G Rel 17 Optimized standard
Mobile Broadband, Massive IoT completing full
Pre-standard Low latency & high Shared and un- 5G vision
Industry specs reliability licensed spectrum
Future-X-like new core
NSA (*) SA (*)

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Industry Pre-standards First standard based Standards-based


roadmap 5G start 5G deployments 5G mass rollout

US 28, 39 GHz Korea Japan Korea EU US < 6 GHz Global


28 GHz 4.5 GHz 3.5 GHz 700MHz 600MHz availability
Spectrum EU/CN 24GHz 2.5GHz > 24 GHz
usage 3.5 GHz

*) NSA: Non standalone; SA: Standalone … functional freeze …protocol (ASN.1) freeze

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Stand-Alone (SA) versus Non-Standalone (NSA)
NSA as a stepping stone to later SA deployments
Standalone (SA) Non-standalone (NSA)
5G radio cells Directly used by 5G device Only available as a secondary carrier, under
the control of an LTE base station
Core choice 5G next-gen core 4G core or 5G next-gen core

Operator perspective Simple, high performance overlay Leverages existing 4G deployments

5G core 4G or 5G core

4G radio

5G radio 5G radio

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5G FIRST enables early use cases – end-to-end
Access, transport, core and ecosystem
Access Transport Networking Management

Data
Layer
ANY-HAUL Packet Packet
MULTI-BAND Core Core
MULTI-CONNECTIVITY Functions Functions
MULTI-SLICE

I SCALABLE CLOUD RAN DISTRIBUTED CENTRALIZED

Massive MIMO Programmable mesh interconnecting Modular, disaggregated


3D beamforming all mobile elements and the cloud network functions

Device ecosystem AirScale Microwave | Optical | AirFrame


IP
5G Acceleration Services

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Nokia radio portfolio
AirScale and AirFrame ready to support 5G technologies

Backward compatible, new platforms


All kind of spectrum Scalable Massive Multi-connectivity Cloud RAN for Flexible frame
and bandwidth MIMO, 3D MIMO, and aggregation massive scalability & design, dynamic
beamforming and openness optimization
beamsteering

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AirScale and Airframe – commercial platforms for 5G
Radio access

Multi-connectivity* RF platform for up to


• LTE / 5G co-siting sites for 1000MHz BW
best solution for cities
All relevant frequency bands supported
• Data streams combined in high according to market demands
performance cloud data centers
for best throughput
• mMIMO System Module upgradeable
for continuous coverage
with 5G Plug-In Units
• Proofed w. pre-commercial 5G SW
5G ready Cloud RAN • Highest performance for upcoming
I
• Airframe Cloud platform throughput requirements
commercially available
• Hosting VNFs for multiple Common SW across distributed,
technologies and use cases centralized, cloud RAN, small cell
Multi-technology** and macro cell based site solutions

Device ecosystem AirScale Microwave | Optical | AirFrame


IP
5G Acceleration Services
*) 5G NSA mode; **) LTE, SRAN , 5G

© 2017 Qualcomm / Nokia


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Mobilizing 5G mmWave in real-world environments

Handheld and in-vehicle UEs with Multiple gNodeBs with Indoor mobility with penetration
four selectable sub-arrays 128 antenna elements and dynamic blockage

Outdoor vehicular mobility up to 30 mph


Utilizing adaptive beamforming and beam tracking techniques
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Accelerating mobile deployments for smartphones
5G NR mmWave prototype

• Based on 5G New Radio (NR) Release-15


specification
• Optimized mmWave RF Front-end design in
smartphone form factor
• Multi-MIMO with adaptive beamforming and
beam tracking
• Supporting 5G NR interoperability testing and
over-the-air trials

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Significant 5G NR mmWave outdoor coverage via co-siting
Co-siting 28 GHz 5G NR mmWave with LTE:
Site Density and Outdoor Downlink Coverage

81% 65% 41% 81% 74%


Outdoor Coverage %

Percent Macro Site

Site
48 36 28 41 31 density
[per sq. km]

US 1 US 2 EU Asia 1 Asia 2 Percent Small Cell Site

Facilitates freeing sub-6 GHz resources for indoor capacity


This example assumes mmWave deployed on small cells only, macro cells support other sub-6 GHz frequencies.
Using 3GPP 38.900 Umi/Uma propagation models, 256 x2 (V&H) antennas at gNodeB, 60 dBm EIRP with 133 maximum allowable path loss, 0.4 bps/Hz spectral efficiency. 33
5G Modem family

World’s first 5G-NR


multimode modems
2G / 3G / 4G / 5G in a single chip
Sub-6 + mmWave
Premium-tier smartphones in 2019

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Leading the way on 5G NR trials to accelerate deployments
Starting 2nd half of 2017

3GPP-compliant trials
and interoperability testing
at sub-6 GHz & mmWave

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